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Fluff and a slight bit of angst

Seungyeon X Hangyul

A bit of Seungwoo X Wooseok at the end

Enjoy!

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Having a whole comeback to prepare only in a month is surely a mission. Practice was constant, lack of sleep was usual, and mostly, tiredness and stress filled the group. Of course it was also expected, and even though it was hard, members were willing to go through it to make a great debut for everyone who supported them throughout Produce X 101.

But surely, it wasn't only flowery roads.

Dance practice was always one of the most stressful ones. Everytime someone got it wrong, all 11 members had to do it again. So it was almost impossible to avoid some awkward and tense situations.

That day they had been practicing since early morning, and it was almost 3 pm. They had to finish it perfectly or they wouldn't be allowed to leave for lunch. Well, they had made that promise already about half an hour ago, so the atmosphere was already a bit aggressive. And the main reason for the delay was actually one of their main dancers: Lee Hangyul.

Lee Hangyul was, undeniably, one of their best dancers. But for some reason on that specific day, he was extremely unfocused. He would get confused with left and right, do moves off tempo, or simply dance not willingly. It may have seemed like he wasn't caring about dance practice, but he was so frustrated with himself he could just cry. Dance was one of the things he was confident at the most, and he just couldn't get it right, and over all that he was making members, even injured members suffer because of his mistakes.

They were trying to repeat the choreography for the hundredth time, and Hangyul swears he was trying so hard to focus. But again, his shoe seemed to get stuck on some crevice on the floor and he fell forward. Everyone just stopped dancing, some sitting down, some sighing heavily. Everyone was angry at him, and he felt that in their gazes toward him.

He felt hands hold his arm and try to help him stand up. So he slowly stood up by himself, looking up at whoever had helped him. Seungyeon looked at him with such an empathetic smile, it almost didn't fit into the tense atmosphere that filled the room.

"Hangyul-ah, are you okay? I saw you fell over your hurt leg, does it hurt? Be honest."

"I don't think so..."

Hangyul said very slowly, trying to move around to prove his point. Seungyeon just looked at him, disapprovingly and clearly knowing it wasn't completely true. Seungyeon already knew Hangyul long enough to know when he lied. Members were just staring at the two, when one of them (A/N I won't say who, I know members would never be this harsh with each other freely, so I don't want to make anyone the "villain", so those sayings in italics are unnamed characters) said, very sternly.

"It would be better if it hurt, then we could just say you are hurt and finish now, you're the only one making mistakes."

"Yeah, you really have to see yourself, you were the only one standing out with how bad you were doing."

"Guys, enough. Don't you have bad days as well? Didn't Hangyulie also support you through those days? Did he ever lose his patience and come at you like this? No, he didn't so just chill the heck out and let him be."

"I don't care, let's just go eat."

Members got out one by one, until it was only Seungyeon and Hangyul in the practice room. Hangyul had his head down. He didn't want to, but everything the members said he took in and couldn't help but keep reminding himself of how bad he did. He felt Seungyeon's hands on his shoulders.

"Hangyul-ah, you know they didn't mean that, right? Everyone is just stressed because of the whole debut coming and these quick preparations. They're sensitive, it's natural to end up exaggerating things. Don't worry about this, okay? You're still one of our best dancers, this really doesn't matter. Now let me take care of you, I know your leg is hurting."

Hangyul started to protest, not wanting to bother and take time from his hyung. But Seungyeon simply pulled a chair and made Hangyul sit down, soon getting a hot pack and a towel.

"Hangyul-ah, don't worry. I want to do this for my lovely dongsaeng, okay?"

Seungyeon just smiled brightly up at the younger, pulling Hangyul's sweatpants up until his knee, wrapping the hot pack on a towel pressing it to the other's knee.

"You should really tell us whenever it hurts. Yohanie is already hurt, we can't have one more member, one of our main dancers hurt too. Don't push yourself, cause I know you can't dance for as long as the other members because of your injury. And if you keep up with this I'll just drag you out of the practice room in the middle of practice and force you to rest."

"Okay... okay, hyung, I'll try to rest when it hurts... thank you, Seungyeon hyung."

"Now... can my masculine and cute Hangyulie tell me what's been on his mind so much that makes you unfocused even at practice?"

