Jackson immediately pushes the gates open as he finally reached the basketball court, he jogs his way inside the wide court and roams his eyes everywhere to look for a certain guy, but to no avail, he's not there either.

He stops at the middle of the court as he took his time to control his breathing. He was panting so heavily because he's been running and roaming everywhere for a few minutes now. His forehead is already sweating and his legs started shaking a bit, he didn't even know if that was because he's already exhausted or he was just really worried and nervous for their friend?

"Where the heck are you, Park Jinyoung?"

He whispered under his breath, now feeling so guilty.

He didn't really know what happened or how did it happened that once they've all got back at their table after that romantic song, the guy wasn't there anymore? They didn't worry too much at first because someone from the next table told them that he saw the guy standing up and walking towards the comfort room when they asked him. They thought he'd be back soon, but they couldn't help but worry again when Jinyoung isn't yet back at the table for almost 15 minutes. By that time, Mark finally stood up to go check on him inside the comfort room, but their friend wasn't inside of any of the cubicles, thus making them a little paranoid already. It was completely weird too because Jinyoung didn't even called or texted them if he's actually going to somewhere or just really planning to go home early. They just seriously fall in a complete panic once they tried calling him and found out that his device was obviously off. They even tried to call his sister at his apartment hoping that he's there already since his place wasn't really that far from the uni, but he wasn't there either and he didn't update his sister about it too if he's finally going home or not? And they are sure that he wasn't at the younger's place because Yugyeom wasn't updating anything about it too?

"I'm so sorry, Yugyeom..."

He mutters again as he suddenly thought of his younger friend.

He feels so bad for not keeping an eye and taking care of that guy for his youngest friend. They have promise him that they'll take care of him instead since the younger wouldn't be there, and that he didn't need to worry about the plan and just put it all on them. Yugyeom trusts them about it and he was obviously expecting that they can bring Jinyoung to him without any worries or anything, but just look what happened right now? In just a snap they are here, roaming the whole ing university to go find him. He honestly feels so ashamed to him, their youngest friend and that guy should be celebrating and being happy right now, but they just all mess it up because they're all so freaking selfish to leave him alone at that table.

'If ever something not so good happened to him...I seriously wouldn't get to forgive myself!'

He thought, because even though they've never been one with anything, he's still their friend, his boyfriend's best friend and his youngest friend's special one.

Jackson lets out a deep sigh as he started walking towards the gate, stopping for a second once he's out of the court to go figure out where should he go find him next? He seriously doesn’t have any idea where that guy would possibly go, but they believe he's still inside the uni, the guards have their protocols for tonight that they can't let anyone out as long as the ball wasn't yet done. It is to make sure that those students wouldn't be going to risk themselves about anything while being drunk, they needed someone to go pick them up for them to be able to go out of the uni's gate, and of course, Jinyoung, as the council's president, he wouldn't just break that protocol. Also, Yugyeom would definitely updates them in panic if Jinyoung already called him to go pick him up early, but since the kid wasn't doing that either they just completely assumed that the council's president is just here around the uni.

Jackson started running everywhere again, checking every possible corner and shouting the guy's name hoping that he's just there.

"Park Jinyoung!"

He called out again, and just like his previous attempt, still, no one answered him back.

Jackson then saw the uni's field not too far away from where he was standing. He didn't think there was a big possibility that he'd be there since why would even Jinyoung go there at the middle of the night with those mosquitoes feasting on him right? But still hoping for his luck, Jackson decided to just jog his way towards the field to go check for him. 

He roams his eyes down at the open field and immediately feels his whole being suddenly lifting in relief when he finally spotted the other guy peacefully laying there in the middle. His hands are behind his head serving as a pillow while his eyes are both close. He didn't know if he was already sleeping or there's just really something terrible happened to him that's why he ended up being unconscious right there?

Jackson then quickly run his way down the cement stairs to go approach him while being extra careful than ever, suddenly feeling so afraid to disturb his peacefulness.

