A/N: a long ass chapter ahead

MARK'S POV

"Mark? Are you free?"

Taeyong hyung came to my room. After that fight with Hae Ra, he probably knows about us and wants to talk about it.

"Neh hyung." To be honest I was already preparing myself for this. I had everything in mind.

He sat on my bed as I sat next to him. He fiddled with his fingers and then turned his full attention to me.

"I knew about you and Hae Ra."

Didn't see that one coming. All my efforts were a waste then. All the things I planned were for nothing.

"Oh." I rubbed my nape and waited for him to continue. He closed his eyes and heaved heavy sigh.

"Mark, I am not that dumb. Just because I seem to be playful doesn't mean I don't understand things that happens around me. You guys thought no one would suspect a thing about your relationship and were too carefree."

I looked down. He knew all along.

"Thats the reason why I tried to set her up with Jinyoung hyung and made sure that they bump into each other from time to time." My eyes widened in shock on hearing that.

He did those things on purpose? Even after knowing our feelings for one another he tried to seperate us.

Am I not good enough for her? Is she not good enough for me? Or does our relationship disgust him?

"Don't get me wrong Mark. Both of you are precious to me but.."

"But what hyung?" I grew impatient. Irritation was surely evident in my tone as I stood up.

"Tell me!" I raised my voice at him. I can't think straight. I am more messed up than I thought.

"You like her too right? You have those feelings for her! You guys were so close to the point everyone wanted you to be together! Tell me hyung!"

I did lose my mind by now. Tears streamed down my pale skin as I furiously wiped them off with my shirt sleeve.

Hyung immediately stood up and slammed me against the wall. He tightly held my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes.

"Because I know this will happen sooner or later. I know Mark you are really sensitive towards the people you like. If not now then later you guys would have b-broken up. And you might be more m-miserable then. And I-I don't want t-that." He sounded so desperate as he tried hard to not cry. He was fighting back his own tears.

"Mark listen to me carefully."

"Even though you love each other a lot, its not gonna change the fact that you are FOUR years younger to her."

I was about to retaliate but he raised his hand to shush me.

"Not by days or months or an year. But by four fucking years." He gritted through his teeth. "Believe it or not you guys are not compatible. Emotionally or mentally. Because of such an age difference you guys will definitely face a lot of hate from the society."

"We don't care about this already fucked up society. There are more messed up people out there!"

He again slammed me to the wall to calm me down. And when I relaxed a bit he bitterly chuckled.

"You don't? You don't give a damn about this society?"

"Yes!"

"Then why didn't you guys went public with you relationship? Why didn't you tell us by yourselves?! Tell me one good reason and I'll back off."

His eyes searched mine as I slowly let me body loose. I leaned against the wall the moment he let go of me. I closed my eyes to process everything.

"Take your time Mark. I really care about you. Just think about it and remember that your hyung is always there to help you." He said before softly closing the door.

What am I gonna do now?

HAE RA'S POV 

The next day I went to Irene's. To talk to Yeri. To give her a piece of my mind. What does she think of herself?
She kissed Jinyoung. Then broke TY and Meera. And now Mark is defending her.

Their maid opened the door and bowed. I bowed a little and rushed to Yeri's room.

I didn't care about her privacy and barged into her room. There she was lying on her bed reading a fahsion magazine. She flinched a little but after seeing me, she ignored me.

I bolted the door behind me and went to close the balcony door so she won't escape. She stood up, completely baffled about my intentions.

After closing all the doors I went to her.

YERI'S POV

I got scared by the second as unnie approached me. She had that deadly aura around her. The fact that she closed all the doors freaked me out even more.

"What are you trying to do?" She asked me her deadly gaze pierced into mine. I crossed my arms against my chest.

"I was trying to have a good day but unnie, you ruined it. Now please go. The door's that way." I pointed towards her back.

She chuckled bitterly and stepped forward.

"What the heck is your problem Yeri?! Why do you have to break every couple?! Huh?! Stop being a slut for once!"

I smirked and also stepped forward.

"Whats happening in there?!" Irene
unnie shouted from the other side of the door while impatiently knocking on the wood.

"Unnie gwenchana. We're just talking." I said loud enough for her. She very well knows about Hae Ra unnie's and my mutual hate.

"If Taeyong oppa was loyal to that girl he wouldn't have kissed me. If he actually loved that girl, he would have pushed me away. But guess what."

"He didn't." She scoffed at my remark.

And slapped me.

My head turned the other way because of its impact.

"You were such a sweet girl before. What happened to you Yeri? Why be a bitch?!" She commented. Instead of getting angry at her behaviour, I chuckled.

"You turned me into this bitch. I was an innocent girl before you came in the way of my happiness."

"I don't give a damn about that. Now you're gonna stay away from TY and Meera." She gritted through her teeth.

"You think that I destroy your happiness. But in fact its the complete opposite Ms. Moon." I said while controlling my tears.

"What do you mean?"

"I fell for Taeyong oppa the first time I saw him. But he never talked to me. Heck he didn't even notice me. Because you were next to him. Always. His eyes searched for you. Even if he glanced at me, he thought of me as a little girl. I accepted the fact that he likes you and moved on."

She didn't say anything so I continued.

"Then at a friend's birthday I saw a good looking guy in club. Everyone nudged me to talk to him. And I did. He was drunk. I didn't care and kissed him when he leaned forward. I thought that maybe this guy will be nice to me. But bitch guess what? He moaned your name. Your freaking name! I prayed to the god hoping that girl isn't you. I pushed him away and got to know that it was again y-you. Not other Hae Ra but you!"

By this time I was crying pathetically. My eye make up was a mess but I didn't care. I need to let it out before I do something stupid. More stupid. Something I might regret in future.

"Then again unnie I let go of another guy because of you. I could have contacted him but didn't."

"Yer-"

"I am not finished!"

"At that party I tried to talk to Taeyong oppa coz he finnaly noticed my presence. I had to put in so much efforts to change my appearance for him to notice me. From innocent Yeri to sexy Yeri. You have no idea how hard it is to change yourself."

"But it was all fruitless coz he ran after another girl. Then I saw Mark. I realised that I should date guys of my age coz older guys will see me as a young girl."

I began choking on my tears.

"Th-then I saw you guys m-making out."

I felt weak and helpless. My knees weakened too as I sat on the floor crying my heart out.

"Now I am a-afraid to fall in love unnie. Everytime I like a guy, he ends up with you."

"But my feelings for Taeyong oppa were still there so I only went after him. That day when oppa and I were making out Meera saw us. Taeyong oppa l-left me there to go after her. He practically left me half naked on the bed. He d-didn't even turn back and ask about me. You will never get to experience such things coz guys are head over heels for you."

"And you call me a b-bitch. You have the audicity to blame me for everything."

I looked up to see unnie standing with a shocked expression mixed with pity and guilt.

"Yeri I'm s-sorry."  Her eyes glistened with tears.

"Just leave."

"Bu-"

"Please. And don't tell anyone about this." I wiped my tears and went to the washroom.

Soon I heard the door being opened and closed. I went inside the shower and cried again.

HAE RA'S POV

I was still shook from her story when Irene stopped me.

"Hae Ra. I don't know what's going on between you two but.."

"..I'll choose my sister over our friendship."

She sadly smiled hoping for me to understand and I did. How can I blame her for prioritizing her sister over me?

I went home and locked myself in my room.

"We're all fucked up."

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