Falling in love

by annajc

Summary:

Working at a night club is not an easy job, especially if you work as a host but everyone thinks you're just a prostitute looking for easy money and have a good time. Something that's also not easy is having to support your orphanage brothers and to top it all falling in love with one of your clients but it's only one sided and there's nothing you can do but just enjoy those little rendezvous with that person.

Chapter 1

Jeonghan was in the little old kitchen cooking breakfast for the next morning, of course it was different cooking breakfast at night but it was the only time he could do it since he worked at night. If he was being honest, working at a night club wasn't the best job ever but it was the one that paid the best and it was either that club or literally be a prostitute working on the streets. He was finishing packing all the food in little containers when he heard the door open and soon the entire little apartment was filled with really loud voices.

"I'm sure that guy cheated, the ball did not went in" Said Hoshi dropping the ball on the floor, being followed by 8 other boys, Seungkwan, Dokyeom, Joshua, Wonwoo, Jihoon, Jun, Minghao and Chan.

"One of these days I'm gonna punch that guy" said Dokyeom sitting on the little couch.

"Next time I'll bring Jooheon to play so that he believes that we're twins and gets scared" Said Hoshi cracking his knuckles.

"What a plan" Said Wonwoo hitting him with a pillow, starting another argument with the rest. Jeonghan couldn't help but smile hearing everyone on the tiny living room arguing about silly stuff, he then felt someone standing next to him.

"How was your day?" Asked Joshua helping Jeonghan putting out the plates.

"As always, I slept in the morning and then did the chores, also I payed the light bill and the water bill so we're safe this month" said stretching his arms finishing the food.

"I told you I was gonna pay it this month" Said Joshua glaring at him.

"It's fine I prefer that you help the others with school stuff and their lunch" said bringing a pot with food to the table. "Kids come grab dinner!" As soon as he said all of them came to the table squishing each other to fit on the small table that had all kinds of chairs.

"Are you arguing about the house again?" Asked Vernon filling up his plate with food.

"Jeonghan still doesn't want to let us help with the house" Said Joshua glaring at him again.

"But for real most of us have part time jobs why won't you let us help?" Said Wonwoo.

"Because no and that's it, I want all you to finish your studies and you need that money from your part time jobs for school, now finish eating and do your homework" Said Jeonghan acting as the mom of the group as always.

"Fine" said all of them in unison still not convinced by his words.

After eating, Jeonghan went to pack his stuff and to make sure everything was good, he saw the boys chilling on the living room which was the biggest room of the apartment, some were playing on the little tv, others doing homework and doing all sorts of things. He saw the time and noticed it was 9:00 pm, which meant he had to leave.

"I'm going, go to sleep and don't forget your things tomorrow, love ya!" He screamed from the door.

"Love ya too!" Said the boys looking at him with worried looks since he was the only that worked at night, Jeonghan as always smiled at them and left their place.

He knew the boys were worried about him for working at night and they would be even more if he told them the true about his work. For them,he worked at a bar just making drinks but the true was he worked at a high night club for elite people mostly as a companion, a host club to exact, where gender or sexuality didn't matter. That doesn’t mean that the old business men always try to get Jeonghan to do inappropriate things but the club was really strict on that side and none of the workers sold their bodies, of course, there were exceptions such as clients who give money to the club and are direct patrons, so that it keeps going on and they basically get special treatment but only from certain workers and Jeonghan was not one of them and wasn't planning of being one them any time soon.

40 minutes later, he arrived at the street that was filled with night clubs and bars and few blocks later he was a the club he worked at. He entered from the back door, greeting the workers in the kitchen, he got along with pretty much everyone working there. He passed the kitchen and to the changing rooms where the other hosts where getting ready. He went to his vanity and unpacked his stuff.

"Hey Hani!" He heard his friend Minki as he sat down on the vanity next to him. "Did you heard what happened with the new boy?"

"You mean the cute and innocent one that was always with the ceo of the car company?" Said while cleaning his face.

"Yeah, the wife followed the husband here and when his saw him with cute boy and how they were actually flirting she exploded and started throwing everything that she could at them" Said while putting some foundation on him without stoping the story.

"What? It was actually an affair? What did Mama do?" He had to take a moment to look at him shocked since he thought the boy was actually a nice and he liked him as a coworker. Mama is the owner of the club, although he was a man with long hair who likes dressing in flashy clothes, everyone called him Mama since he took care of all of them and was always worried about his workers.

"It was a mess, Mama even had to called Papa to stop the women from breaking everything" Said Minki throwing his hands up for a dramatic effect. The club also has Papa, who is of course, Mama's husband who mainly took care of the club monetarily. "After they got rid of the couple they scolded cute boy badly and made him quit for the time being for actually having an affair with him, you now how Mama is with the rules"

The rules, one thing the club was known for were the rules and how strict they were, there were all kinds of rules but the most important one that Mama would always say, don’t fall in love with a client, everyone knew this rule, as soon as you signed into this place, of course there were times where this rule was broken but it was so rare since everyone knew the consecuentes of it and no one would even dare to try to when everyone’s life’s are already hard enough. 

"Well he was new in this type of work, so I can see why" Said Jeonghan getting up changing his clothes behind the little curtain that was up meant for a little privacy but the entire dressing was for getting changed so it dint mattered.

"Yeah but I feel bad for him, if you fall in love that quick it hurts forgetting it, also he would always get excited with his gifts" Said Minki trading places with Jeonghan after he finished.

"Well he's gonna have a hard time for sure but hopefully he can come back ‘cause he won't find a better job around here, without actually selling himself" Said Jeonghan putting on a choker checking his outfit on the mirror one last time, he put on some black tight skinny jeans with a loose white shirt that had a big cleavage. Minki came out with black skinny jeans too but with a black shirt that wasn't buttoned all the way up with a big silver necklace with a little stone that of course look expensive.

"New necklace?" Asked Jeonghan.

"Today's client gave it to me so I have to use it to show him my gratitude" Said posing in front of him and smiling.

"Why do you always get the sugar daddies?" Said Jeonghan slightly pushing him making him laugh.

"Oh stop being so jealous, now let's go or we'll be late" Said getting out of the dressing rooms being followed by Jeonghan.

Both went down to main floor that was filled with couches and tables all over it, there was a bar on each side of the place and bartenders serving drinks, a tiny stage at the back of the room for special occasions and show and velvety walls covering everything, the place was big, it did receive a lot of clients even though it was in that kind of district. Jeonghan and Minki went to their respective clients to start another night as hosts.

Chapter 2

Seungcheol was finishing organizing finished documents, preparing them for their boss of the department they worked at, he was nervous since Mr. Kim wasn't that much of a friendly person when it came to new people on his team, since he was the son of the company's owner and he was cocky about it, but that's what Seungcheol and Mingyu were, the new guys.

He went to Mr. Kim’s office to give him the papers and as always he didn't say a word and just accepted the folders without even a ‘thank you’ but he did his work so he didn't even care that he wouldn't even look at him, it was all very much like in the movies. He was going back to his desk when Mingyu stoped him halfway.

"I know how to win that guy’s trust" Said Mingyu excited, whisper shouting actually.

"What, how can someone win such an important guy's trust" Asked confused and with a little bit sarcasm.

"The girls from the design department told me that he goes to the red district" whispered Mingyu stopping Seungcheol from screaming. "Wait before you say something he doesn't go to some dirty business, the girls told me he goes to this host club to drink and it's his favorite place"

"Don't tell me you're planning on going with him" asked and when he saw Mingyu's face he could already tell what he was planning." You have to be kidding me"

"Dude it's friday and it's the only way he's gonna finally speak to us and respect our work, even Jonghyun told me that's the only way of being on speaking terms with him"

"And what am I gonna tell Myunghee, you think she's gonna let me go to a host club just like that" said walking to his desk again.

"Dude just tell her it's a dinner with him at some restaurant it's not like she's gonna follow you" said grabbing Seungcheol's arm.

"Fine but I'm doing this only because it could save us a lot of work" said sighing.

"I know, look we'll just go for some drinks chatting and gain his trust" explained Mingyu.

After the chat they went to the ceo to invite him to drink telling him to decide the place and of course the man wouldn't turn down an invitation to drink on a friday especially if he’s the one deciding the place, surprisingly for the boys, he accepted quickly and told the boys the location of the place. Seungcheol had to call his girlfriend to tell her the little lie and then meet up with Mingyu to go to the club.

They definitely felt weird going around those streets, it had been ages since they were there in their college days, to have fun and experiment, it felt so different, the place wasn't hard to find since it was an entire building with big lights, at the entrance there were two guards who asked their names, since their CEO was a regular in the club, he told them their names in advanced and the guards let them in easily.

"Ready?" Asked Mingyu fixing his suit.

"Let's get this over with" said opening the door that led to the entrance of the club once they were in they weren't expecting what greet them.

"Hi, do you have a reservation?" They heard a girl come next to them hugging Mingyu's arm that made him feel nervous.

"Hi uhm no, we are meeting with CEO Kim" Said Seungcheol smiling to the girl.

"Oh then come with me, I'll take you to him" Said the girl walking in front of them. As they walked they saw so many business men enjoying drinks and laughing.

"I think this is the cleanest and nicest club I've ever been to" Said a Mingyu looking at the ceiling that was filled with chandeliers that didn't have that much light and gave the club a soft but dark vibe.

"That's the beauty of Rose Palace" Said the girl winking at them, soon they could see Mr. Kim sitting on a couch laughing with some of the hosts that were there and what surprised them more was that there were boys as equally as girls everywhere. The girl went to sit next to him and whispered something to his ear, he then saw the boys standing there.

"Boys! Welcome, I hope that by now you've realized that this place is nice" Said Mr. Kim and they noticed that he was already some drinks in. "Come in, sit, enjoy some drinks"

"Thanks sir, indeed this place has a nice vibe" Said a Mingyu sitting in the couch in front of him, a girl sat next to Mingyu hugging his arm offering him drinks, Seungcheol was never going to get over this.

"It's my favorite place to drink and also I love spending time with these beautiful people" said grabbing the chin of a boy that was sitting next to him.

The boys started drinking with him and also talking to the hosts, they noticed how they made Mr. Kim feel calm and they took every chance they could to get him to trust in them in the future, agreeing to everything single thing he said drunk, basically to be friends.

"Oh I almost forgot, sweetie can you call Hani" Mr. Kim said to the girl next to him who nodded and got up. "Since I’m starting to like you both I want you to meet my angel" the boys only nodded.

"I thought you would never call me" Said a boy hugging Mr. Kim from the neck, both boys couldn't help but noticed the beauty of him, he was wearing some tight black leather jeans and a loose red shirt showing his collarbone with a big choker, his features were well marked and his skin looked like porcelain.

"Oh, I would never" Said Mr. Kim grabbing his hand. "Hani, I want you to meet the new boys of my team, Mingyu and Seungcheol"

"It's a pleasure to meet you, do you want anymore drinks?" Said the boy looking at them with a flirty smile.

"No thanks, we're fine" Said Mingyu smiling, the boy nodded and sat next to Mr. Kim but before he could say anything a girl came and told Mr. Kim that someone was calling him.

"Well I have to receive this new client, I also invited him tonight but he’s getting serviced on another table, keep them some company Hani until I come back, don’t miss me too much" Said touching his chin softly as the boy nodded, once they were alone the boy was the first one to speak.

"So Jonghyun sent you here right?" Asked sitting more comfortably in the couch.

"Wait, you know Jonghyun?" Asked Mingyu.

"Yeah, I was the one who convinced Mr. Kim to get him in his team and he called, told me you wanted to do same, so I’m here to help you oh and by the way call me Jeonghan" said smiling.

"Can you do that? I mean we don't want to force you to anything I mean..." Said Seungcheol a little nervous not knowing what to say to not offend the boy.

"Oh don't worry it's not like I'm doing that, it's just flirting and convincing him when he's drunk" said Jeonghan smiling softly at him, he even got surprised by the fact he was worried.

"Then if you could help us it would mean a lot to us" Said Mingyu and Jeonghan nodded.

"If there's anything we can do or pay something extra, tell us" Said Seungcheol.

"Oh no it's fine don't worry just recommend the place to other people, make other rich douchebags to spend money here" Said Jeonghan winking at them.

"Then let’s exchange numbers, if you need help from us in exchange of this favor" offered Mingyu and the boy accepted, they shared each others numbers and after that the boys left the place saying goodbye to the Jeonghan and to Mr. Kim. When Jeonghan ended his shift he looked at his phone noticing the boys number and couldn't help but smile looking at the name of the guy that caught his eye. Seungcheol.

Chapter 3

"You better have included me when talking to the boss at the bar, I should've have gone with you two" Said Vernon to Seungcheol who was filling his cup with coffee. It was Monday, They had just arrived at the company and Vernon immediately grabbed him to the break room to ask Seungcheol about what happened on Friday, also shocked that they didn't invited him.

"Relax we did and he knows that you're with us, sorry we didn't asked but you were out doing errands with Jiwoo and everything happened so fast, basically Mingyu planned everything and I just tagged along" Said patting him on the shoulder.

"I know but what if he's like 'you didn't appreciate my favorite place to drink and didn't show up so I don't care about you" said Vernon leaning on the counter grabbing his own cup of coffee.

"I'll be honest, I don't think he ever knew you weren't there, dead ass, he's a completely different person there and the hosts make him so happy it's alarming but they all said that it was just another day for them" explained just looking at the other wall, he remembered the boy who acted so composed and elegant in front of Mr.Kim but then was so friendly to them, he didn't acted like another host, he was honest.

"Great now I'm regretting that I didn't get to see that or experienced some of the famous hostess service" he said lifting his arms upwards but also carefully of not spilling any coffee.

"Don't act like you're the biggest Casanova out there, though if you went there I bet the hosts would never leave your side Jack, I would give you space on my floating luggage in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean any day" He said but then felt a fist on his gut, not strong enough to hurt but it did startle him making him laugh.

"Say another Leonardo DiCaprio reference and I'll drop this coffee on you, it's still hot, also that's so high school" he said crossing his arms.

"Sorry sorry, you know you're my bro" he said now feeling guilty but he couldn't let that opportunity of a joke pass.

"Anyways, going back to the Mr. Kim situation, relax, he..." suddenly they heard the door of the room being opened, speak of the devil, Mingyu showed up with a big smile to then close the door behind him making sure there weren't any workers near them.

"Guess who are now working with Mr.Kim on the advertising campaign" Said as soon as he got close to them steering out his arms.

"No" Said Vernon and Seungcheol at the same time and then Mingyu nodded with the biggest smile hugging both of them.

"Wait just like that without a meeting" Asked Seungcheol after letting go of the hug also not believing, Mingyu nodded again to then hug both of them again and now screaming.

"Dude I went to his office and he told me out of nowhere like I could not be making this up" Said stretching his arms out of happiness after letting them go.

"So he did it" Said Seungcheol smiling softly at the floor. Mingyu nodded after taking a sip from Seungcheol's cup of coffee, it didn't matter, they shared everything at this point.

