Hidden Treasure || ATEEZ AU

Easy

Yeosang was tired as hell since he stayed up all night, foregoing sleep to instead look through his and Wooyoung's texting history. There wasn't much to see for the last few years since they were both busy with their own problems, they both sucked at keeping in contact and met often enough to not text that frequently, nonetheless Yeosang hoped to find something he missed now that he knew the situation the other was going through.

He managed to gather a few details about Wooyoung's relationship with the group, although Yeosang could only assume. San was mentioned a lot in a fond way, something that Yeosang was already well aware of. He could point out the probable time of when the other met Hongjoong even though the leader was never mentioned. The student council member that Wooyoung would go out of his way to annoy now had a name and a face and he felt sorry to Seonghwa for all the pranks he had heard about in the past.

One of the tall boys, Yunho or Mingi, was newer and had transferred in the middle of last year, just like him. He couldn't find anything about Jongho, but considering how quiet the other boy seemed to be during their first and only meeting he wasn't surprised. There wasn't much else to go on, but he felt less on edge with every bit of knowledge he got.

Tired or not though, he had to figure out the issue with his club application, getting called into Eden's office more times than necessary was not something he looked forward to. After class he made his way again to the school office area and into the council room.

There sat Seonghwa on the end of a meeting table with Mingi and Yunho on each side, the warm sunlight coming from the window giving the space a warm and cozy atmosphere. The table however was filled with stacks of paper and you could tell even from afar that the two tall boys were bored out of their minds. He knocked weakly on the doorframe to announce his arrival.

"Come in." Seonghwa looked up smiling at him.

Yeosang approached the table slowly, already readying his excuses.

"For why do I owe the pleasure of your presence here, dear?" Seonghwa asked softly. Mingi snickered a bit at his overly formal words and swiftly got kicked under the table by the elder.

"I was told to hand in this paper for the club application, but I haven't really seen any that I wanna be a part of. I just came to say that." It would be great if he could be let off with just that.

"I'm sorry Yeosang, but it's obligatory to be in a club. You'll need to decide on one till the end of the day." Seonghwa looked almost apologetic. Almost. Yeosang wanted to wipe out that impersonal smile of his face and demand to be let off that waste of time, but managed to back off without letting his emotions show through. Win some, lose some, Yeosang knew when and how to choose his battles.

"Which means you should hurry, we stop working in like two hours." Mingi was quick to point it out while laying back on his chair.

"I can wait if you need more time, I alway stay overtime anyways." Seonghwa said dismissively. "They are worth 10% of all your grades, more depending on what you pick, so choose wisely."

If you put it like that there were no real excuses he could give. Yeosang looked a little lost standing there in thought.

"If you have nowhere else to go just keep us company until you decide, you'll have to come back anyway." Mingi spoke up again, balancing himself on the chairs hinder legs as he looked up at the ceiling. His chair wobbled suddenly, giving him a fright and earning a scolding from the elder, telling him to stop slacking and go back to work.

"Is it really okay if I stay a bit?" He just wanted to finish this up as quick as he could. As shy as he still was around them, going out and back just to half heartedly write something down didn't seem worth the trouble.