I can't say boy in a love song/ So Screwed -gongfourz

9

"Listen up," Sungho sat himself down in the empty spot of the gathering circle that formed on his bed.

Woonhak, Riwoo and Jaehyun were currently stashed away in his room. Taesan kept working in his studio to keep busy while Leehan continued practicing his duo part, alone, at the practice room.

"We need to somehow get them together alone, and we need to do it soon because I don't know if this album will do well with the tension between them," Sungho expressed his worry, something the others shared. Riwoo looked around for a moment at everyone's expression before adding, "Personally, I think it's really something serious this time. I've never seen Leehan angry at anyone but the way he's been on edge and how Taesan isn't letting go of whatever he's pissed at, something really bad happened."

Jaehyun sighed and nodded, "Actually, yesterday," he glanced at Woonhak who nudge his chin upwards, "I and Woonhak were playing games with Leehan. We went to grab some snacks at the middle of the night and while we were at the convenience store, Leehan told us that suddenly out of nowhere, Taesan just started ignoring him. Honestly, I wanted to storm over and scold Taesan for it but Woonhak told me to talk to you guys about it first.", Jaehyun let out a heavy sigh, "I don't know what's going on with Taesan... He's not acting like himself...", Woonhak nodded, agreeing with the statement. Sungho cleared his throat, preparing himself to give the others an idea of what Taesan was going through.

"Well, I managed to speak to Taesan and he told me what's wrong. I can't tell you because it's not something I should be telling anyone," the boys all stared at Sungho in confusion, what exactly was it that Sungho couldn't even tell them? Nonetheless, Sungho continued, "Taesan is going through a struggle with his feelings right now. He's really confused and scared for the group. He definitely feels terrible for spoiling our chemistry and he knows what effect it has but he can't help it so what I propose is", Sungho clasped his hands together, "we should put them in a room together, with only them in it. No one else. No camera, no nothing. Just both of them genuinely talking to each other so they don't have to worry about anyone else." He looked around to see the other members either staring down at the bed, contemplating or looking at the others, processing.

Woonhak is the first to speak up, "Let's do it. It sounds like a good idea and I trust Sungho hyung.", Woonhak chirps. To this, Riwoo simply nods, "As long as we can make sure they're safe and don't end up fighting, it sounds okay."

Jaehyun let out a long sigh and lifted his head to give Sungho a long stare, his eyes filled with worry and contemplation which Sungho catches rather quickly. Sungho gives Jaehyun a soft smile and rests his hand on top of Jaehyun's in a reassuring manner, "I'll make sure we can monitor them. We can think of a plan before we do anything, don't worry." He rubbed the back of Jaehyun's palm with his thumb. Jaehyun glanced at the hands and it felt like a weight was lifted off his shoulders, slowly, he turned his hand upwards and intertwined their fingers. Sungho, being the supportive one at the moment, gives Jaehyun's hand a squeeze, "They'll work it out, don't worry."

Leehan collapsed onto the floor of the practice room, soaking in his own sweat, huffing and puffing for oxygen.

He'd been dancing, practicing without a single break. He has too much on his mind, something he never had to deal with before but it seemed like he would have to this time.

The duo part? He tried it once and gave up. He couldn't do it without Taesan. It was so bad he even contemplated asking for a member change so he could do it with another member but no matter how much he couldn't stand Taesan's antics at the moment, it felt quite unfair to simply kick him out of the duo choreography when it was only Leehan he had a problem with, for some unknown reason.

Leehan grabbed his phone that sat in front of the mirror, checking the time.

It was 1am. The time made him wonder whether it was too late to find Taesan and somehow force him into talking with him because Leehan was done and he made his mind up just now, he doesn't give a shit whether Taesan wants to talk or not, Leehan is going to find a way to make them have a proper talk.