Caratland [Seventeen FF]

-54-

The next morning I woke up in my bed. Jihoon and I returned about nighttime.

I got up and left my room to see what the others were doing. I knocked on Wonwoo's door and strangely he was in there. Usually he never stayed in his room.
"Good morning", I smiled, while entering his room. He was laying on his bed, while reading a book. Not like the atmosphere around him, his room was pretty bright.
"Is something wrong?", he asked, sitting up as he looked up from the book.
"I didn't know you wear glasses", I noticed his pair of round dark grey glasses on his nose.
"Many people don't know", he murmured. "But why are you here?", he asked again.
"I don't know. I was never here before", I shrugged my shoulders.
He showed me his room and his favourite books. He always seemed like that scary guy, but when he was talking about his books his personality made a U-turn.
"That book was really interesting, but I prefer this one. The action from this one was so exciting and- sorry. I was way too immersed right now", he apologized at the end after showing me a bunch of books.
"No, it's fine. At least you seem human now", I laughed.

After explaining me the plot of all his favourite books we went to the food court to join the others at the crepe shop.
"At the end it was a good thing to leave beforehand", Jisoo finished his story of whatever.
"Soonyoung and Wonwoo are there", Hansol noticed us coming from the front.
"Weird combination", Junhui commented.
"So now Junhui is the new commenter", I grinned, settling down next to Jihoon.
"It's been 7 month. You can call me 'Jun' now", Junhui shook his head.
"I sometimes forget that this is his real name", Jeonghan mumbled, while sipping on his orange juice.

They kept talking about random topics until everyone finished their crepe and drink. While the others went to the golf court to play Jihoon's weird game, Seungcheol Jeonghan, Jihoon and I went to the harbour.

I liked it when it was quiet at the harbour. It was a little cloudy, but you could still see the sun shining upon us.
"It's supposed to get warmer, so why is it so damn cold?", Jeonghan complained.
"You almost cursed in front of the kids", Seungcheol shook his head.
"Both are literally a year younger than us. Stop calling them kids", Jeonghan rolled his eyes, making me chuckle.
"But we're a big family", Seungcheol pouted. It was the first time I saw him pouting or acting cute and I didn't know that this was possible. Jeonghan must have some special tricks...
"But why are you so quiet, Jihoon?", Jeonghan eventually turned to Jihoon, who looked on the floor. He seemed startled, when he finally lift his head.
"No, it's nothing", he shook it off again.
"Just say it, if you can't even hide it properly", Jeonghan crossed his arms, making Jihoon turn red. So Jeonghan knows something. Jeonghan knows a lot...
"When we're at it: I gotta look after Chan. At least he started eating again", Seungcheol sighed, making the atmosphere awkward. We all avoided eye contact.
"Don't you want to talk to him at least? I mean I'm sure you want to know certain things too", Jeonghan broke the silence. Not even Jihoon said something and he usually always had rational thoughts at moments like these. They were kinda right. I really wanted to know why. I don't think that what he said in the portal was everything and after all he must be asking himself too why I got him out of there. But after what he did... I don't actually want to see him anymore.
"Y-You don't have to of course. I just thought that maybe- I don't know", Jeonghan added nervously.
"I get your point. Just give me some time", I replied, looking down.
"Don't pressure yourself. It's understandable if you don't want to, but keep in mind that facing the problem is still better than running away from it", Seungcheol calmly said, making the last phrase sound like it wasn't addressed to me.

After a while we made our way back to the hotel. Seungcheol and Jeonghan went somewhere else, while Jihoon and I were spending time in his room, playing games on our phones.
"I told you to kill the goat. Why go for the pig?", I sulked, frustrated to lose the last level.
"Sorry", Jihoon just mumbled. I raised an eyebrow.
"That's not what I've expected", I said.
"What?"
"Your reaction."
"Huh?", he looked confused.
"Your reaction was weird. You would've called out my faults too. Not just randomly excuse yourself", I made a judging expression. He just looked away, focussing on the display instead. "You're acting weirdly the last times", I eyed him up, suspicious of his actions.
"What do you mean?", he asked, still not looking at me.
"You get red, avoid eye contact, you don't call me 'baby tiger' anymore and it seems like Jeonghan knows something. Should I add more?", I got curious, leaning forward.
"Don't remember doing that", he avoided eye contact and got red.
"See, you're doing it again", I exposed him. He got even redder after my sentence. "Naw, Jihoon is embarrassed", I joked, poking his shoulder.
"I'm not embarrassed", he denied, knocking my hand away.
"Yes, you are", I kept poking, while laughing, as he struggled to keep my hands away. Since I didn't stop he grabbed my arms, so I had no choice then stopping. Right at that moment someone busted in, opening the door widely. We both froze, when we saw Seungkwan, Hansol, Seokmin and Mingyu standing at the door frame, eyeing us up as we awkwardly looked back.
"We didn't want to expose you, sorry", Seungkwan awkwardly uttered. Jihoon quickly let go, looking on floor, as I randomly adjusted my shirt.
"Uhm, what do y'all want?", I changed the topic.
"The others prepared a little party and want you to come", Mingyu explained. I looked at Jihoon, who shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah, we'll come in a second", I told them, so they went forward, leaving Jihoon and me behind. "I'll get that secret out of you", I grinned standing up and following the others.