But he didn't find Peter Pan playing with the lost boys. He found himself transported to a woodland filled with pools. Everything was in complete silence. Seungkwan wasn't around. He walked for a bit, calling his name out but he couldn't find him. Vernon sat next to one of the trees, waiting for hours but it was in vain.
 

-Seungkwan, please, don't do this to me again. I've been here for hours and I'm not gonna make the same mistake again of going inside the pools looking for you*, without a clue of where to find you -he wasn't surprised of not hearing any answer so he took a deep breath before keep talking.- I don't even know if you can hear me, I hope so. If you aren't, at least I can use it as some kind of rehearsal of the speech I'll ever say. I don't know where you're right now nor where you've been all my life. But I know I need you here next to me. From now on. I've been feeling empty to the point I came here looking for something that could fill me, and I found you. I swear since the moment I looked into your eyes I can't think of anything else. I don't want to see anything apart from your smile. But I know I'm not the only one who feels like that. You probably think I'm too dense to notice every time I get close to you, your heart skips a beat. Does it also beat like crazy when we hold hands? Because I sometimes believe mine can somehow communicate with you. Have you ever feel those butterflies flying in your stomach? Because they've set up a dance floor inside of mine and enjoy it way too much. The point is, maybe I'm not the best when it comes to expressing myself, but I'm the best at stating the truth: I love you. You make me feel like anybody else can. During the last few weeks we've seen thousands different things, we've visited worlds and I gotta say, the only thing that made them stand out was that you were there with me. Wonderland looks like wasted ground next to you. We ended up not knowing what fears a wise man, but what I fear the most is losing you. I want to make you happy, I want to make you feel everything and live even more. I'll make Romeo and Juliet envy of us because we've already lasted more that three days and we're going to survive.
 

Vernon said it all to the air. He kept silence for a while, thinking. Speaking before thinking have always been his flaw.
 

-Oh my god, Vernon... You are a walking disgusting cliché -and don't forget his flaw of talking to himself- but that was a good rehearsal, you just need to be able to say all that to him. Would you? . . . I wish.
 

-True, that was a bit too cheesy. But you're right. My heart also beats like crazy and the butterflies are anxious to fly away -Vernon wasn't supposed to hear an answer. Not now. It couldn't be happening. Seungkwan kneeled in front of him.- The truth is I brought you here to do something like that. But I got too scared to actually do it. That's why I hid between the woods and I didn't know how to get out again -he was leaning forward more and more.- I will therefore take the liberty of using that rehearsal as the actual performance -too close.- I love you so much. So so much. You have no idea for how long I've been whipped for you, because I've spent most of the time avoiding you. But I aim to make up for the time I've wasted -he kissed him.- Hansol Vernon Chwe, can I finally say we're officially something?
 

-I won't deny it ever again, Boo Seungkwan -they were still to close to each other, smiling.- But under one condition: we have to sell the scoop out to the boys. I'm sure they've bet on us again, we gotta take the advantage once.
 

-Why are you like this? -he laughed- We gotta sell them both separately. You go with Mingyu and I'll go with Wonwoo. Business vision is needed if you want to publish a best-seller.
 

-I wasn't expecting that from you... Keep surprising me for the rest of my life.
 

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A/N:

-The Chornicles of Narnia, The Magician's Nephew - C. S. Lewis. * I have to explain something for the ones who haven't read it: the pools are like doors to different worlds. The forest is a neutral zone. When Vernon says "the same mistake" he talks about when he found the books on the library's floor and tried to find Seungkwan (althought he couldn't get inside the pools, actually).+

- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll.

-The Wise Man's Fear. The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two - Patrick Rothfuss.

-The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare.