𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟔𝟒

that next morning, jihyun had awoken in her bed. jeno had carried her to her room when she fell asleep on his shoulder. when she went down for breakfast, she saw that jaemin and haechan were sat at different tables again, but luckily the rest of her friends were sat together so she joined them.

"they're still like this?" she asked as jisung pushed a tray of food towards her, that he had gotten her. "thanks."

"yeah... they haven't spoken to each other but they've been giving dirty looks. it's just petty at this point." renjun sighed and she rolled her eyes. she was more annoyed than sad now.

"how's your wound by the way?"

"it doesn't hurt." he said, emphasising on his words.

"but still... my poor baby got injured on his pretty face." she joked and smirked when he blushed and turned back to his food.

"i take it you're feeling better since yesterday." jeno said.

"as good as i can be." she nodded. "i have hope those two will resolve their issues. maybe they need a bit of a push."

"give it some time and if nothing happens, we'll take matters into our hands." jisung said and they all agreed then went back to eating and talking about other things.

"i'm going for a walk." mark announced, getting up from his seat.

"can i join?" jihyun asked.

"of course." he replied and the two left the canteen.

haechan had seen them and thought this would be the only time he could speak to jihyun so he snuck out the canteen, making sure none of his friends saw and followed them.

"jihyun!" he called and the pair stopped walking to look at him.

"yeah?" she asked as he rushed over to them.

"can i talk to you... alone?" he asked, eyeing mark who was stood next to her with his arms crossed.

"are you here to apologise?"

"yeah."

"haechan, i'm sorry but i don't want to hear your apology until you've made up with jaemin." she said, turning away from him. it was hard to do and she so badly wanted to turn around and give in, but she had to make a point.

"but..." he trailed off, watching the two continue walking.

"i know that hurt to do." mark said, looking at her from his peripherals as they walked towards the stairs.

"it was, but like i said, they need a bit of a push." she shrugged.

"yeah, haechan would be a fool to risk not having you to talk to now."

"yup. where are we going, by the way?"

"to the training base." he replied and her mouth fell open.

"wait. i didn't even think about how thirteen would have one. i could've been spending my spare time in here."

"jeno, jisung and i have been coming here everyday." he told her.

"and you didn't invite me?" she gasped, feigning hurt.

"i'm inviting you now." he winked as they made their way to the tables and racks full of weapons. "what's your weapon of choice?"

"i didn't get to test out guns that much. i think i was quite rusty when i was shooting down that aircraft." she said and picked up an automatic.

"i practised a bit with them."

"any reason why you did?" she asked, aiming the weapon at a target.

"you never know what could happen." he replied and while she believed that, she could tell there was something else. he was trying to keep a poker face, but it was the mere fact that he was trying to look monotone that made him seem suspicious.