Philophobia (Stray Kids WooChan)

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Woojin's phone lit up, showing a text from Minho saying he was outside Woojin's dorm. Woojin sighed, looking in the mirror one last time to make sure his hair and outfit were okay before heading out the door. Woojin climbed into the backseat of Minho's car, Jisung sitting in the front with the owner of the car. Both males greeted the older before going back to their own conversation. Woojin was nervous the entire drive to the lake, which turned out not to be very long. Once the car was parked and the two who had been sitting in the front seat convinced Woojin to exit the car, the three began walking to a picnic table that five other males were already sitting around.

"You guys made it!" Chan exclaimed, lighting up at the sight of Woojin. "Everyone, this is the guy I'm being sending letters with that you were all so curious about."

Woojin bowed to everyone before speaking. "Hello, I'm Woojin." Woojin wasn't sure why he said his name but when he saw the look of pure happiest on Chan's face, he decided it was worth it. Chan introduced everyone to Woojin and the eldest noted that Changbin was not present, despite the party being for him. "It's nice to meet you all."

Eventually Changbin showed up and almost everyone was having a good time. It was clear that the youngest of the group was not happy. When asked about his mood he began talking about his parents getting a divorce. Everyone felt bad for the young boy expect Changbin, who made a comment about life not having happy endings. Woojin noticed that at that comment Chan looked towards Minho, who had Jisung pulled closely in his lap, before looking at the ground with a sad expression. A few moments later Chan said he would be back and everyone could tell he was not okay. The man Woojin remembered as Bambam mentioned that someone should check on him and Woojin was quick to volunteer. Maybe a little to quick in some people's eyes.

None the less, Woojin walked away from the picnic table and went to find Chan. Once Woojin spotted the sliver haired boy's back, he could tell the boy was crying. Similar to telling everyone his name, Woojin wasn't sure why he did what he did next. He ran up to his new friend and pulled him into the tightest hug he could, allowing the younger to sob into his shoulder.

"It hurts so much to see them together." Chan spoke while sobbing. "I still don't understand what I did wrong."

"Oh sweetheart, you did nothing wrong." Woojin said, not sure where the pet name came from. "These things just happen when you fall in love."

Chan pulled his head away from Woojin's shoulder and looked confused. "People are fated to cheat on each other when they fall in love?"

Woojin shook his head. "No, not that, I mean that when people fall in love they are fated to fall out of love. That's why I'm afraid to do it. I'm sure Minho will fall out of love with Jisung at some point or maybe even the other way around. Just as you will eventually fall out of love with Minho and fall in love with someone else before falling out of love them."

"This isn't helping me to feel better." Chan said with a laugh before wiping his eyes. "We should head back to the group. Knowing them they'll think we're doing something indecent out here in the middle of the woods."

Woojin nodded and the two headed back to the group only to find two people missing. Apparently, Changbin and Felix ran off together and Chan seemed to be worried about this but he didn't voice what exactly those worries were. After a few more hours Minho voiced that he had to head to work soon and would be leaving. That meant Woojin was leaving too. Woojin himself was a bit happy to be leaving, feeling as if he had had enough socializing for the rest of the week. However, Chan was a bit upset to see Woojin leaving. He told the eldest he'd email him later that day. Woojin nodded, offering a smile and wave to everyone as he was leaving and received a few back.

When Woojin made it back to him apartment, he fell onto his bed and thought over the events of the day. Thinking about telling people his name wasn't that big of deal and hanging out with them and chatting was enjoyable, but when he thought about his moment in the woods with Chan, his head started to spin. He hadn't been that physically close with someone in almost a year and it was scaring him how he just did it so easily with Chan. Thinking about being that physically close with someone again made him think about all the reasons he stopped in the first place.

It made Woojin think of him.

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Who could this mystery man be???

It actually doesn't even matter who he is honestly.

For once with this story Wattpad didn't get mad at me for my chapter being to short.

Hope you all enjoy this story!