[Tuesday - 07.56]

"Hey lovely. How are you today?" Minho asked, kissing Ji's temple, laying an arm over their shoulders.

Ji gulped, closing their locker.

"I-I'm good. How are you?" Ji answered.

The guilt they had been feeling ever since the day before continued to grow as they conversed with their boyfriend.

They had cheated on their boyfriend. Their beautiful, lovely, amazing boyfriend.

The two walked down the hall together, towards one of the dance studios. Today was the last day they had to practice and finish their performance before the show on Friday.

Minho chatted happily with Ji, his arm pulling Ji along. The latter was already used to the strange looks they would get when walking so close together. Despite not trying to hide their relationship at all, surprisingly many people didn't believe they were actually together.

"I KISSED HYUNJIN!"

Ji covered their mouth with a gasp, eyes wide.

Minho stopped in his steps, pulling his arm off Ji quickly.

"E-Excuse me?" Minho questioned, certain he had heard wrong.

"I'm sorry, I-I kissed Hyunjin. Or, Hyunjin kissed me. B-But I kissed him back, and I'm sorry- I'm so sorry." Ji rambled, eyes watering.

They felt scared and guilty and dirty for what they had done.

Minho blinked a couple times, looking around in shock. He met eyes with Ji again, a flame burning behind his irises. Minho opened his mouth to talk, but closed it again quickly. He raised his hand, looking at Ji in pure disbelief and disappointment before turning around and storming in the direction of the studio.

"Minho- MINHO!"

Ji ran after their boyfriend, dodging people left and right as they ran through the hallway quickly.

Minho threw the door to the studio open angrily, eyes immediately locking on the tallest.

The second oldest threw himself at Hyunjin, landing a punch straight in their cheek. Luckily it wasn't the worst punch, since Minho was too angry to think technicalities right now.

"MINHO!"

"HYUNJIN!"

Chan and Changbin threw themselves at the two, pulling them apart quickly. Ji rushed into the room, taking in the scene.

"MINHO STOP!" Ji pleaded, eyes watery and bottom lip shivering.

A small crowd had formed outside the door to the studio, which Seungmin quickly noticed, running over and closing the door.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Minho growled back, glaring at Ji while struggling against Chan and Changbin's grip.

The others were sitting next to Hyunjin on the floor, looking at his injury in worry.

"MINHO CALM DOWN!" Chan yelled, pushing Minho against the bench.

Minho hissed, jabbing Chan with his elbow in return.

"THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!" Hyunjin yelled, offended.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN FUCKING KISS MY PARTNER WITHOUT ME GETTING MAD! THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!" Minho yelled angrily.

Loud gasps echoed through the room.

"What!" Felix exclaimed in disbelief, looking over to Ji whom was crying silently in a corner, scared to take any sides.

They felt like all the friendliness everyone showed them over the weekend had died down. Of course everyone hated them again, they had gotten between two best friends, causing a physical fight.

Hyunjin glared in Ji's direction, anger evident in his face as well.

"You fucking told him?" The tallest growled through gritted teeth.

Ji nodded softly, eyes flickering down guiltily.

"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU KISS MY JI! WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" Minho yelled, being held back by the two strongest.

"IS IT MY FUCKING FAILT YOUR BOYFRIEND WAS GETTING SEXUALLY HARASSED BY AN OLD RAPIST! I KISSED HIM TO FUCKING SAVE HIM FROM BEING RAPED!" Hyunjin yelled back.

Minho calmed down a bit, looking over to Ji. He stopped struggling against Chand and Changbin, eventually being set free by the two.

"Is that true?" Minho asked, voice still sharp but softer than before.

Ji looked down, taking a step back. They folded their arms protectively over their chest, nodding softly.

Minho glanced around the room, taking in the situation he had caused. He did a double take on Hyunjin, meeting the latter's angry eyes.

"Sorry." Minho half-heartedly growled at Hyunjin.

Hyunjin did a mocking, sarcastic gesture in return, standing up.

Minho huffed and walked over to Ji, whom took another step back, sucking in a sharp breath. They closed their eyes and turned their head to the side, ready for the strike.

Minho softly slid his hands around Ji's tense body, pulling it close. He moved slowly and carefully not to trigger reactions from the traumatized younger.

"I'm not gonna hurt you love."

Minho's heart hurt seeing his partner expecting him to become physically violent because of what had happened.

"Are you ok?" Minho whispered, feeling stupid for lashing out so suddenly, but he was of course still angry with Hyunjin for kissing his partner.

Ji nodded softly, relaxing into the safe touch. The younger wrapped their arms around Minho as well. They could hear Hyunjin cursing silently behind them.

Minho pulled back, taking Ji's face into his hands. He pecked their nose softly, smiling at the small giggle Ji let out.

"Ok, so can we start practicing now?" Chan piped up.

"We only have this one class to perfect our performance."

Everyone nodded, starting their warm-ups. First they stretched in pairs, then they put on a song everyone knew the choreo to, doing it at about 50% not to hurt themselves.

The whole time Minho and Hyunjin glared in each other's direction, staying as far away from each other as possible.

Minho stayed by Ji's side, doing whatever he could to cheer them up. They had been awfully quiet the whole time, not speaking to anyone first and avoiding conversations alltogether, especially with Minho's friends.

Minho felt bad, his partner had gotten so close and comfortable with everyone the last time they met, but now they probably felt like all of the others disliked them for coming between and creating problems between Minho and Hyunjin.

The group collapsed on the ground after having performed the choreo, panting. Minho crawled over to Ji, hugging them tightly.

"God, you look good while dancing, love. Fucking hot." Minho complimented in a whisper.

Ji smiled and chuckled, pecking Minho's lips. Minho whined softly, pulling Ji back into a soft and long kiss.

"I'm a better kisser than him, right?" Minho asked, deepening the kiss.

Ji moaned softly, tugging on Minho's hair.

"Absolutely. You're the best kisser." Ji moaned softly.

"EWW, go have your live sex show somewhere else!" Seungmin stated, pretending to throw up.

The couple ignored him, continuing to kiss however they pleased until Chan was ready to woop their asses for not working.