Everyone's problem solver, they were that one bunch of smiling monkeys who make my problem, their own, without even expecting everyone to do that for them.

Describing friends is very complicated, and they're actually complicated to understand in the first place. But I grew up with all of them and if I were to tell anything about them, then that would only be a string of pearls, adorned only with admiration for each one.

Ku Changmin, the ace of the group. However extremely passionate about dance, he started studying bioscience and law under special coroner's commission. We had a hard time believing that he chose that only to remain with the rest of us in the same college, and gave up his chance to be an idol.

Jang Yunhua, the clown of the group. He has the weirdest habits out of everyone else and he can be completely wild on rather odd days. He loves being goofy and make every effort to lighten the mood. But on impressive occasions, he's the most serious one out of all.

Lee Jaechan, the mom of the group. He has a soft heart and a pretty face. Sometimes it's difficult to recognise him as a junior constable, already posted in the Incheon district police station. He is our other perfectionist. Nothing is ever wrong when managed by him and he possesses that godly power of finding anything that you can never find: keys and cards in the drawers.

Yoon Seohi, our sunshine. She loves things with all her heart, whether they're television characters, her dogs, or the people around her. She is too modest about her abilities. She won't admit it, but she's a gifted actress with a gorgeous singing voice. And again a total nerd, the techie.

And then at the end, Cha Junghoon. Besides Dami, this friend of mine has known me the longest. In fact, he's my best friend. He's incredibly supportive, and accepting. But he can be a whole mood while enjoying stupid games. He's a great listener, and is willingly to help out everyone in need. And skipping the fact that he is everyone's favourite, would be very low of me.

And that's exactly how much I adore them.

I had called Seohi in the morning while she was having a solo concert in her shower. I invited all of them to our favourite café, Cappuccino. I had prepared a script, just following all the exact guidelines Soobin had layed.

I was overjoyed to see Seohi come in the first. She ran for a hug and we suited ourselves to our usual table. Jaechan and his boyfriend, Yunhua, were exactly 3 minutes late and the ace had decided to get us all delayed by a good amount of time.

Although I was satisfied and relived to see all of them, I missed the brightness that Junghoon used to bring in our group meetings. He was sick, burning fever, as told by his nanny.

I was worried about him but I let that thought pass. All of them looked very down and I didn't know how to start a conversation.

"Let's click some photos, shall we?" I agreed to Yunhua's proposal and God knows how many silly selcas were taken one after the other.

"Now my one." I took out my camera but the emptiness of another face with us kept a bad spot on them.

We sat down, ordering our drinks and breakfast. I ordered a strawberry shortcake and a venti cup of honey, matcha latte.

We were awkwardly silent and I barely knew anything to talk about. On general days, Yunhua would come up with a conversation but today, nothing.

"So... What was the important thing you wanted to tell?" Asked Yunhua.

I momentarily froze, I hadn't thought of what to tell. They waited for me and I acted as if I was nervous and hesitated telling, but in reality, I had NOTHING to tell.

"What? When did you become so secretive?"

"Umm... Well, uh, I mean... I... Have a boyfriend." I gushed the sentence out like I had an upset stomach and vomited straight up nonsense.

"What? You? Who?"

"Me, yeah, me."

"Tsk! Who's the lucky guy, bro?"

"Is he in our UNI? Do we know him?"

"How long have you two dated?"

"Come on! Tell us!"

"Calm! Man, he's just a boyfriend. You all are attacking me like I legit commited a crime, what the fuck! Yeah, he's in our college, everyone knows him and it been only 2 days since we started dating." I huffed with rapid breathing.

"Who? Wait, you met him on the day of Anhyun's demise? Do you mean that tall valedictorian? Soobin, is it?" Yunhua cocked his eyebrows, staring at me with suspicion.

"Voila! Yes, that's Soobin and it was a love at first sight, yeah!" I nervously giggled, scratching the back of my head. I don't trust my lies.

"The fuck? He after everything? You know he's a total opposite of you, right?" Changmin questioned.

"I do. And I like it. He's very good... At everything."

"And... Bed?" There he goes, Yunhua. If for a goddamn moment he can stop teasing me!

"Yes." I responded affirmatively.

"Yes? How'd you know?" Jaechan was having a heart seizure, probably overthinking about my wellbeing.

"Cause... We slept!"

"What? You did? Already? Y/n are you out of your mind? The fuck is wrong with you? You know I'm a junior police officer, right? You know Yunhua is a lawyer, right? I swear to god, if that fucker-"

"Hey, hey! Calm, calm. That's why I don't tell you all anything. You're making a scene out of it. I had my consent. And... It was he who suggested me to meet you all and spend time because... He wants me to be liberate. Yes, exactly." I again laughed nervously, sweating profusely.

They gave me some uneasy stares until I decided to make our relationship more believable and started sending the pictures to Soobin. But that wasn't as convincing until Soobin opened the chat in mere minutes. I thought he would have ignored it or perhaps, leave me on seen. But he chose to react to those with hearts.

The group found that believable since Soobin is the student with most followers but zero follows, that is, everyone likes him but he likes none. For a boy like him to react with hearts surely meant something more to them. To me... It was maybe his quick wit. Probably, he understood the purpose.

