Wake Up// Shut Up Flower Boy Band(Shut Up and Let's Go)

#16: nostalgia

"Hey! Kwon Ji Hyuk!"

Ji Hyuk had grabbed Su Ah's hand and ran out, leaving me and everyone else stunned. They just.....left? Why did Ji Hyuk do that? Strawberry Fields, the guys and I ran after them. They were so far ahead. I can't believe this was happening. When we all had made it outside, Ji Hyuk and Su Ah were nowhere in sight. We all stopped running.

"Hey!" Seung Hoon yelled. But it was no use. They were gone. 

The guys next to me sighed. "Is this really happening?" I muttered under my breath. 

"Unfortunately," Hyun Soo muttered back at me. 

I tightened my fists. We had to forfeit. When I finally looked over to where Strawberry Fields stood, Pyo Joo and Maro were already gone. Seung Hoon stood there, getting ready to leave. "We had a deal. You guys lost. I'm sorry it couldn't work out for you." I felt Kyung Jong getting ready to fight next to me but I held him back and shook my head. Seung Hoon looked at me and nodded and left. This was actually happening. 

"Now what?" I sighed. 

"Ji Hyuk is going to get it," Ha Jin threatened through gritted teeth. He stormed off, the guys following him. This will not end well.

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We stood in Do Il's family's billard, waiting for Ji Hyuk. The guys were still very very pissed. My brother kept passing one of the balls from one end of the pool table to the other, each time making sure the ball hit the other side harder and harder. He concentrated on the way he did it. He was pissed. The others were sitting down with angry faces on, waiting. I, on the other hand, was leaning on the wall going through all the possible ways this could end. Spoiler alert: none ended good. 

Finally the culprit showed up and all heads turned to him. My brother stopped passing the ball and looked over. Kyung Jong and Ha Jin slowly walked over to him. 

"Wait, guys....I'll explain-" Ji Hyuk tried to reason with them. 

"Bastard, you think you can explain this away?" Kyung Jong asked angrily. Ji Hyuk's head dropped.

"Kwon Ji Hyuk, we lost the practice room because of you," Ha Jin told him. "Why'd you do it? Are you nuts?" Ha Jin's expression did not change. 

"Well, a girl was in danger....can you stand by and do nothing?" Ji Hyuk's voice was quiet. He was trying not to provoke them.

My brother spoke. "That's noble of you. Then why are you in this band?" All heads turned to him. "You might as well indulge your romance."

"Why'd you do it? Who are you to swoop in to rescue her?!" Ha Jin fired at him. 

"She's......She's Byung Hee's muse!" Ji Hyuk yelled back. The boys went silent. "If Byung Hee was here, would he have stood by the sidelines? Those thugs probably wouldn't have left her alone." 

"He would have broken some bones," Ha Jin said, reminancing. Nostalgia was clear in the air. 

"So you're saying that you saved Byung Hee's muse for his sake?" Kyung Jong asked. Ji Hyuk looked down and then back up at them and finally nodded.

I saw my brother observing his movements and stood up moving towards him. Hyun Soo took his pool stick and poked Ji Hyuk with it. "Is that true?"

"Is what true?" 

"What you said about her being Byung Hee's muse. Is that really the reason why?" Hyun Soo clarified. His cold expression stayed the same. 

Ji Hyuk grabbed his pool stick and moved it to the side. "Of course. What other reasons would there be to rescue a puppy in that situation?"