Left Out Friend

5

While walking back to their practice room after taking some rest, Sunoo got a message from Eunwoo. Sunoo stopped from walking that he didn't realize that he was in the middle of their group that caused Jungwon to bump his forehead to Sunoo's back head.

"Aishh!! Ya Sunoo!!" Jungwon hissed in pain, touching his forehead.

Sunoo bows his head 3 times while apologizing to him. He secretly cursed himself for being not careful and clumsy.

Members turned their heads to them that made Sunoo felt embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, Jungwon, I'm sorry..." He said while raising his hands to reach Jungwon's forehead to see if he was okay which is Jungwon just let him do anything he wants.

"Be careful next time, Sunoo! That hurts!" He kept hissing and Sunoo who was guilty, had just blow his forehead that made the other stop.

Sunoo just then realized that the other members were now glaring at him, so he let go of Jungwon and lowered his head.

"Don't you have eyes, Sunoo? Randomly stopping in the middle of nowhere.." Heeseung said since he had witnessed everything.

"Hey, that's enough. We should go back now. That's not a big deal, anyway. Right?" Jay said raising a brow but his words seemed to not reach everyone's ears. He rolled his eyes and left.

"I'm sorry..." Sunoo just mumbled while trying to keep his tears not to escape from his foxy eyes because he was too embarrassed.

Everyone just goes back in the practice room with Sunoo being left behind.

[Eunwoo]

Eunwoo:
Sunoo, are you free tonight?
I'm inviting you and
your members as well
For dinner with us tonight.

Hey
Why aren't you replying?
Are you busy rn?

Sunoo bit his lower lip reading the messages from his friend. He looked at his members who was practicing for their dance choreo, thinking if they would agree with this. Sunoo didn't have any problem with it at all if they don't want to accept the invitation, he will come.

[Eunwoo]

Sunoo:
Sorry, I was talking with my
members.
Okay, Eunwoo hyung!
I'll let them know.
Thanks for inviting us!

Eunwoo:
Oh, okay.
You're welcome:))

Sunoo smiled but flinched when Jay called his name.

"Ya, Kim Sunoo. What are you doing? Using cellphone during practices??" Sunoo apologized and put his phone back to his pocket.

He doesn't understand why that Jay look so pissed. You know, he can just tell him in a nice way. He even called him in his full name, which is a thing Jay don't usually do... Thought he was better since he covered him up earlier—as he think— But Sunoo shrugged it off. It's his fault anyway. And who the hell uses phone in the middle of practicing?

Everyone goes back to their dorms. They literally went to take a shower and now they are all dressed up but exhaustion still can be seen through their faces.

They were now in the living room.

"What do you guys want for dinner?" Jay asked while walking towards the kitchen.

"Do we have meat? I'm craving." Jake said with a pout.

Sunoo walks towards the living room. "Uhh, guys... Eunwoo hyung invited us for dinner tonight. You guys wanna go?" He asked with a hoping smile looking at his members.

Everyone's eyes on him. One thing that Sunoo hates is that whenever he tried making conversation with them, they will just look at him and just stare which made him awkward.

"Eunwoo? No. We will not go there." Jungwon said and then he sat up and walks towards the kitchen with Jay who was looking at him as if he wanted to say something.

"I'll cook dinner for tonight." Jake said and went to the kitchen.

Sunoo makes a thin line in his lip, "Okay, I'll just go there then." He said and he was about to walk towards the door when Jake Sunghoon spoke.

"Are you being disrespectful, Sunoo?"

Sunoo was shocked at his question, "What?"

"Can't you see? Jake is willing to cook dinner for us, which is just happens when he wasn't in bad mood." Ni-ki said, raising an eye brow

Sunghoon laughs at Ni-ki's sentence, "Yeah. Are you being ungrateful? We can just cancel their invitation." He shrugged.

"Plus, we also have something to discuss. I don't want you to missed it. I hope you understand us." Heeseung said.

And with that they went back to a topic that Sunoo missed. Sunoo was hurt because of what they've said.

I'm not being disrespectful and ungrateful... I'm sorry, I was too nice for not thinking about ya'll feelings. He thought.

He quietly went back to his room with disappointment seen in his face.

To be continued...
Reminder! English isn't my first language.

A/N: I don’t usually edit my work, so please be aware there might be grammatical errors. Thank you for understanding! The earlier chapters may have some a lot of grammatical errors, and my writing style back then wasn't as polished as it is now. I’ve improved since then, but as mentioned, I don’t redo or re-edit chapters. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

01/04/2025