He stops just a few steps away from him, peaking at the guy if he's still breathing or not and if he has some bruises or something? Realizing that he was indeed, just lying there peacefully, Jackson then lets out a deep relieved sigh as he quickly fishes out his phone inside his pockets to inform the other guys that he has already found him.

He puts it back again after sending a quick text and just watches him for a seconds, trying to figure out how would he inform him that he's actually labeled as a missing person right now and that everyone's been ing worried and nervous about him? Letting out a deep a sigh, Jackson finally decided to go walk towards his side, sitting down quietly before clearing his throat to speak.

"You seems like really having a good time here huh?"

He speaks, and with that, Jinyoung immediately shot his eyes open and shifted his attention beside him, obviously shocked as he wasn't really expecting anyone to be suddenly appearing beside him out of nowhere?

"What're you doing here?"

He asks, now sitting up from his laying position, giving the other guy a curious at the same time suspicious look.

Jackson couldn't help but starts chuckling a bit about that while slightly shaking his head in disbelief. He's been freaking almost out his breath for looking at him everywhere and yet he'll just going to asks him that as if he really doesn't want to be found.

"Seriously, Park Jinyoung? I should be the one asking you that?" He answered while chuckling, "You're just suddenly gone at the table without saying anything, so of course we'll go search you?"

He said still chuckling a bit. Jinyoung finally tears his suspicious look on him and started looking at the wide spacious green field in front him, letting out a deep sigh as he did so.

"I've never told you guys to go search for me though?"

He mutters, pulling out his snob self once again which only made the other guy at his side chuckling once again.

"You really are something, Park Jinyoung?"

Jackson mutters between his breath. Finding it so unbelievable that someone can still be this snob even after such a long a time of being friends. Well, he guesses being snob is just really running on his blood since birth and yep, he knows they couldn't do anything about it already.

The two guys only sat there quietly at the middle of the field, Jackson gives him his temporary peace of mind by just quietly sitting there beside him, just letting the guy to have some time to think. He didn't actually know what's the reason of his sudden walking out, nor his reason for going here and wanting to be alone for a while, but he does know that whatever his reason is, he's sure that it does involves his youngest friend. Jackson knows that Jinyoung is a wise a guy and he isn't oblivious at all. Even though he didn't know a single thing about what is supposed to happen tonight, it was obvious that Jinyoung can probably feel it already even with the younger not saying anything.

'And I know you're not that stupid to not consider that feeling...'

He thought, smiling a little as he remembers his youngest friend's words to them that night.

'Wah~ you kid is seriously so brave for laying an eye for a, Park Jinyoung!'

He thought again.

On the other hand, Jinyoung was just quietly sitting there too, staring in front of him while he's trying to figure and sort out his own thoughts right now. He honestly feels so lonely and guilty earlier, like all of a sudden he just wanted to leave and look for him. He wanted to snuggle with him and tell him over and over again how much he likes him, and maybe that's why he immediately made his way at this field earlier, he wanted to remember that relieving feeling of admitting his own feelings for that junior because he just suddenly feels like he was longing too much even though they just got separated for some hours ago. He didn't know when did he start being this clingy to him and he didn't know if it was because of that news that he got or he was just really missing him or something?

Jinyoung lets out a deep sigh as he shifted on looking up at the sky above him. He can seriously feel his heart beating so fast inside his chest while he's thinking of him and how much the younger have been so much vocal and expressive about his feelings these days. He's normally expressive to him, but Jinyoung thought he's getting more and more as days passes by, starting from the way he was looking at him and from the way he was holding him, it was as if the younger is already telling him something, and he might not know what it was right now, but he can honestly feel it all and Jinyoung wouldn't deny the fact that he does feels so overwhelmed. It made him feel like something that he hasn’t yet felt before...

'It was all too unfamiliar to me...but I do like it...specially, if it was from you...'

He thought.

