It was a bright sunny morning for seventeen. Like any other really. Only today was the day that they were to do a photo shoot by the sea, a new experience for a lot of members. But one boy in particular was not looking forward to this event.

"Wonwoo, stop spacing out! We're almost there now!" Hoshi shouted, poking the day dreamer on the cheek. Mingyu, who was watching intently from the back seat of the coach, lent forward.

"Hey. Are you alright?" He said with concern. The distant boy he was talking to stared off into the distance at the vast open stretch of water. He took a nervous gulp, but everyone else on the coach sat up in their seats, cheering and pointing.

"Hey look! You can see the pier!"

"It's so pretty~"

"Can we get some fish and chips here?"

"Guys look, there's the beach!"

Wonwoo covered his ears, trying to block out all the noise as best he could. Mingyu slowly lowered his arms and sat down, feeling sorry for him.

When the coach finally parked up, the boys flooded out the door, stretching and exchanging looks of excitement. The photo shoot wasn't for another couple of hours or so, therefore the members had this time to themselves. Several of them decided to head into town and have a look in the shops, but Mingyu really fancied an ice cream, and asked Wonwoo to join him.

"We could get one from that place over there, then go sit on the pier." He suggested, gesturing to a little shop nearby.

Wonwoo nodded, and the two walked over together.

"Which flavour d'you want? They've got vanilla, mint or chocolate. Or we could share one-"

"I don't think so."

Mingyu sighed, and purchased two small ice creams, one chocolate and one mint flavoured.

"Hey, you didn't have to pay for mine you know." Wonwoo said, trying to keep up with the other boy's fast walking pace.

"Don't worry about it." Mingyu said with a smile. "You looked kind of sad on the way here so I wanted to cheer you up." Wonwoo's eyes widened slightly, since when did Mingyu ever act like this towards him? For the most part he's just annoying. But he's actually being nice on this trip. A small smile spread across the boy's face, and he licked his ice cream happily.

"You've got some on your nose." Mingyu laughed, kicking his legs over the edge of the pier.

Wonwoo quickly wiped it away, feeling rather embarrassed. The two sat next to each other enjoying the last of the sun, as the photo shoot was to be done at sunset. They would then head back to the hotel afterwards to eat.

"Hey! You two look good together!" Hoshi shouted, making the wooden boards of the pier creak from running on them. He and seungkwan popped up behind the two boys, gesturing little love hearts and making irritating sounds.

"Hey, stop it guys, seriously!" Mingyu said, trying to push their hands away.

"The crew asked us to come and get you, the photo shoot's about to start - and you guys have to dive off the pier!" Seungkwan joked, pushing Wonwoo's shoulder and laughing.

Mingyu noticed the genuine worry on Wonwoo's face from that remark, and attempted to convince the two to leave them alone. Wonwoo however, had already got up and left.

"Thanks a lot guys, I was trying to-"

"Ask him out?"

"No."

"He's blushing!"

"I am not."

"Alright, alright. Come on Hoshi, let's go bother Jun and Minghao instead." and with that, the two skipped off down the pier again. Leaving Mingyu staring off in the direction of where he thought Wonwoo had gone.

With just over half an hour or so left until they had to get together again, Mingyu set off to find his nervous friend.

He spotted Jeonghan and a little ways up in the market Street and stopped to see what they were doing.

"Hey , what are you looking at?"

"Huh? Oh nothing much. Jeonghan wanted to look at the market so... yeah."

"So you got dragged along?"

"Pretty much, haha."

Mingyu looked around through the market stools, but saw no sign of the boy he was searching for.

"Hey, have either of you guys seen Wonwoo anywhere?"

"Nope, I thought he was with you, Hoshi and Seungkwan? Down at the pier?"

"He was but... I think he's a bit nervous for the photo shoot, so he wandered off on his own when the guys started joking around."

Jeonghan stopped looking at the hair products stand and turned around to join the conversation.

"I think I saw him go in that direction a little while ago, if that helps." He said, pointing through a large crowd.

"Ah, right, thanks." Mingyu said, heading off into the sea of people.

"You're... welcome?"

"He's gone . Now come over here, there's some really nice flower crowns I want you to try on."

Mingyu looked down at his watch. He only had twenty minutes to find Wonwoo, before he had to go back, hoping he'd already be there, waiting.

