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Wedding Day.
Seunghoon, still looking extremely handsome even in a simple black suit, stands along the periphery of the crowded wedding hall.
He's alone, yet again.
Seunghoon looks around stealthily, trying his best to be invisible as much as he can. He's trying not to get attention to himself as he wants to be alone while waiting for the wedding to begin.
The wedding hall is extravagant but pleasing to the eyes. It is obvious that they did not hold back with decorating the place as it is the most luxurious wedding Seunghoon has ever seen. From the ceiling to the floor, as well as the tables and chairs, everything is adorned with blue roses and sunflowers. An unusual combination but it worked. As expected of an artist.
It is beautiful. Contrasting but somehow, still complementing each other perfectly. Just like how both of them do.
Seunghoon smiles fondly.
As he looks further around, there are lots of familiar faces, some even way back from their high school. There are a handful of celebrities present too but he's not fazed a tiny bit since their field of work sometimes involve establishing connections and making friends with people in the show business.
There are numerous people passing by him but Seunghoon avoids eye contact by either staring at his shoes or at the farthest corner of the hall. He doesn't want to look people in their faces, in case someone recognizes him and ask why he's there when he should already be in the front waiting. He wouldn't know what to answer.
Seunghoon glances at his watch. 10 more minutes and the wedding will start.
To say that he is nervous is an understatement. Though he appears calm and nonchalant on the exterior, his heart is beating loud he's almost worried someone nearby might hear it. His throat is tightening and his palms are sweatig. In an attempt to calm his nerves down, Seunghoon inhaled deeply, but even the breath he let out was shaky.
He's getting more anxious by the second. Should he go now? Or should he just stay where he is and wait? The feeling of wanting to hide and run mixed with a little bit of anticipation is slowly starting to creep at the back of his neck. But Seunghoon has made up his mind days before the wedding. He talked himself out from being a coward. He's going to face it. He won't run away, not this time, no.
"Seunghoon-hyung!" He flinches, surprised by the voice that suddenly called out to him. So much for trying to be invisible. Seunghoon turns his head where the voice came from and is greeted by a familiar face. It's Jihoon, a close friend from work.
The guy shakes his hand then pats his back, smiling brightly at him. "How are you? It's been so long! You look good, hyung!"
"You too, Jihoon. All's well, right?"
"With my life? Not so much. With the wedding? Everything's perfect. Don't worry." He chuckles softly at Jihoon's joke.
"By the way, have you seen Seungyoon yet?" Jihoon continues, "He looks so nervous just like you! Like he's about to cry and puke at the same time."
Seunghoon takes a deep breath before shaking his head no. It's been 10 years since he met Seungyoon but nothing has changed, his heart still flutters at the name.
'I want to see him even for just a little bit. I want to say how thankful and sorry I am. But most importantly, I want to tell him I love him before this wedding begins.' Seunghoon wants to say, its on the tip of his tongue, but he says something else instead. "I bet he is. He waited for this day for a long time."
Jihoon smiles knowingly. There was a pause and his gaze on Seunghoon turns serious. "You okay, though?"
Seunghoon just gives a nonchalant shrug.
He's fine. Despite being a nervous wreck deep inside, he's fine. At least that's what he'd like to assume. Seunghoon doesn't really want to dwell too much on what he's feeling right now. He'd rather face it much later, when his mind is not in a mess.
Jihoon looks like he wants to ask more but brushes it off with a resigned sigh. "You don't have to stand here alone, you know? You're an important part of the wedding, after all. Come wait with us at front."
Seunghoon smiles at him appreciatively. "I'll stay here for a little bit then I'll follow you there when it's about to start. I'm near the back exit anyway, I can easily go there."
"Well fine, just don't go disappearing from us again, okay?"
Seunghoon waves him off, laughing a little.
"And hyung?"
He glances at Jihoon, waiting for him to speak.
"Everything's going to be okay." And he pats Seunghoon's back once more and walks away.
Seunghoon stares down at his feet. He can feel his chest clenching.
He hope so too.