"Just hide it."

"Shhh! Someone might hear us--"

"I know, I know. I'm sorry… Now, here."

"A scarf?"

"To help you hide it."

"Around the neck? Hyuk, I swear, they're bound to notice it anytime soon…"

The conversation between the maknae and the fake maknae continued to evolve, their voices emanated from the other side of the door that Hakyeon and Wonshik shared conflicted expressions at, clearly unsure of what to make at the events from behind the wooden board.

"Scarf?" Hakyeon notions to his neck. "What's there to hide?"

"…Y-Y'know." Wonshik raised his eyebrows a few times while making kissy faces at him at the same time.

"Just open it!!"

The loud whispering was interrupted. The two adults burst through the door as it flung open, the tallest man in the room instantly hid something behind his back then proceeded to making an unsuspicious expression.

"W-What were you two doing……?"

Wonshik wondered, his question asked in a sing-song tone to avoid a more awkward situation if everything in his head was actually the truth.

"R-Ravi-ah! N-hyung! What brings you here? Cold weather we're having, isn't it? Brrrr…!!"

"Jaehwan. Is there something you're not telling me?"

Hakyeon raised an eyebrow, sounding worried. Could his best friend be fooling around with his youngest? Sanghyuk was more than just the group's maknae. Entering the spotlight at a barely legal age and seeing this boy grow into a man, was everything happening too soon? His motherly instincts cringing at the current situation with both Ken and Hyuk looking flustered in front of him and Wonshik.

"H-Hakyeon-ah, w-we wanted to tell you but-- I didn't want you to get mad."

"You're going to scold me, I know it."

"W-We--"

Bark, bark

"Can we keep him?"

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A/N: Hinted Navi oops