your favorite svt sub group is coming back. it rhymes with toast blizzards LMHAO.

but not right now, not right now.

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"seungkwan, are you hiding something?"

seungkwan kept his head low and pretended as if he didn't hear anything. soonyoung was seated across from him and it's already been a few minutes since he stopped responding. he stopped looking up at soonyoung too, just to avoid his watchful eyes. it's been a few days and seungkwan hasn't spoken about the video. he couldn't think straight because of it, he couldn't even be his usual talkative self because it might slip out of his mouth.

and now soonyoung is grilling him.

"hey, are you okay?"

"i'm fine hyung, i'm just sleepy."

if his lies are being stacked up, it'd be the height of a skyscraper by now. seungkwan felt as if his insides were crumpling.

"hyung."

"yeah?"

"are you and minseul okay? i just noticed that you're not as clingy as before."

soonyoung raised his brows. he looked surprised for a quick second, but it was drowned out by his sudden laughter. "what are you talking about? of course we're okay! there's no reason to not be," he answered with a smile.

seems like they're all a bunch of liars here, except for wonwoo and junhui.

at that moment, minseul entered the room and her eyes met soonyoung's. soonyoung smiled at the girl, who wasn't sure how to act. she got the idea though, once she noticed that seungkwan was in the room. she continued to walk to the fridge, messing up soonyoung's hair as she passed him.

the boy caught her hand and interlocked their fingers together. minseul looked back. "what's with you?" she asked.

"like this isn't normal, babe," soonyoung chuckled. he pulled her close to kiss her cheek, and seungkwan couldn't believe it. he didn't expect soonyoung to go this far for a lie.

"i have to goooo," minseul whined, but soonyoung didn't want her to.

"stay here for a bit, i missed you!"

"ugh fine." minseul sat next to the boy. "now what? what are you guys talking about before i came here?"

seungkwan shook his head as he chuckled, "i just asked if soonyoung hyung and you are okay. i must be stupid for asking. clearly, you're still both head over heels for each other."

minseul forced a smile while soonyoung kissed the back of her hand. she didn't know what else to feel other than hurt. the fact that soonyoung is acting sweet just for show is making her feel sick, but they both agreed to this. they shouldn't let anyone know, until they have actually broken up.

anyway, jihoon entered the room and he was blown away by the strange tension between his friends. it was awkward and he wanted to leave right away, but he was also really hungry. he kept his usual "i don't know and i don't really give a fuck" face as he walked behind seungkwan's chair to open a drawer and look for whatever he could munch on (though the awkwardness was making his skin crawl)

"do you still need me here?" minseul asked soonyoung.

"huh? i need you all the time!"

"soon, i swear i have to go."

"no!" soonyoung cutely replied, "can't you make time for me now? do you hate me now?"

minseul gulped. "no, i...love you."

"i love you more!"

jihoon paused for a moment. did he hear that right? soonyoung is really sick, isn't he? he mused. he should be happy that minseul and soonyoung still have feelings for each other, but somehow, he's a little hurt. "whatever," he mouthed as he took a few bags of chips and stormed out of there with heavy steps. it was so sudden, seungkwan wondered why jihoon seemed mad.

soonyoung let go of minseul's hand after a while, and she left right away. still, seungkwan didn't know how to react. it was all too much for him to process—the way minseul hesitated to say "i love you", the way soonyoung's eyes were just discreetly following jihoon the moment he entered the room, and the way jihoon left as if he was angry.

seungkwan saw it—the split second of relief in soonyoung's face once they were finally left alone.

"soonyoung hyung, sorry for doubting you about your relationship. that must be annoying."

"no, that's fine. i got your point anyway. we seem like we're in a fight these days but trust me, we're good."

"that's good to hear!" seungkwan cheered. suddenly, his phone rang, and soonyoung told him it was okay to take it in front of him. "hello? oh, wonwoo hyung!" seungkwan talked.

"ah yes, yes, i'll tell them!" he then placed a hand over the phone. "hyung, wonwoo hyung is at the supermarket and he needs either you or junhui hyung to come help him. there's a lot to carry."

"jun hyung is asleep. tell him i'll be there instead."

"ah okay. wonwoo hyung, soonyoung hyung will be there. please wait for him!" he continued, "okay bye bye!"

it was weird. seungkwan heard static noises. normally, there'd be absolutely none of that. maybe his just phone is acting weird? he knows he has a lot of photos saved  (mostly screenshots of conversations and selfies) but last time he checked, lack of storage won't cause static noises during calls.

whatever, it's nothing, he said to himself.

soonyoung was already getting ready to step outside. he looked around the house as he was doing so. mingyu and minseul were out in front of the house, junhui was asleep in the bedroom while jihoon was in the living area, eating.

"look who's mad," soonyoung mumbled as he looked for his jacket.

"i'm not mad," answered jihoon. soonyoung gave him a side glance, before he finally found his jacket and walked to the center table to grab a mask. "jealous then?" he asked.

jihoon only continued to eat in silence while looking at his phone. soonyoung took that as a yes.

"aw don't be jealous," he chuckled and moved closer to lean down and kiss the top of the boy's head.

"eh i'm not jealous!" the younger whined and tried to push soonyoung away, "just go, don't you have to be somewhere else right now?"

"right. but i couldn't leave without consoling you. what if i die out there and never come back? i wouldn't want us to be in bad terms—"

"oh my god hyung just fucking go. get your dramatic ass out of here."

soonyoung laughed out loud. jihoon was just too cute, he couldn't resist pinching his cheek. "you're calling me hyung now, that's so adorable. anyways, fine, i'll go. bye ji!"

jihoon wasn't paying attention anymore. he stopped caring just five seconds ago, so it was a surprise when soonyoung drew close again to kiss his cheek.

"you fucker," he mumbled.

"what was that?"

"nothing."

soonyoung fumbled the lock (then realizing that there was no need to) and swung the door open. jihoon could see mingyu and minseul from where he was seated. he watched as mingyu greeted soonyoung while minseul barely paid attention to both of them.

he let out a sigh as soon as the door closed shut. was he really jealous? he doesn't know. though, he's sure that he really hates the fact that he's even questioning himself about this, all because he doesn't know his emotions well enough to comprehend the situation.

whatever, he thought to himself. he should just get back to studying. his professor gave him three activities to finish today and he's so frustrated about it.

that reminds him...it's been two days since seungkwan messaged professor jung. did he even see it? or does he simply not care at all?

a few minutes dragged past, his phone rang.

"hello!"

"what?" he said as soon as he answered. it was soonyoung on the other line. of course, he'd recognize that annoying voice right away.

"jihoonie~"

"i said what?"

"anything you want me to buy? won's got everything the others wanted, we realized that you're the only one who didn't mention anything. should i get anything? anything sweet?"

"yeah but i don't know. you know what i like so you decide."

"oh i'll give you something sweet alright," soonyoung replied. jihoon rolled his eyes so hard, he saw his own brain. soonyoung is so embarrassing.

"oh my god shut up."

"okay, love you."

"whatever."

"say it back."

"it back."

"noooooo!"

jihoon moved the phone away from his ear. it wasn't because of soonyoung; there were static noises interrupting the line. like he said before, his phone may be broken, and this is one of the reasons why. he waited for a few seconds before pressing his ear against the phone again, hoping to hear soonyoung's voice clearly this time.

"sorry, my phone is acting weird," he said.

"this is just one of your excuses to end the call."

"no, hyung, it's hurting my ear."

soonyoung's laughter can be heard on the other line. "is calling me hyung a thing now? do you take pleasure in—"

"no, soonyoung. shut up, soonyoung, i don't wanna fucking hear it," jihoon replied with an annoyed tone, "now get off and stop calling my phone!"

"k. love you."

"me too. now bye."

minseul stepped inside the house to charge her phone, when she saw jihoon blankly staring at his own screen. it didn't seem like he was just in deep thought, his face was white as paper and there was a hint of fear in his expression. minseul knew something was wrong. "jihoon, you okay?" she asked.

no response.

she walked towards him and shook his shoulders. the boy looked up at her, surprised. he hid his phone and quickly stood up to leave, but then stopped for a moment.

"i-i'm okay, by the way."

his voice was quite shaky. jihoon left minseul alone in the living area to head straight to the bathroom and splash water on his face. his heart was pounding and his ears were ringing. what the fuck just happened? he asked himself.

the moment he ended the call, he saw coded messages being sent to his phone. but that wasn't just it. there was one message his eyes caught, it wasn't in codes nor was it anything unreadable. it was from an unregistered number, which only said:

"i heard you like boys."

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someone's trolling jihoon lmao maybe it's a member.

update on saturday!