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Sooki's POV 

It was already 4 AM when the party started slowing down. First, Lix and I.N went to bed. Then Changbin took Nomi to his room, both drunk as hell. Something was definitely fishy between those two, but now wasn't the time to dig in.

Hyunjin came to me while I was cleaning. He back-hugged me, still a little drunk : "Do you know I like you ?". I giggled as I leaned in his embrace. "I like you too Jinnie". His hugs always felt like home. I could lean in forever. Hyunjin rested his head on my back and muttered under his breath : "I wish we could have this conversation sober". That caught me off guard. I was pretty sure he didn't intend for me to hear it, but the comments left me all flustered.

I was about to ask him what he meant but suddenly I felt his face coming closer to my ear. "Goodnight princess.". He kissed my cheek and immediately went upstairs, not turning back. I stood there, still trying to figure out what this conversation was about. I felt a slight blush creeping on my cheeks. I turned to make sure no one saw that little interaction, but what I found instead was priceless.

Seungmin and Han were passed out on the couch. Min was huddled, hugging tightly a pillow, while Han was sleeping with his head out of the couch, mouth slightly opened. I took a moment to look at how adorable they both were. How lucky I was to have them as my best friends.

I was interrupted in my thoughts by Minho, who passed next to me to go to Han. He gently and delicately placed a pillow under his friend's head and stroked his hair. I melted at the sight. Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you something : No one will love Han more than Minho. They literally were soulmates. Minho took a blanket and covered our drunken friends. He then went to me.

"Thank you for taking care of us while we were drunk Mom." I joked. He raised an eyebrow, teasing me back : "Were drunk ? You're using the past tense ? Sure about that Soo ?". I smiled : "A hundred percent sure, I quit drinking a few hours ago". "Hm" was all he said. I could tell he was too tired to discuss it. I patted his shoulder. "You should go to sleep Min, everyone is asleep already.". "Yeah I'll go. You should go too. Goodnight Sooki.". He gave me a brief hug and went upstairs too.

I went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water before going to bed. I sat on the kitchen counter and reminded myself of the events of the last hours. What a night. We all really had fun, and I could tell the boys really needed to decompress. I'm glad they were able to do it with Nomi and me.

My thoughts went inevitably to Chan. He looked like he was having fun, and seeing his members happy made him happy too. Now that I thought about it, I didn't see him leaving the party. He probably went without telling anyone. I couldn't help but think about all the glances we exchanged during the party. Each time I looked at him, I spotted him already looking at me, and it was overwhelming me. Why would he look at me like that ? I would pay a million to know what was in his mind at that moment. But feeling his eyes on me was making me too self-conscious, which was a dangerous feeling. I was so deep in my thoughts that I didn't realize someone was entering the kitchen.

"Souldn't you be sleeping already ?". I started from the voice and raised my head. "Chan you scared me !". He giggled and leaned on the door frame, arms crossed in front of his chest. I simply explained, while raising my glass : "I was about to go, but I was thirsty.". He joked : "No wonder why, with all the alcohol you had.". "Hey ! I didn't have that much !". "Oh yeah ? I couldn't really count, because you were always avoiding me.". Oh crap. He noticed it ? I thought I was smooth, but I indeed avoided every interaction with him. Reason why ? I don't trust myself with alcohol.

As I wasn't answering, he insisted : "You were avoiding me, right ?". It took me a moment to decide if I wanted to be honest or not, but the small amount of alcohol remaining in my blood kicked in. Here goes nothing, right ? "Yeah kinda. The way you were looking at me was disturbing me.".