feelings and problems

╰┈➤ ❝feelings and problems❞

Wooyoung widened his eyes as San confessed to him. Time had froze and everything around them was silent, their own heartbeats then only thing he could hear. Maybe his ears were tricking him into hearing things, but this felt very real to say the least. San was staring at him with his glowing purple eyes with a real blush on his cheeks for the very first time.

"Y- you-" Wooyoung stuttered, his mouth open in confusion. Now he was the one who was blushing, his eyes trailing for any answer from San, but failing. He couldn't even think straight anymore. "Do... you really mean that?" He blurted out suddenly, surprising San.

The older smiled widely and nodded. "Of course I do." He answered, taking Wooyoung's hand in his, moving his thumb on the skin. San was nervous, yes, but he had to get his feeling out in the open. He had to confess because it was starting to suffocate him. "I know we haven't known each other for even a week, but being with you, even being in the same room makes me feel things I never thought were possible for me to feel." He confessed with a blush.

"I-" Wooyoung tried, but his words didn't come out.

"I'd be more than happy to wait for your answer, but remember, I need that answer." San smiled, kissing the top of Wooyoung's hand. "And if you don't feel the same way, please tell me now-"

Before he could even finish his sentence, he felt Wooyoung's arms wrap around his torso and a pair of lips touch his own. He froze immediately after feeling Wooyoung's lips on his, but regained his thoughts after a second. After registering the other's lips on his, he kissed right back, pouring his feelings into this one single kiss they shared.

It was amazing, like something had switched in San when he felt the other's warm lips against his own. He felt like he could embrace the other forever, but they had to stop at some point, right?

Wooyoung was the first one to pull away, the pink blush had changed to a deep red. He glanced at San who smiled back at him sweetly, his hands still in his. "I- is that a good enough answer?" Wooyoung giggled, looking at their intertwined hands.

"Yes, it's a very good answer." San answered, leaning in for a kiss again after seeing Wooyoung blush. Afterwards, they lay together in silence, both trying to figure out what to do next. They didn't want to rush into anything, but there was no point in holding off either. They wanted to be together, they couldn't deny that anymore.

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Hongjoong had been left all alone in Yeosang and Wooyoung's room. Everyone had rushed out of the room before he could even say anything to prevent it. There was something important he wanted to discuss with San and the rest of the crew, but now that they were doing something else, it had to wait for a little bit.

He has a little problem, and that problem is Seonghwa who's in the cell at the moment. After he had left the cell room, he had visited his own office to research about the thief, and he actually found something quite valuable, namely information about Seonghwa and who he was. And he had to talk about it with San immediately, because Seonghwa could ruin everything if he was to be let free in the next few days.

So, he too left the room in a hurry to go look for his captain. And oh boy he did find him, but he found him with Wooyoung on the deck, kissing, on the wooden floor. To be quite honest he was pretty awestruck at this scenery, but he had already foreseen this coming, considering San had been really different around the newcomer. He smiled to himself and waited for the pair to finish what they were doing in peace.

After a few minutes, he peaked around the corner and saw them laughing at each other, so he decided now was a good time to go and talk to San about Seonghwa. He ran to the other two, surprising San and Wooyoung because they had had no idea Hongjoong had been waiting for them to stop being so lovey-dovey in the middle of everything.

San was the first one to stand up and brush all the dust of his clothes. "What brings you here on this beautiful day, Hongjoong?" San joked, coughing after he saw Hongjoong's serious look. "Is something wrong?" He asked with a more serious tone now. The aura around Hongjoong wasn't happy anymore, no, it was quite serious and dark to be exact.

"I have something important to discuss with you, captain." Hongjoong cleared his throat, grabbing San's arm and dragging him away from Wooyoung. "Wooyoung can go join Yunho and Mingi wherever they might be." He yelled at Wooyoung who nodded in confusion but let them be because he saw Hongjoong's serious look.

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Hongjoong and San walked to the red head's office and sat down at his table. The office wasn't as big as San's but it was still something, a lot of red and gold decorating the walls and floor, probably because Hongjoong was a fan of royal colors like these ones. The table itself was filled with papers and weird objects San had no idea what they were.

The first one to open their mouth was Hongjoong. "So, I have done some research on Seonghwa, and found something pretty interesting about him." He explained, San nodding his head along. "I found out he's working for the King, San." He blurted out.

San widened his eyes in horror. Seonghwa was working for the king? "He's working for the fucking King? And you guys let him in the ship." He laughed sarcastically. "This is fucking great." He huffed, turning his gaze away from Hongjoong in annoyance.

Hongjoong sighed. "Look I know you're annoyed because the King is stalking on you, again, but you have a crew with you. We are here to protect our captain, our friend." He reminded, gaining San's attention again. "We've known each other for years, San. I know how protective your... father can be, but trust me, I'm not going to let him take you."

San took a deep breath and stood up, walking around in the room without a destination in his mind. "So, you're saying Seonghwa is working for my father. But for what reason? Is he here to collect information about me? Did my father order him to kill me?!" He yelled in frustration. Even Hongjoong was frustrated about this whole situation.

He let Seonghwa in the cell room and now he couldn't just throw him out since Seonghwa has met their crew and gotten information about them. It would be quite dangerous to do that. "San, I don't have any idea what Seonghwa's orders are, and you know that." Hongjoong sighed once again.

"I know, I know..." San rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I just... I want to live freely, Hongjoong. I don't want to be locked in that damned palace for the rest of my life and be married off to some princess who I don't even know!" He yelled in utter frustration, letting all his emotions out. "I'm gay for fucks sake!" He laughed.

Hongjoong chuckled, rolling his eyes at San's sudden childishness. "We all know that. All of us are practically gay if you haven't noticed." He laughed with San.

"Oh? All of us?" San smirked playfully. "Are you coming out to me or something?"

"I didn't say I was, idiot."