Chapter Thirty

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"Are you coming?"


San looks up and his heartbeat feels as if it comes to a halt for a second, seeing Seonghwa come into his vision. Seonghwa is dressed head to toe in ornate traditional robes of the Chrysalis, his hair adorned with colorful beads.


"I-" San stutters, at a loss for words when he sees how breathtaking Seonghwa is when dressed like this.


Seonghwa's lips curl into a subtle smirk, his cheeks getting rosy from the unwavering attention San's eyes are giving him, "Everything is all set up now," Seonghwa explains, coming closer to San, but not too close, "You're my... er-..."


"Date?" San finishes for him, finally calming himself down from Seonghwa's beauty.


Seonghwa's face heats up and he just nods and turns around, embarrassed. He starts walking off towards the decorated buildings and the groups of people bustling around the center of the grounds, knowing that San will follow after him.


San catches up with Seonghwa, walking side by side through the festival with him as they observe the various activities.


Seonghwa's eyes soften when he sees the pack children painting on large banners, noticing that Wooyoung and Yeosang are crouched by Seungsik and Namjoo. They're helping them open the paints and trying to get them to use the paintbrushes rather than their hands.


"You guys having fun?" San asks, a big smile on his face seeing the children having a good time.


Wooyoung looks up with a cheerful face, a nice and welcome change from how he was when Sunghee first left. Even the veins on his neck have subsided and aren't pulsating anymore, "So much fun! Isn't that right?" He asks Seungsik, who he's helping.


"I love the festival!" Seungsik cheers, looking up at San and Seonghwa giddily, showing the blues and purples of the paint he got on his face.


"Here, Sik," Wooyoung hums, handing Seungsik a wet wipe to clean himself up.


Seungsik takes the wipe and cleans himself, "Thank you, Woo~" He sing-songs.


"Yeoooo! Help me fill this sunflower in!" Namjoo whines, shoving the cup of paint into Yeosang's chest.


San chuckles at the children's antics and looks back at Seonghwa, seeing the admiration in his eyes as he watches them.


Seonghwa's eyes are suddenly taken away from them and to a frantic Eunji running around the grounds in her traditional robes as well, holding onto the small bamboo shaker that she will use to perform the dance she and Areum usually do together.


Eunji sees Seonghwa and her eyes widen, rushing up to him, "Seonghwa, could you please fill in for Areum? Please?" She begs, her eyebrows curved inward with worry.


Seonghwa takes a deep breath and glances over to San, who has a comforting smile on his face, offering a small nod to tell him to go with her.

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