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"Anyways, I wonder what made you a break-up planner huh?" Mingi teases trying to get a conversation up. However, the words he spoke weren't all too pleasing to Seonghwa's ears that he mumbled back with a straight face. "It's not a break-up planner. Please have some sense." Seonghwa rolls his eyes until Mingi leans closer with a bright grin.

"You're cute when you're angry." Mingi's soft mumble lingers through Seonghwa's ear, sending him blushing profusely even after how weird his judgement over Mingi's character prevented him to. The blush through Seonghwa's cheeks was so prominent, Mingi burst out into a laughter leaning away to look in Seonghwa's eyes. His head propped on his palm. "I see I do wonders there huh?" Pointing a finger towards Seonghwa's chest, particularly the left side, Mingi wiggles his eyebrows.

Seonghwa widens his eyes at the statement. "How dare you?!" Exclaiming quite flustered, Seonghwa watches Mingi laugh yet again. "Just how I dared to make you blush." Mingi sticks his tongue out before he grimaces at the surroundings. It was sure evening and the sun was setting down by now but truly cafes weren't his liking. Especially open-cafes. "Hey let's go somewhere better. My mood isn't really the best here." Mingi mutters to Seonghwa who raises his eyebrow at the sudden change of topics though he was thankful for it.

"And why do you expect me to go with you?" Seonghwa questions, a single eyebrow up in unamused interrogation. "Cause you sure are single and wouldn't mind finding a guy for you? Dude I'm a match maker out here you know? I can get you a good one." Mingi declares his speciality leaving his actual intentions out of his speech, a small merry smirk up his face as he stared at the soft blonde locks resting just above Seonghwa's eyes before he brushes them backwards.

"Sorry but I am not interested. Also, I have to get back, my friend must be waiting for me." Seonghwa dismisses his offer before getting up. Better off he leaves now or he sure would find himself under the slightly straight forward antics of Mingi. Before he could start walking though, his wrist was grabbed firmly as Mingi turns him around leaning closer his ear. "Stop worrying, can't you understand I need company??" Mingi whispers under his breath, Seonghwa's eyes widening slightly at that before he was pulled along leaving his mouth shut with no protests breaking through.

The way Mingi's hand grasped his slim wrist firmly and how he walked without caring yet making sure Seonghwa wasn't tripping around at his pace, Seonghwa just switched his gaze between their hands and Mingi's face's side view. Soon what seemed still familiar of a place, Seonghwa stood in front of the club. "W-wait-" Seonghwa finally bothered interrupting when Mingi turned towards him at his soft almost inaudible voice.

"What?" Mingi questioned, staring at Seonghwa until he realised he was still holding onto his wrist. Immediately losening his grip over Seonghwa's soft wrist, Mingi pretends to not have noticed much while Seonghwa finds it difficult to look in the taller's eye muttering "I need to tell YeoSang I'll be late. Give me a moment." Assuming Mingi nodded which he sure did, Seonghwa turns around and fishes his phone out of his back pocket, going a little farther.

'Hello?' The usual slightly irritated yet softly deep voice of his friend was enough to tell Seonghwa that the other was yet again beating his head over some article he doesn't know about. "YeoSang! I'm sorry but I just called to inform you I'll be late tonight. You can have dinner without me." Seonghwa bites his lips, feeling the guilt of leaving his tired and stressed friend to bother about his dinner alone which sure meant ordering take-out.

'Ok. Take care.' YeoSang's tired mumble was enough reassurance for Seonghwa that he was actually listening after all. Hanging up, Seonghwa drags his feet over to the taller male who seems lost in his thoughts for some reason he isn't aware of. Actually Mingi is just wondering why it felt suddenly weird to realise his hand around Seonghwa's wrist. It felt almost too embarrassing even after all the straight forward behaviour he has.