"Hey, Jinyoung?" Jinyoung snaps out his thoughts when the guy beside him started speaking again. Jackson was still sitting there while watching the night sky above him, smiling a little as if he suddenly remembers something so interesting, "Do you remember the first time that I've found out that you’re best friends with Mark?"

He added, smiling even more as he thought of it.

Jinyoung only lets out a deep sigh, completely finding it so out of the blue for him to be suddenly bringing and talking about that right now.

"You know what I'm thinking that time?" Jackson asks, now shifting his position as he crosses his legs instead. "I immediately thought of giving Mark up, especially when you just directly and obviously send your hatred towards me and that you didn't really like me for your best friend," He continued even without a response from the other guy. He was sure that he was listening anyway so he just goes on, "I do think about of giving him up a lot before..." He added as he started chuckling a bit while slightly shaking his head. "I was so annoyed with the fact that I'm just trying to hit on him, but you're always there too being so overly protective in no place...."

He continued, unconsciously making some gestures with his hands as he talks.

"It's because I know you're a complete back then."

Jinyoung suddenly mutters, weirdly getting triggered about it as if he's suddenly going back to those days again.

"Well, okay fine. I might be and I do admit that I never thought of having some serious commitment with him at first. I mean, yes, I am so much interested because he's cute and he's obviously interested with me too, so why not try him?"

Jackson admitted while chuckling, but even though he finds it funny, he still wanted to hit his head on the nearest wall every time he gets to remember that he had once thought of Mark in that way. He was just that playboy before and he admits that.

Jinyoung instantly started glaring at him when he heard that. So that's what he was saying before! Younger Wang is just an and he's no good for his best friend.

"And okay, I'm so sorry if I was like that before, but you didn't really need to worry about it right now?" Jackson spoke and raise his hand in front of him in surrender. "I honestly love your best friend so much, Jinyoung. He's already my life and literally my everything..."

He said in pure honesty, leaving the other guy a bit speechless as he heard that. He looks at Jackson for a second as he started going back at looking in front, letting out a sarcastic scoff as he did so.

"So after thinking about just trying him out and giving him up a lot of times, you suddenly ended up loving him too much right now?"

He sarcastically said, not really meaning half of it because he does know they're actually so in love with each other right now, but yeah he just suddenly finds their process unbelievable.

"It's really unexpected, but yes," Jackson answered, letting out a deep sigh before continuing, "You know that feeling?" He added, now going back on looking at the sky while smiling, "That feeling that one day when I saw him looking and smiling at me so pure like that...it was cringy and absurd to be honest, but...yeah, I just suddenly felt like...I badly wanted to be with him forever...that all of a sudden I just want him all for me...that I can already see myself in future with him..."

Jinyoung was only listening attentively at him right now, feeling his heart starts skipping it beats as he suddenly feels like he can already relate to what he was saying, thus making him a little nervous at the same time.

"And believe me, it just feels so strange and scary because I haven't felt something like that before, and I do try to keep it aside but..." He paused, looking down right now as he started chuckling a bit once again, finding it so unexpected that he had finally met that person that would pull him out of his norms. "Maybe you can't just really do anything anymore once it hits you..."

He continued.

Jinyoung took a nervous gulp as he completely focuses on Jackson while listening to him.

"Hits you? W-what do you mean?"

He hesitantly asks.

"Love." The other guy answered while smiling, and it was as if Jinyoung suddenly feels a little frozen on his spot when he heard that word. "You know that thing?" He asks, but not really expecting some answer since he knows that the other guy was still figuring it all out at once, "Once it hits you, it would seriously hit you hard. Love can certainly make you do and feel new things...things that you have never even imagine that you are capable of feeling or doing..."

Jinyoung just stares at him for a bit trying to sink in those new information inside his mind and heart. He feels so lost with his words yet he feels like he wasn't that far about it either.

"It can honestly feel so messy at first...like it would really feel so much confusing and untitled, and maybe the more you're trying to deny or keep it aside, the more it would only get stronger and clearer..."

