Forest | haobin

Viii ⋆.˚

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''Dance with me?''

The opened window of the studio brought in a cold breeze as zhanghao glanced at what the youngers actions were, after helping him get up hanbin walked towards the recorder playing a song , the casual melody was an instant switch of mood to zhanghao as it calmed his chaotic mind. next hanbin approached the boy and held out his hand once more. 

''Dance what..?'' he questions ignoring the unnecessary offer to hold the others hands , but yet thier hands touch once more as hanbin takes his hands and drags him to the middle.

''I don't know, lets just dance'' holding the boys hands, slowly pulling him towards his own body, and in a moment of tease which led hanbin to place his hands on the others hip , in which zhanghao felt an electric twist in him cause of the sudden action. Hanbins grip held him and he led the dance smoothly as he moved in ever so warm movements guiding his hands around to the melody .

After some minutes zhanghao pulls away from his embrace "We should head back now"

He takes his backpack and leaves the studio followed by hanbin chasing after him
When he catches up to him they walk in sync back to their apartment once again with a silence. When the two arrive at the dorm zhanghao stops and reaches out for something insides his backpack and takes out the pair of gloves that was given to him by hanbin earlier and returns to him and runs back go his room.

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"I don't understand this gyuvin guy, he's been getting giving me funny looks lately" Ricky says as Taerae and zhanghao were in the cafeteria eating thier meal

" I know right it honestly looks like they're trinna provoke us, maybe we should do it back to them and play along what do you think?" Taerae looks at zhanghao who was distracted by the table afar from them staring at the boy he came across the other night Hanbin and his other friends who's busy fooling around and throwing a tantrum at the other table.

"Earth to zhanghao, you here?"  as zhanghao  snaps back to reality to see Taerae and Ricky giving him a look of suspicion "huh- what" zhanghao takes a sip of his strawberry milkshake ignoring the funny looks given by them, Ricky and Taerae exchange looks and Taerae clears his throat starting

"There's few more day's until we have to perform on stage, how are you feeling?" He questions, Zhanghao diverts his eyes back to hanbin and then to the two

"Not bad."

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"what seems to be the matter now?" hanbin runs after the older who ignored him earlier at the studio who happened to be waiting for zhanghao, just for him to runaway again when he saw the younger. Hanbin catches his breath as he finally stopped him from getting away.

"just stay away now" Zhanghao who was caught by the grip of the younger who eventually pushes his grip away and spits words bitterly avoiding him once for all.

"I don't understand what's the matter with you. You're always bitter when I'm around, what'd i do to you that makes you avoid me, huh?" the younger asks getting in his way again.

"we're opponents. You're pissing me off"
He glares at the younger who's not letting him go out of the way.

"i just wanted to get to know you better since we're at the same apartment., what's wrong with that?." Hanbin pouts jokingly that only made zhanghao want to curse at him even more.

Zhanghao knows well the youngers intention was to only ever befriend him but yet the often behaviour only made him question if he ever thought about him years ago. But that's what's left at the past, and back to the present right now those thoughts shouldn't be a bother. And right the moment standing in front of him felt confusing as if he's stuck between the past and present. Forgiving him was a thought, forgetting him wasn't. Was the younger really at fault for what's happened years ago or was Zhanghao's thoughts that dramatised it. After all zhanghao didn't even talk to hanbin about it at all. He should he knows. But he just couldn't.

"Well I don't want to know you, so get away."
Zhanghao mumbles words that could be barely heard.

"And why exactly is that you don't want to?"
Fighting in between the gate of thier apartment, when zhanghao opens it hanbin gets on the way to block him and sync his movements stopping him from getting away any further.

"There's no reason."
Zhanghao finally gives in sighing, diverting his gaze from the floor to finally at hanbin.

"you're eyes says otherwise Zhanghao, what's it." reading into his eyes Hanbin knows something is wrong with the other.

"it's just uh, you look like someone i used to know and i thought you might be him." Zhanghao says hopefully looking into his eyes that maybe something would spark an answer he wanted.

"oh, well is that why you avoid me?"
Hanbin laughs at the older who gave him a funny look.

"Not really, you're just annoying." zhanghao rolls his eyes at the younger knowing well he's gonna be made fun of.

Maybe the lie of him misunderstanding would get him out of this, cause there's just no way it's not the same hanbin he knew once, it was most definitely the Sung Hanbin who used to annoy him back at the forest as kids. Zhanghao knows that, but yet obliterates his thoughts. Hanbin doesn't need to remember. What's forgotten is forgotten. And that just made zhanghao annoyed at himself and Hanbin even more.

"you're just annoyed because, you know that I'll win on the performance. That's why you hate me so much." Hanbin follows the older who pushed him away to get in just now into the apartment.

"You sure are a bit delusional now, are you?"
They both get into the apartment to see Matthew smiling at thier unusual encounter.

"Oh you guys are finally getting along now!" Matthew smiles at them and looks at them both staring at thier faces, only to be received by zhanghao rolling his eyes and going in his room leaving them behind.

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Author : i deeply apologies to the readers who I'd kept waiting. There happened to be alot going on and i needed to feel alive to write again. Thank you for reading up until now. Hope you liked this chapter i tried my best on writing it. 😅☝️