Seabound-SKZ

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Seungmin and Hyunjin pushed into the house, still buzzing and sporting grins, they had agreed to share a bed when they got back and cuddle for the remainder of the night but as they reached the living room their plans came to a quick end, Jeongins shaking shoulder and small whimpers, the rest of their friends cuddling him and whispering to him, Changbin broke away from the group, having to untangle all of his limbs from the rest of the pile, He looked mad as he swam toward the two boys' who had just returned, he dragged them to another room, "Where have you two been?" He asked, more concerned then mad, but the two boys' flinched back, "Sorry, we went for a swim..." Seungmin apologized, Hyunjin nodding "We thought we would be fast but we ended up taking a really long one, is Innie okay?" He asked, Changbin looking between the two suspiciously, "but Hyunjin left first, so you didn't even go together?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow, "It was unplanned," Seungmin wasn't quite sure why they weren't telling the older where they actually were but he didn't really want to have that conversation while the youngest was crying in the next room over, "Is Innie okay?" Hyunjin asked again, Changbin nodded "He was having a nightmare, Lix was with him, then the rest of us came out, and you two weren't here," Seungmin opened his mouth to defend himself and Hyunjin but Changbin raised a hand, "I'm not blaming you, we were worried you guys were hurt, but I'm sure Innie would love to cuddle with you two as well."

The three of them rejoined the rest of their little group, Felix and Jisung seemed to relax at the sight of the rest of their friends, "Hey," Minho glanced at them and Jeongin looked up slowly, making a tiny grabby hand in their direction, everyone in the room resisting the urge to coo at the boy, who looked so tiny against Felix's chest even though he was by far not the smallest in the room, Hyunjin, being the cuddly boy he was, split off from Seungmin's side, and swam toward them and quickly pulled up into Jisung's lap, the younger boy pulling him closer, the two boys cuddling into Jeongin, allowing the boy to wrap his arms around them, Jisung complaining lowly about how his ribs were being crushed, Hyunjin quick as ever to tell him to shut up.

Seungmin smiled softly as he watched his...boyfriend? they hadn't cleared that up, but he hoped the older would allow him to use that title for him, Changbin took his hand and dragged him into the pile-up and wrapped his arms around him tightly, Seungmin complaining loudly and fighting it, making Jeongin finally crack a smile, even letting out a tiny giggle, which Felix couldn't stop the "awh," from slipping out of his lips, Jeongin blushed and buried his face back into Lix's chest, "not cute," he mumbled against the older, Changbin gasped at that, "how can you even say you aren't cute?! I mean, look at this!" he pulled Jeongin away from Felix enough to see his face and squished his cheeks gently, giggling at the baby's expression, Jisung flopped over into Jeongin, letting Hyunjin fall and Seungmin just barely caught the older, "I'm cuter though, right Hyung?" he asked Changbin cheekily, smiling widely and poking his own cheeks, Minho let out a short laugh, "Keep dreaming, Sungie." He said sarcastically, the younger pouting at him, exaggerating a loud yell while he rolled away, "so mean to me!" he flopped off the cushion they were all laying on, "I'll go find something else to cuddle!" He threatened, Felix Changbin catching him before he swam away, him and Seungmin trapping the wriggling boy between them, by now Jeongin was laughing along with the rest of them, having almost forgotten his nightmare. 

They lay there together, occasionally giggling at something Jisung did or when Minho got so afraid of Seungmin sneaking up behind him after the younger went to get a snack that he threw Hyunjin straight off of him, the boy yelping as he hit the water, the rest of them giggling as he came to revenge attack Minho, who gave in quickly, not wanting to move and allowing Hyunjin to climb over him and smother him, Seungmin watching jealously as the two giggled and play-fought together, even though he did know that was just how those two were. 

Changbin had noticed the way Seungmin and Hyunjin stuck to each-others sides, you'd have to be blind not to, especially since he had spoken to them and they had so obviously lied about what they were doing, as well as how Min usually stuck to Jeongin and Hyunjin to either Changbin or Felix, it was odd and he knew he wasn't the only one who had noticed, they would have to tell him what was going on eventually, neither of them very good at keeping secrets. 

They eventually started falling asleep one by one, none of them having any energy left after playing around all night, especially Jeongin who had the worst and most draining night out of any of them, him and Jisung being the first to fall asleep, quickly followed by Minho. The rest of them slowly followed, eventually leaving only Hyunjin and Seungmin awake, the two exchanged a look, "We'll see him again soon, right?" Seungmin whispered, for a moment forgetting they should probably transmit this conversation and Hyunjin shushed him quickly, "of course," He responded, smiling at the younger, he opened his arms to let the other come cuddle since Seungmin had sat on a separate chair while he had eaten. Seungmin swam over and slid into the boy's arms, smiling as he stared at Hyunjin for a few seconds, the other opening one eye at the feeling of someone watching him, "What?" he asked, Seungmin giggled softly, "you're cute," Hyunjin blushed, pulling Seungmin closer, they brushed their lips softly, both of their eyes heavy with sleep, what they didn't know was that Felix was still awake, and he saw the whole exchange.