DongWoo left WooHyun to sleep a little longer. It was past midday but as long as they got plenty of practice in before the show, he didn't mind. Trundling downstairs, he ran his fingers through his messy hair and stretched his arms above his head. "Hey umma." He called as he turned into the living room, expecting to find her there. Stopping and staring at the empty space, he thought for a moment before realising it was a weekday and she was probably at the restaurant.
     Once he was safely out of the room, WooHyun rolled over onto DongWoo's side of the bed and grabbed his phone off the bedside table. He had noticed DongWoo was getting a lot of texts recently but he'd never seen the elder male reply to them. Entering the passcode, WooHyun brought up the inbox and scrolled down to the end of the saved messages. There were a dozen from MyungSoo, a few from SungJong and SungYeol but the majority were from Hoya.

Hyung...Is WooHyun okay? He hasn't been normal since we came home...
WooHyun's been bumming around in our room lately...Have you two fallen out? Or is it SungGyu?
WooHyun's been acting really weird...Do you think he's okay?
Did you find WooHyun? Come back soon okay?
Hyung is there something you're not telling us? About WooHyun ah...
I can't believe he ran off! Any sign of him yet?
It's getting late...We should call it quits...
Did you know about WooHyun's girlfriend?
DongWoo hyung...Are you okay?
Answer my call next time you jerk!
I'm sorry, you're not a jerk...
Is it bad to hope that everything's going to be normal again now?
Hyung...You're acting strangely recently...
I wish everyone would stop hiding secrets!
Something's going on that no one's telling me about.
I'm not an idiot!
If it's not WooHyun it's you or SungGyu. Why is it so hard to trust the rest of us? We're not children!
Hyung...I'm sorry I got mad at you before...
WooHyun and SungGyu seem really close at the moment...
It's weird how everything seems to be okay right now...I'm scared to get my hopes up again...
I knew this would happen! WooHyun can't keep the peace for more than a few days!
Any sign of WooHyun?
Hyung you've gone quiet...I hope that's a good sign...
YAH! It's been three hours since you last text me!
Where the hell are you?
SungGyu's going nuts, where are you??
You could have let me know...I was worried!
Come home soon okay?
Things seem to have settled down again...Third time lucky, right?
Where have you and SungGyu disappeared to?
Yah! Things are getting weird you know?? First you disappear and now SungGyu and WooHyun are about to argue...
Can you guys come home please? It's weird without you here...
DongWoo hyung...Please come home...
I miss you...
I miss WooHyun dammit!
Can you come back soon?
It's gonna be awkward at performances if you guys aren't talking
Hyung...
Answer my call okay?
You didn't answer! Call me back all right?
Why wont you call me? Have I done something wrong?

     "Having fun?" DongWoo asked. WooHyun looked over his shoulder at the elder and bit his lip. "The messages from Hoya, right?" He nodded slowly, watching DongWoo carefully. "I told you he cared about you." The elder sat on the edge of the bed and patted the mattress beside him. "Come here..." Scooting over to DongWoo's side, WooHyun rest his head in his lap and smiled softly as DongWoo's fingers slipped into his hair.
     Laying silently and allowing DongWoo to play with his hair, WooHyun contemplated what he should do now. He had to see the others again tonight, tomorrow night and sunday night but then he didn't have to see them again until next thursday...He didn't even know if he could stand to be anywhere near them without having a panic attack. DongWoo could see he was deep in thought and left him to wonder whatever it was he was wondering.
     DongWoo's phone vibrated in WooHyun's hand, alerting them to a new text. Lifting the device from where it lay on WooHyun's chest, DongWoo glanced at the message before doing something and reading whatever came up on the screen next. "Oh ." Sitting up and glancing at the screen, WooHyun caught the headline of a news article DongWoo had been sent. Idol Group Infinite On Verge Of Split? and falling sideways into the duvet, WooHyun wriggled around until his body was completely covered.
     Poking the lump in the duvet, DongWoo tried to get a reaction out of him before slipping under the covers beside him and snuggling into his back. "This is getting totally out of hand..." WooHyun muttered, holding part of the duvet over his face so that his words were barely audible. "If we're going to put it right that means being near SungGyu..." He let out a disgruntled moan. "After yesterday I don't think I can."
     "Then there's only one thing to do..." DongWoo murmured in his ear, kissing the skin gently. "I'm happy for them to know if you think it will help." WooHyun sighed and mulled the suggestion over. "To be honest it'd probably help everyone if you sit them all down and explain exactly...What happened..." DongWoo's hands slipped down WooHyun's hips, tongue laving attention over the back of his neck and shoulders.
