Chapter 17: I've missed you so much...

"yeosang... who's that?" wooyoung whispered.

"I never thought I'd see you again, seonghwa." yeosang gasped and took the hand off his mouth, walking closer to the silver haired male who was still standing in front of hongjoong. "are you really back for real this time? you've been gone for 4 years now."

"yeah, for real this time." seonghwa smiled. "I assume you visited another planet while I was gone?" he asked.

"yeah, I did." yeosang nodded, pushing wooyoung forward a little. "I kind of kidnapped this boy from earth." he smiled, looking at the nervous wooyoung who tried to figure out if seonghwa was really someone he could trust like yeosang.

"kidnapped?" seonghwa chuckled. "he looks pretty comfortable for someone who was kidnapped recently." he added.

"I agreed to come." wooyoung said quietly. "I didn't really have a place on earth..."

"oh, I see." seonghwa nodded. "well, nice to meet you. I'm seonghwa, as you probably already know by now." he introduced himself. "I've been travelling for four years because of a mission I got from hongjoong back then, but I'm ready now."

"you've really done what I asked you to do?" hongjoong joined in the conversation, receiving a quick nod from seonghwa. "good." he smiled.

"if I may ask... what kind of mission?" wooyoung butted in. "sorry about my curiosity." he chuckled nervously.

"it's fine." seonghwa laughed. "I've been tracking a criminal." he continued. "I actually found their base, and thought I should just come back and report everything to hongjoongie." he winked at the blue haired man, who flushed red for a good second before coughing and looking away.

"oh." wooyoung looked at yeosang who was trying to make eye contact with him, sending him coded messages of what to ask next.

"can you stay here?" hongjoong asked seonghwa softly, looking at wooyoung with an apologetic face. "there's something we need to talk about." he locked eyes with seonghwa, who nodded without hesitation.

"of course." seonghwa answered. "I'm not going anywhere."

"good." hongjoong smiled. "yeosang, why don't you take wooyoung outside so I can talk privately with seonghwa?" he narrowed his eyes, trying to make him understand that he wanted to be alone with the silver haired male for a little while.

"okay..." yeosang replied, pushing wooyoung towards the door. "I'll be outside." he winked. "I see you two have much to discuss." he added, once the door was shut behind them.

"i'm glad you came back, seonghwa." hongjoong said softly, locking eyes with him.

"hongjoong..." seonghwa frowned as soon as they were alone. "I've missed you so much..." he wrapped his arms around him, feeling hongjoong squeeze him tightly.

"Me too..." hongjoong whispered into the others' ears, their faces almost touching. "Don't leave again..." he whispered, almost begging.

"Never." seonghwa promised.