"Jongdae?" Luhan calls his roommate's attention who's busily unpacking his own things.

"Yes, Luhan hyung?" Answered Jongdae without even pouring the older one a glance since he's too busy rearranging his clothes. He doesn't want a messy room that's why he picked Luhan to be his roommate.

Sighing, Luhan lets his body fell on the soft bed. "Who is Baekhyun to Sehun?" Luhan knows that Baekhyun is Sehun's childhood best friend but there's an inkling inside him telling that he is more than that to Sehun.

"Didn't I told you already that they were childhood best friends?" Luhan absentmindedly nodded and that made him earn Jongdae's attention. "Why d'you asked again?"

"It's just. . ." He stopped in the middle thinking if it's right to probe things out. "I just feel like they're something more than that."

Jongdae's forehead creased as he joined Luhan on the bed. "What do you mean?"

Luhan got up and hugged his own legs. "I just feel like Sehun sees Baekhyun more than a best friend."

"Ah. . ." Jongdae shakes his head. "He really do."

Luhan's expression turned into a grimace as he tried to avoid Jongdae's mocking grin. "What?"

"Luhan hyung. . ." Jongdae tickles Luhan on his waist. "Are you perhaps crushing on Sehun?"

Suddenly, Luhan's cheeks turns into cherry tomato. "N-no! W-why w-would I fell for a-a brat like h-him!"

"You never stammered that bad before," Jongdae's mocking grin turned into a winning smile. "It's okay if you'll tell me that you like him. I won't judge nor tell Sehun what you feel towards him."

"Well. . ." A long silence followed. "I think I like Sehun."

"It's a shame," Jongdae wiggles his brows. "He's head over heels for Baekhyun."

"I know," Luhan answered bitterly.

"He's planning on winning Baekhyun's heart. He told us a while ago that he wanted Baekhyun that much to the point that he will make him his before this vacation ends."

"W-what?"

Jongdae nodded. "You heard it right. He's planning on courting Baekhyun for our whole stay here. I don't know. As much as I wanted to stop him from doing so, Sehun is unstoppable when he wants something or someone to be his."

Luhan suddenly remembered what he saw before. He saw Baekhyun and Chanyeol being lovey-dovey at the parking lot of SOPA. "B-but, what about Chanyeol?"

"Chanyeol? What about him, hyung?"

"Should I tell you this or not?"

"Your choice, Luhan hyung."

"Okay. I better tell you because my conscience is eating me up," he sighed before fully continuing. "There's this one day I saw Baekhyun and Chanyeol in the parking lot of SOPA. I saw them being sweet and mushy at all. Are they like that? I mean do they regularly interact like that?"

Jongdae heaved a deep sigh. "I knew it," he brushed his hair as a sign of frustration. "I knew my theory is right. I just need evidence."

"Why are you suddenly speaking like a detective?" Luhan laughed a bit.

"I am serious," Jongdae deadpanned. "I thought I was just hallucinating but now that you mentioned about it, I feel like my theory is right."

"What theory?"

"That there's something going on between Chanyeol and Baekhyun behind Sehun's back."

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Meanwhile, Kyungsoo and Jongin are like cat and dog. Bickering. As always.

"Kyungsoo hyung!" Shouted Jongin while coping up with Kyungsoo. He's small compared to him but Kyungsoo walks too fast.

"Stop following me, will you?!" As much as Kyungsoo's trying his best to avoid Jongin, he just can't. The younger one just confessed on him a while ago and it's stressing him out!

Suddenly, a big palm touched Kyungsoo's bare skin which sent volts around his spine. "Are you mad at me?" Jongin asked with a pleading voice.

"I am not," Kyungsoo coldly answered before removing Jongin's grip on his wrist. "How can someone fell for someone whom he just met days ago?"

"I know it's impossible but that's what I feel! Cross my heart!" Jongin did the whole effing cross my heart sign.

"You're unbelievable," Kyungsoo shook his head as he started walking again but this time, Jongin is by at his side. "Could you please leave me alone? You're stressing me out!"

"I won't leave you, hyung! You can pretend that I'm not here by your side. I just can't leave you alone when there are predators around looking at you like you are their own prey!" As Kyungsoo roamed his eyes, Jongin is right. There are guys looking at them, specifically towards Kyungsoo who looks so hot and cute at the same time with his shorts and fitted plain white shirt on.

"I'm not going to let them touch me. So, if you'll excuse me," Kyungsoo was taken aback when Jongin pulled him again. "Kim Jongin."

"You're not gonna let them touch you?" Kyungsoo rolled his eyes before nodding just to pacify the younger one. "Is it because you are mine now?" Jongin flashed his toothy grin.

"Sorry to burst you pretty bubble of imagination, but no. I am not yours. And I'm not theirs. I'm no one's property," but Jongin is really a persistent guy, he didn't left Kyungsoo until the older one gave up on pushing him. Instead he treated Jongin like he's some kind of intangible thing.

When Kyungsoo felt like his legs were already hurting because they walked too far, he sat on the sand spreading his legs as the water of the sea hits it. Jongin, on the other hand, took off his shirt as he lays on the sand, preparing to be tanned even more.

"Why are you so persistent?" Asked Kyungsoo while looking at the sea. He loves serenity and he finds it so serene escaping from the part of the sea wherein there are bunch of people talking and doing their businesses. It's more comforting for Kyungsoo to stay at the secluded area of the sea and devours the silence it gives him.