Jackson explained, preventing himself from suddenly laughing when he saw that obvious nervousness from the guy beside him.

"And it's normal to be scared about it, but you have nothing to be worried of, Jinyoung..."

He speaks, tapping the other guy's shoulder as he says that.

Jinyoung hesitantly looks back on him, confusion is written all over his face and it was obvious that he was already thinking about it so deep for a while now.

"You just have to be true to yourself and just let and enjoy the process of falling in love...and believe me, it will be all worth it in the end."

He ended before finally standing up and started stretching his arms and legs, letting the other guy still sitting at the ground while he's thinking about it.

Jinyoung's heart was seriously wrecking his chest right now. He didn't know what should he really think of it...true, he feels like he can already relate to what the other guy was saying earlier and yes, he does feels sometimes like that too, but...

'Is it possible?'

He asks himself.

Is it really possible to develop such strong feelings for someone in that short amount of time? Is it really possible that once it hits you then it just hits you hard and you can't do anything about it anymore?

'Is it really possible that I'm...'

He thought as his breath started hitching all of a sudden.

Jinyoung would admit that he does really likes him, he likes him so ing much and he was sure of that...

But love? He knows it would definitely come to its right time and place...but right now?

'I don't think, I'm sure about that yet...'

He thought, because honestly, he was still scared and confuse about it.

Jinyoung had never been in love with someone before, heck he didn't even know how does it really feel or how does it work (at least for him), so how would he be sure that he was really feeling it now?

'Why am I so clueless?'

Letting out a defeated sigh, Jinyoung just shakes his head slightly to shook those thoughts away for now before he even got mad to himself for being so freaking clueless about that thing, his mind was going back with the thought of the younger, having that strong longing feeling inside of him once again as he did so.

'I shouldn't probably think about it yet and just focus about us...'

He thought as he finally stands up too and started fishing out his phone inside his pockets, turning it on once he got it on his hands, now feeling more and more desperate to see the younger specially with those bunch of confusing thoughts inside his mind.

'I just really need to see you right now...'

He thought as he started feeling so freaking lonely once again. He didn't know why do he keeps on getting that feeling tonight, but he can't just help it anymore.

He needs to be with him now.

"Wait, where are you going?"

Jackson asks when Jinyoung suddenly starts walking away while holding up his phone on his ears. The latter didn't even bother to answer him, just completely making his way out of the field. He quickly jogs his way to catch up with him, starting to get a little nervous as Jinyoung started speaking through the phone.

"Gyeom-ah," Jinyoung mutters when the younger finally picks up his call after so many rings. "Are you busy right now?" He asks, strangely sounding a bit soft and sulky and if Jackson isn't in a panic right now he'd definitely for suddenly being so soft like that, "Can you...come and pick me up now?"

Jackson on his side instantly let out a gasp when he heard that, now getting in a great panic as quickly pulls out his phone, frantically typing a text to the other guys to report about it.

To: Jae Bro bum

Where the hell are you guys?! He's already ing calling and asking Yugyeom right now to go pick him up!

From: Jae Bro bum

Sorry. We got in trouble with the patrol guards for loitering around the uni!

From: Jae Bro bum

Wtf?! Go and stop him!

"Yugyeom?"

Jinyoung curiously asks when he heard a few shouts from the other line as if some people were fighting or something, and it was weird because he can even hear Youngjae and Bambam from it.

"Uh, Jinyoung? I think we should—"

"Shh!"

Jackson tried to speak and make some excuses, but Jinyoung's hand immediately shushed him up as he nervously watches his face expression slowly getting annoyed.

"Yugyeom where are you?"

He asks, finding those sounds strange already.

[ A-At home? —I'm not scared of you, you jerk! ]

The younger answered with an obvious hesitation and it was followed with some faint voices shouting at the background.

Jinyoung was honestly starting to be suspicious, but he didn't know why he couldn't get fully angry with him right now either. 

"Is the other guys there?"

