"He's changed"
"I know"
"Who?"
"I don't know SoYeon. Ask him"
"But ByungHee.. You're the closest one to him.."
"I'm really sorry. This is just beyond my territory. I don't want to cross his line."
"Is it that Hwangbo Sunbaenim?"
ByungHee sighed..
"Ask him, SoYeon. That's all I can advise to you.."

Chapter 12
In Between

From: The guy who pouts cutely
To : HyeJung
Let's watch a movie tomorrow

HyeJung’s eyes widen at the sudden message from Seungho. There's this twisted feeling in her heart seeing the message. Relieved, happy, nervous, yet so despair. She remembered at times when she asked him to watch movie together in order to ease the tension of their relationship, but he always manage to find reasons to turn her off. In the end, she gave up, she thought he must be so angry and avoid her.

She nervously glance at Hyunjoong who still talking enthusiastically to YoungSaeng.
She excuses herself from the conversation and go straight to the restroom.

Seungho immediately pick her call.
"What.. I mean why so sudden?" she whispers frantically.

Seungho laughed her off.
"You've been asking me all this time. I just found out that I'm free tomorrow. So why not?"

Silent...

"HyeJung, are you still there? You're not fainting aren't you?" Seungho chuckles at his own thought.

"I'm with Hyunjoong at the moment"

Her whisper can barely heard.

Seungho's tone changed to really cold at once.
"Then, bye"

"Seungho.."

But he's already off..

HyeJung look at her phone with disbelief. All her frustrations suddenly come flooding her crumpled heart. She breaks down and cry.

And cry...

And cry…

 

Hyunjoong found her at the girl restroom. Fallen asleep, physically and emotionally worn out. Holding her mobile phone tightly.

 

This is so wrong. You knew it, Seungho!
She's already taken, yet you still hoping for her..
Stop IT! Right NOW!!

The mirror's broken to pieces. Blood trickling. Holding his breaths he whispers..

I wish I can…

 

"What's with Seungho hyung?" Mir asked CheonDoong in soft whispers. He looks really worried. "He hasn't eat anthying for the whole day long"

CheonDoong looked to Seungho's room. Now there's this giant note hanging in its door.
"Knock Me and You'll be Dead!"

He sighed. Seungho rarely put that note on his door. Considering he's sharing room with their manager, Joon and Mir, he often walkout if he needs his alone time. But now, he has been locked himself there for practically more than 26 hours.. Even the manager hyung didn't dare to enter that room. He choosed to borrow G.O hyung clothes to change since that note was already there when he just finished his bath. Seungho really mean what he wrote on that note.

"Do we need to sneak foods? I'm really worried he'll get sick" Mir keeps whispering. Afraid his eldest hyung will hear. "I bet a bowl of rrakbokki can lure him out"

"What if it doesn't work?" CheonDoong asked hesitantly.

"Then I’ll force him to open his mouth" Joon interrupting both maknaes.

Mir scoffed.
"Ha! As if!"

Looks offended, Joon's flexing his muscles. "I've beat him once you know.."

"Yeah.. Lucky for you he obeyed the director to let you win that time. Otherwise you'll be dead meat" CheonDoong said it as a matter of fact.

Irritated than ever, Joon walked closer to the room.
"Watch me!"

WHACK!

"Ouch!! What the…" Joon stopped.

Out of nowhere, G.O-holding a roll of thick magazine- stood in his way.

Glaring.

"Back off! He's mine!"