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Hoya pulled Dongwoo under the bleachers of the soccer stadium, hoping he could talk to Dongwoo in private.

"I cannot believe Nam Woohyun is your step-brother! Why did you not tell me before? This is something that you should tell your roommate." Dongwoo asked Hoya with his arms cross.  "It is not like I would have told anyone because it is not my secret to tell."

"You almost shouted it to the whole student body." Hoya sighed as he looked at Dongwoo. He knew that Dongwoo was not the type of person who would tell his secret to others, but he still did not want to tell Dongwoo the truth, until now, "I have a hard time trusting people. That is why I did not tell you anything." Hoya sighed again as he looked at Dongwoo.

"I almost shouted it because you told me in a public place. If you told me in our dorm I would not have reacted like that.  How were you expecting me to react Hoya?" Dongwoo asked as he bit his lip.  He wondered if Hyerin knows about this. Dongwoo had a feeling that she knew that Hoya and Woohyun were step-brothers, but for some reason she was keeping it to herself. 

"..." Hoya did not answer Dongwoo, he knew Dongwoo was right. If someone told him a secret like that, he would be shocked too.

"Now that I know, I promise not to tell anyone, especially Hyerin.  I know that you probably do not want her to know the truth about your relationship with Woohyun, for your own personal reasons. But, I should warn you, Howon.  If you keep it from her for too long, it may end up hurting her in the end.  She does not need any more trauma in her life.  Hyerin already got her fair share of it.

"I know, I am going to tell her the truth eventually, but I need to wait until the time is right.  Knowing that Woohyun and I are step-brothers might hurt my relationship with Hyerin."  Hoya sighed deeply, "Please don't call me Howon, it makes me feel extremely uncomfortable."

"Sorry," Dongwoo sighed as he ran his hand through his dark brown hair, "Just to let you know, Hoya, Hyerin is the type of person who likes people being honest with her, even though she is not honest with herself sometimes.  I know that silly girl kept things from me.  She has in the past and she is probably doing the same thing to me right now.  I understand why she does that because she is scared that I might hurt someone or I may hurt myself.  I almost hurt Woohyun before, but she stopped me."

"Why did you want to hurt Woohyun?"

"For being a bastard towards Sunggyu, and not understanding Hyerin's feelings." Dongwoo sighed deeply.  "He has calm down with his behavior and I think it is because of Hyerinnie."

"If he does not understand her feelings then why do you let her spend time with him." Hoya said coldly.  "I guess I have not seen this change yet, he has been nicer to Sungjonggie and that scares me."

"Because she is not a child, and I am not the type of person who will tell her what she can or cannot do."  Dongwoo sighed, "Hyerin is a grown adult, she is not the type of person who can be control and if you want to do that, than being in a relationship with her will not work out.  Letting her chose what her heart wants is better than forcing her into something that she does not want." Dongwoo looked at Hoya, "Sungjonggie can handle Woohyun so don't worry."

"I'm more worried what Sungjong may do to Woohyun if he gets on that kids bad side." Hoya sighed. "I should go find him, and you should find Hyerin before she does something stupid." Hoya crossed his arms and headed in the direction that Sungjong headed earlier.

Dongwoo sighed deeply has he placed his hands in his pockets.  Hoya was right about something.  He should find Hyerin and he was planning on finding her quickly, something did not feel right.

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"That is not what I mean." Woohyun sighed as he leaned closer to her for the second time.  "Do I really need to spell it out for you?"

Hyerin blushed at Woohyun's closeness to her face.  She knew what he meant by liking her.  Hyerin already knew that Woohyun was in love with her, but she was still not sure about her feelings towards him.  There were times that she found him charming, but sometimes Hyerin got frustrated with Woohyun, and how he treats others.  She noticed that he was not bothering people as much anymore, especially Sunggyu.  Hyerin wondered if it was just an act, or he was being sincere about it.

"Woohyun ahh..." Hyerin looked at him.

"I guess you don..." Woohyun leaned closer to Hyerin again.  He was centimeters from her lips. "I am in love with you Song Hyerin, please accept my heart."

"Woohyun ah..." Hyerin looked into his eyes and watched him move closer to her face. Before she could answer his question he closed the gap between their lips.  He continued to kiss her as Hyerin sat there like a stone statue.  She honestly did not know how to react to his kiss.  Woohyun confession and song was cute, but there was something off about his kiss.  It felt like he was trying to compete with someone. 

Woohyun pulled away moments later and stared at the girl.  He wondered why she had no reaction, normally when he kissed a girl, they would kiss back.  Did she react this why with Hoya? Dongwoo? Sunggyu? Did Sunggyu or Dongwoo even kiss her yet? He only knew about his step-brother kissing the girl her loves, twice.  

Woohyun decided to go in for another kiss, but this time he decided to kiss her cheek instead hoping to get a better reaction this time.

"HYUNG..."

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"If I tell her father will only hurt her more than he already has. I already accidentally confessed to father that I have strong feelings for her." Sunggyu leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling.  "I don't know why I confessed that to him.  I guess I let my anger get the best of me and I let it slip."

"How has he already hurt noona, hyung?"  Myungsoo asked, "Hyun