[ N-No hyung! They're not! They're not here! I'm actually helping nana to cook right now! Yeah, t-that... ]

To: Jae Bro Bum

How the would I stop him?!

From: Jae Bro bum

The heck, Jackson! Just stop him okay?!

To: Jae Bro bum

How about the Youngjae and Bambam? Are they done preparing everything?

To: Jae Bro bum

Damn it, Im Jaebum! We're already walking towards the gate?! What should I do?!

From: Jae Bro bum

They aren't answering my calls too! I don't have a single ing idea what's happening to them!

From: Jae Bro bum

Stop him! ing dragged him back at the main hall if you have to!

Jackson mouthed 'what?!' as he reads that. How the heck could he freaking do that to Jinyoung? He'd be instantly slap hard as soon as he starts holding him and no man, he didn't want that.

"Yugyeom? Are you still there? Kim Yu—"

Jinyoung suddenly stops from walking as he stares weirdly at his phone after that call ended sound, he seriously didn't know what was up and what the heck is happening to that kid right now, but Jinyoung knows for sure he wasn't doing well, and the heck?! Yugyeom dropped his call? He freaking dropped his call?!

"We should head back now at the main hall, Jinyoung?"

Jackson hesitantly said, biting on his nails as he watches him furiously typing a text on his phone.

"Come on, they—"

"Shut up, Jackson."

Jinyoung instantly cuts him in without even lifting his head from his phone.

To: Kim Yugyeom

Why did you drop it? What's happening? Are you really busy right now?

To: Kim Yugyeom

Please do come and pick me up now.

To: Kim Yugyeom

Or never mind if you're too busy. I can just go home alone, but please do answer back.

To: Kim Yugyeom

I'm worried.

He just keeps on typing and sending texts and after that last message, he finally lets out a deep sigh as he started walking towards the gates again. Jackson was just tailing behind him, blabbering something that he couldn't really focus on right now because he was seriously starting to get worried.

"Where are you going?!"

"ing hell, Jackson?! I am going out now, okay?"

Jinyoung snaps when Jackson still doesn't stop from speaking.

"You can't! The guards won't let you out without someone picking you up!"

"That is for those drunk students, the council proposed that protocol, Jackson! Do I freaking look wasted to you huh? And it's not that I would even drive home, so shut up!"

"But still—"

"What?!"

"Yah! You're the council's president?! How could you just violate your own organization's protocol?!"

Jinyoung only lets out a frustrated groan as just started pacing his steps while the other guy was struggling to keep up beside him. Jackson keeps on stopping him from going out and Jinyoung do knows it wasn't just because it was dangerous and he didn't want to have something bad happening to him once he got out.

"Okay, wait, so are you heading back at your apartment?"

Jackson asks again, fastening his steps because Jinyoung is seriously walking too fast right now that he started thinking how on earth is he the one being here in this situation instead of Jaebum or Mark?

"I need to go check on that kid."

Jinyoung answered back and is just completely taken a back when Jackson frantically hurried in front of him, spreading his arms as if blocking him from going anywhere.

"No! You can't go there right now!"

He shouted at Jinyoung's face while the latter was just looking at him with that suspicious shocked eyes. He blinks for a few times trying to sense everything and when Jackson started averting his eyes somewhere, Jinyoung then knew he knows something.

Jackson can feel the sweat running down on the corner of his face. He didn't know if he was already exhausted or he was just so nervous right now?

Jinyoung starts pulling out a small glare as he crosses his arms on his chest while looking at the guy in front of him.

"You do know where is he right now, am I right?"

Jinyoung starts interrogating him.

Jackson's breath starts hitching when he heard that, quickly sending his hand to nervously scratch his nape, obviously getting uneasy.

"And you do know what is he doing right now too, right?"

He added.

"W-well...I do?"

Jackson hesitantly answered, quickly trying to work out his remaining brain cells to construct a sensible excuse.

"Where is he?"

"I...maybe didn't really know—okay! Fine! Fine!" 

