Interested

Hongjoong was in love with Seonghwa. He thought it was obvious but apparently not since Seonghwa thought Hongjoong wasn't "interested in him". Hongjoong was confused as to how Seonghwa came to this conclusion. He doesn't hide the heart eyes(as the kids call them), fond smiles,lingering touches. Hongjoong had been on twitter. He saw the threads, fanfictions and fanart ATINY had made of them. The kids, the staff, the fans all noticed the affection Hongjoong had for Seonghwa. Even the CEO voiced his support for their relationship, as long as it did not interfere with ATEEZ. So tonight Hongjoong was going to see if Seonghwa was really that dense or if he was just being too subtle.

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Hongjoong got to the dorms later than everyone else. Instead of working like he normally would have he just sat in the studio imagining different scenarios. If Seonghwa rejected, if Seonghwa liked him back, if Seonghwa hated him and ended their friendship. He didn’t know what he would do if seonghwa wanted to end their friendship. Seonghwa was the one who made sure he ate and got at least a few hours of sleep every night. He stayed up waiting for him even when he got home early in the morning. He made delicious food and came to the studio to make sure Hongjoong actually ate it. He looked after other members and made sure they behaved decently when Hongjoong wasn’t there. Hongjoong would hate himself if ATEEZ was affected because he couldn't keep his feelings to himself.

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Hongjoong ended up coming home earlier than usual. He wasn’t getting any work done and he was just going through the worst case scenario in his head. Hongjoong suddenly wished he had stayed in the studio when he saw Seonghwa reading on the couch. Seonghwa looked up surprised, as Hongjoong rarely came home this early. 

“Hey” Hongjoong whispered while taking off his shoes and putting his bag down.

"Hey" Seonghwa whispered back. "Is everything alright? You don't usually come home this early."

"Everythings fine. I just have something I want to talk to you about."

"Is this about me nagging you to come home more often because if it is-"

"No hwa" Hongjoong chuckled lightly at Seonghwa's mothering. "Let's go to our room first."

"Ok"

Seonghwa followed hongjoong to their room. He sat on the bed while waiting Hongjoong took a quick shower. Hongjoong stood in the shower wondering how he was going to start the conversation. For all his worrying in the studio he actually hadn’t come up with a plan. Hongjoong decided to just be straightforward about it. He came out to Seonghwa reading his book again, this time on the bed. Hongjoong panicked and started to take off his makeup. He was doing anything to stall. Eventually he ran out of things to do and had to confront the issue.

"Why do you think I’m not interested in you?" Good job Hongjoong that's not blunt at all.