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Seonghwa backed up as he heard the male infront of him wince a little. His hands travelled to other's injured ankle as he raised his eyebrows in worry.

"Ah does it hurt a lot?" Hongjoong nodded, gulping before replying. "Yes, but not too much at the moment. Your knee just accidentically touched it and well it was only a slight pain for a few seconds."

"Do you think we should go back Hongjoong?" The older's unexpected question left him a little shaken. Should they go back?

"Where?"

Seonghwa sighed shifting his position a little. He knew the younger was trying to dodge the question and play dumb. He had a lot going on his mind and the older could tell easily.

"You know where... Hong-" "N-no."

The black-haired male lifted up his face, his gaze meeting with the other's restless one. Seonghwa was quick to catch him fidgeting with the straps of his hoodie anxiously.

"Hongjoong I know you feel very upset by everything but you must know it's not your fault. I'm sure everyone else will think the same. They probably do even right now. I- it was just me who was too blinded by hatred to notice that. Everything will be okay, trust me."

Letting out a heavy breath Hongjoong nodded feeling his eyes get a bit glossy too. He felt grateful that Seonghwa was here with him and everything- atleast between the two of them is okay. Rubbing his eyes little to get rid of that glossy texture he stood up and stretched his arm infront of the older as a signal to hold onto it and get up.

Seonghwa smiled at the other before doing what he was told to.

"Come, let's head back to the dorms okay?" "mhm" Hongjoong's cheeks were on fire as the other male was still holding onto his hand and there he was being pulled away by the other.

"You know, I'm glad we're heading back. Sleeping in the studio has already made my body tense! How do you even stay there all the time?"

Hongjoong giggled as he hearing him whine and complain.

"What can I say hyung gotta do what I need to do for my team right?"

Seonghwa chuckled nodding his head in agreement.

Not too much later they were already infront of them dorm. Hongjoong's hold on the other's hand was tighter now but Seonghwa did NOT mind.

"Alright. We can do this! We just knock the door and once open we run away and get into my room."

"huh? But why run away?"

"Because they'll shower us with a thousand ques-""THEY ARE BACK! THEY ARE BACK!"

San and Wooyoung's voice filled the entire dorm and as they yelled with relief and excitement and just then the two older males were being engulfed in big and tight hugs. As the realisation his San he slowly let go of Seonghwa and flashed the two a smile that looked somewhat worrisome.

"Is everything okay between you two now ?" he asked in a small voice making Wooyoung stand beside him awkwardly too.

Hongjoong and Seonghwa glanced at eachother before the oldest decided to reply.

"Yes."

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- sorry for the short chapter and the hiatus. I have been quite busy with college but I'll (try to) start publishing more parts again without much longer delays.