why

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Gyuri stretched her arms out as she finally finished all of her writing for her report. She immediately sent them to Taehyung and to Seokjin so that she doesn't need to worry about being complained by Taehyung for not sending it both. It's literally only been a few days since she started to working with Taehyung, and she's already tired of listening to him complain. 

The rest of the team members already went home as Taehyung left long after they even arrived to the station together. She remembered when Sohee was found fainted in the bathroom, so she decided to stop by the school in the morning just to make sure that she's okay. She headed towards the entrance of the police station and saluted the other officers who needed to work the 1am shifts.

The wind was slightly blowing against her as the moonlight was shining brightly along with the stars. The city was booming loudly with sirens and street noises, in which she enjoyed whenever it was dark at night. After a few minutes of standing and basking in the moonlight, Gyuri started walking back home before someone called her name out enthusiastically. She turned her head the opposite direction to where someone was waving her hand excitingly. She smiled and waved back as the person crossed the street to greet her. 

"Yohan, why are you here?" 

The said male smiled nervously as he tried to make an excuse, "I was working out nearby and I wanted to bump into you." 

Gyuri rolled her eyes before replying back teasingly, "The first part seems like a lie." 

"Perhaps it is." 

Kim Yohan was a 22 year old male who was about to graduate from college as he wanted to go into criminology as well. He was interested as working as an investigator in hopes that he gets to work in the highest position in the police industry. He lived right next to Gyuri, and they were neighbors ever since Gyuri graduated from university which was a few years ago. He was like a little brother to Gyuri as Gyuri only has an older sister who was married. 

Yohan was walking closely next to her, and Gyuri immediately said, "Hey, there's no one dangerous at 1am."

"You never know! I'm a man. They can't get to you if I'm around." 

Gyuri laughed softly before scoffing at his response. "Why are you even up anyways?" 

Yohan shrugged his shoulders as he replied teasingly, "Why are you getting off late?" 

"I had to write reports since I was out all day." 

"That might be my excuse to your question." 

"You don't even work at a police station." 

Their talks were always enjoyable since Yohan liked to tease her a lot more than she does it back to him. Gyuri found him the most comfortable since he was always supporting her, and he was never shy to speak his own mind. She was quite used to the attention that he gave her as she rarely had any friends from the beginning. Yohan also relied on her a lot since all he had were younger siblings, and he never had someone to rely on until he met Gyuri. They naturally became close since they always bumped into each other at the convenient store across their apartment complex. 

Yohan helped her up the stairs as Gyuri was being teased of being an old lady. She hit him against his arm as Yohan smiled his usual, warm one as he urged her to go inside first. She rolled her eyes and said with an annoyed tone, "You're not my boyfriend. Just a little boy and you're always acting like you're older."

"That's because you're always so clumsy, noona." 

She turned around to hit his shoulder once more before opening the door to her apartment. She then smiled again as she replied back quietly, "Thanks for walking me home though."

"I literally live right next door. You can't possibly think that I walked to the station just for you." 

"You're always so cruel to me." 

Yohan shrugged his shoulders before waving her off so that she can go inside. She waved back silently before closing the door quietly to not wake up her family members. Yohan felt his cheeks stay warm as he felt his heart still racing inside his chest. He stared at the door for quite awhile as the reality started to hit after he yawned. He knew that Gyuri would  never reciprocate feelings towards him since she never looked at him as a boyfriend-material kind of guy. She only liked him as a younger brother, and he was getting tired of trying to hide his own feeling. But he was fully aware that Gyuri would find it difficult of talking with him if she ever found out his feelings for her. But the more she smiled, the more he wished he can straight up tell her. 

"Is that all you said?" 

"The lawyer stopped me from talking even more." 

Jinyoung sighed to himself as Junho was sitting next to him as they were sitting at the convenient store together. They both were grabbing a midnight snack together as school was much stressful than expected. Jinyoung rubbed his eyes quietly as Junho handed him a water bottle. They both stared up to the sky as the moon dazzled too brightly against the dark sky. 

"Do you ever regret it?" 

"Every single second of the day." 

"Why don't you want to reveal it?" 

"Because my family will suffer if I ever do." 

Jinyoung felt his eyes sting a little as he wiped the tear falling down his eyes. The stars was blurring as the tears continued to cover his vision. Junho looked to his side as he passed a napkin to Jinyoung in which Jinyoung thanked him. They stared at each other for a bit as the cold wind blew between them as they really had nothing much to say. What was there to say when they both knew each other's thoughts.

"I'm scared...I really am." 

Jaemin sighed to himself as he tried to coax the other as he hugged the person tightly under the branches that covered the stone wall in front of the house. She hid her face against his chest as she looked up to stare at Jaemin, in which he gave her a relaxed, calm smile. "I'm sorry about earlier. I just...didn't know what to do..." 

He looked around carefully so that no one was watching, which no one would since it was super late at night. He kissed the top of her head as she smiled weakly as she replied, "Don't worry about it.. it was nothing. I knew you didn't mean any of it." 

"Good... you know I really care about you." 

"I care about you too Jaemin." 

"Good...."

He kissed the tip of her nose as she smiled softly as Jaemin soon had to release her since he had to head on home as well. She waved lovingly as she watched him walk away from her home, as he walked backwards and whispered the words just enough so that she can hear him, "I love you Eunbin." 

Eunbin smiled back as she replied back gently, "I love you too, Jaemin."