It was certainly a surprise for Seokjin when he saw a specific person enter his house for the party he was hosting. He had invited so many people and told them to bring friends, wanting this party to be loud and rowdy.

The person he never expected to see was Hoseok, a lovely person who always remained straight-edge. Hoseok followed rules, had a self-appointed curfew, lived his life by morals and schedules. Why was he at this party?

"Who brought him here?" Seokjin asked a friend, trying not to sound displeased. He didn't mind having Hoseok around; he was just concerned. He didn't want Hoseok to get himself into any trouble, knowing he had no experience with parties like this.

"I did." Standing behind Seokjin was one of his many friends, beer in hand."It was only a little difficult to convince him to ditch the curfew and studies for tonight. I figured he needs a break to let loose and have some fun."

With a sigh, Seokjin decided it was too late to send Hoseok out now. Besides, he didn't want to be rude and act like he wasn't welcome. In all honesty, Seokjin liked Hoseok, but he never admitted it. As much as he would like to ask the cute guy out, he didn't want his own party habits to get in the way of Hoseok's spotless record."Just make sure he stays away from the punch. Let's try to steer him toward the lite beer so he doesn't get too fucked up."

"A little too late for that." Chuckling, one of Seokjin's friends pointed toward the punch bowl. There Hoseok was, plastic cup of punch in hand. In his other hand was a plastic spoon he had used to scoop out one of the many pieces of fruit that was floating in the punch.

"Ah, shit, not the fruit." Seokjin slumped his shoulders before making his way over to the punch bowl."Hey, Hoseok, you may want to avoid the fruit and punch."

Hoseok flinched slightly, taken by surprise by Seokjin's voice."Why's that?" Glancing at the cup of punch in his hand, Hoseok didn't know any better.

"The punch is spiked. There's rum in it," Seokjin explained."The fruits are for people with high alcohol tolerance. They soak up a ton of the alcohol." Grabbing an unopened can of beer from a cooler below the table the punch bowl was on, he offered it to Hoseok."You should try this instead. It has a much lower alcohol level."

"Oh, I didn't know. Thanks for telling me." Hoseok smiled sweetly as he and Seokjin traded the cup and can."I never would have guessed with how sweet the punch and fruit taste."

"No problem. Just try to have a good time and don't drink too much." When Seokjin turned to walk away, he stopped and looked back when he felt Hoseok's hand gently touch his shoulder."Hm?"

Retracting his hand since he got Seokjin's attention successfully, Hoseok shifted his gaze to the side shyly."I only know a couple people here. Can I stick by you?" Since this was his first time attending such a loud party, Hoseok was nervous. He wanted to stay by someone he knew.

That brought a bright smile to Seokjin's lips."Of course." He would do his best to make sure Hoseok had a fun, safe time at this party.