A cloak of silence fell over us and everyone was just sipping their own drinks. Nobody laughed, nobody spoke. For a Saturday, the café was also very empty. Only the sound of the barista playing a game in the distance could be heard and I realised the game to be Free Fire.

I was only observing each of them when:

"A friend doesn't just smack the shit out of that guy who cheated on you, they make sure that they leave a permanent hand print onto their face." Seohi murmured the lines Junghoon had once told her when her false lover stole her rose and left the thorns with her.

She was only 16 that year and just because she rejected sex, he scammed her and cheated her for a year. Junghoon and Changmin took the responsibility to slap the shit out of him and I remember, the guy's mum begged them to let him live.

It just meant that we would protect eachother, forever. And we failed.

"Seohi, please. We can't bring Anhyun back." Changmin breathed, clenching his heart to hold back his emotions.

"We can't. But is there no way we can open the case back and bring justice to our friend?" Seohi whined.

"There is." I declared, sipping my utterly disgusting matcha latte that I only decided to try out because Soobin likes it. But it was expensive in this goddamn shop and I had to drink it.

"There is? What?" Yunhua was startled, to the extent that he spilt coffee over his white pants.

"Careful, Yunie." Jaechan immediately smudged his pants with a paper towel to not burn him but the stain was perfectly everlasting.

"Yunie, what made you so shocked? Don't you want it to open?" I eyed him suspiciously.

He looked at me with fright in his eyes. I was scared of only one thing, what if he was related to the case? He was there that day. We also has that blue bracelet like the one we saw today. But that shouldn't be him, right?

"What? You're also being secretive. Why? Don't you want Junghoon to be satisfied?" I questioned again, bending my body over the table and waiting for his reply.

"Y/n, you didn't call us just for a meet up, did you?" He asked.

"That's what I had intended to but now I'm willing to know why you don't want it to open."

"There's more than what you see, Y/n-ah. A lot more and I'm just trying to do that what we promised: protect us. Please, don't do it."

"What shouldn't she, Yunie? What's wrong with you? Why can't our Hoonie deserve a justification? A fake ass letter closed the case like us closing our books." Changmin gave him a death stare, embezzling with rage.

"Min-ah, you're getting me wrong. My dad works for the state too. I know what's happening below. I know what happened."

"Then tell us. Tell us, Yunie. What happened?"

"Exactly, Seohi is right. Y/n is right. If you know what happened, tell us. Why are you quiet? Shouldn't have you told us everything on the first day alone? Not even me, your fiancé?"

"Leave it Chanie, the cat's got his tongue. But Yunhua, you did it wrong. If you had the option to help but you still chose to remain quiet, you're a criminal to me. Wether or not you're responsible for any of the three deaths, you're a criminal. Remember it." Changmin stormed outside the store, startling the barista. I instructed Seohi to follow him, incase he gets himself into some trouble.

"I'll let you speak, Yunie. I believe in you. I know, you can't kill. But why? Why do you choose be quiet? I can help." I swapped Seohi's chocolate latte with my shitty matcha latte, full of ice water.

"Yunhua, speak. Choosing to be silent about a crime is also crime."

"Please, Yunie. Tell me."

He started shaking. His lean figure was drained off any colours and his brittle limbs felt oddly cold. As if a cloak of fright had enveloped him, but instead of warming him, it decreased the temperature around.

Sweat beads slowly started forming on his forehead and I faced heaven wards at the ceiling, still keeping my eyes well focused on him.

He burst out in tears and I knew that it was already the time to ready my recorder. I prepared my phone and looked dead at him.

"Are you ready?" His boyfriend, Junior Constable Lee Jaechan sat as my witness. I feel guilty to have tortured him yesterday and when it all ends, I shall formally apologize to him even if he chooses not to forgive me.

Yunhua wiped his tears and nodded, sitting straight up. He asked for a bottle of water and Jaechan took the responsibility to fetch it. After wasting another 5 minutes, I turned the recorder on.

"Yunhua Jang, whatever you choose to speak from now onwards would hold enough weight in the court of justice, for or against you. Choose your words wisely and opt for the truest statements." I declared and went silent.

"I am Yunhua Jang, a law student. I am the only child of Inspector Jang of Incheon city police department. All the CCTVs were disabled that day. I believe you have seen the only available CCTV footage outside the victim's door. I was indeed present in it. There was another man with me, who I believe you couldn't recognise from his apparels. That was her boyfriend, Cha Junghoon. We went to visit her together to inform her about a pre-scheduled meeting after the classes. I believe you know the reason. I was incharge of the flowers and had been around the tower almost the whole time."

"Did you leave it? Why?"

"Yes, I did. I left it twice. But I can declare that I had seen the suspected situations live. I left at 2:10 pm for lunch. I was back with a pastry from the confectionery shop infront of the premises. I think their register might still have the data of my purchase. I was absent for atleast 10 minutes. The next, I left was for a quick visit to the restroom, some time before the crowd was formed outside her tower. I thought that I was late and Junghoon proposed to her but I was both astonished and devastated to see Anhyun's dead corpse. I directly ran to you all."

"What are your said suspected situations?"

"The screams. Her short sex with Lee Yohan. I watched everything."

"Did you perhaps see anybody other than the mentioned people?"

"I didn't but I heard from insiders that..."

"That?"

"This has been done by..." He swallowed, extremely afraid to speak the last bit.

"By?"

"Yohan."

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