"It's because I want to prove that what I feel for you is genuine. It's not any kind of puppy love they say," Jongin removes his sunglasses as he look intently at the older one's pair of orbs. "I know it's still shocking to hear that I like you, but I'm willing to prove you that I really mean it and I'm not just toying you, Kyungsoo hyung."

"Jongin. . ." Kyungsoo sighed as his small but manly palm touches the sea water coming on him. "I don't know how to manage things like this. I never felt infatuation nor love before."

"Then I'm going to make you feel it. Just let me, hyung," Kyungsoo can't help but to roll his eyes, the kid beside him? Persistent is an understatement to describe what he's doing right now.

"I'm scared of commitments. I saw how my friends being wrecked because of it. I saw how they became trash for life because of ruined promises and I don't want to suffer on that."

"Pain is a part of loving someone else. Getting hurt is normal. What you have to do is to always look at the positive sides of it. Before being pained, you felt happiness. And that's what you have to remind yourself. Even if you're hurting, you can't deny the fact that you've felt happiness even just for a moment. You just have to keep moving forward. You don't have to hold a grudge on your past. Time heals everything."

"That's it," Kyungsoo's voice cracked. "I haven't even accepted you yet you're here, talking about me being pained and trying to regain and fix myself again after being ruined. Just try to stop yourself, Jongin. I don't want to hurt you."

Jongin stood up and he held Kyungsoo's hands while looking at his eyes with admiration. "I'm not going to promise you that I won't hurt you but I will try not to. I'll look at you only. I'll never look at someone else after you. I don't want to give more promises but I want you to always remember that I will try my very best not to hurt you and be the first and last man you'll ever fall in love with."

"Jongin. . ."

"Just let me, Kyungsoo hyung. I'm willing to wait even if it will take you a year to decide. I'm not going to give up on you. I want to take care of you."

"I'm scared."

"I'm willing to prove you that all what ifs in your mind are all wrong. I'm willing to prove myself to you if you'll just let me," Jongin kissed Kyungsoo's hands.

"O-okay. But I'm not promising you something."

Jongin nodded. "I know and someday, I'll make you reciprocate my feelings for you. Thank you so much for this chance, Kyungsoo hyung."

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Sehun blindfolded Baekhyun with a handkerchief saying that they are going somewhere and he can't see it because it's a surprise.

"Where are we going, Hunnie?" Asked Baekhyun as he took a tight grip on Sehun's bare skin.

"Tada!" Sehun removes the blindfold on Baekhyun's eyes and the midget one was welcomed by a dinner-by-the-sea set up.

"What's going on?" Baekhyun tried to hide the panic on his insides as Sehun pulled a chair for him. "Thank you."

"We're on a date!" Sehun excitedly said as he pours a wine on their glasses.

"Oh, is that so. Why didn't we asked them to join us?" With that, Baekhyun means Jongdae, Jongin, Kyungsoo, and Luhan.

"It's just for us. Don't worry, I asked our chefs to prepare foods for them," Sehun tried to stop himself from fidgeting. "I want to have an alone time with you."

"Alone time? Aren't we always alone and far from them since we arrived here?" Baekhyun joked as he cuts the steak. "I'm just joking. I hope you don't misunderstood it, Hunnie."

"Baek-hyung. . ." Baekhyun's heart beat started racing abnormally when Sehun suddenly kneeled down on his own. "I like you so much. I just figured it out when I saw the necklace Chanyeol hyung gave to you. I felt a pang of jealousy inside my system. I want to say sorry for all the blaming I threw to you when Chanyeol hyung sent me at China. I want to say sorry for being a cold brat to you before. I want to say sorry for being a meanie. I want to say sorry for holding a grudge onto you. I know sorry is not enough but I hope you'll forgive me someday. I like you very much, Baek-hyung. I won't force you to turn back my feelings that fast but I also want you to know that I'm not going to give up on you."

Baekhyun was left speechless with what Sehun said. Is he that naïve for him not to realize that Sehun might fall for him? Is he that numb for him not to feel that he is the one Sehun's talking about a while ago? Is he really that insensitive?

"Baek-hyung, are you mad at me?" Baekhyun only managed to shake his head as an answer. "Then why aren't you speaking?"

"S-Sehun. . ." Baekhyun's voice cracked. "Of all people, w-why me?"

"Why not you?" Sehun's eyes glow and it made Baekhyun pained, even more. "What's not to like about you? You've been there for me ever since. Despite of all the pushing and hatred I gave to you, you still stayed beside me. Tell me, what's not to love you when you're close to perfection?"

"Sehun, I don't deserve you," Baekhyun said as he lowered his head. Contemplating whether he should tell him what's going on between him and his brother or just keep it on himself and ask for Chanyeol's advice.

"I deserve you. It's the whole world who doesn't deserve you, Baek-hyung."

"Sehun, you don't understand it. M-maybe what you're feeling is just an infatuation."

Sehun shook his head. "I know this is more than that. Trust me. I always feel butterflies flying inside me whenever I see you. I always feel like my day has already been completed when I see you smile. You're my happy pill, Baek-hyung."

Baekhyun didn't answered but on the other side of the shore, someone is crying and someone is comforting that someone. Luhan heard Sehun's entire confession for Baekhyun and he just felt his world being torn apart.