Jonghyun’s heart broke into thousand pieces as tears fell down Kibum’s cheek. Key’s gorgeous eyes were now red, and filled with salty tears. Jjong could see how the other boy shivered, biting his cherry lips.

After a short but unbearable silence that seemed to go on forever, Kibum finally spoke in a broken voice.

“Was it all a lie?--- Did you want to win a bet so badly that you were ready to tug at my heartstrings?--- Or Am I just too unimportant for you that you didn’t even care how I feel? Have you ever cared about me, Kim Jonghyun?‘

Kibum’s questions stopped Jonghyun’s breathing. Was that really what the other boy thought? Did he really think that Jonghyun had lied the whole time? Did he really think he meant nothing to Jonghyun?

“A toy to play with, is that what I am to you?” Kibum wrapped his arms around himself, as if he was trying to protect himself from Jonghyun. He looked so fragile and vulnerable at that moment.

No, this wasn’t supposed to happen. Key wasn’t supposed to be hurt. Jonghyun never thought that everything would go this far. He wanted to apologize. He wanted to tell Key not to cry. He wanted to tell him the truth, that he just lied to the other boy to make his older brother stay with him, because he couldn’t handle the loneliness if Onew left. Having to E-mail his parents is bad enough; he didn’t want to have a brother in a far way land too. However, he was neither able to move nor say anything. He just stood the