The sunlight hit my eyes as we entered the restaurant's patio, everyone immediately fighting for the best seats. With an unbothered sigh, I sat down next to Jaehyun, who uneasily mustered the others.
"You alright?", I whispered, concerned for his wellbeing.
Jaehyun immediately put on a smile "Oh sure"
That was one of the worst lies ever but I decided to let it slip. After all of us had ordered some food, Doyoung began dramatically complaining about his hardships in acting class. Since I was only half listening, my focus began to shift to Taeyong, who was completely entranced by his phone display which was honestly unusual for him.
With furrowed brows, I took a sip of my lemonade. I was lost in thoughts until Doyoung slammed the table "None of y'all were listening to me", he pouted. All of us looked at each other, equally guilty.
"Look, let's each say what's bothering us right now, since communicating has become so hard for you", he ordered, obviously not accepting no for an answer.
I sighed as Ten started "I just flunked my math test and hope my mother won't kill me when I come home"
Doyoung nodded, automatically looking at Johnny who was up next "Uhm... I'm actually rather scared of those threats Nancy sent", he looked over at me, suddenly remembering that it was rather my problem "but I'm sure it's nothing, haha", he nervously giggled.
An intense feeling of nervousness befell me, as if I had pushed those messages aside until now, which I kind of had. Doyoung mustered me "Yeah, Aecha your life sucks, so next up...", his gaze fell upon the silver-haired boy to his right "Taeyong, what's bothering you?"
Taeyong finally looked up from his display "I'm... that disgusting hate account keeps messaging me so I reported her"
I gulped, the fact that those dumb girls kept annoying my friends was driving me mad. If they had something against me, why drag everyone else into it?
Doyoung once again nodded "What about you Jaehyun? You've been completely quiet", he tried animating my best friend, who in turn opened his mouth only to close it again, eyes darting to Yuta. What was going on here?
Jaehyun finally spoke up "Just the... ummm... situation", he nervously smiled. I exchanged a confused look with Ten.
Yuta cleared his throat "Why exactly are we even doing this stupid interrogation? I thought we were here to have some fun", his smile was contagious. But Doyoung was not having it.
"No, let Jaehyun answer", the raven-haired smiled, like a mother patiently waiting for her kid to do something.
My best friend shifted in his seat before exhaling "Yuta, for fuck's sake, either you say something or I will"
All eyes shifted to Yuta, who was turning a bright shade of red "Wh-What do you mean?", he tried laughing.
Jaehyun sighed "I'm talking about you crushing on Aecha and how hard it is for me to not say anything because I KNOW that she's not interested"
It was silent. I didn't even dare look at Yuta.
"How do you know that?", Ten asked, delightfully taking a sip of his drink.
I looked at Jaehyun, silently begging him to not say anything. But he didn't have to.
"Because he caught us", Taeyong stated.
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