Rising Star

Street Performance

There was heavy breathing throughout the room as you tried to calm your own. Looking around the room, the men were all in various stages of recovery. Some were already laying back on the blankets, blissfully satisfied. Others had just finished, just like you, and were trying to catch their own breaths. No one had removed their blindfolds. You wondered if anyone wanted to actually know who they'd been partnered with.

"Raise your hand if you want to know who you were partnered with," you struggle to say as you start to control your breathing. Hyunjin and Felix's hands both shot straight up. No one else's hand went up. Interesting.

 "Raise your hand if you don't want your partner to know who you were," you say, curiosity getting the better of you. Lee Know's hand shot up. Huh, you thought to yourself. No one else raised their hand, so you assumed that they didn't care but weren't going to actively advertise it. Struggling to your feet, you move to the center of the room.

"I want everyone to stand up. I'm going to move you around again so that no one will know who their partner was," you announce to the room. They all stand, some a little more slowly than others. Taking two at a time, you rearrange everyone. You move back to the center of the group. 

"Does anyone want their towel back on before the blindfolds come off?" No one said anything, so you assumed they didn't care. 

"You can take off the blindfold now," you tell them, watching the faces of your men. Some were blushing, others glanced around, curious as to who their partner had been. All were a bit quiet. You take Hyunjin by the hand and lead him to Han's empty room, telling him quietly who he'd been partnered with. The look of shock on his face was priceless. You press a finger to your lips and lead him back out. You do the same with Felix, who turns bright red as he exits the room. You see Han glance at him and blush as well. You grin, knowing that Han probably knew who he'd been with. Jeongin is red too, so you wonder if he had known as well.

"My last request for this wonderful gift you've given me," you say to all your guys as they gather together. "Is that we all get to sleep out here together. I think I've developed a taste for massive dog pile sleeping," you chuckle. Your comment obviously lightened the mood more as everyone laughed and teased you. The session had been more intense than you'd thought, revealing new sides to your guys that they hadn't realized they had. Despite the slight awkwardness, there was a new sense of closeness between everyone. There's a general jostling of positions as everyone straightened out blankets and moved pillows around to make it more comfortable. Hyunjin began blowing out candles on one side of the room while Felix began on the other. The only light now came from the lamp on the table against the wall as everyone got settled in. You cuddle up to Chan, your arm tossed across his stomach. The room is quieter than the usual chaos. You can hear some whispered conversations but not many.

"Was it too much?" you ask Chan quietly, worried that maybe the way you'd handled things had gone too far for some. He's quiet for a moment, making you think you'd messed up.

"I don't think so. I think, it was vastly different for all of us and we're still kind of, processing," he answers truthfully. Glancing down at you he continues," including me. I've always been in control. I'm the one everyone goes to to know how to get things done. I'm not used to having that control gone," he finishes softly. You can see the gears turning in his mind as he lays there. 

"Did...did anyone say they didn't want anyone to know?" he asks quietly.

"Only one," you reply. Chan is quiet for a long time before he has another question.

"Was that one with me?" he asks cautiously.

"No," you say with a smile. "Why? Are you worried?" Chan blushes a bit.