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It was a few hours before Mino's birthday and they are having a house party at their apartment. It all started when Yoon asked what he wanted to do for his birthday since they had no schedule that day and Mino thought that he just wanted to have a simple celebration at home with the team and some friends. Yoon said that he'd arrange it because "who plans their own birthday party?!" and so here they are at an apartment full of people that are closest to Mino. Jinwoo decorated the place with balloons and streamers while Seunghoon made sure the atmosphere is lively by setting up the sound system and creating a kickass playlist. Yoon rented a beer pong table and ordered all of his favorite food and the alcohol just kept on pouring.
Mino looked around the room. Seunghoon is on a dance showdown with Jihoon while a drunk Jinwoo is taking videos of them. Jiho and Seungyoon are playing beer pong with some of the Hi-tech dancers. It was the kind of chaos that he missed. They used to do parties like this when they were still trainees. He's in the right kind of buzzed and he's having the time of his life.
"Mino-ya! Why is the birthday boy just standing there? Come join us!" Jiho called him.
Mino walked over to them and saw that Seungyoon's team is losing.
"I don't want to play this anymore hyung, it's no fun." Seungyoon pouted. He is pink all over like how he normally gets when he drinks too much.
"Oh no, no, no. Now that I'm winning you're backing out?" Jiho laughs as he sinks another ball into Seungyoon's cup.
"UGHHHH." Seungyoon complains as he downs another glass of beer.
Mino chuckled. "Jiho-hyung why are you always picking on Seungyoonie?"
Jiho is laughing hysterically, he had quite a high tolerance in alcohol but his words are slurring a bit "I mean, how can you not. Look at his face!"
Mino kind of can't blame Jiho. Seungyoon looks adorable pouting like a baby with his arms crossed and eyebrows furrowed because he hates losing.
Mino goes to Seungyoon and slaps his face lightly. "Seungyoonie, are you still okay?"
Seungyoon looks at him and suddenly smiled so big that his eyes dissappeared "I mean, I guess my face is kinda numb but I'm good! It's okay I can get drunk because it's your birthday and we're just at home and we have no schedule tomorrow!!" Yup, he's definitely drunk Mino thought.
"Ugh you've been pouting at me the whole game and now you're in a good mood?" Jiho-hyung looks at them disapprovingly.
"It's not your birthday hyung." Seungyoon makes a face at Jiho-hyung causing the older to laugh.
Jiho walks towards them and ruffles Seungyoon's hair. "Alright I'll make sure to invite you on my birthday and you won't be allowed to smile at other people but me no matter how much I tease you."
Mino doesn't know when Jiho and Seungyoon became this close but he's relieved that he can be together with them like this. If Seungyoon was another person, Mino would probaboly be jealous because he wants to be Jiho's favorite dongsaeng. If Jiho was another person right now asking Seungyoon to smile just for him, he probably would've taken him down. No, what? Why would he do that. Mino shakes the thought from his head.
He looks at Jihoon, his other bestfriend, dancing with Hoon and imagined if he'd get jealous if a guy told Jihoon to smile only at him. He'd probably laugh his ass off. So why is it different with Seungyoon..
"EARTH TO MINO-YA!" Seungyoon's face comes to focus. He didn't realize his mind was trailing off.
"Wha- what did I miss?"
Yoon placed his arm around Mino. He gets extra clingy when he's drunk and honestly, drunk Seungyoon is one of Mino's favorites. "Play with Jiho-hyung, I don't want to play with cheaters anymore." He throws Jiho a dirty look.
Jiho scoffs at that. "Be strong Mino-ya, don't let Seungyoonie's ugly aegyo talk you into this. There's no way his team can win now."
Mino looks at Seungyoon pretending to think about it "Hmmm, convince me more."
Seungyoon pouts and wraps his arms around Mino. "Pleaseeeeee, oppa. Pleeeeaseee play with Jiho-hyung insteaaaad oppa."
Mino wiggles out of Seungyoon's hug "Aishhh fine just give me the ball and never do that ugly aegyo again." He secretly loves Seungyoon's ugly aegyo.
Yoon gives him the ball and trotted away with a satisfied grin on his face.
Jiho shakes his head on him. "You're so weak for Seungyoon."
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"Who plays spin the bottle these days??" Jiho asked. They were all gathered on the floor. Everyone is too dizzy and buzzed to do other strenuous activities.
"No one. And that is exactly why we should do it!" Seunghoon said. It was his drunken idea to play this stupid game and everyone just kind of went along with him.
"Anyway this is modified spin the bottle, the app will provide us the questions and the dares." He said showing an app on his phone.
"Looks like this isn't your first time playing it." Jinwoo tells him and Seunghoon grins a knowing smile at him.
To be fair, it was quite fun. After a few rounds, Jihoon was asked to take his clothes of, Jinwoo was asked who among the people on the room would he nail just for the heck of it (he answered Hoony), Seungyoon was asked to do a terrible aegyo which he had to upload on social media for 24 hours.