"Yeah he did, let's call him later and invite him to drink or something so that we can thank him" Said Mingyu dragging a chair out of the table and sitting on it stretching out all his limbs,

"Wait who's he?"Asked Vernon confused.

"Oh you'll know, let's get the hell out of here at lunch time and enjoy the after noon to celebrate" Said Mingyu standing up again, it was funny how excited he was that it was showing on his body, not staying still for more than 10 seconds, he got up taking both of their coffees and putting them on the counter. Dragging them out of the break room to get started on their work for the day.

The other two agreed and once lunchtime arrived they had finished everything they had to do for the day, they were always on time woth their work so most days they always left on time, so as they agreed in the morning, they decided to go grab dinner at some restaurant. They were walking down the street, talking about whatever on their way to the agreed place, still on the high of getting a good project that would most likely help them get the promotion they wanted, not only was Seungcheol expected to be in a higher position, Mingyu and Vernon were the sons of two of the partnering companies, it was a family business, so they were expected to take after their parents. They walked for few more minutes when Seungcheol noticed someone waiting outside of a store that looked familiar, he didn't pay much attention to it but once they got closer he noticed it was the boy he met at the host club.

"Jeonghan?" Asked still not sure if it was him, which was kind of pointless since he had to admit someone like Jeonghan wasn't your average person, the man was handsome, when the other he looked up from his cellphone he looked at them with that soft smile he had that night at the bar.

"Oh! Hi, this is random" Said Jeonghan getting close to them saying hi to the other two. "So you must be Vernon" he said pointing at the guy who only looked clueless.

"Yeah and I'm guessing you're the one who helped us" he said unsure but greeting him nicely.

"I am and by the looks of it and those big smiles I'm assuming it worked right?" Asked with a mischievous smile.

"It did and thank you so much!" Said Mingyu hugging him without hesitation the same way he hugged Seungcheol and Vernon when he found out, which made Jeonghan chuckle letting out a breath by the sudden hug.

"Really this is big actually, he included us on a big project that it was rumored only his personal team would take, with this we're gonna stop being the new guys of the company and hopefully get that promotion" Said Seungcheol after Mingyu let go of the hug.

"I'm happy for you and thank god you got the big project, he actually wanted to give you something small, don't know anything about what you do exactly but when he first talked about it, it didn't sound like big so I just kept asking, he loves it when I ask about his work so when he talked about some project with his most trusted workers I made my move" said with a wink with the three other were mesmerized by.

"His most trusted team? Holy shit how the fuck did we get into that circle, we only drank with him" said Mingyu now shocked and almost behind brought back from his high.

"Well I asked about his team, his workers in general, which is you, and I just added small comments like 'new people are excited and want to show everything they got' and some 'when you invited your team here last time it made me feel uncomfortable how some of them were looking at me, your new guys knew how to treat me and payed for their drinks’ which you didn’t but he doesn’t need to know that and that made it, I told you, I'm his favorite" he said with a chuckle but you could still feel a litttle bit of shyness in his voice, almost as if feeling guilty of having Mr. Kim this entranced on him.

"Holy shit, you talked bad about his team, wait, his team has also been to your club?" Asked Vernon quickly. It’s not that they particularly liked any of the people form the supposed 'trusted team' but they couldn't help feeling guilty.

"Oh, I wasn't lying, the time they came, one of them really thought he could you know buy me and always tried to touch me when Mr. Kim wasn't looking, I didn't tell him, I knew I could use that info later and it was just a one time thing, he's not allowed by his own to the club, he needs someone's invitation or be a member, since the opportunity came with you I told him and boy he was mad, I think he's gonna have some changes to his trusted team after this so don't messed up boys, there’s your promotion” he said with another a wink and a little bow to them.

"Okay first, I'm glad we helped you in some way, also sorry about the douchebag, though we don't know him personally, but thank you again" said Seungcheol.

"Anyways why don't you come grab dinner with us to thank you for helping us, by the sound of it you know how to handle Mr. Kim but we still feel in debt to you" offered Vernon and the other boys agreed.

"Oh umm I would like to but I..." he couldn't finish his sentence because a bunch of voices behind him interrupted them.

"Jeonghan here's your drink" Said one guy handing him the bottle and then started handing out drinks to 8 other boys to which the other 3 men were surprised.

"Hey Jeonghan, are we going to the park?" Asked one of them.

"Oh, Can we? So that I can beat the guys that cheated last time" Said a guy who's eyes looked like a clock marking 10:10 pm.

"You're calling Jooheon?"

"Why don't we just fight them"

"You should ask the neighbor to lent you out his nunchucks"

"If we're fighting call Wonho and Shownu too so that they get scared even more, Wonho's ripped like seriously I do believe he can crush a watermelon or something like that"

"Why do you sound like you have a crush on Wonho?"

"I do not, shut up"

"Why are you blushing then?"

"Hey, hey! what is this talk about fighting? Are you crazy and I'm outraged that I don't know about this Wonho crush but also Dongho goes to the same gym and have you seen him? Definitely more ripped than Shownu" Said Jeonghan to all of them who buffed but also started to think about the ripped guys they were talking about, which was random to think about "Now, about the dinner invitation...I....I'm sorry but I'm with these guys and..."

"Dinner?"

"Are we getting dinner with them?"

"They look like they have money"

"Can we get Chinese? It's cheap so I'll be fine right?"

"If they have money let's ask for something we can't get"

"Yeah like meat"

"You know who probably has meat? Won..."

"Kids!" Said Jeonghan glaring at them with a blush forming on his cheeks, which made them stay silent but also snicker at his reaction. "As I was saying thanks for the invitation but..."

"Jeonghan just accept and let's all go, you helped us big so we want to invite you, all of you, either Chinese or meat" Said Seungcheol.

"Yeah please don't think about the money" Said Mingyu and Jeonghan looked unsure, the boys who were with him started to whispering to him.

"Fine" Said Jeonghan looking apologetic "So uh let me introduce you, this is Joshua, Wonwoo, Jun, Minghao, Jihoon, Hoshi, Dokyeom, Seungkwan and Chan" said pointing at each respective one "Guys this is Seungcheol, Mingyu and Vernon, they're from work, you know customers" he said and all the boys nodded.

"Well now that that's cleared let's go to this Chinese place that's near the supermarket, they have big servings there" Said Mingyu and all of them started walking getting excited.

At the back at the whole group were Seungcheol and Jeonghan walking next to each other looking at the rest talking about getting dinner while getting to know each other.

"I...I'm sorry, I'll pay for my boys" Said Jeonghan suddenly to which Seungcheol got confused he looked at him but also noticed the look of worry on his face.

"Hey don't, we told you that it's fine, it's our treat, from the looks of it they look like really important friends to you so we don't mind" said smiling softly.

"Yeah they are, they're my family actually, I don't know what I would do without them" Said melancholic looking at them fondly.

"So what was all that about the money and which food to eat about?" Asked Seungcheol and he noticed how Jeonghan got a little tense.

"You see, this is our family, we live together and they all study so we cannot afford to eat out that much, things are kind of tight for us" Answered nervously not wanting to tell him much about their story, Seungcheol could tell that he was only explaining some part of their situation but left it there to not make Jeonghan uncomfortable.

"I know we just met but if you need someone to talk to, you can message me, like, as friend not like your job, you already have my number" said grabbing his hand to which Jeonghan looked startled but looked down at their hands connected with shyness, he never felt the chills Seungcheol's touch were giving him.

"Thank you" Said Jeonghan with loving eyes finally looking up  to him.

"Ahem!" They were brought back from their bubble when they heard Mingyu's voice and when they looked in front of them the rest of the boys were looking at them, Jeonghan let go of Seungcheol's hand with his cheeks forming a crimson color on them.

"Let's get in" Said Vernon, the couple didn't even noticed the moment they arrived at the restaurant. Jeonghan nodded walking past them and grabbing one of his boys to distract them from what they saw.

"Someone has a crush" whispered Mingyu to Seungcheol when they were now at the back of everyone walking into the place.

"What? Who me?" Asked surprised not realizing how that must've looked to everyone else.

"Dude it's written all over your face so chill, also I'm pretty sure they noticed too except from Jeonghan" Said a Vernon also whispering with them and pouting at the big group already taking a seat and putting together two tables to be able to fit everyone.

"Just shut up already and let's eat" Said Seungcheol hitting both of them on their arms to then sit on the table, the rest of boys were excited trying to decide what to order already letting go of the recent scene and not paying too much attention to it, Jeonghan smiled looking at them fondly, a meal liked this was rare on their family and Seungcheol noticed this, he suddenly felt happy for Jeonghan.

It didn't took long for the food to arrive and when it did everyone started eating like no tomorrow, Seungcheol, Mingyu and Vernon felt like they were at a family dinner, as if they were celebrating something, like a holiday or a birthday, they talked about whatever crossed their minds, getting to know each other, especially Mingyu who got interested in Wonwoo and couldn't stop talking to him, Vernon talked to the younger guys finding similar interests with them and Seungcheol kept talking to Jeonghan wanting to get to know him even more.

Seungcheol had to admit it, he had a crush on Jeonghan since that night and he was fucked.

Chapter 4

Jeonghan was fixing one of the cabinets that fell off of their old kitchen, he grunted for the 10th time stressing about how old the apartment was in general, heck he felt like it was haunted or like crime scene by how old everything looked, he was about to hit the nail with the hammer not knowing if it was gonna fix it or make it worse, when suddenly he heard his phone ring, he grabbed it and when he saw who the message was from he couldn't help but smile, it was Seungcheol thanking him again and awaking something about the music they talked about, Jeonghan was about reply and thank him again for dinner, it was ridiculous how their conversation was filled with like 20 thank you’s going back and fort but also random topics in between. The sound of the door of one of the rooms being opened brought him back, he always believed the creaking sound of if could be heard from outside of the apartment complex.

"Someone's happy this morning" Said Joshua as he got closer to the small kitchen.

"Oh no I was just looking at my phone" said trying to get back on fixing the cabinet but Joshua stopped him taking the hammer and the cabinet door from him. Jeonghan sighed and thanked him with a nod.

"Come on, your face is telling me everything, let me guess, got a text from Seungcheol?" Said placing the cabinet door on place, something that Joshua learned after living in a apartment with such bad conditions was that there's always something that needed to be fixed and he usually got cared of it when it happened, he got familiar with tools with how much he had to help Jeonghan, given they were the older ones”

"Agh I hate that you can see right through me" said leaning on the counter looking at him and handing him a nail.

"So anyway what's the story with this one?" Asked after he finished fixing the cabinet moving it slightly to make sure it wasn't gonna fall on them but noticing the creaking sound, seriously their place was haunted.

"You're gonna get mad at me" said nervously, Joshua glared at him already knowing where this was going. "I did met him at work"

"Jeonghan.." he sighed setting down the hammer.

"Wait I haven't finished, he's not a client, he works for one of my clients and him and Mingyu came with him to drink, I helped them like I did with Jonghyun, that's it" explained putting his hands up in front of Joshua defending himself.

"And..." said raising an eyebrow and crossing his arms.

“He was so nice with me and was constantly making sure I was okay even though I'm the host, he looked unsure about how Mr. Kim treats me and then he's so dreamy, he has this laugh that it's so silly and never sounds the same, he’s has this authority and confidence when hi talks and when I held his hand I had chills all over me and..." he stopped thinking that he was crazy, he knew what it meant, that's not the kind of things you say when you talk about just a friend.

"You like him" said Joshua, Jeonghan looked up at him and he half smiled but also grunted, he never felt anything towards anyone else and the one time he did he had to be from his work, at this point he had accepted his future, like who would want to date someone that flirts with people for a job, lived in the slums of Seoul and has 7 kids, not everyone was as accepting as some of his coworkers who were in perfectly stable relationships.

"Maybe, but it's just a crush I mean me with someone like him could never happen" Said Jeonghan with a shrug. He was already thinking about a crush and he then remembered the rules of his club, don't fall in love with a client, technically Seungcheol wasn't his client, Mr. Kim was, so he wasn't breaking any rules but he hit himself mentally for even thinking that.

"You're talking about the guys from the Chinese dinner?" They heard Wonwoo suddenly in the kitchen, they didn't even heard the creaking door sliding again.

"Yes and is everyone awake?" Asked Jeonghan, he wanted to change the subject, he was not gonna burden his boys with his problems, he took out a pan from one of the cabinets to start with breakfast.

"Only some of us" it was Jun who came in together with Soonyoung who was carrying Jihoon on his back but also looking suspiciously at them sensing the tense air around them.

"Let us help, is your day off from work" Said Joshua taking the pan from him also helping him change the subject, since he was the only who knew what Jeonghan's job truly was he was not gonna worry the boys. Jeonghan nodded as he went to Soonyoung and took Jihoon off of him.

"I'll take him with me and wake the others, help with breakfast" Said Jeonghan carrying Jihoon on his back to which the boys nodded.

"Hey don't try to change the subject you still need to tell us about Seungcheol" yelled Wonwoo to Jeonghan who only chuckled softly going to the younger ones room. Their apartment had surprisingly two bedrooms, if you could call them that since they were so small and had almost no furniture apart from mattresses with sleeping bags and one bunk bed in one of the rooms, a tiny compartment that worked as a closet for all of them in the bigger room, which was bigger only by a few centimeters it was almost laughable to say it was bigger but it was enough for them.

"Wait does he actually have something with Seungcheol?" Asked Jun once Jeonghan was completely distracted by waking up the rest of the boys.

"As long as he treats Jeonghan well, I'm fine" Said Soonyoung getting the bottle of juice from their tiny fridge. "By the way what about Mingyu, he looked pretty interested in you" he said to Wonwoo as he was closing one of the cabinets after grabbing a cup.

"Yeah right, we just talked about movies and games" Said with a shrug while Jun gave him a look and then looked at Soonyoung.

"You may hide your expressions well but Mingyu can't" Said Joshua pointing at him with a spoon, Wonwoo sigh rolling his eyes.

"There's nothing" said Wonwoo grabbing his phone and sitting on the table that's was basically right next to them but it still gave a sign of leave me alone.

Jeonghan had a hard time waking up the rest as always but as soon as the mention of food they all got up running to the table squeezing each other in the chairs. He smiled looking at all of them, he then started doing the beds, well more like folding some of the sleeping bags and moving aside the futons on the floor to have more space. He also made the bunk bed of the small room and then went out to join the boys at the table and have some food, enjoying the morning with his family.

~

"Okay so which shirt says I really like you and I'm a man of trust" Said Mingyu to Vernon who was watching him get stressed over the many bags of clothes he ordered. Vernon looked up from his phone confused as he tilted his head to the side not knowing what to say.

"Dude you just met him, calm down" said as he grabbed his iced coffee from the table.

"I'm serious and I'm worried since one of the guy's was glaring at me, what if he likes Wonwoo?" He said taking away the drink from his hand and taking a sip.

"You mean Jun? He's with Minghao" Said Seungcheol as he entered the office, sitting on a chair like nothing when a pillow hit his face and startled him.

"If you know stuff like that you need to tell me, aren't we friends?" Complained Mingyu giving the coffee back to Vernon with one hand and the other grabbing another pillow.

