So there Brian was. On a sunny Friday afternoon. He had put the book on the place Jae wanted, and now he was just waiting behind some bushes for Jae to pick it up.
"Look, Jae, there's nobody. Just grab it and leave." Brian could hear Woosung's voice from the distance coming closer towards him.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Just wait, I'll grab it." Brian took a deep breath before getting slowly up and looking Jae straight into the eyes.
"Hello, mysterious author. It's nice to meet you." Jae's eyes widened at the sight of the fox-eyed-boy jumping up from behind some bushes.
"B-Brian, look... This isn't what it looks." Brian wanted to laugh, say something nice to the embarrassed and flustered boy. But instead, he couldn't keep his anger inside.
"Are you sure? I think this looks like you're a lying bitch."
"Look, Brian, I know I am. I just-"
"You just? What? Was scared?" Jae nodded slowly.
"I'm so sorry." Jae looked at the floor guiltily. He looked like a dog, who knew he had done something wrong.
"You should be. -Who- in their right minds will lie to a friend and actually think they could get away with it?"
"I said I was sorry right! I don't need you scolding me." Jae wiped away his own tears. A loud sob escaped from his mouth that made the attention of everyone go to the two boys at the back of the park.
"Jae, you're embarrassing us both right now," Brian hissed. He looked around, only to be greeted by lots of judgmental glares.
"I'm sorry," Jae whispered. Woosung now ran towards the two boys, wrapping an arm protectively around his best friend.
"You're a dick Brian," Woosung said. He picked up the diary that was still laying on the ground, before walking away with Jae.
"Yeah, I'm a dick," Brian scoffed sarcastically, kicking against the dirt. Maybe he actually was one...

"How did it go?" Wonpil asked when Brian stumbled towards Wonpil, who was sitting at a picnic table. He pulled his earbuds out.
"I yelled at him," Brian admitted guiltily.
"You did what?"
"I yelled at him! I was mad, okay? I just- I just wanted him to be honest!"
"Brian you're a fucking idiot." Wonpil sighed clearly irritated and annoyed. "You literally could have had a boyfriend by now because I -know- you like him too! But instead, you just yelled at him?"
"I didn't do it on purpose!"
"How would you feel dude; you have a diary, the guy you have been crushing on finds it and actually fucking reads it." Brian let his head fell down. Wonpil was right.
"Like one, you read something that you shouldn't be reading -I think I warned you about that too-... But two, you actually had the nerves to yell at him for doing nothing wrong."
"He lied at me! He has been lying me and betraying me until I found out by overhearing the two!"
"You lied to him too, right?"
"I- When?"
"You knew he was searching for the diary, yet you didn't say anything when he asked it. You said you wouldn't wait here, but you still did-"
"And who's fault is that? Yours!" Brian turned around, walking away. Wonpil didn't go behind him. He just stood there, until he turned the other way and walked to Sungjin's house where he screamed at Sungjin he needed to see Jae.

Tell me where I fucked up
Running out of my luck
I don't wanna be touched
If it isn't your touch
I'm alone and afraid
I'm still singing your name

Jae couldn't help but cry when he had locked himself in his bedroom. He had rolled himself in a burrito of blankets and had put on Fredo Disco. He had said to Woosung that he was alright and that he should go home, but it was an obvious lie. He wasn't alright. Jae looked at his phone, maybe he could send Brian another message about how truly sorry he was.

Jae: Brian
//Seen//

Jae: Brian please, I'm sorry
//Seen//

Jae: I'm sorry for lying to you. I'm sorry for betraying you. I was just so scared you know. I haven't had the best year and the last thing I wanted was ruining our friendship... But I guess I still ruined it.
//Message not send//

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//You have been blocked from calling or messaging this number//

"Hey, Jae you have friends over!" Jae heard his dad screaming from downstairs. Jae didn't answer anything back. He just stayed in his little cocoon until there was a careful knock heard.
"Jae?" It was Sungjin's voice. He wondered if Woosung had told him anything about the incident. "Can we come in?"
"Sure." Sungjin opened the door carefully and Jae finally saw what Sungjin meant with "we". Wonpil walked in after him.
"How are you feeling?" Sungjin asked.
"I'm fine." Wonpil sat down on Jae's desk chair.
"You don't look fine." Jae shrugged and rolled himself on his back so he could stare at the ceiling.

Because with every word I speak
You make me cry out in pain
My friends all know that I can't eat
And I've gotta try and explain
That it's all because of you
You'll never leave me, will you?

Jae hated the music that was playing, but at the same time, he loved it.
"Was this really all my fault?" Jae managed to say. His voice was so quiet, being scared that if he got any louder he would just start to fully sob. Wonpil sat down on the bed and stroked over Jae's hair.
"It wasn't."
"Why does it still feel like it?" Wonpil sighed and Sungjin shook his head in disapproval.
"You both did shit wrong, but he shouldn't have become so mad." Wonpil hummed as a sign of agreement.
"It'll be okay Jae."