I pull up to Taemin's school and stop the car. He opens the door and quickly hops out. "Have a good..." SLAM! "day.." I mutter as he scurries off. This kid can seriously hold a grudge. I sigh and pull out of the parking lot, making my way to my mother's company. Ijust don't understand where I went wrong withTaemin. I tookhim in in a heartbeat when I found out that he was my son but he shows no greatfulness. Well...actually I can see why he hates me. I mean, I had a similar situation when I was a kid. My father wasn’t there for me and my mother but when he did show up; all he did was make my life hell. I don’t want Taemin to feel that way about me and I’m trying to reach out to him but what more can I do? After his mother died, his stepfather disappeared from the face of the earth but when I tried to gain custody of him after finding out that he was my son, he fought to the finish. He was quite a manipulative guy and I don’t want any of that rubbing off on Taemin though I fear it already has. I pull up to the company and stop the car, taking a few to look at my phone. It was weird…no messages, no phone calls. That’s a first. I frown and dial Jisoo’s number. He picks up right away.” Oh, Hyung!” he greets. “Cha Jisoo…” “What happened? You need to see me?...Oh, okay!” he shouts. “Jisoo, what the heck are you..” “Hyung, where are you?” he asks. “At my mother’s company.” I say, confused. “I’ll be right there! Bye!” he shouts before hanging up. I pull the phone away from my ear and frown at the screen. What the hell is wrong with that kid? I sigh and call Rachel instead. “Hello?” she greets. “Where have you been? Some best friend you are.” I say right off the bat. She chuckles. “Well, I good, thanks for asking.” She jokes. “If you really wanted me to know how you were doing you would have called.” I tell her. “I know…” she begins. “I know.” “Well…where are you?” I ask her. No reply. “Rachel. What is going on with you?” I ask. “Alex, you’re like my big brother…I wouldn’t lie to you, right?” she begins. “Are you giving your lie an intro?” I ask her. She sighs. “Alex, I’m serious. Don’t worry about me. How’s Taemin?” she asks. “Just as troublesome as before.” I tell her. She laughs. “He’ll warm up to you. He didn’t want to stay at my house that time because he missed you. I guess after a while I’m no fun.” She laughs. I smile. “Really?”…wait no, don’t let her get you off subject. “So you’ll be back from whatever secretive place…when?” I ask. No reply. “Rachel, if I don’t see you soon I’m going to find you myself. I know you’re hiding something.” I tell. She sighs. “I’ll talk to you later okay? Tell Taemin I said hi.” She concludes before hanging up. I look down at my phone in disbelief. Why is everyone acting so weird? Am I the only normal person on this earth? My thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the window. I turn to see Jisoo breathing heavily. I open the door and step out. “Ya Cha Jisoo, did you run all the way here? I don’t have anything important…” “Hyung I’m glad that you called when you did. I can’t lie in that house anymore with that girl! Can’t I come live with you? Huh? I won’t cause any trouble, I promise. I’ll do..” “You can come live with us. It’s only Taemin and I. We have plenty of room.” I interrupt. His eyes go wide and he hugs the living daylights out of me. “Thanks! I won’t make you regret it!” he exclaims. “I think I already do.” I breathe as he squeezes the life out of me.

{Joon’s P.O.V}

“So what’s the plan?” Eungyul asks as soon as we’re alone. I sigh. “I thought we established this already.” I say. “Joon, trusting you isn’t the problem. I just want to know why. It’s seriously driving me crazy!” he snaps. “You don’t need to know why. I’m not stupid you know. I’m a grown man and I’m pretty sure I can handle myself now.” I tell him setting my phone down on the side table. “Can you?” he asks. I frown. “Did you come down here because you thought I couldn’t? If that’s the case, you can go back.” I say. Eungyul scoffs. “That’s not why I came down. You’re my bestfriend and I just wanted to support you. Now that I’m here I’m not sure I made the right decision.” He says, coldly. “If you were that scared to come, why did you?” I ask, pulling off my t-shirt and throwing it across the room. “I’M NOT…” Eungyul pauses and looks around cautiously. “I’m not scared. Why would I have come if I was?” he finishes. “I don’t know, that’s what I’m asking you.” I say. Eungyul just looks at me. “Is it because of—‘’ “Don’t you dare say it. Everything doesn’t revolve around that person so stop bringing that person up. Did you forget that these rooms are monitored? Watch what you say.” I snap at him harshly. Eungyul scoffs yet again. “Yaaaaah…” he begins in amazement. “Sometimes I can’t even recognize you.” He says, arms crossed. I pull on an all-black sweater and shrug. “Yeah? Well sometimes I can’t even recognize myself.” I conclude before walking out.