The world keeps on spinning round and round as days and months passed by slow and fast. Preparations for a long awaited comeback was completely done and now a two-day break before a hectic schedule would begin was given to them as a simple gift.

Hakyeon found himself in his room doing nothing. Well, it's a rest day so he should rest, right? But why does he feels like doing something?

He sat up on his bed. He look around his bedroom. He realized he was alone that's when he feels lonely and suddenly it felt so cold like winter in December. Pulling his blanket a little tighter around his body, checking his phone for time, he saw that it was already November. Summer of June just felt like yesterday. Was he sleeping all these months? Why didn't he even discern that in just two months another year will unfold?

It just feels so surreal, enchanting, dreamily and unbelievable.

One day, he loves them. Second day, it's just so painful that he can't endure any longer. The next day, he already found himself in the middle of the healing process. But, what today and tomorrow and the future has to bring? Hakyeon was just tired of being hurt anymore. But he knows that its part of everyone's life and he can't escape from that.

Lurking out from unhappy thoughts, ears perking up from any noise he could hear around the dorm but none.

Well, Taekwoon must be in his parent's house.

Jaehwan was with Jin and Sandeul.

Wonshik announced earlier that he will have a walk with his dog.

Sanghyuk went outside alone, probably with his some other friends.

Hongbin was...well, Hongbin is probably with Gongchan playing over-...what? Some kind of PC games.

He sighs.

“I never heard silence quiet this loud.” he whispers to himself, chuckling bitterly.

He let his body fell to the bed again, covering his body by blankets over blankets enough to give his limbs warm to melt the coldness away.

Coldness bothering him all too well.

He didn't even realized that he had fallen into much deeper needed slumber...alone, cold and scared.

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Hongbin punches the passcode key and strides inside the dorm. Legs feels like jelly, body feels like beaten, he was about to sit on the sofa when a figure emerges out from a certain bedroom.

He felt tired today although all what he did was sat on a comfortable chair in a darkened room and watched something together with his friend. But seeing him shove Hongbin's tireness away.

“Hyung...”

The man smiles at him as an answer.

“Where are you going?” asks Hongbin, voice sounds a bit nervous. It has been months since he had talked to the leader casually like how they used to.

“Out for a movie.” says Hakyeon.

Hongbin could sense the awkwardness in the leader's voice.

“Perfect!” exclaims Hongbin, subsconciously being so cheerful all of a sudden.

Hongbin sees a 'taken-aback' expression from Hakyeon's face. Maybe he went overboard from acting too close all at once.

“Actually, I'm about to go see a movie too.” says Hongbin, though he knows he lied to himself, it's okay. If it will give him chance to be with Hakyeon this day, it's really not a burden to himself at all. Even though, hours ago he just came from that same place.

Hakyeon smiles at him while nodding. Hongbin could see that the leader doesn't know what to say. He's sorta sad 'bout that. Does Hakyeon wants to avoid him? Doesn't want to talk to him? That's why the leader has been all too quiet all along. Though, it was kinda sad, Hongbin pushes down his own feelings.

“Should we go together?” asks Hongbin, fingers crossing behind him, praying that Hakyeon won't disagree.

“I-...uhmm...” Hongbin sees how the leader's trying to make an excuse, it's sad to think that Hakyeon's trying to avoid him. “I'm going with a friend.” Upon hearing that, Hongbin's heart somewhat stops beating to that.

Does hyung really hates me this much? Hongbin asks himself.

He hates himself more realizing it was all his fault why Hakyeon acts like this way now.

I can't endure this much. He said to his mind. Holding back tears he didn't want Hakyeon to see.

Should I be selfish once more? He asks himself. Being selfish isn't really bad right? He asks again.

His mind must have been crazy that he didn't actually think of what he should do next. But seeing Hakyeon's fingers fidget with the phone in his hand, somehwat trying to make Hongbin know that 'that friend' is waiting for Hakyeon's reply.

So, once more, he did what he did before.

He snatched the phone from Hakyeon's hand and typed a reply to 'that friend' telling him that Hakyeon was seeing a movie with his beloved.

“Yah!” yells Hakyeon after realizing what Hongbin did.

“Hyung, we should go together.” whines Hongbin, unconsciously stomping his feet.

Hakyeon could see how childish Hongbin is acting right now. It's kind of...cute, he thinks.

