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A few hours ago

Jongho 3rd Person

Jongho walked to the café from Hongjoong's house, his throat sore and tired. He might've pushed himself too hard back in the recording studio, but at least Hongjoong sounded satisfied enough with his vocals.

Jongho opened his water bottle and drained it down in a single gulp, finally realizing how thristy he was feeling. He walked faster to the café, itching for more water.

He pushed the doors open and entered the café, heading towards the counter. Eunna has taken over the place due to Jongho's absence, and now that he's back, she exited the area and allowed Jongho in.

"How was the recording, boss?" Eunna smiled as she pulled out her notepad and pen from the pocket in front of her apron.

"I told you to call me Jongho," Jongho frowned jokingly at his employee. Eunna chuckled and she walked away. Jongho sensed someone approach him from behind. He turned around and spotted Gunho, looking a bit worried.

"Hey, Gunho," Jongho waved hello. Gunho could only smile weakly. Jongho frowned.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine," Gunho assures, waving him off. He leaned against the counter and sighed. "Just a little tired, that's all."

"Would you like a day off?" Jongho asked. "It's okay if you want to take a break..."

"No, no," Gunho shook his head. "I'm good."

Jongho nodded, still frowning suspiciously at his friend. His thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of his phone in his pocket. Jongho pulled it out and placed it on his ear.

"Hello?"

"Jongho!" Yunho's urgent voice called out on the other end. "Is Kyungie with you? Please tell me she is!"

Jongho frowned. "No, she's not. Why? What happened?"

Gunho raised his eyebrow. Jongho mouthed Yunho before returning to the conversation.

"I don't know," Yunho muttered on the other end. "I just left to talk to Wooyoung and when I came back Kyung was already gone."

"What happened before you left to go to Wooyoung?" Jongho inquired, trying to ignore Gunho's repeated poking. Jongho decided that Gunho just wanted to talk to his brother, which is understandable, but he needed to talk to Yunho first and find out what is going on on the other end of the call.

"Well, I was just asking her about why she didn't go on homework dates with Wooyoung, and then she said it was because he chose to go with other people, but then I asked her if she was fine and—" Yunho paused midway before groaning.

"What?" Jongho asked, alarmed. "What's wrong?"

"She said she was fine about the fact that Wooyoung chose not to go with her, but she was probably lying about that. I am so dumb."

Jongho frowned and grumbled, "If that dumbo Wooyoung hurt Mikyung's feelings, I swear I'm going to—"

"Don't murder Wooyoung," Yunho interrupts. "She still likes the guy, remember?"