Paint Me With You || Hanbin X Zhang Hao | Spring Fiesta 2023 ✔

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"Hao hyung!"

"Zhang Hao hyung!"

Zhang Hao quickly shot up, waking up from his short nap. He turned to the owners of the voices. Two boys stood in front of him. One had fair and smooth skin that almost looked like they'd feel like mochis. He was quite tall as well. His long and slim fingers combed through his dark brown hair, and a heavy, frustrated sigh escaped his thin and soft lips. "Hyung. You have been staring at that wall far too long to be healthy."

Zhang Hao let out a dry chuckle before looking around the room. The classroom was empty. He shot his head back towards the two boys. "T-the class ended?" He asked, flustered.

The second boy scoffed before crossing his arms. His narrow eyes narrowed even more into a sharp glare. He had dark brown hair, soft skin and thin lips like the latter, but he was much shorter. "Yes Hyung.... The class ended..."

"Fifteen minutes ago! We haven't been able to leave this hell house because you were too busy in la-la land! We had to come and look for you!!" He shrieked, making Zhang Hao flinch.

"Look, Woongki. I'm so sorry. Please calm down." Zhang Hao apologized, nervously chuckling to himself. He then turned to the taller one. "You too. I'm sorry Seowon..."

After a few second, smiles cracked on the boy's faces. "Apology accepted-"

"If!" Woongki suddenly interrupted. "You hang out with us."

"Yeah... You're always with Ricky..." Seowon frowned.

A soft smile appeared on Zhang Hao face. He quickly gathered his things and walked towards Seowon and Woongki. "Of course I will!" He giggled patting his juniors on their backs. The Junior's faces brightened up as well. "Yes!" The two cheered.

"So, what are you doing after school?" Woongki asked, walking towards the door.

Hearing the question, Zhang Hao immediately pursed his lips. He just kept walking on in silence. The other two couldn't help but eye their senior in suspicion. Even so, they couldn't figure out the meaning behind the latter's silence.

Well, that was until it hit them. The two of them suddenly stopped in their track, a gasp leaving their lips. "Don't tell me..." The two of them muttered, making Zhang Hao let out a dry chuckle. "T-tell you what...?"

"That you're gonna go back there!" Woongki groaned.

"Where?" Zhang Hao asked with an innocent smile.

Seowon couldn't help but roll his eyes in frustration. "Don't play dumb hyung. Everyone knows that whenever you get the chance, you always go to the National Museum!"

Zhang Hao paused. He thought for a bit before walking off. "I don't go there that often-"

"Not often?!" The two juniors exclaimed in union. "Hyung." Seowon started. "You go there so many times, they let you in for free!"

"You get let into a national museum for free!" Woongki emphasized.

Taeyong pursed his lips as he tried to think of his next words. He let out a soft groan before walking ahead of the other two. "Oh come on... Don't you guys believe in me? I will find the treasure of that painting one day!"

The two juniors caught up to the senior, furrowing their brows at him. "What makes you think that the painting even has a treasure to it? What if Kim Minseok just randomly named the painting?"

Zhang Hao turned to Seowon, a proud smile on his face. "I'll tell you what! The painting depicts two figures sitting under a fully blossomed cherry blossom tree. Kim Minseok wrote in his diary how the Cherry Blossom tree in his painting was an actual tree. But unlike other paintings as such, no historians have ever found the tree in question. So there must be a treasure sitting right under the tree even now!"