If there were one thing that Soobin was sure of when he decided to become an idol, it would be that he would not date anyone until the age of 30.

There were 02 reasons.

First, he was a responsible person. He admitted he might be childish sometimes, but that did not deter the fact that he valued his career, and he knew that in order to achieve what he wanted to, things like dating should not be involve.

Second, he had not like anyone romantically for his whole life, and with his determination of not falling in love, Soobin did not think that would change soon.

Now, at 20 (international age, thank you very much), Soobin was content with his life. What was not to like? He successfully debuted with his lovely teammates, each of their comeback was getting better and better, he felt he was becoming more mature each day as a leader and as a person. In fact, they were preparing for their first Minisode, and Soobin swore that this would be their best comeback yet.

- Soobinie, what are you doing?

Soobin did not need to turn around to see who it was, because there was only one person who called him Soobinie and the only person who could enter his room without knocking. Still keeping his eyes to his phone, he answered:

- Just watching some stages. Did you just return from dance practice?

Yeonjun got into the room and closed the door. The smell of sweat started to penetrate Soobin's small room. He did not really like it. Personally, Soobin had no idea why it is so, because he normally did not care about other people's body odor. He had no problem practice dancing with many other trainees and teammates for years, and if there were one place where the smell of sweat was the most prominent, it would be the practice room. It was not like Yeonjun's sweat smell bad either, far from it; he actually did not smell that much, just a very faint fragrant, but somehow Soobin just felt this tiny uncomfortability whenever he smelt it.

- Go take a shower._He admonished.

Once again, even without looking, Soobin knew Yeonjun was pouting right then. The older mumbled something like protest, but still obeyed and walked out of Soobin's room.

The sound of water coming out of the bathroom nearby eased Soobin's mood a little bit. He closed his phone, rubbed his tired eyes and checked the hours from the big watch hanging on the wall. Normally he would, as any other gen Z youth, check the time by using their phone, but he had a soft spot for this watch. It was the first present he got for himself after receiving his first salary as an idol afterall.

Talk about being sentimental.

It was already 01 AM. Soobin yawned, pulled himself under the blanket and closed his eyes. He left the lamp on, just in case Yeonjun decided to sleep here for tonight.

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His relationship with Yeonjun was different from the other members, he could say that in confident.

Not because he was not close with the others also, but because of the very fact that Yeonjun was older than he was. Thus, their dynamic was different. He regarded Yeonjun as someone that he could confide in, someone that could take charge of things that he could not, someone that he respected very, very much.

Someone that apparently looked striking in pink hair.

Soobin found himself unable to look away from the moment Yeonjun revealed his new style. He complimented Yeonjun, as usual, joked with him, as usual. Soobin thought the reason he could not look away was simple: because he had never seen Yeonjun with that hair color before. He would behave similarly if any other member had the same abrupt change, he was sure. It was just that this time the ones who had special hair colors happened to be Yeonjun and him.

That explained why he found himself smiling the whole time watching Yeonjun taking concept photos, why he took many photos of Yeonjun in pink hair and looked at them daily, or why his hands constantly played with Yeonjun's extension during the MV shooting. It was very reasonable, really.

What he could not explain, though, was this giddiness he felt whenever Yeonjun smiled at him.

It was kind of weird.

He decided that it was nothing. See, he could kick Yeonjun to annoy him since that was what friends normally did, he could tease the older by licking his ears without feeling anything strange. He became bolder in showing affection, because that was normal, they were close, like brothers.

Soobin was satisfied.

Until that day, when he saw something he wished he never had.

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