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Hanbin and the rest of what’s considered zb1 now were waiting at the airport for the And2ble members to reunite with them. You see, they had just finished their tour around Asia and underwater and now they’re coming back since China was the last one.
While waiting, Taerae positioned himself on Jiwoong’s lap and played with his hair. Recently, they had both dyed their hair Neapolitan style.
”your hair is so pretty Jiwoongie! If I could, I would eat it and lick it.” Taerae complimented.
Jiwoong chuckled, cupping Taerae’s cheeks with both his hands, “aww really? Well if I could right now, I would eat you ou-”
”hey! There’s a kid here!” Hanbin called out, pointing at Gunwook.
”hyung I’ve had an intimidating image since boys planet AND I’m 21!” Gunwook reminded.
Matthew snickered, leaning on Gunwook’s arm, “what’s 9+10?”
Hanbin huffed, crossing his arms, “what did I do to deserve this fifth wheel torture?”
”Hao.” Taerae simply said with his signature smile. He was still on Jiwoong’s laps caressing his hair (Jiwoong was doing the same to Taerae).
Finally, people from the airplane started walking in. Since they had common sense, they respected the boys’ privacy and left them be.
Hanbin stood up, trying to find the five members.
”hyung they’re coming! Sit the fuck down!” Mattthew cried out to the leader.
Before they knew it, AND2BLE came through the doors. Well, 80% of them. One of them wasn’t with them.
Taerae got off of Jiwoong’s laps and went to hug Yujin. That’s his son bro. Matthew gave Ricky a handshake, Gunwook hugged Gyuvin tighter than he did on their last OT9 stage and Jiwoong walked over to Seungeon.
The only one missing was Hao, the one Hanbin wanted to see the most.
”hey, where’s Hao?” Hanbin asked.
Ricky spoke up, “oh his passport expired so he’s currently stuck in China. He’ll come soon though!”
Hanbin’s eyes widened, “he’s in China BY HIMSELF!?”
Gyuvin awkwardly nodded, “the manager thought he’d be alright by himself so…”
”well fuck.” Taerae said, finally letting go of Yujin’s arm.
”uhh let’s go back to our dorms! Hao hyung will be here in no time!” Seungeon broke the awkwardness, walking out the airport with the others.
Jiwoong wrapped his arm around Hanbin’s shoulders, “don’t worry Hanbin ah, you’ll be able to spend time with Hao when he comes back.”
“But I wanna see him now! It’s been months!” Hanbin whined. Well that’s a side Jiwoong never saw.
Jiwoong patted Hanbin’s shoulder, “you’ll see him soon! It’s not like he’s gonna swim all the way here.”
Hanbin felt a light bulb light up above his head, “or maybe I can swim to him! After all, China isn’t that far.”
Taerae came over to them, “yeah, as if! That’s almost impossible to do hyung.”
~~~~ (the next day)
Taerae laid his head on Jiwoong’s laps on the couch, watching the first episode of Mr. Fanboy while Jiwoong was stroking his hair.
Gunwook sighed, “they just came back yesterday and Gyuvin hyung sent me a picture of him and Ricky in their bed. These damn freaks!”
”of course that’s what they di- HOLY SHIT AINT NO WAY HE ACTUALLY ATE THE DOG FOOD.” Taerae responded, but was then distracted by the show in front of him.
Gunwook looked at the screen in confusion. Ah, that fuckass scene. Peak episode ngl.
Taerae turned his head to look up at Jiwoong, “do you think Wan and Renji will be best friends later on?”
Jiwoong shrugged, “only episode one is out but I hope they do.”
Gunwook gave a glare, “is this a Haobin or jyungtael fic?”
The dorm door opened. It was Yujin who had a bag of croissants with him, “what up? I’m Yujin, I’m 19 and I never learned how to read.”
Taerae turned off the tv and sat up, “Yujinnie what are you doing here? You could get kicked out!”
Yujin took off his sunglasses, “I got permission, duh.”
Matthew then came running out, scaring the absolute shit out of Yujin, “stop! I could’ve dropped my croissants!”
”sorry, sorry! Guys, have you seen Hanbin? I checked the whole dorm and he isn’t anywhere!” Matthew cried out.
Gunwook shook his head, pulling out his phone to call Hanbin. After god knows how many rings, Hanbin didn’t answer.
Jiwoong pursed his lips and tapped Taerae’s shoulder, “you don’t think he actually…”
Taerae’s breath hitched, “oh shit he prolly did. JIWOONG THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!”
Taerae stood up from the couch and lunged at Jiwoong. If it were for Gunwook and Yujin, Jiwoong would have a puppyduckitty attacking him.
”Taerae hyung calm down! What did Jiwoong hyung even do?” Gunwook asked, trying his best to not let go of Taerae.
”HE SAID THAT ITS NOT LIKE HAO WOULD SWIM ALL THE WAY TO SOUTH KOREA!” Taerae yelled out.
Matthew raised an eyebrow, “okay… what does that have to do with Hanbin hyung?”
Taerae almost growled, “he gave Hanbin hyung the idea to SWIM TO CHINA INSTEAD.”
Jiwoong raised his hands in the air, “hey woah woah! I did NOT suggest for him to do that! He came up with the idea himself! I don’t have credit for it!
”yeah but you STARTED IT.” Taerae retorted.
”oh no Hanbin hyung’s gonna DIE before he even gets there!” Yujin added.
Hanbin was swimming with scuba gear on and his phone, spare clothes and wallet were in his bag that doesn’t let water in. Man he is insane.
Just wait for me my love! If you can’t come to me, I can come to you! Hanbin thought to himself.
He has actually been swimming for like an hour now. Yet he’s not even halfway there. HAHA-
“what do you mean Hanbin is literally swimming all the way to China just so he could spend time with me? He could die!” Hao was on the phone with Matthew.
“Look I don’t know either! He is so in love with you bro I feel like a third wheel! And I’m literally dating Gunwook!”
Hao giggled, “aww he’s so sweet! I can’t wait to see him!”
”yep you two match alright! You literally said he could die!”
”Yeahh but it’s Hanbin! I’m sure he’ll find a way to keep himself alive! I’m gonna go wait for him now! Bye bye!” Hao said before hanging up.
He got his purse and shoes then headed out to pinpoint where Hanbin would most likely be.
~~~~ (10 hours later)
Hanbin was panting when he made it to shore. He took off the scuba gear and the thingies off of his feet.
”Hanbin!” Hao ran over to Hanbin and gave him a hug, not caring that the younger was wet (prolly in both ways).
”Hao!! I’ve missed you so much! Did you get a new passport?” Hanbin asked, wrapping his arms around Hao.
Hao shook his head, “nope, Seungeon said that he’s gonna come over with a helicopter. Now get changed, you might get sick!”
Hanbin nodded. They held hands and went to the hotel Hao was staying in to wait for Seungeon. No one asked how he got a helicopter.