The Rival's sister ||han jisung f.f.||

4.

"You're doing it wrong, you should've raised your arms higher." Hyunjin pointed out to the boy.

Jisung on the other hand scoffed

"Just leave out of it. Mind your own business." he knew he was wrong and didn't feel like doing it properly.

"How can I mind my own business when you made a mistake?" Hyunjin argued.

"Maybe if you actually dance better I wouldn't care!" He continued, which for Jisung was the final blow.

"Maybe you should stop prying so much and just focus on your rap!" Jisung countered suddenly clenching his fist, shaking with rage.

The other members who were silently watching got nervous because of the way they glare at each other

Hyunjin who saw Jisung's fists all curled up suddenly smirked.

"I don't think you even have the guts to throw a punch." He said trying to provoke the male

Jisung grabbed the other boy by his collar, "Try me." He said.

"That's enough both of you!" Chan said as he signalled the other members to get Hyunjin away from Han's grip.

They were still looking at each other before Jisung finally decided to leave the dance practice room slamming the door close.

He went straight to the stairs and as he descended, he can feel his tears slowly making it's way to his cheeks.

He suddenly lost all of his strength and decided to just stay by the staircase.

He continued to cry as he was really upset with a lot of things already.

He was receiving so much pressure already as this month's evaluation meant everything.

They were told that for the upcoming evaluations, they would have the chance to be picked and debut, with all his worries, fears, and anxiety piled up he was overwhelemed with everything that's happening.

He was beyond distressed.
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Chan sighed as he left the room to try and look for the boy leaving the other six alone with Hyunjin.

"Aish! if this would continue how are we going to finish the dance now?" Minho said grudingly.

Jeongin looked at his hyung who looks the most troubled out of all of them.

"Is there really no chance for the two of you to be friends?"

His hyung  only looked away.

He wanted to try, but it's something he can't really visualize at the moment.

But he did know that what he did made things worse considering the situation they're all in and an apology is the least he could do.

Chan returned after a few minutes with Jisung who was quietly following his hyung inside.

As the members approached him, Hyunjin remained in his place looking at the boy from afar.

Chan suddenly pushed Jisung towards him making him panic, not once did he dare to look at the boy who was now a few feet closer.

"I'm sorry" Hyunjin mumbled but Jisung didn't say anything.

It didn't end there however, as Chan spoke,

"I know how stressful things are right now, especially since the opportunity of debuting happened. Believe me, I am just as frustrated as you all, but when it becomes overwhelming, and we let things drown in our thoughts, it only gets worse. If you have troubles, don't be afraid to speak. We were made a team for a reason. I may not understand that well whatever it is that you're feeling, but atleast try to open up. I'll always listen and try my best to understand each and everyone of you, as a leader, as a member, but most of all because I'll keep trying because I'm your friend."

He looked closely at each of his members, all tired, some tearing up while others just remained quiet.

"And right now, I want each and everyone of you to share your thoughts to try and lessen those things running on your minds. Let some of it out."

The all sat forming a big circle as each member spoke out their worries to one another.

"There's this guy, and right now, I just don't feel like forgiving him."

Hyunjin sighed.

Jisung really can't forgive him, but how else will they fix this?

Hyunjin felt hopeless at this point.

After everyone has shared, they went back to doing practice which was much better than what they were doing a while ago.

Both Hyunjin and Jisung remained silent until the practice ended and Hyunjin decided to go to the bathroom.

As he walked out, he saw Jisung by the sink washing his hands.

He looked at Hyunjin from the mirror before finally turning around to face the boy.

"I've been thinking..." Jisung started looking at his shoes instead of Hyunjin

"About what?" Hyunjin asked urging the boy to go on

"It best if we just avoid each other. Let's just try to be out of each other's way, ignore me and I'll ignore you, as easy as that."

Jisung finally glanced at the boy who just nodded.

"Very well, it's the least we could do for the team." He said offerring his hand to Jisung as a sign of agreement.

Jisung shook it and went out first leaving Hyunjin there.
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Yeji sniffed as she got out of the practice room while wiping her tears.

She hated feeling this way.

She wants to quit, she wants to get out of the building.

Everything feels suffocating, her mind clouded with thoughts.

She was walking unaware of her surroundings as she continued to cry and wipe her tears.

She went near the elevator and pressed the down arrow before patiently waiting for it to open.

As she entered, she pressed the ground floor button right away before staying at the corner of the elevator head down.

As she waited while quietly sobbing, a handkerchief was offered to her.

"Take it, you need it more." was all the person said before taking Yeji's hand to give the handkerchief.

A few more minutes, the elevator doors open and the person then walked away, Yeji raised her head to see the back figure of the man slowly leaving.

"Thank you."