Transient Waters

26

Mingi just stared at Jongho with wide eyes, wondering what in the world he should do...which he should speak...yes, but what would he even say? It was so hard to talk to Jongho, and although that had not been an issue before, for some reason in the past recent months he found himself getting tongue tied and this weird fluttery feeling every time he came around Jongho. Naturally, he did not say anything to anyone, what could he even say? It was embarrassing, though he had a sneaking suspicion that Yunho was onto something, and he knew for sure that Wooyoung knew something if the sly smirks that he gave him anytime the Captain ordered the two of them to help with dinner together was any indication. Come to think of it, Captain had been doing that more often lately, so perhaps he has noticed something too, but I don't know...Mingi wouldn't put it past Hongjoong to notice, what he would put past him was to care. It did not negatively or positively affect the crew, and in such regards Hongjoong did not really have the best track record for intervening. Of course...Hongjoong did care about all of them, but with so much going on...especially now? He just found it hard to say that he would bother to intervene on something like this...did not know why he would bother.

"San and Wooyoung told me to talk to the Omega, the new crewmate...person...whatever he is...and I was thinking maybe...Yunho and you would be willing to...maybe...come with...me?" Mingi winced at the absolute awful construction of his sentence. He could not believe that it was that bad, though his ability to speak around Jongho was steadily declining. It was the nerves that he seemed to be struck dumb with every time he was within the other's sights. It was something he definitely would need to get better at dealing with, because he could literally feel the amusement coming from Yunho which simply added to the embarrassed feeling that he had wash over him in a tidal wave.

"The new Omega? The one that somehow San Hyung hasn't ripped to shreds yet?" Jongho asked curiously. Mingi slowly nodded, somewhat finding himself hoping that Jongho would agree to go. If he did, Mingi did not know what he would do, just be happy he supposed. These extra emotions are totally useless. Mingi thought to himself scathingly. Although I know it is not as though I can help it...Wooyoung told me that ages ago. Mingi felt himself somewhat guilty at the thought. It had been so long since they had managed to find Wooyoung, and now that he was here, Mingi had barely even bothered to take the time to see him.

"Oh, why does Wooyoung want us to see the new Omega?" Yunho questioned, tilting his head slightly as he asked. Mingi shrugged. He had no idea. He assumed at least on his part the reason was mostly because he had saved the Omega from killing himself, but although he knew that Wooyoung wanted the Omega to meet Yunho and Jongho as well, he had no idea why. He knew that it was going to have to happen eventually. From what he could tell Hongjoong had no intentions on leaving the Omega anywhere, and likely wanted him to become a part of their crew. He was not entirely sure that was the best idea, but he also knew not to underestimate Omegas too.

"Okay, but dinner is going to be delayed slightly because of it." Mingi shrugged carelessly. He did not particularly care about that, and really the only one who showed up on time to dinner anyways was Jongho, and that was mostly because he was in the kitchen a majority of the time anyways. Wooyoung and San could cook, and they often did when they wanted to make something specific, usually after their restock runs, but otherwise Jongho usually ended up hunting them down to find them and drag them to the main area to eat and drink. Then again, it was not as though there was a bullhorn to specify when food was finished and prepared. Plus, Jongho was pretty keen on eating whilst the food is hot and not cold, which meant that they had to eat it as he made it, they couldn't just wait a few hours.

Yunho clapped loudly, severing the eye contact that Mingi had not quite been aware that he was making with Jongho. They both turned to stare at him, Yunho just smirking unapologetically and grabbing both of them, dragging them towards the medical wing. There was no time to waste, apparently. Mingi hastily ripped his wrist from Yunho's grasp as they came into view of the room that the Omega was in. He found himself anxiously fidgeting. As much as he was excited to see the Omega, and curious, he could not help but find himself a bit anxious too. What if they did not like him? He doubted that the Omega would hate him, but what if he had some resentment for the fact that Mingi had stopped him from jumping into the water?

"Come on," Yunho stated sharply, rolling his eyes and shoving the door open. Mingi and Jongho stared at him with equal emotions of disbelief that he just did that, whilst Seonghwa, the Omega, and Yeosang were staring at all three of them like they were unexpected, which Mingi supposed perhaps that they were not...really expected. It was too late to change anything about that, however, and it was better to simply go with things. 

"Mingi, Jongho, Yunho, what are you doing here?" Yeosang asked in way of an opening statement. Mingi licked his lips nervously.

"Wooyoung told me to come visit." Yeosang raised a brow, but Seonghwa did not seem to be all that concerned.

 "It's alright," He said softly. Seonghwa looked towards them, studiously avoiding all of their eyes and primarily avoiding looking at Mingi. He knew that Seonghwa would feel a bit surprised and more than a little embarrassed when it came to him, because he figured Hongjoong would have said something about him helping Seonghwa, and if nothing else the scent would definitely give it away.