Hangyul's eyes widened at the question. Well, it just happened that the reason of his daydreaming was sitting on the floor right in front of him. Right when Produce X 101 started, when he looked at Seungyeon all he could think about was how pretty he looked, how talented he was, and how he wishes he could be like Seungyeon someday. Then, bit by bit he started knowing the older more. He was like... a feather? A feather has so many different meanings in so many different cultures, but it doesn't matter how you look at it, it seems pretty. It can be an adornment in a dream catcher, trying to protect you from every single bad thought in the world; it can be on a princess tiara, reminding everyone how she's beautiful, kind and how she will care for everyone around her more than anything; and overall a feather means freedom, a new beginning, when a bird flies high and strong, it may lose its feathers on the way, but only because it's using the thing that is most valuable: freedom; when a bird starts losing its feathers, it means new, stronger ones will grow at its place, a new beginning. Seungyeon was all of those things. He was the brightness that never alowed dark, he was the caring one who would love as much as he could, he was that freedom, being himself completely, no matter what everyone thought, and he was that new beginning, because the comfortableness he spread, made it possible for everyone around him to begin again as a more genuine and better person.

It was impossible not to fall in love. Hangyul started realizing how he would zone out thinking about him, looking at him, talking to him. He wanted to be around him at all times. He wanted to take care of him and love him and just make sure he was the happiest man on this earth. When Seungyeon was happy, Hangyul was happy too. And, god, he was so in love his heart could burst. But he would never say anything. Because how could someone as pretty and perfect as Seungyeon love someone as flawed as Hangyul?

Hangyul suddenly felt a hand on his cheek, Seungyeon suddenly a lot closer than he was before, leaning over his chair to look right into Hangyul's eyes.

"Hangyul-ah? You zoned out again... What's going on? You're making me worry already..."

"It's... it's nothing, hyung. Don't worry about it."

"A simple "nothing" wouldn't make you react like this."

Seungyeon crouched again, resting his hands on Hangyul's thighs, making the youngster's breath hitch at the touch. Seungyeon slightly blushed at the reaction.

"Tell me what's going on, Lee Hangyul, you know you can trust me."

"Hyung... I think I'm not straight."

"Well, welcome to the non-straight club, trust me to be your guide around this new world of gayness!"

Seungyeon said playfully, speaking with a funny tone, and making Hangyul laugh cutely. As soon as he saw the smile on the youngster's face, Seungyeon smiled as well and caressed Hangyul's cheek, happy with his achievement.

"There you go, that's the smile I like seeing everyday. Now, it's okay if you're not straight, Hangyulie, hyung is not straight either, and should I tell you a secret? Nor Seungwoo or Wooseok are."

Hangyul's eyes widened at the newfound information. He had an idea there was something happening between Wooseok and Seungwoo, they would disappear together, one of their rooms would always be empty... but that's a whole another level. Seungyeon laughed at Hangyul's dumbfounded expression.

"I'm pansexual, Seungwoo hyung is bisexual and Wooseok is gay. And well, you must have had your doubts about them, right? They're beginning to become a thing, after how much Seungwoo tried to make Wooseok look at him."

"Wow... I'm happy for them, hyung... I'm glad you think it's okay."

"Of course it's okay. Now tell me, how did you realize you're not straight?"

"I had never loved someone... but now I do, and it's not a girl. I don't know if I'm attracted to only man or man and women, I don't know."

"It's okay, you don't need to know yet, I am also still figuring myself out, but... can I know with whom you fell in love with? I need to know if he's good enough for my dongsaeng"

Seungyeon laughed sweetly, now again resting his hands on Hangyul's tighs.

"He's more than "enough" hyung. He's my everything, my sunshine, my comfort, my home. I can't live without having him near me."

"So that means he's someone close to you? Are you going to become a second ship of our group after Seungwoo hyung and Wooseokie?"

Seungyeon said teasingly, smirking at the younger.

"I wish it would happen... but I don't think I can confess, hyung. I think he's too much for me"

"Hangyul-ah, don't tell me you have a crush on an underage member."

Seungyeon said with a scared expression on his face, making Hangyul laugh loudly.

"No! Of course not! Geez, hyung, they are babies"

"I almost had a heart attack. But that also shortens the possibilities... I hope you don't have a crush on Wooseok or Seungwoo hyung... who is left?"

"You, hyung."

Seungyeon's eyes widened slightly, confused if that's a confession or an example. Hangyul just smiled at the oldest, leaning down a bit so their faces were closer.

"It's you, hyung. I have a crush on you."

