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I walked over to where I presumed Areum was sleeping in.

I could faintly hear her talking to someone on the phone.

"Yeah, I'm not letting it go this easily." She scoffed, "Today right? Okay, thanks. I owe you one."

I frowned, what was this girl on about? Not letting go of what so easily? I shrugged, knocking on her door. It's none of my business really, and it probably has nothing to do with me.

I walked in, Areum was on her phone, laying in her bed. She glanced at me slightly, then looked back at her phone.

"Uh.. hey girl." I cracked a small smile as I locked the door behind me.

"Hey." She gave a bitter reply, god, you couldn't just act nice towards me?

"Is everything okay....?" I sat down on a chair nearby, awkwardly.

"Yeah, actually, It's just some like, family matters - you know how it goes." She sat up, finally smiling at me. Okay, here we go, this is some progress.

I suppose she can act friendly towards my face now. 

I found myself battling hostile thoughts about her, okay yeah, I see her point but then I also don't see why she'd curse me out and all that shit. Whatever, I should probably just forget it and act civil with her for the sake of my own peace.

That's what I chose to do, forgive and forget in silence.

"Oh damn, hope everything is okay. God, my neck hurts so bad." I twisted my neck round, Areum simply looking at me.

"What? Is Sunghoon a head-pusher?" She randomly blurt out, and I snapped my head to look at her. She had a smile on her face.

"Oh come on, why does everyone think something happened between us." I rolled my eyes jokingly, "A man and woman can't just sleep together anymore?"

Areum laughed before she sat in silence for a second, evidently thinking about something.

"Hey, since I've been stressed and what not, do you want to go to the club later today? It's one of my friend's birthdays - so she's invited me but, I thought, you may as well come." She looked at me, waiting for an answer, "I mean, it's harmless fun.. so.."

I wasn't sure what she was getting at with her tone of voice. Should I be suspicious? I shrugged all my doubt off, it's not like she was going to kill me or something.

"Why not." I smiled as she smiled too, reaching for her phone and texting someone.

"Oookay, I'll send you the details through the phone." She smiled, and my doubts faded away from that. I decided to leave and see what the sex freaks were doing.

I walked into Sunghoon's room, surprised to see the room was still intact. Jiwoo sat on a chair, one leg over the other, arms folded and a serious look on her face. It seemed as if she had just interviewed Sunghoon.

"Uh, am I interrupting something..?" I stood at the door as the two looked at me. 

Sunghoon's face read, 'this girl is batshit crazy'

Whereas Jiwoo's face read, 'your boyfriend is on thin ice.'

Alright, what the hell went down here.

"Great! Yerin, come sit here." Jiwoo patted to the chair next to her, but Sunghoon gave me a glance, raising his eyebrows.

I was in a very awkward situation. But in the end I chose to lay next to Sunghoon. Sorry Jiwoo.

"PFFT, WOW. Choosing this guy when I was the one you called whenever you hung out with Sunghoon." Jiwoo simply had to blurt out.

Sunghoon raised his brows, looking at me as if I had something to confess.

"What is she talking about?" A smile curved onto his face as I completely regret walking in.

"Yeah, you care to tell them you traitorous friend?" Jiwoo jokingly scoffed, "Yup, when he walked you inside your house and did whatever he did." She nodded her head as she recalled the moments.

"I have no idea what she's talking about." I quickly spoke, glaring over at Jiwoo as she quietly laughed and sneered at me.

"Jiwoo, I actually think we can get along." Sunghoon suddenly sat up, staring at Jiwoo, who just tilt her head to the side a little hearing Sunghoon's remark.

"Hm, you think?" The two were seriously so childish, I couldn't even do anything in this moment.

"Yeah, I think we'd get along very well." Sunghoon, turned to look at me and gave a smirk, I simply rolled my eyes, "Could you just clarify what you were talking about earlier though? Cause I don't think I understood fully."

I placed my hands on my face, embarrassed at whatever the situation was currently. 

"Oh! Of course!" Jiwoo gave a little snicker at the end, "Well, actually, Yerin liked you for a while - so she'd call me whenever you did something with her, or helped her, or whatever. You know? And we'd sort of fangirl over it....." Jiwoo continued with her sentence as I simply put the cover over my head and refused to listen to anymore.

Okay, it sounds so stupid when you explain it, but in actions it's not as stupid.

Jiwoo was STILL talking, and I could just hear Sunghoon laughing over this.

His arm suddenly snaked around me from over the covers, he pulled me towards him. I found the courage to stop hiding under the covers. I ended up leaning onto Sunghoon as he just tuned into whatever Jiwoo was rambling on about.

"I'm going to a party with Areum today." I quietly mentioned to Sunghoon, and he immediately dart his head to look at me.

"Huh? Why? What? Who said you could go?" He suddenly looked at me with a worried expression.

I rolled my eyes.

"Come on now, she just said she's been stressed and it's a friends birthday party. Harmless fun." I chuckled at his protectiveness. He wrapped his arm around me tightly.

"Are you sure you want to go..? Like seriously.." He suddenly asked, Jiwoo just looked and listened in our conversation.

"I'll go with her if you're paranoid." Jiwoo rolled her eyes too, "you don't need to worry about her - she's not the type to open her legs to any man."

I rolled my eyes at her remark.

"Jiwoo you better keep a good fucking eye on her otherwise you'll be dead." Sunghoon warned, and his tone was SERIOUS, like genuinely no sarcasm with that.

So paranoid for what?