"NOTHING EVER WORKS FOR THAT GUY!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. taeyong and I went back to seokmin's house after that horrible scenario.

"you gotta chill," jun told me

"bro, it's impossible to chill. we're doing whatever we can for the boy to get back to seventeen and yet nothing is working," minghao replied

the other boys were stressed while I kept screaming in frustration. I couldn't think of any other ways to make soonyoung sane again!

"no chill minseul," joshua laughed at me

"yeah, brilliant idea, joshua hyung," woozi sarcastically replied "brilliant,"

"now now, jihoon," joshua sighed "no need to be sarcastic,"

"I'M SO STRESSED!" I shouted

"seul, chill," seokmin told me

"NOOOO"

"minseul, calm down," taeyong said

"okay,"

"wow favoritism," seokmin mutttered

"what do we do now?" minghao asked

"we let winwin trigger soonyoung," I suggested "pretend as if you're okay with soonyoung's farm life as long as winwin will replace him,"

"that sounds like it's going to work!" dino cheered

"ya know, personally, I like soonyoung as a farmer because he's all about peace and love and not-"

"nobody asked for your shitty opinion," jihoon cut joshua's dialogue

"jihoon stop being mean," jeonghan chuckled

"sicheng? in seventeen?" taeyong asked

"not permanently," seungcheol replied "please just let us borrow him for a bit,"

"is this okay with you?" taeyong asked his 'child'

"yes, of course!" the boy answered him "I want to help seventeen!"

"okay, please don't let the boy get hurt," taeyong told cups

"don't worry about me," winwin smiled at his leader

"I'll buy you ice cream if this becomes successful,"

"I want ice cream too," dino whined. taeyong chuckled and agreed to buy one for him as well.

we planned for the rest of the day and agreed to perform it tomorrow if soonyoung attends school.

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"hello earthlings!" soonyoung greeted as he sat down the table. everyone else was there except for the performance unit, including sicheng.

"wow I sure miss performing," hansol spoke as he ate meat

"excuse me, what is that?" soonyoung asked him "your lunch,"

"um...meat?"

"eat this instead,"  soonyoung gave him a chocolate bar(?) I dunno.

"what is it?" I asked hansol

"garden of life performance protein bar chocolate fudge," he read what was on the wrapper "hyung what is this?"

"20 grams of plant protein," soonyoung happily told him "and also this," he gave me a different one

"it's a crunchie," he added "3 grams of fiber, 7 grams of protein and low-fat roasted beans!"

"umm-"

"and a soft baked organic brownie from nature's bakery for my favorite strawberry boy-"

"I don't need your shit from your cruelty free basket, soonyoung," jihoon grouched and rejected the boy's offer

"but jihoonie this is good for you!"

"I'll give it a try," boo raised his hand and received the treat. he excitedly tore the wrapper up and took a bite.

well, he spit it out in an instant, to be honest.

"it tastes like bathroom walls!" he whined

"bathroom walls?" seungcheol asked "you know the taste of bathroom walls?"

"are you sick?" jeonghan felt boo's forehead "you're weird today,"

"heyyy where is chan and the others?" soonyoung asked "I just realized that they're missing,"

"oh, probably at the gym's dance room," jeonghan replied "practicing a choreography,"

"choreography? why didn't they tell me?" the boy questioned "and where is winwin? I need to say sorry to him,"

"umm....winwin might be with the boys too," mingyu spoke "shall we go and see?"

"I'll go," I stood up. the boys followed. we were all nervous as we got nearer to the gym. I got high hopes that soonyoung will be back to seventeen in no time.

once wonwoo opened the door, we saw dino, jun and minghao being taught by winwin. of course, it was all an act because hell no, they don't even have a song to perform to. (it's actually a trend to not be prepared when doing stuff like this, to be honest) but sicheng was dancing amazingly in front of the boys.

"hey! sicheng-ah!" hoshi ran towards my cousin, who looked surprised because hoshi called him with his actual name

"I just want to apologize for all the things I told you. you know, I regret choosing to have a fight with you because you're my precious girl's cousin. believe me on this one because I'm trying my best to be really sincere. I think it's time to end this. we all make mistakes so let's just forgive and forget," he told winwin and gave him a handshake

"oh shit it's real," mingyu muttered

"we're going to ruin a perfect apology," joshua sighed "another day, another sin,"

"really?" winwin smiled

"yes! I'm all about love and peace now,"

"leader hyung!" dino ran to winwin "I'm so so so excited to learn more choreography from you!"

