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all the answers were there we just didn't know where to look -2min

"Guys." Hyunjin frowns from where he's standing, his bags by his feet. "Why is the door to my bedroom locked?"

Chan pops his head from the kitchen when he heard Hyunjin's voice, brows furrowed. "Don't you guys usually lock that?"

"Well yeah, but only if someone's inside. We don't even have the keys!" Hyunjin turns to Chan and gives him a questioning look. "Are you sure Seungmin and Minho hyung aren't home yet?"

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Days like this make Chan regret his decision to stay in a sharehouse instead of getting an apartment of his own.

It's almost the end of midterm week, and he stayed up all night trying to finish the last track he needed to submit that's due the next day. He managed to finish it at 6 in the morning – 2 hours early! A new record! – and practically threw his laptop off the bed before promptly falling asleep, with no plans on waking up anytime soon.

It hasn't even been a few hours since he fell asleep when he was woken up by two people screaming.

Chan mentally prepares himself for what's to come. He really didn't want to get out of bed yet but he also has a responsibility to make sure none of his housemates kill each other. He gets down from the top bunk of his bed as carefully as possible so Changbin won't wake up from the bottom bunk.

Too late. Changbin is already sitting up even before Chan's feet find the ground. Felix is awake too, rubbing sleep out of his eyes from the opposite bed.

"Hyung," Changbin asks, his voice drunk from sleep. "What time is it?"

Chan just tries to get Changbin back into bed. "Too early. Try and get back to sleep." He turns to Felix who is looking at him with a confused look. "You too. I'll check on what's happening outside."

He takes a few steps outside his bedroom to locate where the yelling is coming from. Finds Jeongin sitting on the sofa in the living room by myself, rubbing his temples while nursing a cup of coffee.

"It's Seungmin hyung and Minho hyung." Of course it is. Who else would be waking up their entire neighbourhood at this hour? Jeongin makes a vague gesture to the kitchen. "I think it's about Minho hyung's protein shake or something."

Chan immediately runs to the kitchen and finds two staring each other down. Minho looked absolutely livid, his fists clenched on his side as he tried to control his breathing. Seungmin is sitting at the dining table mid packing his lunchbox, Chan notices his hands shaking from steps away.

"Guys," Chan begins, gently approaching them. This isn't the first time Minho and Seungmin fought and it certainly won't be the last. Chan knew from past experience that he should cautiously approach the two when they're mid-fight in order to ensure that no one gets physically hurt. "What happened?"

Minho just glares at him. "He drank my protein shake."

"I told you that I was sorry!" Seungmin slams his hands at the table so hard that even Minho was a little startled. "I was tired and hungry last night that I didn't notice it was yours!"

"You could've just told me last night that you drank it! We're literally roommates! I could've left early and got something else for breakfast but I didn't and now I'm gonna be late for my exam and hungry!"

Chan rubs his eyes. It's way too early for this. "Minho. Seungmin said he was sorry. I think I have a sandwich in the fridge, you can eat it for breakfast instead." He goes a little closer. "Can we all stop yelling now? It's midterm week and everyone's exhausted.

For a minute, Minho's face softened before it lost all emotion completely. He gives Seungmin one last cold glare before promptly leaving the kitchen. Chan hears a little rustling, presumably of Minho grabbing his bag and putting his shoes on, before he hears the door slam.