Halloween || Seventeen ff

Thirteen

[ Oh ~, you really made it this far ? How did you get here ? I'm disappointed Jeonghan isn't dead...]

" What the hell does he have against me ? "

" You're the smartest..." Says Wonwoo

" I'm not smart, just logical."

" You're clearly the smartest, don't lie." Says Mingyu

" No, you'll learn later Gyu that being intelligent and logical aren't the same thing."

" Nevertheless, your logic will probably get us out of this." Says Soonyoung

Soonyoung smiles at his eldest with eyes shining with respect and love. Jeonghan ruffles his hair, then goes back to reading...

[ Honestly, I've seen that you're the young man of the situation, Jeonghan, in every situation you manage to get through, so I hope this latest ordeal will kill you.]

" I promise you, we'll all get out of this alive." Said the boy

" Are you sure about this ? " Seungkwan asks, frightened and clinging to Vernon.

" Yes, Kwan don't worry. I'm confident we can make it."

" Thank you, for always giving us hope." Says Chan

" It's normal, you're not just friends, you're family and..."

[ Hum hum, how sweet, I could almost cry, enough of this nonsensical chatter. You're currently on the roof of the elevator, aren't you ? ]

" He likes to play with us, I think." Jun says, resting her head on his lover's shoulder.

" Indeed." Wonwoo replies, Mingyu's hand in his.

" What an asshole." Says Chan

" You're being vulgar Chan. " Says Jeonghan

Chan points discreetly at Seungcheol, Jeonghan laughs softly...

" Why are you laughing ? I want to laugh too." Says the elder

" You're teaching your boyfriend things."

" Don't I have a boyfriend ? "

" You and Chan love each other and you're not going to ask him to be in a relationship with you ? "

" When we get out of this tunnel yes, but properly because our statement earlier wasn't very clear. "

" So you're instructing your future boyfriend in vulgarity."

" I'm never vulgar. "

Jeonghan nods and the troupe starts laughing, Seungcheol starts sulking and Chan comes over to give him a kiss on the cheek, this immediately calms Seungcheol and he smiles at his future boyfriend taking his futur boyfriend's hand in his own.

[ I can see you're having a good laugh, but you're not out of there yet, so let me introduce you to this final test. Jeonghan picks up a laptop and reads the "laugh" instructions ]

" The bastard."

" You said you'd never be vulgar hmm ? " Minghao says

" Oh, it's okay Hao, don't bother. I'm afraid of this ordeal. "

" Everyone." Says Jihoon

" But Jeonghan is totally relaxed..." Says Vernon

" Nah, he's like, it's not the same. "

Vernon looks at Seungcheol in incomprehension. Jeonghan doesn't look panicked at all, and yet Seungcheol seems to know that his friend is stressing deep down. He puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

" We can do it." Says the older man

" Yes I know, we can do it." Says Jeonghan

" As long as we believe in ourselves, we can go far."

" I agree with you hyung."

" Ah, finally, you tell me the hyung."

" Yes, in truth, you deserve all the respect in the world Cheol-hyung."

" Thanks Han' you too, really, you're an amazing guy. "

This declaration of pure and sincere friendship from the two elders, allows them to reassure each other. Seungcheol takes Jeonghan's hand and Chan's in the other, while Jeonghan grabs Joshua's with his free hand. The American grabs Jun's with his free hand. Jun grabs his boyfriend's hand, Minghao grabs Vernon's, the young man grabs Seungkwan's, Chan with his free hand grabs Jihoon's and Jihoon with his free hand grabs his boyfriend's hand, Soonyoung grabs Seokmin's and Seokmin grabs Mingyu's hand in his and Mingyu grabs Wonwoo's hand.

All together, they sigh, Jeonghan detaches his hand from Seungcheol's to press down on the laptop screen, and the inscriptions for the new and final game appear before their eyes...

Jeonghan puts his hand back in Seungcheol's and begins to read the instructions, stress at its peak for our thirteen friends.