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Minhee's POV

So here are, me and him walking to my house. 

It was pretty dark already honestly, but I couldn't feel it, probably because we were walking through the marketplace. Seoul was well lit up, and it felt like the city had come to life. The busy city of the day had turned into a leisure place in the night. People were crowded all around the small food stalls, and to be honest, the smell of the delicious and splendid food was tickling my nose. It felt they were saying, 

'Minhee come to us. Eat us. Take a taste of our deliciousness and perfection. Minhee come over here... We are all your favorites, tteokbokki, kimchi, fried chicke---"

"STOP IT YOU GUYS! I DON'T WANT TO EAT RIGHT NOW! I am on way HOME and I have to eat DINNER!" "Kim, you k?" I turn to see YangYang looking at me as if I were a creature from some other dimension. 

MH- Yeah.. why d'you ask?YY- Cuz you basically yelled at the.. I don't know, air?MH- Wait, was I thinking out loud? Oh damn..YY- You are weird..MH- Got that from you..YY- *rolls eyes* YY- Hey wanna grab something to eat?MH- What the-- nevermind. Okay.YY- Great, kimbap then?MH- K with me.YY- Okay, my treat!

We eventually go to a not-heavily-crowded stall. Soon, we were chomping on delicious kimbap, and I swear it feels like I haven't eaten street food in CENTURIES. Wait, I just ate kimchi 2 days ago-- anyways. I step out of my thoughts to see YangYang staring at me, wide eyed.

MH- Ya, what're you staring at, idiot. YY- I was just seeing how you eat.MH- What'd you mean?YY- You eat like a toddler.MH- Keep your goddamn mouth shut and stop staring at me like that. Otherwise..YY- Otherwise? What'll you do knucklehead?MH- Nothing. I wouldn't want to get my hands filthy from punching your stupid-ass face. YY- Yeah sure dumbo. It ain't like your punch hurts.MH- Wait.. reolli..? *insert cringy aegyo voice*YY- What the-- Hee stop that.MH- Am I annoying youuuuu...? YY- Yes. A 100 times yes--

"Oh my my! A newly married couple like yours shouldn't bicker like this.." We turned to see the old lady who I'm guessing was the owner of the stall. "But ma--" "Keep it down young man! My son was just like you, fought with his wife on the first day of marriage. A idiot. Takes it from his father... And now he is a divorcee, that idiot of a son of mine." We both were speechless at the assumption of this woman, but again decided to keep quiet cause she was, well, old. After scolding us, she just stomped away. 

MH, YY- *at the same time* ME! YOU! MARRIED?! NO FRICKING WAY..

YY- If I were your husband I'd offer you poisonous coffee to kill you.MH- If I were your wife, then I'd drink it. There ain't no point in living with someone like you.YY- Shut up Kim.MH- YOU shut up Liu!YY- Ugghh..

As much as I bicker with him, he isn't THAT bad. Like he is nice and all. Handsome too. Pretty smile, like I am just saying. Do I like him, maaaaaaaybe? 

With that we just proceeded back to my house. 

"Bye Liu." I say, waving him a goodbye before entering my house (I had the keys since Seungmin would have a hard time to open the door). "Hee wait!" He rushed over to me. "What is it--" Before I could complete my sentence I sensed a warm body wrap around me for a hug. I was surprised at the sudden hug I received but I eventually hugged him back. 

"You aren't THAT bad." He says, pinching my cheeks. Well that was something. "Bye Hee, see ya!" He says, soon drifting away, waving me goodbye. "Well this is the final week before vacays so k. See ya!" I reply as he turns away to leave.

I stood there, thinking about what just happened.

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Meanwhile, 

Felix's POV

"And I WIN!" 

Sooyun had won the round of UNO but I couldn't be any less bothered. Other things were hovering on my mind like crazy. "Hmm.."

"Lix wassup? You seem.. worried?" Sooyun asks. "You know exactly what I'm thinking Yun." Felix sighs. She wouldn't admit but she did know that what I was talking about, and she was worried too. "I don't know Yun. Something's telling me that Chan needs us right now, and we should be there for him, instead of avoiding him." "You know what? You are right. I can't leave Chan oppa for long! It is killing me!" Sooyun finally let's go of her thoughts and gets up. 

FL- Exactly. He is always there when we need him right? We should be there for him too. Right Yun?SY- True that Lix. Let's go! 

We go downstairs to Chan's room and the door was amusingly unlocked. We peeked in to see Chan oppa sitting on  his bed.. crying? 

"HYUNG!""OPPA!"

We rush into the room to see torn papers scattered all around the room messily and the older one in a mess, his head buried into his knees, sobbing quietly. "A-Am I r-really tha-that b-b-bad?" He stuttered through his tears, lifting his head up. His face was all red, stained with tears, hair all out of place. "What do you mean? What happened?" Sooyun asks, sitting next to him, rubbing his back. "Hyung are you okay?" 

