"San, Wooyoung!" Hongjoong's voice rang out and San flinched uncomfortably.

"How's your mother, Woo?" Hongjoong asked instead, placing a hand on the younger boy's shoulder. "Better." He nodded with relief and eyed San, who looked at the two of them silently. "We need to talk about the audio recording and your public behavior."

They both nodded and Wooyoung walked slowly after them. His abdomen was still aching. San noticed this and supported him. Hongjoong looked at the two of them skeptically and opened a door to a meeting room. The others were all already sitting there, as was their manager. San wanted to cry. He wasn't ready to come out. There were too many of them.

They both sat down and San nervously played with his fingers.

"We managed to sort out the picture. Your fans thought the kiss on the cheek was very sweet. The others bought into the fanservice ploy and the reason why there were two of you. From now on, please refrain from any public interaction that shows something intimate. You're welcome to show your fanservice during the award shows, interviews and our content," said the manager, annoyed. "Mingi and Yunho can do it too and they're together. Not like you two."

"We-", San began, but interrupted as he felt all eyes on him. He swallowed nervously. "W-we... Also," he whispered. The room fell silent. The manager seemed annoyed. Yunho and Mingi smiled happily at the two of them. Jongho and Yeosang didn't let on. Hongjoong looked worried, while Seonghwa nodded silently.

"You... You know what... Never mind. You were inseparable before anyway. Please don't do any kissing or other intimate things in front of the camera, stick to fanservice. You..." He fell silent. Heaved a sigh. "Since when?"

"Yesterday," Wooyoung replied quietly.

"If you can't keep your hands off each other, we'll have to limit your camera interactions. The staff shouldn't know about this either. We still don't know who uploaded that highly questionable audio file. If the person still has pictures, it becomes critical. Because your voices can only be partially identified on the audio. And you can't hear names either. If you see anyone suspicious, let me know immediately and we'll see if we can find out anything else about the account."

Everyone nodded and said goodbye to the manager. Silence reigned for a long time. San sat frozen in his chair while Wooyoung looked uncertainly at the group. "W-what now?"

Hongjoong heaved a sigh and put a hand on San's shoulder. "Stop sitting there like a sip of water. No one's going to kill you or say anything. We're all happy that you're well.... . That you've found your right person," Hongjoong said as he looked at Wooyoung, who was almost beaming. "You... Don't you think it's strange?"

"No? Mingi and Yunho are also together and we were actually just waiting for you to make it official," said Yeosang, unimpressed. San turned completely red, while Wooyoung smiled ashamedly. "You really have been conspicuous for years. Your VLive just gave me nightmares," Seonghwa said traumatized, which made San laugh embarrassed.

"We just ate a lot and Wooyoung gave me a massage," said San, confused.

"Be that as it may. Get some rest tomorrow and we'll continue. I'll send you our schedule later and..." Hongjoong looked around. "I don't want to be a spoilsport, but everyone sleeps in their dorm no ifs, ands or buts." Mingi and Yunho let out an annoyed sigh, while Wooyoung nodded quietly and looked at San, who wasn't quite getting to grips with the new situation yet.

Wooyoung slid over to San and stroked his hair, "We'll write later." San nodded with a smile and took Wooyoung's hand away, it seemed so tiny in his hand.

"See you later Young-ah."

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