If you haven't read part 1 or part 2 of the 8finite series than spoiler alert!!!!

Afterward Part 2 / Foreward for Part 3

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            Weeks had gone by since that long night. Watching Myungsoo and Sungjong as they waited to be together was slightly torturous for everyone. Sunggyu watched silently as they shared meaningful glances only to look quickly away. He watched as they touched each other only to back off a second later.

            They never seemed sad or upset. It just became normal behavior, but Sunggyu waited for them to break down. He knew something was going to happen eventually. It was just a matter of time. You couldn’t keep young love apart for long. Love was unpredictable.

            But Sunggyu was predicting something would happen soon. His leader senses were tingling.

            They were all in the main room one day watching television when Sungjong suddenly got up and moved towards the kitchen.

            “I’m getting a snack,” he said with a cute little yawn. Like Julia, Sungjong had no idea how adorable he was at times. “Anyone want anything?”

            “Chocolate sauce,” Myungsoo answered with a smirk.

            “I don’t think we have anything to put chocolate sauce on,” Sungjong said to himself seriously as he disappeared into the kitchen.

            “I’ll help you look,” Myungsoo called to him as he hoisted himself onto his feet and jogged into the kitchen.

            A moment later they all heard a clamor emanate from the room. Every single member got up and ran to the doorway, but before they made it there, Myungsoo and Sungjong emerged.

            At first, Sunggyu thought they were fighting as Myungsoo pushed Sungjong against the hallway wall, but then Sunggyu watched as Myungsoo a line of chocolate off of Sungjong’s cheek. They both had big silly grins on.

            “Looks like he found something to put the chocolate sauce on,” Dongwoo laughed as he pointed at them.

            “Oh my god boys,” Julia said as she approached them cautiously. She had her hands out as if to touch them, but she just watched in shock as they started kissing each other.

            “I thought you boys were going to wait,” she said loudly as if their kissing had deafened them.

            “Waiting is gay,” Myungsoo mumbled as he pressed Sungjong against the wall with the force of his needful kisses. 

            “Yeah noona… waiting… is… totally gay,” Sungjong panted out breathlessly as they continued to kiss. They couldn’t care less that everyone was watching them.

            “Yah! Myungsoo you are getting chocolate on the walls,” Julia screeched as they pushed each other back and forth down the hall way; banging against each wall as they fought for control over the kiss.

            Of course she is worried about the walls, Sunggyu thought with a smirk.

            They seemed to be heading towards the room Sungjong and Julia shared, but she ran up and screamed as she blocked the door with her small body.

            “I have breakables in here and you guys are all chocolaty and dirty.”

            They were unfazed and moved across the hall to Myungsoo’s room. Sunggyu watched as they fumbled to open the door before finally vanishing inside.

            Julia still stood at the open door as she peered in at them.

            “Boys I am so glad that you are happy. But some things can still wait, if you know what I mean.”

            Sunggyu tried not to laugh at her. He watched as Sungjong and Myungsoo’s heads popped out of the dark room and they kissed her simultaneously on either of her flushed cheeks.

            “Love you, noona,” they said at the same time as they disappeared into the room and closed the door.

            Myungsoo opened the door a second later and popped his head back out, “Just kissing noona. I promise,” he whispered. He gave her a smile and ruffled her hair lovingly before going back in the room.

            Julia stood at the door silently for a moment. Sunggyu heard giggles coming from within as he wrapped his arms around her and swayed her a little side to side.

            “What’s wrong? They’re happy now,” he whispered in her ear. He realized he didn’t have to whisper though because at some point the other guys had grown bored and went back to watching television.

            “My babies are all grown up,” she cried out. At first he laughed because he thought she was joking, but to his surprise she was actually crying.

            Sunggyu suppressed his amusement as he turned her and hugged her to his chest. He lifted her body a little and she gladly laced her arms around his neck. Her feet rested on top of his as he slowly made his way back to the main room.

            The others all looked up with confused expressions when they entered.

