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5.3

["Kill her."]

TW! SELF-HARM!

He paced past everyone, making his way to the elevator. "Hurry up, Hurry up..." He mumbled to himself, tapping his foot impatiently. As soon as the elevator made that familiar ding sound, he ran into the elevator, aggressively pressing buttons. He checked his watch, which covered up the cuts. It was 2:01. It took him 5 minutes to get back to the dorms.

"JUN!" Liang Wei's voice broke as she ran up to him and hugged him. But all he did was push her to the side, finding his way to the members. "Jun-"

"Jun!" Minghao yelled in a half-angry, half-relieved expression. "She's-" He panted, "She's alive." His arms rested on his thighs as he caught his breath. Minghao's eyes quickly widened, the other members confused. "She is?!"

"Who's alive, hyung?" Seungkwan questioned, placing his hand on Jun's back to calm him down. "Xi- Xiaohua."

The member's gazes turned to him. "She is?!"

Minghao pulled Jun, passing by all of the confused members, and even Liang Wei who laid on the ground after Jun pushed her. But she heard it all.

Minghao let go of Jun in a place that he'd never seen before. It was a dark room, no windows, smelled like gasoline, and the floor was covered in dust. "Jun, what I'm about to tell you, never say it the dorm, the vans, or anywhere near Liang Wei."

"What-" Minghao flipped a switch, which lit up a single light bulb on the ceiling. It revealed bulletin boards and a desk, and a couch. There were even a couple paintings on the walls and the couch was filled with Minghao's kermit stuffy, some pillows, and a blanket. The small room was fully furnished. Jun gasped at the sight, reading the articles on the bulletin boards. All of them were about Xiaohua.

Minghao explained everything.

"Liang Wei threatened to ruin Xiaohua if I didn't cooperate."

Jun's eyes widened more and more as Minghao continued. He said that he helped Liang Wei find those paintings that Xiaohua created, he told him about how Liang Wei made Xiaohua sign the contract when she was vulnerable and he told him about the collection of edited and unedited photos that Liang Wei had of Xiaohua. Minghao told him everything.

"She never told me about why she was doing all of this to Xiaohua, though. She just, told me what she wanted to do and told me to help her out."

Jun ran his fingers through his hair, frustrated. "Xu Minghao!" Jun yelled, which scared the younger. "Why didn't you tell anyone earlier? Why didn't you warn anyone? You could've brought me here a while ago, but no! You kept it all to yourself because YOU wanted to be the selfish little prince who saves everyone."

Minghao scoffed. "Jun, I tried! I really did! I wanted to tell Xiaohua everything, and I wanted to tell you sooner, but I couldn't! Liang Wei has eyes everywhere! She hacked my phone! And there's a camera in all of our rooms, in the vans, and even one in Xiaohua's apartment! Can you at least consider how I felt?"

Jun sighed, lightly punching the wall beside him. "Okay, fine. But what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to marry Cheng Liang Wei."

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The two returned to the dorm, storming into two different rooms. Jun's cheek was red, Minghao ran to the bathroom, puking.

The members turned to the two, stunned at the condition of them. Some followed Jun, some followed Minghao.

"Junnie! What happened?!" Liang Wei shouted, touching the cheek that had reddened. "He slapped me." Liang Wei immediately knew who he was talking about. "What happened?"

"He just slapped me. Isn't it obvious Liang Wei?!"

She became frightened at his tone. "Fine, Jun. You don't have to tell me now. But please, you'll feel better if you say something later."

She ran to the kitchen, pouring some warm water on a towel. While she walked back, she passed by Minghao, who was finally in the bathroom alone.

He heard the bathroom door slam behind him. "Liang Wei."

"I know that you're smarter than that. You wouldn't just tell Jun everything about us without knowing the consequence."

"I just said that it was nonsense for her to still be alive. I told him to shut the fuck up, and to get out of whatever trance he's dreaming of."

Liang Wei smiled, patted him on the back. "Of course she's not alive, I sent that man for one reason and one reason only. To kill her."

Minghao's fists clenched and unclenched at the innocence in her voice but the brutality in her words. He couldn't believe that he did once trust her like a blind mouse, and how all of his members were in that same blind mouse spot that he was once in before.

Liang Wei opened the bathroom door to see Dokyeom. "O-Oh! Seokmin! What are you doing here?" She questioned, hoping and praying that he didn't hear what she said.

"I- I was going to check on Minghao... But, what are you doing here?" He had a bit of suspicion on his face.

"I was-" "She was help- ing- me o-out" Minghao stated between gags. Dokyeom gave a disgusted look before handing Minghao a bottle of medicine. Liang Wei exited the room.

"What happened?" Dokyeom questioned while helping Minghao to the living room.

"It's- Complicated..." Minghao replied while covering his stomach with his arms.

"Did you guys fight?" Hoshi joined in the conversation, taking a seat next to Minghao who was wincing.

Minghao nodded, which made Hoshi's eyes widen. "You guys never fight.."

The members were confused on why, how, the two were able to strike up a fight. And some of them were also still confused why Jun said that Xiaohua was still alive.

The members sat on the couch, Jun and Minghao on the edges, the farthest away from each other. "Guys, there's no way that Xiaohua is still alive. I'm sorry, Jun, but I don't believe you." Dokyeom stated.

"Of course she's not alive! It's all over the internet!" Minghao added.

Jun scoffed at his members. "So if it said that Liang Wei was dead on the internet, would you believe it?" The room became uncomfortably quiet.

"That's different, Jun." Seungcheol mumbled, but loud enough for Jun to hear.

The members came to a conclusion that they'd have their own opinions and just deal with it. There was nothing they could do, anyway.

But right after that conversation, Jun headed back into the bathroom.

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a/n

fun fact: if you say 'kill her' rlly fast, it sounds like killer.

another fun fact; liang wei is a killer ;)

short chapter, short chapterrrrr

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