In Between Time | Seongjoong

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"I'm grabbing breakfast I'll wait for you downstairs in the dinning area." Seonghwa called out to Hongjoong.

"Kay, give me a few more minutes." Hongjoong replied a mouth full of toothpaste. He shoved the two devices into his pocket before rinsing and heading out. It wasn't long before Hongjoong joined Seonghwa downstairs. The older was currently in the line for some freshly made fruit juice.

"Could you get me a glass too?" Hongjoong appeared next to him but on the other side of the counter.

"Sure thing, which one would you like?"

"Hm, whatever you're having." Hongjoong shrugged before turning his attention back on the waffle iron.

"Hwa!" The familiar voice shouted.

"Sh," Seonghwa put his finger up to his lips making the other hush up.

"Morning San, I see you're energized."

"He should be," Yeosang glared at San making the other hide behind Seonghwa.

"Oh Hongjoong is here!" Seonghwa quickly flipped the conversation. The other two turned to see a struggling Hongjoong trying to scrape his broken waffle from the iron.

"Let me help." Seonghwa set the two juices onto the counter before taking the fork like utensil. His hand grasped Hongjoong's for a moment and it made his heart skip a beat. Seonghwa wondered if Hongjoong had felt it to and he did but he'd never tell Seonghwa that.

"Morning." Hongjoong awkwardly smiled.

"Are you hanging out with us today?" San questioned getting excited that another party would be apart of their group.

"Y-yeah," Hongjoong stared down at the San's hands which were currently holding his own. Seonghwa had noticed and felt some type of way about it.

"I'm glad we can all properly hang out with each other and become good friends." Seonghwa separated their hands by taking each into his own. Hongjoong's hands felt small in his, soft, but at the same time you could tell he used his hands a lot.

"Oh the waffle!" Hongjoong quickly turned at the sound of the beeping from the machine. A slight disappointed look came and went on across Seonghwa's face, but this did not go unnoticed by his closest friend.

"I'll meet you guys at the table." Seonghwa quickly walked off with the two drinks. Not so long after Seonghwa had begun eating Hongjoong followed by Yeosang and lastly San showed up. The breakfast room wasn't so loud as there were now only a few people and most of them being elderly. The other people from the dance team haven't made their way down.

"Where do you think everyone is right now?" San asked taking a bite of his muffin.

"Probably still asleep, but I do see a few of us coming in." Yeosang observed the entrance.

"Good morning!" San waved to the captain and a few others that walked in with him.

"I'm telling everyone to meet outside the hotel for further instructions from or supervisors then we'll be free to roam around." He informed before leaving as soon as he came in.

"So that's where everyone has been then," Seonghwa spoke.

"Let's hurry and see what they have to say!" San slammed his drink in mere seconds before urging the rest on.

Seonghwa had noticed that Hongjoong was still eating and wanted to stay behind for him, "I'll stay here with Hongjoong you guys can go."

Yeosang went to speak up but was pulled off by San who was also dumping all of their trash.

"You could've went with them." Hongjoong looked over to the other.

"I didn't want you to rush and besides you barely ate last night you have to be hungry right now." Seonghwa noted. Hongjoong was a bit surprised that Seonghwa had taken notice of his eating. Which seemed weird but showed that Seonghwa was in fact a caring friend.

"Or boyfriend" inner thought Hongjoong shrugged. Hongjoong couldn't help but choke a bit at the thought.

"You okay?" Seonghwa patted his back a bit.

"Yeah I'm fine, we can catch up with them now." Hongjoong grabbed his trash as well as Seonghwa's.