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Key’s POV :

It had rained a little last night. But, the morning seemed cool and fresh. A beautiful summer morning.

I had decided to come to terms with my feelings for Onew hyung and Jonghyun hyung, because I realized that Jonghyun hyung has feelings for him and I want to support him in his confession to Onew hyung.

I’m really surprised that I’m actually capable of giving up what I want for people whom I love and hold close to my heart!! I didn’t know I had it in me.

I was wandering around the Ryokan garden again. I liked wandering alone here somehow. It gave me time to myself. A space to think.

But today, all my space to think seemed to have been occupied.

“Natsu-chan, try to run to the other side, we’ll corner him from either end” , came someone’s loud voice, a girl's voice, a girl who sounded not much younger than myself.

“Aoi-chan!! Don’t jump about everywhere like that!!”, the little girl, whose name seemed to be Natsu-chan, shouted.

I came a bit closer to see what the commotion was all about and saw two girls, trying to catch hold of a puppy that seemed like it had been playing in the mud. I recognized that puppy. It was the one that had come to me the other day and sat with me when I was feeling down.

One of the two girls, who seemed just about my age, spotted me and said, “Why don’t you make yourself useful? Don’t just stand there! Help us catch Aoi-chan. He needs to take a bath.”

“Onee-chan!! don’t be rude to the customers. Mother will be angry if she finds out!!”, the little girl said.

“He’s a young man who has strength. He’ll be able to catch Aoi-chan quicker”, was her nonchalant reply.

Okay. I had NEVER been treated in an indifferent way like that before, forget being ordered around! I was so taken aback that I didn’t know how to react.

“Well? what are you waiting for Mr.?”

She was so