Won't You Help Me Out

06. Lovers

"Changkyun.." Hyunwoo called in a whisper after turning the lights off and laying too in the bed but with enough space between him and the other two guys, "do you really feel like you don't belong here?"

"Well.." the youngest let go of Kihyun's embrace so he could turn and face the leader. "At the begging I did for sure, but you already know that from No.Mercy.. Now I don't really care anymore if they don't like me as long as it's sincere."

"You are very special to this group, and to our monbebe, and to us, do you understand that? We both already talked to you, please stop doubting our feelings," Kihyun assured sitting up in the bed.

Is not that Changkyun thought little of their current sincerity or didn't believe in their feelings towards him at all, he just didn't want to be hurt or disappointed if he let them in.

"Yes, hyung."

"Now, I still have to finish some things in the house but you can stay and sleep here tonight, don't worry about the other guys, okay?" Shownu was sitting in the bed to follow the mom of the group but the later stopped him. "Same goes for you, hyung."

"Are you talking with Hoseok hyung?" Changkyun seemed nervous and ready to go after the main vocal as well, feeling like a little kid who just told his parents about another kid bothering him and he now had to stop them from intervening. He didn't want to have them talk to Hoseok and make things even more awkward.

"I'm not, babe. Things are still a bit tense between us anyway. Rest a bit, okay?"

It was only Changkyun and Hyunwoo in the room now, both sitting on Kihyun's bed in the darkness of the night, and not knowing how to act or what to say. Why did they both had to be so weird and quiet?

Hyunwoo decided to lay back down, adopting his characteristic dad pose. The maknae followed the action a few seconds later trying to make the situation more casual. He lied on his side, facing the eldest. "Was Hoseok bad with you?"

"Bad? Not really.. It was, weird. Now I understand why it was more uncomfortable than usual, but then he was, I don't know, like, jealous?"

"Jealous?"

"I don't know hyung, he was protective I guess, but at the same time it was too much, like he had realized how he'd been to me since my arrival to Starship and was trying to make up for it in a matter of minutes."

"I see.." he sighed thinking of the conversation he would be having with the second eldest.

"The other day, Kihyun hyung was crying.. did I cause that?" Had he provoked a discussion or trouble in the relationship of his hyungs? Why couldn't he just be the good maknae Hyunwoo told the public he was?

Just that, no side effects.

"No." Hyunwoo rolled on his side as well, ending with his face only a couple of centimeters away from Changkyun's. He cleared his throat but didn't dare to move. "I- that was my fault. I tried to talk to Hoseok but he misinterpreted things and thought I was nagging him or claiming I.. I fucked up, and he got mad at Kihyunnie too and I got mad too and messed things up even more.. I'm sorry.."

Changkyun didn't know what got into him, he expected himself to space out with dark thoughts keeping him away from Hyunwoo, but instead he pushed his body forward and into the older's personal space, pressing his small frame into his.

"I'm sorry too, you shouldn't have to resolve this."

"Don't be sorry. We both made a promise on the Ferris Wheel, remember? This is both my responsibility and my word.. I can't allow this group to treat one of us like this, I will hold back only because you're asking Kihyun and me to do so, but do keep your promise of not being so dark, and speak up. Talk to us, okay?" he wrapped his arms around the maknae and turned on the bed and on his back so they both were comfortable. "Hoseok and I had yet to give Minhyuk an explanation on what happened, and Hoseok hasn't apologize to Kihyun either.."