Jackson nervously said, but pulled it off and stops him when Jinyoung starts walking again.

"I'm not freaking joking with you right now, Jackson."

Jinyoung sternly said, already annoyed with what is happening right now.

"I-I know, okay?" He said and just lets out a defeated sigh when Jinyoung didn't say anything anymore and just glares at him like that, "Well...didn't he told you that he booked a game at the bowling alley with Youngjae and Bam? He told us that earlier? Haven't you heard it?" Jackson lied, feeling so guilty for saying that but it's better than screwing up the whole plan, "And oh! Maybe they're already at the place and playing right now?"

He added, even checking the time on his wrist watch just to look and sound more convincing.

"Yugyeom just told me that he was at home, without the other guys, and he was in fact, helping nana with cooking."

Jinyoung said, now getting more suspicious.

"W-well, he might've cancelled it though?!"

Jackson immediately shouted, looking more and more obvious as seconds passes by, and of course, Jinyoung isn't stupid to just quickly buy that reason. He just started pursing his lips and just shoves him out of his way, going back on walking once again.

"Park Jinyoung?! Aish! You—"

"Touch me again and I'll freaking break all of your ing bones, Wang!"

Jackson instantly backs away and raises his hands in surrender the moment Jinyoung aggressively shoves his hands off of his arms when he tried to hold and pulled him back away from the gates.

"Okay, okay!"

He nervously mutters, taking a nervous gulp as Jinyoung goes back on looking at him with that serious interrogating look.

"Jackson, ing be honest with me?"

Jinyoung asks again, hoping for the last time that he'll get the truth because he was starting to seriously feels so betrayed and upset with the thought of the younger lying to him and his friends backing and covering him up. He didn't even know what is he exactly doing right now, but he needs to know, okay?

"Is Yugyeom seriously doing something off behind my back?"

He mutters as his breath seems to be getting heavier with just the thought of it. He didn't honestly want to think of him like that but with them acting so strange and suspicious since earlier, he just couldn't help but be so worried and paranoid?

"What? Of course not! That's not true! Yugyeom wouldn't do that and we aren't a bunch of s to tolerate that!"

Jackson immediately defended, getting a little offended about what he heard but his expression slowly softens when he saw that obvious hint of sadness at the other guy's face as he started looking down and letting out a sigh.

Jinyoung seems to be getting back on his senses when he heard him shouting like that. It was like he realized that it was so bad of him to suddenly thought of something like that about them and he feels sorry for that.

"Okay, I'm sorry..." Jackson speaks again after some seconds, now feeling so extremely guilty for lying to him to the point that Jinyoung ended up thinking something so ridiculous like that, "I was just really trying to stop you from going out because I don't want something terrible happening at one of us outside? Specially, you. Yugyeom told us to take care of you since he wouldn't be here, we're just only taking some sweet order from your greatest suitor, Jinyoung,"

He speaks, trying to lift up the mood.

"Also, Yugyeom might just probably cancelled that schedule right now and just decided to help nana with cooking since his parents aren't around tonight,  and he might just be totally busy right now that's why he couldn't answer you that much?"

He added and he do feels like a for lying once again but he just made a mental note to just apologize later. It was for their betterment anyway, so push!

Jinyoung wasn't really that convinced yet, but he decided to just shrugged it off for now, he'd be meeting him and finding out everything later anyway, so okay, he'll let it slide. He just need to wait for a few minutes and he can finally go and see him.

They were about to head back at main hall but Jaebum and Mark was already walking towards them before they could even take their first step away from the gates, behind them were the other students from the ball and that's when they realized that it was already the end of the event.

"You ing inconsiderate guy! How dare you to make us so freaking worried like that?! You didn't even tell and informed us that you're going out?! I nearly got a ing record because of you?! What the heck, Park Jinyoung?!"

Mark nags at him the moment Jaebum and him reaches the other two guys. Jinyoung was just watching him with that straight face, not really having a piece of it.

"Argh! Gosh! So stressful!"