If you are a sane person, like me, you must be wondering how the I ended up locked in a room with the pair of arch nemesis' when I was supposed to be rekindling the passion between Jin and Taehyung. Right?

No?

What the ? No?! How could you not?

Whatever, I'll explain it anyway.

Looking back on it, it was pretty funny, and it helped me understand the whole hatred between Namjoon and my cousin. Namjoon was supposed to ask Jin for some help on the History project they were paired up for, while I was going to get "tutored"  by Taehyung in English. I put tutored in quotes because I literally studied in the states, I'm practically fluent. While Taehyung is... not so fluent.

Little did we know that we both gave the wrong room number, so while we knew it was the Ed room (ironic, right?), we actually sent them to the Financial Management lab.

Now this wouldn't be an issue, except for the fact we told Jimin and Hoseok to lock the doors the moment three people entered the room.

Honestly the fact Baekhyun was there is truly a mix between karma and bad luck.

This all resulted in the awkwardest (or best?) hour of my life. You could slice the tension it was so thick, and I couldn't help but notice the way the veins in Namjoon's neck popped, and how arousing that was in a truly sadistic kind of way... ahem, sorry about that.

"I shouldn't have ever agreed to this." I growled, tucked away in a corner while Baekhyun and Namjoon dished it out with each other.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"That's my line, I'm in this classroom every Wednesday before Lit, what is your business here?" Baekhyun was standing leisurely by the window, but his whole body was rigid and his eyes narrowed to almost nothing. Namjoon stood by the door, jiggling the knob every so often as if it was going to miraculously unlock itself. I chose the safest position, curled up in a right ball and the furthest from what could only end up being a disaster zone. Namjoon scoffed, rolling his eyes before once again needlessly turning the knob.

"Sungmin and I was supposed to be reconnecting two of our friends, because trust me, I want nothing less than to be stuck in a room with you." Baekhyun laughed.

"I'm glad the feeling is mutual. But since you and your friends are a bunch of idiots, how are we supposed to get out?" I chose then to reestablish my presence.

"Hoseok will come back in an hour to let us out." I sighed, "That is, unless he gets distracted by Yoongi and forgets about us." Which honestly could very much happen. Ever since they became more "official", whatever the hell that means, Hoseok was constantly trying to cop a feel and Yoongi was always swatting him away. It was no secret that Hoseok sometimes became too side tracked with ually harassing Yoongi that he forgets his duties. I prayed that today was not one of those days.

"Great!" Baekhyun groaned. He suddenly brightened and dug through his bag, pulling out a sleek smartphone, "I'll just call Chanyeol... , no ing signal?! You have got to be kidding me." He hissed, turning and throwing the phone. The smartphone slammed against the opposite was, shattering the screen and breaking into chunks. I gaped as Baekhyun stalked his way forward until he was mere inches from Namjoon. "You must think this is all very funny, locked in a classroom with me, huh?" Namjoon looked up, not a single trace of emotion on his face.

"How many times do I have to apologize for you to stop bringing that up? I'm sorry Baek! I was drunk-"

"-That is no excuse!" Baekhyun's high pitched screech rang through the air, ending whatever Namjoon was saying, "Because of you I lost everything. It took me forever to get Chanyeol to trust me again! I didn't want any of it, but you went ahead anyways. You never gave me a chance to explain!" He screamed, face red with anger, tears dripping down his face. It was strange seeing my cousin so emotionally wrecked. Even when we were kids he always managed to be calm and collected no matter what. I couldn't begin to imagine what must've happened to make him like this. "I should've told everyone the truth, told them it was you at faults ! But I couldn't. In some twisted way I made myself believe it was my fault! I hated myself twice as much as I hated you! How ed up is that?"

"Stop." Namjoon whispered, but by now Baekhyun was on a roll.

"I loved you Namjoon, that's why I couldn't hate you. We were finally best friends! I was so psyched at how much attention you were giving me-"

"I said ing STOP." Namjoon's booming voice shocked both Baekhyun and I. Namjoon glanced over at me, and realization washed over Baekhyun.

He turned to me, then back to Namjoon before breaking out into a fit of giggles.

"No ing way." He said breathlessly, "This is a sick joke, my cousin? Does he even know? He doesn't does he?"

I was confused to say the very least. Nothing Baekhyun was saying made any sense, and Namjoon wasn't offering any explanation either. I watched as Baekhyun continued to giggle, growing louder at the pleading look Namjoon was giving him. "He deserves to know, don't you think?" Namjoon shook his head, but Baek ignored him. Instead he sashayed his way to my corner, crouching down to face me.

"Last year, I was ." He paused, eyes glazed over in pain, "And Namjoon thought it would be a good idea to tell everyone I was sleeping around on Chanyeol."

