𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟒𝟑

"i'll see you tomorrow, aya." jihyun waved goodbye to her new friend as she entered the elevator. 

just before the door could close, a hand shot through, opening it again. haechan slid past the doors without sparing jihyun a glance.

"who's your friend?" he asked, resting his back against the wall.

"her name is aya. she won the hunger games when she was sixteen. i watched her game and learnt some skills from her. she's nice."

"cool." he muttered, folding his arms across his chest and looking away.

"are you jealous?" jihyun asked, amused.

"what?"

"you're jealous. hey, you're still my friend. i'm not replacing you."

"i'm not jealous!" he exclaimed.

"you are! you sooooo are!" she laughed as the doors opened and he stormed into her apartment. "haechan!"

"leave me alone." he huffed, hurrying away from her.

"hyuck." she chased after him and wrapped her arms around him from behind. "don't be mad, cutie."

having gone bright red in his cheeks, he stood frozen in place until renjun walked past with a questioning glance.

"what's wrong with you?" he asked.

"nothing." haechan mumbled.

"he's upset because i made a new friend." jihyun told renjun.

"no, i'm not!"

"oh, no wonder. he was crying to us earlier about that." renjun went along with the teasing and then rushed away to escape the younger's wrath.

"renjun!" he yelled but didn't bother chasing after him. he went quiet again, not moving from jihyun's arms. 

"hyuck." she called after a moment of silence.

"what?" he grumbled.

"you'll always be number one." she whispered then took the flustered boy's hand, pulling him into the dining room to eat dinner.

they sat around the table with everyone, the atmosphere better than the morning. jihyun ate what was on her plate this time.

"so, jihyun. i heard you made friends with aya." yuta said, bringing some food up to his mouth.

"yes, she's really cool and totally your type." she replied and he coughed, aggressively choking on the food.

"w-what?"

"what are your thoughts on her?"

"she's interesting..." he muttered, looking down at the table.

"i sense a new relationship soon." hana said and doyoung laughed, wrapping his arm around her.

jihyun watched them with a content smile and then looked at yuta deep in thought about the victor from tribute eight. love was all around and before jihyun knew it, the smile had left her face and she was looking at her legs, gloomily.

how badly she craved romantic love and affection, even though she didn't really understand it... the games had ruined everything for her. she couldn't date or get married while the fear of death was hovering over her head. she couldn't hurt the other person like that.

"good night, everyone." she said, leaving her chair. she hurried into her room before anyone could reply.

"what's up with foxy?" jaemin asked, leaning towards his friends. "i've noticed she's been having mood swings. one minute she's happy, next she's completely out of it."