the one that got away | seongjoong (✓)

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"you what?!" yunho asked.

"i asked him to kiss me..."

"did he?"

"i mean... kind of? not on the lips, but yeah..."

"how did that even come up?"

"h-he told me he never stopped loving me and i didn't believe him..."

"you're telling me you couldn't tell he still loved you when you found out he was the one making those drinks for you?"

"well when you put it like that i sound stupid!"

"that's because you are, joong."

"if i'm stupid, you must be stupider."

"how?"

"you're kidding, right? you mean you can't tell that mingi's deeply in love with you?"

"i can... i-i just don't want him to be."

"why? yunho, you two have had heart eyes for each other for as long as i've known you."

"he deserves better, that's all..."

"you know... you never told me why you didn't become an idol. all you said was mingi."

"i was a trainee for six months... they told me i was ready to debut and i got scared. i already missed mingi enough, and being an idol would mean that i wouldn't get to see him for longer periods... i left the company so i could find him again."

"does he know that?"

yunho shook his head.

"i bet that he'd fall even more in love with you if you told him that."

yunho simply shrugged, then looked at hongjoong.

"where'd he kiss you?"

"my forehead. he told me it's not right for him to kiss me so soon after finding me again. a-and when i pouted about it, he said that i never specified where i wanted to be kissed."

"clever."

hongjoong nodded, smiling small.

"he took me home and stayed until i fell asleep. he made sure i had dinner and promised i'd see or hear from him soon."

"and have you?"

"he called me this morning actually. he told me to come to the cafe tonight."

"don't we have a later rehearsal today?"

hongjoong nodded.

"yeah... it's okay though, he said he'll wait for me."

"what if we're even later than he expects?"

"i told him he can just text me and let me know if he's still there. i don't want him waiting too long for me."

"smart."

hongjoong finished up his drink and got up, yunho following. the two made their way to the conference room where mingi, the other dancers, and the members of hongjoong's creative team were all scheduled to meet.

mingi was waiting for the two outside, then they walked in, greeting youngjae and the two other dancers who were already there.

the meeting went well, then they headed to the big dance studio for rehearsal for the entire performance that hongjoong would be putting on in a few weeks time.

rehearsal was long and tiring, and by the time they finished, it was nearly 1am. much to hongjoong's surprise, he had yet to receive a text from seonghwa.