going seventeen | seventeen

Chapter 32: Lie Again

your favorite svt sub group is coming back. it rhymes with toast blizzards LMHAO.

but not right now, not right now.

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"seungkwan, are you hiding something?"

seungkwan kept his head low and pretended as if he didn't hear anything. soonyoung was seated across from him and it's already been a few minutes since he stopped responding. he stopped looking up at soonyoung too, just to avoid his watchful eyes. it's been a few days and seungkwan hasn't spoken about the video. he couldn't think straight because of it, he couldn't even be his usual talkative self because it might slip out of his mouth.

and now soonyoung is grilling him.

"hey, are you okay?"

"i'm fine hyung, i'm just sleepy."

if his lies are being stacked up, it'd be the height of a skyscraper by now. seungkwan felt as if his insides were crumpling.

"hyung."

"yeah?"

"are you and minseul okay? i just noticed that you're not as clingy as before."

soonyoung raised his brows. he looked surprised for a quick second, but it was drowned out by his sudden laughter. "what are you talking about? of course we're okay! there's no reason to not be," he answered with a smile.

seems like they're all a bunch of liars here, except for wonwoo and junhui.

at that moment, minseul entered the room and her eyes met soonyoung's. soonyoung smiled at the girl, who wasn't sure how to act. she got the idea though, once she noticed that seungkwan was in the room. she continued to walk to the fridge, messing up soonyoung's hair as she passed him.

the boy caught her hand and interlocked their fingers together. minseul looked back. "what's with you?" she asked.

"like this isn't normal, babe," soonyoung chuckled. he pulled her close to kiss her cheek, and seungkwan couldn't believe it. he didn't expect soonyoung to go this far for a lie.

"i have to goooo," minseul whined, but soonyoung didn't want her to.

"stay here for a bit, i missed you!"

"ugh fine." minseul sat next to the boy. "now what? what are you guys talking about before i came here?"

seungkwan shook his head as he chuckled, "i just asked if soonyoung hyung and you are okay. i must be stupid for asking. clearly, you're still both head over heels for each other."

minseul forced a smile while soonyoung kissed the back of her hand. she didn't know what else to feel other than hurt. the fact that soonyoung is acting sweet just for show is making her feel sick, but they both agreed to this. they shouldn't let anyone know, until they have actually broken up.

anyway, jihoon entered the room and he was blown away by the strange tension between his friends. it was awkward and he wanted to leave right away, but he was also really hungry. he kept his usual "i don't know and i don't really give a fuck" face as he walked behind seungkwan's chair to open a drawer and look for whatever he could munch on (though the awkwardness was making his skin crawl)

"do you still need me here?" minseul asked soonyoung.

"huh? i need you all the time!"