            “What’s wrong noona?” Hoya asked with genuine concern.

            “My little Sungjongie’s all grown up and kissing boys,” she cried. She refused to unbury her face from Sunggyu’s neck when she answered. Her words tickled his sensitive skin.

            “Julia didn’t you have something you wanted to tell everyone,” Sunggyu said trying to distract her.

            She backed away and rubbed her eyes. She used the back of her hand to wipe snot and tears from her face. It was kind of gross, but Sunggyu still thought she was beautiful. And he always would.

            “I wanted to ask everyone,” she complained as she looked towards the room that concealed the two lovebirds.

            “It’s okay. You can ask them later.”

            “Yeah noona, I want to know now,” Woohyun whined.

            She backed out of Sunggyu’s arms and stood in front of them. “I wanted to ask everyone if it would be alright for my cousin to stay here for a few weeks. For our wedding.”

            “You don’t want your cousin to stay in a hotel?” Sungyeol asked. “He probably wouldn’t be comfortable here with all of us.”

            “Her family doesn’t have a lot of money so I’m paying for her to visit. Having her stay in a hotel for weeks would be really expensive. I’d pay it though if you guys aren’t comfortable. So no pressure. I just figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask. If even one person is uncomfortable I’ll get her the hotel.”

            “Wait noona… Your cousin is a girl?” Woohyun asked. Sunggyu saw that he was trying to hide a smirk.

            “Yeah. Her name is Shelly.”

            Sunggyu watched as Dongwoo, Woohyun, Hoya and Sungyeol all passed looks between them. Sunggyu did not like this.

            “How old is she?” Woohyun asked.

            “She’s a little younger than me. I think she’s 21 now.”

            The guys’ grins grew wider. Sunggyu really did not like this.

            “Do you have a photo?”

            “I do!” she exclaimed; suddenly happy. Happy and adorably clueless. She ran to her room to get the photo.

            “Dibs,” all four boys yelled out as soon as she was in her room. Sunggyu tried to control his sudden anxiety as the guys began to argue over who called it first.

            “I said dibs first!” Woohyun sing-songed to the others.

            “You were on ‘Di’ when I was on ‘–ibs’. I heard it!” Sungyeol said back.   

             They hushed down as soon as Julia came back. She held the photograph carefully in her hands like it was treasure. He crowded around her with everyone else to get a peek at the photo. As soon as he saw the girl in question his stomach dropped.

            She was gorgeous of course. She was related to Julia, after all. But she also looked very different. Unlike Julia, she hardly looked Korean. Her eyes were a shade of bright green. Her hair was a wild pile of curly red waves. In the picture she was smiling and kissing at the camera. Her shirt was low cut and her shorts were well… short. She actually didn’t remind him of Julia at all.

            “Was she adopted?” Dongwoo asked as he stared; mouth agape.

            “No,” Julia said with a chuckle as she looked lovingly at her cousin’s still frame. “She is the daughter of my aunt on my dad’s side. My aunt is half Korean, but she married an American man with Irish heritage. So she’s only ¼ Korean. See her high cheekbones,” she said pointing at the girl’s face. “They look like mine right?” She turned to Sunggyu and smiled with such joy that he felt his heart melt.

            “Would you guys really be okay with her staying?” She asked almost on the brink of tears again, but happy tears this time. Sunggyu realized sadly that Julia probably hadn’t seen her cousin since she had moved to Korea nearly six years before.

            The boys all shouted out positive things and Julia beamed brightly at them all. He tried to smile back at her, but he knew this was going to be trouble.

            They were all distracted from the picture when Sungjong’s voice shouted at them from down the hallway.

            “Noona, can you buy us more chocolate sauce next time you go to the store,” Sungjong yelled with a big smile. His smile was as bright as Julia’s.

            Myungsoo’s arm reached out and pulled Sungjong back into the dark room before Julia had a chance to respond.

            The Infinite home had gone absolutely mad and Sunggyu had a feeling it was about to get worse.