"Now I'm worried about this guy" Said Vernon moving away the nearest pillow from him.

"Yeah yeah, you too, say whatever you want I won't tell you anything about Seungkwan" said crossing his arms turning his back on them slowly since he was still sitting on the chair next to the couch Vernon was.

"Wait What? What do you know" Said getting up from his seat and almost dropping his coffee and phone but quickly used his reflexes.

"Can you two love birds calm down, you fell in love at first sight and suddenly y'all don't know how to flirt" Said Seungcheol throwing at them the pillow.

"Oh I'm sorry Mr. You can call me whenever you want and let's hang out again" mimicked Mingyu as he dodge the pillow.

"Hey that it's not true I was just being nice" Said getting up pouting at him to which Mingyu laughed sarcastically. Vernon laughed at them both and soon the three boys where 'fighting'. Arguing here and there at their failed attempts at flirting with the men they got interested in which was also confusing since Seungcheol was the only one in a relationship and this talk wouldn't normally be…normal, such as talking about someone else who might be your crush.

"Oh god now what happened" they heard someone's voice from the door that brought them back from their 'argument' and the 3 of them thanked themselves mentally that it didn't slipped up anything at that last second. They all looked and saw Myunghee, Seungcheol's girlfriend. Almost as if they unintentionally called for her.

"Hi Myunghee" Said Mingyu And Vernon at the same time letting go off each other, trying to calm themselves down.

"Hi baby" Said Seungcheol grabbing her by the waist and leaving a soft kiss on her cheek.

"You haven't changed since kids" She said slightly tapping Seungcheol's cheek, she then passed the boys and placed a bag of food on the desk and took out the containers for each one. "I called but none of y'all replied so I just took the liberty and ordered food for all of us, not that it matters if you already ate since your appetite is massive, what were you doing anyway? Here babe" She said handing a drink to Seungcheol.

"We were just talking about their crushes" Said Seungcheol with a chuckle to which Mingyu and Vernon tried to push him again and to throw at him as many pillows as they had.

"Finally, you need some love in your lives" Said Myunghee sitting down on the couch with her own plate of food. "And don't keep standing, be grateful I brought you food and dig in" Said and the guys did as she said. Even though Myunghee was Seungcheol's girlfriend they've all been friends since they were kids. In fact Seungcheol and Myunghee were best friends until High school when they got together and basically made official everything, to everyone else they were basically dating since forever because of how close the where, even if they had dated different people at the same time, which also brought them problems, none of them believed that they were dating people seriously, people had always thought of them together.

"Myunghee since you're here and I know you are gonna support me, can you help me pick my outfit for my next date? These guys suck" Said Mingyu gaining a punch on the side from Seungcheol.

"Of course, now what are the options?" she said grabbing the clothes from one of the bags that Mingyu had in the floor, at this point they were being shameless acting like this in the office but it's not like anyone cared and at that time of the day the building was kind of empty since a lot of their colleagues were out.

"You already have a date?" Asked Vernon as he dig in into the little container that was filled to the top with rice.

"Not technically but I will, I have a plan" Said proud of himself while Seungcheol only laughed at how gone his best friend was.

"Coupsu" Said Myunghee glaring at him scolding him slightly.

"Hey don't say that name, that's a thing of the past" Said Seungcheol slightly blushing putting down his plate of food.

“That’s for your bullshit DiCaprio reference” pointed at him Vernon.

"What you mean? That name has history" said Myunghee laughing innocently nudging him on the shoulder.

"Pfft remember in high school?" Said Mingyu.

"Oh you mean 'Everyone stand up for rapper S.Coups!'" Shouted Vernon to which Mingyu and Myunghee responded with a high pitch scream, Seungcheol hit his face against the table grunting.

"S.Coups I love you!" Shout Vernon laughing with Mingyu and Myunghee who also joined into the fanchant.

"Okay I get it, it was just a hobby, besides don't forget that you also rapped with me" Said Seungcheol pointing at Mingyu and Vernon with a glare.

"Of course but we just don't like to remember it and it wasn't our fault that you were fan favorite" Said Vernon laughing again and Seungcheol gave up and joined that laughs.

"Shut up I wasn't, remember how many love letters Mingyu got?"

“I mean, I was the visual, look at the material” he said pointing at himself which made everyone snort.

Myunghee looked at all of them getting into another fake argument and smiled remembering the good old days, but her instinct wouldn't let her alone and she knew something happened with Seungcheol, it wasn't like a big change but something in his attitude seem different, like lighter and happier, which she also got suspicious, she just couldn't think of what and the idea she had of what might have happened wasn't a good one.

Chapter 5

The days passed, Jeonghan and Seungcheol were still messaging each other, which was almost an understanding judging how frequently they talked, there was not a day they would not text each other, each time getting closer and getting to know themselves, they couldn't deny their feelings at this point. Also since Jeonghan's help, Seungcheol and the guys were trusted more by Mr. Kim, the old team was slowly falling apart ever since the creepy guy was fired and they were slowly getting less important projects, some of them even being transferred to other areas in the company, it was obvious the changes around their team, which now got them a really good deal for the company.

Seungcheol was cleaning the mess of papers that was in his cubicle, yes they were being trusted with more important projects but that also meant that they were getting more work to do, he was organizing some folders while humming to some rap and dissociating.

"BOY" he heard Mingyu appearing out of nowhere next to him making him drop some papers.

"Jesus what are you doing?" Asked Seungcheol picking up the papers from the floor letting out a breath and grunting, his back was killing at this point.

"Oh you're not gonna be mad after I tell you what I’m about to tell you" Said Mingyu taking away the papers from Seungcheol and throwing them somewhere else. "Mr. Kim wants to go out with us to celebrate the new contract"

"Wait" Said Seungcheol already having an idea of what that might meant.

"Yes, he wants to go to the Rose Palace, which means you're gonna be able to see a certain someone" Said Mingyu with a smirk knowing that Seungcheol would get excited. It was kind of weird to know about Seungcheol's crush on the boy, when the boys found out how much he was talking with Jeonghan, it shocked them, they couldn't help but compare whatever they had with Seungcheol and Myunghee's relationship, they also decided not to comment to much on it since it nothing bad had happened so far.

"Let's go" Said Seungcheol leaving everything, no caring about the papers not being organized. He left the office and couldn't hide his exciment to get ready for the night.

~

Jeonghan found himself finishing up his makeup for the night, he and the rest of the workers were on the dressing room, some of them in front of the many vanity's they had and the other sitting on the couches just waiting for their shift to start, as they were getting ready, Mama was assigning the tables and their tasks to the everyone.

"Minki you get the drinks from table 8 to 12 and Jeonghan you're reserved by Mr.Kim again. Finish up getting ready and the night begins" Said Mama making sure everyone was there and listening to him to which the workers nodded, some of them already standing up and going out to the main floor.

"Mr. Kim again huh?" Asked Minki sitting on top of the table that was in the middle of the room.

"What about it?" Said Jeonghan putting away his setting powder and looking at him from the mirror since he was still fixing his hair and giving the final touches to his bangs.

"You still don’t think it's weird that he always reserves you? Yes, he's a regular but I mean come on, not even Mr. Cho, who's one of mama's OG clients, sticks with just one host"

"You know I've thought of that too but he's never done anything to me or asked me something inappropriate so I can't start complaining and losing a big client for mama" Said Jeonghan finally turning around facing him.

"Be careful, that guy gives me bad vibes, he’s been here almost every day the damn club is open, if anything happens tell mama or papa" Said pointing at him with a glare.

"I know, I know" he sighed.

"Anyways enough of the old man, How is it going with Seungcheol?" Said whispering the question with excitement.

"Shh! don't just ask like that, if someone hears his name coming from Mr. Kim's mouth I'm dead" Said Jeonghan dragging him by the arm to the back of the dressing rooms, where the racks of clothes were.

"You can't stop me from being excited about you and your man" said Minki winking at him.

"He's not my man, we're just friends and let's be real someone like me can't be with someone like him" he huffed stressing over nothing basically.

"Don't even try to say that excuse because that's just bullshit, you're perfect for each other I can tell" Jeonghan rolled his eyes at him, before Minki could say anything else they heard someone calling out to them.

"Hey ladies, I know the gossip is good but it's time to get to work" It was Minhyuk who glared at them. "Also I'm offended I'm not in the gossip, how dare you Jeonghan, I'm not telling you Hyungwon’s work out schedule again so you can ogle at him"

"Wait since when are you interested in Hyungwon? Wasn’t it Wonho? Honestly, I thought there was more tension between you and Dongho, Oh my god, do you have a thing for guys who's name end up with ho?" Said Minki completely changing the subject.

"Okay both of you chill, I'll tell you later also it was never Wonho and whatever I had with the other two, which wasn't much just a little flirting at Yang's bar, it's not important anymore, now let's go before Papa finds us" said Jeonghan dragging the now happy boys outside to start working.

The three of them went out of the dressing rooms and started with their night, welcoming clients, offering them the most expensive and ridiculous drinks and giving them the best service. Jeonghan was helping with drinks since Mr. Kim had not arrived yet.

"Hey pretty, what do you say if I pay for an entire night with you and get out of here" said the guy when Jeonghan arrived with his drinks, he was used to this kind of treatment, men asking him out at night because all they see in this type of place is one night stands, not to shame sex workers, even some of his friends did that work but he wasn't one, though their club was in this type of area in the city it wasn't for that publically but since the word spread out about all genders and the beautiful workers it had, people still wanted to try and break the rules.

"I'm sorry, this is not that that kind of place if you'll excuse me" said Jeonghan but before he could turned around the guy pulled him by the arm making him drop the tray that fortunately was already empty.

"Maybe it's not but you look like a horny little boy and let me tell I'm pretty good down there" said the guy trying to look cool to which Jeonghan was already disgusted, he tried to get away from his hold even batting his eyelashes but the guy wasn't having it.

"Sir let go of me" said Jeonghan with a serious voice trying to stay in his host character but the man didn't care.

"Listen, if you work in this place, I know you'll do anything for money" at this point Jeonghan was ready to punch the guy even if it cost him a suspension from work but before he could do anything else, he felt another arm around his waist, dragging him out of the guy's embrace.

"He told you no, back off" he heard the voice and immediately smiled, it was Seungcheol, who glared at the guy with the one hand still on Jeonghan's waist grabbing it tightly.

"Oh I see the boyfriend arrived at the perfect moment, well it's doesn't matter you're still a bitch, bet you give all your money to this twink" said the guy now having a problem with both of them and by this Seungcheol was ready to punch the guy letting go of Jeonghan.

"Seungcheol no!" Tried to stop him Jeonghan but before Seungcheol could punch his guts he was stopped by someone else, Jeonghan looked behind them and it was Mama, who next to him was Papa. At this point most of the club was looking at what was happening.

"Leave" said Mama to the guy with nothing else, the guy laughed at first but then he was being dragged by Papa who of course was strong and the guy could not compete with as he was cursing his way out.

"Dear customers, We're sorry for the scum that got into our club, now please keep enjoying your night, one round of drinks on the house” said Mama and everyone went back to what they were doing, since this was not the first time something like this happened, most of them were used to it and since the security was good, every time it happened it would only take a few minutes.

"Hi" said Seungcheol when everything calmed down smiling softly, Jeonghan didn't say anything and just hugged him tightly to which Seungcheol got shocked at first but then responded to it the same way. Jeonghan realized how tightly he was doing it and let go of him blushing lightly, everyday he found out just how much he could react to Seungcheol and it was starting to worry him, before any of them could say anything someone interrupted them.

"My dear Hani, are you okay?" Mr. Kim voice shocked them out of their little moment, grabbing Jeonghan from the waist and looking at him with a worried look.

"Oh! Ah yeah… I'm okay Sir" Said getting nervous about the sudden touch and wanting to get out of it since Seungcheol was there looking at them, it felt wrong being touched by someone who wasn’t Seungcheol.

"People like him don't understand the type of club they're in, I’m sorry for being late angel, let's go to our table you can relax, I’ll pay for someone else to bring us the drinks" Said Mr.Kim still holding onto Jeonghan who nodded and directed them to their table being followed by Seungcheol, Mingyu and Vernon as other workers, who were already getting distracted by the hosts trying to take their money by buying drinks, it sounded bad but none of the regular members cared, they already knew what they were paying for, the new ones, not so much.

Soon they were surrounded by more hosts, giving them drinks and talking with them. Jeonghan wanted to service Seungcheol so bad so that they could talk more or just be near each other but Mr. Kim wasn't letting go of him while talking with other big shot business men and drinking, he really meant it when he said 'pay for someone else' to get their drinks, he asked for two more hosts especially for him and his workers, he was not letting him get up for anything and normally that's not a good thing since it's Jeonghan's work, but Mr. Kim was still paying him as if he was doing the full service and no one was gonna complain the extra money.

On the other side of their lounge area, Seungcheol also wanted to talk to Jeonghan and whenever he saw Mr. Kim getting too close to Jeonghan he felt irritated inside to the point he wanted to get up and pull them apart but he friend to convince himself he was thinking crazy things, he obviously didn't have the money or the power Mr. Kim had.

Yet.

A crazy thought. He laughed internally.

"If looks could kill, Mr. Kim would be gone by now" whispered Mingyu to Seungcheol who glared at him taking the rest of his drink in one gulp.

"Shut up, I'm not looking at him" said Seungcheol punching him and putting down his glass.

"Well you're not good at hiding it" said a host, a girl with a dark bob cut, the whitest skin and the bluest, almost creepy, contact lenses he’d ever seen, filling up his glass again with the bottle of vodka that Mr. Kim had bought for the table, he realize sickly that his boss had a type. She looked at Seungcheol funny who was now confused but nodded thanking her for the drink.

"I'm sure the entire club knows, you now?" Whispered Vernon quickly and went back to talk to the other workers about who knows what but still not missing the main issue at hand.

"The club isn't supposed to know me, so you too shut up" said Seungcheol easing his hand to mimick a slap.

"Oh honey, Jeonghan is one of the club's favorites, everyone knows him and since you saved him from that situation earlier now they're looking at you, who’s this buffy guy who’s just helped our angel and made him comfortable?" said the girl grabbing him by the arm, of course he didn't react to her flirting, he knew the girl was just doing her job it was almost as if she was doing it more obvious on purpose.

"Who's looking at him exactly?" Asked Mingyu getting interested into the gossip.

"Everyone, Mr. Kim has made very clear that Jeonghan is his favorite, god forbid you call Hanni angel, that’s his angel, tons of people want to reserve him, to buy even just one drink for him but Mr. Kim is the priority and also he's one of the few people that can pay all the time he wants with him so most mortals here are content by just being able to see Jeonghan, that just changed when you came" she said playing with her necklace, softly dragging her own fingers around her cleaveage which was adorned with a black laced top, as if she had just walked out of a classic Victoria’s Secret runway, making it look like she was still flirting and even propositioning him.

"I don't know if I should know all this, aren't you supposed to just make us feel good and almost hypnotize us to give you more money? I mean, I'm sorry, I don't know how else to say it" said Seungcheol now embarrassed by what he just implied but the girl only chuckled at his reaction.

