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Seonghwa walks out of the school and continues calling Yeosang. He has called him so many times but he hasn't answered his calls.

"Where is he?" Seonghwa looks around. They had said they'd meet up outside after school.

"Jisung stop!" He hears Hongjoong yell and that's when Seonghwa knows something's wrong. He runs towards where the voices are coming from and sees Yeosang and Hongjoong on the floor. Jisung kicking both of them, but mostly Yeosang.

"I will kill you!" Seonghwa yells and drags Jisung away from Yeosang, then punches him in the face. "Yeosang, are you okay?" He immediately checks on Yeosang. He obviously doesn't look like he's okay, but Seonghwa is hoping he's still conscious.

"N-no." Yeosang replies.

"What's going on?" Mingi asks as he, San, and Jongho rush over to them.

"Please take Yeosang and Hongjoong to the hospital." Seonghwa says and stands up.

"Mingi and San, you take them. I'll stay with Seonghwa." Jongho says and once they're out of sight, Seonghwa tries to calm himself down. He's so angry, he feels like he can kill Jisung right then and there.

"Hit me!" Seonghwa yells. "I'd like to see you try to mess with me, you asshole!" Seonghwa punches him so hard, he falls to the ground. Jongho stayed behind to help Seonghwa beat them up. "I said hit me back, you coward!" Seonghwa kicks him.

"What? Are you scared now?!" Jongho yells at him. "I don't see you trying to hit us!"

"Why are you defending him so much?" Jisung yells. "Do you two like him or what?"

Seonghwa ignores him and gets on top of him to punch him as many times as his knuckles allow him to. Jisung starts fighting back and punches Seonghwa in the face, then stands up.

"Why do you defend that loser so much?" Jisung yells. "Did his crush on you get to you? Do you pity him now and that's why you're suddenly his friend?!"

"Shut up!" Seonghwa punches him again. He starts kicking him non stop until Jongho pulls him away from Jisung.

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The fight was so bad that Seonghwa, Jisung, Jongho, and Felix were taken to the police. They weren't arrested but they were given a warning. As soon as Seonghwa's allowed to go, he immediately runs to Yeosang's house. Once he gets there, he rings the doorbell and tries to catch his breath.

Yeosang answers the door and Seonghwa immediately pulls him into a hug. "Oww." Yeosang says in pain.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Seonghwa immediately apologizes and pulls away from the hug.

"It's okay." Yeosang pulls him into a hug and rests his head on Seonghwa's shoulder.

"I'm sorry I couldn't get there on time." Seonghwa cries. "I'm such a bad boyfriend and I don't deserve you. We just got together and you were already treated like this because of me."

"Don't say that." Yeosang hugs him tightly. "I'm okay now." He pulls away from the hug. "You've only been my boyfriend for a few days now, but you're the best boyfriend I could've asked for. You were always great. You were a great classmate, a great friend, and now you're a great boyfriend."

"But still..." Seonghwa wipes his tears away but more just end up falling down. "As your boyfriend I should be there to protect you but I failed. I didn't know you were going through that still. I didn't know you still got bullied. I should've known."

"No... please don't. It's not your fault." Yeosang tries to convince Seonghwa this isn't his fault. It obviously isn't. The moment Seonghwa knew Yeosang was being bullied, he'd always defend him from them. The only ones at fault are the bullies. "Thanks for defending me. Since you knew I was being bullied, you always defended me. Even before we were friends. So please don't blame yourself."