When it was Jiho's turn, he was dared to kiss anyone in the room on the lips. Everyone was cheering and jeering. This is the best one yet. He was wondering who Jiho would pick when-
"Hmm.. I pick Seungyoon." With an evil smile on his lips. Everyone was shouting, they had their phones out waiting to capture the moment.
"HYUNG!!! Why me???" Seungyoon was glaring at Jiho who was picking on him again.
"Because you have the nicest lips out of anyone here. If I'm kissing a guy might as well enjoy it!" Jiho was explaining as if it was nothing. Because it was nothing. Mino knew that Jiho has probably done wilder dares that this. He crawled to where Seungyoon was sitting and placed his hands on either sides of his face.
Seungyoon looked at the others. "Wait no taking of photos-"
Jiho closed the distance between them and kissed Yoon hard on the mouth. Everyone was losing their minds screaming and shouting and Mino was just, staring. He doesn't know why this kiss unsettles him when everybody else seems to think that it was nothing. Luckily, everyone had their eyes on Jiho and Seungyoon and honestly, no one is sober enough to notice anything strange on Mino.
Jiho finally releases Seungyoon and Seungyoon wipes his mouth with his sleeve. "Ew hyung, it's so wet."
"Not bad Yoonie, not bad at all." Jiho ruffled his hair again and crawled back to his seat. Mino's eyes met Seungyoon's and he realized that he's been staring. Seungyoon blinked at him probably wondering why he's staring at him when all the others have their eyes on the bottle again to see who's next. Mino averted his gaze from Seungyoon and looked at the bottle as well. The bottle which was pointing to him.
"AHHH finally the birthday boy!!" Seunghoon clapped excitedly. "Truth or Dare?"
Mino doesn't really feel like doing anything embarassing so he chose truth. "Älright Truth," He checks the app "Oh this is boring, 'What was the last text message you sent and who was it for?' "
Mino checks his phone. He opened his inbox and saw that his last exchange was from Yoon. His last message read "Thanks for inviting Jiho-hyung, but make sure to notice me more though bec it's my bday."
Mino glanced at Seungyoon, he was waiting for Mino to read the text msg just like everyone else. He couldn't though. They would all think he sounded too needy and he'll never hear the end of it from Jiho. It's how he normally texts Seungyoon though, playful and bordering on flirting like how they always are on and off camera but for some reason, he can't seem to share it with everyone. Again he compared the way he texts his other best friend, Jihoon and it's just nowhere near how he texts Seungyoon.
"Ah never mind, this is boring let's just do dare since it's my birthday" Mino lied which caused everyone else to cheer.
"Oooh this one is good!!!" Seunghoon excitedly reads from the app.
"7 minutes of heaven!" Seunghoon barely finished reading because he was laughing so hard. Jihoon and Jiho are rolling on the floor with laughter.
A lost Jinwoo asked "what's 7 minutes of heaven?"
"Two people are selected to go into a closet or other dark enclosed space and do whatever they like for seven minutes. " Yoon explained. He wasn't hysterically laughing like the others but he was smiling and there was a playful light in his eyes.
Jinwoo is still lost "What's funny with staying in a closet with another person?"
"Because, it is implied that you either make out, have sex, or do other dirty shit during those 7 minutes." Hoony explained while wiping tears from his eyes. "As expected Song Mino, you got the best one."
Jiho finally recovered from his laughing fit as well. "So who's it gonna be Mino-ya?" He asked with a smirk.
Mino's head was spinning. He's way too drunk for this. He hated that the first person that came to his mind was Kang Seungyoon. Is it because they are the closest? He's also just as close with Jihoon but he slightly threw up a little just thinking about making out with him. He was lost in his own thoughts and he didn't realize that he was staring at Seungyoon again.
Seungyoon has his eyebrows raised, a questioning look in his eyes.
Everyone else was watching the staring contest.
"Oh for fuck's sake just go inside the room you two!" Jiho dragged Mino while Seunghoon and Jihoon dragged Seungyoon. They literally threw them inside Seunghoon's room which was the closest to the living room.
"Don't desecrate my room too much!" Seunghoon shouted before locking them inside.
"I...what.. I didn't even pick anyone yet!" Mino checked the door and it is indeed locked from the outside.
He can hear the rest of them going back to the game on the living room.
Seungyoon is still sitting on the floor where he was thrown with his back leaning on the bed and his hand rubbing his head. "Why, who were you gonna pick?"
"I dunno.. I was still thinking about it." Mino mumbled while sitting on the floor as well. Seungyoon started to take off his jacket.
"What do you think you're doing??" Mino asked.
"What do you mean? It's so hot in here." Mino just realized that the AC in Hoony's room is turned off and Seungyoon gets hot easily. Seungyoon is almost always shirtless in their apartment, he's only dressed up now because there are other people. Thank god he chose to keep his shirt on because a topless Seungyoon in this situation would be too much for drunk Mino to handle.
