♦ Mark's POV ♦

Telling the boys about Jelena lifted the weight off my chest, but finding out that someone knows about me and Jelena placed an even heavier weight on my chest. I could tell that when Jelena told Maria everything she was scared that she was going to lose her only best friend. 

"I'm nervous." Jelena looked at me. "My palms are sweating." 

"There's nothing to be nervous about." I said. 

We pulled into the parking lot of the building. Security was ready, covering Jelena so people couldn't see her. We rushed into the building, heading straight to the practice room. I could hear the boys talking loudly from the other side of the door. Jelena stood behind me holding my shirt as I opened the door. 

"Where is she?" Yugyeom asked. 

"Hi to you too." I said walking in. 

I could feel her hands trembling. I turned around facing her. 

"Are you sure you're ready?" I asked her. 

She nodded. 

"I'm just hella nervous." She sighed. 

"I told there's nothing to be nervous about." I cupped her face. 

"Yeah, we're friendly people. Can't say the same for Jinyoung." Yugyeom joked. 

Jelena peeped around my arm. Her eyes widened as she saw the six of standing around. 

"They're so tall." Jelena said. 

"No. you're just short." I laughed ruffling her hair. 

She frowned and walked away from me. I watched as she walked over to Jaebeom. Knowing Jelena she was talking to Jaebeom about cats. I know Jelena used to own a cat. She's still not over her. 

"My little baby died, it was so sudden." I heard her voice crack. 

"How did she die?" Jaebeom asked. 

She fell silent. 

"Dude, don't make her cry." BamBam said. 

"Sorry." Jaebeom gave her a sad look. 

"Maybe some other day." Jelena looked down. 

I walked up to her rubbing her shoulder. 

"I'll be back, I have to go talk with JYP-nim." I kissed her cheek and walked away. 

As I got to the door I turned around. 

"Please take care of her and don't make her cry." I gave them a pointed look. 

They all nodded. I knew when I walked out the door that they were gonna swarm her with questions. 

♦ Jelena's POV ♦

"So Jelena, how long have you and Mark been a thing?" Jinyoung asked. 

"He hasn't told you guy how long...." I questioned him. 

"He has but..." Youngjae chimed in. 

"Then I don't see the reason why I should answer it." I smiled. 

"Don't ask me things you guy already know." I sighed sitting down. 

"Okay then, who is your bias wrecker?" Yugyeom asked. 

I laughed. 

"Are you trying to get me in trouble." I shook my head. "I won't even tell Mark who I secretly like out of out you guys." 

"I think it's Jaebeom." Jackson said. "She walked straight to him and started a conversation with him without hesitation." 

"Just because I wanted to talk to him about his cats?" I arched my brow. "I love cats so when I know someone who likes cats I just wanna talk about them." 

"Speaking of that...I'm curious on how your cat died?" Jaebeom sat next to me. "The look on your face earlier...it was like you were blaming yourself." 

"Because I do blame myself." I sighed. "Lavender was my baby. I loved coming home to her meows." I held back the tears. "One day I forgot to close my back door and she ran after a bird. I tried running after her, I kept calling her name then she ran into the front yard." I covered my face as the tears ran down my face. 

"Okay so everything...what's going on?" Mark asked. 

"I promise you we didn't force her to talk about it." BamBam said. 

"Jaebeom did it." Yugyeom back away. 

"It's fine." I wiped my tears. "Anyways, I saw Lavender get hit by a car..." 

Jaebeom gasped as his eyes widened. 

"How is that fine?" He asked. "You lost your daughter." 

"I know." I sniffed. "I wanted to get another a cat but..." 

"You should, it would probably help." Jaebeom said. 

"I would know what I'd do it I lost my babies." BamBam said. 

"Same." Jaebeom sighed. 

"Well I have good news." Mark said. "They took care of everything." 

"That's great." I smiled. "I was worried, I would hate to piss off your fans." 

"That's why we can't let us get caught again." Mark said. "We're gonna have to be extra careful." 

I nodded. It's going to be even harder now. 

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