Just College

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Hyunjin shut the door. He was left with just the silence and his friends. He moved away from it, turning to them. Since none, amongst the other two were ready to spill. He will.

"Is someone going to explain?. Seungmin you were visibly holding yourself back", Felix's index finger got pointed at him. "Did Ari offend you?"

"Obviously", Hyunjin replied in his stead. He walked to them. "Ari is on to something. A lot, actually, concerning Seungmin"

"Things like?", Felix asked.

"You know what", the subject of the matter said. He pushed his sleeves up his forearms. "You know you two have a lot going on through summer break. Ari saw a couple item between Daya and I"

"And you've been so quiet. Why?", Minho asked, knowing how dangerous that was.

"Well, look at you. How can I add anything to your worries?", Seungmin asked back.

"On a normal day, that won't stop you from doing something", Minho accused. "You all have something to say regarding Nayeon and I. I am completely fine"

"Are you?", Seungmin asked. "You are not fine. You liked Nayeon noona", he finally said what everyone was refusing to say.

"No. I did not", Minho denied.

"Really?", Jisung butted in. "Liking her is even a whole lot better. You fell in love with your sexual partner, hyung. Strings were not meant to be attached"

Minho scoffed, laughing. "Love?. Me?. I was sad to let her go to another person but that doesn't mean I liked or loved her. I mean, I am still human and I had something intimate with her for four years. Definitely, I won't be so happy about the union", he looked at Seungmin. "Let's say it's Daya, now"

Seungmin hated when the attention was shifted to him about stuff like this. His tongue pushed into his cheek. "Can we talk without dragging me into the situation?"

"You are the only one alike with me in this case", Minho pointed between the two of them. "So Daya gets engaged to another man and you won't feel a thing?"

"I won't", Seungmin replied in heartbeat. Half of his friends were relieved. "Why?. I might be human but I'm not an emotional one", He put the facts out there. "And all of you know that. Why would I feel sad about that if I wasn't emotionally into it?. Hyung, you were the problem. You got your emotions involved with Im Nayeon. She graduated college and you still kept her. You planned your own fall"

"I'm afraid he is right, hyung", Felix whispered. "You may try to deny it..", he looked up from the floors, locking gaze with his brother. "You liked her. You don't want to acknowledge it"

Minho wet his bottom lip, keeping quiet. Did he?. If he did like her, why couldn't he tell her that day?. He is afraid of commitment. He is afraid of liking something. But is that true?. What if that's what his environment made him think?. He looked through the boys. His friends?.

Minho's harsh sigh had them glancing at each other. He rubbed his face with his right hand. "I don't really know what is wrong with us but I think Chan hyung might have been right..."

"Does the final year change people?", Jisung genuinely asked.

"Bro. I'm still me", Changbin slapped his chest. "I guess it's for people who are willing to change"

"Really?", Jisung asked and Changbin blinked. He just came up with that answer. "Maybe?", he unsurely said.

"So is Han Seolyeon part of that change?", Hyunjin asked.

"I'm not dating her", Minho closed his speculations.

"You just-", Jeongin pointed a finger at the door. His eyes shifted to Minho. "You lied?"