𝖲𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅 | 𝖧𝖺𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗇

Chapter 23:

The first night in the dorm was sleepless.

The Maknae's kept being loud, but since the older members could understand their happiness, they decided to let them be.

Hanbin and Zhanghao retreated in their room, as they started doing their night routine. It was nearly 1am, and they knew they needed to be up early tomorrow.

Oh, wait. Today.

Zhanghao opened his toothpaste, smearing some on his toothbrush before closing it.

Hanbin was doing his skincare, using mostly Zhanghao's products.

The two didn't do much before going to sleep, since both of them were way too tired.

Zhanghao slipped inside the covers of his bed, sighing happily. Soon enough, Hanbin joined him.

"Do you have separation anxiety?" Zhanghao whispered, his eyes closed and a smile placed on his face.

"From you? Definitely" Hanbin agreed, slipping a hand around the Chinese's waist.

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2.5 Years left to disbandment.

It was their debut date. Time had flown by so fast, all nine boys swore that just yesterday they had entered boys planet.

July 10th. A date which would be memorable.

The boys had filmed their M/V pretty fast, which meant they started working fresh outta boys planet.

Being one of the first groups of the 5th generation, they felt a bit more pressured.

"We can become the 5th gen leaders" Gunwook muttered, confident. "Of course we can" Ricky replied, putting on his in-ears.

Zhanghao thought that the title song was unlike anything the industry had heard before. It screamed 'this is ZB1'

Something else Zhanghao was extremely nervous for was his own solo song. He had worked non-stop for it, and really hoped that the fans would like it as much as he did.

"You're gonna do great. We all are" Hanbin winked at him, getting ready for a motivational speech.

"Guys, let's rip the stage apart. Let's show them who ZEROBASEONE is. I'm proud of every single one of you. Let's show them what we got!" Hanbin spoke, stretching a hand out. After everyone placed their hands on top, they cheered, ready to perform.

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2 years left to disbandment.

Zhanghao was sure he had to be dreaming because there was no way they just won 'rookie of the year' At MAMA.

This had to be a joke.

But then he noticed his members shocked faces also, and realized it was reality. Zhanghao tapped Gunwook on the shoulder, telling him to stand up.

They had to go retrieve their award, after all.

Hanbin made his speech first, introducing the group. Next went Matthew who spoke in English, Jiwoong in Japanese, and finally Zhanghao in Chinese.

Zhanghao stuttered sometimes due to the nervousness, but he managed to pull it off pretty well.

This was crazy. They had just debuted five months ago and were already receiving such high awards.

Once back to their seats, Zhanghao held so tightly onto Hanbin's hand that the Korean thought his hand was going to fall of at this point.

"Are you okay, haohao?" Hanbin chuckled, shaking Zhanghao out of his thoughts.

Right, what happened between Zhanghao and Hanbin during all this time?

Many interesting things had happened, but sadly they still had no label.

They weren't boyfriends. They weren't just friends. But they weren't only group mates either.

They were just Sung Hanbin and Zhanghao.

Two boys way too scared to commit to something which might ruin their whole lives in an instant.

"I'm good, still shocked" Zhanghao replied, slowly letting go of Hanbin's hand.

Truthfully, they had started to distance from each other unconsciously. Even their members had noticed this, and Matthew had asked both of them separately what was going on.

Both didn't give him a concrete answer.

"Hyung? What's happening between you and Hanbin? Why aren't you as close as before?" Matthew mumbled, handing Zhanghao his cup of coffee.

"What do you mean? Nothing's going on" Zhanghao shrugged him off, walking into the living room, where Yujin was surrounded by his school work.

"Why are you working here?" Zhanghao asked him, sitting down on his right.

"They're being loud" Yujin replied, referring to his roommates.

"Hyung"

"Mhm?" The older boy hummed, turning to look at Yujin who was busy reading his science book.

"I don't really know what's going on between you and Hanbin hyung, but my eyes work pretty well and I'm able to see and guess what's going on at least. This may sound cringe, but I see the love and admiration you both have for each other. Don't give such a precious thing up only because you're scared. That's really cowardly"

Zhanghao let out a deep sigh, recalling what Yujin had told him.

That damned 16-years old and his way too mature brain.

The Chinese was torn. He had no idea what to do, and Hanbin looked like he also didn't know.

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Update now bcs tmr I have a wedding and can't update!
Enjoy :)