In Between Time | Seongjoong

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"Sorry," Hongjoong suddenly apologized.

"For what?" Seonghwa let his suitcase drop on the ground before falling onto the bed.

"For falling asleep on you like that. It must have been really uncomfortable," Hongjoong thumbed through the notebook as he spoke, avoiding eye contact with Seonghwa.

"Oh it's nothing we were both tired so I didn't really mind." He smiled turning onto his stomach so that he could properly see Hongjoong.

"But you got a mark on your side because of me," Hongjoong didn't like that Seonghwa was suffering because of him. It wasn't that big of an issue and the mark would go away by tomorrow, but to Hongjoong it was more.

"This will go away soon so don't worry about it Joong," Seonghwa patted his side. Hongjoong stiffened at the nickname before regaining himself.

"S-sure," Hongjoong sat his notebooks on the desk before making his way to the bathroom.

"I'll shower first then," He quickly closed the door and got ready to get into the shower. Hongjoong had mapped out all the work he would need to get done in preparation for Seojun's anniversary. He believed that he could find the materials he needed at some shops in the park and he'd be set.

"Eh?" Hongjoong had noticed that his clothes definitely weren't sitting in the counter as he thought they were. He paced in the bathroom debating if he should ask Seonghwa to pass him his entire suitcase.

"You've caused enough trouble he's probably already asleep" Hongjoong stood at the door and peeked out to see if it was true. The other had his whole body turned towards the other bed and he hadn't really moved, so Hongjoong assumed he was asleep.

Hongjoong quietly tip-toed over to his bed where his suitcase was and when he finally reached the bed he realized Seonghwa definitely wasn't asleep.

"We're both guys so this shouldn't be awkward, right? Like we got the same parts nothing to see here." He tried desperately to tame his embarrassment.

Seonghwa was just as embarrassed. Seeing Hongjoong's exposed skin seemed a bit scandalous to him, especially, since the two were sharing a room, alone. He quickly turned his attention back to his phone to give the other more privacy. Seonghwa couldn't imagine how embarrassing that must have been for the other.

"Sorry, I left my suitcase..." Hongjoong swayed back and forth on his heels a bit.

"Happens to everyone so don't worry about it," Seonghwa gave Hongjoong another of his award winning smiles and they never seemed to get old to the other.

Hongjoong sat down at the desk and began writing in his notebook. He really wanted to write something that was fitting for Seonghwa, something the older really liked. Without his laptop he'd have to wait a bit to dabble in the other areas of his process. Soon Seonghwa was out of the shower and hovering over Hongjoong a towel dangling from his shoulders.

"Whatcha workin on?" His mouth was close to Hongjoong's ear sending a shiver down his spine. Seonghwa's voice was low as he had no intentions of startling the other.

"Your song, just some drafts it's really nothing right now." Hongjoong panicked to explain.

"Oh, can I still see what you wrote?" Seonghwa leaned against the desk and plucked the notebook from Hongjoong's grasp.

"You said it was a little something but look at all this," Seonghwa smiled as he read the contents of the notebook.

"Is this old stuff you've written as well?" Seonghwa was curious as he flipped through the pages getting ahead of himself. Hongjoong hadn't really showed off much of his work just a few uncompleted songs on MuseX, a livestream music app. 

"Yeah," Hongjoong took the notebook back from him.

"It's just unfinished stuff so it's really nothing right now." He added. Hongjoong figured that he wouldn't get much done right now but jotting a few thoughts wouldn't hurt.

The other returned to his bed just as Seonghwa had and waited for sleep to take over him. Having just woke up not that long ago this task seemed a little too hard at the moment and Seonghwa wasn't having any luck either.

"So you've been to SuperWorld before?" Hongjoong questioned suddenly after noticing the male staring at the very uninteresting ceiling.

"Yeah a few times, have you?"

"Never been so this is my first time," Hongjoong sighed.

"Really!" Seonghwa perked up in his bed now sitting at the edge.

"Uh..yeah..." Hongjoong trailed confused by the sudden excitement.

"Dude, this place is the best! I can't wait to show you around they even have one of the world's tallest rollercoasters here." Seonghwa sounded like an excited child as he explained what the theme park had to offer. Hongjoong listened quietly with a content smile as Seonghwa went on about the day they were going to have together.

"If there's anything you really want to do just let me know i'll be your guide." He said confidently.

"I'll keep that noted, I really want to check out their gift shop and see what kind of stuff they have." Hongjoong finally spoke.

"We'll go to Market Square before we leave, it's an entire area dedicated to different shops and even small restaurants." Seonghwa informed.

"Good to know, I can't wait!" Hongjoong, in a way, started to feel bad that he lied to Seonghwa about his plans.