     WooHyun sighed heavily and tried to relax as DongWoo's tongue traced over his skin. "I don't know what I should say..." Taking the elder's phone from where it lay on the bed in front of him, WooHyun composed a message to Hoya. He decided if he was going to start anywhere, it may as well be with the person DongWoo had the strongest friendship with. 'This is getting stupid. We're not on the verge of breaking up.' WooHyun started, hesitating as DongWoo glanced over his shoulder to read what he was writing.
     "You're not gonna pretend to be me, are you...?" He asked, side eyeing WooHyun as the younger gave him a mischeivous smirk. Focussing on the screen, WooHyun tried to ignore the and nips over his shoulders as DongWoo made himself comfortable. He wrote the same thing over and over, trying to decide if it sounded right or not. "Hoya would appreciate it more if you actually spoke to him..."
     WooHyun hummed, contemplating discarding the text and calling Hoya as DongWoo suggested. He arched his back a little as DongWoo's teeth sank into the skin just inside of his shoulder blade. "I'm not phoning anyone if you keep biting me!" He hissed, wriggling in discomfort as DongWoo's tongue slipped over the reddened flesh. He stared at the sentence he'd written before sighing and sending it. Hoya would question him instantly and he'd have to come up with a legitimate response.

     Hoya looked at his phone in shock. He never expected DongWoo to actually reply, considering the amount of texts the elder ignored. Grabbing his phone, he unlocked it and stared at the message. 'This is getting stupid. We're not on the verge of breaking up.' It settled his nerves a little to hear such a determined reply from the elder. 'Hyung...You have to tell us what this is about...Please...' He sent it with hopes that he'd finally get an answer.
     What he didn't expect was his phone to start ringing. Staring at the screen in disbelief, he hit the answer button and held the device to his ear. 'Hoya?' He didn't recognise the voice to start with. It definitely wasn't DongWoo's, which mean it was most likely WooHyun's. 'It's WooHyun...' No wonder he didn't recognise his voice. Hoya couldn't remember the last time he'd spoken to WooHyun on the phone.
     "What are you doing on DongWoo hyung's phone? Where is he?" Hoya questioned, not trusting WooHyun in the slightest when it came to electronics. He still hadn't forgiven WooHyun for stealing his mobile. The elder made a disgruntled sound before muttering something. DongWoo's unmistakable laugh rang out down the phone. Hoya sighed in relief, thankful that WooHyun hadn't used the device without the elder's knowledge.
     "He's right here." WooHyun confirmed, trying not to make any sounds that would give away what DongWoo was doing to him. The elder had forced him onto his back and was laying over him, lips pressed firmly against his neck, draping kisses and over the taut skin. "Anyway...I promise we're not in any danger of splitting up. That's the last thing I want." Hoya gave an unconvinced grunt, compelling WooHyun to carry on talking.
     "Look, I know nothing's gone right recently but it's not because I'm unhappy with the band or I want to leave or whatever other conspiracy theory you guys have come up with." DongWoo's tongue slipped easily along WooHyun's collar bone, making him inhale sharply. The elder was enjoying this a lot more than WooHyun was. "I said yesterday that it was a personal problem and it is. I swear." He could feel the tension over the phone. It was as if Hoya was standing right beside him, ready to explode.
     'So personal that both DongWoo and SungGyu can know but the rest of us can't?' WooHyun prepared himself for the usual verbal assault he got from Hoya. DongWoo glanced up as the younger tensed up and decided to relieve his stress by biting the skin around his . Hissing in pain, WooHyun pushed DongWoo's head away from his chest and scowled at his playful grin. 'How is that fair? You trust them more than us?'
     WooHyun shook his head, both at DongWoo and at Hoya's questions. Instead of easing up, DongWoo stuck his tongue out, winked and attacked WooHyun's abs with his lips. "It's not that...The only reason DongWoo and SungGyu know is..." He hesitated, taking a deep breath to calm his nerves. DongWoo's fingers teased his hips lightly, silently trying to help calm him. "They know because they're involved."
     The line stayed quiet. WooHyun checked the screen to make sure it was still connected. He was about to call the younger's name when Hoya sighed. 'Okay, I get it...' WooHyun waited for him to finish. 'I still think you should trust the rest of us though, I thought we were like a family.' Screwing his face up, WooHyun rubbed at his eyes and sighed heavily. 'Family trust each other with their problems and help each other out right? No judgments, no keeping secrets...'
     WooHyun felt the air catch in his throat. He wanted to just blurt it out and hang up but he couldn't. Hoya meant more to him than that, all of the members did. Even SungGyu...DongWoo had hesitated and was watching his face carefully. "I do trust you...All of you..." He mumbled, trying to keep his emotions from affecting the clarity of his voice. "I'm scared...This whole time I've been so scared that you'll end up rejecting me..."