"S-She r-rejected me." He said looking up to us. "What?!" We always knew that Jihyo noona had liked him back. It came to us as a shock. Could this really be?

FL- But didn't yo--SY- Lix not the time.SY- Chan she isn't the last girl. Please don't do this to yourself. If she rejected you then she might not even be thinking about you. Right? So why not move on from it? You guys are still friends right?CH- I-I don't know about that.SY- Whatever it is, I know you are older than me and more mature and understanding than I am. I know you'll make the right decision. I know you oppa, I have learnt it from you. Please don't waste your tears. Please?CH- It is harder than it seems, Sooyun. I-I j-just--

Chan burst into another fit of tears. Me and Sooyun gave him a tight hug. He cried into my shoulder, and we tried comforting him. "Hyung it is okay. We are here for you." I say. We break the hug. "I-I don't know what would I d-do without you guys." And that's it, me and Yoon break into tears we were trying to hold in. "W-Why are you two c-crying?" "I DON'T DESERVE YOU TWO!" Sooyun said hugging us both. "I LOVE YOU GUYS!" I cry. And so we just held onto each other and cried ourselves out. When we all were done we looked at each other. Well yes, we were crying just a second ago, but we all looked funny with the red faces and messy hair. So we just ended up falling into laughter. 

"We are a weird bunch. I am just grateful I removed my makeup beforehand." Sooyun said. "Ughh.. such a girl." Chan hyung says jokingly. "Right. Girly stuff." I say making a face to annoy the younger one. "YAH! YOU TWO WILL NEVER KNOW WILL YOU!! AND I AM NOT AS GIRLY AS YOU THINK! I DON'T WEAR MAKEUP ALL THE TIME YOU KNOW!!" "I know Yoonie. We are just teasing you." The older one says, ruffling her hair. 

SY- Right.. now I suppose we must eat some dinner. Cuz I am S T A R V I N G.CH- You didn't eat yet?FL- Nope. We were waiting for you.CH- I swear to God I love you guys.SY- I'll love you more if we head to the dining room. I'll heat up the fried chicken.CH- FRIED CHICKEN?! YOU ORDERED?SY- Yes. No one felt like cooking so... yeah.

Sooyun and I both knew that we ordered food for some celebration cuz we thought, well, you know what I'm talking about. But since that wasn't the case so...

CH- Cool. I guess we should go eat then!

At least it worked to improve Sad Romeo's mood. 

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4 hours later,

Chan's POV

We had eaten and everyone had fallen asleep, well of course, except me.

I wasn't crying. I was numb. My thoughts were numb. I was lying on my bed, motionless, staring at the white ceiling. 

I was tired of pretending. Pretending that I was fine. 

I had always been the calm, nice, caring one. Respectful towards everyone. 

Flashback

"What a calm son you have Mr. Bang!" "He is too mature to be a 9 year old ain't it?""I know right?" "He barely demands for anything! He is so selfless and respectful!""He is good at everything!" "He takes care of his younger siblings too!""Born leader ain't it?"

Yeah right. 'Ideal son', 'reliable brother', 'born leader' that's what they used to say, dad's fellow friends in business. I don't know, I had just always have been like this. When I was 3, I had learnt how to take care of myself. When I was 9 I had learnt how to take care of the younger ones. By the time I came into my teenage, I was the one who was managing everything, while everyone of the grown-ups were invested in their own lives. Responsibility had come to the point where I had put everything ahead of myself. I started bottling my own emotions. Why? Because I didn't want to be a burden. And being nice, only got me good words for myself, nothing more.

I followed the rules, I never demanded for anything, I was patient too. Too much for all that. 

But why do I even have to be all nice and good anyways? Does following the rules give me a enjoyable reward? No. Does not being greedy get me anything? No. Does being patient save me time? No. Has it ever done anything for me EVER? Absolutely not.

Both girls and guys fall over me like playing cards. Then why did I choose to love someone who, at the end, gave me nothing but pain? I am the captain of most of the sport teams for my year. Then why don't I brag about it? I am a teenager. Why should I at ALL be disciplined?

Doing what I do just makes me vulnerable, nothing more. Why not choose the other way to things? 

I'm done with playing nice all the time. But my regrets are now over. I slowly get up, feeling something taking over my head. This heartbreak was changing me into someone else, and I was letting it go that way. I'll never let anyone hurt me ever again.

Now that I'm done with playing the right way... why not go for the wrong one? I'll never let anyone else take advantage of me. So, world, didn't like then good and nice Bang Chan serving you?

Then bow down to the evil and reckless one.

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I am absolutely speechless.. Channie how could you? I want ma cutie baccccckkk:

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So folks, how's the story going so far? Is it going too slow or fast? I feel like the chapters are coming out terribly. Anyways, let me know your thoughts.. Till then...

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