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47

"Haechan and I got an idea", Chenle announced as he entered the kitchen.

Yujin and Jaemin, who were cleaning littleneck clams for the spicy tofu stew, shared a tired look. "Oh no", Yujin said.

"Did Haechan write down yet another intricate plan?" Jeno asked, turning to look at Chenle, still holding onto the rice container.

"Not yet", Haechan said, following Chenle and sitting next to him, right across from Renjun who was slicing mushrooms. "But I can, if you guys want me to write it down."

"What is the plan about?" Jaemin asked. "If you're going to continue that stupid game, I'll end your lives, okay?"

Chenle shook his head quickly. "It's nothing like that, don't worry. We're older and wiser now."

Renjun scoffed.

"By the way, since Jaemin brought it up, who won the last round?" Yujin asked.

"We did", Jeno answered, grinning at her. "Since Haechan passed out before Kun picked us up from that bench."

"It was a planned powernap", Haechan tried to convince them with bright eyes. "Besides, noona met with a tracker so that has to reduce your style points, right?"

"That's bullshit", Yujin commented. "You can't reduce our points however you want to."

"What is the new plan about then if it's not about that stupid game?" Renjun intervened when Haechan inhaled dramatically, clearly getting ready for a proper debate with Yujin.

"The Game isn't stupid", Haechan complained readily.

Chenle wasn't as easily distracted. "We were making a plan how Yujin noona can stay with us!" he exclaimed.

"Huh?" Yujin uttered. "What do you mean?"

"Well, we figured that we'd only have to hide you long enough for the hyungs to forget about the fact that you promised to leave and then, when the situation has gotten better, you can start living normally again", Chenle explained.

"That's not a plan", Renjun mumbled.

Haechan either didn't hear or care about the interruption. "We can fake a rental agreement for some other place if anyone is interested, and then we'll just tell everyone that they shouldn't visit us for now."

Yujin and Renjun stared at the two dimwits who were apparently waiting for applause, while Jaemin and Jeno glanced at each other.

"That is not a plan", Renjun repeated his earlier comment and this time he enunciated every word clearly.

"Reonjeon-ah is right", Jaemin said, pronouncing his friend's name incorrectly. Renjun threw him a dirty look. "That's hardly a beginning of a plan."

Chenle huffed. "Be our guest and come up with a better one then."

"It's not like we were claiming that the plan was complete", Haechan sounded bitter.

"Yeah, you don't need to judge it so quickly", Chenle added, frowning at them.

His hurt tone softened Jaemin's face instantly. "I mean, with a little work it'll be better!" he hurried to alter his opinion of their shitty plan. "How about we asked WayV to hide her until everything gets better?"

Chenle's face lit up but Haechan seemed unsure. "Do you think they'd do it?" Haechan questioned.

"Kun thinks it's unfair to kick her out", Jaemin pointed out. "Besides, we go to their place so rarely that it would be easy to keep the old ones in the dark."