You Rock My World

You were right

Hongjoong sat, his knee bouncing on the bed as he waited for Seonghwa to get back. He knew he should've waited and explained but Chan wanted to get it over with early so he wouldn't miss so much rehearsal time.

And to be fair, the last time he'd tried to tell Seonghwa there might be spies, he'd ended up in an awful argument.

So maybe he was also a little nervous to broach the subject again.

Just then the door clicked open and Seonghwa stepped into the room. Their eyes connected. The door shut, leaving them in silence. Seonghwa was the first to speak.

"You were right."

Hongjoong's knee paused as he stared at Seonghwa in confusion.

"What?"

"About the spy."

Hongjoong felt a rush of alarm.

"What do you mean? What happened?"

"Nothing, JYP just stopped by during rehearsal today and said some things—"

"What did he say to you?" Hongjoong slid off the bed, approaching Seonghwa and holding onto his hands.

"Just a bunch of bullshit to try to get me to throw you under the bus. And I think he got some of it from Hyunjin."

Hongjoong's expression softened.

"I'm really sorry, Hwa. He's playing us like a fucking fiddle."

"No, he's just playing me."

Hongjoong looked at the floor and nodded. He was right. JYP was targeting Seonghwa.

"Well? Where were you?"

Seonghwa walked past Hongjoong to his dresser to change into comfy clothes for the afternoon. Hongjoong sat back down on the bed, curling his knees into his chest.

"There's something I haven't gotten a chance to tell you."

"Okay, well now's the time," Seonghwa said with a soft smile and Hongjoong nodded.

"We got in to KQ."

Seonghwa paused just as he was about to pull his hoodie down over his head. He slid it off, holding it in his hands as he turned to face Hongjoong.

"We did? We made it into KQ?"

"We made it into KQ."

Seonghwa dropped the sweatshirt and ran to the bed, tackling Hongjoong in a hug and the two tumbled backwards onto the soft mattress.

"Oh my God that's amazing! Wha—when—how long ago did you find out?!"

"Last night when I was in the studio—I got a call from Eden. And it wasn't my finest moment—I kind of panicked and made an absolute fool of myself but they really want us. We don't even have to audition or anything. They'll take us whenever we accept."

Seonghwa turned over, his sparkling eyes staring into Hongjoong's in excitement.

"It's really that simple? We can just forget everything here and go?"

"Yeah. We can."

Seonghwa snuggled into Hongjoong's chest, his arms wrapped tightly around him.

His smile was starting to hurt, but he released it as he realized Hongjoong wasn't done.

"So where were you during rehearsal?"

"I was at KQ."

Seonghwa pulled away to look down at Hongjoong.