Aphenphosmphobia » k.jw & w.yh

thirty five.

"It's scary what a smile can hide."

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It had been days since Jungwoo started noticing Yukhei's absence. Of course, he understood that the taller had something to do. But something was off, somehow. He didn't realize it at first, but the more that it happened, Jungwoo felt really really odd, just noticing how people acted differently towards him.

It's a good thing, maybe? But, Jungwoo wasn't letting his guard down that easily, he still kept a safe distance between them, and made sure that they weren't alone whenever they come across each other's ways. Today, Jungwoo was walking with Ten, when the elder popped out from somewhere, all smiling and cheerful towards the younger.

"Hey." Hyunjae smiled, waving at the two, Jungwoo waved a bit, but Ten looked away, he was still having a hard time accepting that this taller, who was in fact from his year, tried to do bad things to his dongsaeng. The taller walked past them though, walking off to somewhere.

These were the reasons why Jungwoo's puzzled, not only Hyunjae but Hayoon as well, the girl had been smiling shyly at Jungwoo, and Jungwoo, being Jungwoo, didn't have the heart not to smile back, so he always did. Completely ignoring the shit these people had put him through.

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"Jungwoo-hyung?" The said male looked up, pausing from his writing and looking at his younger friend. "Why are you still here?" Jaemin asked, sitting down on a seat beside his hyung's.

"I'm finishing something." Jungwoo answered, continuing his writing as the younger nodded in understanding. "Why are you still here?"

"Oh," Jaemin breathed, chuckling slightly. "I'm waiting for someone. And I thought I should accompany you in the mean time."

"Thanks." The elder slightly laughed, glancing at Jaemin for a split second but instead, his eyes focused on something, no, someone. Jungwoo frowned, which made Jaemin look back behind him, searching for something.

"What is it, hyung?" The younger asked, Jungwoo shaking his head, as he looked back where the person was standing at, just a second ago.

"Did you see that?" Jungwoo asked, licking his lips and staring at Jaemin's knitted brows.

"See what?" Jaemin asked as well, slightly tilting his head as he looked at his Jungwoo-hyung. "Hyung, what did you see?"

"I thought I saw someone." Jungwoo shook his head, and took a deep breath, before tapping his pen on the table. "You didn't see it? Honestly?"

"No." The younger sighed, eyebrows knitting again. "Someone?"

"I don't know, Jaemin." Jungwoo whispered, massaging his temples as he looked back to the same spot, remembering how tall the person was. "I'm sorry, uh, just, don't think about it anymore."

"Hyung, are you alright?" Jaemin asked, looking at his hyung worriedly, noticing how quiet and jumpy the elder had been these past few days.

"I'm fine."

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"This is wrong," Ryuji pointed, looking at the paper Jinyoung and Yukhei did, a frown evident on her face. "I already told you to print this, and cut this part out, didn't I?"