“Look, it's weird if two members of VIXX is going out for a movie separately right?” asks Hongbin. “Come to think of it, hyung?” he asks pursuingly.

Hongbin could see that Hakyeon is giving it a second thought. Smiles slowly shining in Hongbin's lips as he assumes that Hakyeon will go no against it.

“Well, it's basically weird to see that. People might think that we're not in good terms where we really are.” says Hakyeon, truthfully.

Hongbin's growing smiles fade realquick. Heart's almost stop beating. Hands falls deprively in his sides. Knees feeling so weak. Feet struggling not to kneel down.

He looks through the leader's eyes, seeing the leader looking at him too directly in eyes; it felt like he was travelling through the soul of Hakyeon.

“Hyung...I'm so sorry. I really am. You won't know how I go crazy feeling so frustrated because I made you mad, angry at me, not just that. I made you hate me. The least person I hated the most to hate me was you. I just don't know why but I'm in the verge of almost feeling empty through those months that we haven't talked to each other seriously, casually. It felt like half of me was literally taken away from me. Hakyeon-hyung, you're the reason why I'm still here. If it wasn't you, I guess I had long withdrawn from our group just like how I run away to escape before.” says Hongbin all the words he should have said a long ago.

Hongbin could see that somehow those words are striking through the leader's heart too.

“Hyung, I'm really sorry. But please...let me make up for it.”

Hakyeon could see the sincerity in the visual's eyes. It was a hard time for him too. Holding back his heart that wanted to talk and console his younger member, it was a pain for him too. But now, seeing him sorry and realizing his own mistakes, Hakyeon could finally let his guard down from now on. That no matter what the future has to bring, he knows, Hongbin will not make the same mistakes over and over again. By that, Hakyeon now could truly smile.

“I'm sorry too, Hongbin-ah.”

Hongbin was about to hug Hakyeon when suddenly the lights in the dorm (probably the whole building) went black out.

Squeals rang inside the dorm from a certain man.

Suddenly, Hongbin felt a body was in front of him with non-existent space in between. Arms pooling around the middle part of his torso. Fingers clutching hard on his shirt. Face buried through the space of his neck and shoulders. Breath bringing warm to his exposed flesh in that part. Voice calling for him not to go away.

Hongbin made sure that the man was secured and safe in between of his arms.

How long it has been since he actually had Hakyeon in his arms? Two months? Probably five? He doesn't know anymore. Because those times felt like forever.

But now, this time, hugging Hakyeon and feeling Hakyeon hugging him too, it also feels like forever.

Wishing a friendship like this could last forever and ever more.

The blackout short-lived for ten seconds that Hongbin unknowingly pouts to that sadly.

The forever he thought only lasted for ten seconds.

Hakyeon was shocked. Surprised how he actually did what he did. He said sorry for acting such and detach himself from Hongbin but...

Hongbin could feel that Hakyeon was detaching himself from him that's why he pulled the leader a little more closer...and tighter.

“Stay.” says Hongbin, bringing his hugs a little more tighter as he could possibly do while not depriving the man in his arms from air. “Just stay like this.”

Hakyeon complies. Hearing how vulnerable Hongbin's voice was. He somehow feels sorry for not giving these kind of comforts to the younger the past months.

Hongbin could feel the arms of the leader wraps around him tighter and closer.

“I want us to stay like this as long as we could, maybe until forever.” says Hongbin, he maybe sounds daydreaming in a high noon he doesn't care. All he cares what, at least now, he did what his heart should have did a long ago.

Hongbin could feel that Hakyeon was nodding.

“We'll stay like this...” says Hakyeon, unended.

Hongbin senses that there's more to what Hakyeon will say. And he will wait for that next part while cherishing the most precious moments in his life like this.

“...until you decided that we should go and see a movie now.”

With that last words, they both share a burst of blissful laughters.

Laughing about how joyful their hearts are.

Hearts blooming rainbows of happiness.

Happiness they could share together.

Together they will stay like this as friends and brothers forever.

Forever they know really exist.

Existing in the presence of one another.

Until they went out and watch a movie.

Most people say, things are sweeter the second time.

Hongbin was indeed one of those most people.

Because, it was sweeter to watch the same movie he had watched not long ago with his friend but this time, it was with Hakyeon definitely and indeed much sweeter.

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A/N:

Happy birthday, Jung Taekwoon <3