Bambam and Jimin turns to look at each other when for the nth time, Yugyeom seems to not hear any of them. He was just there, sitting in front of his computer while staring at the screen as if he's planning to dig a hole in it with his eyes.

They shifted their attention on Youngjae when the guy suddenly stood up and went straight to the youngest, gently shoving his hand off the computer mouse and proceeds into clicking things.

Yugyeom then woke up from his trance when he felt his friend behind him. He looks at what he's doing, only notice that Youngjae was now clicking save and basically turning off his computer.

"You've stare enough at that article, it's time to go home, you should just continue that tomorrow."

He said as he goes back to his own table and tidies everything up, Yugyeom only muttered a small 'Oh...yeah...' before he starts picking up his things and preparing his bag.

"You okay, Yug?"

Bambam asked as he sat on the edge of his friend's table waiting for him to finish tidying up his own station.

"Yeah...I guess?"

He answered under his breath as he leaned his back on his chair. Jimin stood beside Bambam when she heard that.

"Is he still not updating?" She asked and Yugyeom slightly shakes his head as a no. "What's going on, seriously?"

She said, feeling a bit annoyed with the older for making Yugyeom waiting and guessing like this.

"Hey, don't trigger some unnecessary suspicion, we all know the reason why he isn't back yet, it's because he's been dealing with his parents and I believe there's a reasonable explanation to all of this, we just have to give hyung some time to finish whatever his been dealing with, and also, he said he'll be going back in two days, so we just need to be a little bit more patient..."

Bambam spoke, trying to ease everyone, specially Yugyeom. He knows Yugyeom had been stressing himself so much about it and he didn't want him to worry him even more or trigger some unnecessary thoughts inside his head regarding this concern. It won't help him at all. He didn't even get to do much today, he just keeps on dozing off and staring specifically at nothing probably thinking about his boyfriend.

Jimin just shrugged her shoulders and went back to her own table to get her bag.

"Have you tried calling him again?"

"I did, but he's not answering?"

Both Bambam and Yugyeom look at Youngjae when they heard the guy snickering.

"That's because he obviously didn't want to talk to you."

He said as if it was the most casual thing ever. Bambam undeniably got pissed when he heard that.

Can he just be a little sensitive at times like this?

He thought because what the heck right? Their friend's dying in worry and confusion right now and him saying things like that won't help him at all?

"Why won't he even want to talk to me?"

Yugyeom murmured more to himself as he fiddled with the phone in his hand, Bambam got more annoyed upon seeing that disappointed look on his friend's face.

"Because he's busy with something else—"

"Like dealing with his parents."

Bambam firmly cuts him off and throws him a look as if saying 'Are you even serious right now?' to Youngjae. The guy just scoffs and finally slides his bag to his shoulder getting ready to leave.

Yugyeom got slightly triggered with that, he started dialing his hyung's number again for a call, but to his disappointment, his phone suddenly shuts down due to a dead battery.

"Wanna use mine?"

Jimin offered as they all heard him groaning in annoyance. She walks towards Yugyeom's table and handed him her phone.

"Thanks."

He replied as he starts dialing the older's number again and waited for him to pick up.

His friends were just watching him and anticipating the older's response too.

Yugyeom couldn't help but bit on his lower lip as he listens to it ringing.

His eyes turn bigger as he snaps his head up to look at his friends when he suddenly heard someone picking it up.

Even his friends were surprised and curious that they all started gathering even closer to him.

Yugyeom was about to speak but stopped dead on his words as he suddenly heard someone speaking asking who is it.

"Did he pick it up?"

Jimin excitedly asks, but Yugyeom doesn't look relieved or happy at all.

"Hyung?"

He tried speaking but ended up getting more confused when the line immediately got disconnected after he spoke. He stares at the device for a second after hearing the call ended tone.

"What happens?"

Bambam asks as Yugyeom handed back Jimin's phone and heaves out a somewhat frustrated sigh.

"He hangs up?"

"I don't know, it's not even him who answered it?"

He answered as he started dozing off again thinking who the hell was that?

He's a hundred percent sure that wasn't Jinyoung and the fact that he picked up with someone else's number when he didn't even pick up with Yugyeom's annoys him even more.

Is this how much he really wanted to left me out of his business?

He thought.

Because for Pete's sake he was his boyfriend? Whatever Jinyoung was dealing with, shouldn't he at least know Yugyeom's always willing to help him and support him? He really won't insist on knowing it all, but at least Jinyoung should have personally given him a heads up, not like this? He even knew it through his friends? Was it really that confidential that he couldn't even tell him 'Hey, Yugyeom imma deal with something important, no need to stress it out, I'm fine, I'll go back soon?' If he at least told him that then Yugyeom won't even dig it up and go all nuts like this?

"Not even him huh? You sure he's at Jinhae?"

Youngjae said with a snicker. Yugyeom stares back at his friend with his brows meeting each other.

