Kyungsoo should've been ecstatic. But once the news of Taemin leaving reached his ears, he felt nothing but guilt. Its been a week since, yet Jongin continued to show up for work, looking miserable. Kyungsoo had tried to cheer him up, but Jongin merely brushed him aside and settled for quietly doing his work.

It hurt.

But Kyungsoo doesn't dare say anything. He doesn't dare complain. Jongin was hurting, and it was his fault. Maybe not entirely, but he played a large role in the lovers' downfall. Then he muses, what if it was indeed his fault? If only he hadn't met Jongin that night, if only he didn't invite him to his home. If only he didn't kiss him. If only they didn't sleep together.

If, if. So may possibilities.

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Jongin is static. He feels as if he's constantly in a daze, just floating by life. He feels empty- like he lost all meaning; barely functioning since Taemin left.

Taemin.

Night after night, his face haunts Jongin's dreams.

It's almost been a week, but to Jongin it seemed like an eternity. He had been avoiding Kyungsoo like the plague, realizing that it was better off that way. Jongin knows he's hurting Kyungsoo, but he couldn't- wouldn't do anything to ease the pain. Every time he thinks of even approaching Kyungsoo, guilt would eat him up, sending him running away from the man he used to hold so tenderly.

Jongin feels lonely these days. He dreads going back to the place that was once 'ho