L.Joe's POV

"Myungsoo, run!" I yell as my fist collides directly with Junhyung's nose.

He doesn't move.

"I said run!" I shout again, turning towards him.

Big mistake.

Junhyung punches me directly on my jawbone.

.

That hurt.

Hyung's POV

"Where's the bat?"

I rummage around frantically in the trunk of the car.

Dang it.

All I find is the duster.

That'll have to do.

"I swear to god, Myungsoo is out to get me fired."

I run towards the alley.

"You little balls of sh-"

I stop in my tracks.

Myungsoo is just standing there calmly.

What the hell?

"Myungsoo? Where's L.Joe?"

He looks at me with a dark expression.

"Don't in."

He puts his foot on one wall and leans on the other, so that his leg is blocking my way.

"Wait."

"Myungsoo..."

He looks, daring me to say it.

"Myungsoo, the person you wanted to hurt..."

Junhyung punches L.Joe yet again.

"The person you wanted to hurt... it was L.Joe?"

Ji-eun's POV

The playground is bright and colorful, but at the same time quiet and a little gloomy.

He still isn't here.

I take out my phone and start typing.

Junhyung, I'm waiting at the playground. I'll keep on waiting.

I think.

But the first thing that pops into my mind is Myungsoo.

How he might have been getting hurt.

Not about Junhyung.

Is this what liking someone is like?

I thought it would be beautiful and sweet.

In real life?

It's just plain unfair.

Hyung's POV

"L.Joe!" I call frantically.

He's still getting hit.

"Let me through, Myungsoo!"

Myungsoo looks at me with no expression.

"He's not an idiot. He knew he'd be hit. He's the kind of guy that knows exactly what I'm thinking by looking at the back of my head."

I stare at him.

"You're inhumane. Just put your foot down so I can get to them!"

He doesn't.

I leap over his leg and tackle Junhyung.

"Are you nuts? Stop hitting him!"

Junhyung runs away.

"L.Joe, are you okay?"

He flips around and groans.

"Took you long enough."

Then he notices the feather duster in my hand.

"Hyung, is that your weapon?"

He starts laughing his head off.

"Come on, let's go. This alleyway makes me dizzy." I say.

"Just a minute. I need to talk to Myungsoo."

"Are you crazy? Wh-"

"Hyung, I told you. We have a... history."

"What are you, a fanfic? What history?"

"Hyung."

"Fine."

Ji-Eun's POV

It's raining.

It can't rain.

I promised Myungsoo I would take care of this.

Of Junhyung.

That's the only way I'll be able to face Myungsoo tomorrow.

L.Joe's POV

"You made a lot of trouble just because I was annoying you."

"Well, I can't just fight you. I'd lose." He mutters.

"What do you think's going to happen to that girl.. To that... Ji-Eun?"

"Whatever. She'll be fine."

I look at him for a moment.

"How am I annoying you?"

"You're lying to me. You like her, but you're lying to me."

"Why is that such a big deal?"

"When you lie to me, I doubt every single nice thing you've ever done for me."

I stay quiet.

"So, I'm asking you again. Do you like Ji-Eun?" He asks.

My face turns red.

"No." I mumble.

"Do you like her?"

"No. And my answer is going to be no, every time you ask. I don't like her, but you can't trust me. So you came up with this plan, to make me tell you I like her, and then free me."

Myungsoo stares.

"But really kissing her was weird. You could've just spread a rumor. But the thing is, Myungsoo?"

He stays silent.

"You like her. You like her and I don't, so you should date her."

"You're delusional."

"No, think about it. If you really wanted to know if I liked Ji-Eun, you could've told me to turn it on in front of her. But you're not doing that. Because you don't want to see me confessing to her in front of your eyes. But why don't you want to do that?"

I answer my own question.

"Because you like her, Myungsoo."

"No."

"Myungsoo. If you only say what other people want to hear, you start to forget what you want to say. You... you forget that you can say yes."

Ji-Eun's POV

It's raining.

Hard.

Even though living our own lives is hard, we start caring for people.

Even though we get no reward, we start caring for people.

Why do we start caring for people?

People that aren't ourselves.

I sit in the children's playground.

And I wait.

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