"What the heck, Youngjae? Come on!" Bambam complained as he was really getting done with Youngjae's insensitiveness. "Do you really have to say that?"

He added.

"Why are you even mad at me? Did I say something wrong? I was just asking?"

He answered with a small chuckle as if Bambam was joking with him.

"You're making it sounds like hyung was lying?"

Bambam snapped. Jimin was just watching them not even knowing where to side.

"Did I ever say that? All I'm doing was asking? If you guys were sure he's at Jinhae then fine he's at Jinhae? I'm not even arguing about it, why are you so sensitive?"

He answered so casually making it seems like Bambam was making a big deal of out nothing.

Bambam stares at him for a second before letting out an annoyed scoff.

"I thought you've already run out of bitterness, but I guess not?"

He sarcastically muttered as he finally gets off Yugyeom's table and started walking towards the door and left without even looking back at them.

The three other editors were left there inside the room looking at each other.

"Let's just go home."

Youngjae said after a few seconds as if nothing happened, he started heading towards the door, waiting for his other friends to stood up and move.

Jimin signaled Yugyeom to leave as they walk side by side towards Youngjae, they stepped out first before Youngjae closed the door behind and follows them to the hallway.

"Wanna go drink?"

Youngjae asked as they were heading to the parking lot.

"I'll pass. I need to take my dog to the vet today."

"What happened?"

"He's not feeling well these days..."

While his friends were having a casual conversation, Yugyeom behind them was just walking in silence.

That voice that had spoken earlier, he really couldn't take it off of his head. It sounds familiar yet so strange. He didn't know who that is, but he's honestly doing his best to not be suspicious of it. He keeps on convincing himself that it might be someone from Jinyoung's relatives at Jinhae that picked up the call or if not he might've dialed the wrong number since Jinyoung's number isn't really on Jimin's contact list, although he knows he would never mistype his number since he knows and memorized it by heart.

Bambam and Youngjae's argument earlier didn't help him at all too. It's like he's being more torn into being a bit more understanding or being suspicious.

Don't be stupid. Hyung's not that kind of person. He won't ever lie to me like that?

He told himself as he tries calming his mind by letting out a deep long sigh.

And why would he even lie to me right? For what reason? Tss.

"Still thinking about it?"

He snaps out of his thoughts when he suddenly felt someone nudging his arm, looking beside him, he saw Youngjae watching him, probably for a while now the whole time he was walking absentmindedly.

"Where's Jimin?"

He asked as he noticed that Jimin's no longer with them.

"She already left. She said she didn't want to be late for his dog's appointment at the vet."

He answered and Yugyeom only nodded his head.

Youngjae watches as his friend fell into silence again after that.

This really annoys him big time.

Maybe, Bambam was right?

He also thought he had already run out of this bitterness the day he had chosen to forgive Jaebeom and himself.

But he guesses not?

He still couldn't help but be so bitter and suspicious of everything especially with this kind of thing because this undeniably reminds him of how that with Jaebeom started.

He didn't know that it can still trigger him like this?

"Who do you think it was?"

He suddenly asks, making Yugyeom snapping out of his own thoughts once again. He kept quiet for a while trying to deeply think of it.

"I don't know."

"Do you trust him?"

He asked in all seriousness.

Yugyeom didn't know but he started getting so nervous with that question that he suddenly started questioning himself too.

He thought of all the times Jinyoung had gone far away from home for his job. All the times that he had promised something and did all of he can to fulfill it, all of the times he made Yugyeom wait and made all the wait worth it...

You're stupid, Kim Yugyeom. You're the worst for even questioning yourself about that.

"I do. I do trust him. I always do."

He answered firmly with a determined look.

He might not know a single thing of what was keeping Jinyoung silent like this, but he does trust him and his decisions.

He really is stupid of even thinking that it was partly about him when Jinyoung clearly told Jackson and Jaebeom that it was about his parents?

All Jinyoung wants him to do right now is for Yugyeom to wait and trust him, how dare he be suspicious of that?

"I'm a bad boyfriend."

He suddenly muttered with a weak smile on his face.

Youngjae wanted to hit his head with what he was saying right now. He wanted to tell him that he was being so stupid.

You're boyfriend just ghost you like that without even a say and you're thinking you're being a bad boyfriend for having a tinnie winy bit of doubt for him?

"You're not a bad boyfriend, you're a stupid boyfriend, Kim Yugyeom."

He said, and Yugyeom couldn't help but turn his head to the side to look at him.

"You're so stupid it's pissing me off."

He added. He wanted to tell him he has all the right to doubt his boyfriend, but at the same time he didn't want to trigger Yugyeom's deepest demon because believe him or not, even though he was annoyed at Jinyoung for doing this, and that he doesn't really fully trust the older about this, he still didn't want to cause something that might complicate his friends' relationship.

He really didn't exactly want his friend to not trust his boyfriend. All he wanted is for Yugyeom to be careful and wise about everything instead of being so gullible like this because if he keeps on being like this he might end up like Youngjae.

