TRAITOR - woosan

9. gay?

San (the party)

I sigh when Wooyoung has finally left the bathroom.

I don't know why I was so affected by our talk earlier. I even chose to stay with him instead of my girlfriend. For what? I don't know I... listened to my heart for once.

Honestly, I wanted to know the truth about his transfer, but Wooyoung seems to avoid the subject. I need to know what happened. 

I look at myself in the mirror and sprinkle my face with water. I shouldn't be affected by his presence, but I would be lying to myself saying I wasn't. Wooyoung is really something...

I splash water on my face once again. 

I'm going to go now, say bye to Seonghwa, and get my ten hours of sleep as soon as I get back home. I need it.

I give one last look at myself in the mirror before leaving. I quit the bathroom with a heavy heart. I don't know why I care that much about Wooyoung, it's been three years. Maybe a part of me never totally recovered from losing his friendship. He was my other half and I was his. But now everything has changed and I don't know how to deal with this anymore. 

I walk into the different rooms looking for Seonghwa. I finally see him standing next to the stairs, lost in his thoughts staring at the ceiling.

"Oh San, didn't see you there," Seonghwa says in surprise.

"Hey, are you okay?" I ask to be gentle, but also a little worried by his serious expression.

Seonghwa gives me a look and sighs. 

"It's Wooyoung, my cousin, he just disappears upstairs and I'm a little concerned." He starts.

I gasp. 

His cousin? That was unexpected. 

"I would go check on him, but the first years keep breaking things every time I turn around." He admits while staring at a bunch of drunk boys hanging out in the kitchen behind me. 

I take a look and they seem like a lot of trouble indeed. 

"I can go check on him for you if you want?" I simply suggest without even thinking.

What did I say earlier? Getting out of the house is my priority, not babysitting. 

But here I was again, staying for Jung Wooyoung. Great. Why is it always him?

"You would do that?" Seonghwa wonders with gratitude in his eyes.

"Sure, no problem." I lie. Still thinking that getting out of this house would be a better idea. 

"Thanks," he says with a smile.

I couldn't change my mind now, helping my swim team captain will surely improve our relationship. So I walk up the stairs looking for Jung Wooyoung. 

The second floor is quite dark since no one has access to it. People at the party can go anywhere in the house except up here. I can understand why; it is full of beautiful works of art. I recognize some of the great artists on the walls. I observe all of them, hypnotized. After the contemplation done, I notice the multiple doors closed around me; one of them is slightly open. Wooyoung is probably in this one.

I walk slowly toward the door and stop as I hear someone talking behind it. 

"You shouldn't expose someone's sexuality like that." I hear someone say.

Is that Wooyoung? I can't hear properly, the music is too loud. 

"You look hot when you're mad." The other respond.

Hot. What the hell are they talking about? I look through the small opening to see what is going on inside the room.

"Yah well, I'm not going to give you what you want," Wooyoung says with a serious expression.

Okay, it's really Wooyoung, but who's the other guy? I don't think I know him. He has red hair and he is almost the same height as Wooyoung, a little shorter. 

The red-haired comes closer to Wooyoung to kiss him on the neck, giving me chills. 

What is this...

Are they together? 

"Humm... You're sure about that?" The boy says against Wooyoung's skin.

Wooyoung doesn't move, he even seems to enjoy what is happening and it makes me even more confused. He smiles as the other leaves mark on his neck. I would normally stop looking at people kissing each other this intimate, but something keeps me away from that: I need to know. 

Is Wooyoung gay?