⭑ 22:

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I smirk to myself seeing Hongjoong trying to grab the heavy watermelons from his cart and then place them inside his car. So far he's only managed to put two in there. I feel like laughing but I can't do that. Not yet. It's still surprising how the members didn't catch him but that doesn't matter. Watching him  struggle secretly trying to buy all that fruit and hide it has brought nothing but pure entertainment to me. I look behind me and see Mingi near the counter checking out I'm assuming. I signal him to stop what he's doing and come towards me. He looks slightly confused but puts away the bag of chips in his hand and nods anyways.

"Sup?" Mingi raises an eyebrow coming over also glancing at the cameraman beside me. I bring my index finger to my lips and motion him to stay quiet then I point it towards Hongjoong.

"Ahh" Mingi smirks gives me a light fist bump as we move towards our leader. Once we're near Hongjoong I lightly grab his shoulder making him gasp out loud. He turns around with wide eyes they look like tapioca pearls. So cute. Too cute actually. Almost enough to make me not tell others but I can't do that because the cameraman's right behind and I'm still a bit pissed from earlier today when he wouldn't give me a kiss. It's dumb and I know that but I still can't help but feel frustrated over it.

"Caught you Hongjoong-ah" Mingi yelled yanking both his arms upwards.

"Argh mannn" he whines and his lips forms an adorable little pout.

"Hyungs!" Both our heads turn towards the voice that calls us and it's Yeosang.

"Ha come here sangie look who Seonghwa hyung caught!" Mingi waves his hand at him and looks back at Hongjoong who frowns looking at me and punches my arm.

"Noooo now I'll have to go through the penaltyyy"

A cameraman whips away the camera towards Mingi who laughs his heart out over Hongjoong's reaction. It's not even that big of a deal but his whining seems to be nonstop. He glares at me, eyebrows furrowed and lips still formed into a pout which makes me want to kiss him so bad and make it disappear instead I stop myself and smirk making happens to make him scoff at me just like earlier.

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"Open it! Open it! Open it! Hongjoong and Jongho!!" The members yelled out loud, slightly tipsy from all the alcohol however excluding San none of them were fully drunk.

Hongjoong and Jongho groaned before opening chits that the staff had provided them earlier.

"Once done with the feast, you'll have to wash all the dishes for the restaurant" the maknae read off the chit and face palmed himself.

Hongjoong had the same thing making him whine and hit his head on the table with a loud thud.

"Arghhh I don't want to do thissss" he cried out and forced himself to sit up again turning his head towards the maknae "atleast we're doing it together so not too much work".

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I've never hated washing the dishes ever before. Even at our dorms i try cleaning up after the members but they know I never wash the dishes because it gives me an ick for some reason. Feeling frustrated I let out a sigh and head towards the restroom. After I'm done with my business I move towards the sink and wash my hands. I look up in the mirror and bring my hands towards my hair to fix it a bit and hear a sound from the door but I don't pay attention to it until I see a reflection in the mirror. Seonghwa.

He says nothing but rests his body against the door as his dark orbs stare at me. "What?" I turn around crossing my hands against my chest. "Well? Are you going to say anything?"

"I just came here to wash my hands" he finally speaks and starts to wash his hands. Once he's done he gives me a glance and leaves.

Weird.

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The car ride back has been nothing but extremely chaotic. We shouldn't have let San and Wooyoung sit with us. It's all yunho's fault. I hope his shower runs clod today and there's no shampoo left for him to use. Seonghwa has stayed silent almost the entire car ride whilst driving. However I couldn't help but notice he would reply to the others and tell them to not be loud when they got too much. Is he mad because of earlier? 

"Wooyoungieee~~~ I want to sleeppp mhff" San's face is completely red now and I understand that the amount of alcohol he drank earlier is definitely getting to work because of the low intolerance he has for it. He'll probably be staying drunk for a while.

I smile as I see Wooyoung grab San's head and make it rest on his shoulder. His face seems a bit pink. I think he might have a thing for him.

"Don't you think Wooyoung likes San?" I lean my body a bit towards Seonghwa and whisper. I can't help but smile thinking about the two together.

He glances at me but doesn't move his face even an inch, keeping his eyes straight on the road, hands gripping onto the steering wheel tightly. I nudge his shoulder a bit but he removes my arm. He's probably mad from earlier. It's just not... I grab my hair sighing and move back focusing on the road now. Seonghwa can kiss me. I gave him that offer so yes, he can kiss me although he should atleast think about how weird this still must be for me. I mean it's just the start of whatever this is. He can't expect me to be completely comfortable immediately.

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I sit on my bed, a towel in my hand and I rub it against my hair a bit aggressively sure but it dries them much quicker. A scene from the car plays in my mind. How Hongjoong's eyes shined as he looked at Woosan. He may be onto something, the two definitely act a bit too friendly sometimes. Did I even do the right thing ignoring him earlier? I just couldn't help it. It's just a kiss. Why'd he have to say no like that.

I'm pulled out of my thoughts as I see a figure standing infront of me. How long was I even staring into the floor? I love my head upwards and see Hongjoong. I immediately look away but he stops me.

"A-are y-you mad?" I see his eyes. They look a bit glossy. Did he cry? Panic rushes through my body. It's been a while since he last cried infront of me and I'm not exactly the best at comforting others. 

"N-no. Wait why are you crying though?" 

He doesn't reply but instantly wipes the tears that leave his eyes. I hesitate a bit but remove his hands from his eyes and bring my thumb to wipe off the tears instead. He's crying because of me. It's my fault.

"Is it because of how I've been?" I ask and he nod almost immediately but it's light. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I was just trying to tease you"

He punches my chest with his fist lightly. "H-hwa it's not that easy. I- I genuinely thought I lost you l-like I did before. I thought y-you'd start being mean to m-me."

Oh. Oh. I didn't think about it like that but him saying this makes my heart hurt a little. It stings me a little. I cup his face with both my hands and raise his chin so he looks at me.

"I'm sorry Hongjoong-ah" I move my thumb over his eyes again. No tears this time but they look glossy enough. "For what I've done before and for today as well. I didn't think of it this way. I just wanted to tease you a little, I should've given it more of a thought. Sure, I was upset when you didn't want to give me a kiss but this mad"

He stays quiet for a bit but nods before removing my hands from his face and hugging me tightly. Once we pull back he smiles and so do I. I can sense that our faces are moving closer. My eyes move down his peachy lips and at his eyes again.

"Hongjoong-ah, can I kiss you?" I whisper and close the gap between us as soon as he nods.

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