Seungyoon looked at him with his head laying at the foot of the bed. He was smiling but there's something in his eyes that he can't place. "So..let's get this over with." His words were slurring.
Mino wished his heart wasnt beating wildly in his chest. He wished he isn't affected by his words and he can just do it casually like everybody else. "Uh, yeah I guess?" He tried in his most casual voice ever.
Seungyoon crossed his legs and faced him. He closed his eyes and sat still. "Go for it then."
"Wait, so I'm kissing you?"
Seungyoon opened his eyes. "I mean, I can kiss you if you want."
"Nah, I'll just do it."
"Then just do it."
He slowly placed his hands on Yoon's shoulders. His lips were really inviting and for a second, Mino thought what it would be like to just go for it. Maybe it'll get these weird confused feelings for Seungyoon out of his system. He was starting to gather enough courage when Seungyoon licked his lips and damn it stirred something in Mino.
"Why are you licking your lips?!"
"Do you wanna kiss dry lips?"
"No, but-"
"JUST DO IT MINO."
"OKAY OKAY, I'm doing it!!"
Mino slowly leaned in. He can smell Seungyoon's shampoo and the alcohol in his breath as he goes nearer. His heart is in danger of jumping out of his chest when he noticed something in his peripheral vision.
"What the, are you recording this?!"
Seungyoon opened his eyes again. "Well how else are they gonna believe us that we kissed?"
"It's weird that you're recording us kissing!"
"I'm gonna delete it right after!"
"No recording!"
"We've done these sort of things on broadcast Mino!"
"That's not real kissing though!"
"This isn't real kissing too! IT'S JUST A DARE SONG MINO."
"YA! STOP BICKERING AND JUST GIVE HIM A BLOWJOB!!" A very drunk Jiho shouted at them.
"You're time's almost up guys, time to kiss and make up. Or else you'll be celebrating your birthday locked in there Song Mino!" Seunghoon said.
"KISS!! KISS!! KISS!! KISS!!" Everyone was chanting.
Seungyoon checked his watch. It was 15 minutes before 12. "Shit we need to get out of here before 12 so we can blow your cake!!! Quick, just kiss me!"
Mino would've laughed at how worried Yoon is that he might not be able to blow his cake at exactly 12 if he didn't hate how unaffected Yoon was of all of this.
"How can you kiss just anyone like it's nothing?!" Mino asked Yoon.
"It's a dare, it's not supposed to mean anything. They're teasing us because we're hesitating. So just kiss me!"
"No!"
"GOD MINO, JUST KISS ME ALREADY."
"NO! NOT LIKE THIS!"
Seungyoon stopped at that. "Not like this? What do you-"
"I mean, we shouldn't because we're.. I can't... it's.."
Something like hurt flashed in Seungyoon's face but it was gone almost instantly. "Hyung!!! It's done let us out now!!"
The door opened and Yoon gave a very detailed account about how bad of a kisser Mino was to the others while Mino is still lost in his own confused thoughts.
Because I don't want something that doesn't mean anything. Mino realized. He doesn't want to kiss Seungyoon like how Jiho did. As a game. With no meaning. With both of them drunk. But he can't possibly explain that to him.
The guests have left the apartment and they just finished cleaning up. Seunghoon and Jinwoo are passed out in their respective rooms. Seungyoon and Mino were the only ones who are now sober enough to get any cleaning done.
Walking towards their adjacent rooms toward the hallway, Mino can't help but feel some tension in the air. They didn't talk much after they got out of the room. Seungyoon wished him happy birthday when the clock striked 12 along with everybody else and that was it.
"Did you have fun?" Seungyoon asked Mino.
"I did. I've forgotten how wild these parties get though."
"Was it too much?"
"No, I guess I'm just getting older."
"We were the youngest there Mino." Seungyoon rolled his eyes at him.
"Right haha."
They reached their respective doors.
"Well, goodnight Mino. Happy Birthday." Seungyoon smiled sleepily at him before turning to open the door to his room.
And somehow, that did it.
As Seungyoon was turning, Mino grabbed the younger's arm and pulled him towards him with his other hand on his neck, bringing their mouths together. Mino almost lost his balance as soon as their lips met and after a few seconds of shock, Seungyoon was actually kissing him back. It was an all consuming kind of kiss that Mino didn't realize he was moving forward until he felt Seungyoon's back softly hit the wall. Yes, this was how he imagined kissing Seungyoon would be like. Not because of a dare. Not when they're both too drunk to remember. He almost lost it when he heard a soft moan from Seungyoon. It's addicting. He can't imagine how that mouth would feel in other.. places. Mino was getting too worked up that he knew he had to pull back or else he might drag Seungyoon to his room and he's pretty sure they're both not ready for that.
They were both panting hard when they broke the kiss. Seungyoon's eyes were wild with shock and confusion at what just happened.
"I meant something like that." Mino whispered before letting go of the younger and going to his room leaving a dazed Seungyoon in the hallway.