𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 (𝟭-𝟲). ❥ cix.

6.2 ;; seunghun's secret & plan

The last time that Hyunsuk had woken up in the middle of the night was in the alleyways. Before that, he couldn't even remember an instant. He'd faked sleeping many times, but his sleep schedule only started screwing itself over recently.

That's why it was so surprising for him when he woke up to soft giggling.

His heart jumped into his throat at first. He sat up slowly, scared for what he might see, but he could see Byounggon's back to the open motel door.

Now that he thought about it, the other voice giggling was Seunghun's. Seunghun and Byounggon were close, in Hyunsuk's opinion, but they were even closer than him and Yonghee or Jinyoung.

He shuffled out of bed slowly as to not disturb the other two boys in it, but the opposite side of the bed shifted.

"You too?" Jinyoung asked softly. "What could they possibly be doing?"

"Isn't that dangerous?" Hyunsuk asked. "Seriously. I don't even think it's that nice outside. Why wouldn't they want sleep?"

Jinyoung headed for the door, and Hyunsuk followed behind. They found Byounggon and Seunghun leaning into each other's bodies, whispering to each other about something.

Hyunsuk cleared his throat, and Byounggon and Seunghun jumped apart. Or, at least, they tried to, but their fingers were intertwined together, leaving them connected in at least one spot.

"Sorry," Seunghun said immediately, hand shooting away from Byounggon's after a little longer than necessary. "We've just been coming out on some nights to talk and stuff, I know it's dangerous, I promise we don't stay out for more than ten minutes—"

"What were you talking about?" Jinyoung asked, voice calm.

"The future," Byounggon answered quickly, like there was something in his throat.

Seunghun scoffed. "They've been in the dark for long enough." He looked Hyunsuk and Jinyoung in the eyes. "Our future."

"Makes sense," Hyunsuk shrugged. The future of CIX was an important discussion topic.

"I don't think you get it." Byounggon took Seunghun's hand again. "Our future as in mine and Seunghun's." A pause. "We're dating."

"Oh." Clearly Jinyoung hadn't expected that either. "Oh."

"Does Yonghee know?" Hyunsuk asked.

Seunghun nodded. "We never told you because... I don't know. It never came up."

It really hadn't. Jinyoung shrugged. "Well, now would be a good time to get back to bed."

"Right," Byounggon agreed, dragging Seunghun back inside the motel with him. Hyunsuk watched them leave, turning to Jinyoung.

Jinyoung just sighed. "Let's rest," he suggested, and Hyunsuk couldn't agree more.