ᴘᴀɪɴᴛ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴋꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴀɴᴋ ᴄᴀɴᴠᴀꜱᴇꜱ 🖌 ʏᴜɴʜᴏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

T E N

Yunho's mouth fell agape from shock and relief, he continued to listen in on the news. Apparently, one of the people that recorded Wooyoung beating him up uploaded it on Youtube and it went viral with 2.3 million views. The video then reached a police officer and Wooyoung got arrested.

"The sentence was originally 6 months, but was later shortened to 1 month due to Mr. Jung Seojun, CEO of JUNG HOTEL and father of Wooyoung, gave a heartwarming speech about anti-bullying and donated 100 million KRW to anti bullying campa-" Yunho blood boiled at the revelation as he turned off the TV.

"Heartwarming, my ass." He muttered, going to his room to catch up on studying.

Yunho was re-reading the same sentence over and over again, unable to focus on his textbook. The events at the convenience store clouded his mind; how could someone do such a thing? He knew Taehyun was sadistic but not to this extent. He felt bad for Y/N for having to deal with it but also kind of relieved it happened? He knew it was wrong to feel that way but he couldn't help to think that she got a taste of her own medicine. But it all felt so strange, what was this new sympathy he felt for her? And why did his heart beat crazy anytime she talked to him? Does he..? No.

Does he like Y/N?

No he can't, she made his life hell, she dated a criminal. 

It was now two hours later, Yunho standing in front of a whiteboard, listing out the pros and cons of having a crush on Y/N such as, "Popularity", "Might get rejected" and "She has someone else". He looked at the time and plopped onto his bed, deciding the whole thing was useless. If he did confess, he would get laughed at; if he didn't, he would stay another 2 years yearning for a love that's one-sided. Yunho wanted to be distracted by something, someone. He got an idea, he pulled out his phone and messaged San.

YH: "Hey, do you want to come over? You can bring Soobin too." - 9:42 PM

SN: "yea sure" - 9:43 PM

SN: "also why u text so formally lol" - 9:43 PM

Yunho blushed in embarrassment at San's message, now that he compared San's texting style to his, he did see a difference. He replied with a skull emoji and put his phone down, glad that he had people to hang out with.

A couple minutes later, the door bell ringed. Yunho got up and opened the door, finding San and Soobin at his doorstep. He welcomed them inside and closed the door, finding it slightly awkward that someone else is in his house other than his family. 

"Uhh.. Make yourself at home." Yunho sat on the couch, gesturing them to follow him.

They both sat on the couch and made themselves comfortable, "So why'd you invite us?" Soobin asked.

Yunho took a deep breath and said, "Um, you know.. Just to hang out I guess. And uhh.."

"And?" San asked.

"I need some advice," Yunho said.

"With what?"

"Okay so, let's say you're hanging out with a girl," At that, Soobin and San's eyebrows were raised, "And you don't know if you like her or not."

"Ooh, someone got a crush~" Soobin teased, "Who is it?" 

Yunho stayed silent, a blush creeping up on his face, "Uhh, someone. I don't wanna say who."

"Come on, I'll tell you San's crush if you say your-" Soobin shrieked in pain when San elbowed his side.

"You don't need to tell us who," San assured, "Carry on."

"Well um, let's say both of you don't like each other, but you disguise yourself as someone else and she likes that version of you. What would you.. Do..?" Yunho said hesitantly.

"Oh uhh, that's very specific." Soobin answered.

"Yeah, I don't know how to help either, sorry bro." San patted his back, "But we can talk about Soobin's failing love life."

And with that, the small talk turned into a deep conversation, all of them laughing and joking around with each other, teasing each other about their embarrassing moments and funny stories. After 2 movies and 9 packs of Buldak later, San and Soobin decided to go for the night and meet up later at school.

As Yunho waved goodbye to both of them, he couldn't wipe the smile off his face, the feeling of having friends having a great impact on him. He closed and door and started to tidy up the living room, putting on some music to help speed up the process. Suddenly, Tabiji started playing, Y/N's favorite song.

"あの日のことは 忘れてね, 幼すぎて 知らなかった.."

Yunho smiled and hummed along to the song, enjoying the music even though he doesn't understand the lyrics. Soon, the living room was clean and sparkly, leaving Yunho satisfied. His phone rang in his pocket, he picked it up and answered, it was his dad.

"Hi dad," Yunho answered.

"Hey son, you doing okay?" his dad said, "Sorry, but we're gonna have to stay in Japan for a couple more weeks."

Yunho's face dropped, hoping that he could see his parents sooner, "How many weeks?" He asked.

"We'll be back for winter break, and we can celebrate Christmas together." You could hear the happiness is his voice.

That made Yunho relieved a bit, "Alright then, bye dad!"

"Bye."

His dad hung up and he put the phone back in his pocket. Yunho's parent's were architects, travelling around the world and presenting their designs,  but for the most part they stayed in Japan, so much that Yunho was raised there for a couple years during elementary school; which made people believe he's a Zainichi Korean and made him a target for bullying. Yunho was aware that he would get bullied but it still hurt.

Later that night, Yunho was on his phone scrolling on Instagram, when he got a message notification. He thought it was San or Soobin reminding him about training the next day, or his parents send him the rent and bills money; but it was much worse. A not-so-unknown number sent him a terrifying picture and an even more terrifying message.

It was a picture of his dead friend Seonghwa, getting threatened with a knife over a bridge by none other than Wooyoung, you could see the pain and fear in Seonghwa's eyes. The message read:

"You're Next."