Joy could not believe that they had been climbing up the mountain for three hours straight since morning. She was even more in disbelief when she saw Wendy and Sungjae enthusiastically leading the pack as if they had just started five minutes ago. Luckily, Irene and Eunkwang were keeping her company with their grumblings and s at the back of the line.

As they walked, Hyunsik and Changsub came to help her and Irene, with Hyunsik offering his arm to her while Changsub was helping Irene. Joy saw Irene's wishful eyes as she eyed Hyunsik and could not make herself to take Hyunsik's arm. So she sent him to Irene instead, claiming herself to be as strong as a mule.

Irene was pleasantly surprised when Hyunsik came to her and took her other arm to help her up. She leaned back on Hyunsik, enjoying the feel of his firm hold on her. She was normally subtle with her gestures, careful not to let any of her friends notice her partiality towards Hyunsik, but on that day, she was simply too tired to care.

Changsub was puzzled when he felt that Irene's weight had significantly lightened with Hyunsik's help. He turned to look at Irene and Hyunsik, which made him realize that he had been really insensitive. He saw the look Irene gave to Hyunsik and the soft smile on her lips when she gazed at him. How could he be so unobservant on the fact that Irene was harboring some feelings for Hyunsik all this time. Now that he thought about it, he should have realized it sooner when she joined the boxing club as the club secretary instead of the normal sports clubs that others joined, and she had joined despite not knowing anything about boxing. Changsub knew that because she came to him one day to ask everything about boxing without him knowing the reasons why. He never suspected anything when she joined the club later on, he had just assumed that she had develop a sudden interest in boxing. How oblivious he was. Hell, he should have realized it when she insisted to make Hyunsik's favourite chicken ham sandwiches all the time instead of other sandwiches that the rest of the gang requested from time to time! Changsub continued to look at them, with critical eyes this time. Maybe, just maybe there was something he could do..

Joy had been slightly lagging behind the others. Her calves were sore like hell, she thought they would burst anytime soon. At one moment, she decided she could not continue walking and settled down on a big rock, quietly massaging her calves, and praying and wishing that her calves will hold out for a few more hours.

Sungjae made sure to always look at his friends at the back and saw Joy sitting on a rock, massaging her calves. She was already slightly behind others and he knew she will fall back further if s