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That's when all hell broke loose. In a snap of my finger, the two were viciously beating each other up in front of my house and neither of the guys were able to pull them apart because they were so angry with each other.

I tried to step in, but Younghoon only blocked my way and grabbed my wrist, holding it firmly but not too tight and frowned at me.

"You fucking bitch! How could you do that, huh?!" I hear Eric shout.

Tears stream down my face and I look up at Younghoon helplessly, there's tears also in his eyes and his lips are pouty.

"People will call the damn cops! Get off each other!" I can hear Sangyeon say.

I see how best up both of them were; lips were cut, cuts on the face, bloody nose. I tried leaving the house to do something, but Younghoon only slammed me against the wall and trapped me in his arms.

"I have to do something, anything," my voice cracks.

"It's too dangerous." Younghoon whispers to me.

"They're both so beat up, they need to stop! Younghoon, please-"

"Jihyun, listen to me. You'll get hurt." Younghoon cuts me off.

"What in the actual holy moly is going on here?" I hear my brother's voice out of nowhere.

All of the shouts stop and the rustling on the ground stops as well, meaning they froze up. I quickly ran out of Younghoon's arms and walked outside, pulling Taehyun's hand so he can go inside.

He looks at me with confusion and hesitance, but I look in his eyes with plead and he eventually goes inside, but watches us from inside the house warily.

"Eric, please, come inside," I say in between sobs.

"How fucking dare you, Sunwoo?" Eric has blood dripping down his face from his nose bleed.

"Eric, stop," I pull on his arm.

"How can you do this, huh?! After everything we've been through?"

"Eric, please," I plead.

Eric looks at me, his face all bloody while panting hard, making me start sobbing anymore. Sunwoo's face was just as bad, they really beat each other up so bad that it looked horrible.

Eric's expression softens a little and I drag him inside the house. Some of the guys leave with Sunwoo and the remaining stayed over at my house to take care of Eric.

I close the front door and lock it; that's when I completely broke down. I buried my face in my hands and started sobbing so hard, not being able to breathe. I couldn't stop the tears, they kept flowing and flowing like a tsunami.

"Sis, stop crying," Taehyun's arms wrap around me.

"I'm sorry, Jihyun," I hear Eric say.

"Just step away from her, Eric. You're all bloody." I can hear Juyeon.

"Jihyun, stop crying, you're okay, everything's okay," Taehyun whispers.

"How could you do that, Eric? I told you to stay seated! Why would you-" I burst out.

Eric's standing there helplessly, not being able to say anything while having guilt plastered all over his face.

"How could you," my voice cracks again.

"I'm sorry," I hear Eric's voice crack as well.

"I'm going to get Eric cleaned up, you guys stay here with my sister." Taehyun lets go of me.

My brother and Eric walk into the first floor bathroom, the door closing. I stood there with anger and frustration. The guys looked at me with dreadful faces, frowning.

"Hey, everything will be okay," Younghoon grabs my hand, holding it. "You're okay now, Eric's okay now, Sunwoo will be okay."

"It's all my fault." I whisper, more tears streaming down my face. "It's all my fault," I repeat to myself over and over again.

"Nothing is your fault, Jihyun." Juyeon frowns.

"You didn't do anything." Kevin says.

"I need to see Sunwoo," I say frantically.

"You can't leave." Younghoon embraces me in his arms tightly.

"But I need to see him, he was bleeding everywhere, he's just as hurt as Eric-"

"Jihyun, stay here with us," Hyunjae sighs.

"He's in good care, he's with his hyungs." Kevin adds.

The two of them come out of the bathroom, Eric's face isn't bloody anymore and there's a bandaid on all of his facial cuts.

"Jihyun.." Eric walks up to me, but I back away.

"I'm going to bed," I whisper and go upstairs into my room, locking it.

hours later

"Sis, you have to come out and eat something, there's pizza, your favorite.." I hear Taehyun's voice against the door.

"Jihyun, eat something, please," I hear Younghoon's as well.

I ignore their voices and remained laying in bed, blankly staring at the wall for hours now. It hurt so much that I became numb, yet my heart still felt pangs every second.

Their voices eventually fade away and I breathe out of relief, knowing they weren't at my door anymore.

I couldn't help but feel like everything was my fault. It was my fault they started arguing, my fault that they began fighting, everything. Their friendship is ruined because of me.

Half an hour later I didn't hear a single peep in the house, not even light foot steps: so I thought they left the house. I finally got up and slowly walked out of my room and into the bathroom to wash my face, noticing how puffy my eyes were and how red they became from crying so much.

I dried my face and walked downstairs just to unfortunately see them still there, sitting in the living room hopelessly. I gulp, my heart wrenching after seeing Eric's bandaged face and bandaged hands.

I blinked away the tears and walked over to the kitchen table, sitting down and began forcing myself to eat a slice of pizza.