coup d'etat ➸ hyunin

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"where have you been?" chan asked as jeongin, changbin, mark, and jackson got back to the hideout.

"mission." jeongin replied as he walked past the australian.

chan frowned at his behavior. ever since changbin had talked to jeongin a few weeks ago, the younger had developed a colder and less jeongin(ish) attitude. he'd been more blunt, snappier, and he's been avoiding chan :(

chan glared at changbin, who raised his hands in mock surrender, "don't look at me like that bro, all i did was tell him to grow up and not be a bitch."

"he'll be okay, don't worry about it, we just need to focus on the task at hand." mark reassured the blonde with a soft pat on the hair.

jackson slapped mark's ass and he got punched in the throat for it.

chan sighed as he walked back to his room. jeongin had been avoiding him like the plague ever since, it's as if the younger couldn't stomach being with chan any longer. he had been hanging out with changbin a lot, and while the short boy had promised to keep a close eye on the prince for the aussie, he still felt dejected.

he'd be lying if he said that this didn't affect him at all, or that he didn't spend his nights crying over the fact that he had no one now.

sure, he still had taehyung but he was always busy with his job that he couldn't always be there for the male.

jeongin barely acknowledged him, jungkook was still nowhere to be found, and jimin had remained gone.

he had no one.

"why you sad?" someone asked as they peeped through chan's door.

"i dunno nan molla." chan grumbled as he continued sulking in his chair.

"wasn't really going for that response but okay." woojin said as he let himself in and sat next to the boy.

"what do you want hyung?" chan asked as he stared at the boy next to him.

"i just wanted to check up on you. you haven't been doing anything, you barely left the building and all you do is mope around." woojin noted as chan sighed,

"i'm sorry, its just that jeongin had been avoiding me recently and i'm not used to it."

woojin nodded in understanding, "i understand that. but don't beat yourself up too much for it, it's what he thinks is right at the moment."

"how is any of this right?" chan asked, confused.

"baby," woojin said as he placed his hand on chan's shoulder, "i know this is very unfair for you and all but trust the prince on this one okay? he's doing this because it's what he thinks he needs to do. you remind him too much of what he had to let go so he's distancing himself from you for now, he has to grow up and see that not everytime he's gonna get handed whatever he wants or have something done for him."

chan blushed a little at the fact that woojin called him 'baby' but the uneasiness hadn't left him, "but i just wanna make sure he's okay an-"

woojin shushed him with his finger, "in time you will know, but for now, he needs you to understand. also, come, there's something jaebum wanted to discuss."

"but he didn't say anything??"

"yo, jaebum wants us all like to meet and shit." bambam said as he opened the door.

"we know bam."

"you ALWAYS do woojin."

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jeongin sighed to himself as he stared at his reflection. he had changed quite a bit over the past few weeks, his black hair was now a beautiful shade of blonde, he had gotten more leaner and he had developed his muscles more.