The next morning, Yeosang and his family are sitting down in one of their favorite diners that's not too far from where they're staying. They like it so much because of how 50s style it is, having the waitresses skate around on roller skates.

Yeosang's mood is still a bit down from being denied by his parents when he asked if he could meet some guys to go on the boardwalk. They didn't want Yeosang going because they had never met these boys before and didn't want their son to be getting into trouble.

"Yeo, you know we're only looking out for you," Yeosang's mother says in a concerned tone of voice.

Yeosang's father nods, setting down his menu after he chose what he wanted for breakfast, "Your mother's right, we don't want to have you getting in with anyone bad. It would be a different story if we knew the boys, but they're people you met only yesterday, Yeosang."

Yeosang huffs, twiddling with his silverware when he hears the bell of the front door to the diner opening, not paying any mind to it, "I know, I know... But they're really nice, they're not into anything bad."

In all honesty, Yeosang can't say that with confidence. He did only meet them yesterday, and he didn't even meet all of them. He only met Wooyoung, but he seemed to be friendly. Why would someone like that hang out with a bad crowd? Yeosang can't imagine them being the type of people his parents wouldn't approve of.

Soon enough, their waitress skates over and begins to take their order.

"I'll have scrambled eggs with cheese and two slices of bacon, please," Yeosang orders, his eyes drifting down after looking up at the waitress and handing her the menu to see a group of boys sitting in one of the large booths across the diner.

Yeosang's eyes widen when he sees the bright-eyed boy he met only yesterday.

Wooyoung?

Wooyoung appears to have already seen Yeosang since his eyes make instant contact with Yeosang's when he looks over. Wooyoung shows him a warm smile, happy to see the boy again. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he didn't see him yesterday evening.

Once Wooyoung sees their waitress leave he begins to get up, "I'll be right back," he tells his friends, not bothering to look back at them as he has his eyes set on Yeosang and his family.

Yeosang's eyes widen when he sees Wooyoung get up and start walking towards him and his family's table, quickly taking his eyes away and he suddenly finds his napkin quite interesting.

"Good morning," Wooyoung greets happily, doing a small and quick bow towards the older couple who are clearly Yeosang's parents, "My name is Jung Wooyoung."

Yeosang feels embarrassment wave over him. Does he always have to introduce himself so formally?

"Hi, Wooyoung!" Eunsang says excitedly, "I'm Eunsang!" He shines his teeth towards the boy who came to their table.

Yeosang clears his throat before looking at his parents, "Mom and dad, this is one of the boys I was going to hang out with yesterday evening," He explains, rubbing the back of his head before he shoots Wooyoung a look that asks 'Are you crazy?'

Wooyoung shows a near-missable smirk towards Yeosang, holding out his hand towards his father, "I thought I should introduce myself since I was hoping to become a friend of your son's."

Yeosang's father shakes the boy who introduced himself as Wooyoung's hand, "It's nice to meet you, Wooyoung. I'm Kang Minjae and this is my wife Kang Soomin," He says as he wraps his arm around her.

"Where did you two meet?" Yeosang's mother asks, looking between the two boys.

"I might have accidentally run into Yeosang and ruined the ice cream he had bought for his little brother, so then I treated him to another one," Wooyoung explains.

Yeosang smiles when Wooyoung actually calls him his name without making a joke of it and he nods, "He also bought another one for Eunnie," He says, ruffling up his brother's hair.

"Really?! You're the one that bought me the ice cream?" Eunsang asks, his eyes lighting up like newly put-in lightbulbs, "You even got me my favorite one!"

Wooyoung chuckles, "Well, it was your brother here who told me which one to get, little man."

Yeosang's parents watch and admire the way their son's new friend interacts with their younger.

"You're the best!" Eunsang says in awe.

Wooyoung smiles at the little boy, having always liked children, "No, you're the best."

Eunsang giggles and curls up in his seat beside Yeosang, curling into him, "Yeo, your friend is so cool."

"So, what are you doing at the beach, Wooyoung?" Yeosang's mother asks, becoming curious about her son's new friend.

Wooyoung motions behind him towards the table of six other boys sitting together, "My friends and I came down to celebrate our last summer all together before we each head off to college. The majority of us got accepted into different universities, so this will be one of the last times we see each other for a long while. We figured we'd make the best of it and come where we all love," Wooyoung smiles wide, turning his head back to Yeosang and his family.

