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The two had been watching Harry Potter for two days now, and impressively, Joshua had already memorized the spells.

“I think I'm in Hufflepuff!” Joshua suddenly shouted. “You only want to be in Hufflepuff because you think Cedric Diggory is handsome.” Seokmin retorted.

“He's pretty cute but I find my personality fit into Hufflepuff.”

“You're not loyal.” Seokmin snickered

“You want a proof?” Joshua challenged.

“Go on.” Seokmin replied, raising his eyebrow.

Joshua went closer to the younger's face. Seokmin blushed at how small the gap between them is.

“Date me first and you'll see.” Joshua whispered which sent chills to Seokmin's body.

The younger went frozen upon hearing what just came out of his hyung's mouth.

Date me first and you'll see.

Date me first and you'll see.

Date me first and you'll see.

“W-what did y-you say?” Seokmin stuttered.

Joshus was still looking at him, but he wasn't annoyed or bothered by it. In fact, Seokmin love how his hyung's eyes are just focusing on him.

“I'm asking you out on a date.” Joshus softly answered, making his dongsaeng melt at his tone of voice.

Seokmin's heartbeat doubled its pace and his face feels so hot as he tried to process what his hyung had said.

“I know it's only been a week since we've started to know each other, but I can't help it anymore. I've been thinking for days, and the only thing I can come up with is that I am in love with you.” Joshua finally confessed, looking directly at the younger, making sure to show him he's in love through his eyes.

“I’m not expecting an answer right away, Seoks. Please don't feel pressured. I only wanted to let you know about my feelings for you.”

Seokmin remained silent, melting at every single word the latter had said.

“Joshua? It's almost time for the party, where are you?” A voice from outside suddenly ruined their sweet moment.

Both of them sighed, with Joshua opening the door, revealing Seunghoon.

“I've been looking for you everywhere! I thought you were still mad at me so I came here to-- Seokmin? What are you doing here?” Seunghoon stopped ranting upon seeing his ex-boyfriend, sitting on his bestfriend's bed.

“Shua and I were hanging out.” Seokmin simply answered. Seunghoon looked at the two, “Is there something going on between you two?”

Both of them shake their heads no, making him sigh out of relief. Seunghoon had no idea why he was so relieved to find out that nothing's going on between them.

“Great! Alright then, you guys should get ready, the party is going to start soon!” Seunghoon said, leaving.

“I should go. . . Better get ready. Jaeha might rant to me if I didn't attend the party.” Seokmin stated. Joshua understood and walked him through the door.

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And then they were drunk again. Seokmin had at least 3 bottles of soju before he started to feel dizzy so he decided to stop. Joshua on the other hand, only drank two bottles to look after Seokmin who had a low alcohol tolerance.

The music was loud, everyone's dancing and having fun while the groom, who has the party dedicated for him was not having fun. He looked at Joshua and Seokmin the whole time, feeling jealous for no particular reason.

Which is why, when Joshua left to go to the restroom, Seunghoon took that chance to drag Seokmin outside.

“What do you want?” Seokmin asked.

“I wanna talk to you.” Seunghoon answered, holding Seokmin's hands. The younger took his hands away from his ex-boyfriend, looking at him coldly. “Don't touch me!”

“Seoks, listen. I want to apologize. I never should have left you, my parents wanted me to study abroad and I never got the chance to tell you. Please forgive me, I was also miserable that time. I wanted to see you, to talk to you, and to hug you.”

“Wow, you were miserable? I almost died, literally! You had no idea how hard it was for me, I would've understood if we had the chance to talk about it. Not end everything on some stupid text message.”

“I know, and I'm sorry. But can we please start over? Can we please restart our relationship?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I want us, to get back together. This is a sign, we've seen each other again. Maybe that means that we're destined for each other.”

“You're speaking as if you don't have a fiancé.”

“I’ll break up with her. Let's just get back together. Please?”

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