It was a friday night and like most other nights, Minseok was alone in his apartment, questioning the meaning of life. But luckily enough for him, his best friend Junmyeon was his knight in shining armor that night. Minseok’s phone buzzed as a notification popped up. He clicked on it.

Junmyeon~

Hey Minseok are you lonely again tonight?

Minseok

It’s nice to know that you have so much faith in me

Junmyeon~

So I take that as a yes?

Minseok

-_- Yes

Junmyeon~

Good! Come over and hang out with us~ Jongin is here and Yixing just got home from work and we’re going to watch a movie!

Minseok

I don’t want to witness you and Yixing face all night

Junmyeon~

MINSEOK

Minseok

*sigh* Fine. I’m bored anyway. I’ll be over in a bit. See ya

Junmyeon~

Bye~

Minseok clicked the power button and got up. He walked to the door and slipped on his hoodie and shoes, tucking his phone in his back pocket. Grabbing his house keys, he walked out, locking the door behind him and starting his journey to Junmyeon’s house. It was chilly, since it was the middle of November and even though Minseok was cold, he couldn’t help but to enjoy the cool breeze blowing through his dark hair and pinching his nose. To be honest he didn’t understand why people didn’t like fall, the leaves were so colorful and the temperature was not yet freezing. It was almost perfect.

He soon arrived at Junmyeon’s large house, something he could afford because even though his and Yixing’s jobs wouldn’t allow such adversaries, Jun’s parents were pretty damn rich. Minseok walked up the the door and rang the bell, listening to it echo throughout the mansion. The door swung open.

“Minseokie you made it!” Junmyeon exclaimed from the doorway. “Come in it’s freezing out there!”

When Minseok entered the house, a warm wave of pumpkin and comfort washed over him. He looked over and noticed Yixing in the kitchen baking cookies and Jongin snuggled up on the couch with his phone. Junmyeon walked over to Yixing and hugged him from behind.

“Hey baby, Minseok is here.” he said as he planted a gentle kiss on Yixing’s cheek. The dimpled boy smiled as he turned around in Jun’s arms, carelessly draping his arms around his neck. He placed a gentle kiss on his lips and then whispered something in Junmyeon’s ear. Jun giggled softly and whispered back, “I love you too.”

After smiling at each other for about five straight minutes, Yixing turned around to see that Minseok had already helped himself to some of his pumpkin spiced pumpkin cookies (very festive I know XD Thank Dan and Phil for that one ;)) Yixing rolled his eyes.

“Hi Minseok. How are the cookies?”

“They taste amazing Xing good job.”  Minseok smiled a close mouthed smile so that his cookie filled cheeks wouldn’t empty themselves.

“Go over and get Jongin off the phone. We’re gonna start the movie soon!” Yixing beckoned to Minseok, who quickly ran over to Jongin and jumped on him. The youngest groaned.

“Good lord hyung how many of those cookies have you eaten? You feel like a thousand pound boulder!” Minseok slapped Jongin upside the head.

“Don’t be rude Jongin! You wouldn’t like it if I told you that Taemin was the most hideous person in the world would you?” Jongin’s eyes widened and his face turned red.

“That’s what I thought! So shut up!”

Once Yixing and Junmyeon were settled on the loveseat, Jongin on the floor and Minseok in the recliner, they started the movie, Romeo and Juliet.

~*~

It’s was inevitable. Minseok was bound to cry. When both Romeo and Juliet killed themselves for each other, the tissues began to pile up. Yixing had Junmyeon to cuddle with him and Jongin was into his phone, probably texting his long time crush, Taemin, so Minseok was left alone to drown in his misery and the mountain of tissues. When the ending credits came up, Junmyeon went to take out the movie.

“Hey Minseok are you free tomorrow night?” he asked suddenly out of the silence.

“Jun, you’re married to Yixing already why are you asking me out?”

Junmyeon gave Minseok an emotionless face. “I’m trying to save you from being lonely forever! Are you free?”

“Yes.”

“Good!” Junmyeon clapped his hands together. “My parents are hosting a party tomorrow at that nice ballroom place they own. You should come! There will be a lot of cute guys~”

Minseok contemplated the idea for a while. He then sighed. “Alright. I’ll go.”

“Yay!!” Jun clapped his hands excitedly. “See you tomorrow Minseokie~!!”

Minseok smiled at Junmyeon’s excitement and walked to the door after discarding the tissues. He slipped on his shoes. “See ya Jun.” he then walked out of the door, back into the cold, and walked home.

~*~

As soon as he knew it, Minseok was standing in front of his bathroom mirror, getting his hair to lay just right. He was dressed in a nice black suit with his dark hair lying right above his eyes in a subtle pointed shape. He walked to his front door and slipped on a pair of formal black shoes, completing his look. He grabbed the keys and left the house.

He arrived at the ballroom place, parking his car in front of the huge building. He entered to discover at least 100 people standing around, drinking wine and talking, or just checking out the place. The ballroom was decorated in soft lights and a few gentle waterfalls cascaded from the ceiling and down the walls. But as beautiful as everything was, one thing caught him off guard. Why the hell was everyone wearing a mask? Thankfully, Junmyeon appeared in front of him to hopefully answer his question.

