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A week went by and no one saw any signs of those fliers. No one talked about them or said anything to Chisoo about them - she almost forgot they were made in the first place.

In that week, Haknyeon had noticed a significant change in Chisoo's behavior. She had been smiling more often, playing around more, she got along with Younghoon and Sangyeon, and she had been playing the guitar more frequently.

She was finding herself again, and Haknyeon was proud of her for that.

"Some people make me wanna bang my head against the wall." Chisoo mumbled angrily as she worked on her algebra homework.

Sangyeon furrowed his eyebrows. "Like?"

"The list goes on, Sangyeon," she sighed. "Are you and Younghoon going to Haknyeon's house after school?"

"Our house." Haknyeon corrected from in front of her.

She finally looked up, only to see the back of his head. "Our house."

"I am," Younghoon looked at Sangyeon, who nodded. "So is Sangyeon."

"Movie night?" Haknyeon asked.

Younghoon smiled at the idea. "Yes, please."

"Be quiet for a second."

At Chisoo's request, the boys got quiet and stayed that way for several moments. They gave one another a glance as she kept her head down, continuing to work on her algebra assignment.

"Why did we have to be quiet?"

She held a finger up, then looked up as she put her pencil down. "I really wanted to finish this but I couldn't concentrate with everyone talking," she rolled her shoulders back and stood up. "Ready?"

The boys nodded and stood up, walking out of the classroom with her to head home.

Chisoo squinted as the sun hit her face, but she quickly adjusted. The walk to her and Haknyeon's house was fairly quiet - every once in a while, the boys would say something to each other.

Chisoo was trying to focus on staying as far away from the road as possible while simultaneously blocking out the sound of cars going by. She hated being in a vehicle, she hated being near them, she hated the thought of them, but it was impossible to completely avoid them.

She kicked the rocks on the sidewalk as she walked, but she jumped when she heard a car honking. Struck by fear, she grabbed onto the back of Haknyeon's hoodie and pulled him back so that she could be closer to him.

"It's okay," he said quietly as he looked down at the girl who had a death grip on his hoodie. "The car is nowhere near us."

She nodded subtly as they stepped off the sidewalk and into their driveway. She took a deep breath and shook it off, heading inside and up to her room to change. She slipped on an oversized sweater and some basketball shorts, then slipped back downstairs and into the living room.

She listened to the boys bicker in the kitchen and wondered when she would be able to be close to people like that again. It was her fault that she had no friends, or at least she felt that way.

She also wondered about Sangyeon and how they never interacted until he made her mad at the restaurant, yet they were now friends, in a way.

Younghoon walked out of the kitchen and smiled at the girl as he stood in front of where she was sitting on the couch. He put his hands on either side of her and bent down to be eye level with her.

He pouted his lips and Chisoo tilted her head. "Yes?"

"Kiss?" His cheeks went red after he asked.

She smiled and leaned forward, giving him a small peck. "You're lucky your friends aren't in here."

"That's why I came in here while they were distracted."

Or at least, he thought they were distracted. Sangyeon had walked into the doorway and saw them share a kiss, but turned away and went back into the kitchen to avoid any awkward tension.

"Why do you look like a sad puppy?" Haknyeon furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the look on the older's face.

"Do they kiss often?" He blurted, then shook his head. "No, not my business. Never mind."

Haknyeon looked at him for a moment. "Normally I wouldn't say anything, but no, not often. I don't think so, at least. I'm only telling you because you look jealous."

"Jealous?" Sangyeon questioned.

"Super jealous," Haknyeon laughed and walked past him. "Don't worry, I won't say anything."

Before the two of them could walk into the living room, Younghoon leaned in one more time for a slightly longer kiss, one that sent butterflies off in Chisoo's stomach. He pulled away and sat next to her while the two other boys sat on the adjacent couch.

"What kind of movie are we watching?" Sangyeon asked.

"Scary?" Chisoo suggested, knowing very well that Younghoon didn't like scary movies.

He looked at her with narrowed eyes, remembering all the times she would scare him after watching scary movies together. It seemed like such a long time ago, but it was still a vivid memory.

"You know very well that I don't like that idea." He said.

"I know," Chisoo smiled. "Good thing you're next to the toughest person in the room."

"Rude," Haknyeon joined in. "I'm sitting right here."

She laughed, taking his joke well. Yet, everyone in the room knew that Chisoo was, in fact, the toughest out of all of them. Mentally and physically.

Younghoon crossed his arms. "Fine, but this lamp is staying on."

Normally Chisoo never fell asleep during movies, but she did during this one. She had fallen asleep against Younghoon's chest, as he was sitting to her left, where she would naturally lay anyway.

The boys were all awake as the movie came to a close, but Sangyeon couldn't even remember the ending scene. He was too busy watching Younghoon play with the girls hair, and the way he would look down at her in that fond manner that made his stomach churn.

He was officially jealous.

Haknyeon put the tv back on regular satellite, and the channel it went to was the news. Too tired to get up, the boys sat there and watched for a moment.

As a scene of a car wreck popped up, Sangyeon squinted his eyes. "That looks a lot like the one Chisoo was in, no?"

"Because," Haknyeon paused and looked at it for a second longer. "It is."

The news anchor popped up on the screen with a serious expression. "A fatal car wreck that involved four people, taking place two months ago, is now a case in the hot seat of Seoul's police department once again. The only survivor has been accused of murdering their family in the wreck, and with a heavy accusation like that, the police department didn't want to take any chances. An open investigation has started and there will be updates to come."

The news cut off for a commercial break, and everyone had the same look on their face.

Dread.

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