Try Not To Fall In Love | woohwa

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on the night of the party, seonghwa's getting ready to go when he sees yunho's calling him. "oh, hey yunho." he answers. it seems like he hasn't talked to him in a while. he doesn't usually hang out with him and the rest of the guys during lunch.

"are you going to san's party?"

"yeah... are you?" seonghwa asks him.

"yeah, i was actually just about to leave my house."

"i'll see you there then. we have a lot of catching up to do, don't you think?"

"we sure do." yunho tells him. "i'll see you there." he hangs up.

as soon as seonghwa's ready, he walks out of his room, then makes his way to the front door. he opens it and his eyes widen when he sees who's waiting outside his house.

"y-yunho..."

-

"so you and seonghwa are going to continue dating up until tomorrow, right?"

"yeah... tomorrow's our last day." wooyoung nods and looks down at his phone since he just got a text. "that's weird."

"what is?"

"he just texted me and told me to go to the party with you. he said he'd catch up with me later."

"maybe something came up." yeosang shrugs. "maybe he's going with his friends instead."

'is everything okay?' wooyoung texts him back.

what if something's wrong?

or maybe he's just overthinking. 

"let's go then." yeosang stands up. "he'll go later."

"okay." wooyoung just nods. he really wants to call seonghwa and ask him everything's okay. he texted him, but seonghwa didn't reply.

-

"why didn't you tell me anything?" yunho asks seonghwa after sitting in silence for a few minutes.

"i was embarrassed." seonghwa sighs.

"but why? i'm your best friend. why couldn't you just trust me?"

"it's not that i didn't trust you, yunho. i was just embarrassed, okay? i always acted like i was as rich or even richer than you and the guys. when you or the others would buy something expensive, i'd also pretend to have bought it as well, just so i wouldn't feel left out. i wanted to continue being your friend, but i was afraid of how you'd react if you found out... so i didn't tell you anything."

"you know me better than anyone, hwa... don't you? so why did you think that would matter to me? you're my best friend. i'm not just your friend because i thought you had money, i'm your friend because you've always been there for me when i needed you the most. that's what a friend does."

"sorry." seonghwa looks down. "i-i was just scared of your reaction. i thought you'd be mad at me for hiding it for so long."

"well, you had nothing to worry about." yunho smiles at him. "i'll always be your best friend."

-

"did something happen?" wooyoung asks seonghwa as soon as he gets to the party.

"yunho found out." he whispers.

"what did he say?"

"everything's okay." seonghwa smiles. he's relieved his best friend took the news well.

"that's great, hw- seonghwa." wooyoung corrects himself.

"it's okay. you can call me hwa."

"really? i- okay, hwa." wooyoung nods and smiles.

"now i have to tell my other friends. do you think they'll react just as well?"

"well, they should. i mean... i understand if they're surprised, but if they react badly, they're not real friends. i mean... yunho reacted well, so why can't they?"

"you're right." seonghwa nods. "you were actually the person that made me realize i shouldn't be ashamed of what i have or don't have... so thank you, woo. tomorrow might be the last day of us dating, but i'll always remember these times with you."