mess - bang chan

07

"hyunjin, did you see where torri went?" minho whispered to hyunjin, moving close to him so that the others won't hear.

"i think she went to the kitchen to help chan. why are you looking for her though?" hyunjin asked, raising an eyebrow.

"nothing." minho said as he stood up from his seat and slowly walked to the kitchen.

the kitchen and the living room had a bit far distance from each other. minho hid by the wall by the door, eavesdropping the conversation between chan and torri.

"it's just.."

"just what?"

"i'm scared that i might ruin your friendship." torri said.

minho stared at the floor tiles as he thinks of possible things the two might be talking about. then he realized, it's about him and his relationship with torri.

"chan, i like you." he heard torri say.

"t-torri, i.. i like you too." he heard chan say.

minho clasped his shirt by the chest, like he was having a heart attack. he felt like breaking down into tears.

he can't believe it, he wouldn't. his best friend who he treats like his brother and the girl who he still loves, now both like each other more than friends.

minho closed his eyes and bit his lower lip as he entered the kitchen. when he stepped in and felt torri and chan's eyes look at him, he opened his eyes which were now very watery, and in a second, a tear fell.

"m-minho? why are you here?" torri asked as she stood up from her seat.

"you, what are you doing here?" minho asked the same question back at her, emphasizing 'you'.

"chan invited me over-"

"oh, so it's you two now, huh?"

"it's not like that-" chan was about to say something but torri cut him off.

"okay and so? it wasn't me who broke up in the first place. it wasn't me who decided to end it. it wasn't me who let go. but it was me who was hurt."

"why? do you think i'm not hurt as well?"

"do i expect you to be hurt when you told me something i never wanted to hear from you? you literally just watched me cry in front of you, lee minho. you had no pity in your eyes. you weren't hurt."

"shut the fuck up, torri. you always play victim."

the rest of the boys heard the commission and immediately ran to the kitchen, but they stopped just by the door, surprised to see torri and minho yelling at each other.

"because i am, i am the victim. i knew i shouldn't have overdosed myself with your love, fake love, that is. you knew my history, but you never cared. you know that my dad died when i was so young,  that my mom left me for another family, that i was being judged for being a dancer because i was fat, that i never had a day without a problem, that i had anxiety and depression. but guess what?" she let out a bitter laugh

"you never cared." torri said and tears started rolling down her cheeks. her hands were shaking, she was sweating, her face was so red with anger.

"i thought that.." she looked down and bit her lower lip. "i thought that when i met you, my life would become less messier. i thought that finally, someone loves me for who i am. but i was wrong. you are my biggest mistake, lee minho."

"t-torri, i'm-"

"shut it, minho. say you're sorry and all but what's done is done." she stomped her way out of the kitchen.

all of the boys looked at minho, and minho looked at them. chan looked the most mad among them.

"minho, please, leave my house right now." chan told minho as he stood a few steps away from him.

"c-chan, h-how could you? also you? but you're my brother-"

"just leave please." chan said one more time as he looked away from minho, afraid he might do something to him that he refuses to do.

minho looked at each one of them before he also stomped his way out of the kitchen, leaving the house.