He reached an alleyway, but there was only a dead end there. Maybe he'd took a wrong turn?

Wonwoo looked across the beach towards the pier. Everybody else had started to go back to the hotel to get changed. All accept him and Mingyu that is. The first location was a few kilometres west of the beach, but Mingyu wouldn't know that, so he decided to go back to the pier to wait for him.

As he stepped on to the first plank he felt his chest tighten. It seemed scarier now that he was alone, now that Mingyu wasn't here. But he wanted to wait there, he had to get over his fear. One foot after another, he slowly made his way to the edge of the pier, and sat down. The sun had only just started to set, and there was no sign of anybody around. But all of a sudden, he heard someone behind him, but couldn't quite make out what was being said.

"Wonwoo! Get off that pier! Run!"

'Mingyu made it back' he smiled to himself. He stood up to greet the boy, but as he did so, the planks underneath him started to creak.

"Wonwoo! Quickly!"

Mingyu ran out on to the pier, knowing full well that he might fall through it also. He was signalling to get off the edge, but only until it was too late did the boy understand what it meant.

The boards cracked, and gave way from underneath Wonwoo, causing him to fall through.

"No!" Mingyu shouted, taking a great leap over the broken planks and grabbing Wonwoo by the wrist.

"Ah! Mingyu help! Please!"

"It's alright, I've got you. Do you think you can give me your other hand? Then I can pull you up. Calm down, everything's fi-"

The boy had spoken too soon, as the board beneath him cracked under his weight. The two plummeted into the salty water below, and Wonwoo let out an ear-splitting shriek.

Mingyu struggled to surface, he could see the planks above him that were preventing him from doing so. His eyes stung like mad, but he had to keep them open. Wonwoo was thrashing about nearby, but Mingyu noticed that he wasn't actually going anywhere. In fact, he was sinking.

He began to swim downwards, and picked up the pace when the boy stopped thrashing. He was completely still. Mingyu managed to lock arms with him, and began to swim upwards. The planks of wood from the pier had spread out and he could see an opening.

When they reached the surface, it was like breathing for the first time. The air couldn't have been more relieving. At least, for Mingyu it was.

"Wonwoo, can you hear me?" He said, placing a hand on the boy's cheek. He felt cold to the touch, and it was getting colder outside now too.

"Hey. Come on, it's alright now. You're safe."

Wonwoo opened his eyes ever so slightly, blinking away the sand. He realized that he was lying in Mingyu's arms, and seemed to be quite content with this fact. He nuzzled up to the boy's chest, stating that he was cold. Mingyu smiled, and wrapped his arms around the shivering child.

"You should have said that you didn't like water, Wonwoo." He said, looking up at what was left of the sun, and at the pretty stars that were starting to appear.

"I didn't want to. I didn't think we would actually have to swim."

"Well, how was it?"

... "It was horrible. We should probably get to the photo shoot-"

"That's not happening, look at you, you're shaking!"

Wonwoo attempted to push Mingyu away,

"I'm fine. Let's go."

"You aren't fine, come on, I'll take you back to the hotel."

"I don't need your help." Wonwoo said, suddenly feeling uncomfortable with the whole situation.

"What's up with you? You were all snuggly a minute ago."

"Shut up. I don't want to be here right now." He said, feeling his cheeks flush. Wonwoo had never been in such a predicament, being alone with Mingyu like this made him feel awkward. He didn't know what to say, so he tried to leave. Only Mingyu wasn't done speaking yet.

"You aren't going anywhere, look at me."

"What?"

"Remember earlier? When Hoshi and Seungkwan came over?"

Wonwoo thought back, he remembered the hand gestures. What was Mingyu's point?

"Well, I've been thinking about what they were saying. It kind of makes sense you know."

"What does?"

"We kind of seem like a couple, don't we? Eating ice cream together, hanging around each other, and stuff."

Wonwoo had edged away slightly by this point, trying to hide his blushing face. He didn't like this topic, it made his chest hurt.

"So what? They were just kidding."

Mingyu leant forwards, and placed a hand on top of Wonwoo's, making him flinch.

"But it makes sense though. I really care about you too. So how about it?"

Wonwoo took a deep breath, and gulped down his nerves.

"You want to go out with me?"