He might end up learning things in a hard way just like him.

"Anyway, Hyung will be back soon, we'll see and hear what's all this about."

He added as he started walking ahead of his friend. He'll just try to observe anything further once the older is back to prove whether Yugyeom's just really being stupid or Jinyoung's really being honest.

Yugyeom was a bit clueless on what is he exactly pointing out, so he just watches his back still trying to comprehend his friend's words.

". He's here again."

Youngjae suddenly curses as he retreats as fast as he can when he spotted Ilsung waiting beside his car not too far away from where they are.

Yugyeom snaps back to reality when he heard that and immediately followed his friend in hiding behind the post.

"I thought you already stop talking with him?"

He asked making Youngjae letting out a groan.

"I did. I even blocked his number and all, but he still keeps on looking for me?"

He whispered as they both watch the guy from behind the post.

He had already stop contacting him since the day he had decided to forgive Jaebeom. He literally cleared all their conversation and even told him he won't be ever meeting with him again, but Ilsung obviously didn't approve, so he still keeps on trying to contact and meet Youngjae in any possible ways.

Youngjae didn't even know why that guy keeps on sticking around him? As he said before, they weren't even that close to be considered as friends, and he would admit they somewhat had some intimate moments, but that is all. There's really no feelings attached and they both know that?

It's not like he had caught some feelings for him right?

"Should I drive you home?"

Yugyeom offered, knowing for sure Youngjae needed a scapegoat right now.

"Please?"

"Follow me then."

Yugyeom said as they both started going out of their hiding spot and walks straight towards the younger's car.

Ilsung immediately perked up when he spotted Youngjae with Yugyeom.

"Hey,"

Ilsung causally greeted upon approaching the two younger guys.

"Hi, Hyung."

Yugyeom greeted.

"What're you doing here?"

Youngjae asked in a not-so-friendly way.

"To see you? Obviously?"

The guy answered while shrugging his shoulders.

"I can't right now, we have something to do today."

He alibied, and Yugyeom immediately nodded his head to agree.

"Okay then, maybe next time?"

"I'm sorry hyung, but I really can't meet you anymore."

He answered straight to the point.

Ilsung sighed and slowly nodded his head before speaking.

"May I know why?" He asked politely. "Did you got back with your ex-boyfriend?"

He added Yugyeom was a bit worried as the older mentioned that.

"I'm never going back with him....you know that, hyung."

Youngjae answered, suddenly making Yugyeom think what kind of relationship does really this two have that they seem so chill and open to each other yet felt so awkward and distant?

"Alright...if that's what you want, if you need anything don't hesitate to call me."

The older answered as he smiled at both of them one last time before finally turning his back and going back to his own car.

The two younger guys just watch as his car droves off away from them.

"He seems like a decent guy tho?"

Yugyeom commented. He really doesn't know him personally, but he seems like a soft-spoken guy based on his observation earlier.

"He is...but I don't really fully trust him either, to be honest."

"Why?"

Yugyeom asked. He seems like a nice guy?

"I don't know. I guess I just really don't trust people so easily now?"

He answered with a smile as he started walking to Yugyeom's car and get on it first.

Yugyeom pondered on his answer for a while before finally following him inside and sitting on the driver's seat.

"How about hyung?"

Yugyeom suddenly couldn't help but ask. He didn't even know where that question came from, it just suddenly entered his mind?

Youngjae lifted his head up from his phone when he heard that.

"What about hyung?"

He repeated even though he knows exactly what Yugyeom was asking.

"Do you....trust Hyung?"

Yugyeom spoke, looking at Youngjae with his hopeful eyes.

Youngjae averted his eyes and look at the front instead. He didn't want to see the younger's eyes full of disappointment when he tells him.

"I already told you guys before right?" He spoke, trying his best to not hurt his friend as much as possible. "I don't even trust anyone anymore now..."

He added, Yugyeom was still looking at him.

"Including your boyfriend."

ooOoo

"Sorry, it was raining heavily earlier and I didn't bring my umbrella so I had to wait for it to tone down before leaving the building?"

Sooyoung explained as soon as Yugyeom opened the door for her.

"It's fine, Noona, should I get you a cup of coffee to warm up?"

"Yes, please. Thanks!"

The older replied as she sat down on the sofa and started drying herself with a towel that the younger handed him.

Yugyeom sat beside her once he got out of the kitchen and placed a cup of coffee on the center table in front of Sooyoung.

"Thanks again."

She said, picking up the cup and taking a quick sip. She sighed in relief as she felt the hot coffee warming her up.

"Anyway, where's Jinyoung? Is he still at work?"

She asked as she noticed no sign of his brother around.

"He hasn't gone back yet."

Yugyeom answered bringing major confusion to the older lady.

"What do you mean he hasn't gone back yet? From work? From Madrid? I saw Mark posting yesterday that the boys' already back?"

She said as she remembers his brother's best friend posting about it on social media.

Yugyeom then started fiddling