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And the show was beginning to end.
“Sadly, this is the last song for tonight…” Shotaro says into the microphone and they can immediately hear the negative and sad sounds by the crowd. “We know, we know, we’re gonna miss you too, but we have more coming on and we’re gonna see each other more often” the crowd screams more happy.
“So, let’s go?” Sungchan asks.
“YES” the whole crowd together with the RIIZE members screams in answer and they all smile.
Cuties, all the boys think in unison while looking at each other.
Then the last song starts to play and they approach the crowd to interact one last time.
Wonbin was walking down to the center stage behind some of his members, waving and singing with all his heart, but then he stops to an Anton who looked a little surprised. Anton was pointing to the middle of the crowd, and that made Wonbin try to focus his eyes on whoever he was pointing, but the lights who were focusing on stage were too strong. But when he focuses a little better, he almost falls and has to hold on Anton, who looked worried at him.
Wonbin just couldn’t believe his eyes.
Eunseok appear behind him and pats his back softly remembering that it was almost done.
Yeah, it was almost done, he could be shocked another time.
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They send all goodbyes, come back to the principal stage and wave goodbyes again until the curtains fall, ending the show. They get down of the backstage and go directly to the RIIZE room.
“I-It was not a mirage, was it?” Wonbin asks trembling.
“I believe it wasn’t, Bin-ah” Taro approaches him from behind and pats his shoulder.
“We all saw her, hyung” Seunghan says carefully. The boys knew it was a difficult topic to talk with Wonbin.
Wonbin feels the need to cry, and Taro immediately turns him to hug and comfort his best friend. The little one holds the older a little tighter and cry more. It was a safe place there, in between Taro’s arms.
“Bin-ah” Sungchan’s voice made Wonbin look at him with puffy eyes, which broke Sungchan a little more “I need you to come with me, you need to get massage on your back, it hurts a lot that I know, and I would not take a no as response” the older one try to be fierce, but he knows in this situation is difficult.
“I don’t wanna stay alone” he says breaking apart the hug with Taro, looking at the older one of them all with big puppy eyes.
“You won’t, we promise” Taro pats his head and guides Wonbin to Sungchan. “We’re gonna wait you right here”
And then Sungchan and Wonbin were walking together in silence, not totally in silence ‘cause of Wonbin sniffles.
“D’you miss her a lot, hm?” Sungchan asks with one arm over the short shoulders.
“I didn’t remember that was this much” Wonbin smiles pitifully. “Aah, it’s embarrassing” he hides his face between his hands.
“No, it’s not” Sungchan laugh a little. “She has made you happy, she was a part of your life for a good time. You’re crying ‘cause you didn’t let the longing reach you for so long, and now the strong boy has to cry a little. It’s good to cry, it’s therapeutic”
“Thank you, hyung, really” Wonbin lays his head on the older’s shoulder.
“Always here, princess” Sungchan pats his hair when they get to the room, and then they open the door.
When Wonbin steps inside, he freezes. She turns and her hair flops in slow motion, then her eyes got as big as his ones.
“Oppa” there was. Sungyoung’s voice was finally heard after three long years. Three long and hard years.
“Sungyoung…” his voice let go like a whisper.
She opens her arms and he doesn’t hesitate to hug her. He tugs her waist and let’s his head go smell her neck, remembering all her scent all over again, that brings him memories and brings another river of tears together. Sungyoung feels her shirt getting wet, but she doesn’t worry, she only squeezes the hug on his neck a little bit more stronger, feeling her eyes getting wether too. They stayed still for a long time, without any other person interrupting ‘cause they were alone in that room (Wonbin would thank Sungchan later, he promised himself). Sungyoung was caressing his locks so softly that it was perfect for him. But she breaks the hug apart and holds his face to look at him better. He looks at her too, noticing that she was a little more tanned, the makeup look changed, making her look more mature and more pretty that she looked in his eyes.
He never searched for her himself, but he asked for some updates sometimes to his members. Oh, why? whoever has never done this before or is thinking of doing it should cast the first stone!
Taro was one who always didn’t hesitate to help manage some longing in his heart, and the last time he asked his hyung how she was, he simply smiled after looking probably a photo of Sungyoung on Insta: “Looking prettier than you can imagine, Wonbin-ah”
Now that he could look with his own eyes, he couldn’t agree more with his hyung’s words.
“You are incredible, y’know that?” Sungyoung asks and Wonbin looks and her green mixed brown eyes, who were hypnotizing. “You shine doing what you love, I could just focus on you on that stage. You never fail to amaze me” she cleans one tear that Wonbin let’s go even without noticing. He always was touched with her words. She always would increase his mood with her words. With only her presence by his side too.
