Taehyung's POV

The word 'stress' isn't even enough to cover the amount of sheer pain I'm feeling at the moment. The upcoming release of "You Never Walk Alone" in February, the new choreo, and, worst of all, not having Petal by me. I can't cope; like, at all! It's been a week since we last spoke on good terms. I'm tired of pretending; tired of this stupid play to get Hobi hyung and Haewon noona together.

Having been in a quite serious mood since morning, I walked into the practice room late, only to see the rest of the guys divided into two groups all ready to go through 21st Century Girl's choreo once more. Jungkook, Petal, and Jin hyung were with Hobi hyung while the rest of the guys were with Haewon noona. I immediately joined Hobi hyung, causing Jungkook to glare openly at me. 

I don't mind; I deserve it.

After a few mess-ups from each of us, we decided to take a break. Petal moved to the opposite side of the room almost immediately, probably to avoid me. I took a deep breath. It hurt; a lot. I crossed over to her side, ignoring Jiminie and Haewon noona making subtle gestures to warn me.

"M-mi-ah?"

She turned to me, a flash of hurt passing over her face before donning a cold expression. "What?" She asked in a monotonous voice. "Can we t-talk?" She stared at me for a few excruciating moments before scoffing, 

"Don't you have a girlfriend?" 

It came out pretty loud, so the rest of the guys turned to us almost immediately.

"P-petal-" "No, I don't want to hear anything. If you have to talk, talk to-" she pointed at noona, "-her." 

"What if I want to talk to you?" I saw her grit her teeth. 

"What if I don't want to talk to you?" 

My voice softened almost immediately. "What did I do?"

She scoffed again, "What did you do? What did you do besides using me? Both of you?" She waved her arms at me and noona, "All these years, all t-these years, you were just- just using me. Using me to get each other. Using me to-" 

"U-using you, Petal?" There was anger in my tone; not towards her, but myself. I bit my lip before deciding to tell her; tell her everything.

"Petal, I need you to listen carefully to what I have to say," I saw Jimin facepalm out of the corner of my eye, but I don't care, "I'm not dating noona! It was all a ruse! To get- to get Hobi hyung and her together. I would never date her! No offense though," I turned to noona at this part before continuing, "She is like a sister to me. And I would never hurt Hobi hyung. The plan was to-"

Jimin cut me off in a muted tone, "Kim Taehyung." "Shut up, Jimin. It was to take you and Hobi hyung on something like a double date with us. When we reached, I would reveal everything to you and we would leave the restaurant, leaving them to confess. But you spoiled the plan by being firm on your decision that you wouldn't come. Please understand. Jimin forced me to act. I'm not at fault."

"We need to talk," Seok hyung led noona out of the room. There was a moment of absolutely awkward silence, which was broken by Yoongi hyung laughing, "Jiminie's evil!" The said guy slapped his shoulder before staring back at us.

"Petal?" I asked, concerned because she hadn't said anything. "I'm sorry, TaeTae," she said softly before hugging me. I let out a sigh of relief as I felt all of my stress and pain and problems drain out from a single hug from my crush. 

"Hey, it's okay. You didn't know!" I hugged back and whispered into her hair. We stood like that for some time, before being rudely interrupted by Namjoon hyung.

"Ehem!" 

I glared at him before letting go of her. "Noona cried last night, didn't you noona? I heard you," Jungkook said, smirking a bit as she glowered fiercely at him. "I'm sorry, bear," I hugged her again. "Don't be," she smiled as she broke away from the hug.

Hobi hyung and Haewonie noona came back just then. From their smiles, flushed faces, and intertwined hands, we understood that they were together. So we became extremely hyper when they announced they were official. 

"Finallyyyyy!" Jungkook exclaimed, causing Namjoon hyung to mutter, "I swear this kid is secretly fluent in English."

Then I noticed something else; Jin hyung being oddly silent. I looked at Soo Mi, and noticed her looking at him too. When I looked back at him, he bit his lip, looking at the floor in deep thought. He snapped out his trance only when Namjoon hyung poked his shoulder. He smiled at him and turned to talk to Yoongi hyung about how the latter's rap had somehow mixed with Jimin's part in Spring Day.

Then he fell silent again, looking up only when Namjoon hyung walked to the door with one of our choreographers, Minjae hyung, discussing some pretty dense stuff I didn't understand. He sighed heavily before turning to congratulate Hobi hyung. I locked eyes with Soo Mi, me thinking the same thing as she said, "Something is not right."

A/N: Hey guys! Hope you like the chapter. I just wanted to thank someone. I express my deepest thanks to @fidm0920  for being a constant support for this book by reading and voting on it almost immediately after a chapter comes out. Thanks for the support. I appreciate it. I wish you the best of everything in your life. Comment and vote, please. Borahae!