"He's not worth it."

"What the hell?! He's our main vocal!"

"Hyung, maybe Himchan is right. After all, its been a week and he hasn't spoken a word, and before he used to eat all the food, regardless of if the rest of us needed it more. Not to mention he hardly share lines with the rest of us, you included."

"I can't believe I'm hearing this right now."

"Stop being ungrateful that this happened. We all know how ecastic you are to be the main vocal. That IS what you wanted, right?"

"Even if I did, who would want it like this?! I said 'with him' anyway! Not 'without'!"

"Why do you of all people care anyway? You were the one who was acting like you hated him and was ignoring him before this happened."

"I HAD MY REASONS, OKAY!" I DID'NT EXPECT HIM TO DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR FOR WEEKS THEN COME BACK AS SKIN AND BONES, NOT TO MENTION MUTE!"

"He's not eating."

"Oh for the love of-"

"I even checked. He's just sitting there, staring into space. He's not even glancing at the food."

"See? He can't even will himself to try to get better! He's useless to us!"

"Have you even tried to help him?!"

"Why should I? He's just being a burden."

"We should drop him."

"No, he's going to get better."

"Or not."

"AM I TALKING TO A BRICK WALL?!" He sighed. "Just give him some time."

"We've given him a full week already! The tour's coming up soon! We don't HAVE time!"

"Worst case scenario, if he still doesn't have his voice, he can lip sync and not speak during breaks."

"The fans are going to suspect. He always sings live, even when he's not supposed to."

"Just say he lost his voice."

"That could not be a truer statement."

"DO I NEED TO SLAP A ?!"

"You dare to call your hyung a ?"

"YEAH, I ING DARE! ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THAT HE'S THE MAIN VOCAL, HAS GONE MUTE! HIS AND OUR CAREERS ARE ON THE LINE!"

"Yeah, I don't know about you, he lost membership when he came back looking like and could do nothing but sit in front of the door, staring at nothing. He can't even clean himsel-"

*insert painful slap noise here*

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Deserved it."

"You little , I'm going to strangle-"

"Strangle me? Like every time you get mad? Good luck losing the other vocal, because all there'll be left is you and Jongup for vocals. Feel free, and become the 'main' vocal through murder. Go for it."

"You little-"

"Is that really the only insult you can come up with?"

"I'm going to-"

"Not this-" He was punched in the gut, and he instintively doubled over, holding back the sounds of pain.

He watched his hyung leave, and smirked at the way he was making fists. If his fingernails were long enough, they would have gone straight through his palm from the looks of it. He straightened, then turned to look at the rest of the group, his smirk disappearing in the process.

"I can't believe you people."

"Well, he did have a-"

"Do I sense another ?"

"Nevermind."

"That's what I thought."