"here we go," seokmin uttered.

we watched soonyoung's smile go crooked as he slowly processed chan's words inside his head. he turned to face my cousin again (almost looking like he's in a horror movie) who still got his hand locked with his. he broke the connection and suddenly slapped the hand away with a matching scream.

"YOU REPLACED ME!?!?!???"

"um...yes,"

soonyoung started screaming like a pterodactyl. it was so loud, milky way was shookt.

"YOU KNOW WHAT!?" he retorted "FORGET THE APOLOGY!"

"but I thought you said-"

"SEUNGCHEOL HYUNG, YOU APPROVED THIS!?"

"well, you're going to be a farmer and the performance unit needed a new leader because junhui flirts, not leads," seungcheol replied

"BUT I'M ALWAYS THE LEADER!"

"it's too late," winwin shrugged "you weren't there when your team needed you because you were so busy, talking to your plants,"

"yes, yes, he did what I told him to say," seungkwan muttered, making me turn to him

"you told him to say that?"

"of course!" boo smiled "more to come,"

"HEY!" soonyoung shoved winwin away and pointed at him "DON'T ACT LIKE YOU KNOW ME!"

"actions speak louder than words though, so I don't need to know you anymore," sicheng calmly told him

"YOU'RE SO STUPID, SICHENG!"

"we're the same then,"

"I'M NOT THE TRASH THAT YOU ARE,"

"woah woah woah," sicheng told him "why is it acceptable for you to be stupid but not for me to point it out?" he whined

soonyoung was annoyed as hell. his face was so red and he was balling his fists.

"OKAY FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE A PRICK FOR TAKING MINSEUL AWAY FROM ME. SECOND, YOU'RE SO GREEDY TO TAKE MY POSITION FROM ME. AND THIRD-"

"please keep it going," sicheng yawned "I'm really interested,"

"you know what, sicheng? I don't think you're stupid anymore," he told him "you just always get bad luck when you think,"

"thank goodness you calmed down," sicheng sighed "I was going to tell you to save your breath later to ruin your date with minseul,"

"I-" soonyoung started to stutter "YOU'RE FUCKED!"

"um, no?" the other boy replied "that reminds me, do you still love nature now despite what it did to you?"

"no, I was actually pro life before I even met you," soonyoung stated

"oh wow, pro life never existed ever since you were born though,"

"ARE YOU GUYS JUST GONNA STAND THERE!?" soonyoung shouted at us, who were just watching and taunting as silent as possible.

because we wanted to annoy he more, we all sat down.

"UGH! FORGET FARMING!" he shouted and grabbed winwin by his collar "I WILL END YOU,"

"finally, he quit farming," jisoo sighed "hallelujah,"

"but I thought you-"

"shut up,"

"I'd like to see you do it," winwin provoked and smiled at soonyoung "I'm tired of riding your bipolar rollercoaster anyway,"

soonyoung let go of the boy and angrily walked out the room with heavy steps.

a few seconds later, winwin sighed in relief and lay down the ground while the rest of us clapped for him.

"you did great, win!" seungcheol told the boy "thank you so much for helping us and doing your best!"

"I think winwin just wonwon my heart," junhui announced "I love you bro!"  he started to wrestle the boy

"I was so disrespectful, I couldn't believe it," winwin chuckled nervously

"it was perfect!" mingyu cheered "like me,"

"yeah I liked it!" hansol told him "you really concentrated!"

"one time, I spent 30 minutes looking at an orange juice can because it says 'concentrate' on it," seokmin laughed.

all of us fell silent for a bit.

"WE ALL GET FREE ICE CREAM FROM TAEYONG HYUNG!" dino shouted, making all of us go crazy again

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"I never said I'll buy one for all of you," taeyong chuckled "but it's okay,"

taeyong took all of us to an ice cream parlor as soon as sicheng let him know about the successful "mission"

he was with mark, so of course, seungkwan got teased by the boys all the way to the place.

"I'm just so happy that he gave up farming already," wonwoo said with a straight face

"you don't look happy," I told him.

wonwoo smiled for a bit while holding his ice cream cone

"aaaawwww~" the boys found it cute while jihoon said 'ew' at the same time.

"thanks for the treat, hyung!" dino happily told taeyong

"he's so cute, how is that possible?" mark whispered to seungkwan. of course I heard, because it was quiet and I was just sitting next to him.

"yeah he is," seungkwan agreed "he's our baby,"

all of a sudden, all of us shot a stare at him.

"I MEANT IT AS THE GROUP'S BABY! OMYGOD DON'T TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY" boo pulled his hair as he told us

"chill, we weren't even thinking of anything. I mean, we just looked," jeonghan told him

"tsk tsk, gayshit," junhui muttered while shaking his head.

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kbyeilu

-j