𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 ✘

15

after seonghwa had picked up hongjoong, they made it to the theater at least 20 minutes before the movie started. seonghwa asked hongjoong to find a seat while he got popcorn and hongjoong agreed.

he was a little hesitant at first considering how he hated being alone in a public place. but because seonghwa said he could choose the seats and he knew, scratch that hoped, that seonghwa would return with the popcorn.

he entered the theater, his nerves relaxing a little realizing there was only two people in the theater so far. he smiled in relief, before running up to the very top and finding a seat near the back. he silenced his phone, before starting to watch the ads. maybe hongjoong had silenced his phone a little too early, but the ads would entertain. he was the kind who liked them, especially the movie trailers.

he always felt kind of safe being in a theater, it was a little closed off, and if there wasn't a whole lot of people seeing the movie with you, you pretty much had the whole movie theater to themselves. hongjoong and seonghwa did, since the couple five seats ahead of them were already making out instead of watching the movie. hongjoong fake gagged, before realizing seonghwa had come back with the popcorn.

he noticed the boy smile at his actions before taking a seat next to him, hongjoong blushed, sinking down in his seat in embarrassment.

"i was going to get candy too, but you didn't answer when i called you so i only got popcorn.. sorry." seonghwa apologizes, handing seonghwa the popcorn with a soft smile crept onto his lips.

hongjoong mumbled a soft, "it's okay," before taking the popcorn, and threw some in his mouth. the movie was really close to starting, and hongjoong realized that he might actually be really close to being alone with seonghwa.

he swallowed nervously, before regretting even swallowing in the first place. he started coughing on one of the popcorn kernels, catching seonghwa's concern. "hongoong? are you okay?" hongjoong was able to cough hard enough that it was no longer stuck in his throat, he looked over at seonghwa nervously and relaxed when he saw his reaction.

hongjoong quickly reached for one of the napkins seonghwa had grabbed and spit it out, before smiling towards seonghwa. "i'm.. okay."

seonghwa chuckled when he realized what had happened, "don't die on the first date."

hongjoong's eyes widen, he looked over at seonghwa once more, to his surprise seonghwa was also surprise he said that. "first date?"

seonghwa laughed nervously, "did i say date? i meant our first time hanging out." seonghwa faced front again, locking his eyes on the big screen. hongjoong did the same, not being able to look over at seonghwa or even say another word. he swallowed nervously, he could feel his eyes water but tried as hard as he could to push them away. he threw some more popcorn in his mouth, starting to stress eat.

did seonghwa not like me?

scratch that, why do i care...

is he sniffling?

did i say something wrong?

the two watched the rest of the movie in silence, not knowing what the other was feeling. if hongjoong had looked at seonghwa, he would have noticed how nervous he seemed after saying that. if seonghwa had looked hongjoong's way, he would've noticed the silent tears that hongjoong had shed during the movie. of course seonghwa would've thought it was because the dragon in the movie was hurt or something, but that was for hongjoong tell, and seonghwa to realize.

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a cliffhanger ~

this chapter makes me miss going to movie theaters  :(((