Prologue - The Onset of War

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One year ago

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One year ago

“I don’t date losers like you.”

Donghyuck sighed for the nth time, his 2 years of unrequited love has to end now. He just confessed… but unfortunately, he was rejected. And not just rejected, he was even insulted!

Since he’s still in school, he tried his best to hold back his tears, to smile despite the pain and humiliation he’s feeling.

After the nerve-wracking confession, all he wanted was to go home, but there was some activity in the music club he had to attend. After it finished, he decided to wait for his Taeyong hyung who’s a member of the student council which is currently having an assembly.

*Oh maybe, maybe*

Donghyuck’s inner sentiments were interrupted when he heard his phone’s ringtone. The caller was his best friend.

“Haechan, finally! So how was it?”

His tears filled up the corner of his eyes just by hearing Jaemin’s voice. The latter sounded excited, contrary to his gloomy aura. He’s trying to stifle his sobs, afraid that the Student Council meeting will abruptly end and his Taeyong hyung will catch him crying.

“Jaemin… I feel stupid.” He cried. “I shouldn’t have—I shouldn’t have told him he—”

“He rejected you?!”

“Yes…” He sniveled. “Not just that. H-He even insulted me.”

“Worse than the way I do?”

Jaemin’s insulting jokes are waaay better because they never hurt him emotionally.

He bit his lip as he recalls how rude Mark Lee was, he even pushed him hard and told him to hate him because it will be the only way for them to have mutual feelings. He wondered why he was so mad at him—disgusted even, and even the way he looked at him during the confession, it was as if there was something else… a hidden reason why he hurt him the way he did.

Mark even had the guts to deliberately hit him by the shoulder as he walked away, pushing him aside.

“He said I should stick to my level and that he doesn’t date losers like me—”

“Bitch ass overrated motherfucker.”

Donghyuck winced when his friend muttered a string of curses.

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