𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟔𝟕

at breakfast, everyone was sat together in the canteen at their usual table. the last few weeks it had been empty and lonely because they were all busy but it was lively again. everyone was together and jihyun knew it was only because she confided in jisung about her deepest, darkest thoughts.

"here comes the train. open wide. ah~" haechan said, wiggling a spoon of porridge in front of jihyun's face.

"get that away from me before i slam your head into your bowl." she said, squeezing her eyes shut to contain her annoyance.

"damn. she's grumpy." he mumbled, putting the spoon to his lips instead.

"don't mess with ji in the morning." jeno said.

"exactly. anyway, why aren't you all at your work?" she asked.

"they let me have the day off." renjun replied. "there wasn't much i had to do anyway."

"same for me." jisung said and the others all had similar responses.

"why? do you not want us to hang out with you?" mark asked, throwing his arm around her shoulder and pulling her into his side.

usually, she'd tease him and respond to his physical touch but she couldn't ignore the way chenle stared at the two with envious and sad eyes. so she continued eating and it shocked mark quite a bit but he didn't remove his arm off her.

"how's your fist by the way?" jeno asked.

"it doesn't hurt." she replied then turned to jisung. "thanks, jisung."

"no problem." he waved her off.

"what's the plan for today then?"

"me and you are going to do some training." mark said, squeezing her closer to him.

god, they were all getting even more touchy and clingy with her. she didn't know how to feel.

"are you sure you want me to beat your ass again?" she asked.

"if i remember correctly, you were the one pinned under me." he challenged and she nudged his side, her face turning red. sceptical looks were shared across the table at this. he then lowered his voice and brought his lips to her ear. "payback for leaving me all alone after teasing me."

"mark lee!"

"what?" he chuckled, removing his arm from her shoulders.

"don't act a fool." she mumbled.

"i'm a fool for you."

suddenly, there was the loud sound of a chair scraping against floor. eyes turned to look at chenle who stood with his hair covering his eyes. he glanced up to glare at mark and jihyun and then he turned around and stormed out the canteen.

"fuck." jihyun cursed, getting up to follow him.

"don't." jeno said, holding his arm out to stop her.

"but, he—"

"just leave him. he needs to calm down first."

she nodded and sunk back into her seat, placing her elbows on the table and dropping her head into her hands.

♆

the mood was ruined after breakfast and chenle never returned so they all ended up going their own ways, some back to work or to do something else, but jeno stuck with jihyun so that she wasn't alone. he followed her around like a puppy even waiting for her when she needed a bathroom break and as much as she loved him, it was beginning to annoy her so she returned to her room to read and he sat on her bed, waiting for her to give him the attention he wanted.