in the coming days, san and wooyoung worked really hard to get back on track. after appointments with their therapists, they made some changes to their lifestyles that would hopefully help them in the future. seonghwa and hongjoong stayed in the guest room in case the two needed anything, and that alone helped them to keep up their hard work.
yeosang came over pretty much daily, both for his own benefit and the boys'. the group began to discuss ways to help yeosang feel better, because it broke their hearts to see him so badly hurt. this time was so much worse than when everything with seonghwa went down, it just went to show how much jongho truly meant to the boy.
hongjoong recognized this and went over to jongho's without telling any of the boys, hoping to talk some sense into him. he knocked on the door nervously, and shortly after, jongho's mother opened it.
"is jongho home?"
"upstairs. come on in, sweetie."
hongjoong thanked jongho's mom and made his way upstairs, knocking on the boy's bedroom door quickly.
"what?"
"can i come in?"
"h-hongjoong?"
"jongho, can i come in?"
"y-yeah..."
hongjoong entered jongho's room and walked over to his bed, sighing.
"i want to slap you so hard right now, you know that?"
"i wanna slap myself, so... it's okay."
"why'd you do it, jjong? why'd you hit him?"
"i-i don't know... all of a sudden i just... i lost control. i stopped thinking and when i realized what had happened... it was already too late."
"he still loves you, jongho. he's heartbroken."
"i ruined it all, joong. even if he still loves me, he's not gonna take me back. san was right, i need to fix my act..."
"what does san being right have to do with yeosang being heartbroken?"
"i-i don't know..."
"come to woo's with me. come over and just talk to sangie. i'll stay in there with you guys when you talk if you want, but you need to talk to him. you keep saying he won't take you back, but how about trying for friendship for now?"
"y-you think he'd be willing to?"
hongjoong nodded, a small smile forming on his face.
"he's probably there right now, wanna come try today?"
"yeah... i-i do. can you stay with me though?"
"of course. you go ahead and get ready, i'll wait downstairs."
"thanks, joongie... truly."
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just a lil filler chapter bc we got a long chapter up next :D
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