“what’s wrong with me? I’m just very upset with all of you.” Said Jongwan

“why are you upset?” asked Hongbin

“because y’all make me argh...... Forget it.”

Jongwan then went out of the room. But, when he was just about to open the door, N grabbed his wrist and asked.

“hyung, it’s time for you to say it. Why are you always like this to the members? You always criticize us no matter what we do. Everything we do is always wrong in your eyes. Tell me why do you always act like this!” said N

 “why? It’s because you are always burdening me!”  Jongwan let go of N’s grip.

“why are we always burdening you? You are our manager. You should treat us well. But, what are you doing? You always make us down!” said N angrily

“it’s a demand from the owner of your agency!”

“what do you mean?”

“you don’t need to know.”

“I have to know. We have to know about that.”

“alright. I just want you to work harder, so that we can reach the target.”

“what target?”

“target to increase the popularity.”

“what?” asked all the members together

“I want you to be more popular”

“hyung, it takes time. You can’t force us to work harder just to increase the popularity.” Said Ravi

“hyung, and what the hell is it? Are you lying? It really doesn’t make any sense!” said N to Jongwan while raising his tone

Sensing that no one believed in him, Jongwan suddenly left the room before the members ask any further questions.

After that incident, the members were very annoyed, so that they went back to the dorm immediately without continuing their practice.

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In the dorm.

“Leo-ya, let’s eat. You haven’t eaten this whole day.” Said N

“nah, I’m okay. I want to sleep.”

“you can sleep after eating.”

“I’m not hungry.”

“hyung... Please. We are worried about you.” said Hyuk

“Why are you worrying about me? Whatever it is, alright then” Leo finally said yes, and that made all the members happy.

They had the dinner together. While eating, Leo kept on staring at his phone. His face looked so serious.

“Leo-ya, stop staring at your phone and please eat your food now.” Said N

“alright.”

Then, Leo began to eat, but his expression was somewhat sad. Ravi looked at Leo, and he wondered about what had happened to Leo.

In the middle of eating, Leo stopped for a while.

“why hyung?” asked Ravi

“oh sorry, I was just spacing out.” Said Leo

Ravi looked at him. He was worried because he saw that Leo’s eyes looked like they were about to tear up. Ken noticed that too.

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In Keo’s room

Leo lay on the bed. He cried silently. He covered himself with the blanket, so that Ken couldn’t see him crying.

“hyung, is there something bothering you? Are you okay?” asked Ken

“what? Um.. No, I am okay.”

“hyung. I don’t think you’re okay. Just tell me, hyung. I always tell you when something bothers me. Now, it’s time for you to do so.”

“Please don’t bother me.”

“am I bothering you?” asked Ken. He felt sad to hear that. He didn’t want to bother Leo. He just wanted to help Leo. How could Leo say that to him?

“I’m just tired. No talking please.”

To be continued....

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