"That sounds wonderful! We're actually doing the same thing. Our little Yeo is going off to university and leaving us all," Yeosang's mother says, her eyes softening when she looks over at Yeosang.

"Mom..." Yeosang hums, becoming increasingly embarrassed the more she talks.

She giggles, "It's true."

Wooyoung smirks towards Yeosang, finding it amusing how embarrassed he's getting at his mother's love.

"Ah," Yeosang's father hums, "Our apologies for yesterday, by the way. My wife and I just wanted to be cautious since we had never met the boys he mentioned going to meet up with."

Yeosang's mother nods, "Yes, you seem like a nice boy. Thank you for coming over to greet us."

Wooyoung bows once more when he sees the waitress skating over to them with their food, "It was nice meeting you all. I think we will be seeing each other more often!" He says before leaving the family to their breakfast, going back to sit down with his friends.

After Wooyoung leaves and the food is placed in front of them all, their parents show warm smiles to Yeosang, "He doesn't seem like a bad influence at all," Yeosang's mother says.

"Quite the opposite," His father retorts, "Wooyoung appears to be a very respectable young man."

"Does that mean I can go out with them to the boardwalk next Thursday?" Yeosang asks between bites, taking small glances at the table across the way.

Both of his parents nod and it makes Yeosang's mood brighten up.

"So who is that?"

"Isn't that the same guy from yesterday, Jung?"

Wooyoung smiles at his friends and nods towards the youngest of them, "Yeah, that's him, Jongho. I think he would fit in with us pretty well, don't you think? His name is Yeosang."

"Last name?" Jongho asks, liking to refer to people as their last names better.

"Kang."

"Jongho, cut it out. Woo, what's he like? I thought I caught you staring when we first got here," Yunho smirks, pushing Wooyoung's shoulder.

Wooyoung rolls his eyes, "I wasn't staring, okay?"

"It looked a lot like staring to me," Mingi chimes in.

Wooyoung pouts and sticks his tongue out at the two, "Just because you two are always staring at each other doesn't mean you know that I was staring at Yeosang."

Yunho shrugs and lays back against Mingi, looking up at him, "He was, right?"

Mingi rubs Yunho's head, patting his hair down so it doesn't poke into his own face, "I think he was."

"Ugh, sometimes I wonder why I hang out with you guys," Wooyoung crosses his arms on the table, "Can I not make new friends?" He asks, clearly upset that his friends always think he has ill intentions, but he knows deep down that they're just playing with him. Wooyoung is just too easy to tease.

Hongjoong cuts in, "Guys, let Wooyoung be. I'd really like to meet Yeosang since you're so excited about him. You acted similarly when we first met Jongho and now look at him! We're all the best of friends, isn't that right, guys?" Hongjoong says happily, it is clear that he's the more fatherly figure of the group.

All of the boys hum in agreement before San starts talking, "Do you think the french toast would still be good if I put kiwi on it?" He asks, looking up from the menu, not having been listening to his friends' conversation about Yeosang.

They all burst into laughter at San's obliviousness and Seonghwa leans over, looking at the menu with him, "Hmm... I think it would probably still be good. You always try something different every time we come here, Sannie."

"It's good to branch out, you know," San says as he closes the menu, "Unlike some people who always get the same thing," He says, dissing Seonghwa's choice of sticking with chicken and waffles every time they get breakfast together.

"It's a good breakfast choice. What more can I say?" Seonghwa closes his menu as well, standing his ground on his breakfast choices, "At least I know I'll always like it. One day you're going to get something and not want to eat it! What will you do then?"

Wooyoung chuckles, "San would still eat it, Hwa. You know he hates wasting food."

The rest of the boys' breakfast goes smoothly, all of them finishing their food around the same time. Wooyoung got so caught up in eating his breakfast that he hadn't kept track of Yeosang. He remembers and looks over to where he and his family were seated earlier, but the table is empty. They must've finished and left while we were all still eating, Wooyoung thinks to himself.

Wooyoung finds himself smiling when he thinks about the next time he will see Yeosang. He's going to have to get Yeosang to play volleyball on the beach with him and his friends sometime. Wooyoung knows that he will fit in easily with them all and can't wait until they all finally meet the boy Wooyoung's been so excited about.

End of Chapter Two