It has been a week since Hakyeon got discharged from the hospital. The said leader joined in the group activities the next day of being sent from the hospital. During the one-week time, Hakyeon completely ignores the members. 

He always eats alone. Even if the members invite him to eat together personally, he will ignore them or leave the room without answering. He practiced like a psycho. It’s just an excuse to avoid getting back dorm with the members. 

The morning alarm Hakyeon stopped waking them every day. But, it has not entirely stopped; he will give them a miss call or just let their manager wake them. 

Everything looks normal from the outside but, no. At least the members knew about it. Nothing was the same as before. 

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The boys sat in the round and rested after dance practice at their practice room while Hakyeon left to meet the CEO. Hyuk started to talk about the Hakyeon as he saw his figure was out of the region. 

"Hyung, we got to do something?" 

"About what?" asked Leo as he drank water.

"Are you kidding me? About Hakyeon Hyung, of course. I know you guys noticed it too. Don't act like you don't know," 

“Yes. Hakyeon Hyung is not the normal Hakyeon hyung we knew. Have you seen him in front of the camera or the fans? He laughs and smiles with a bright smile in front of them while with us he is like a walking corpse," explained Wonshik.

"Mind your words, Wonshik-ah."

"But, it's true hyung. Hakyeon Hyung is eating, practicing with us, and even exercising like a normal person. But I miss him so much. It's the first time I felt lonely without him. I'm worried, hyung," said Hongbin for his part. 

" You don’t have to w...,"

"Stop, Ken hyung. For once, at least now. Please care for him. Stop it with your negligence," scolded Hyuk. 

"You think I don't care! Do you think you know when all this started? Have you ever noticed it? So, don't judge me!" shouted back Jaehwan. 

"Wait, what do you mean, Hyung?" asked Wonshik.

"It all started before the incident at the dorm, even before the Amigo TV. It started when Hakyeon started receiving hate letters...," mentioned Ken sadly.

"What???" was all they could say.

It was too shocking for them. There is no way their star lights do such things. They are their guardian angels. They could never become the haters like any other general humans beings.

“Don’t make up stories, hyung...," said Hyuk.

"I hope it’s a makeup story too. But no. Hakyeon Hyung first received it when I was doing the Titanic musical. I saw him looking devastated after reading them. He was so lost but when he saw me. He hides it all. He acted like nothing was wrong. Since, then I always checked his mails before him and filtered his mails,"

As the members were involved in the heated conversation, they didn't notice Hakyeon return from the CEO room. 

The members straight away stop their conversation to prevent Hakyeon from hearing them. Hakyeon just got in and collected all of his things.

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