Cute // Soonchan

Chapter 9

"So, how is going out for the day alone with me not a date?"

"Okay, well, it technically is, I guess"

Soonyoung smiled to the younger and tightened his grip on his hand. They wandered around the mall and stopped at an ice cream booth.

"One chocolate and one strawberry"

Soonyoung payed and handed the younger the chocolate treat.

They stopped and looked at storefront after storefront before going into a candy shop. The white walls and bright, colorful accents surrounded aisles of candy. They picked out their favorites and dropped the treats into a bag. Once they finished, they stepped up to the register, causing Chan to gasp.

"Yeowon?!"

"Chan!"

Yeowon smiled at the other and looked to Soonyoung, his smile dropping for merely a second.

"Wh-who's this?"

"This is my boyfriend, Soonyoung."

"Hi, I'm Yeowon - as you probably heard. Chan and I were going to debut in the same group before our group fell apart."

"Nice to meet you"

Soonyoung smiled and bowed to the new person.

Yeowon rang them up, taking glances at Soonyoung and biting  down on his bottom lip - as if not to say something he didn't want to.

"That'll be 12,000 won, but - since you're an old friend - I'll give you a discount. Now, you're total is 8,000 won."

Soonyoung handed him the money and grabbed the bag. Yeowon sent a sad smile towards the couple as they waved goodbye.

"You okay, hyung?" his coworker, Neyan, asked.

Yeowon cleared his throat and smiled, nodding.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Though, as soon as Neyan left, his smiled dropped and his eyes welled up with tears. He wasn't going to pretend like he didn't know why. He had been trying to contact Chan for the past few months, thinking of what to say and how to say it.

I'm too late, he thought as he sat behind the counter. I loved him but he went and found someone else...

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Soonyoung dropped a chocolate candy into his mouth and kept cooking. The members decided to go out to leave the two alone for a little while. Chan snuck up behind the older and wrapped his arms around his waist.

"Whatchya makin'?"

"Stir-fry"

"Sounds good, but I have a better idea."

"Whaaat," Soonyoung whined.

"Don't worry, you'll like it better than stir-fry. Trust me."

Chan smiled and led the older by the hand towards the door. They exited and started up the staircase heading up the building.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see"

They reached the top and Chan opened the door leading to the roof. Out on the rooftop, a table with wine, steak, and cheesecake. Strings of lights were strung around the grid of the cage roof and walls, lighting up the space.

"Woah..."

"D-do you like it? I decorated while you were cooking. Jeonghan-hyung made the food and Seungcheol-hyung got the wine."

"I love it. Were you hoping I'd look over the fact that you're underage?"

"A little bit"

Chan chuckled and led the other to the table.

After they ate, they laid on a blanket that was rolled up by the door and talked.

"Oh! I have another surprise!"

Chan jumped up and ran towards the door. He pulled a speaker out from behind one of the potted plants spotting the rooftop and turned it on, a slow love song playing.

Chan smiled bashfully and pulled Soonyoung up by his hand. He set his hands on the holder's shoulders, Soonyoung getting the message and setting his own on the other's hips. They danced and danced, talking and laughing. They felt as light as air with the wine in their systems.

However, their amazing night was quickly interrupted by Jeonghan running through the door.

"We need to...get to the hospital," he panted. "It's the others. We were in a car wreck."

The other two rushed to follow the older, leaving their romantic night behind.

As soon as they got to the hospital, Jeonghan guided them towards a hallway lined with rooms. He stopped at a large window and gestured towards it, sniffling. Inside, probably half of the 10 others were set up in hospital beds, the other few sitting against the parallel wall.

"What happened?"

"They took Seungcheol's car," he said pointing towards the room. "The others and I took mine. We were on our way back when a drunk driver going probably over 100 plowed into their car. We didn't get hit. Every single one of them is in critical condition."

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