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You get to Lexi's room, and she is sitting on the bed still looking through some of her photos from the show the night before. The two of you share a look when you walk in she just smiles at you with a knowing look.

"What is that look for?" You ask through a giant grin.

"Oh, no reason. Just happened to notice you coming in with a bag last night, and you have that same bag with you now, but... hmm.." she pauses, looking you over. "Did they not give you your own room for you to put your things in?"

You look down and pull your bottom lip with your teeth. "I think you need to mind your own, ma'am." You give her such an unserious look that the two of you burst out in laughter. You go and jump on her bed, but she pushes you off with her foot.

"I don't want your cooties!"

"Shut up, I took a shower. I just didn't stop by my room before coming back here. Hence, still having my bag."

"Yes, yes. So, is this a contract thing or an NDA thing or a relationship thing? A too early to tell... thing?" She jumps up, wanting all the details.

You roll your eyes at her. "I'm sorry - and WHAT were you doing while on tour last year?"

"Ah. Yes. Point taken." She turns a shade of pink you've never actually seen on her.

"Oh my gosh, what WERE you doing while on tour last year?!"

"Oof. Afraid that cannot be discussed, little lady."

"Mmhmm. So! We have a few hours to kill before the group is all getting together later! Want to do something?"

"Yes please! I really want to get out while we can. I know there isn't much 'out of the hotel' time on these trips, so if you want to check out some stuff in the area, we totally can!"

The two of you decide on a few places to go and you text Seonghwa to let him know what you guys have decided.You get ready, laughing about some of the shots she is showing you of the guys making goofy faces or them reading the fan signs.

Ateez POV:

Seonghwa texts the group chat to see if they can all meet up, telling them he has something he wants to talk about. They all agree to meet up in 15 minutes. Seonghwa sends an individual text to Yeosang asking him if he can meet up with him a little earlier, at his room.

Around 5 minutes later, there was a knock on his door. He opens it to let Yeosang in and walks him over to the sitting area by the window.

"What's up, Seonghwa?" Yeosang asks with a little trepidation in his voice. He walks over to where Seonghwa goes and sits down in the chair across from him.

"I wanted to talk to you before I talk to everyone else because I don't know how you'll react." Seonghwa starts.

"Ohhhkay?"

"I am dating Y/N." He rushes out. "And I know, I know. It isn't smart to get involved. Especially with people who work directly with us, but technically, she doesn't work with US, but still, she does work for the company. It is all happening fast, I know, but I can't help it, I'm just drawn to her. I - what is that look for?" He stops talking because Yeosang has a big smile on his face.

"Hyung, I know that all of you guys as well as Atiny tease me for being slow... but I'm not THAT slow."

Seonghwa stares at him blankly.

"Quite frankly, you guys aren't sneaky, and we all know it's been happening since before we left Korea."

"What?!"

"Yeah. It was a lot of varying stages of everyone knowing, but we do all know. Just didn't want to say anything because we figured you would tell us when you were ready."

"I - was not expecting that."

"Also, Wooyoung knows. You KNOW I know." Yeosang laughs.

"And you're not upset about it? It's not going to bother you if we are more open?"

"Of course not, Seonghwa. What happened was so long ago. We all grew from that. If you found someone that makes you happy, don't let us hold you back."

"I really appreciate that. We really did think about it before everything."

"Psht. Doubt it. You don't do stuff like this, so you're probably falling all over yourself over here. Just don't gross us out, okay?" He smiles over at Seonghwa. "Can we go let everyone else know now? They've been dying to tease you about it for weeks."

"Oh, great."

The two of them get up, and as they're heading out, Yeosang turns around before walking out the door.

"If you need some help when it gets harder, I'm here. Just reach out."

"Thank you, Yeosang, I will."

When they get to the main room, Wooyoung and San are already there, sitting on the couch, talking really low to each other. They notice Seonghwa and Yeosang and stand to greet them.

"Is this what we think it is?" Wooyoung asks.Seonghwa just nods his head in response, and Wooyoung smiles really big, looking over at San, smacking his arm. "I told you!"

"I'm really happy for you, hyung." San tells him.

"Thanks. I'm really nervous. I don't even know why. It's not like we haven't been through this before."

"Yeah, but look how THAT turned out." Wooyoung muttered under his breath, and San gave him a look before looking over to Yeosang behind Seonghwa.

The rest of the guys got there a few minutes later, and once everyone calmed down a bit, Seonghwa stood up in front of them, getting a serious look on his face. Serious isn't something that they see out of him, often, so he has all of their attention in no time.

"Are you finally telling us?!" Hongjoong questions.

Seonghwa just looks over at Wooyoung, San, and Yeosang, and Yeosang makes a face as if to say 'Told you!'

"Yes, I'm finally telling you." The guys all let out a loud set of cheers and laughter.

"I can't believe you all knew!"

"You're literally the MOST obvious person on the planet, Seonghwa." Hongjoong remarks.

Seonghwa just put his head down, defeated and knowing that he will be putting up with a lot of teasing from this point on.

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