the one that got away | seongjoong (✓)

• XXXVIII •

"we have something to tell everyone," jongho announced, gently taking yeosang's hand in his.

"you're getting married?!" yunho asked.

"you're pregnant?!" wooyoung followed up.

"what? woo, that's not even— anyways," yeosang said, rolling his eyes. "no, and no. none of that."

seonghwa smiled small and squeezed hongjoong's hand. he knew exactly what was happening. yeosang had come to him a couple nights before, a mess of tears, nervous about asking the older if it was okay. and of course it was, seonghwa knew it was bound to happen eventually. it was just happening sooner than anyone had expected.

"i'm moving in with jongho."

wooyoung's eyes widened, and hongjoong quickly turned to see seonghwa's expression, which remained in a smile.

"you're what?! sangie, haven't you guys only been together for a month or so?" wooyoung asked, worried.

"yes... but we've been seeing each other for longer and considering we have pretty opposite schedules, this is going to be good for us. plus, i'm not moving in right away. i'm not moving in for a few weeks, but we just decided on this a few nights ago."

"and you're okay with it?" san asked seonghwa.

seonghwa nodded.

"i'm happy that he's doing what's best for him, it's not like we were going to live together for the rest of our lives. plus, we talked about it first. he wanted to make sure i was okay with this too."

"that's pretty sweet of you, hyung," mingi said with a nod.

seonghwa shrugged, gently resting his hand on hongjoong's knee.

"so now the only two who don't live together are hongjoong and seonghwa," yunho pointed out.

"oh my god, you're right!" wooyoung hollered.

"that's because we're taking things at a different pace. right now, we aren't ready to live together."

hongjoong nodded in agreement, leaning into seonghwa slightly.

"he's right," hongjoong agreed. "we've only been together for a couple of months and we've gotten into a pretty healthy routine that allows us to see each other enough. when we're ready, you guys will know."

seonghwa smiled, nodding before he pressed a soft kiss to hongjoong's head.

"i love you," he whispered.

"i love you too," the younger muttered.

the group then began their movie night, sitting on the couches and the floor, enjoying popcorn and other snacks. they laughed and yelled throughout the movie, and towards the end, mingi looked at yunho, who was talking to wooyoung while sitting next to mingi and holding his hand, and then up at where seonghwa and hongjoong sat on the couch, catching hongjoong's attention.

"min, you okay?" hongjoong asked quietly.

"yeah... yeah, i just... i don't know."

"if you don't want to say it out loud, you can always text me, okay?"

mingi nodded, smiling small as he took out his phone.

mingi
i want to ask yuyu

soon

hongjoong
are you nervous?

mingi
more than nervous