Shownu was still staring at Hyungwon. "I'm just saying."

Hyungwon felt his shoulders tense. "And I already told you, I apologized. More than once. And there's nothing else I can do. It happened already." Hyungwon could've left this alone and swallow the anger, but he didn't like to be hated on something he didn't do, not on purpose anyways.

"Yes you can't do anything, not now. But the more I think about it the weirder it gets and the more it doesn't make sense. Why would you just agree to a stranger like that anyways?" Shownu realized very clearly that he wasn't being himself. But he had been keeping this for so long, it needed a release. It just happened to be right now that everything came spilling out.

Wonho saw how Hyungwon was sweating, how his pupils were quivering in anxiety. He raised his voice unintentionally. "That's enough."

"Stop answering questions for him, I wasn't asking you." Shownu finally stopped looking at Hyungwon and turned to Wonho instead.

Even though Shownu was taller, Wonho was staring with so much intensity that he looked like the one with higher authority. "But you're hurting him."

Shownu raised his voice too, saying mockingly, "What? Do you want me to apologize?"

Wonho had to blink a few times, startled by what Shownu said and had to recollect himself from the offensive comment.

Anyone walking in right now would think they were having a staring competition. No one talked, but everyone knew there was an unspoken rule. You're not to talk unless you wanted a fight.

Changkyun hoped silently that Jooheon and Minhyuk would finish soon so they could forget about this and pretend nothing happened, before it leaves a permanent wound. But when he looked towards the corner of the room, Jooheon seemed to be in some trouble too. He wanted to see if he could help, but there were a lot of reasons not to. First, Minhyuk probably wouldn't want him there. Second, he didn't want to leave Shownu, Wonho and Hyungwon alone like this. Third, the most important one of all, he remembered how he and Jooheon hadn't spoken since last night, when Jooheon confessed. It would be really awkward to go over now.

Shownu was still staring when suddenly he felt someone pull his hand from behind. Being forced to lose the staring competition, he turned around reluctantly and narrowed his eyes when he saw Kihyun.

"Shownu-hyung, stop, they're coming back, let's just move on."

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I'm so happy it's the last day of assessments TT but there is currently a typhoon coming towards Hong Kong and it's going to get worse. I just want to enjoy my weekend but nope the weather is going to ruin it. I'm going to have to do indoor activities to celebrate. 😂