Seungyeon's face turned expressionless in seconds, and Hangyul's heart sped up with fear. "Was hyung mad? Did he hate it? He'll reject me, right?" those thoughts sped like bullets through his mind, miles and miles per hour. But he just couldn't look away. Cho Seungyeon has the kind of beauty that you were just unable to look away, intriguing in a way. But that wasn't the time to be distracted by his love's beauty.

And then he did it. Hangyul suddenly felt a hand grab the back of his neck, and in a millisecond, Seungyeon had made their lips meet. At first Hangyul didn't kiss back, shocked with the sudden action, but soon just softened under the other's touch. Seungyeon started standing up from the crouched position, not breaking the kiss and pulling Hangyul up with him. 

Hangyul had no idea what to do with his hands. He had kissed a few times, but only at those dumb high school games, and never someone he liked as much as he liked Seungyeon. He could feel Seungyeon softly smile through the kiss and heard a whisper.

"I don't bite, you can use your hands"

Then Seungyeon held Hangyul's wrist gently, making him rest one of his hands on the older's hips, and the other Hangyul instinctively put on the older's shoulder.

"There we go..."

This time it was Hangyul who pulled the older closer for a kiss. More composed than the first, but slightly more passionate. He had thought about how Seungyeon's lips could feel a hundred times, but nothing he imagined got close to the real result. His lips were soft, and he seemed to be just guiding Hangyul to do everything he wanted. He felt like he was at Seungyeon's complete mercy, no chance of running away. And not gonna lie, he loved every single bit of it.

Seungyeon just pulled away when they were both already slightly panting and with lips and faces red. Seungyeon smiled so brightly right then, Hangyul felt his heart beat even faster, and smiled back, nervously. Then he said shakily and quietly, almost a whisper.

"Hyung?"

"Yes, Hangyulie"

"Does this mean you like me back?"

"I've liked you since I first saw you, Lee Hangyul. I just didn't have the courage to approach you, I felt like you were too young... but when you said those things, I'm sorry, but I couldn't hold back. At first, I thought you were talking about some other guy and I felt jealous, I'm sorry for being so aggressive"

"It's okay, hyung... it's much much more than okay actually"

Hangyul laughed cutely, making Seungyeon smile back and ruffle the youngerster's hair.

"You're really cute sometimes, Hangyulie, even with that manly face and body of yours. Do you know how hard it was to contain myself seeing you dance to U Got It and Move? You really are something."

"You can't complain much, cause you're the exact same. But hyung... what does this make of us?"

"Would you be my boyfriend, Hangyulie?"

"Of course, we've been away for too long"

"We better tell Seungwoo and Wooseok that we arrived first as the first couple of X1"

"Why do you think that?"

The sudden interruption made both boys jump, quickly getting away from each other. When they looked at the door, there stood Wooseok in the front, arms crossed and a teasing smirk on his face, and right behind him, with a possessive hand around his waist, stood Seungwoo, laughing at the younger members' scared expression.

"Me and Seungwoo hyung started this morning, you guys lost, too late"

"For how long have you even been here for, Woosatan?"

"Don't call baby Seok "Woosatan", he's nothing like that"

Wooseok's eyes widened with the sudden nickname and he turned to weakly hit Seungwoo's chest, making the oldest just laugh.

"Baby Seok? Oh, Woosatan is nothing like "baby seok", Seungwoo hyung, trust me, same aged friends know best"

"Quit trying to expose me or I'll expose the both of you to the whole group, and you know how they would tease you forever for it."

"See, Seungwoo hyung? This is Woosatan hyung"

All members laughed except for an specially tiny sulky member. Seungwoo quickly hugged Wooseok from behind, making the younger blush and slightly whine.

"You too quit with trying to make me blush."

"Oh well, seems like both X1 official couples are formed now. But I admit, 2woo wins"

"Congratulations you two. Take care of each other, I can beat both in case one of you hurt the other okay"

"Seungwoo hyung, I think the probability of it being me that beats them up is a lot higher."

Wooseok said a bit playfully, smiling up at their cute oldest member.

"Let's go for lunch already, a double couple date, what do you all think?"

"2woo is in"

"I'm also in"

Seungyeon smiled, taking Hangyul's hand in his, as Seungwoo didn't let go once of holding Wooseok's waist, smiling brightly. The two couples went for a not so quiet, a bit too savage double date, and a day that started so tense, couldn't end in a more lovely way.

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Hope you enjoyed the oneshot!

If you have any requests, or even only ships you want to see, feel free to comment or message me.

By bye ♡♡♡

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