"Relax big boy, I know a gentleman when I see one, and yeah basically but I don't know, I wanted to tell you what I’ve witnessed, something about Jeonghan's reaction when I rubbed my breasts against your arm encouraged me to keep talking, and also, if you have sister, by all means bring her, she might be more my type" she whispered the last part but accentuating the words ‘my type’, Seungcheol blinked at her speechless, when a girl like her has a two piece outfit that tight marking every single curve of her body you can't help but look, but now he felt silly knowing the girls preferences, Mingyu next to him snorted, he then looked up to see Jeonghan who quickly adverted his eyes to Mr. Kim's side, huffing almost, possibly hidding a blush on his cheeks, he couldn't resist thinking, did he just made Jeonghan jealous?

"Oh dude, you are so gone" Said Mingyu just looking at the whole scene and having the time of his life.

"Chaerin we don't need to deal with another guy with an erection because you have nothing else than black lacy tops" a guy, with a transparent blouse who was also a host sat down next to Mingyu, also linking their arms together, it still startled them to receive this kind of attention straight up.

"Trust me Minki, he's not getting that reaction from me, which is a bummer since I wouldn’t mind sit on those big thighs, I’m a girl who’s into big people" she said resting her head on Seungcheol's shoulder.

"Yeah I know the feeling, if I didn't have my boyfriend at home I would climb this tall tan man in a second, we don't get too many clients closer to our age" said Minki running his hand across Mingyu's chest and riding his leg on top of one of his.

"You two are seriously too much for just being hosts, I feel like I need to pay more" Said Seungcheol shaking his head, feeling almost ashamed for such flirting, yeah he and Mingyu were handsome but they didn't consider themselves that good looking, they wondered if they had engrossed in their work too much, but now the two hosts burst out laughing to almost in tears.

"Oh my god, I like you both, I haven't had this much fun in a while" said Chaerin and now they were all joking around, forgetting even what they were talking about.

"Chaerin!" They heard someone's voice, they all looked it was Mr. Kim who was calling her over, they also noticed how Jeonghan was really close to Mr. Kim's ear, probably whispered something to him before they were distracted from their conversation.

"I told you, someone has Jeonghan's attention, it's not Mr. Kim and the club knows that" she whispered to Seungcheol as she stood up fixing her clothes to then walk to where Mr. Kim was.

Seungcheol didn't know how to react, he didn't know how to feel with what everyone was telling him, he couldn't just let it go and he had to admit the fact that he was in a relationship, he was realizing things way too fast for his brain to catch up so he just decided to ignore it for the time being, he agreed to keep drinking, still looking at Jeonghan whenever he had the chance. Minki who was now also serving him drinks noticed this and he knew what to do to help his friend.

Chapter 6

Given everything that has happened so far, that night was just starting, with Mr.Kim ordering more drinks for him, ordering bottles for his employees, and tipping Jeonghan, who still hadn't had any chance to talk to Seungcheol even after the little help from Chaerin trying to distract Mr. Kim with her body but the man had his priorities and this, whiteout his knowledge, pissed Seungcheol off, before he could do anything else to try and talk to him, Minki already had other plans, not letting Chaerin's efforts go to waste.

"Mr.Kim!" Said Minki pouting and dragging his voice in a whine, sitting next to him grabbing his arm. "It's been so long since we've talked" he said leaning heavily on his shoulder.

"I guess it has, have you missed me?" Asked Mr. Kim turning all his attention to Minki, which Jeonghan noticed. It was weird to see how Chaerin's charms failed, with a body like her's, only getting a 'another day sweetheart' but Minki's charms managed to distract him just enough. Mr. Kim really more that’s a type he had preferences and Seungcheol noticed this, also it was obvious by the fact that the girls were more for the employees and Mr. Kim kept the boys on his side.

"Of course and since I have tonight free, I'm so bored, I'm only serving drinks, no one’s giving me the attention I want" Said whining even more, which already was a surprise, putting his arms around Mr. Kim's neck making him let go of Jeonghan's leg.

"Who would let this beauty alone seriously" Said Mr. Kim grabbing Minki's waist now. Jeonghan saw how Minki whispered something to him and both of them stood up. "Hani I'll be right back, drink whatever you want" Jeonghan smiled nodding and Mr. Kim turned to look at Minki who quickly winked at Jeonghan and smiled pointing at Seungcheol to then walk away with Mr.Kim, without him noticing it. Jeonghan smiled and thought that he had to thanked Minki later for helping him.

He got up without a second thought, went to the bar and ordered two more drinks, he looked where Seungcheol was sitting talking to one of the girls, Jeonghan knew her, so he just walked up to them right behind Seungcheol, without him looking he nodded to the girl to switch with him, which she noticed immediately, cut their conversation, smiled and got up pointing behind Seungcheol, letting Jeonghan make his move, who now had the man’s attention.

"Want a drink?" Said Jeonghan sitting next to Seungcheol, who looked at him pleased and shocked at the same time but smiled taking the drink from him.

"Hey, yes, thank you, I thought Mr.Kim wouldn't let you go tonight” Said getting more closer to him.

"Well, he wasn't going to but I got a little help from a friend" answered with a flirty voice and a wink.

"I'm glad" Said Seungcheol raising his drink up. After greeting each other again, they finally had the time to talk, spend time together and even flirting here and there, making it so obvious to those around them and they didn’t care.

Almost an hour passed without them knowing, Jeonghan felt in the clouds, hosting for someone like Seungcheol and Seungcheol felt like an awkward teenager getting nervous by everything the host did since he was getting the full service, as if he was Mr. Kim, but better, each opportunity they had they got closer to each other, they took it, not paying attention to anything else but their moment, they suddenly forgot where they were and what they were doing before, nothing could ruin their moment or so they thought.

~

"Darling why return so quickly, we have plenty of time" Said Minki trying to stop him, grabbing him by the arm and distracting with every inch of his body.

His way of helping Jeonghan was by taking him to one of the balconies of the club that had a private table, of course he wasn't interested in Mr.Kim, he just wanted his best friend to be with the man of his dreams but Mr.Kim was really making it hard for those two.

"Oh, I know Minki but I don't want to leave Hani alone" He said walking him down the hallway, almost pulling him to walk faster, going to the main hall.

"I'm sure he will be fine for another hour, let's go back to the balcony, I still have so much to talk about, did you know Dr. Woo propositioned to Hani? He even try to bribe Mama to get him" Minki was trying so hard to distract him with anything, going so far as to invent gossip, but he was very persistent on going back.

"I’m sure Mama has it handled, if anything bad involved Hani, he would tell me, I know Mama” he explained without really registering what Minii said, he truly didn’t give a damn.

“Yeah but…”

“Minki, you are being very persistent tonight" Said Mr.Kim looking at him weirdly. 'You're the persistent one with Jeonghan' Minki thought.

"It's just it's been so long since we spent one night together" Said Minki with puppy eyes and swaying his hips, hoping that they'll work, they didn't.

"I know, I'll tell you this, let's go back and next week I'll reserve you" Said Mr.Kim holding his cheek for a quick second and continued walking, a gesture so cold and uninterested that Minki could see it from meters away, at this point Minki knew nothing could change his mind, sadly he gave up and hoped that Jeonghan would be ready by the time they arrived.

He was wrong.

As soon as they entered the main hall, the first thing they saw was Jeonghan playing with the collar of Seungcheol's shirt, closer to each other than they have ever been, the moment Mr.Kim saw Seungcheol trying to bit Jeonghan's hand in a playful manner, Minki felt how he tensed up and almost let go of him as walked towards them faster.

"Hani" as he spoke, Jeonghan let go of Seungcheol and sat up better, straightening his shirt and tugging his hair behind his ear, Mr.Kim also completely let go of Minki, almost pushed him aside, he grabbed Jeonghan's hand.

"Hi, you came back quickly" Said Jeonghan confused, also because he didn't even realized how much time had passed and now he cursed himself for being careless.

"You think so? My silly angel, let's go to the bar and grab another drink, Minki give Seungcheol some company" he said barely acknowledging Seungcheol, grabbing Jeonghan's waist and leaving, Jeonghan and Minki only nodded, the hard part of their job, they couldn't refuse simple requests.

"I'm sorry" Said Minki sitting next to Seungcheol grabbing a drink from the table in front of them and downing it in one go.

"What?"

"I tried to distract him as much as I could, and with everything I had, but he wanted to come back to Jeonghan as if he was gonna go somewhere else" said frustrated and setting down the shot glass with force.

"Don't worry, at least I got to talk to him a little" smiled Seungcheol softly, he hadn’t even thought about the fact that Minki was helping them, as soon a Jeonghan had sat down next to him, he ignored everything else. "Thank you for that, really, I just I can't help but get weird vibes from the boss"

"Right!? Everyone sees it, I still don’t know why he is a special patron of the club, I approve you as the Jeonghan’s new boyfriend" said Minki patting Seungcheol's back happy, almost like a compliment.

"As the new what?" He still asked confused, since in his mind, he and Jeonghan clicked as friends, nothing else. Or so he tried to convince himself.

"Don't fuck it up tiger" said Minki with a wink and a chuckle, getting up and fixing his clothes again, Seungcheol decided to just let it go and finished his drink frustrated in some way, nothing he did was helping his case, he like Jeonghan as a friend, he wasn’t a douchebag, he hasa girlfriend, he’s just a little upset that his time with Jeonghan was interrupted.

"I guess you're ready to go" he heard Mingyu's voice bringing him back from his internal battle, he looked back at him and next to him was Vernon nodding and ready to go.

"Yeah, What am I doing?" He said getting up and leaving the remaining cash he was carrying for the club, they walked out of the club, after saying their goodbyes to some of the hosts and their co-workers. Seungcheol avoided looking back at the bar and saying goodbye to his boss.

Jeonghan never stoped looking at Seungcheol whenever he could, he saw them get up and leave, not that he was surprised, he knew the rest of the night was ruined, he wanted to go with him, wanted to chase, use everything he had to spend more time with him as host but he also knew that it was a crazy idea, Seungcheol was not a big shot CEO, he wasn’t trying to get him in debt at his own club, he just wanted to be with him. He tried to get into the conversation with Mr.Kim and the other patrons of the clubs, he tried to do his job, but he wouldn't stop thinking about Seungcheol, it was the first time he couldn't concentrate and pretend like he always does and the worst part is that Mr.Kim noticed it, adjusting his hold on his waist.

~

"Ah what am I doing!? Every time I see him every when I just think about him I forget how to function I get distracted and I shouldn't feel like that, I’m…he’s…" Said Jeonghan as he was talking with Minki over the phone while helping preparing some of the boys’s lunch, since it was a school day. Not even doing one of his usual chores could help him not thinking about Seungcheol.

"Yeah, I mean I could tell by the way you were flirting with him all night, getting jealous at Chaerin’s passes, knowing that she’s your friend AND prefers women, grabbing his shirt, rising your leg, putting your hair behind your ear and everything"

"Okay I get it, stop it and I just did most of that… unconsciously"

"Right, right, I'll just say this, you don’t need to over think it, you are both perfect for each other, besides if it wasn't for me you wouldn’t have done a move the entire night, it’s like Mr. CEO had you on a leash, and the good one, also you deserve someone much better to be leashed, like Seung…”Minki kept talking almost complaining for his behalf.

"MINKI!” He paused him mid sentence. “Yeah, I know… I know, thank you for distracting him, I know you don’t like him any more than I do, he was really weird last night, what you said about him, I do know it’s just I can’t…”

"Relax, Jeonghan I know, that’s why we’re all in this business right? But see, you finally see it and that’s enough for me, that guy gets weird when something involves you"

"It’s just why? I mean he has a wife, he said it himself, he talks to me about his family, he likes the club because it's nice and he likes to drink peacefully while talking with ‘beautiful people’"

"That doesn't mean he's not gonna have those kind of intentions, talking about his family means nothing if he has money, a lot of people are good at hiding things, a lot of the patrons are good at that"

"God, a lot has happened in just one weekend, like I know where we work it’s just sometimes I forget how dangerous it is at the end of the day" said Jeonghan putting down the lunch boxes now filled with food. "Anyway talk to you later, I need to get the boys ready"

"Bye Papa Han and remember to take care of yourself" said Minki with a teasing chuckle, Jeonghan cut the call with a last gooodbye.

"Idiot, kids! you're gonna be late if you don't hurry up!" He yelled from the kitchen, not that is was necessary, more so to hurry them up, as he heard the boys talk over each other at the same while getting ready, same a everyday.

"This is impossible with just one bathroom!" He heard Seungkwan complain and sighed looking up at the dirty ceiling, he really needed to repaint their tiny apartment.

"Jun you've been there for 20 minutes open up!" Said Vernon knocking on the door constantly, behind a line with the other boys was already forming.

"Move, I'll open it by force" Said Wonwoo walking past all of them with one Jeonghans bobby pin’s and a arcade points card in hand, he kneeled, sliding the old used card through the gap between the door and the wall, and poking on the lock at the same time with the Bobby pin, took him seconds to open it and raid the bathrooms.

"Hey! careful that door is old!" Said Joshua trying to come in to the bathroom, which was now filled with four of them with Jun complaining about privacy in the background.

“What do you mean? There’s no privacy in this house” said Chan going back to one of the rooms to finish gathering his stuff.

"Dibs on the toothpaste!" Yelled Dokyeom grabbing it quickly from Hoshi's hands and running away to one of the rooms.

"HEY!" Shouted all of them in unison.

"Who took my jacket?!?" Yelled Minghao raising the old couch and looking through the mismatched pillows.

"Soonyoung has it!" Answered Jihoon.

"Kids!" Yelled Jeonghan setting down the lunch boxes on the table to get their attention, he then saw the 9 boys getting out of the two smalls rooms, each passing past him with half hug grabbing a lunch box and putting their shoes on their door one by ono and picking up the rest of their things in the way out, Jeonghan said goodbye to everyone and soon the apartment was empty.

He exhale tiredly, and sat down, he laughed at busy morning, really the only that could distract him from all his troubles were the boys and he was so thankful that had them. After a few minutes rest on the couch, he got up putting on some music to help him as he cleaned the apartment, every morning was chaotic but it was his favorite part of his day and he really needed it to stop thinking about anything before going to bed for the day.

Chapter 7

"You like who now?!?" Asked Mingyu spitting some of his drink out and holding his chest dramatically.

"Fuck, calm down" Said Seungcheol cleaning the little droplets that fell on him, exaggerating it more than anything. Seungcheol and Mingyu had gone out to eat lunch, the company cafeteria didn't have that of a big menu so most of the time they would go out for something if they didn't bring their own lunch, also they always invite Vernon but as soon as it was time for lunch he was no longer in the building.

"How do you want me calm down when you just told me that you 'probably' like Jeonghan, what does that mean?" He said cleaning himself up with a napkin, Seungcheol immediately made a sign of lowering his voice.

"Stop yelling, I don't know it just sort of happened, we kept messaging each other and after the club last time I would punch Mr.Kim if he wasn't my boss" said crossing his arms.

