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Eighteen

"We're here!" Yunho yells excitedly as they all arrive to the beach house.

"Wow, the view is amazing." Wooyoung looks out the window.

"Let's go to the beach!" Mingi says and they all agree except Seonghwa and Yeosang.

"I want to unpack first." Seonghwa says.

"Yeah, me too." Yeosang nods.

"Alright then." The others put their bags down and rush out of the beach house.

"Let's go." Seonghwa picks his bag up and Yeosang follows him to the room they'll be sharing.

When Seonghwa notices Yeosang's just watching him unpack, he turns to him and smiles. "I thought you wanted to unpack too...?"

"Oh, no." Yeosang shakes his head. "I'm leaving everything in my bag. Why unpack anyway? We're leaving in a few days."

"Well yeah, but still... it's easier to find your clothes."

"I guess." He shrugs.

"So why did you tell them you were unpacking?"

"Oh, that was just an excuse to stay with you."

"Right..." Seonghwa nods and smiles, then continues taking his clothes out of his bag. Once he's done unpacking, he reaches for Yeosang's bag.

"What are you doing?" Yeosang asks confused.

"Come on, I'll help you unpack."

"I'm just leaving them there." Yeosang says. But by the time he says that, Seonghwa has already taken all of Yeosang's clothes out of the bag. "Okay fine." He takes some of his clothes and starts putting them into a dresser. By the time they're done, Yeosang is so tired and lays down on the bed.

"Come on, let's go swim." Seonghwa takes Yeosang's hand.

"Later."

"Come on..." Seonghwa pouts. "I'll have to carry you then." He picks Yeosang up and throws him over his shoulder. "If you're tired we can just sit on the sand and build sand castles?" He puts Yeosang down once they reach the sand.

"Let's go into the water instead." Yeosang starts walking towards where the others are and Seonghwa frowns. He had suggested for them to stay by the sand so they could have some alone time. He follows Yeosang into the water and immediately feels water being thrown on his head. Seonghwa shakes his head and rubs his eyes to try to see, and turns around to see Mingi holding a bucket. "Mingi!" Yeosang yells and Mingi laughs as he tries to swim away. "Mingi, wait!" Mingi turns around and as soon as he does, Yeosang splashes water on his face.

"Hey!" Mingi rubs his eyes.

"Water fight!" Yunho yells and everyone starts throwing water at each other.

"Come here." Seonghwa says to Yeosang and he starts swimming towards him. Once he reaches Seonghwa, he splashes water on his face. "Yeosang..." Seonghwa pouts and wipes the water off his face. "First you defend me and now you're the one that throws water at me?"

"Well yeah, no one else can throw water at you, but I never said I couldn't." Yeosang grins. "It's like when someone bothers your brothers or sisters. Other people aren't allowed to bother them, but you are."

"Did you just brotherzone me?"

"No." Yeosang laughs. "What I'm trying to say is that no one can bother my boyfriend except for me." He pulls Seonghwa closer to him.

"Is it the same for me then? Can I bother you?"

"I'm bothered enough." Yeosang jokes.

"Bothered? By who? Are they still bothering you?"

As soon as he says that, Yeosang wants to facepalm himself. He knows how Seonghwa gets when they talk about this and he just had to bring it up. Although Jisung and Felix haven't bothered him in a while, Yeosang is almost sure that they're the ones who made everyone at school hate him.

"No, don't worry." Yeosang shakes his head. "They haven't bothered me again."

"Well, if they bother you again I won't hesitate to beat them up. And I don't care about the consequences."

"Hwa, it's okay." Yeosang pulls him into a hug to calm him down. Since Seonghwa keeps talking about it, Yeosang gets an idea.

-

Wooyoung sits on the sand as he sighs, looking at everyone having a good time. It's not that he's not having a good time... it's just that he can't help but feel his heart break a little every time he sees Yunho and Mingi kiss.

"What is wrong with me?" He facepalms himself. "You don't like him. You're just confused because of what happened the other day." He takes a deep breath and then notices San walking over to him, which makes him roll his eyes.

"Is everything okay?" San asks him.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Wooyoung asks him. "But actually... it's none of your business."

"Woo, I'm really sorry. I mean it. Kissing Mingi was a mistake and I'll never forgive myself if you don't forgive me. I really like you."

"You should've thought that before kissing him."

Wooyoung stands up and starts walking towards the water. He still can't believe nothing ever happened between him and San, but it all it took was one night of drinks for him to do it with Yunho.

"I'm such an idiot." He mumbles to himself as he unintentionally gets to where Yunho and Mingi are.

Wooyoung's eyes widen when he sees shirtless Yunho from up close. Memories from that night keep coming to his head and his knees feel weak when Yunho looks back at him.

"Woo, are you okay?" He hears Yunho's voice.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine." He nods as he starts feeling dizzy. He tries to walk away from him and Mingi, but stops walking when he feels like he's going to pass out.

"Woo!" He feels someone take his arm before he ends up passing out.