Along your steps | MINSUNG

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Jaehyun and Minjoon were cooking pancakes for the first time in their life all thanks to their current vlive. Sehyun went for grocery shopping. Minho was sleeping. Han was sitting on the dining table watching the two boys committing blunder.

After struggling for around half an hour, Han came for help. He was okay with them burning the pancake or the pan itself. What he was not okay with was the house being burnt and the two troublemakers were proceeding to do that only. So he decided to give them a hand. The boys ensured that Han's face does not appear on camera.

At one point of time, Han was making the pancake alone and the other two boys were being silly doing random things in the hall.

Minho came out of his room still a bit drowsy and went in the kitchen. He put his chin on Han's shoulder and hugged him by his waist and continued his sleep. During the previous months, Han and the other boys had already gotten used to this behaviour of Minho. Every day when they don't have any early morning schedule or when Minho wakes up early, he'd always hug Han like that.

Sehyun came back to the dorm with three bags in his both hands.

"Oh look ciels, Sehyun hyungie arrived. Hyung say hi to ciels"

[Ciel is their fandom name]

Sehyun came in the frame and greeted their fans. Comments flooded with compliments. His buff body has recently gained a lot of fans for him. Not to mention, his fluffy hairs and dimpled smile had its own fandom.

Everyone was having fun until the camera shifted to the duo in the kitchen for a split second. The sharp eyes of the fans saw the two males hugging in the kitchen and comments flooded with questions related to that.

In minutes, the happy environment turned into a tensed one. Han couldn't understand what to do next. He went into the bedroom leaving all the boys including Minho in the hall.

Minho who was awake now knew that if he didn't deal with this right now, it'll spread like a wildfire and burn his own home which he found in Han. He went into the frame and said, "Good morning ciels, how are you guys doing?"

There were few comments that replied to his question while the others threw their own questions. Most of the questions were that who was he hugging and why was he hugging him. Some even questioned his sexuality and relationships status.

"Why? You guys don't hug people?"

"Ciels, I have a lot of people whom I treasure and my love language includes physical affections as well. I don't think I need to explain each of my relationship to you guys, right?" Minho said with a smile.

Their real fans stepped up and started giving positive feedback to him. There were many negative comments as well but positive ones exceed them. Many even complimented him for being expressive and honest.

"Seems like many of you are still not happy with me hugging people. Haha. Ciels, As much as I'm not okay with loosing you guys, I hate the idea of loosing people who made me  who I am today more. Even you wouldn't, right? Ciels, I'll be honest. I did, i do and I will hug people who are dear to me. I'll like it if you guys also become expressive. You'll see how beautiful life is. Come on now everyone, at this note, let's have a group hug." Saying this Minho hugged the camera in front of him.

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It was evening. Han was sitting on the floor next to his bed checking out the public reaction.  There were mixed reactions from public. Many took it as a sweet gesture while others made it as a tool to spread hate. Either way, Lee Minho was trending at number 1 in South Korea and number 5 worldwide on twitter. Call it fortunate or unfortunate, this attracted more attention to the group than their debut album could. Han didn't know if he should be happy or sad. If it wasn't for Minho's sound judgement, a scandal would have arisen.

The door creaked open. Minho entered the room. Han straightened his posture. Minho sat next to him.

"Hyung, I'm sorry." Minho said while looking at his feet.

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"I know I made a terrible mistake today. I almost costed us the career of our  whole group and yours. I don't have anything to say to defend myself. I knew you were demoted because of a stubborn ass jerk and I still was acting like one. I will stay away from you and refrain from getting closer than required to anyone for the time being. I'll talk to Youngjae Hyung as well. I'm ready to accept my mistake. I wouldn't let anyone harm you by any means. Please don't get worried. I'll-"

"Min! Look at me."

Minho didn't look up . He just shook his head. Tears started pooling in his eyes. He knew he messed it up. He didn't had the energy to see anyone or anything. Only he knew, how he was having a nervous breakdown when he was on the camera. He couldn't meet anyone's eyes, let Han alone. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He didn't wanted to hear or see the disappointment in their voice or face. He gathered the courage to talk to Han only because he knew Han deserved an apology at the very least if his job was on the line.

Han put his fingers under Minho's chin and helped him raise his head. However, Minho lowered his eyes to avoid looking at the elder. Han cupped both his cheeks to finally meet his eyes.

"You didn't do anything. You don't have to do anything. No one is disappointed. Nothing is ruined. Me and the boys, we love you still. You didn't intend to harm anyone. That jerk did. Don't compare yourself to him. My job is not on the line. I wouldn't lie. I was told off but nothing serious happened seeing how much attention you brought to the group. Have you seen the public reactions?" Han questioned Minho.

Minho shook his head. Han took his phone and showed him twitter.

"You are trending. People are loving how confidently and politely you asked your fans to let you live. People who are mad would have found a reason to hate you and the group either way. Why worrying about them. Wait, let me show you the views on your music video. "

Minho was shocked. "How?? It was like 29 million yesterday and that took us more than two months. How did it increase by 6 million in a day?" Minho asked with wide eyes.

"Well negative publicity is publicity as well. You're probably the first rookie to tell your fandom to behave. Guess, everyone is impressed."

Minho pulled Han into a hug and buried his face into his neck crying his heart out. He was so scared that he might have to leave Han. He was so scared that he ruined the career of the other boys. He was so relieved right now. He did say that he would stay away from Han but he didn't want to loose his home.

"So much for staying away from me!"

Minho pinched Han's waist and hugged him tighter without saying a word.

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