"Wow you're being serious but wait you have a girlfriend, her name is Myunghee, I don't know if you remember"

"Dude I'll be honest with you, me and Myunghee started dating because we made a deal" he said looking down playing with his fork in hand.

"You made a what?" Said Mingyu almost choking on his food, making a mess again.

"Don't judge us, remember in High School the dude she dated before me that was a scum, the really toxic one" Mingyu nodded. "After that she had a really hard time getting over him and you know she's my best friend so I told her that if she didn't find anyone good and I wasn't dating anyone, we should give it a shot someday"

"You have to be kidding me" Said Mingyu dropping his own fork on the plate.

"Don't judge us, a year later we weren't dating anyone and we said why not and here we are, of course I love her but you know..." Said looking down.

"Yeah, it's the first time you feel like this with someone, really liking someone" Said Mingyu finishing up his food. "So what now? are you gonna break up with her?" Asked.

"I don't know" Said Seungcheol groaning and dropping his head back, Mingyu glared at him.

"Before you do something that drastic, you need to figure out your own feelings and also think about both Myunghee's and Jeonghan's feelings, you don't wanna hurt someone's feelings before even dating them" Seungcheol nodded.

"Thank you Mingyu, I'm aware of my situation, that's why it's hard you know" Said Seungcheol.

"Thank me later with a coffee and maybe a double date, depending on who it is, come on let's get back to the office" Said Mingyu getting up leaving cash on the table being followed by Seungcheol who did the same.

If Seungcheol was being honest, he was already thinking about places where they could plan the double date and also what would a certain someone would order.

~

"Prepare to be attacked!" Said Dokyeom looking at his set of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, plotting with a smile.

"Bring it on" Said Soonyoung glaring at him preparing his cards. Dokyeom put his card down that had a powerful attack, Soonyoung then placed a card with a counter attack and they went on back and forth with their game.

The boys were all together in the living room, not that there was a difference since the entire apartment was conected, the only door being the one from the bathroom, they didn't care living in such a small place, maybe one that wasn't this omd would be better but they didn't complain, they were used to being together and with little space sharing almost everything they had since their orphanage days.

"You can do it Dokyeomie!" Said Joshua from the couch cheering for him.

"Hey don't call out to him that he's gonna get even more serious" Said Soonyoung getting another attack from Dokyeom.

"Thanks my love" Said Dokyeom feeling proud and winking at him.

"Uh Jihoon a little help here" Said Soonyoung.

"Help with what?" Asked Jihoon who was sitting next to Joshua taking one of his headphones off.

"Cheer me up, be cute or something" he said and Jihoon straight up just hit him with a pillow.

"Ugh you win" Soonyoung said dropping the cards on the table getting a smile from Dokyeom who then got up and hugged Joshua.

"What are you doing?" Asked Wonwoo entering the apartment, having heard the loud voices from down the hallway of the building.

"Nothing as always" Said Jihoon looking up from the book he was reading and pointing at Soonyoung lying on the floor with his eyes closed.

"Since the rest have dates today, we're just here doing nothing, I thought you were too" Said Hoshi lifting his head and opening his eyes for a few seconds and going back to his 'suffering' position.

"I was at the library, I-... wait dates? Who?" Asked Wonwoo sitting in the floor next to Dokyeom, who's was shuffling the cards for the next round.

"Well Chan said he was going to study with the cute girl from the other classroom, Jun and Minghao are out doing who knows what and Seungkwan has date with Mr. Foreigner" explained Joshua, looking up from his work laptop.

"Wait Seungkwan's on a date with Vernon?" Asked Wonwoo and Soonyoung nodded.

"I'm not surprised honestly" Said Jihoon And they agreed. It didn't took them long to be bored again until Hoshi got up grabbing the ball.

"I don't know about you but I'm bored" said Wonwoo and the rest of the boys laughed and understood, they decided to go out and play at the park, the ones who were on dates arrived not much later and joined them at the park, since it was in the way to their building. Another usual weekend in their lives.

~

"Minhyuk and Minki, you're reserved today on the same table and Jeonghan you get the drinks, no table for you today" Said Mama leaving the dressing room after indicating today's schedule.

"We got the same table that means today it's the doctors, Yes! I'll get to see Dr. Lee" said Minhyuk to Minki who nodded giggling with him.

"Those two are nice, Dr. Sihoon is so handsome and manly " Said Minki sighing lovely.

"Hey calm down you have a boyfriend" Said Jeonghan hitting him slightly with one of his makeup brushes.

"Wow look who's now worried about others relationships, he got soft since Seungcheol" Said Minhyuk to Minki who agreed throwing at him a makeup sponge.

"What? I'm just looking out for my friend" Said and the other two gave him a look laughing, not believing him.

"Anyways you finally get to be our waiter" Said Minki to Jeonghan patting his cheeks fondly.

"I know, finally a night without Mr.Kim" Said Jeonghan leaning on the table in front of them, almost laying on it.

"It's weird that he's not coming today, on a Thursday, like the start of the weekend technically" Said Minki and the other's thought the same but didn't gave much attention to it.

"I don't even wanna think about, don't wanna manifest him here or something, I'll enjoy today just serving drinks and making eyes at the customers" he said with a winked and changed the subject of their conversation, few minutes passed and they realized it was time to work, they all went out and did as they were told, serving drinks, entertaining their clients and everything a host does.

Jeonghan was serving drinks to different tables, taking orders back and forth, since it was Thursday, it wasn't as chaotic as the weekends and the clients that were there tonight were regulars, people who everyone already knew each other, enjoying drinks and having a nice time. Jeonghan noticed that everyone was good on drinks and decided to help behind the bar where Taeho, one of the bartenders and also his friend, was.

"Woah, the famous Hani helping me?" Asked Taeho once Jeonghan was behind the bar next to him grabbing drying cloth and helping him clean some glasses.

"Well since today is a chill night I thought I could help you, what else can I do, sit around just looking pretty?" Said Jeonghan defending himself.

"I'm kidding of course I'm thankful for the help and you always look pretty, you don't need to sit down for that" Said putting away the glasses that he cleaned, also this type of talk was common about them, nothing serious and one of the reason Jeonghan loved him as a friend. "Anyway, where's your man? The one Minki keeps talking about"

"Oh my god that Minki, he's not my man he's just a guy that works for Mr.Kim" He said sitting in the stool that was under the bar for the workers when needed.

"Yeah but you like him don't you?" He said leaning his back on the back on the counter behind the bar, the one filled with every type of alcohol you could think of.

"Yeah I do but... wait, you piece of.." He stopped mid sentence realizing what he said and Taeho laughed looking at his embarrassment.

"From what I saw last time, you make a good couple, you've never acted like that while working, WORKING, Jeonghan you're a host and that was the first time I saw you throwing yourself at someone, not that he would complain from what I saw" said Taeho flexing his arms behind his neck cracking some of his bones in the process and facing back at Jeonghan.

"Not you too, who cares anyways at how I acted, as you all said, Taehonie there's nothing there and there's noting I can do, I'm just a mess when I'm around him" he said covering his face with his hands and feeling his face hotter than before.

"Jeonghan, you need some love in your life and you know it, you've work yourself to the ground since you got here, I know it's for your boys but you also need to do stuff for yourself, give yourself a treat every once in a while, we all do"

"Look I don't need everyone in this club to tell me, I know that, it's just, I need to be there for my boys until they make it out there by themselves, I want them to have the life I didn't" Said throwing at him the washcloth he was using, resting on the side of the sink exhaling but before Taeho could say anything else they were interrupted.

"Jeonghan!" They heard a girl's voice, they noticed Chaerin excited on the other side of the bar waving at him as subtle as she could, which wasn't much.

"What is it girl?" Asked Taeho and also shushing her a little, since yelling might attract attention and she was meant to look polished the whole time.

"Oh it's good, there's someone waiting for you in table 15" Said Chaerin raising and eyebrow, Jeonghan looked behind her and he almost fell of the stool when he saw the person.

"Speak of the devil, Angel" Said Taeho with a smirk and winking at Jeonghan.

"Oh my god, what is going on, am I supposed to go? Why is he here? Wait, did he came alone? Should I say Hi? Or should..." were Jeonghan's thoughts at the moment, not paying attention to anything else.

"His panicking" Said Taeho waving a hand in front of him trying to get his attention.

"God" Chaerin went to other side of the bar where Jeonghan was and clapped two times. "Listen soldier! Go! Go get your man" Jeonghan came back to his senses, blinked twice and quickly got up and walked as calm as he could in direction to the table.

It didn't took him long to slowly smile and walk even faster, he then shouted the name, he wasn't sure why but he did it unconsciously, the man got up and smiled too, opening his arms catching Jeonghan in them.

"Can I buy you a drink?" Asked Seungcheol still hugging him tightly, Jeonghan smiled hiding his head in Seungcheol's neck getting lost in his cologne. 'I lost' thought Jeonghan knowing he was falling in love.

Chapter 8

Was it wrong that Jeonghan was only paying attention to one client? Was it wrong that he wasn’t pushing this client to spend money? Was it wrong that he was doing more than flirting with a client?

Maybe.

Did he care?

Not in the slightest.

“Okay so, what do you think?" Asked Jeonghan to Seungcheol who had a drink in his hand that he just tasted. He looked at him tilting his head slightly.

"This is amazing, what did you mixed in this, is it vodka and something else?" Said Seungcheol lifting the glass up to his nose and did a little sniff.

"Not telling, is my secret drink, my favorite drink actually" Said Jeonghan winking to which Seungcheol chuckle an poked him in the side making him giggle.

Once Jeonghan had sat down at the table where Seungcheol was, nothing else mattered to him, he even forgot this was his work. They had been chatting for quite a while, Jeonghan felt in the clouds spending time with only Seungcheol, no other clients or hosts just them, no bartending work, not selling himself, he genuinely just felt on a date.

"Then make it a special edition, do this drink only for me, our favorite drink” Said Seungcheol with a flirty tone and lowering his tone, Jeonghan felt his cheeks blushing.

Screw it. Jeonghan was finally treating himself.

"Sir would you like to go to one of the balconies? Their view is beautiful” Asked Jeonghan giving him a look, Seungcheol didn't know exactly what it meant but he knew what to answer.

"Of course, a little bit of fresh air would be good and tonight the sky is clear" Said Seungcheol acting as a client as much as he could, not that it mattered, the whole they talked that went out the window, but adding the dynamic they were supposed to be doing, made things hotter, Jeonghan smiled and took his arm, plastering himself to Seungcheol side as soon as they started walking together to the elevator. They went 2 floors up, when they got off Jeonghan walked to the end of the hallway and stood in front of a room that had 2 doors.

"Real talk, don’t tell anyone about this" Said Jeonghan and Seungcheol nodded, he then opened the room and it was not just a balcony, it was a large room, almost the length of the building with view to the city, it had strings lights all over, tables around the mini bar and the rest was filled with small wine color couches with a small fire pit in the center.

"I certainly can not afford this" Said Seungcheol looking around, Jeonghan laughed and grabbed his hand taking him to one of the couches next to the fire pitc turning on more of the string lights surrounding them giving a soft glow to the balcony.

"This is a special area that we use when we have events o for gatherings for the staff, most of the time it's free, I thought that it was a place better to talk normally and not as client and host but I’m also not against it" said Jeonghan looking down nervously thinking that maybe he rushed things but then felt a hand lifting up his head.

"I love that idea" Said Seungcheol smiling at him softly. "Can we use this?" Asked pointing at the fire pit.

"I mean yeah but I don't...." he saw how Seungcheol got up and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt to then walk to where the pieces of wood where and started filling the fire pit, Jeonghan bit his lip watching him, he would be lying if he said that wasn't a turn on.

"Now it's my time to serve you" Said Seungcheol lighting up the fire pit, Jeonghan softly laughed and decided to go to the bar and look for something to drink, to his luck he found a bottle of wine, it was probably fine since the last time the club used the balcony was week ago, he took it with two glasses and went to sit next to Seungcheol, who was finishing arranging the logs with a poker next to the fire pit.

"I will say it, I'm impressed you could light it up that easily, we always have problems with it" Said putting down the glasses and sitting gown comfortably.

"I know few tricks here and there, let me" Seungcheol took the bottle of wine from his hands and help him open it, with each thing he did, Jeonghan died a little inside, here he was, being pampered by the man he had a crush on, he grabbed the glasses of wine and lifted them towards Seungcheol, who nodded and filled them with wine.

"Are you the host now?" Asked Jeonghan laughing, as Seungcheol put the bottle of wine down on the floor away from any risk, but only to conceal his nervousness, this was the first time someone was paying this kind of attention to him. Not even working at the club for some years made him feel like this.

"I may become one after this" He said looking him in the eye smiling making Jeonghan blush again, he now had lost count to how many times that had happen tonight, he loved doing that.

"Cheers" Said Jeonghan lifting up the glass of wine, Seungcheol did the same, smiling at him through his long eyelashes. God, Jeonghan was so attracted to him.

They started talking, getting to know more of each other, flirting as much as they could, getting closer to each other each time they had the opportunity, to the point where they were cuddling leaning on the couch in front of the fire pit, Seungcheol had his arm around Jeonghan while the other boy had his head on Seungcheol's chest looking into the fire pit.

"So in the end the girl just wanted to make his ex jealous and also get revenge, I guess, I ended up punching the guy when he tried to fight me, what a first kiss huh?" finished telling his story Seungcheol, they were taking turns now, asking each other different things about themselves.

"Wow Seungcheol so manly" Said Jeonghan with a chuckle and rubbing his cheek on Seungcheols chest.

"Oh okay, so how was yours then?" He laughed looking down at him and poking his waist, his shirt lifting even more giving Seungcheol the tiniest peek at the soft milky skin.

"You're gonna laugh, I won't tell you" Said Jeonghan looking up sticking out his tongue at him.

"Come on, I told you a whole story, for my first kiss at 15 years old, Pleeeease" Asked Seungcheol with puppy eyes, which Jeonghan couldn't resist but he got shy all over again.

"It's not even a real kiss, it was with a boy from the orphanage that I had a crush on but we were kids, like 13 years old, and don’t think he even knew what we were doing or why I did it" said Jeonghan whispering the last part enough for Seungcheol to hear.

"Okay so a peck from a boy as first kiss makes sense, When was like your first real kiss? like i don’t know a awkward clash of teeth, a bonk of noses, a bad timing of tongue, borderline make out session, something like that” Asked sitting up to look him and Jeonghan nodded looking down but then shook his head after thinking it through.

"I mean, I've never dated, the orphanage I was in let you go at 18 but I got out at 16 by some foster house that used us for the money the system gave them, something borderline illegal, and since young I always took care of the boys and didn't had time to even fall in love or have a crush, couldn’t exactly have a highscholl sweatheart you know?" Said playing with one of the buttons of Seungcheol’s shirt, getting shy.

Seungcheol knew that for him to be working at the club they must have had it rough at times but for him to listen to it and realizing there’s more behind it it’s another thing. He knew better than to keep asking him about his past so he decided to do something else.

