♫ 78 ♫

It was the day where Seonghwa and Hongjoong had the whole time to spend together. Seonghwa had an itinerary ready on how they would use the hours without wasting a single second.

"Are you ready to go out?", Seonghwa asked as he glanced through the mirror to Hongjoong who was still picking out some accessories.

"Mmm what ring should I wear?", Hongjoong asked as he showed three rings on his palm as he walked near.

"None.", Seonghwa responded without giving a glance at the items Hongjoong was showing.

"What? You do know it has to match with my outfit right?", Hongjoong asked, a puzzled expression on his face since this was the first time Seonghwa did that.

"Just listen to me. It doesn't fit.", Seonghwa shrugged as he walked past Hongjoong, taking the small bag that was placed on the night table.

With a confused state of mind, Hongjoong decided to follow Seonghwa and placed back the rings he took out from the box. Soon the both of them were going down the stairs and were met by Mingi, Jongho and Wooyoung who were playing mobile games.

"The two of you are going out like that?", Jongho asked as he glanced at the two of them.

"Yeah...is something wrong?", Hongjoong asked as he looked at his outfit, to Seonghwa then back to Jongho.

"Nothing really. You two look like a real couple.", Wooyoung shrugged and sighed, giving the two a teasing look.

Seonghwa's outfit

Hongjoong's outfit

"Aren't we a real couple though?", Seonghwa asked, giving a questioning look to the person beside him.

"It's just too obvious, but if you're wearing a coat over it...no one would notice.", Mingi said, pointing at the coats the two were holding.

"We'll make sure no one notices. We might come home late so you don't have to cook dinner for us.", Hongjoong reminded as he waved at the three and went out the door with Seonghwa.

"So where are we going to first?", Hongjoong asked, pulling out the seatbelt.

"We're having an arcade date.", Seonghwa said and smiled.

"An arcade date? Are you a kid or what?", Hongjoong asking, bursting into giggles as he puts on his seatbelt and fixing his position to be comfortable.

"Hey! I heard arcade dates are nice and we aren't kids but I'm sure later we will become one.", Seonghwa smiled as he starts the car and the two of them drove off to the location.

- arrived in the shopping district -

"The arcade is here? Isn't there a lot of people in the area right now?", asked Hongjoong, anxious to step out of the car because people might be familiar with them.

"Come on. I'm sure they won't bug us that much, just make sure to keep your mask on.", Seonghwa hopped out of the car and put on his coat to warm up his body in the cold winter breeze.

"We could've just stayed in the house with the others, you know." Hongjoong said as he stepped out, walking towards Seonghwa.

"I already planned the whole day...do you really want to go back?", Seonghwa asked, a pout visible in his face from disappointment.

"Hongjoong rolled his eyes and looked away, pulling Seonghwa towards the entrance, "Fine, let's go. Its pretty boring there anyways."

"Okay, okay, wait. Let me put my mask first.", Seonghwa said with a big smile on his face.

     There were many people but not as much as they expected, it was a weekend so the amount of people is normal especially for shopping districts. The two directly went to the huge arcade area started to play all the games possible.

"Wanna bet?", Seonghwa asked as he and hongjoong went to the basketball stall.

"What are we gonna bet on?", Hongjoong asked, his eyebrows raising as he crossed his arms.

"Whoever wins can use the tickets to buy something embarrassing for the one who lost and they have to wear it the whole time until dinner.", Seonghwa proposed as he dribbled the ball.

"Hmm, game. I'm sure I'll win this and I'll make sure to make you look hideous.", Hongjoong said as he grabbed the ball from Seonghwa.

     They both started the game and Hongjoong went first, he got majority of the balls in during the timer. Thinking he had the highest score, he gave the next chance to Seonghwa. He wasn't paying attention to what was happening and after a few minutes, he heard a cheer from Seonghwa.

"I WON!!! I actually won!", Seonghwa cheered, jumping up and down. Hongjoong was surprised and checked the score..it was true. Seonghwa actually won.

"What?! How did that happen? My score was high already how did you pass it BY ONE POINT?", Hongjoong asked as his mouth dropped open, his eyes switching from Seonghwa to the score board.

Seonghwa flips his imaginary hair, "Well the basket was nearer because of my height. I may be bad at shooting but my height really helped."

"Are you calling me short? Are you huh?", Hongjoong started to playfully kick Seonghwa, the two bursting into laughters.

     After playing around, they went to the counter and Seonghwa looked around to find something funny for Hongjoong. He found a Santa costume that would fit Hongjoong and he started evil laughing internally.

"Good afternoon. I would like to get that Santa costume please.", Seonghwa confidently said as he placed on the table, handfuls of tickets they won.

"What the? Santa costume? You want me to really wear that until dinner? As in outside?", Hongjoong's eyes widened as he heard what Seonghwa said.

"That's what the loser gets.", Seonghwa fakes a smile, his eyes turning crescent as he looks at Joong. Hongjoong scoffs and looks at the costume that is now in Seonghwa's hands.

"Time to change!", Seonghwa excitedly said as he pushes the outfit towards Hongjoong. The other irritatedly took it and walked towards the public toilet.

     After a few minutes, Hongjoong comes back wearing the outfit under his coat, including the beard. Everyone was giving him a glance which made him embarrassed, however Seonghwa was laughing his ass off.

"God, I love this.", Seonghwa said, in between laughter as he held his stomach.

"God, I hate this." Hongjoong said, covering his face with the fake beard to decrease the embarrassment.

"Okay, we should look around for now. We still have a few hours before dinner.", Seonghwa said, bowing to the cashier and pulling Hongjoong out of the arcade.

"Its my birthday...what did I do to deserve this?", Hongjoong murmured and sighed, lowering his gaze to the floor to avoid eye contact with the people around them.