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(5) ; Void of Feelings

Taehyung hated English with all of his heart. People always tell him that he has such a big heart, but right now it seems like he has not even the slightest room to fit English in.

"Ugh!" He grumbles, landing his forehead on the textbook before him. Jungkook could only laugh at his hyung. "Try listening to music instead, hyung," the younger said, already mastering the foreign language. Easy for Jungkook to say because he learned it in high school. For Taehyung? He doesn't even remember going to his English classes.

Taehyung was oh-so diligently studying English because his company had plans to send them off to America, yet again. It was starting to be a yearly thing for them and Taehyung actually disliked that because there's nowhere else just like home. He leans a head onto his hand and rolls a pen using his other hand, trying to come up with an ingenious idea to overcome this issue he was having.

"English is easy man. Trust me, it's not like Hangul at all," Namjoon enters the lounge room, to the younger's dismay. "Yah, it's easy for you to say you have a high IQ!" He groans, frustrated. Namjoon just chuckled.

"Hey, why don't you ... get someone to help you, huh?" Jimin enters the conversation, leaning against the table while raising his eyebrows suggestively. Taehyung stared at him oddly. "What are you shitting about? That's why I'm here whining out loud like a 5-year old, I'm asking for y'all to help!" Jimin sighed and slapped his own forehead. "Jesus, you're so slow. I'm talking about a female existence. Guys always work better when they get a girl's motivation. DUH,"

Taehyung rolled his eyes. "As if I know anyone who speaks Eng-"

"Don't think I don't see who you've been texting these past few weeks," Jimin cuts him off, smirking.

Taehyung tries to cover it off with a scoff. "What are you on about? You're being stupid,"

"Taehyung stop being a pussy and text her!" Jimin fired back, almost shouting.

"Or what?" The other boy asks.

"I'll seduce her,"

Three simple words but that was a threat for Kim Taehyung. He's waited for Krystal for almost five years and someone else was going to sweep her off him just like that? "Oh hell no Jimin, if you try I will smash your-" Taehyung stops himself before it gets too far. He didn't like to hurt his friends that way, even with just words.

"Or you'll smash his what, Taehyung?" Hoseok teases from the sideline.

"I ..." Lost for words, he shuts up. He slams his book down and walks off the room, pissed off.

Taking he cell out, he searched for her name before pressing onto the contact. After three rings she answers, her soft voice asking "Hello?".

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"Krystal, Luna and I ... we have news," Amber muttered, looking somber and down.

The tree of them were currently settled in a café they used to hang out around during their pre-debut days.

Krystal frowns. Oh boy, this didn't looked too good. "It's what I've been expecting, isn't it?" She didn't expect her voice to come out like a voiceless whisper, but it did.

"Krystal ..." Luna placed a hand over hers. "I'm sorry. But you know how it's like at the company. They act like I don't exist."