𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙯 ー 𝙞 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 ¦¦ 𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘅 𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗻 , 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘀

𝙗 ー 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚

"hyung... don't you think Ravn's acting weird?" Xion furrowed his brow.

"what's that?" Hwanwoong was distracted with opening a packet of chips.

"i said-"
"yea, you've noticed too? he keeps-"
"hey! if you heard me the first time why did you ask me to repeat myself?"

"are you guys seriously fighting again?" Seoho nearly sat on Hwanwoong's lap. rolling his eyes, Hwanwoong shifted to the side, only for Keonhee to shove himself beside Seoho.

seriously... you would think they were a package deal.

Hwanwoong gave up and sat next to xion instead, and Seoho immediately scooted over. Hwanwoong could have sworn Keonhee looked a little disappointed.

"Hey Dongju, where's Leedo?"
"Toilet," Xion answered, struggling to fit an entire wrap into his mouth. "He said his stomach hurts."

"Maybe he caught a bug from Ravn." Seoho offered.
"Yea, or maybe it's the one thousand rolls he had to do today." Xion snorted, still wrestling with the wrap.

"What's up?" Leedo asked, returning to the table. He hovered awkwardly, looking for a place to sit and Hwanwoong sighed before standing up again. Leedo smiled gratefully and sat, looking weirdly at Xion, who now had pieces of lettuce hanging out of his mouth. Xion only scrunched his nose at him and continued chewing.

Compared to the other 4, who appeared to have ordered enough for an entire village, Hwanwoong finished his chips relatively quickly.

He tries to strike up a conversation with Leedo, who had not been eating but rather staring at Xion's wrap...

Which is already in his mouth? That's kinda gross though...

"Hyung! Do you think Ravn's been acting weird recently?" Hwanwoong nudged Leedo (in the head, since he was standing).

"Hmm... yeah, definitely. Why, do you know the reason?" Leedo swiped at Hwanwoong, who was quick to dodge.

"I think it's because of the dance." Both of them were startled by Seoho's sudden interjection.

"It's probably because of the busy schedule..."
"... the food?"
"He's still sick..."
"Because he hasn't been sleeping well?"

Many reasons were thrown around, but Hwanwoong couldn't find one that he agreed with. Sure, he could be upset because of the dance, but somehow he felt that wasn't it.

"Hey guys, I'm gonna head up first, okay?" A chorus of "bye" and "okay" sent him on his way.

He texted Ravn: "hyung, do you want anyth to eat? i can buy for you!"

He waited for a while, but there was no response. Deciding that Ravn was probably busy, he quickly bought a bottle of water and some watermelon and took the elevator up.

When he walked into the practice room, he was shocked to see Ravn lying on the floor.

"Hyung?"
Ravn slowly sat up and Hwanwoong sighed in relief.

"Are you okay?"
"Of course. Why would I not be?"

"Because..."

Because you've been distracted. Because you haven't been yourself. Because you've been wanting to talk to me, then telling me it's nothing. Because you've been avoiding all of us.

"Because I'm worried, that's all." Upon receiving no response, Hwanwoong tried again.

"Here, I got you some watermelon and a bottle of water. I tried to ask you what you wanted but you didn't reply."
"I didn't see." Ravn started eating the watermelon.

"You must be hungry, hyung. Why didn't you go to eat with us?"
"Because I need to practice, and because I'm on a diet."

No one told me about a diet... is it because the staff know I hate diets..
or is it... is it only Ravn?

"What's wrong? You look worried." Ravn raised an eyebrow.
"Uh nothing. Hyung, your dancing is really good!"

Ravn was a little taken aback but smiled.

"Why so sudden?"
"No reason~ just because i thought you should know."

"You're weird."