"I'm sorry, did you guys make up already?" Yunho asked suddenly. We looked at each other and then looked away. She didn't even apologize for what she did. How can I befriend her again?
"No," we both said at the same time. I noticed my girlfriend tightening her hand around my arm.
To be honest, I didn't have feelings for her. She just wanted my attention. It's not like I didn't tell her that I have no feelings for her, it's just that she didn't want to see me with the other girl, including Y/N. She also threatened to kick me out of the team if I broke up with her.
"I'm not scared of getting out of the team. Let me go and get away from here," I whispered to her while my friends teased us for being sweet to each other. She seemed surprised to hear that. I smiled at her with a little bit of warning.
"I think I'll have to go now. Bye, baby," she said sweetly and was about to kiss my cheek when I shot a glare at her, making her stop. She smiled at the others and walked away.
"What's wrong with you two?" Yunho suddenly asked.
"Nothing," I replied shortly.
"But I noticed that Eun-gyeol has been giving you a hard time during training. Something happened for sure," Woo-young said. He and his instincts always surprised me.
"It's just... I don't know how to say it. Since Eun-byeol started dating me, he's always given me hard work. He seems to be trying to separate us," I explained briefly.
"I can do that, but can you bear to see me being kicked out of the team?" I asked, which shocked them. Seonghwa came to my side and touched my shoulder. "He didn't, but he always listens to his sister," I said. They acknowledged that Eun-gyeol loves his sister so much and would do anything for her.
"Since he wants to separate you two, it must be something else. Why don't you make some deal with that? Like a condition for you if you both break up," San suddenly spoke. But I didn't want to make a deal like that. There was something else that I wanted to share, but I didn't know how to say it.
"What is it? Is that a serious thing?" Woo-young asked, but I interrupted him. "She threatened me," I said, getting nervous. I didn't know if I could tell them or not.
"The thing is... She said she would make rumours that I slept with her. I swear I've never done something like that. I was losing my words when she said that," I said with a sigh.
"Why do you need to care about something like that? Between you and her, people know you more than her. Who is she to them? You fangirl know how much you respect the girls. Who do you think they will believe if something like that spreads? Plus, you have friends with you. If it happens, I believe that it will be investigated truthfully," Y/N suddenly said. We just looked at her. She looked at me, but I knew there was something behind it.
"That makes sense," Woo-young said, agreeing with his sister.
"Noona, you're very good at solving people's problems, but I don't understand why you're stupid when it comes to yourself," he added. Seonghwa, Yunho, and San just laughed listening to them.
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I still haven't moved on yet from what I heard from Mingi that day. It was insane how he could accept it. How stupid he was to agree with the conditions. Honestly, it makes me pissed off.
"Unnie!" I stopped walking and turned around when I heard someone approach me from behind. It was two girls from junior class who had become quite close to me lately, mostly because of our studies.
"Yes, what's up? Are you having difficulty with your studies?" I asked, facing them. They seemed hesitant to speak, but eventually, they got to the point.
"No, it's about Mingi oppa. You know that we are his fans, right?" She suddenly asked. Mingi? They never asked me about him before, so why now?
"Yeah, I know. What's wrong with him?" I asked.
"Did he break up with his girlfriend?" Haeji suddenly asked. I didn't think they had.
"No, they're still seeing each other. Why?" I listened to their words, making them look at each other with surprise.
"What's with those faces?" I asked.
"Just... We're not sure if this is a good thing to tell you, but I saw his girlfriend go to a club with another boy," Sohye said, which made me a little surprised. But it could be her friend, right?
"Maybe it's just a friend," I said.
"We don't think so," she added when Haeji took out her phone and showed me a picture. It was Eun-byeol with a boy, kissing? Was Mingi being cheated on?
"When did you take this?" I asked, curious about it.
"Last night. We just wondered if Mingi oppa is okay. We saw him from afar but didn't dare to tell him the truth," said Sohye. I sighed and smiled at them.
"Don't worry about him. He's okay. But can you send me this picture? Also... Can you do me a favour and find out more about the girl? I have a bad feeling about her getting close to Mingi," I said, which made them a little excited.
"Right? I'd prefer it if he dated you instead of the other girls. You two are a match for each other," Haeji said but stopped when I stared at her.
"Sorry. It's just... I have trust issues with strangers," she said, a little guilty.
"It's fine. Just... You're too straightforward," I said, feeling a little flustered by her statement.
---tbc---
