chapter 17

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"excuse me?"

"you've been ignoring wooyoung haven't you?" yeonjun blurted out leaving san in a state of shock and regret

san opened his mouth to say something but he quickly took back what he has going to say and let his head hang low as he started to overthink

"yoonjun or whatever your name is," stood up hongjoong, "you can't go up to strangers and call them an asshole, if anything the asshole here is you, i may not know wooyoung well enough but i know enough about him to know he didn't tell you to come and shit talk san so fuck off,"

all three of them looked at hongjoong, seonghwa and san in utter respect and yeonjun in disbelief

yeonjun rolled his eyes at them before he left and went over to where kyungmin was seated

"sorry... kinda-" hongjoong was interrupted again but this time not with words

san sprinted from his seat and hugged hongjoong tightly, "thank you," those two simple words filled hongjoong's heart with warmth

after they settled down a bit they went back to eating since they had to move soon,

"what's with him? do you know him?" seonghwa asked taking a sip of his cappuccino

"i've seen him once before, me, wooyoung, and kyungmin, wooyoungs younger brother, were going to the theme park and when we picked up kyungmin from school i saw him there, i guess he's a teacher and by the looks of it a close friend of wooyoung as well," san explained helping both of them understand the situation that happened

"oh by the way, seonghwa hyung, if youre gonna post any photos or videos can you make sure i'm not in any of them? i don't want wooyoung to see and think what happened between us meant nothing to me,"

seonghwa understood and nodded

seonghwa, san, and hongjoong all finished eating and went back to watching the different fishes as they swam through the various aquarium tanks, meeting up with kyungmin a couple times along the way and yeonjun ignoring them and getting kyungmin away from them

before long they had found themselves at the exit and stopped by the merchandise shop and bought some things including pens, a cup, and san had bought a penguin plushy,

while walking back to the car seonghwa asked san about his plan for saturday which was a couple days away

"so, what are you planning on telling them? your parents that is,"

"honestly, i don't know... i mean what can i say? after i say those two words they won't really talk to me anymore..." san said looking at his feet as he kept walking

"you don't... if you don't want to risk the relationship between you and your parents you can stay in the closet?" seonghwa refuted feeling bad for the boy, seonghwa understood how he felt even though his parents were supportive, his grandparents weren't.

seonghwa came out to his parents 6 years ago, they told him not to tell his grandparents yet since they probably wouldn't have liked it, but one day while he was at his grandparents house he had forgotten his wallpaper, which was him and his boyfriend, and his grandparents saw it

seonghwa rushed to his feet trying to explain but his parents simply placed their hands on his shoulder telling him it was no use,

it took his grandmother a while to understand what was going on but when she did...she wasn't happy, and neither was his grandfather

right there and then his grandparents told him to leave since they didn't want to welcome or acknowledge such a disappointment, every time they'd go to a family gathering seonghwa would get called names, slurs, teased on

until one day he didn't come, seonghwa still talks to his parents but he hasn't seen or heard from his grandparents in 6 years

"i can't stay in the closet... i need to tell them someday, i'd rather it be now than later that way maybe in the distant future it'll take less time for them to warm up to their son..." san continued as he got closer to the car

seonghwa smiled a soft smile at him as if saying "you've grown up" and rubbed his head before he went to sit in the passenger seat since hongjoong was going to drive now.

on the drive back seonghwa tried opening some upbeat songs to lighten the mood, and it did. if there was anything san loved more than wooyoung, which there probably isn't, but a close second would be dancing and singing

after everyone had settled down and they had entered seoul, hongjoong changed the song into something more sentimental to appreciate the pretty stars in the sky

san loved stars, they were shiny dots in the sky that gave him a sense of hope and happiness. whenever he was mad, upset, happy, sad, or conflicted, he'd always find a quiet place and just sit there watching the stars, counting them, admiring them.

after they got back, they headed towards the elevator to go to their dorms, just before the elevators closed, a hand slid between the two doors making the elevator door open again.

it was wooyoung

san and wooyoung stared at each other for a couple of seconds, tho that couple of seconds felt like hours for them. wooyoung was the first to look away, "i'll catch the other elevator you can go ahead," wooyoung murmured

"there's room here, you can join," seonghwa said, pointing towards the empty spot that was behind seonghwa and beside san

"no-" before wooyoung had time to finish his sentence, hongjoong pulled him into the elevator and adjusted their positions so that he was beside san,

seonghwa pressed the button to their floor and the elevator started moving.

when the elevator moved it caused san to accidentally move more towards wooyoung, touching his hand for a brief second, "s-sorry," san was quick to apologize and pulled back his hand trying to stay calm

wooyoung shook his head, 'it's fine and looked at the screen that told them which floor they were on and waited until it reached their floor.

after mere seconds once again felt like ages, they had finally gotten to their floor. as soon as the elevator doors started opening, wooyoung sprinted out and gave them a "thanks" as he sprinted to his dorm room

closing the door and taking some time to breathe before seonghwa came

hongjoong and san went to sleep early since they were tired and they also had classes tomorrow

the next day all of them woke up and went to their class, thankfully nobody called on wooyoung so san didn't have to answer for him

nothing much happened that day so after class ended they went back to their dorm, seonghwa came over to san's dorm

as hongjoong and seonghwa sat down at the table to study, san was on his bed worrying

seonghwa noticed his worried expression

"one second, lemme check up on san," seonghwa told hongjoong, he nodded

seonghwa went over to san, placing his hand on his back to bring him out of his thoughts

"san?"

san looked up at seonghwa, the worry not leaving his eyes

"don't worry, things will be alright tomorrow..."

the day has finally arrived

the day he told his parents

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