     Seeing WooHyun face his demons made DongWoo tear up. He sat back and used the duvet to muffle his sniffs as he tried to control his tears. WooHyun's fingers found his thigh, squeezing reassuringly as he sat up to hug the elder. "Hoya...I never wanted to keep secrets...I thought I was doing the right thing. I know it's wrong now and that's why you guys need to know." DongWoo's arms tightened around him, loving and supportive as always.
     Hoya could hear DongWoo trying to keep a lid on his emotions from the other end of the line. He rubbed fiercefully at his eyes to stop his own tears from falling. 'Hoya?' He hummed to show he was still listening, not trusting his voice to be stable enough to talk. 'We'll be home in an hour...Can you make sure everyone's there?' Hoya took a deep breath to steady his emotions and nodded.
     "Sure. I'll keep them here." Hoya looked up as the door opened and pressed a finger to his lips to tell SungJong to keep quiet. "Wait, does everyone mean SungGyu hyung too?" Closing the door silently, SungJong crept towards the bed as Hoya listened to what WooHyun was saying. "Okay, I'll make sure he's here." He hung up and sighed heavily, staring at SungJong with a half assed smile. "WooHyun and DongWoo are coming home."
     SungJong bit his lip nervously. "Does that mean we finally get to know what's going on?" Hoya nodded and patted the top of the younger male's head. "I don't think I wanna know...If it's bad enough to make SungGyu hyung hate WooHyun then it has to be something really awful..." Surpressing a shiver, Hoya took SungJong's hands and held them firmly.
     "Yah...Listen to me. SungGyu doesn't hate WooHyun. He could never hate WooHyun. Just like I could never hate WooHyun, even if we don't seem to be that close all of the time." Hoya told him firmly. "WooHyun said it's a personal problem that DongWoo and SungGyu are involved with. That's the only reason they know and we don't." He sighed before recalling the rest of the conversation with WooHyun. "WooHyun's scared we'll reject him for whatever this problem is...So we have to show him that we'll be there to support him, no matter what. Okay?" SungJong nodded and smiled weakly.

     DongWoo finally managed to pull himself together and lifted his head from the duvet. WooHyun couldn't help but smile at his puffy red eyes and tear stained cheeks. "Look at you, my big baby." He cooed, taking DongWoo's cheeks in his hands and pulling his face up to kiss him. His lips were damp from where they'd caught a few stray tears before he'd buried his face into the duvet. WooHyun ran his tongue across his lips and collected the tears before pushing his tongue between the elder's lips.
     With DongWoo in such an emotional state it was easy to overpower him. WooHyun pushed him back and crawled over him, smiling softly as he lay over the elder and kissed the tip of his nose. "Hyung...I love you, okay?" He asked before burying his face into DongWoo's shoulder. The elder couldn't help but laugh, happy tears slipping from his eyes, crawling down his face and disappearing into his hair. His arms tightened around WooHyun's body in a silent promise to support him forever.
     WooHyun didn't need to hear him say he loved him. His actions throughout the last few months had shown him over and over again just how much he meant to DongWoo. From now on, WooHyun would remind DongWoo at least once every day just how much he loved him. Whether it was saying those three words or kissing him or more, he would do something to let the elder know. He wasn't sure how long they held each other and didn't really want to move but he'd promised Hoya they'd be home in an hour and he couldn't go back on that.
     Pushing himself up onto his hands, WooHyun looked down at DongWoo before leaning in to claim his lips in a soft embrace. "We should go...I said we'd be home in an hour and that was..." He checked DongWoo's phone quickly. "Ten minutes ago." DongWoo's fingers slipped into his hair and pressed their lips together again. His thick, warm lips gave WooHyun more comfort than the younger had ever hoped for.
     "We don't have to leave for another ten..." DongWoo murmured against his lips, slipping his hands up over WooHyun's stomach, to tease his chest lovingly. The temptation was too great, WooHyun couldn't say no to those wandering hands. They felt way too good. Pressing his chest against them, WooHyun sighed in mock annoyance. He smiled as he cupped DongWoo's cheeks in his hands, rubbed their noses against each other's before pressing a warm kiss onto his lips.
     "You really know how to make an offer I can't refuse..." He murmured as DongWoo's hands slipped around his chest and down his back to cup his . He manoeuvred them down so that WooHyun was laying back against the pillows and nudged a knee between his legs. They didn't have time to enjoy each other's bodies completely but a heavy make out session was definitely better than nothing.
     DongWoo laced his fingers between WooHyun's, pinning them into the pillow either side of his head. Their lips met, parted, tongues gracing each other's with warm, smooth touches. WooHyun moaned softly, wanting to enjoy every moment of this calm before throwing himself right in at the deep end with the others.