“And you never fail to surprise me” Wonbin says and gets Sungyoung’s laugh. Oh gosh, he missed her so bad. “When did you came back? Are you not tired? Do you have some place to stay? It wasn’t difficult to get here? How do…”
“Oppa, hey, calm down, please” she soothes him, holds his hands and guides him to the sofa, for them to sit more comfortably. “I arrived today, maybe 5 hours ago, I am a little bit tired, I’m gonna search for some places ‘cause I’m coming back to live here again and if it wasn’t for the members, I don’t believe that I would be here tonight” she smiles.
“So they knew about it? Oh these betrayers” he growls a little and she laughs again.
“Stop it!” she slaps him on the shoulder, making him laugh too. “They had one ticket reserved for me for every single concert you did, they took photo proofs for me” Wonbin got so surprised and Sungyoung agrees “I know, crazy right? They are the best people you could’ve meet in your life, oppa. You are so blessed, truthfully”
“I know, I love them a lot” he smiles without noticing, and that makes Sungyoung happy.
“I’m happy that you let yourself love others too, I know how difficult it has been for you” she says a little bit sad, but smiles trying to hide. But little did she know Wonbin knew her better than she would expect.
“It was difficult for me to let me love you” Wonbin starts, with his head down “It was difficult for me to let you go, it was hard all along” he sighs “But I don’t think I wouldn’t do it again for you, for me…” he takes her hand between his and feels how hot they are unlike his cold ones. It was always like this, she had to warm him up physically and emotionally. Now that he understands that, it makes so much sense. “For us” he looks at her eyes, who were shining with unshared tears. She lays her head into his shoulder and sniffles.
“It was difficult for me too, after all that happened” he stiffens remembering one of the last times he has saw her in flesh and bones. “I didn’t wanted to end like it ended, but I was terrified” he closes his eyes remembering the hurt he felt the last time. “I couldn't have control of my own life, I wasn’t mature enough and not ready at all for all the circumstances and I had to go… I had to ask you to let me go” she sniffles again, and Wonbin kisses her hand. “I feel like I was being selfish, but at the same time, I felt not safe” she looks at Wonbin, who was looking at her with hurt in his eyes. “I’m so sorry for being selfish”
“You weren’t, thinking more rationally now, not letting my emotions take control 100% of my time, I know that you weren’t selfish, you never will be a selfish person” he puts one strip of her hair behind her ear. She had a lot more piercings that he could’ve remember. “You are here to see me and the boys when you could just go to some hotel rest, even your package are here” he points out what she was trying to hide behind the door that he entered. “You just needed some insurance that I couldn’t afford before, and you couldn’t afford by yourself too. I’m sorry for this”
“It was out of our control, everything” Sungyoung says, letting herself sit straight and sighing. “But now I came back to say that I’m not an scaredy cat anymore, and I’m stronger than ever” she says, looking determinate.
“W-What do you mean?” Wonbin’s heart was palpitating. She looks deep into his eyes and gets closer. Wonbin gulps down nervous and feeling… Excited?
“I love you, Park Wonbin” his eyes got bigger. He was hearing it for the first time in a while. “I love you so much that it hurts, all those years in Australia made me thought of you, that we could safely walk at night together, eating ice cream at the beach, could travel together, could live together, you could pick me up at college, we could have more romantic dinners, we could have done so much more and now, I just regret that I couldn’t do half of it with you” she take some breath and gulps down too, being a cutie nervous. “I want to take a second chance, a second chance to fly with you. With all the circumstances, the dangers, the unfortunate events, the fortunate ones, the happy. A second chance is all…”
She gets up, only to get in front of him and kneel down.
“Could you be my second chance, perfectly imperfect like it has to be?” Sungyoung asks trembling.
She was expecting a no, to be realistically, she was the one who broke up, but with all she heard with this conversation she had some little hope and faith somewhere hiding in her heart that his response would be positive. But she did not expect at all what would come.
He gets up, pulls her to get up, holds her head between his hands and kisses her. It wasn’t a forceful attitude, in reality, it fits more perfectly then they would’ve remembered. Her lips were so warm, his plush lips moisturized and soft. They let some gasps between then, but couldn't even pay attention to it. They missed each other so much, at this point Sungyoung hands were embracing his neck, pulling him down closer and deeper into the kiss, that made them both smile into it.
Both lips part for them to take some breath again. When they look and each other, they smile and touch their foreheads.
“So is this a, maybe?” a playful Sungyoung says smiling.
Wonbin scoffs. “What do you think it is, silly girl?” he smiles too. Her smile being vicious.
“I think that I deserve one more to confirm” she frowns and pouts waiting.
He let’s his head fall behind letting a lovely laughter be heard, and comes back giving lots of kisses.
“I..” one kiss. “...love…” plus one. “you” plus one. “so” plus one. “bad” plus one. “silly” another one. “love” another one. “of” plus another one. “my” plus another one. “life” and one smile. “Of course I will be your second chance” he kisses her forehead seeing her shy and happy smile, and goes back to kiss her more.
“I will take all chances with you”