Because of you

9.

Jinyoung

I woke up that morning when Jackson kissed my forehead before moving to leave my room. I tugged on his arm, pulling him back onto me. He laughed, cupping my face leaning down for a quick make out session. I squeezed him tight, giving him one last peck before letting him leave.

I watched from my room as he left the dorm, turning and looking at me. He marched towards me and grabbed me close, kissing me one last time before he left for China. I sagged against my doorway after, sighing when the front door shut. It's going to be a long week.

I tried to distract myself and started cleaning my room before going into the kitchen to prepare some breakfast. I was nibbling on my bread when JB entered the kitchen, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"Hyung. I... I have got something to tell you all" I started, handing him some bread.

"Mmm. Talk to me" he nodded, thanking me when I handed him his bread.

"Jackson and I. We are back together" I say, watching him for a reaction.

"For real?" he asks, his tiny eyes widening in shock, shoving his bread into his mouth before grabbing my shoulders.

"Yes..?" I respond, looking at his hands. What if there's jam on his fingers.

"Yah. They're clean" he grumbles, showing me his hands. I laughed in response, seeing how well he knew me.

"You and Jackson though. That's great. More than great. You two..." he trails off, shaking his head.

"What about us?" I ask, frowning.

"It was difficult. Seeing the two of you suffer without each other. Not knowing why you two split and not being able to help" he sighed, hooking his arm around my shoulders and squeezing it.

"About that. I think we should get all the members together" I said, turning to him before adding "just the members"

JB tilts his head in question but nods in response, helping me take the rest of the plates out for the others.

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"Wait. So manager hyung was the one who stopped you from telling us?"

"Why would he do that"

"I can't trust him"

"What? He didn't even tell us about Jack collapsing the first time"

"Why didn't you come to us earlier?"

I sighed, rubbing my face as they all started shooting things at me and discussing with each other after I told them what really happened.

"I didn't know about Seunnie either. He was the one who told me after the second time when we were in the hospital" I said, shaking my head.

"Wait. What do we do with the weird photos first?" Mark asked.

"Stalk the person back" Bam suggests, clapping his hands.

"We can use your camera!" Youngjae grins.

"We got to know the person is to stalk them" JB replied, raising his eyebrows at Bam.

"Go back to school Bam" Yugyeom muttered. They all need help. I swear. They all do.

"Yah. Gyeom..." Bam grumbled, sulking while folding his arms. I laughed, letting them settle before telling them.

"Seunnie and I actually came up with a plan" I start causing them to fall silent.

"We thought of luring whoever it is out. But first we need to know who the person is after, Jackson or me" I explained, my hands gesturing to the space beside me as I talked. I looked at each of them in turn, watching as they nod back, finally falling silent. They were all listening attentively while waiting for me to continue.