My hand in yours

Zhang hao third person POV

As Zhang hao sat back down he let his weight lean against Hanbin, trying to ignore the coldness of the other's hand that still remained on his hip. The room was becoming too bright for his already dazed state, forcing him to close his eyes to try to hide from the blaring lights.

As he did so, Zhang hao heard his members speak among themselves about something but he tuned it out, trying to calm his heartbeat as he felt every single inch by which he and Hanbin's bodies met. After a couple minutes his calmness was broken.

"Hao ge"

The familiar soft but steady voice of Ricky's brought his trance to an end as he gently opened his eyes, squinting at the brightness around him. Zhang hao heard a light chuckle from Hanbin causing his cheeks to warm slightly as he shot Ricky a confused look.

"Hyung, we're you really not paying attention? We are doing truth or drink now... well you all are!"

Yujin's sweet voice drawed Zhang hao's attention as he couldn't help but to smile at their youngest.

"Ricky hyung asked a question and if you don't want to respond you drink"

The boy finished cheerfully and Zhang hao nodded at the instructions, trying to suppress a small laugh from escaping his lips at the thought of their two youngest memebrs drinking their sparking apple juice when they didn't want to answer a question. Zhang hao then turned to face Ricky, tilting his head as if to signal he was ready, his heart halting momentarily when he noticed a subtle smirk on Ricky's face.

"Hao ge, are you crushing on anyone right now?"

The seemingly innocent question was an immediate trap for Zhang hao, as if he refused to respond and drink, everyone would know the answer anyway. Zhang hao felt his cheeks warm a bright red as he shifted so his and Hanbin's sides were no longer touching, though Hanbin's hand remained on his hip. He glanced down to the ground, gulping nervously as he felt the group's eyes fall onto him.

"I am"

He hurriedly blurted out as his members broke out into drunken laughter causing Zhang hao to blush only further. He sighed defeatedly and grabbed the bottle of vodka, taking a few gulps straight from the bottle that were certainly more than a shot, despite him having answering the question, before placing it back onto the table.

He then fell back onto the couch with another loud sigh, trying to ignore Hanbin's eyes that bored into him as everyone else moved on. His mind immediately running to the worst possible option, that Hanbin was looking at him so intensly because he knew Zhang hao liked him.

When Zhang hao finally gained the courage to look over at Hanbin he was met with a glance that he could only describe as a mix of confusion, concern and what Zhang hao sensed as a slither of sadness. Something the oldest couldn't quite  comprehend the cause for.

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After a few questions followed and the night grew later, quite a few of their members left to go to bed until it was eventually only Matthew, Jiwoong, Ricky , Hanbin and Zhang hao. By which the other three sat opposite to the two centers, Matthew now laying down with his head in Jiwoongs lap and legs draped over Ricky.

Zhang hao had finally loosened up as he and Hanbin progressed from Zhang hao's confirmation that he was crushing on someone, a mix of adrenaline and alcohol getting to their consciousnesses. As his head began throbbing immensely, he leaned over so that it could rest on  Hanbin's shoulder. At the same time the younger's hand had trailed up the older's torso to rest at Zhang hao's waist, still under his shirt.

Zhang hao had rested his hand above the fabric but on top of Hanbin's hand that held onto his waist as he watched the others with a drunken smile on his face. His eyes redirecting to Jiwoong when he heard him speak up.

"Hanbin your turn"

The oldest spoke calmly, as Zhang hao noticed Jiwoong's demeanour change, his hands slipping out of Matthew's hair to which he had been combing and to his sides.

"Have you ever dated a guy?"

Another trick question, by which drinking would only confirm it to be the truth. Zhang hao felt his eyes widen and heart pick up at the sudden question, as although Hanbin knew the older's sexuality the Korean himself at never confirmed anything to Zhang hao.

He spotted Matthew and Ricky grinning to eachother, Matthew's eyes falling to where Hanbin's hand was as it slowly withdrew from Zhang hao's bare skin for the first time in over an hour.

Zhang hao chewed his inner lip and created more distance between them now that Hanbin wasn't holding onto him before turning to face the younger as he answered the question. 

Hanbin's cheeks were noticeably flushed as he chewed on his bottom lip agressively

"Um... kinda"

He mumbled awkwardly scratching the back of his head as the others looked at him confused.

"I... I don't know what we were but I um kissed him and stuff so maybe?"

At the end of his words he briefly made eye contact with Zhang hao causing the Chinese boy's heart to leap out of his chest, his mind replaying Hanbin's subtle glance. Though in seconds he was pulled closer to Hanbin once more, Hanbin's hand instead laying on Zhang hao's thigh as if a signal for the older to hold hands by which Zhang hao quickly complied.

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