After The Dance

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The following morning after the park incident, Yeosang was able to know the reason why Sungho and the another kid fought. Turns out the other kid was making Sungho get off from the swing (which, he was already there first) And then things just escalated from there.

Hearing the story did make Yeosang feel a little angry at the kid, yet he was proud of Sungho for being brave, and that he handled the situation calmly instead of what he used to do by throwing a tantrum.

And after that, the babysitter gave the boy special treatment like letting him stay up a bit, his favourite dessert, and he even bought him a new animal colouring book. To say that the boy was happy was an understatement.

Time really does fly by when you're having fun, because before Yeosang and Jongho knew it, it was now the day before the Masquerade ball. Jongho did his best with persuading the babysitter to go with him and their friends, but the older was stubborn as always. Though, there was someone who could change Yeosang's mind about something.

And that was Wooyoung.

Wooyoung had asked Yeosang to go to the mall with him after school to buy some things that he needed for tomorrow night. So that was how the babysitter found himself holding a bag of skin care products while listening to the younger talk about his boyfriend San, like always.

"And I eventually fell asleep without knowing that we were still talking on the phone" Wooyoung looked through the different button-up shirts on the rack. He glances at his friend to see him spaced out. The younger sighs snaps his fingers to get the photographer's attention.

"Hello, earth to Yeosang" The older focused back on to what was happening around him, and looked at his friend.

"Huh? Sorry, I didn't catch that" Wooyoung crossed his arms that had the same bag of skin care products, and pursed his lips.

"Okay, spill. What's bothering you?"

"What do you mean? Nothing"

"Yeosang we've been friends for a long time now, you and I are basically one with each other. And I know that something is bothering you" The older sighs. He and Wooyoung may fight like cat and mouse, but at the end of the day they were still friends that have each other's backs. And Yeosang is really thankful for that.

"It's really not that much. It's just that, Jongho has been practically begging me to go to the dance" Yeosang takes a look at the rack of clothes and picks out three of them and gave them to Wooyoung to try them out.

"Looks like somebody has that apple breaker wrapped around their finger" The younger snickered as they continued to go look for different button-ups. The babysitter rolled his eyes.

Wooyoung knew about Yeosang's crush on Jongho since the very start of it, so naturally he would tease or sometimes help the older with his crush.

"No, it's not like that. Maybe he just wants us to be complete since this is our last Mid-school year party before we graduate" The two found a vacant changing room with some nearby chairs.

"Maybe, but my guess is that he's starting to like you and that he's just too shy to ask you out personally" The male clicked his tongue as he set his stuff down on the chair except for the button-ups that they pick out.

"Yeah right. Anyways, are you going to try those shirts out or what?" Yeosang crossed his arms on his chest, leaning back on the chair.

"Okay okay, I'm going jeez. This will only take a minute anyways"

And that minute was a lie seeing as how Wooyoung ended up going through a bit more than the original number of shirts that he actually grabbed.

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Before they knew it, it was the night of the Masquerade ball.

Jongho was in his room doing the final touches to his look. Hair and clothes styled nicely, extra clothes packed in a duffel bag for the sleepover, and his masquerade mask that was on his table just waiting to be worn. Last thing to do was to add some light makeup. And he needed his Yeosang hyung for that.

"Hyung! I need some help with makeup!" He yelled since he knew that the babysitter was in the living room with his younger brother.

Not a minute to soon as Jongho heard the older's footsteps come closer to his room with a small pouch in his hands, of what he could only guess as the older's makeup kit.

"Alright, we gotta make this quick since I just got a text from Seonghwa hyung that they'll be here soon. And you know how he gets when it comes to tardiness" Yeosang set the pouch down next to the younger male's mask on the table, he opens the bag while Jongho sat on his swivel chair that was in front the full body mirror. "So my skin tone is a tad bit lighter than yours, but I'm sure it'll be fine since the gym will be fairly dim and that you'll be wearing a mask" The babysitter leaned in a little to get close to Jongho's face, but the two realize was that they were a little too close.

Both of them stayed still, looking at each other's eyes and face. It was as if this was the first time they looked at each other. The two felt so captivated by the other, there was this glint in their eyes that both were drawn to one another. Yeosang's heart thumped loudly in his chest, his crush on the younger possibly getting bigger each second. And Jongho felt so hypnotized by the older's looks, he could see the littlest details on the other's face.

"Hyungies! Other Hyungies are here!" Sungho appears at the door holding his narwhal plushy. The other two pulled back from the boy's sudden appearance, feeling the slight embarrassment come over them.

"Uhm, Sungho go tell the others to wait for a bit, I'm still not done with your brother's makeup" The babysitter watches as the kid nods and goes back down stairs to relay the message to their friends. Yeosang sighs through his nose, and goes back to face Jongho who sat their looking at the mirror instead.

The older then did the younger's makeup without another word, both were silent and acted as if nothing happened. Yet, the two's minds were going through all sorts of thoughts.