"Would you like to try a real kiss?"Asked Seungcheol getting closer, he didn't even think about it, he just said it, he had wanted to do it since the first time they met, a with the new information he had, he wanted do it more, he was even surprised where all that courage for asking him that even came from. Jeonghan stopped breathing for a second and slowly looked up meeting with Seungcheol's eyes, they were both unconsciously getting closer to each other, Seungcheol could tell by the look Jeonghan was giving him and soon Seungcheol closed the gap into a kiss. It was soft, Jeonghan closed his eyes getting lost, feeling a pair of hands holding his waist tighter, he felt how Seungcheol moved his mouth deepening the kiss.

"Open your mouth" whispered Seungcheol between breaths quickly looking into his eyes and Jeonghan did between a gasp, feeling the man’s tongue now exploring his mouth, both of them closing their eyes , it took him by surprised but slowly relaxed to it, Seungcheol grabbed his waist with one hand and the other one holding his cheek softly, Jeonghan then grabbed onto Seungcheol's shirt bringing their bodies even closer to each other. The kiss was now a deep heated one, they were getting lost in each other's bodies, to the point that Seungcheol bit Jeonghan's lip, for him it was all new but it felt so familiar, and sweet, and passionate to him, that he didn't even care about anything else. Neither wanted to let go but they both knew they had to breathe at some point, Seungcheol slowly got away from it and opened his eyes resting his forehead on Jeonghan's, they were both catching their breaths looking at each other, their hands not letting go of each other.

"How was it?" Asked Seungcheol smiling softly making Jeonghan smile too, he didn't say anything, instead he took Seungcheol's cheeks in his hands and kissed him again, Seungcheol got surprised at first but the next second he deepened the kiss even more and grabbed Jeonghan by the hips pulling him closer to the point Jeonghan ended sitting on top of Seungcheol's lap, grinding their now noticeable erections, touching, kissing and savoring each other. Seungcheol decided to move his kisses, going down Jeonghan's neck which made the boy whimper, a choked moan almost, Jeonghan knew if they kept going it was going to led to something else but he didn't wanted to rush it for some reason, he took Seungcheol's cheeks again lifting him up to face him, eye to eye.

They looked at each other, hot breaths mixing, but also an unsure and sheepish look from Jeonghan, Seungcheol understood so he just smiled softly and kissed in again in the lips, leading to another make out session but more tamed than the the last one. They lost track of time and didn't know how many times they had kissed so far, caressing any part of their bodies they could touch, they had to leave at some point, they knew that, of course Jeonghan made sure that no one could found them but it was getting late and if they saw Seungcheol going out of the club that late it would raise questions.

After taking a few minute arranging themselves back, lips tender from so much kissing. They put out the fire pit and picked up the empty wine bottle and glasses, putting everything back without looking out of place. Turning of the lights of the balcony Jeonghan took Seungcheol’s hand as they left the balcony, he took them to the back stairs of the club, the ones only the staff would use, going down to the doors at the back of the building.

“So about that first kiss” said Seungcheol which made Jeonghan smile so hard it almost hurt his cheeks.

“Show off” he told him, pushing back playfully.

"Let's meet again, same place, If that's okay with you" Said Seungcheol scratching the back of his neck in nervousness but still holding on to Jeonghan’s hand.

"I'll be waiting" Said Jeonghan after hugging him quickly giving him a soft peck on the lips, Seungcheol smiled nodding to then leave with an excitement inside of him. Jeonghan closed the door and went to the dressing rooms, it alsmog closing time so there was no reason to go back to the main hall and help with drinks. He changed his clothes and when he looked himself in the mirror he smiled noticing his puffy lips from so much kissing and the one single love bite on his neck that Seungcheol was able to leave, he giggled like a teen biting his lips remembering every single detail of the night.

This was definitely one of his best nights since he started working at the Rose Palace and he was gonna hold it dear to him forever.

Chapter 9

"If Jeonghan starts dating Seungcheol, that means he's gonna be like our dad, right?" said Chan opening a bag of chips.

It was Monday but since it was a holiday, they were all in their tiny apartment. One of the few times they were all together squeezed in their tiny apartment at the same time, a bed rotting day if you will.

"No, Jeonghan needs to marry him so that he can be actually like our dad, that would make Seungcheol our legal guardian on paper" said Jun taking some chips, sitting down with a blanket, one that Jeonghan bought for him specifically since he had a habit of sometimes sleeping on the couch in their so called living room.

"If he buys us meat again, he'd already be a guardian to me, I don't care if they get marry or not" said Soonyoung from the couch, not lifting a single finger.

"Remember when Chan called Jeonghan mom when we were kids?" Asked Wonwoo looking up from his old Nintendo DS, making the rest laugh.

"I don't remember something like that, stop making fun of me" said Chan.

"Come on, it's true, it did happen, I mean we all called him mom as joke at some point but you legit called him that for like your first year at the orphanage, you were a kid" said Seungkwan teasing Chan from the side but also ruffling his hair lovingly.

"We were all kids and you all are just making that up" he replied pushing him with his leg, which didn't do much.

"What are you guys talking about?" Asked Jeonghan coming out of his room, not like he didn't heard everything, with a two bedroom apartment with no doors and all, but still he asked.

"Nothing.....mom" said Dokyeom whispering the last part giggling to himself, joined by the rest and confusing Jeonghan, who walked past them to the kitchen to grab his unfinished iced coffee, the perks of working at a club where they sell all kinds of drinks, you learn most of them, he was pretty confident on his coffees.

"Hey so, are you dating that guy or what?" Asked Jihoon out of nowhere from his place on the floor next to Soonyoung and they heard how Jeonghan dropped a spoon and bonked his hip against the counter hissing in pain.

"Yeah, we want meat again, so you know, if he's gonna be around from now on..." Said Seungkwan dropping his phone on his lap, most of the time he was messaging a certain blonde guy.

"What? Meat? Wait, Dating who?" Said Jeonghan leaving the kitchen and sitting on the floor too next to Joshua. Most of the time they all would lounge on the living room floor since the couch could only hold 4 of them at the same time, not only they found the thing on the street standing on one leg but it was also really old.

"Seungcheol" answered the rest of them in unison making Jeonghan almost spilled his drink. He looked at them for a second and covered his blushed face grunting in frustration.

"Who raised you this straightforward?" Asked Jeonghan covering his eyes with one hand and completely laying down on the floor, resting his head on Joshua's lap.

"You" they answered him again in unison.

"I know! God, you're too much sometimes, I was a teen mom" Said looking at them fondly, Joshua adjusting some of his baby hairs, caressing his scalp in the process, he remembered the kids he met at the orphanage who instantly got attached to him, to the only teenager at that godforsaken place.

"Okay yeah maybe I do have a crush on him" said but the boys gave him a look, once again, they knew him too well. "Fine! I like him a lot" Said making the rest laugh fondly at his fumbling.

"So what are you doing here with us when you could be out with him, why don't you date him?" Asked Minghao, almost frustated, and Jeonghan sighed. He knew the boys felt somewhat responsible for his situation, since they left the orphanage, Jeonghan only focused on their survival, ignoring his unfinished studies, he was able to get enough to get by, ignoring any type of social life, emerging himself to any type of work and part time jobs, just so he could get them out of there, the boys who didn't have anywhere else to go, just like him.

"It's complicated, but that doesn't mean you kids are the problem, so no frowning faces, now forget about me, I just got payed so who wants ice cream, they have a 2 for 1 discount today" Asked and the rest smiled excited getting up and grabbing their things. Joshua stayed back with Jeonghan, giving him a reassuring smile since he was the only one who knew the whole truth of the Seungcheol situation, even their impromptu date at the balcony.

They all went out and walked to the closest convenience store they had to the neighborhood which was owned by an old couple who everyone knew, pretty much everyone knew each other in their neighborhood, everyone there had their own story, everyone around it lived in similar situations, most of the buildings were old, the houses were small, the community always struggled but it was enough for them.

~

"You did what?!?" Yelled Minki and Jeonghan shushed him standing up from his vanity and dragging him to the back of the dressing rooms, being surround by different racks of clothing and muffling their voices. "Don't shushed me I'm shook and happy at the same time, why haven't you told me? it's been days, wait, how was it?"

"Well..." He sighed and then slowly smiled looking at him mischievously. "It was the best first kiss!" Squealed together with Minki. "Well first tongue kiss? First make out session? I don't know but it was a good first"

"Yes! honey I told you he was a good one, what are you waiting for? confess already, that man is so into you"

"Are you crazy? I can't just go and be like 'I like you" said hitting him slightly and blushing at the same time, he walked back to his vanity, being followed by Minki, he grabbed a blush brush to retouch his make up out of nervousness.

"Why not? Angel he likes you, I saw it, Taeho saw it, Chaerin saw it, like we know you, we've seen you all this time and this is the first we saw you being greedy for once" Said Minki standing behind him, looking at him through the mirror and helping him taking out some of the hair pins helping to keep his hair place still on him.

"No, it's just, I think..."

"What are you doing?" They were interruptedby a deep voice and looked at the same time behind them, seeing Papa carrying a box with bottles of wine from the back storage room.

"Uhm nothing" answered Minki as calm as he could, getting back to doing Jeonghan's hair.

"I just saw run back from the racks of clothing whispering to each other, so I know it's not nothing, kids just hurry up and get out there before Mama finds you, I won't say anything... yet" both boys nodded smiling grateful to him. He was truly like a father figure to everyone in the club, he also never fully intervened in their business, only when it was necessary, but he would always give them advice to everyone and to tell them to be careful, he nodded at them the same way and continued walking in direction to the kitchen, the boys went back to getting ready for the night, pausing their talk.

"You fake bitches, you always go and talk without me, when Papa says something it's because he knows something" Said Minhyuk when he saw both of them looking down.

"Fuck, you came out of nowhere" Said Minki.

"And you're welcome by the way, I covered you at the meeting, Minki you got table 5 and Jeonghan Mr. Kim reserved you"

"Thank you! Don't worry, next time us three need to talk about this guy's first make out session, I'm talking hot and steamy" Said Minki smiling devilish.

"You what with him!?!?!" Slightly yelled Minhyuk but Jeonghan shushed him again doing a sign with his hands that he was gonna tell him later.

"Yes and yes, calm down we'll talk about it later, I was gonna tell you anyway" Jeonghan snapped at him, which made the other two giggle.

"Wait pause, Mr. Kim is coming?" Asked Minki remembering what Minhyuk told them, Jeonghan then realized it too and sighed tiredly.

"Yeah but hey, don't, I heard that he got a big table and asked for 3 extra hosts, so there's more people coming with him" Said Minhyuk grabbing Jeonghan's hand cheering him up, giving him an encouraging smile.

The boys looked at themselves quickly, nodding to each other before going out to the main floor to begin their night. Soon clients were arriving and already in their usual tables drinking. Jeonghan helped with drinks at first but it wasn't long when Chaerin called him that Mr. Kim had arrived, he nodded going to the lobby to welcome him, he didn't know why but this last week he had gotten this weird feeling from Mr. Kim, like as if he was being watched constantly, but, as always, and for his boys, he tried to ignore it.

"Hello Sir" He said with his softest voice when he saw him gretting the girl at the counter, he smiled to him and took his hand gretting him with the softest peck on his cheek, he was never a fan of it but it was Mr. Kim.

"Angel sweetheart, I've missed you" he said resting his hand on Jeonghan's lower back making him winced. Before he could react to the overly affectionate Mr. Kim, he noticed that a group of men came in behind him and in that group was Seungcheol, discreetly smiling at him, Jeonghan's eyes then lighted up looking at him, which didn't go unnoticed by Mr. Kim.

"Come on Hani, I've told you to call me by my name, what happened?" Said Mr. Kim to get his attention back which made Jeonghan stop looking at Seungcheol, he laughed softly but also noticed how he did that unconsciously, every night he was Mr.Kim he would call him Byunghun, his name, but today something came over him, or he was so over him and his possessiveness that he just called him as any other client. He took a second to get himself into character again, he took him to his usual table, being followed by the rest of his guests.

Soon other hosts joined them, the ones that Mr. Kim asked for, serving the rest of the group, drinking and spending a good time. Jeonghan tried to focus on his work but failed right away, knowing that Seungcheol was there and probably looking at everything he had to do for Mr. Kim, he wanted to be with him so bad but he wouldn't let him go for anything, it's was like they were paying him just for sitting next to Mr. Kim.

Seungcheol kept glancing at Jeonghan, sharing looks here and there but nothing for too long, they knew they were both thinking the same thing so he decided to be the one to make the first move this time, he got up and signed at Mingyu however he could distract Mr. Kim, it took him only a second to understand him and even include the host girl that was with him on their plan, he nodded, indicating him to go already. Seungcheol walked away without anyone really paying attention to him in direction to the hallway where the bathrooms were.

"So Mr. Kim, how did the new project go?" Asked Mingyu as the host girl got closer to Mr.Kim, it was funny how it wasn't even that hard to distract him since he liked to talk about himself and his job. Jeonghan noticed how his hold on him loosened. Mingyu then gave Jeonghan a look and nodded to the side to where Seungcheol was supposed to be sitting, it took him a solid second but he understood, getting up quietly, using to his advantage his host friend draping her body over Mr. Kim's, he was so gonna get her a designer bag for helping him, he walked away in the same direction as Seungcheol. He used everything around him so that Mr. Kim couldn't grasp a single glimpse of him, and if he was being honest, even the other hosts were helping him. It was that serious.

Succeeding, Jeonghan walked into the same hallway, he looked around at first, making sure no one was snooping on his business and watching out for any of his coworkers. He saw him at the end of the hallway, Seguncheol was leaning back on the wall next to the bathrooms, looking down at his phone, probably just pretending to be busy, he smiled and walked faster, Seungcheol heard the footsteps approaching and looked up smiling as he saw his man, even though, he wasn't his man, yet. He opened his arms and Jeonghan almost jumped to them, hugging Seungcheol tightly from the neck and the other man had his hands on Jeonghan's waist, a little too low to be a casual hug.

"You're finally mine" whispered Seungcheol to his ear, sending chills through Jeonghan's body. It was definitely not a casual hug.

"Thank you, I mean… for the space from.. you know, I really wanted to talk to you but, I just... I tried to...I don't know" He said looking down still holding onto Seungcheol's shoulders, his fingers caressing the neck of his dress shirt.

"Hey" Seungcheol's soft voice made him look up. "I know it's your job and there's not a lot we can do, it's okay I understand, but forget about him, I want this moment only for us" said resting his forehead against his, which was a gesture Jeonghan loved. Never having experienced anything like it.

He smiled and looked him in the eye, their faces getting closer but Jeonghan stopped him with his palm on his lips with a smile, he grabbed Seungcheol’s hand, walking back through the hallway, passing the bathrooms, he stopped in front of a ‘staff only’ door and just opened it, it was storage room, filled with all kinds of alcohol, almost like a wine cellar. As they both went in, Jeonghan gave Seungcheol a shy look but he understood and locked door as he grabbed Jeonghan by the waist and kissed him. The room was dark, the only light coming from the spaces around the door and the light bouncing through the empty bottles of wine, but that didn't mattered, they knew each other, their lips moved in synch holding each other tightly, Seungcheol then pinned Jeonghan to the wall right next to the door, kissing him more roughly. Even though this was so new to Jeonghan, when it came to Seungcheol, it felt natural and he didn't care that he was intensifying their kiss. Jeonghan lifted up one of his legs around Seungcheol, which the other man grabbed with his hand lifting the other leg as well and now Jeonghan was leaning against the wall being held completely by Seungcheol.

