"Who's there?"

"Jae-hyung!" A voice shouted from the distance. Both Kai and Suho caught his attention and they waited for him until he was right in front of them. Suho scolded the person, "What were you doing, Baekhyun? I told you not to shout just anywhere!"

"At least I used your fake name, right?" Suho sighed, and then immediately turned his head around to the sight of the large tree. He shouted again. "Who's there?!"

Before they could even spot them, Bomi and Chorong already got out of the area and were already running away.

Baekhyun had his hands on his knees and caught his breath. Then, he put his hands on his waist, still with a ragged breathing. "Huh? Is it a sasaeng, hyung?"

"I don't know." Suho quickly gave the leash of the dog to Baekhyun and ran behind the tree. He spotted no one, nothing but a large bush of fallen leaves scattered all over. "Ah, it's gone?" His eyes enlarged when he realized something and he kicked the tree in front of him. "Shoot! Why did I say that, Kai?!" The latter could only stay silent.

"." Suho cursed, and kicked the tree again. He gritted his teeth, trying to stop himself from punching someone. Kai hesitated before speaking, "Hyung, sorry... but I won't be surprised if there will be news or rumors this morning that you and Apink's Eunji are dating."

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"What just happened, Yoon Bomi?" Celestine asked as soon as they stopped running. "I don't know, but I recorded it."

"You – what?!" Celestine was mad, but she was kind of glad at the same time.

"Sorry, unnie. I can delete it if you – wait, no! Eunji has to explain something!" Bomi was already trying to call their bandmate's phone number but Celestine stopped her. "Wait, Bomi-yah. We're not sure if it's actually Eunji he was talking about, right?"

"I don't know..." Bomi trailed off and wondered about something. "Hey, aren't you hurt by that, Chorong-unnie?"

Celestine was still thinking about what Suho just said but this time, she was confused with what the girl in front of her just asked. "What do you mean?"

"You know... Suho-oppa and you... have you moved on already?"

"Moved on about what?" Celestine's heartbeat was getting faster and stronger with the situation she's in right now. She was scared to know everything, but she has to. Bomi was as confused as her but she laughed nevertheless, trying to lighten up the mood. "Huh? You're being weird, unnie!" And then she blurted it out. "Your relationship with him."

"What?"

Silence enveloped the two and all Celestine could think of was... absolutely nothing. Her mind went totally blank and she didn't know what to say. She was shocked. She was glad that she had a past relationship with Suho, but it wasn't entirely her. It was Park Chorong.

Park Chorong and Kim Joonmyeon dated before.

"No... yeah, um..." She stuttered, trying to find the right words to say, but she only managed to let out a long sigh.

"Anyways, we should get back to the dorm. It's almost dawn. Let's talk about this later, okay, unnie?" Bomi held Chorong's shoulder, worry and concern written all over her face. "Chorong-unnie?" Celestine could only nod and with that, Bomi called their manager and asked him to pick them up by the sidewalk near the Han River.

"Okay, manager-oppa. Bye." She looked at Chorong after ending the call. "Unnie, let's stop by the convenience store while we wait for the manager. Do you want something to drink?" Again, Chorong nodded, still dazed.

When they got to the convenience store, both of them put up their hoodies and quietly went inside. Chorong and Bomi proceeded to walk towards the beverages section and while Chorong held up her hand to open the door of one of the freezers, another hand beat her to it and somehow managed to touch hers. She was shocked, scared that it might be a crazy fan following them. But it wasn't.

She could imagine herself falling down to her knees, crying.

It was her best friend, Sean.

"Ah, uhm... m-mianhe." He said with still a hint of his English accent while nervously taking off his hand from hers. Oh how Celestine missed him -- she could hug him right then and there but she wasn't supposed to. She wanted to, badly. She was about to break down to tears when Sean spoke again in Korean, more politely this time. "I-I'm sorry again. Please, go on." Celestine bowed her head and opened the freezer, and Sean walked away while holding up his phone to his ears.

'Why is he here?'

She had her eyes on him while he was walking and taking a look at the shelves, thinking of what to buy, perhaps. Bomi was, as usual, picking up every food that interests her.

'Today is... oh! His family went on a vacation during this time.' She grabbed a latte in a can and closed the freezer door, her eyes still following her best friend. She didn't know what to do, so she just stared at him, as if she was a crazy fan, stalking an idol.

"Hey Celestine! What's up?" Her heart broke down to pieces, slowly and painfully, and every time a piece fell down the intensity of what she's feeling -- whatever it was -- was getting stronger. "You should probably take a shower now, I can smell you up 'til here!" He chuckled, and he smiled sweetly afterwards. He was gradually walking down an aisle full of biscuits and snacks. "The sun just rose up." Still with that same expression on his face, it made Park Chorong smile too – a sad smile. Before she even noticed it, she was already walking down the same aisle as him. "Yeah, it's beautiful." He added a soft whisper afterwards. "Not as beautiful as you though..."

She knows.

She knew that, yet she was ignoring him for a lifetime.

She can feel herself blushing in an instant.

"Unnie! --" Another young man interrupted Bomi -- he was holding a pe