“Minseok I’m so glad you could come!”

He exclaimed excitedly. Minseok was quick to ask.

“Jun, why is everyone wearing a mask? And you! Why are you wearing one?”

“Oh my goodness I forgot to tell you!” Junmyeon smacked his forehead jokingly, “This is a masked party! Come here! Let’s find you a spare mask.”

Jun dragged Minseok over to a table where sparkling masks were laid out. Minseok spotted one with black diamonds and white diamonds bordering the outline of the entire mask and the holes where the eyes were. Minseok picked it up.

“Good! You found one! Okay put it on and go enjoy yourself!” And just like that, Junmyeon was gone, probably off to find his husband. Minseok decides to go look around. Even though he had already checked out the decor, he had nothing else to do so he just wandered around.

While approaching a fountain near the center of the room, he spotted a boy wearing a mask with white diamonds, the outline of it was lined in black diamonds and so were the eye holes of the mask, much like Minseok's. The boy was standing alone, his small figure decorating the rim of the fountain, just on the other side of Minseok. Out of curiosity, he slowly made his way around the fountain, to meet the warm brown orbs of the boy. He stood at most a centimeter taller than Minseok, with slim but slightly muscular shoulders. He too was wearing a black suit and shoes, his hair neatly parted to the left and was styled up. Minseok couldn't help but use his eyes to trace his sharp facial features a thin lips. He then composed himself.

“Hello.”

“Hi.” the boy had a soft voice that caused a tightening feeling to form in his chest.

“My name is Minseok, what’s your name?” Minseok asked.

“J-Jongdae.” the boy stuttered cutely. Minseok couldn't help but giggle to himself softly.

“Jongdae. What a pretty name.” This created a soft pink glow to appear on Jongdae’s cheeks and Minseok smiled his wide gummy smile. Even though he couldn’t see Jongdae’s full face, he still felt butterflies dancing in his stomach. As soon as they knew it, a slow song came on. Minseok recognized it as driver: the eye of truth. He turned to Jongdae.

“May I have this dance?” he extended his hand towards Jongdae. The dark haired boy smiled a breathtaking smile and looked Minseok in the eyes, nodding. He took the boy’s soft hand in his own and lead him to the dance floor. Minseok rested his hands on Jongdae’s waist gently, and Jongdae placed his hands on Minseok's shoulders. As the song carried on, the two swayed back and forth gently, sharing things about themselves. Minseok was a sophomore in college (age 20) and he lived by himself. Jongdae had just turned 18, he still lived with his parents, and they were pretty strict. He mentioned how he was one of Jummyeon’s friends and how the older had helped him sneak out of the house to come here. And just like that, they went on and on.

Soon, the song came to an end. The two walked off the dance floor, Minseok still holding Jongdae’s hand.

“Would you like to join me? I'm gonna walk outside for a bit.” Minseok asked, turning to face the boy.

“I would love to join you.” he smiled softly in response.

When the two stepped outside, they found themselves under a blanket of a billion stars. The only light source was the moon. Minseok looked over at Jongdae. The boy was staring up at the sky, eyes twinkling as bright as the stars they were admiring.

“Jongdae,” Minseok called softly. The boy looked over at him. “Can you take off your mask? I really want to see what you look like.” Jongdae was silent for a moment.

“I will if you do.” He replied simply. Minseok smiled and slipped his mask off. He brushed his bangs a few times before looking back at Jongdae. The boy was pulling his mask off. Jongdae had high cheekbones and almond shaped eyes. His nose was the perfect size, not too big or too small. Minseok thought he looked beautiful.

“Wow.” He managed.

“What?” Jongdae asked innocently.

“You look stunning.” Minseok said, there was no point in lying. Jongdae turned bright red and his fingers rose to tuck non existent strands of hair behind his ear.

“Thank you, you look very handsome too.” he spoke quietly, looking down at his feet.

“Thank you.” Minseok giggled.

While enjoying each other's company, Junmyeon appeared in the doorway.

“Party's over. Time to go you two.” he then retreated back into the building. Minseok offered a hand to Jongdae and he gladly accepted the warm hand, lacing their fingers together. They gathered their things and walked towards the exit. As they walked out of the building, The boys turned to face each other.

“Thanks for making my night less lonely.” Jongdae spoke, breaking the comfortable silence.

“Same goes for you. Hey, would you maybe want to, uh, go grab coffee with me sometime?” Minseok asked, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. Jongdae smiled and stepped forward, placing a gentle kiss on Minseok's left cheek.

“It's a date.” After exchanging numbers, the two went their separate ways, wishing each other a dream filled night. As Minseok walked to his car, he reached up and touched the spot where Jongdae had kissed him. He smiled.

I can't wait to see you again, beautiful Angel.

A/N: FIRST CHAPTER!! I hope you like it~ Thank you for reading!! Next chapter is coming out soon! Have a lovely day~