They didn't know how much time had passed but they couldn't care less, their make out session got even more heated when Seungcheol started kissing his neck as Jeonghan tangled his fingers in Seungcheol’s hair, moving his hips against his crotch, honestly speaking, he wouldn't do this with anybody, but being with Seungcheol made him like this, he wanted to be together with him, he wanted more, the clothes were now in the way, they both needed more. They separated catching their breaths looking into each other eyes with the little light they had, they didn't need to say anything, they knew what they meant and they didn't care about anything else besides them locked up in that storage room.

Chapter 10

"And so I told him that I would kill him and stab him with my eyeliner and no one will miss him, like my man, you're the one who entered by your own decision to this club, why would you project your own insecurities" Said Minki as he sipped his drink, laughing with the group he was serving.

"Minki" he recognize Mr. Kim's voice calling for him, he almost jumped, from the sudden seriousness, he nodded and excused himself from the group. Approaching him with his usual flirty smile.

"Yes Sir?"

"Where's Hani?" He asked with a cold stare, he felt it.

"Oh! I'm sorry Sir, Hani had to leave for an emergency, he asked me to tell you that he's very sorry and that he'll make it up next time, he talked to Mama too" explained Minki with a smile making up the lie on the spot, Minki knew perfectly where Jeonghan was but he was not gonna tell him, he was going to help his best friend any way he can, Mr. Kim sighed understanding and thanked him, Minki just nodded and let him go.

Mr. Kim tried to get back to drinking with his subordinates, but as he looked around, looking at the other hosts, thinking who he was gonna spoil now, he noticed something, Seungcheol was nowhere to be found.

~

Jeonghan was sitting on top of Seungcheol's lap kissing him sloppy. His lips felt sore. After the steamy make out session in the storage room, they both ran upstairs to the big balcony where they were last time, Seungcheol being the one to suggest it. Minki, being again called by the couple, helped Jeonghan getting the key from Papa's office and to make sure that no one would find them.

So now, both sitting down on the bigger couch, Seungcheol grabbed Jeonghan's hips and moved them against his making him whimper, the soft string lights around them helping the mood.

"I should've lighted up the fire pit" Said Seungcheol between kisses making Jeonghan chuckle.

"You can do that later, concentrate" he asnwered looking at him through his lashes, Seungcheol smiled kissing him again while laying him on the couch. Jeonghan wrapped his legs completely around his hips and hugged him from the neck as Seungcheol was setting on top of him.

Seungcheol moved his hands down to his thighs and then up to his butt, listening to the soft whimpers. Jeonghan didn't know where all his courage was coming from but he started unbuttoning Seungcheol's shirt feeling around his pecks while doing so without breaking their kiss. Seungcheol then did the same with him and went down his chest right after the first undone button trailing his kisses down, Jeonghan moaned, he was going crazy on how gentle Seungcheol was being, he felt chills all over his body and as he felt Seungcheol unbuttoning his pants next he grabbed Seungcheol's face bringing it up to kiss him again, he could feel Seungcheol rubbing their erections harder, it was driving him crazy.

"Jeonghan.." Said Seungcheol grabbing him by the thighs again and adjusting their erections at another angle, making them both groan, telling him what was obvious.

"Do it" whispered Jeonghan to him grabbing his face with both hands again, there was something about holding him that way, looking into his eyes, Seungcheol smiled back fondly, kissing him, it wasn't just a heated kiss, it was deep and soft, sloppy and dirty in the right way. Seungcheol took Jeonghan's pants completely off and as he was running his hands through the legs, up to his buttocks, he felt Jeonghan nod giving his consent, he inserted one finger inside him making him moan.

"Relax, look at me" whispered Seungcheol to him, as he focused on those eyes again, he felt safe, he didn't know why but Seungcheol made him feel that way. Seungcheol kissed him again while inserting another finger making him moan between the kiss. It didn't took long for Jeonghan to start moving his hips on his own feeling almost too much those fingers opening him up and Seungcheol couldn't resist any more. The whispers and soft exhales next to his ear never stopping.

"Fuck I didn't bring a condom" cursed Seungcheol not being sure of what to do, he was not risking them just because he was horny, but then he saw Jeonghan reaching his pants, taking something out of the pocket.

"Umm....Minki gave me these" Said Jeonghan looking to the side, avoiding direct eye contact but showing him two condoms and a packet of lube, Seungcheol chuckled kissing him as he took them from him.

"Let's thank him later" smiled to him and Jeonghan gave him breathy laugh, hugging him again and harder, indicating him the he couldn't hold back any longer. Seungcheol put the condom as fast as he could, spread the lube as evenly as he could on both Jeonghan and his erection, he then grabbed Jeonghan's legs spreading them just the right amount, Jeonghan moaned at the sight of this but then was startled by the sudden intrusion, it hurt, his entrance tightening, he moaned holding onto Seungcheol's arms as tightly as possible, his breathing became faster and he couldn't move, Seungcheol grunted and got closer to his face leaving kisses around his cheeks.

"Breath, it's okay, I'll wait" whispered Seungcheol to him letting Jeonghan adjust to him, he was not taking Jeonghan's first time lightly, he smiled to him and kissed him again.

"Be gentle" said Jeonghan softly to him, dazed and breathy, the way Seungcheol was being to him made him crazy, he then moved his hips and Seungcheol started moving too. Jeonghan didn't know how to feel, it still hurt but in the way that he was adjusting each thrust, he didn't consider it bad, he loved it, he loved hugging that broad back while his legs were wrapped around Seungcheol's lower back each time moving faster in synch with him, which had Seungcheol thrusting harder and deeper.

"AH! Oh my...AH" moaned Jeonghan hugging Seungcheol even tighter, his nails now clawing his shoulder blades, feeling every thrust in his body and the burn on his lower belly, he was being filled, he loved it.

"Shit..." Seungcheol grunted holding on to the side of the sofa to steady himself giving everything to the boy underneath him, slapping his hips against the plump ass, they both could feel that they were reaching their orgasms, both losing control because of how good it felt, Jeonghan grabbed Seungcheol's cheeks bringing him down to kiss him and it was deep one, mixing tongues and moaning into each other and not stoping.

"Cheol... I'm gonna...AH!" Said Jeonghan leaning his head back and screaming now, Seungcheol bringing him back, resting their foreheads together.

"Me...too... fuck you're so tight" grunted again as Jeonghan moaned, realizing that he was the one found that to Seungcheol, it didn't take longer for them to reach their orgasm holding each other tightly.

They stayed connected while catching their breaths, Seungcheol laid down, hiding his face on Jeonghan's neck, he hugged him running his fingers through his hair listening to his breathing evening out, his lower belly now dirty with his own release.

"Cheol?" Asked Jeonghan running his hands through the other boy's back, softening the burn of the scratches he knew he left, but also just enjoying the sight on top of him, the warmth all over his body, his legs still shaking.

"I love it when you call me that" said lifting his head up smiling at Jeonghan.

"Oh...it just slips out most of the time" he said blushing now realizing the nickname he gave him.

"Don't stop, I like it" He said getting out of Jeonghan, taking the condom off and throwing to the side for now, head was not gonna leave it there but he didn't to get together first, he got up fixing his pants and went to the fire pit to light it up, cracking up his muscles as he walked, they did went a hard towards the end, Jeonghan laid there on the couch, his legs bent towards him but still a little spread from being pounded that hard, he looked at Seungcheol's back, still shirtless, noticing a tattoo between his shoulder blades and red marks around his shoulder from his own nails, he bit his lip still feeling tingly inside, almost too empty, now that he knew what it was to have Seguncheol inside him, he officially had his first time, his heart now with all sorts of feelings, most of them positive and dirty if he was being honest.

"Earth calling to Jeonghan" Said Seungcheol with a chuckle waving a hand in front of him but slowly frowning now with worry. "What happened? Are you hurt?" Asked in a more serious tone kneeling next to the couch and adjusting Jeonghan's silk shirt around him.

"Calm down, I'm fine, I was just thinking about you all sexy lighting up the fire pit and how you just took me to pubs town" Said with a soft laugh looking at Seungcheol blush.

"Come here" He said lifting him up like he weight nothing, laying down first to then laid Jeonghan on top of him kissing him deeply. Jeonghan rested his hands on Seungcheol's chest and adjusted his legs again around his hips.

"You are way more handsome than me, sexy, beautiful, is this a safe space for me to talk dirty because my god Jeonghan" whispered Seungcheol to him. "Also is the fire good or are you still feeling cold?" He asked and Jeonghan almost cried of sweetness as he fully laughed now.

"Yes, this is a safe space, why are you so..." He didn't even finished the sentence and kissed him instead, he couldn't take anymore how boyfriend like he was being. He was everything he didn't know he wanted in a partner. The fact that he was not scared of being that honest about them having sex it was getting him turned on again.

"I'm being honest, you are, every centimeter of you is beautiful and gorgeous, your ass, your legs, your abs, fuck I'll fight anyone who disagrees with me" Said leaving kisses along his neck line, Jeonghan closed his eyes getting lost in the attention and Seungcheol's scent.

"Stop, it tickles" said moving his head to the side.

"Then what about biting?" Said Seungcheol biting Jeonghan's shoulder and the younger boy let out a small gasp mixed with moan.

"Cheol...sto.." he tried in vain because he wouldn't stop kissing and biting around his neck line and shoulders.

"Second round? Like I would feel bad if we don't put to use that second condom" He asked normally, so casual, it was making him crazy, his heart was beating faster.

"Cheol we're still at the club" said Jeonghan giving him a look, trying to be reasonable, but failing, Seungcheol chuckled.

"I know, I know, it's just you're too irresistible" Said laying his head down, Jeonghan then rested his on Seungcheol's chest and stayed there  for a couple of minutes. Listening to his heart and breathing. Jeonghan sighed. He lied. He didn't care they were at the club, he didn't care about anything. He just wanted Seungcheol.

"You know what, fuck it" Said Seungcheol befor3 Jeonghan could say anything, grabbing one of Jeonghan by one of his butt cheeks, lifting his body up to kiss again, his hands going down finding the still open enteance.

“Cheol…AH!” He moaned as he felt Seungcheol’s fingers thrusting in, still sensitive from the previous pounding.

“You don’t want to?” Seungcheol asked when he noticed Jeonghan whimpering from the sudden pleasure after hitting that spot inside him, now getting worried he might be pushing him “You can tell me, do you-”

“Do it again” said Jeonghan breathless not letting him finish, focusing his eyes on Seungcheol’s. He exhale in disbelief, Jeonghan looked like he came from a dream, he smiled and kissed him, bothforgetting about the rest of the world losing each other to pleasure.

Chapter 11

"Someone's nervous today" Said Mingyu together with Vernon entering Seungcheol's office, he was sitting in his desk biting one of his fingers and moving one of his legs up and down.

"Shh I'm thinking of what im gonna say" Said resting his head in the desk.

"Relax, what's going on?" Asked Vernon sitting in one of the chairs.

"I'm gonna meet Myunghee and break up with her" Said in a calm voice but Mingyu dropped the papers he was carrying.

"You're what?!?” He asked speechless.

"I am, I'm not kidding you said to think about my feelings and what I want and so I did and I only have one answer, I like Jeonghan, heck I love him, he's amazing, he's funny, he's cute, when he calls me Cheol I melt, whenever he wears chokers I die I just I want to be with him" answered Seungcheol's letting out all his feelings he needed to tell someone and of course told Mingyu and Vernon.

"Wow I did not expect that" Said Mingyu.

"Well I'm glad you have a definite answer instead of seeing the two of them" Said Vernon and Mingyu nodded agreeing with him.

"Well yeah I mean no matter what Myunghee it's still one of my best friends so I have to be honest with her" Said but he couldn't denied he was scared of how she would react, before anyone could say anything he felt his phone vibrate and saw that it was a message from Myunghee.

"Shit ok it's happening, I'll be going" Said grabbing his things and his jacket.

"Good luck" Shouted Both Mingyu And Vernon as he was leaving the office.

Seungcheol drove for about 20 min to arrive at Myunghee's apartment, he was shaking even more once he hopped on the elevator but he was sure about what he was gonna do. He knocked the door and Myunghee opened it receiving him with a smile and open arms, Seungcheol half smiled and gave into the hug.

"Spit it out" Said Myunghee pulling away from the hug closing the door and Seungcheol entered sitting on the couch telling Myunghee to sit next to him.

"Myunghee before you yelled at me or hit me with everything you can, please listen to everything to have to say" He said looking at her in the eye and Myunghee nodded. "I...I like someone else" he said closing his eyes hard waiting for something being thrown at his face but then felt a hand rest on his cheek.

"I know" Said Myunghee And Seungcheol opened his eyes in shocked and also confused. "Don't give me that look, I've known you since we were kids, you really thought I wouldn't notice"

"I'm sorry" Said looking down. "But Im not trying to break all ties with you, Myunghee you're still my best friend I don't want us to stop that relationship, I love you it's just..."

"Do you really think I'm one of those girls" she interrupted with a chuckle. "Seungcheol we started dating because I suck at relationships and I love you but that also means I want you to be happy and I've noticed that you have found someone who puts a smile on you, a kind of smile I can't even give you"

"Myunghee stop I'm gonna cry" He said laughing with melancholy. "

"Listen, I'll always be here for you also if I keep getting together with douchebags who's gonna be there to punch them when they break my heart" she said laughing already with tears in her eyes and Seungcheol quickly hugged her.

"I'll kill anybody who dares to hurt my little sister" He said hugging her even tighter.

"This is the smoothest break up ever" Both of them laughed, Myunghee grabbed a box of tissues that she had on little table and gave one to Seungcheol.

"So who's the lucky girl?" She Asked one they both calmed down. "I need to know who's the in making you all happy"

"Uhh about that, there's something..." he started saying. "It's a guy" he said closing his eyes again but opened them when he didn't hear anything.

"I knew it" she said and Seungcheol looked at her confused. "Before you tell me everything, we need to go get food and drinks, come on"

"Wait are we really ok?" Asked still not sure if things were good between them.

"Seungcheol" she said putting her hands in her waist.

"Ok ok we are, let's go my treat" he said grabbing Myunghee's stuff, he was happy about how things turn out, he never regretted dating a Myunghee, he loves her, in the end, they're still the best of friends.

~

"Hey Can someone calm Jeonghan down, he's been looking at the entrance all this time"  Said Minhyuk to Minki.

"Well Mama Said Mr.Kim reserved us both so he's probably coming with more people, which means...."

"Hey I can hear you and yes I'm nervous, what if he doesn't come anymore, he hasn't talk to me recently I keep falling in love and I haven’t even talk to him since that night" Said Jeonghan getting close to them.

"Can you relax, I’m sure he has a reason" Said Minki.

