re-connect | wanna one ff.

ii.

park woojin

"wait, am i hearing this right? jihoon hyung is in prison?" guanlin said as i looked away. he facetimed me as soon as he heard the news. "is there any reason? what happened?" he continuously asked. daniel hyung heard it so he immediately went towards the kitchen counter and answered guanlin.

"he assaulted a kid." daniel hyung scoffed, which made guanlin shocked.

"that's impossible! jihoon hyung wouldn't dare to do that! i won't believe you!" guanlin said with a hint of anger in his voice.

"do not dare to raise your voice on me, guanlin. we raised you for two years and this, is this what you'll give me back?" daniel hyung raised his voice. guanlin was silenced, he knew he was wrong, but he knew that he wasn't wrong about jihoon assaulting a kid.

"jihoon hyung? assaulting a child? that is really unbelievable. he can't even kill a cockroach."

he taught to himself.

"listen hyung, i'll call you when i have time. i'm currently stressed with my career here in china. i'll hang up." he said. and with that, their video chat ended.

"daniel hyung, do you have a problem with jihoon hyung?" i asked as he simply shook his head no.

"but why are you persuading guanlin to believe you?" i said as he looked at me and faced me, grabbed me by the shoulder and looked at me in the eyes.

"listen woojin, i maybe dumb, but i know if a person is telling the truth or not. jihoon is obviously lying. i know that you're high as well, but i know that you're still yourself, that you can still control yourself, but jihoon, he's uncontrollable. so be careful." he said as he patted me on the back and walked back as if nothing ever happened.

something's up, is he trying to brainwash me?

bae jinyoung

"hey bae!" my friend said as we did our handshake. "how's life going?" he asked as he passed me a stick of cigarette and handed me the lighter. i got it from his hand, lighted the cigarette, put it in my mouth and sighed.

"to be honest, i'm quite disturbed. i don't even know who's telling the truth anymore. living with those guys are troubling me even more. guanlin who probably doesn't even give a shit about us now, daehwi being a crybaby, woojin hyung is high even when he was still in ab6ix, jihoon hyung in jail, daniel hyung not being able to manage his anger management issues, jaehwan hyung being a quiet psycho, seongwoo hyung being an alcoholic person, minhyun and jisung being busy with their lives, sungwoon who hurts us, he often beats us whenever he gets drunk. he pours his problems on us and we get affected by it. i don't like living this life, fuck my life." i sighed as they patted me on the back.

"wanna come with us? we're gonna vandalize mr. seok's pharmacy later. wanna join?" they asked as i lightly smiled.

"i think i'm gonna pass for now, i need to rest from all the dramas happening right now." i said.

"alright then, we're gonna go now. good luck with your life crisis." they said as they waved at me as i chuckled. these guys are the only ones who cheer me up.

i was walking around the plaza, the cigarette still sticking out of my mouth. i was wandering when i bumped into someone.

"i'm very sorry mr— jinyoung?! what the fuck do you think you're doing?"

it's minhyun hyung, he used to care about me a lot. now no one does, not even one.

"why do you care? why don't you ask jihoon hyung? oh wait, you won't. because you're busy in nu'est with minki, dongho, jonghyun, and aron hyung, right?" i gritted through my teeth. he grabbed me on the collar and said;

"look, trust me, i didn't want any of these to happen, but i at least deserve some respect since i'm older than you- oh yeah, you're older than me. but still treats everything as if this is just a prank. isn't that it?!" i cut him as he threw a punch at me.

"everyone knows that i take things seriously and professionally. no one will believe you if you told them this, so better keep your mouth shut, bae jinyoung." he said as my hand travelled to the part where he threw a punch, it's bleeding.

"you've changed, hwang minhyun." i spoke informally. "i didn't change, it was you who changed. so long, jinyoung. take care of yourself." he said as he took his jacket and walked past through me.

that's when i started to contemplate on what he had just said, am i the only one who really changed?