I Promise You

I'll Never Leave You

"I don't know what's going on." Hui was sitting on his bed, resting his head on his palm and looking up at the older boy as if asking him for an answer.

"You should've talked to him a long time ago. Or well, done something." Jinho reasoned, leaning against his closet with his arms crossed.

"I did something though."

"You gave him a lame kiss and then acted like nothing happened." The shorter vocalist narrowed his eyes at him. If this issue hadn't disturbed their team's dynamics he would've been amused.

"That wasn't a lame kiss... it was romantic." Hui huffed, looking away as if feigning innocence. Hui was not shy. Nor innocent. Jinho raised eyebrows.

"Sure. And then you groped the whole family but him the next day."

"I don't grope people." The older of the two almost choked as he laughed.

"I'm sorry, you just do your best to stretch the holes of our tight pants, because we're just so uncomfortable if you don't do that." He smirked.

"You love that." Hui scoffed.

"That's beside the point."

Alright, maybe Hui acted like a coward after that night. Maybe he didn't think it through and missed the moment. After that night they just went back to being the way they've always been. Nothing has changed and that was slowly eating up the older boy. Hyojong was being quiet and obviously played along and they were definitely less touchy than normal. Hui didn't like it one bit and he knew it was his fault. His best friend probably thought he was being rejected – if that song was some kind of confession anyway. The truth was Pentagon leader wasn't sure of anything anymore. Keeping distance was easier solution at the moment, especially with the comeback and life getting even more hectic than usual.

Even though they tried to act as usual it was clear something has changed and their whole team felt it. But all the boys had worries of their own and they were all so busy, so the issue was being pushed to wait for another time. And time has passed, not doing anything good for Huidawn relationship. Hyojong only got more quiet, focusing on work entirely, spending a lot of time with other members – practicing, monitoring, helping. Hui busied himself with making sure the family was doing good while making more music. Yanan got injured, the issue adding more pressure onto the already busy leader, leaving him absolutely no time to think. His situation with Hyojong was pushed to the far back of his mind, waking up late at night when he was crawling into his bed, exhausted after a long day – only to torture him more in his vulnerable state.

Having Huidawn apart wasn't something Pentagon family was used to. The change was noticeable even though the two of them did nothing to explicitly show they were avoiding each other. The other boys weren't sure if they were indeed avoiding each other, but their leader's skinship habit was definitely toned down and their rapper friend acted like he was giving him space, trying to get out of his way on all occasions except when they were working. Younger members didn't know what to do about it or if they should do anything at all and they could only hope the two older boys closest to Huidawn will take the initiative and do something instead.

It didn't take long for Jinho and Hongseok to step up and start talking. In Jinho's case it was enough to show up on the door of Hui's room for the leader to start talking. Hongseok, on the other hand, had to work a bit harder to break a seemingly endless silence filling the room he shared with Hyojong.

"I know the situation is annoying to all of you. I'm sorry about that." Hyojong simply said. He didn't know how they came to this and even though he was trying to rationalize Hui's behavior he couldn't help but feel hurt.