"Sehun-ah? Please open the door," Junmyeon sighed as he stood by the door with Yixing for what seemed hours.

"Poor Sehun..." Yixing muttered and Junmyeon looked up at him worried eyes.

A clack of the door lock alerted them and Sehun stood in the door with puffy red eyes. His blonde hair was a little ruffled and his skin was blotchy from what seemed to be crying.

"Sehun," Junmyeon whispered as he loosely pulled him into a hug, "lets talk, yeah?"

Sehun could only nod as he let Junmyeon and Yixing into his room. Junmyeon noted their room was far different from his own but that didn't matter at the moment. They all opted to sit on the carpeted ground instead of on the beds, making a little circle, their knees all touching one another. Sehun seemed as if he would cry at any moment so Junmyeon rubbed his back softly and Yixing rubbed his knee.

"You know that your not gay even if Jongin says so," Junmyeon spoke softly, afraid that any wavering pitch would set the younger off. "If your straight, or gay, or bi, that's fine. But nobody can tell you who you are. That's up to you to decide."

"I-I know," Sehun sighed, "it's just...Jongin's right. I don't know who I am!"

"And that's okay," Yixing patted his knee, "it took my three years to figure out who I was."

Junmyeon faced him with large eyes and giggled, "three years?"

"Yep, three years of 'gay panick'," he laughed but turned serious pretty quickly. "You can't let someone decide who you are. Say you go along with Jongin and say you're gay...you might decide you're straight in a couple of years. You just don't know!"

Yixing gave him his classic dimpled smile and Junmyeon couldn't help but stare at him for a few seconds, "Yixing is right. Just relax and go with the flow. You don't have to decide anything right know. I'll talk to Jongin, alright?"

Sehun nodded and the other two engulfed him in a bone crushing hug. They all sat on the floor hugging for a while before Yixing pulled back with a smile, "lets go get some lunch. We'll talk to Jongin after, alright?"

-

"So the first port is Nice? And it's tomorrow?" Baekhyun asked the lanky male lying on the deck chair beside them.

They decided to go to the top deck while they were sailing in the beating hot sun, the sea wind messing up their hair. Each had a glass of Diet Coke with a shot of black current and they sipped making small talk.

"Yeah, the beaches there are incredible!" Chanyeol smiled through his sun glasses.

"You've been?" Baekhyun asked as he removed his glasses, sitting up to face Chanyeol.

Chanyeol nodded at his question and added, "I went there with my dad when I was twelve or thirteen. We traveled together a lot since my mother wasn't around to say 'no'."

Baekhyun smiled brightly, "that's so cool! I've only been abroad a tiny amount of times so I was so excited when Junmyeon brought up the idea of a cruise! What's it like in Nice? Tell me everything!"

Chanyeol smiled and sat up also, pushing his sunglasses up to the top of his head, "well, there's gorgeous beaches, fast cars, casinos, alcohol," a wink, "and the formula 1 racing track."

"That's so cool," Baekhyun commented, applying a little suncream to his burning cheeks, "have you only been once?"

"A few times," Chanyeol replied as he sipped his drink and sat cross legged, "wanna go in the pool for a bit? I mean the view is lovely," Chanyeol pointed out towards the vast landscape of blue waves, "but you can only look at the ocean for so long."

"Sure," Baekhyun replied with a large smile and the two headed to their cabins to change into their pool wear.

-

"My god, this food is amazing," Minseok commented to Kyungsoo and Jongdae who all sat around one the buffet tables.

"It's European food, that's why," Kyungsoo laughed as he placed some more pasta in his mouth. "I liked pasta before this cruise but now I love it! Have you tried it, Jongdae?"

Jongdae shook his head and said with a mouth full of cottage pie, "nope! Have you ever heard of cottage pie? It's bloody amazing!"

The three laughed as the ate when a figure made their was to the table. Sitting down, everyone recognised him as Jongin. Kyungsoo made a face at him before announcing, "I'm gonna go find Baek."

"How come?" Jongdae questioned as he sipped on his beer, his third one (Minseok was counting).

"Why don't you explain, Jongin?" Kyungsoo pressed as he proceeded to get up, a waiter taking his plate away.

Jongin rolled his eyes and followed after Kyungsoo. Sensing someone was behind him, Kyungsoo turned around with a poker face when they reached one of the decks.

"What?" He folded his arms tightly.

"Look, I'm sorry," Jongin brushed his fingers through his thick hair as the hot wind rasped through it.

"Don't apologise to me, apologise to Sehun," Kyungsoo pointed out as he jabbed his finger in the direction Sehun stormed off earlier.

"He won't want to talk to me..." Jongin sighed and Kyungsoo scoffed. "Please...don't ignore me. I was stupid, I know. Just," another sigh, "I wanted to make you laugh."

Kyungsoo took a little pity on him - not much seeing as this is Kyungsoo - but he patted his shoulder.

"Talk to me once you sort things out with Sehun, alright?" Kyungsoo left the taller male and proceeded to walk to the steps to the top deck.

-

"You look really cute," Kris complimented Tao as he did up the top button on his polo.

Their room was illuminated by the sunshine coming in through their balcony, the heat not unbearable, just nice. Kris was dressed in a pair of swimming shorts and a polo shirt, the top buttons undone, showing off his pecks. Tao also had his shorts and polo on. He'd done up all his buttons claiming it was 'modest to do so'.

"Cute?" Tao laughed slightly but his cheeks were tinted pink, "it's just a polo and some shorts."

"Cute..." Kris continued as he wrapped his arms around Tao's thin waist, resting his head in the crook of Tao's neck before whispering, "but you'd be cuter without it..."

With a giggle, Tao pushed Kris away and kissed his nose, "I heard there is a special Italian buffet on deck 7 today, wanna go?"

With a nod, Kris interlocked his fingers with Tao's and they left their cabin together.

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