CHAOS - Park Seonghwa

Chapter 10

"When did they say they'll get here?" Seonghwa asked again.

"For the third time Hwa, they're on their way but stuck in traffic." Hongjoong asked with his hand rubbing his forehead.

To be honest this was one of the few times Seonghwa was happy at the prospect of going to a club. If it was because of her, he won't tell a soul.

After about 10 minutes they saw her car coming their way. She parked and she and San got off, San in a loose black silk button-up with 3 top buttons undone and black skinny jeans, her in quite literally the same outfit save only 2 buttons undone and donned heels.

"Hi sorry there was traffic." San spoke as soon as they reached them. "No there was not. You probably took too long to get ready." Wooyoung spoke and Soojung snickered implying it was rather true.

They started walking towards the entrance of the club. Seonghwa fell behind to walk with Soojung since San was in front bickering with Wooyoung. "Wooyoung was right wasn't he?" she nodded chuckling a bit.

"You brought your own car?" she nodded again. "I'll drive San and whoever would like, home. I probably won't drink much."

She looked at him, top to bottom. "You should dress like that to lectures babe. Girls would be falling at your feet." She spoke when they reached the entrance and then she went in front with San to talk to the bouncers at the gate.

Seonghwa looked down at his skinny black jeans and red shirt 2 buttons undone and thought back to the time it took him to decide to wear that. He smiled that at the end his efforts were a success. And after wearing it, he realized how much he missed wearing them, so maybe he would listen to her and go back to wearing skinny jeans instead of those pants he had gotten into the habit of wearing.

He saw how she hugged the bouncers after San like they knew her and the bouncers were smiling rather big (quite unusual for bouncers). He went to the front to listen and heard San saying how much he missed this club and one of the bouncers say to her how it's been a while since she had been there. She shrugged and said she's been busy and looked back at them, at him to be specific and smirked when she saw him looking at her. Was she implying he was keeping her busy?

They entered the club with a stamp of VIP instead of the usual stamps of entry and they saw one of the managers coming up to her, greeting her with a bow and leading her and them to a table in the VIP area. Mingi whistled when they all sat and a complimentary bottle of champagne arrived at their table.

"Waah! do you know this club's owner?" Yunho asked.

San laughed at that and before Soojung could reply, he spoke, "He's in love with her. Along with many others who adore her and send her gifts and shit regularly." She rolled her eyes at that and drank her champagne.

San went on the dance floor after a while but not before winking at her who just laughed. "Save me a dance!" he announced before leaving and she nodded.

Everyone drank and most of them went to the dance floor. After a while it was only him and her sitting. She was drinking soda while he was drinking a beer.

"You're not gonna dance?" she asked. He nodded in negative. "Why?"

"Do a lot of guys like you?" her eyes widened a bit. "Uhh I guess?"

Soon her usual smirk came on her face again, "Why baby, you jealous?"

Seonghwa maintained a straight face and said slowly, "maybe."

She raised her eyebrow. She wasn't expecting that. But before she could question him, everyone from the dance floor came back and sat around and San made sure to sit between Seonghwa and Soojung and wrapped himself around her. "Soojung-ah! Dance with meee!" he said, giggling slightly.

"How much did you drink Sannie?"

San looked like he was thinking a bit and eventually said "manyy!". She laughed and eventually agreed to go for that dance. San signaled at the DJ and suddenly a slow song came and he pulled her close and snuggled in her neck mumbling softly.

Seonghwa watched from where he was sitting at how San and Soojung were so close and how his face was in her neck and he could see him mumbling something and her smiling and saying something back and he was so close to breaking the glass in his hand. He looked away until he heard the song changing back to something fast and he looked at the floor to see neither San nor Soojung.

San came to sit with them after a while and Wooyoung asked where she was and Seonghwa was curious as well. "Out. Back alley."

"I'm gonna go get some fresh air." He said to the ones sitting on the table. Truth be told he wanted to see her. He hasn't been able to talk to her since he said maybe when she asked him if he was jealous. He wondered if she had gone there to hook up with someone, he could see why when he entered the back alley, it was small and dark and apparently no one other than known people were allowed since the bouncer had told him no until he showed him the special stamp he had gotten of VIP since he entered with her.

"Seonghwa?" he heard from his left and saw her coming out of the shadows to pull him with her only.

"What got you out here?" she asked, throwing the remains of cigarette butt and lightening another up.

"Fresh air" he lied to her as well. She nodded and kept on smoking, looking up at the sky.

"You do know smoking kills right?"

She looked at him, amusement glinting in her eyes.

"Never realized that, No."

"Come on Soojung. Stop smoking, it causes cancer and decreases your life span too and-"

He stopped when she placed her fingertip on his lips to shush him. "Babe I know. But right now I'm not drunk enough for this lecture."

He tried speaking again when she spoke "shh.." and came closer to him. He gulped at the proximity.

He saw her throwing that cigarette down and stubbing it with her heels and came even closer. There was only the space of her finger on his lips left between them which she removed as well.

She leaned even more and murmured "Seonghwa, you're single now, aren't you?"

He could feel her speaking, could even feel her breath fanning his own lips. All he had to do was lean himself a bit and he could finally kiss her lips like he had been dying to.

He nodded. He felt her smirk more than see it and felt her leaning in close, her lips brushing his.. Until they both heard someone calling her name amidst the noise that the opening of the door brought along with it.

He heard her curse under her breath when she pulled away, felt himself disappointed at what could have happened had, whoever it is, not interrupted them.

"Yeosang." She spoke when walking towards him, in the light.

He nodded at her and opened his palm before her. She handed him the cigarette pack and lighter and said between her teeth," keep the fucking pack."

He raised his eyebrow at her, about to retort when she beat him to it. "You're lucky I like you", patted him on his shoulder and went back in the club.

Seonghwa went in the light himself, to Yeosang who looked a bit taken aback to see him and asked, "Since when do you smoke?"

"I don't. Since when do you?" he asked back.

Yeosang shrugged. "Occasionally. Mostly with Soojung here outside the club or in University. That's how we actually met the first time you know."

Seonghwa gave him a look which meant to explain. Yeosang breathed out a cloud of smoke and followed, "we met in the first semester in the parking lot. I had gone for a smoke and she asked me for a lighter since hers was not working. After that, we kept on bumping into each other there and eventually started talking."

Seonghwa, while listening to Yeosang, realized that his friends and Soojung were closer then apparently he knew or was himself. Yes they had San as the common friend but still. He didn't like that. Didn't like them being closer to her than him.

"I'm going back in." he spoke lowly and left without waiting for his response.