"I thought you weren't dating Chanyeol?" Was my first reaction. Baekhyun scoffed, rolling his eyes.

"Not anymore. Namjoon made sure to ruin that."

"Chanyeol was my friend! I had to tell him, and I didn't know it wasn't consensual! Quit blaming me for your failed relationship, nobody ruined it except you." Namjoon tried to defend himself, but Baekhyun refused to listen. He clamped his hands over his ears, humming loudly to drown Namjoon out.

I was confused, and hurt, and angry.

Why didn't Baekhyun tell anyone he was ?

Why didn't Namjoon seem more apologetic?

I reached out and caressed Baekhyun's cheek, tracing  his collarbone before giving his shoulder a gentle squeeze. His gaze met mine, and I felt goosebumps erupt on my skin; never had I seen Baekhyun look so helpless and alone.

"Chanyeol loves you." I whispered. By now he had stopped humming and his hands only loosely cover his ears.

"I know, but I can't bring myself to love him again. I'm scared." He mumbled, furiously wiping away his unrelentless tears. A broken sob escaped his mouth. Before I could move to comfort him Namjoon already was holding him in his arms. Baekhyun struggled weakly before giving up and burrowing himself into Namjoon's chest.

"We used to be best friends." Namjoon said soft as a breeze. I looked up at him and my breathing hitched. "He trusted me and I ed it up."

Even though everything about that moment was ed up, it was the moment I realized that Namjoon was the one. Not in a cliche soulmate bull type way, but in the my type kind of way. Sure, at the moment he was crying and holding my cousin, but he was still so god damn beautiful that it hurt. My heart was breaking and I honestly couldn't tell you why. All I know was my heart was shattered and I felt happy.

I felt happy but I was crying.

Crying with a smile on my face.

"Sungmin, are you okay?" I can't imagine how scary I looked crying while brightly smiling. I'm guessing I looked pretty psychotic.

"I'm peachy." I said, wiping tears from my eyes and chuckling softly. Baekhyun sniffled, peeking up at me through his eyelashes. I saw as he began smiling, then laughing.

It was the strangest moment I ever lived through. Baekhyun just told me he was , Namjoon held him while he cried, I realized I was in love with Namjoon, and now we were all three laughing. As if that was the normal thing to do.

"I'm sorry Namjoon." Baekhyun smiled meekly. "I stopped being truly mad a long time ago, but it was just easier to blame you." Namjoon waved away his apologies.

"You had every right to hate me Baekhyun hyung. I'm sorry as well. For everything."

"Did it work? I swear to god if I open this door and Jin and V are face, I'm kicking Sungmin in the balls." Hoseok's muffled voice rang through the comfortable silence.

"Shouldn't you be happy if Jin and V were face?" Yoongi questioned, unlocking the door and flinging it open. It only took him 2 seconds to realize that Jin and V were no where to be found, but Namjoon and Baekhyun were, and they even were sitting next to each talking and smiling.

"Should I be worried about Baekhyun and Namjoon face?" Hoseok looked lost, glancing back and forth between the once enemies. Baekhyun laughed and Namjoon shook his head furiously, standing up and moving away from Baekhyun just to prove the point.

"No no no! We just sorted out our differences." Baekhyun said between light laughs, eyes scrunched into crescents.

"Baekhyun?"  The tall frame of Chanyeol filled the doorway. Worry lines were etched into his skin, and the moment he saw Baekhyun safe he breathed out a sigh of relief, “Baek..” He began before stopping, narrowing his eyes at a certain person who had his arms wrapped loosely around Baekhyun’s waist. Baekhyun, realizing how compromising their situation looked, quickly stood up, leaving a gaping Namjoon and hurrying over to Chanyeol.

“Yeollie, it wasn’t what it looked like.”  Chanyeol’s steely glare wavered at BAekhyun pouting at him.

“Promise?” Chanyeol asked warily, obviously not fully convinced. Baekhyun’s pout deepened.

“Yes, do you not trust me?” Chanyeol froze, looking down at his love before smiling.

“I trust you with my life Baekkie.” He cooed, pinching Baek’s cheek before pulling him into a hug.The latter snuggled closer, craving the warmth that was radiating off of Chanyeol’s body.

I watched fondly at the scene in front of me. Although Baekhyun had been a huge diva, he deserved to be happy. No one could deny that Chanyeol made Baekhyun happy; in turn, that made me happy.

I had every reason to be happy then.

Unfortunately my happiness didn’t last.

“But everyone has a secret.”

A/N 

Man I am on a roll. This update was shorter than most of my other chapters, so I apologize for that. But I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

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But YAY some drama has been resolved!

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