the one that got away | seongjoong (✓)

• XXXI •

it was finally time.

the day of hongjoong's concert had finally come, and for the first time in five years, their entire friend group would be coming together. hongjoong had excitedly invited everyone, begging for a reunion (especially now that everyone was moving towards relationships, no matter how slowly). he got the group vip and backstage passes, allowing them to go essentially anywhere they wanted in the venue. until the doors opened, the group was hanging out in hongjoong's green room, close to their partners (well, soon-to-be partners for the majority).

"i'm really glad all of you could come," hongjoong said happily.

"i'm so happy that you invited us!" wooyoung replied, a smile on his face.

"ditto," san said, smiling as he stared at wooyoung with hearts in his eyes.

"well... we didn't exactly have a choice, but we're happy everyone's here too," yunho laughed.

"yeah, it's getting me really hyped to perform," mingi added.

seonghwa smiled as he looked around at each pair. although none of them were official yet, everything just seemed right. wooyoung and san looked at each other like there was nobody else in the world, and san had told him he planned on asking the younger to be his quite soon, he was just waiting for the perfect moment. yunho and mingi were stuck like glue, as they always were, and seonghwa began to wonder if either of them had made any moves recently. he had only really seen them in passing the past two weeks, as they were busy with their own schedule. and finally, he looked at jongho and yeosang, the two quietly sitting next to each other, their knees touching and jongho gently rubbing the older's knee from time to time. neither of them cared much for pda, so this was plenty for them. seonghwa wondered where they stood, as he knew all about how the two had agreed to give things a try, even if it was a slow start.

finally, seonghwa looked over at hongjoong, his other half. he looked absolutely breathtaking, his makeup and hair done all pretty for the concert. he was wearing seonghwa's hoodie and a pair of sweatpants at the moment, and yet he still looked like he could go on stage at any moment and blow the crowd away. he must've stared for a bit too long, because soon he heard hongjoong's laugh and noticed the younger looking at him.

"what are you doing?" he asked.

"looking," seonghwa said softly.

"at?"

"what's mine... my treasure."

hongjoong blushed, hiding his face a bit. it was seonghwa's turn to laugh now, pulling the boy into his arms.

"baby, move your hands... i don't want to ruin your makeup by kissing it... i need your lips."

"this is sickening," yeosang muttered.

jongho nodded in agreement, then yunho began to laugh.

"what?" yeosang asked.

"you think it's sickening? just wait under jongho finally makes his move."

"hey! i've been making moves!" jongho defended.

"not very fast... at this rate, yeosang's more likely to date younghoon than he is to date you," mingi said, rolling his eyes.

"younghoon? who's younghoon?" jongho asked.

yeosang blushed darkly, motioning to both wooyoung and seonghwa to tell him.

"um... woo, you wanna take this?" seonghwa asked.

"sure," wooyoung shrugged. "younghoon's this guy that sangie used to like in high school. hoonie liked him back too, but he was a bit too late. at that point, i think yeosang already started to like you. unless he liked binnie before he liked you, i can't remember."