"Uhh like he doesn't like me at all?" Said Jeonghan biting one of his fingers, Minki tried to say something else but they heard the door and immediately saw Mr.Kim talking with one of the girls as he was entering but Jeonghan’s eyes were looking for Seungcheol and when he saw him he smiled.

“Ok so I’ll grab Mr.Kim and you go get your man” Said Minki grabbing Jeonghan’s arm and walking to them.

“Got it, thank you really” Said a Jeonghan’s as they were walking and Minki smiled to him.

“Mr.Kim!” Said Minki leering go of Jeonghan grabbing his arm already dragging him to the table, Jeonghan waited until Mr. Kim was completely distracted and then quickly ran to Seungcheol who receive him with open arms.

“Hey” Said Seungcheol to his ear and Jeonghan felt chills as always.

“I’ll guide you to your table” Said Jeonghan grabbing his arm paying attention to anything else and walking together with him.

Since Mr.Kim would always bring a big group
of people everyone was on their own business drinking and talking with other hosts and this was Jeonghan’s opportunity to talk to Seungcheol, luckily for him Mr. Kim was distracted taking to Minki and some of the girls.

“And special drink for you sir” Said Jeonghan giving the drink to Seungcheol.

“Thank you so much” Said Seungcheol with a flirty smile. “So...”

“Jeonghan” they heard a voice interrupting theme Jeonghan looked and saw Taeho, the bartender calling for him but he looked worried which made Jeonghan more confused.

“Mama is calling for you” he said with a serious voice and now Jeonghan new something happened, he nodded and looked at Seungcheol apologetic and walked together with Taeho to the dressing rooms.

“Wait Jeong...” tried to say Seungcheol but Jeonghan was already gone.

“You called for me?” Asked Jeonghan when he saw Mama who also had a worried look.

“Jeonghan the hospital called” he starts and Jeonghan felt how his world was stopping. “Your boys are there and 3 of them are in bad condition”

“Wh-what? What...ha-happened? Wait I need to go” He said feeling how his hands were shaking.

“Jeonghan calm down listen we’re here for you, Papa will take you ok? Now calm down” Mama Said grabbing him by the arms, Jeonghan nodded and quickly gabbled his things and ran outside were Papa was waiting for him in the car.

“Jeonghan!” He heard from behind and saw Seungcheol running to him. “What happened are you ok? I asked the bartender and he told me to meet you here”

“I’m sorry I need to leave, go back” he said coldly but Seungcheol knew he wasn’t ok.

“No I’m not letting you go like this and alone, what’s happening?” He said looking at him seriously in the eye.

“Just follow us if you have a car, we need to go now” They heard someone else’s voice, it was Papa who got out of the car, Seungcheol nodded and Jeonghan just entered the car silently, none of them said anything and drove quickly to the hospital.

The drive wasn’t long but for Jeonghan it was an eternity, once they arrived he quickly got out of the car without saying anything, he entered the hospital and went up to the the lady behind the counter asking for the names of the boys, since he was the guardian they let him in, he walked even faster when then noticed Joshua and other sitting on the couches.

“Joshua!” He shouted, Joshua looked up and then they all got up, Chan ran to him hugging him and the rest did the same.

“What happened!?” He asked looking at their wounds, they had some bandages on the face and scratches along their bodies, it was then that he noticed that Wonwoo, Soonyoung And Jun were no where to be found. “Where are the others? What happened?”

“They...they’re inside, we got into a fight with the guys from the other school, the ones from the basketball game” explained Joshua and Jeonghan knew who they were talking about, he got mixed feelings, he was angry at them for fighting but also worried and scare for his boys.

“We’re sorry” said Chan looking down and Jeonghan could only sighed hugging him again.

“God What were you even doing outside this late” he said and all of the boys had guilty looks. “How long have they been in there?”

“Like half and hour, they’re the ones who got the most punches” answered Jihoon and Jeonghan nodded finally calming down but still worried about the others. They sat down on the couches again, Jeonghan called Papa telling him the situation and that he was gonna stay, he has to leave but Asked Jeonghan to call him if anything happened. Jeonghan then remembered Seungcheol and called him since he didn’t know if he followed them or not.

“Hey, How are you? Is everything ok?” Asked Seungcheol immediately as he answered which surprised Jeonghan.

“Hey, Yeah I’m with the boys now they’re fine but I still don’t know about Wonwoo, Soonyoung or Jun, Where are you?”

“In the lobby” he said and Jeonghan almost dropped his phone.

“The lobby? You’re here in the hospital?”

“Yeah, I mean I can’t get in Also that guy told to look after you and of course I was gonna wait for you” Said Seungcheol with a firm tone which made him almost cried. He ended the call without saying anything.

“Be right back” Said Jeonghan to Joshua and left, he ran outside to the lobby and noticed Seungcheol sitting on a chair. He smiled as he got closer and it was that Seungcheol heard him and opened his arms catching Jeonghan in them.

“Thank you” Said Jeonghan hiding his face in Seungcheol’s neck letting the tears out, he needed it since he didn’t wanted the boys to see him like this.

“It’s ok, I’m here” Said Seungcheol hugging him tighter and Jeonghan had to admit that he felt safe with him.

“Can...Can you stay? I..I don’t know how long it’s gonna take... if you can’t it’s fine I...” Asked Jeonghan lifting his head looking in the eyes, Seungcheol smiled to him wiping his tears off nodding.

“I’m not going anywhere, let’s go with the boys” He said grabbing his hand and Jeonghan nodded, he asked for a visitor pass for Seungcheol and both of them entered to where the boys were.

Chapter 12

"Hey call the doc to just put a band aid and I'm good to go" Said Soonyoung flinching from the pain in his arm.

"What were you thinking?!?!" Yelled Jeonghan, after some minutes they let him to see the boys while the rest were waiting outside, Jeonghan felt relieved when he saw them with bruises and some scratches instead of something worse, Wonwoo and Dokyeom were sitting in the couch next to the beds where Jun and Soonyoung were.

"We're sorry" Said Wonwoo stretching his neck. Jeonghan sighed and went next him caressing his back.

"What happened? And I want the complete truth" Asked crossing his arms and the boys knew when he did this it meant that he was beyond mad.

"The guys from the next neighborhood came to play basketball again but since those son of... those guys are always pulling weird tricks we got into the fight" Said Soonyoung looking to the side still mad.

"They started the fight, Soonyoung did not let go so we went up to try and help but the other guys did the same and so the fight became bigger" Said Jun.

"We both tried to stop them" Said Dokyeom lofting his head up to look at Jeonghan.

"And how did you ended up here?" Asked Jeonghan.

"Soonyoung And Jun were the ones fighting the strong guys and so people around noticed the fight, some came to just watch but Mrs.Yeon called the cops and as soon as they heard it those bastards ran away" explained Wonwoo.

"Since these two were in a pretty bad condition they took us and also blamed us for starting the fight but the neighbors know it wasn't us" finished telling the story Dokyeom.

"Oh my god" Said Jeonghan sighing rubbing his eyes, he then look up and saw the worried looks of the boys and softly smiled. "I'm not mad it's just you really worried me, getting a call like that while I'm working is not pretty and you're grounded but I'm glad you're fine" Said Jeonghan And the other boys looked down since they knew they needed the scolding. Before anyone said anything else they heard the door being open.

"Ok so it looks like everything is good, you can leave just give this at the reception" Said the doctor that just entered the room Jeonghan nodded and thanked the doctor.

Jeonghan helped the boys with their things and in some minutes they were ready to leave, they made it to the lobby and as soon as the rest of the boys saw them all of them got up and reunite again asking a million questions to the injured boys. Jeonghan smiled seeing them all together and finally relaxing, he went up to the receptionist so that they could finally leave the hospital but now he was worried again about paying and also the medicine he needed to buy to treat the deeper wounds on the boys. He lost in his thoughts calculating how he was gonna afford food for the next week when he felt someone's hand on his back, he looked back and saw Seungcheol giving him a warm smile, for some reason he had totally forgotten that he stayed and returned the smile back and hugged him without saying anything.

"I'm sorry" said Jeonghan and he felt Seungcheol arms hugging him even tighter.

"It's okay you don't need to apologize I'm here for you" he said and Jeonghan almost teared up at Seungcheol's sweet words.

"I... I need to pay all this ahh I don't know how I'm gonna manage it this week well the boys have their money from their part time jobs I just need to worry about the house..." Jeonghan was murmuring to himself again but came back from his thoughts when Seungcheol took the paper where the medicines were from his hand.

"Let's go" He said without letting Jeonghan to respond.

"Wait no Seungcheol you don't have to no don't even try to" Said Jeonghan following him and trying to stop him but Seungcheol was already talking to the lady at the counter asking for the medicine and how much it was gonna cost. Jeonghan gave up and only stood behind him listening to the indications the lady was giving to them. Some minutes passed and now they could finally leave the Hospital, they were all outside the building.

"I don't know what to say" Said Jeonghan looking down next to Seungcheol but then felt a hand rubbing one of his cheeks making him look at his eyes.

"Ejem!" Both of them heard behind them Jeonghan could feel the looks from all the boys and couldn't help but blush.

"We really don't want to interrupt the moment but some of us need money for the bus so we can go home” Said Soonyoung pointing at the bus stop that was in front of the hospital.

"Right, Thank..."

"Don't worry about that I'll call someone that'll take us all to your house" Interrupted Seungcheol taking out his phone not letting Jeonghan finished.

"Wait no absolutely not you've already done enough" Said Jeonghan but then felt someone poking his back he looked back and saw all the boys giving him puppy eyes since none of them wanted to ride the bus.

"It's decided " Said Seungcheol with a chuckle. Soon enough a black van pulled up in the pick up area of the hospital and the boys were already excited about getting in it.

"Seungcheol this is..." Said Jeonghan also impressed by the obviously expensive car in front of them.

"Relax is my father's driver is not like I spend money on this, ok so all of you get in the van" Said Seungcheol opening the door for the boys to get in, Jeonghan was about to get in since he was the last one but Seungcheol stopped him.
"We're gonna use my car"

"What?" Said Jeonghan confused and also looked at the boys but he got a completely different reaction than he expect, they all looked at Jeonghan with thumbs up and encouraging him to go with Seungcheol.

"Just go" whispered Joshua to Jeonghan quickly before closing the door of the van and Jeonghan only sighed. Seungcheol then gave the directions of their home to the driver and now everyone was ready to go, Jeonghan hopped on Seungcheol's car still nervous but now for a whole different reason.

"Hey this is kind of late but I know I may be crossing the line and I'm sorry" he heard Seungcheol say out of nowhere.

"No you're not it's just... why are you doing all this for us I don't even know how to thank you for everything and...not only today..."whispered the last part but then felt a hand taking his. Seungcheol didn't say anything and just kept driving but his hand was enough to make Jeonghan safe.

It took them about 30 minutes to arrive at their neighborhood it was then that Jeonghan got more nervous because since he didn't wanted Seungcheol to know about it, he was scared that once Seungcheol saw they're actual situation he was not gonna talk to him at all.

Seungcheol noticed that the van in front of them stopped so he stopped right behind it and got out together with Jeonghan. The boys all got out of the van laughing with each other then some kids run up to them and now the whole neighborhood was getting out of their own apartments and getting closer to them. Seungcheol had to admit that he was surprised, he had never been in this part of the city, in the middle there was a basketball court and around it were the apartments, buildings of 4 floors only and looked like they had been build ages ago.

"Jeonghan!" An old lady yelled getting closer to them, Jeonghan smiled and run up to her hugging her. "Is everyone ok? I called I soon as I found out"

"Yes everyone is fine, they did fight but none of them got serious injuries" said Jeonghan smiling softly, Seungcheol was just behind them looking at all the people around him that were acting like family.

"Thank god they're fine but I'm so mad the kids from the other neighborhood got away" Said the lady angry looking at the boys playing with the kids.

"I know Yeon but I'm just glad that all my kids are fine" Said Jeonghan.

"Hannie who is he?!?" A little girl from behind Yeon asked as loud as she could pointing at Seungcheol, it was then that Jeonghan noticed that he had been standing behind him all this time.

"Oh he is Seungcheol, he helped us get here" he said lifting up the little girl in his arms Pointing at the van and now the kids were all curious looking at the big car in front of them and trying to get in.

"Hey aren't you supposed to be sleeping" Said Jun grabbing one of the kids.

"Aren't you supposed to not be fighting at night?" Said the kid and everyone laughed at the little kid's roast.

"You little.." Said Jun ready to fight the little kid.

"I'm sorry, the kids woke up when I called the police and they would not get back to sleep when they knew they boys got into the fight and so they told everyone” Said Yeon crossing her arms, Jeonghan laughed.

"Don't worry everyone was going to find out at some point, Ejem!" Said Jeonghan clapping his hands and everyone turned to look back at him. "Okey everyone time to go to bed,
Don't make me say it twice"

"Yes uncle han!" Said all the kids going back to their house, Jeonghan put down the girl and ruffle her little curls saying goodnight, some of the older people also said goodbye to them after knowing that everything was fine.

"Boys you go first I'll catch up to you in a bit” Said Jeonghan to the rest and they all nodded entering the old building. Jeonghan then got closer to Seungcheol.

"Listen I know this place is not the nicest and I get it if you don't want to talk to us anymore still I just want to say thank you" Said Jeonghan Ready to be rejected by Seungcheol but then felt a hand on his cheek.

"Where did you even get that idea? You think I'm that kind of guy?" Said Seungcheol and Jeonghan could only look down.
"Hey I don't care about any of this, I like you because of who you are"

"But I'm....wait what?" Asked Jeonghan realizing and blushing about what Seungcheol just said.

"I like you" Said Seungcheol getting closer to him and looking deeply in to his eyes to then kiss him softly and Jeonghan could not resist those lips so he hug Seungcheol by the neck and deepened the kiss.

“Mommy they kissed!” They both heard the little girls voice from behind them and now Jeonghan was hiding his embarrassment in Seungcheols neck why the other laughed softly, he knew the whole neighborhood was looking at them.

“I really like your neighborhood” Said Seungcheol, Jeonghan lifted up his head to look at Seuncheol smiling. “I’ll let you rest you need it, text you later okay?” He said and Jeonghan nodded with smile to the give Seungcheol a quick peck on the lips.

“You better do it” Said a Jeonghan laughing letting go of his hand walking to his building and just before he opened the door he looked back again and smiled to Seungcheol one last time. Seungcheol sighed knowing that he was head over heels for the boy, he got in his car and played some music to then drive to his house.

~

“Yes sir he just left, the other one entered the building and they do seem in some kind of relationship, would you like the pictures?” Asked a guy talking through the phone who was sitting in his car.

“Yes, bring them to me tomorrow and keep an eye on the one that I told he is special” said Mr.Kim getting up from his desk chair. “But first I need you to get some pictures of my employee, preferably if he is with someone else”

“Wow sir I didn’t know you could care about someone so much” Said the guy from the call laughing.

“Shut up and do what I tell you if you want to get paid”

“Just kidding, roger that sir” Said ending call.

Notes:

After 84 years I finally uploaded and if you read any of my other works look forward for updates on those too~

Thanks for reading y’all!!