secrets

╰┈➤ ❝secrets❞

After Hongjoong had dragged San away from their sweet moment, Wooyoung went looking for Yunho and Mingi as he was ordered to. He had no idea where they were, but the first room he was going to visit was the kitchen, since they're there most of the time, either playing card games or just talking and eating something.

And he was right, he found Jongho, Mingi and Yunho in the kitchen playing some random card game. Mingi was practically yelling and throwing a tantrum next to Yunho who was laughing and trying to calm him down. Jongho was watching the two with disgust and gathering all the cards from the table.

Yunho was the first one to notice Wooyoung, waving his hand at him and moving so Wooyoung could sit with them. "Hey, what's up?" He said, still trying to calm the annoyed Mingi down. "Where's San?"

Wooyoung raised an eyebrow at Yunho, sitting down next to Jongho. "What do you mean?" He asked in confusion, Yunho laughing at him once again. "Come on, what's so funny?"

"He follows you like a lost puppy." Yunho chuckled. "So, I thought you'd be with him."

Well, Yunho wasn't wrong about that, and Wooyoung knew it. San had, indeed, followed him everywhere he went on the ship. And Wooyoung felt like a fool because the reason was right in front of him but he was too blind to see it. He felt like an idiot because it seemed as if everyone else had noticed this before Wooyoung himself.

"Whatever." Wooyoung rolled his eyes playfully, hitting Yunho in the shoulder. "What have you guys been doing in the kitchen?" He asked, looking at every individual. Jongho gave him a confused look, pointing at the deck of cards right after. "Ah, right. You were playing." Wooyoung said with an embarrassed tone in his voice.

"What are you doing here, Wooyoung?" Jongho raised an eyebrow, tilting his head a little with a smile on his face. "Did you run away from San or something?" He smirked.

Wooyoung rubbed the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "No, I didn't." He sighed. "Him and Hongjoong had something to discuss about so I came looking for you guys. Hongjoong practically dragged San away from me." He huffed.

"Oh? He dragged him away from you?" Yunho joined the teasing, Jongho laughing when he realized Yunho joined him. "Please, tell us more. What happened before Hongjoong came?" He blurted out.

What Yunho and Jongho did not expect, was for Wooyoung to get all red. They looked at each other with widened eyes and then at Wooyoung again, both baffled for a few seconds. "You- did something happen between the two of you?" Yunho laughed.

Wooyoung blinked a few times before shaking his head furiously. "No! N- nothing happened!" He stuttered, embarrassed for being so obvious. "Please stop teasing me like this!" He whined.

Yunho chuckled but nodded anyways. "Fine." He laughed.

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Yeosang was still in the same room as Seonghwa, getting very impatient since he couldn't make the taller talk at all. Nothing had come out of his mouth ever since their last conversation and it irritated him. "Are we just going to stand in silence until you get out?" He finally broke the burning silence. "If you want answers, staying silent ain't gonna work, hostage."

Seonghwa chuckled lowly, humming an answer to Yeosang who rolled his eyes once again. "I know I'm getting no answers from you, so why would I bother?" He spat back. "I'm sure San will enlighten me more about everything if he ever comes here." He added with a scoff, sitting down on the blanket on the floor.

"Why are you so sure San is even going to visit you?" Yeosang narrowed his eyes. "Maybe he already knows who you are and is avoiding you because of-"

"There's a traitor on this ship." Seonghwa said suddenly. Yeosang was taken a back by Seonghwa's confession, now being even more confused than earlier. "I know one of you very well." He hummed, closing his eyes to take a rest.

Yeosang banged his fists against the bars in anger. "What the fuck do you mean?" He fumed with anger. "A freaking traitor? Here, on San's ship?" He laughed sarcastically. "You must be fucking kidding me, Seonghwa." He spat.

"You think I'm kidding?" Seonghwa scoffed, clicking his tongue in annoyance. "I know one of you, that traitor better than my own fucking brother! You aren't even from here originally so how the hell can you judge me, who's lived in The New World for his whole life?!" He yelled, opening his eyes and standing up, staring at Yeosang who was staring back in anger.

"Where I'm from doesn't fucking matter right now!" Yeosang yelled back, the corner of his lip twitching from irritation towards the taller. "You're the one who said there's a traitor on this ship, so I'm worried, okay!?" He explained with furrowed eyebrows. "and you haven't lived a normal life either so don't even try to hide that fact from me." He mumbled, backing off from the bars, rubbing the bridge of his nose in thought.

Seonghwa widened his eyes a bit, surprised the other had noticed that fact about him. "Guess we've both had a rough life, huh?" He chuckled lowly, lying back on the blanket and closing his eyes. "Now go, shoo, I don't want your company anymore."

Yeosang rolled his eyes once more, turning around and leaving the cell room with mixed feelings about the hostage. "There's something weird about him." He mumbled to himself as he walked down the hallway.

"I'm going to find out what it is."