CONNECT |Enhypen's 8th member|

Chapter Three: Conflict Resolution

Of course Daisy roomed with Jay and Sunghoon. The two boys wouldn't have it any other way, and honestly, neither would she. It was Heeseung who joined them, and in her tired state, her wariness of being touchy with her boyfriends had decreased quite a bit.

She'd showered and change into pajamas, ready to crawl into bed and knock out. "Goodnight," she said, pecking Sunghoon's lips without a second thought. He flushed a dark red, extremely aware of Heeseung's presence in the room as she did the same to Jay.

"Daisy," Jay started firmly, glancing at Heeseung and back at her. Unsure how to continue, he let her go back to her bed.

"I'm too tired to care Jay."

All three boys flushed, Heeseung very pointedly looking away from their gazes. "I don't care," he finally said, gaining their attention. "I-I mean, to be completely honest, I kind of figured something was going on. I always see you guys together so..."

An awkward silence filled the room, broken only by the quiet snores coming from Daisy's bed. All three giggled as she began mumbling about people with cheese heads in her sleep.

"You won't tell anyone?" Sunghoon quietly asked, his eyes still on the relaxed girl whose bed was next to his. Heeseung shook his head.

"It's not my business. Besides, you guys are cute together." He paused, considering his words when Jay interrupted him.

"You're wondering how it works, right?" Heeseung sheepishly nodded, Jay and Sunghoon sharing a knowing look before turning to him.

"It wasn't easy at first. I wanted to punch Sunghoon every time he wrapped an arm around her, let alone kissed her. It's not for everyone, that's for sure...but I think it was easier because it was her. She has this...this feeling..."

"She makes you feel incredibly unique from everyone else," Sunghoon finished. "It's like...she loves us both equally, but differently. I don't know, maybe I'm just rambling now." The former ice skater's cheeks were red as he realized he'd never really talked about how she made him feel with anyone else before.

"It's not always easy, but she's worth it," Jay concluded on both their behalves.

That morning, Daisy was eating breakfast and making small talk with her roommates when Geonu approached. "We want to have a meeting with everyone." Her brows furrowed in confusion as she hopped up, following Geonu to the weight room.

"Is everything okay? Is anyone injured?" she immediately questioned, her eyes scanning their bodies for scars or bruises.

"No one is injured," Daniel quickly assured, making her relax a bit as she sat down next to Heeseung. A stiff silence took over before Seon finally spoke.

"Some of us feel like the current leadership isn't working."

Something in her froze. What was wrong? Did they not like her? Was she doing something wrong?

"We're just doing what we think is best to improve everyone," Heeseung replied softly. "There isn't much time and we've got a lot to do..."

"I don't like that you made us go individually," Youngbin admitted. "I would've been fine with going in pairs, but I...I cried because you made us go one by one and that was humiliating..."

"So is botching a live performance," Daisy countered without thinking. After some time, K admitted that he thought Niki should take part one and lead the dance practice. Her brows furrowed, and almost instantaneously Jay and Sunghoon were by her side, knowing what would come next.

"Niki's an amazing dancer, I'll be the first to admit that. But he's got very little vocal training. If he takes part one and this blows up—if this whole thing is about going one by one, then just replace me, don't punish Heeseung. It was my idea, so just—"

"Daisy," Jay interrupted, grabbing her wrist. She bit her lip, storming off as the three boys took off after her. "Jagi, come here."

"I don't wanna talk."
"Then don't talk, just come here."
"No."

Sunghoon and Jay exchanged a glance, sighing before trapping her between them and moving her into their room. Sunghoon closed the door behind them, taking a seat by his girlfriend who'd face planted into her bed.

They'd known her for a long time, and had seen the full spectrum of her emotions. While this was nowhere near being an episode, they knew an angry Daisy was still not pleasant to deal with.

"Why are they so stupid? I'm trying to help them and they're mad at me—what kind of crap is that?"

"You know you don't mean that," Jay replied, sitting beside Sunghoon and petting her head. "It's okay to be frustrated, just talk to us please."

"Why? So you can play therapist and tell me to breathe? I can't breathe my way out of everything, Jay."

Jay's heart clenched with pain. He knew she would regret her words, but they still stung. He decided to leave her with Sunghoon for a bit, not wanting to be on the other side of her venomous tone for much longer.

As the door shut behind him, Daisy snapped out of her stupor and slowly sat up, making eye contact with a solemnly smiling Sunghoon. "Aw shit," she whispered. "What have I done? God, he's gonna hate me."

"He could never," Sunghoon assured, pulling her into a warm hug and rubbing her back in circles. "He loves you, and he knows you didn't mean it." Tears fell from her eyes as she calmed down from anger and fell into what would become depression if she wasn't careful. He held her for a while, letting her calm down.

"I need to talk to Jay," she mumbled. Sunghoon smiled gently, pecking her forehead before leaving to grab his co-boyfriend. He entered the room shortly after, averting her gaze a bit, but sitting beside her. "I'm so sorry," she said, grabbing his hand with hers.

"I shouldn't have lashed out at you like that when you were only trying to help...I'm sorry."

Jay sighed quietly, pulling her in for a hug. "I'll always forgive you, jagi. Even when you're a bit of a brat." He mumbled the last part, lightly smacking her butt and making her yelp with surprise.

"Jay! The cameras!"

He merely shrugged, a goofy grin crossing his features as he placed a loving kiss on her lips. A knock on the door interrupted them and Sunghoon entered the room, relaxing as he saw that they were both okay again.

"I have some pretty amazing boyfriends," Daisy acknowledged, pecking Sunghoon's cheek.

She finally left the room, finding Youngbin and K along with some others huddled together. "Hey," she awkwardly waved. "I...I'm sorry about earlier. I was out of line, really. I hope you can forgive me. And...I understand if you don't want me to lead the dance practices anymore."

Youngbin stood, shaking his head. "Even though it hurt, I understand why you did it. Just...please don't do it again," he half-joked. She nodded in understanding, glad he didn't seem to harbor to negative of feelings towards her.