Hongjoong was waiting for Seonghwa right now. He asked Seonghwa to come at 7 and right now it's 7:15. 'Maybe, he forgot? Or maybe he is busy?' Hongjoong thought. He waited a bit more and after fifteen minutes it was 7:30. Hongjoong picked up his phone, ready to text Seonghwa. As he was about to write something to text Seonghwa he heard the bell.

'Oh! Maybe it's him now' Hongjoong thought and closed his phone leaving it on the desk in his bedroom. He went down and opened the door. He was right, it was Seonghwa. He stood at the door looking down a bit so that only half of his face showed. "Oh, I thought you forgot or you were busy." Hongjoong said. As soon as he said that Seonghwa looked up.

His face was always experssionless and Hongjoong wondered how could someone have such a beautiful face even after no expressions. "Hey! You better come in first! It's cold out there." Hongjoong said moving aside to let him in. Seonghwa just said a small "thank you!" before coming in. "Hey, let's go to my room and I'll bring something warm for you to drink." Hongjoong said to Seonghwa.

Seonghwa felt weird. Though his inner self would just not agree, he had to say Hongjoong was too sweet. "No, you don't need to." Seonghwa immediately said. "Don't you dare say that! It was really cold outside! Just come with me!" And as he heard Hongjoong say this, he was once again shocked by him. It was probably the first time someone acted this way to him.

Seonghwa just followed him silently to his room. As he entered Hongjoong's room he saw a big glass window with a balcony just like his room has one. "Hey, just sit down and I'll be here in a minute." After Hongjoong said this he went out of the room and down to his kitchen to prepare something for them. Seonghwa saw Hongjoong leave.

Now that he was alone, he just sat down on Hongjoong's bed. He looked around for a bit. Hongjoong's room looked just different or probably Seonghwa felt like this cause he has never been to anyone's house in the first place. He saw a minion plushy on Hongjoong's bed. He looked at it for a second. And then he looked around more and then there was one thing that caught his eye.

It was two photo frames on Hongjoong's desk. One of them showed a beautiful couple with a cute baby and he must say the couple looked really nice, while the baby looked really cute, probably to a point he could say that the baby was one of the cutest he saw in his life ever. The other frame showed a grown boy and an older woman. The grown up boy was Hongjoong while the older woman was someone he didn't know about.

As he was looking at the frames he was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Hongjoong who came in with two coffee mugs in his hand. He saw Seonghwa looking at the photo frames of his family and grandma. He just went there and stood beside him, but to his surprise Seonghwa didn't notice him. He was probably lost in his own thoughts. He could see a hint of sadness in Seonghwa's eyes and he became curious to know about that sadness. But he could wait to be friends with him first.

"It's my picture with my family before they passed away on my 8th birthday while the other one is with my Grandma." He spoke softly not having any proper intention of interrupting Seonghwa. But, Seonghwa heard it. He turned his head towards him and looked at Hongjoong.

Hongjoong stood there with two coffee mugs in his hand and when he noticed Seonghwa looking at him, he turned his head. They looked in each other's eyes for sometime, lost in the emotions they held.

Hongjoong, probably saw someone who was......alone? Someone who never had someone to be by their side? While Seonghwa just saw a guy who has probably a lot with himself but doesn't want to bother others with it? Someone who just wants to look out for others instead of stressing them out with his problems? But, at the end, though both of them felt this way about each other, they weren't sure if it was true. It's just what they felt about each other.

Suddenly, a sound interrupted their unspoken thoughts about each other. It was Hongjoong's phone. "Ah, ca-can you hold this?" Hongjoong said softly to Seonghwa. Seonghwa took them in his hands. He saw Hongjoong going towards his desk and picking up his phone. "Oh! Sorry, Seonghwa. Just a minute! It's my grandma." Hongjoong said apologetically and he again went outside.

"Hey, Grandma! You're alright?" Hongjoong said to the other line. "Hey, my child! I'm alright. How you're doing?" The other line said. "Grandma, I'm alright. But I am actually busy cause one of my friends is at home to help me with studies." He said smiling a bit though he knew his Grandma couldn't see it. "Oh! You finally got a friend, I see. I told you people are different there. What is your friend's name?" Hongjoong heard Grandma ask happily and probably from what he knows even shocked.

