lovelovelove | park sunghoon

seventeen

After receiving the New Year on stage besides other groups, the Nova girls were headed to an after party happening down in Hongdar for idols only. Obviously, after confirming that their friends were going too. Misuk only cared about one person.

"Are all the Ive girls going?" Misuk asked, knowing Jenn would know the answer since she's the closest to them.

"Yujin unnie and Liz only" the maknae replied. "Ugh, I already can feel the hangover I'm going to wake up with."

Haneul opened her purse and pulled out three hangover cures, ready to save the night. Misuk still couldn't believe how someone younger than her can be so reliable.

"Are you guys finally making a move with your Enhypen boys?" Misuk joked while awkwardly hugging both girls.

"Only if you are."

Misuk scoffed. "I wish."

"Let's make a bet!" Jenn proposed. "If you wake up at their dorm tomorrow, we'll do your laundry for a month. You don't even have to kiss him, just stay there."

"Are you dumb!? That's so easy for her!" Haneul screamed.

Misuk and Jenn intertwined pinky fingers and their thumbs slightly touched, setting their promise on stone. Haneul wanted to kill the british girl for being so naive until she realized that all Jenn wanted was for the two of them to spend a night together. A little sacrifice for the greater good.

When they arrived at the place, some sort of regret lingered between the girls. They tend to be more homebodies and prefer drinking in more quiet places. The club was so packed they couldn't even move or see properly where their friends were.

"Heeseung-ssi!" misuk screamed, getting the attention of the oldest Enhypen member.

The tall guy was standing in front of a table, dancing around carefree, and despite the crazy show lights going on, Misuk was able to see who else was there. Jake, Ni-ki... and no Sunghoon?

"Welcome to adulthood!" the American yelled at Riki, who started clapping for himself excitedly.

The girls immediately sat down between Jake and Ni-ki, hurrying up Heeseung to get some drinks for them since he was already standing up.

"Where's Sunghoon?" Haneul whispered in Misuk's ear. She only shrugged her shoulders. "Are you not curious?"

Actually, curiosity was about to kill her but she has to pretend like it wasn't. For the sake of her well being. Everything was okay until she finds out more but to find out she would need to ask someone. Oh, fuck indifference.

"Sunghoon is not here?"

Jake looked around the place, scanning every bit of it, before taking a large sip of his beer. "He said he was going to the bathroom but I haven't seen him in a while."

Misuk felt a burning sensation on her chest despite not certainly knowing what he was doing. It was the same feeling she got when he walked inside Wonyoung's waiting room, or when he paid attention to the mean girls at school.

Jealousy.

When Heeseung arrived with bottles and bottles of soju, Misuk had one goal in mind and that was to get tipsy enough to have the courage to confess. Yes, she was going to start the year off by confessing.

So she drank a bottle of soju in six minutes. Two songs.

"Oh my god! Minhee!"

Kang Minhee was passing by when Misuk spotted him so she clumsily stood up and ran towards the really tall guy. She knew she was gone when she found herself staring at him too deeply, not in the usual platonic way she does.

"Let's go dance!"

Maybe sweating the alcohol out will help her a bit.

Misuk was swaying and twirling around to a song she has never heard before while Minhee just enjoyed the moment. He was way too drunk to think much of her flirty acts.

Their carefree laughter filled the smoky air, completely oblivious of the piercing eyes that watched them from across the crowded dance floor.

Sunghoon, frozen in the shadows, felt a cold grip on his heart. He encountered some of his seniors on his way to the bathroom so the quick trip became longer and longer as they were all truly interested in his life, probably thanks to the alcohol.

When he overheard some girls gossiping about Nova being there, he hurried up to the table his friends were at, guessing that's where the girls would be, but on his way there, he heard his favorite sound.

Misuk's laugh.

The sight of them together sent a jolt of envy through his veins, consuming him quickly. He was staring at everything he yearned for. And as he noticed their bodies getting closer, a battle raged within him.

The desire to intervene and the knowledge that by doing so, he would be exposing his biggest secret.