DOUBT | KH

EIGHT

Kihyun, Wonho, Hyunwoo and I decided to leave after my talk with Kihyun. "Is this where we part ways?" Wonho asked, his bright smile showing once again. Y'know, I don't understand how Wonho is so buff-like yet he's as soft and mushy as a baby. Kihyun nodded, "sad to say yes. We'll see each other tomorrow." We said our goodbyes and parted in pairs.

"They're really nice." I said, my hands behind my back. "They can be." He replied back. I looked up and the beautiful night sky was beautiful. Kihyun caught me watching and took out his phone. I then heard a click. Kihyun just took a photo of me.

"WAIT NO I LOOK UGLY!" I yelled and tried taking his phone from him. He laughed and rolled his eyes, clicking on the picture he took and showed me. It was me looking up at the sky and even I had to admit it was a good shot. The night sky was shown beautifully and..there was me.

If you couldn't tell, Kihyun is also so into photography. He'll take a pic of anything that seems aesthetically pleasing to him. "Hey Kihyun, can I..ask a question?" I looked away from him as we started to walk again. He hummed in response, his eyes focused on his phone.

"Why do you never want me to watch you perform?" I asked softly. He turns his phone off and shoved it inside his pocket, thinking. "In all honesty, I didn't want you to watch me perform or practice because you might get disappointed with my performance and blah blah blah, you get the deal."

"Why would I get disappointed? There's no need to be. I'm like the last person to get disappointed at you." He sighed, getting silent. "Oh don't be like that." I playfully pinched his arm.

"Just because I saw you practice today doesn't mean I'm now allowed to watch every competition you join in. Things can stay the same, I don't mind. I'm glad I saw you practicing for once though." I gave him a friendly smile. Kihyun suddenly gives me a hug. I chuckled lightly before hugging him back then we both let go of each other.
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I ended up not falling asleep. I was awake the whole night, thinking about the things that happened today. The conversation I had with Minhyuk hits me again.

"You like him. Just admit it."

I shook my head, forgetting about it. I don't like Kihyun. Guys and Gals can be friends. Best friends.

I forcefully shut my eyes, shaking the thoughts away. Yet, I couldn't. I looked at the time, it was 1am. I swore silently and opened my phone, I hissed loudly at the brightness. I unlock my phone with squinted eyes.

I turned it off and rubbed my eyes gently with my palms, slapping my pillow and started rolling around the bed.
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"Hyunji." I groaned, opening an eye. It was Minhyuk who had a smile plastered on his lips. My eyes quickly widened, "I'M IN MY PAJAMAS, FOOL!" I yelled at him and pushed him out of the room. I quickly changed into my uniform, unlocking the door. "What are you doing here?"

"I've come to pick you up, hello." I raised a brow, not believing it. "What do you want this time?" I folded my arms. Minhyuk's bright energy disappeared the moment he sighed, handing me a tupperware. I looked at it before looking back at him. "What's this?"

"My mom wanted to return you a favor for making me sleep here the other day. Even though I got a beating out of it." He said the last part quietly, but I heard him. I opened the container and it was food. I gasped, "this looks so good." I said.

"That isn't the only reason why I'm here, I'm also here because of tomorrow." I raised my eyebrows as he took out a note from his pocket. "There's this festival tomorrow and the boys and I wanted to invite you with us." I looked at the note he handed me and it was handwritten.

'Hyunji! Please come to the festival with us !! -Wonho

'There will be a lot of games, food, etc. So please come join us. -Hyunwoo'

It was quite cute. There were some doodles beneath their letters. "Is Kihyun forcing you guys to do this?" I placed the note inside my pocket. He scoffed, "why do you always assume it's Kihyun?" A smirk appeared on his lips, "zip it." I said before he could respond.

"It's because I don't want him to force you guys to deal with me just because I'm his friend." I explained. Minhyuk gasped dramatically before chuckling, "it's not that. We all talked about this last night in our groupchat and even Kihyun was shocked. Guess Wonho and Hyunwoo really liked your interaction with them yesterday."

I slowly nodded. I wasn't saying anything because I was shocked and flattered? I didn't really expect Hyunwoo and Wonho to think of that. I'm honored though. At least Kihyun doesn't have to worry about me getting left out now.

"What do you say?" He asked, bending a little bit closer to my face so we could be by the same height. "Sure, I don't see why not." I said.

We both ended up staying longer because I had to eat the meal Minhyuk's mom made for me. But it wasn't getting late. Minhyuk and I started talking about the most random things. It got to the point where our random "debate" turned so violent it got him barking like a dog.

The door opened and it was Kihyun. He looked tired at first but went from the opposite when he saw Minhyuk and I hanging out. "You're up early. And.. Minhyuk's here?" He closed the door behind him and approached us. Minhyuk nodded with a smile, "yup."

"Minhyuk was here to tell me about tomorrow's plan and had to deliver this meal and gave it to me." Kihyun's lip parted, "because his mom wanted to thank me for making him stay for the night."

"And because from what my mom said, 'give this to her because that poor girl must have had the worst night of her life to have you stay at her place.'" Minhyuk flashes a bright smile of sarcasm.

Kihyun takes a seat beside me and rests his head on his palms, heaving a breath. "Is something the matter?" I asked. He doesn't respond for a second and just shrugs, "I haven't slept all night because I had thoughts about the competition again."

"That sucks. You should've chatted with me." Minhyuk said. "Oh, that reminds me, Hyunji can you give me your phone number?" He asked me. My eyes avert to him and nodded, "sure, I guess." We both exchange numbers.

"I'm just so tired." Kihyun said, rubbing his temple gently as he looked down. "How was your sleep?" He blinked and his eyes were now on me. I choked on air, quickly turning red. Why did that hit me so hard?

Kihyun gives me a concerned look and rubs my back immediately, "what happened? Did you choke on rice? I'll get you some water." He stands up and runs to the kitchen as I punch my chest.

Minhyuk snickered, "I saw that." I stomped on his foot and he jerks up, jumping from his seat and started rolling on the floor while screaming.

"DEMON!" He yelled at me.

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this chapter was so bad lmao goodbye