Chapter 32

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The Rookies, except for Ten who's still on his way to Seoul, are all in the practice room. Johnny played a music and Taeyong stood up and went to the center to dance. Hansol joined him and Johnny just grooved while watching them.

Yuta was sitting alone in a sofa when Taeil sat beside him.

"Why so quiet?" Taeil asked Yuta.

"Just..." he said and sighed.

"Is there a problem?" He looked at Taeil and he looks so concerned about him.

He smiled bitterly, "What will you do if a girl dumped you?"

Taeil was shocked hearing his question, "What do you mean? Were you dumped? Did you try dating?"

Yuta laughed to hide his guilt, "I didn't! I can't, you know? It's just that, I have a friend and he was dumped by the girl she likes. And he's un despair." He lied.

Taeil nodded, "Ah. Is that so? What does the girl exactly said?"

"They can't be." Yuta said with a low voice then he played his fingers.

"Why can't they be?"

Yuta looked at him while thinking of a good reason, "Let's just say that both of their parents don't want them to be in a relationship."

Taeil nodded again, "Ah. I see."

"The girl also said that she will forget his confession for their friendship to stay. And she wants him to the same."

"Whoa, that's pretty hard. Pretending things that did not happen." He tapped Yuta's back, "Tell your friend to cheer up."

"I already told that to him last night. He's still in despair." He said then licked his drying lips.

Taeil sighed, "What shall he do? Stop liking her? Pretend that his confession didn't happen? Duh. Even if they pretend, the heart is still there. It will be hard for your friend."

"I know." He looked down and played his fingers again, "But that's what he wants to do just to be with her." Then he looked at his hyung.

"I hope he' will be well soon."

"I hope too." He sighed then spoke again, "There's another one."

"What is it?"

"What if you liked somebody that your friend also likes?"

Taeil's eyes widened, "Is it related to you now? Or is it another friend of yours?"

He smiled, "Another friend." He lied.

"What the. Your friends are in trouble." He joked then laughed, "Anyway, if that's the case... wait, who does the girl loves?"

He smiled bitterly, "the friend of my friend."

"So your friend shall give way."

'Same as me?' He asked his self.

"That's hard. The girl has been his inspiration. She's the one making her happy whenever he's sad."

Taeil bit his lips in dismay and then spoke, "I don't know anymore! Why are you carrying their problems anyway?"

"I'm just caring for them. Might as well learn from them just in case." He then giggled.

"Stop thinking of it right now." He tapped his back and stood, "Let's train first." Yuta just nodded and stood. He shook his head to shake off his thoughts and tried to focus.

But while dancing, he remembered Taeil's suggestion.

'Shall I give up already? Maybe? Because from the very first time I fell for her, I already lost from Ten.'

He knew. Because he saw them once together. But he kept quiet. Ten is his friend and they already have a deep friendship. He don't want him out of the group, so he kept it as a secret. And he also kept his feelings with it.

'I hope I can continue keeping this and just forget about it. Same as my feelings.' He sadly thought.

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It was dinner time and all are gathered on the center for their supper. Star joined them as well. While Seomin is preparong for their food, Star checked her phone to see if Ten already texted or called her. Earlier, she received a message that Ten is already in the airport and he's just waiting for someone to fetch him. He also said that he would stop by in the company to see her.

While thinking of him, she feels very excited. She badly wants to hug him now. She wants to see his mesmerizing smile again. She wants to be with him again. Despite the problems she- rather they are experiencing now.

"I will eat well!" They said in unison.

While eating, Chahyun suddenly stopped and stormed out of the room. They just followed her with their eyes. Seomin looked at Star and they both shrugged.

Star crawled to her bag to get her bottle of water only to know that it's already empty but she don't remember anything about finishing her water. She glared at Seomin as she is the only person who dares to drink from her bottle without asking permission. Seomin noticed her looking at her and saw her holding her empty bottle.

'Omo she already found out. Kekekeke.' She thought and just mouthed sorry.

Star just shrugged and went out of the room to refill her bottle. She saw Yuta filling a bottle with water from the water dispenser. She remembered what happened last night. She felt sorry for she thinks her words were bit off. And she thought he might be hurt.

Yuta noticed her after refilling his tumbler. "O-oh, Star!"

Star smiled brightly at him, "Yuta oppa!" She waved and walked towards him. "How are you today?"

Yuta was a bit shocked with the way she approached him, "U-uhm, I'm okay. I just finished dinner. How 'bout you? Have you eaten?"

"I'm in the midst of my meal when I felt thirsty." She said while filling her bottle. Yuta became quiet so she looked at him. He looks uneasy. "Is there something wrong?"

Yuta looked at her, "About last night, uhm, I'm sorry. I think I was too fast..."

"What happened last night? Is there something? I don't remember anything. What are you talking about?" She said, doing what she said last night- to pretend that nothing happened.

Yuta's forehead knotted. And when he finally got what she means, he snapped his finger and smiled awkwardly, "Oh sorry. Wrong send?" Then he scratched his nape.

Star laughed at him, "Wrong send, what the. Hahahaha!"

"You look so fine today." Yuta said, trying to repel all his thoughts from yesterday. He's acting like nothing happened. He's acting like they were just friends.

"Yes. Actually I had a bad day yesterday. You see, two of our co-trainees were expelled for not following the rules." She whispered her next words, "They dated." She said it as if she wasn't dating. She felt the guilt again but she just drank water to remove it. She don't want to spoil this night because she will be seeing Ten again.

"Oh. So bad for them."

"Yeah. They're both talented actually." Yuta nodded. Star noticed a red mark in Yuta's forehead. "What happened to that?" She asked then looked closely to his forehead. Yuta smiled while looking at her face near to him.

He rubbed his forehead, "Ah this? On my way here, I entered a room, I thought there was no door. I tried to walk in but there's a glass wall that I didn't notice. So I bumped my forehead so hard."

"Oh my gosh. Hahahahaha!" She laughed at him so hard, "I wanna witness it. Oh gosh. You're so silly!" She said while laughing that she even hit him on his chest weakly.

Yuta just joined her laughing when he noticed someone from Star's back.

"How long have you two been in there?" Yuta asked.

Star stopped laughing and looked at who are at her back. She was surprised to see Ten together with Chahyun.

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