Chapter 18: I didn't realize I was this tired

yeosang and wooyoung were standing outside, both waiting for the others to say it's okay to come inside. wooyoung didn't really know what was so important that hongjoong had to get rid of everyone in the room except for seonghwa, but yeosang said it's a hongjoong thing.

after a few minutes, the door creaked open and blue hair was seen through the door. yeosang chuckled and pulled the hair a little, surprising hongjoong who was just about to come get the duo from outside.

"why the hell did you do that??" hongjoong whined as he massaged the place where yeosang had pulled. "there are other ways to get my attention..." he rolled his eyes and opened the door for the two, revealing seonghwa who looked a little flushed for some reason.

"are we finally going to visit the base?" yeosang raised his eyebrows with a smirk. "I'm hungry and tired of walking." he added.

wooyoung looked at yeosang, realizing he was tired, too. it was probably about 4 in the morning on earth, way too early for wooyoung's taste. he yawned for a few seconds, hiding his face as he did it. yeosang and hongjoong looked at each other, chuckling in understandment.

hongjoong looked at wooyoung, ruffling his hair. "I guess you're pretty tired, huh?" he laughed. "what time is it on earth?"

wooyoung looked at hongjoong with hooded eyes. "probably about 4 in the morning?" he said as a question to himself. "I'd still be sleeping if I was home." he added with another yawn.

hongjoong looked at yeosang, who tilted his head in confusion. "you want to carry him?" he asked. "I'm not doing that." he smirked. "I'll only do it if seonghwa gets tired of walking."

"you'll do what?" seonghwa walked out of the room, wrapping his hand around hongjoong's waist, surprising the other two. "you want to carry me?"

hongjoong blushed a little as e felt seonghwa's hand snake around him, but he didn't mind it at all. actually he liked it quite a lot. "i- if you're tired, then sure." he stuttered a little.

"I'll let you know when I want a piggyback ride from you then." seonghwa winked, making hongjoong blush even harder. "now, should we go inside? I've been waiting for someone to let me through the elevator, but it has a fingerprint detector." he sighed.

"how long have you been waiting for exactly?" yeosang butted in.

"about 2 days." seonghwa said calmly. yeosang widened his eyes and gasped softly. "relax, I haven't waited here the whole time." seonghwa laughed. "I visited mingi on my way here."

"you visited mingi?" yeosang raised his eyebrows in surprise. "let me guess, he was with yunho, wasn't he?" he rolled his eyes playfully.

"you guessed right." seonghwa chuckled. "they were training for the upcoming test." he added.

"ah, I understand." yeosang nodded. "have you seen the rest of the group?"

"I saw san at the palace, but his father didn't let him talk to me, but you know why." seonghwa looked at the ground. "he looked fine, though." he smiled.

"I see." yeosang smiled.