𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | woohwa ✔

01 | when it started

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wooyoung had always admired his hyung, park seonghwa.

he admired his looks, his talents, how he danced and performed on stage, his hardworking self, his determination while practicing a new choreography for their new comebacks. how seonghwa was always the one never giving up and would try even harder day by day. how he also had the skills to pose like a professional model during each of their photoshoots.

and especially, how seonghwa was the type of person who cares a lot about his members and sometimes more than himself.

"wooyoung, are you okay?" seonghwa asked and wooyoung looked up, confused. "is something troubling you? you seem deep in thoughts, that's all." the older added.

wooyoung smiled at seonghwa and shook his head. "nothing, i'm fine. i was just thinking about something." he answered. the older nodded and sighed in relief.

"okay, good."

yes, that was the main reason wooyoung had looked up to the older. he always had loved seonghwa as one of the ateez members and the older too loved them all equally. wooyoung was so sure of that.

until one day, wooyoung started feeling weird when he's with him.

it was ateez's practice day and as usual, the eight members of the group had worked their butt's off practicing choreographies to perfection. it's been hours of just dancing and some breaks. until finally, they've finished and were allowed to return to their dorms.

"alright, that's all for today!"

the leader, hongjoong, shouted in satisfaction while clapping his hands. later, the rest of them clapped as well and all thanked each other for their hard work. "thank you for working hard, everyone! we can go back now!" hongjoong added.

wooyoung was laying on the wooden floor, his breath was still heavy from all that dancing.

"yo, san. wanna come?" mingi asked his roommate. "yeah, just wait a minute." san answered and walked towards wooyoung's tired body. "wooyoung, let's leave together." san offered. but wooyoung was too tired to get up now.

kindly, he rejected san's offer and said, "no, you should go first. i'm staying a little longer."

san nodded in understanding. "sure. let's go, mingi." he said to mingi then. wooyoung's roommate, yeosang had told wooyoung that he'll go first and wooyoung was okay with it. he raised his head to look around the dance practice room and noticed most of his members had left. he then saw seonghwa walking up to him with two mineral water bottles and sat on the floor next to his lying body.

"here." seonghwa handed wooyoung the water.

wooyoung sat up lazily and accepted the water. "thanks, seonghwa-hyung." his fingers brushed with the older's and this somehow weirdly made wooyoung's heart flutter. but as fast as the strange feeling came, it went away. wooyoung paid little to no mind at it.

what should he think of it? why should he think of it?

they both sat in silence for a while until wooyoung spoke up. "you were amazing just now, by the way. you improved a lot." he complimented, causing the older to smile. "really? i didn't feel like it." he replied.

"i'm serious. you worked hard before and i can see the improvement in your moves." wooyoung insisted and looked at seonghwa. the older looked back with a smile and said back, "thanks. you were amazing too. i loved how you did some of those moves in your own way, yet it didn't seem off."

again, wooyoung felt his heart flutter.

okay, what the hell?

he was confused. seonghwa just complimented him, like usual. he'd done this before and countless times. wooyoung too did the same and it felt natural to compliment each other. so why now that he started to feel strange? and why all of a sudden seonghwa's smile at him began to look more attractive?