After The Dance

❁10❁

They got startled by a phone ringing. Yeosang who recognizes that it was his ringtone, he curses to himself since he thought that he had turned it on silent.

"Uhm, could you..." He mentions for Jongho to let him stand.

"Oh, right" The younger pulls the other up to his feet, and releases his hold to let the other take the call.

"I'm so sorry"

"No, it's fine. Go ahead and take the call"

"I'll just be over to the side" Yeosang's cheeks flare up from huge embarrassment once he turns away from Jongho.

He looks at the caller ID on his phone to see just who had to ruin their moment. Surprisingly, it was Eunhui calling him. He slides the answer button to get the call over with.

"Hey, need anything?" Yeosang sighs, still feeling bad that he ruined their moment.

"Actually, I don't need anything but Sungho does" There was shuffling on the other end, and the older could hear Sungho asking if the girl was talking to his hyung and her telling him that she is.

"Why him? He's supposed to be in bed by now, for goodness sake it's already..." Yeosang takes a second to pull his phone away from his ear and check the time. He was shocked to see that it was already midnight, and that the party downstairs was still going.

"It's already 12"

"Well he said he had a nightmare, and wants you to come back and sleep with him- oh wait he wants to talk to you"

"Hyungie" The babysitter hears the tiredness in the boy's voice.

"Hey bud, so you had a nightmare?" Yeosang throws a quick glance behind him to see Jongho on his own phone, probably texting someone.

"Yeah, and I want hyungie's cuddles"

"Oh bud, Can you wait for me in a bit. Why don't you and Eunhui read a book in your room, hmm?"

"B-but I want hyung n-now"

At that, Sungho starts to sob. Eunhui takes her phone back and wraps an arm around the boy to try and calm him down, she rubs his back, wipes his tears, and gently shushes him. Yeosang bites his lips. The embarrassment from earlier was now gone, only to be replaced with guilt. He could tell that Sungho was crying because of sleepiness and crankiness, and that he was really missing his hyung. The older just felt so bad at the moment. Not only did he leave Sungho with another babysitter when he was supposed to be responsible for him, but he even stayed out late more than he intended to. Sighing out loud, the male decided that it was time for him to go home.

"Eunhui, put me on speaker" Sungho's sobs became slightly more louder and clearly, which meant that he was now put on speaker.

"Hey cub" Yeosang softly calls out.

"Hyu-hyung, heuk" The boy was starting to hiccup his words.

"Listen to me bub, I'll be home soon and before I get there I need you to calm down for me. And then, I'll give you all the cuddles and kisses that you want" The older hears the kid gulp and sniffle, meaning that he was doing his best to stop crying.

"Eunhui, could you carry him back to his room?"

"Of cou-"

"No! I wanna wait for hyungie here" The boy interrupted the girl's word as he starts to tear up again, wanting to run into the older's arm as soon as he sets foot in the home.

"Okay you can wait for me there bub, but I want you to teach Eunhui the breathing technique that we do and Eunhui, get him a glass of water once his breathing is stable. I'll hang up now, see you guys in a bit" Yeosang ends the call, and heads to the exit.

Just then he remembers that he was with Jongho who also finished texting someone as he pocketed his phone, only to notice that the other male was headed to leave. He goes over to ask why he was in a rush to leave.

"Hey, everything okay?" On instinct he reaches to grab the other male's hand. Yeosang abruptly turns to face him, feeling the softness and warmth of the younger's hand.

"Uh, not really. I'm really sorry, but I have to go. Tonight was really fun though"

"But, will I see you again?"

Jongho had high hopes that he would get to see the other again. The older stares at the male's expecting face, a sad smile appeared on his lips since he would have to keep this meeting of theirs a secret. He couldn't bare the fact that he lied to the younger, and that he left his little brother in someone else's care, especially when he also cried since Yeosang knows how much Jongho cherishes his brother. Intertwining their fingers together, Yeosang brushes the pad of his thumb over the knuckle of Jongho's thumb. The action made the younger visibly relax a bit.

"It depends, but I believe we will" With one last stroke on the knuckle, Yeosang let's go of their hands and runs to the exit in a hurry. Jongho stands still, unmoving like a statue. Suddenly, everything felt colder and empty, all of it just disappeared in a snap. His gaze fell to his hand, the soft touch that the stranger left was still lingering that he couldn't dare move his hand, afraid that it'll be gone just like the stranger himself. As he thought back on what happened earlier in the night, he remembered something very important that he forgot to ask the stranger.

His name.

Mumbling a curse, he heads to the exit to try and catch up with the other male. Running down the stairs with a hand on the railings to prevent him from falling, he could hear another pair of footsteps that eventually stopped, he thought that the male had probably reached the ground floor already.

Yeosang started to pant as he ran along the dimly lit hallways, the sound of his footsteps bouncing off the walls till he reached the hallway that led to the gym. He takes a quick peek, and sees that about half of the students had already left while others were still drunk dancing, getting carried by their friends to the exit, or just stayed back to help clean up. He also takes note that his friends were still in there, but sat at the bleachers, probably waiting for Jongho so that they could go to Hongjoong's house for their sleep over.

As the babysitter reaches the last pair of stairs that led to the parking lot, all the running he did along with him bouncing down the stairs made the ribbon on his mask come undone that it flies back to the steps behind him. Thinking that the mask wasn't that important, he leaves it and heads to his car. With the engine on, he exits the school's parking lot and peels down the road.

Jongho slows down once he reaches outside, he catches his breath as he scans for any sign of the other male. The parking lot was almost empty of cars, and no one was around. Carding his hand through his hair, the male lets out frustrated huff, until, his eyes caught sight of something on the stairs. He makes it out to be the mask that the stranger wore. Jongho picks it up and examines it. It is the mask, but one question remains in his mind.

Who was that mystery person?

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Sorry for the late update, but my wifi has been acting up. So until it goes back to normal I'm trying my best to not skip an upload day.

Anyways, here's a double update.