This is it, Sehun thinks. This is really it. It has to be now. Who cares that they're surrounded by their group members, who cares that there are thousands of fans watching them (most of them like interactions between them anyway, so it's not really a big deal)? He has to do it right now, it's the perfect time. It's the only time.

He his lips anxiously, side-eyeing Joonmyun who is standing to his right to make sure the leader is distracted and not eavesdropping before leaning towards the person to his left. "Hyung."

Luhan perks up, turning halfway towards him to show that he has his attention. "Hm?"

Sehun places both hands on the older male's narrow shoulders as he leans even closer, so close that his lips are almost brushing against the shell of the other's ear. The crowd roars. Screams of the pairing name fans have given them is thrown in their direction, but Sehun pays no mind to that.

All he can think about is uttering that one sentence, the one he has been practicing over and over again, the one he has whispered into the darkness of his room to make sure that when he finally got the courage to actually say it, it would be perfect, because Luhan deserves nothing less that perfection. "Hyung," he whispers. "너 좋아해요."