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Chapter 34: Secret

omg sick i havent had rest since the last update.

anyways, enjoy! im SO SORRY this is late and im only updating once this week. im very busy there's so much music editing to do and im deceased. i will update tomorrow 😔🙏 pls forgive my poor soul

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everyone watched as jihoon tossed his phone, which slid to the center of the table. "yo what the fuck is wrong with you?" seungcheol asked, annoyed. jihoon may be angry, but that doesn't mean he could go ahead and toss his things everywhere, especially on the dining table while everyone is eating. it isn't like him to be this disrespectful.

his anger, with seungcheol's annoyance, only set the tension higher.

"go ahead, see for yourself," jihoon gestured to the phone. "see what the fuck is wrong with me."

the boys stayed in their places and nobody dared to look at the screen. even soonyoung, who was very concerned with the way jihoon was acting.

"now, i don't want to say this and i never thought i'd fucking say it," jihoon added. the way he was calmly talking whilst angry scared most of the members. "i work so hard for this group. i do so many things for this group because i love being a part of it and i love making music. everything i do, i do for us. but then this, this is how you repay me? by playing mind games with me? you think i enjoy this bullshit?"

"i just need a name," jihoon's voice silenced the whole room just when some of the boys started mumbling.

seungcheol reached for the phone, and his eyes widened upon seeing the video being played. right next to him was seungkwan, who caught a glimpse of what was on the screen. his first move was to look away.

that video, he knows it all too well.

everyone watched seungcheol's expression go from serious to horrified. to be clear, he wasn't horrified because it was soonyoung and jihoon. it was because he didn't expect them to keep this a secret from the whole group.

"okay now i'm fucking confused," seungcheol ran a hand over his face. "soonyoung, can you explain to me what's going on?"

everyone looked at soonyoung. the boy looked extremely guilty about something and everyone else was waiting for a word. he took a deep breath and then glanced at jihoon, who didn't even want to look at him.

"minseul and i aren't together anymore. not at this moment at least."

joshua was the first to react. he didn't say anything, though it was obvious that his expression had a mix of surprise and anger. the rest of the boys only mumbled, and soonyoung knew he needed to explain further. "we decided to take a break and during that break, well, i got closer to jihoon. i don't wanna say anything further. is that enough for you now?" he asked.

"closer? in what way?" minghao crossed his arms.

"closer in this way," seungcheol shows them the video playing on jihoon's phone, the video him and soonyoung when he played him a song. everyone heard it, every word they told each other. from soonyoung's rant about hurting minseul, all to way to jihoon's reply of an "i love you too." everyone saw how soonyoung drew close to give jihoon a tight hug and then kiss him right after.

everyone saw, except seungkwan.

by that time, jihoon was so close to bursting into flames. every inch of him felt so exposed and he didn't like the feeling even one bit. soonyoung on the other hand, had his head down and his ears were bright red from the all the shame.