"Grandma, his name is Park Seonghwa. And you were right, I got a lot of friends." Hongjoong said happily. "Then, I'll not disturb you anymore. Go and study well, okay?" Hongjoong Grandma said from the other side hearing which Hongjoong just said "Okay, Grandma! Take care and eat well! Bye!" He hung up the phone and then went back in.

Seonghwa was standing there with the mugs in his hands still. "Oh, sorry for that! But you could have just sat down and kept them on the desk." Seonghwa heard Hongjoong say to him while coming towards him. "I-It's alright! It w-wasn't anything big." Seonghwa stuttered a bit. "Here sit down and drink it before it gets cold!" Hongjoong pulled out one chair while taking the mugs from his hand and placing them on the table. He then sat down himself.

Both of them started studying while drinking the coffee Hongjoong made, and Seonghwa must say Hongjoong made it real nice. The coffee tasted just like Seonghwa liked. Hongjoong can't help but smile from inside while Seonghwa explained things to him. His face though expressionless, still looked really serious. Seonghwa looked so handsome, and his voice sounded heavy but still soft and velvety. There was something that made Hongjoong feel addicted to his voice.

Hongjoong was smiling internally seeing Seonghwa. 'Shut up! Hongjoong what are you thinking! Just study you stupid!! Or I swear I'll slap you!" Hongjoong's inner self said to him. Hearing the threat from his inner self, Hongjoong came back to his senses and went to study back but still he couldn't help himself. It was simply a difficult thing for Hongjoong but he tried to focus.

Seonghwa on the other hand was really nervous since this was the first time he talked this much especially then when the one sitting in front of him is usually the one who speaks while he not only in front of him but in front of everyone wouldn't speak anything. And seeing this guy in front of him has brought so many changes to him unknowingly, in just a couple of days, he was quite scared about what would he face in the future.

Hongjoong was surely doing something to him, and he can't help but like it and hate it at the same time. Like it, cause he just feels this guy is different and unknowingly he even wants to know him more. Hate it, cause his inner self just tells him that all of this wrong, he doesn't deserve to know nor be close to anyone, he doesn't deserve to even try to know someone this sweet and nice as Hongjoong.

He just doesn't deserve, that's what he has believed since childhood. And he doesn't know why is Hongjoong making him selfish to the point to oppose his inner self that he has been listening to since so long. "S-Seonghwa? You alright?!" He felt a hand at his shoulder and heard Hongjoong ask. He immediately came back to his thoughts. "Huh? S-Sorry, W-What happened?" Seonghwa asked not knowing that he actually stopped speaking while they were studying.

"You just stopped suddenly. Do you want me to get you something? Water?" Hongjoong asked him concern filling his eyes. "N-No! I'm alright. I was thinking about something. Where were we?" Seonghwa said and Hongjoong was about to say something again but just went back to studying. It was around 9:30 when they decided that they should stop for today. Hongjoong offered Seonghwa to have dinner with him since it was late but Seonghwa just denied.

He can't stay here more, he can't stay in front of Hongjoong, at least for now. It was getting too much. He just said that he has some work and then went from there. He needed air, some fresh air and so he went on his bike. He didn't know where he was going he was just riding his bike furiously not having any intention of stopping. It was after around one hour when he had rode to the point of coming back to the same place he started from, but he didn't care. He rode his bike for a bit more before he stopped near a river. It was dark and nobody was there. He took out his pack of cigarettes and took one before using his lighter.

He stood there looking at his reflection in the river while smoking. What was happening to him? Why was his heart racing? He can't help it at all. He doesn't want to feel this way. He doesn't even know what is he feeling in the first place. But he just can't stop. Before he goes crazier because of Hongjoong he needs to stop. But the question was....... stop what?

His selfishness? Or His inner self?

He doesn't know which one but he'll surely choose one soon and when he will, even he won't let himself come in his way.

On the other hand, Hongjoong was worried about Seonghwa. He looked really weird. There was surely something behind Seonghwa and after today, his curiousity to know what it was, was getting bigger. He can't stop but worry about how Seonghwa looked pale for a split second after he knocked him out of his thoughts. The way Seonghwa wasn't looking in his eye after that.

Hongjoong doesn't want to feel rude to Seonghwa but now he really is curious to a great extent. But what if Seonghwa was right, that it was nothing much? What if he is overreacting? It's not like Hongjoong has known him forever. But he just feels it was not just nothing like Seonghwa said and something else. There was surely something bothering Seonghwa.