"So...I'm done I guess?" Seonghwa smiled softly looking up at Mingi who seemed slightly out of the actual reality until he snapped out and nodded. They walked inside the club, the usual round of loud music starting to cause resonation in their chests, feeling the thumping get heavier. Seonghwa followed Mingi pushing through loads of bodies. He isn't going to lie but Itaewon truly feels the safe place for him. A place where he can distract himself from anything and do what he wants. Now that he thinks about it, Mingi isn't all so intimidating either but he isn't going to deny the fact that he still feels that warning red light vibe from the taller.

The first thing they did was usual and that was to go towards the bar where Mingi immediately ordered drinks while they took a seat at the dark red barstools. Even he was here cause of Mingi, Seonghwa decided that now that he is here he can sure have some fun on his own as well. The music was loud and sure enough Seonghwa would need to shout to speak so he clears his throat. "YOU LOVE DRINKING ALOT HUH?" It wasn't meant to be a question, just a small comment as Seonghwa felt Mingi smirk. "THERE'S NOTHING BETTER, IS THERE?" Mingi's chuckles goes unheard over the music but Seonghwa did see it.

Suddenly a new entry had Seonghwa raise his eyebrows. It was a handsome guy, short black hair falling onto his forehead, eyes sparkling and all in all Seonghwa would say he was hot. The guy did seem to be having his eyes on Seonghwa as well, as he straight off stood between Mingi and Seonghwa's barstool ordering a drink for himself before turning to Seonghwa with a smirk. Mingi furrows his eyebrows at that, not finding the guy rude for intruding but super rude for blocking his way.

"Hey, YOU SEEM NEW HERE." The guy shouts over the booming music gaining Seonghwa's attention. Mingi had yet to honestly see the face of this stranger as he hadn't turned towards him yet but he did feel kinda familiar but that's probably because Mingi comes to this club so often that he knows almost everyone's face. "oh YEAH KIND OF." Seonghwa mutters back until he feels a crystal glass slide his way through before he grabs it softly.

"YOU ALONE HERE THEN?" The guy questions with a wink before he feels a tap at his shoulder. "SORRY BUT HE ISN'T." Mingi diverts the unknown guy's attention towards himself, his eyes narrowed to give him a slight deadly look asking- 'get out before I kick your ass.'. The guy didn't seem to be much fazed by Mingi's threatening glare though as he turned back to Seonghwa. "IS THIS DUDE YOUR BOYFRIEND OR SOMETHING?" He questions laughing loudly while his thumb motions over to Mingi. To Mingi the situation was growing unpleasant cause he could already tell who the guy was but decided not to do anything about it. After all Seonghwa needs to be here.

Seonghwa feels his cheeks blush up at the question slightly as he shakes his head almost immediately. "NO HE ISN'T. HE IS JUST A FRIEND." Seonghwa laughs off when he catches upon the look on Mingi's face which didn't seem so happy. He tries to ignore because sure enough not only the guy seemed nice but nor was Mingi someone to bother about what he does and what he doesn't as he continues to enjoy drink after drink with the guy who turns about to be by the name Kai.

Mingi continues to gulp down alcohol one after the other while almost burning holes into Kai's back as he feels like punching his face off. Just how could someone be so daring to flirt with a guy he has his eyes on?! "HEY WANNA DANCE?" Kai offers to Seonghwa who smiled before nodding softly, his cheeks slightly pink from the alcohol up through his system. Mingi's gaze grows darker and darker as he watches Seonghwa leave with Kai.

"Hmph, why do I care? He's having fun anyway." Muttering to himself, Mingi downs another crystal glass of whiskey, wiping his mouth off by the back of his hand before he turns to watch Seonghwa smiling and laughing with Kai. "YOU'RE FUN!" Kai shouted over the loud music getting closer to Seonghwa who seemed to not bother with that as he just giggled. Mingi gulped down another glass before he turned back to where they were dancing finding them gone suddenly.

