I Promise You

I'll Free You

Someone has been stealing Kino's chocolate.

First couple of times he got slightly annoyed, but decided not to be petty about it and just ignored it. However, it just continued happening and he started getting more annoyed, finally starting complaining about it. There were nine suspects, but Hyunggu was pretty sure the older part of the Pentagon family wouldn't be so shameless to eat it and not buy some more for him. Or at least admit they were the culprit. It was a bit strange, but even though it was getting on his nerves he didn't do anything to actually find out who it was. Counting the lost pieces made him anxious with his craving – he didn't even like sweets that much, he just appreciated his chocolate after a long day – it was something like an energizer to him, maybe even a small childish reward for the end of a hardworking day. And the whole ordeal with someone stealing those rewards from him was almost a game by now. At least the culprit had the decency to never take the last piece of chocolate, Hyunggu was never completely left out of his precious sweets.

Someone has been eating one piece of pizza less, so Kino could take it instead.

The first time it happened Hyunggu was staring at the last piece of pizza in front of them with what must have looked like a longing expression, so Wooseok just told him it's his. The shorter maknae didn't think much about it and just happily grabbed it. Of course he wouldn't be counting how much his hyungs ate – who does that anyway? But after it had happened a couple of times he started to wonder if someone was doing that on purpose. It never happened with any other food they were eating together and everyone knew he adored pizza. He tried to pay more attention to it, but his hyungs were either clueless or excellent actors as no one really acted out of the ordinary to him. It didn't take him much time to figure out Wooseok didn't eat much, but when he asked him about it the younger just dismissed it, saying he's not a big fan of pizza – which was blasphemy itself in Hyunggu's world, but he wouldn't complain if it meant more pizza for himself.

Pentagon maknae line was a crew of its own. As the youngest ones in a group as loving as Pentagon was they were smothered with love and care, each in their own way. Yuto and Wooseok were the quiet ones – especially considering their age, but Hyunggu made sure to make up for that, making a nice balance. Hyunggu was a lot of things really, a lot of times a true baby maknae, but a lot of times being more mature than some of their hyungs. He still couldn't beat Wooseok when it came to being thoughtful and calm and it was a trait Hyunggu secretly admired. The giant maknae knew how to be playful and up for mischief, but he knew when was the time for everything – when he was allowed to be a little harmless troublemaker and when it was important for him to be serious and mature. Wooseok was reliable and that was one of the things that made him so lovable. It wasn't a surprise he was the one that kept the maknae line together and, in a way, provided strength to both Yuto and Hyunggu.

The Japanese boy obviously felt out of place when they have first met him. They bonded well, but Yuto pretty quickly found comfort and strength in Jinho hyung and that pretty much made Hyunggu and Wooseok to turn to each other. They didn't mind it, it was comfortable from the start even if they were quite different and it was only natural to become best friends in no time. Kino was there to help Wooseok out when it came to practicing dancing and Wooseok provided useful input on Hyunggu's songs, both of them quite often turning to Hyojong for help or practicing together. Free time – when they had some – was spent together as well, without questioning. Hyunggu found his and Wooseok's friendship to be something precious, something that completed his life with Pentagon family and he suspected not having the younger one in it would've made it pretty dull and definitely more scary.

On the other hand, Kino was a ray of sunshine in Wooseok's eyes. A ray of much needed sunshine – the one that shooed away the darkness, the one that provided life. Some time after they have finally debuted the younger one has realized how much exactly that ray of sunshine was needed by him and it was pretty terrifying in a lot of ways. He was thankful for his own ability to hide his feelings and act cool about it and he soon found a way to subtly take care of the dancer as well as teasingly annoy him – just to be rewarded by the reactions and expressions he found extremely adorable. It was his food – much more satisfying than chocolate he was constantly stealing or pizza he willingly gave up on.