Mingi squints his eyes losening his grip onto his glass before getting off the barstool while roaming his eyes to look for Seonghwa. "Gosh where did they go?" Mingi mumbled under his breath, looking around to find the two. His talk height was great help in this task as his eyes scanned around easily to find Seonghwa and Kai at the far corner of the other side of the club, occupying one of the booths. Seonghwa giggling around while he gulped another glass down.

"Kai, I think I should go. Mingi must be mad." Seonghwa tried getting up while smiling softly, squinting his eyes under the flickering lights entering his irises before Kai pulled him down to sit back. "Don't worry. I know Mingi wouldn't mind. He enjoys his alcohol more than anything." Kai reassures Seonghwa who grows ears at his sentence. "You know Mingi since before?" He asked slightly confused.

"Of course! I mean not actually but who doesn't know Song Mingi, the famous love advisor of Itaewon?" Kai reasons out taking a sip from his drink. "Oh really? I didn't know that." Seonghwa pouts slightly before he hears Kai again. "Would you mind if I exchanged numbers with you?" Seonghwa raised his eyebrows at that, thinking over before nodding softly. Kai was a fun guy, exchanging numbers won't be bad. "Sure."

Mingi watches Seonghwa taking his phone out of his pocket, a gesture imitated by the other guy named Kai as well. The sight in front of him surely isn't pleasing. No one takes what's his away from him. Not when he isn't done. Mingi grits his teeth in anger marching his way pushing through the crowd carelessly without even glancing back to say sorry before someone even picks a fight with him, his pace is fast and directed towards Seonghwa.

Harshly grabbing Seonghwa's arm, he ignores the yelp that escapes his lips until something stops him from walking further with the other. He turns around, his eyes dark. It was Kai, holding onto Seonghwa's hand staring up at Mingi. "Let go of his hand. Now." Mingi speaks dead clear and loud enough to reach Kai's eardrums. "Can't you see you're hurting him?!" Kai gets up from his place, staring right back at Mingi. "You have no right to tell me what and what not. It's time for us to leave and that's all." Mingi glares back but Kai's gaze doesn't falter.

He opens his mouth to speak but was cut off by Seonghwa. "Mingi's right Kai. I'll see you next time. Bye." Seonghwa smiles nervously feeling Mingi's fingers dig into his arm tightly. Kai opens his mouth again but nods in the end smiling back softly. Mingi then turns around pulling Seonghwa along with him, his grasp still not losening on his arm making Seonghwa wince. Turning a corner, Mingi takes Seonghwa towards the far corner of the hall leading to the toilets before he slammed him right beside the door, his other hand grabbing onto Seonghwa's other arm the same way as his first one and trapping him.

"M-Mingi- leave me you're hurti-" "SHUT UP!" Mingi commands with a loud yet hard tone making Seonghwa wince but stare back in Mingi's eyes out of surprise and confusion. "I know I'm sorry I shouldn't have left you-" "I SAID SHUT UP!" Mingi repeats his voice more low and angry as Seonghwa starts feeling scared slowly trembling in Mingi's grasp trying to stifle back a few tears. "What was so great about him huh?! I saw you having fun." Mingi grits through his teeth.

Seonghwa doesn't answer just looking down as a lone tear escapes his eye slowly. "You-you're hurting me Mi-ngi." Seonghwa whimpered under his breath. Hearing the trembling voice of the other got Mingi to realise what he had done. Blinking his eyes as if coming back to sense, he immediately loosens his grip on Seonghwa backing away giving him space to escape his trap of arms. "I-I need to go back. I'm sorry M-Mingi" Seonghwa mumbles softly not looking up in Mingi's eyes before walking out of the place leaving Mingi standing alone dumbfounded.

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"Come to Itaewon on Wednesday. I'll let you know."
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Mingi needs to control himself (":

Also doesn't Mingi's picture feel like it's a part of the fireworks concept photos 😂

Anyways hope someone is still reading and enjoying.

Take care, till next time<3
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