Soo Mi's POV

"Seungmin's gonna be staying with us for the next 2 weeks."

Gasps echoed around the room before Jimin sighed in relief, "That's a good decision, given that this idiot doesn't know how to properly take care of himself."

This statement was immediately met with a 'hey' of protest from Seungmin, before he slumped further into the bed with a frown on his face, "You don't have to do that, hyung. I'm sure I'll be fine."

"Like hell, you would be," Jinnie Oppa scoffed, rolling his eyes, "You're staying with us and that's-"

"Seungminnie!"

We collectively turned towards the door when Sarang rushed in with a displeased-looking Jungkook and wrapped her arms around Seung. I immediately looked towards the doorway where Jungkook was standing, suppressing a laugh at his expression.

He looked like he had just swallowed a lemon whole.

But, hey, it was common knowledge between the group that both Jungkook and Seungmin had had feelings for Ari, that both of them had gotten rejected unceremoniously by her, and that both still supposedly had feelings for her.

Wait, that's not right.

Seungmin has a girlfriend- or boyfriend, whatever it is.

But wait, what if Sarang is Seungmin's girlfriend, and Jungkook is crushing on someone else?

Or vice-versa?

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Jungkook ask, "He is?"

"Uh-huh," Namjoon Oppa replied, staring at something on his phone, "He is sick and hasn't been taking care of himself, so we are letting him live in the dorm with us for the time being."

"How did you convince Bang though?" asked Tae, his eyes meeting mine for a brief second before he abruptly looked away.

I felt like someone had wrenched my heart out.

"It was pretty easy," Joon Oppa said, eyes narrowed in my direction as he had seen the exchange, "Sarang and Haewon noona stay over all the time, so he was like 'why not'."

"But honestly guys," Seungmin pushed his hair upwards, "I'll be okay on my own. Besides, I have Theo with me! I'll be okay; you guys don't need to worry!"

"Are you even listening to what's coming out of your mouth now? Theo's a dog, Seung. How will Theo be able to take care of you?"

"Yeah, noona's right," Jungkook spoke, voice quiet yet sarcastic, and "What if you faint again? What do you think she will do? Bark at the phone?"

Seungmin shot a sharp glare at the younger. Jungkook didn't seem even slightly fazed by it; he glared back as defiantly, before Seung sighed, shaking his head, "Okay, whatever. I still am not completely on board with this, but-"

"You're coming with us, no matter what," Hobi Oppa frowned sternly at him, "You don't have a say in this, Seung. You are coming with us."

"If Seung is staying over, I can stay over too," Sarang started in a timid voice, "I can help take care of him, too."

Jin Oppa thought for a second before nodding, "Yeah, that's a good idea. You can come over too, Sar-"

"But why?" Jungkook sounded irritated, "Aren't the eight of us enough? Why, does His Highness require more people to look after him?"

"That'll be enough Jungkook," I raised my voice slightly so that he got the message, "The rest of the guys are okay with her staying! What's your deal?"

He rolled his eyes, and left the room with a 'whatever'.

I stared after him with a disbelieving expression, "I don't what's wrong with him. I'm sorry, Ari."

She smiled softly at me, "It's okay, unnie. I'm pretty sure I have an idea of what he's going through."

I frowned slightly at this, making eye contact for what seemed like the thousandth time with Tae.

An idea of what he's going through?

Was she talking about the rejection, or were she and Kook dating, and did she understand that he was jealous of her spending more time with Seungmin?

What the heck, I thought, since when did these kids get so confusing?

"So now that's settled," Yoongi Oppa interrupted my train of thoughts, "Can we go to practice? Instructor-hyungnim's gonna be pissed."

We groaned collectively before hurriedly bidding goodbye to Seung and heading to practice.

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I sat in the darkness of my room, slowly contemplating everything that had happened. The only light was from moonlight filtering through the window and from my phone. I let out a deep exhale, burying my face into my hands.

"MiMi?"

"Jiminie? Come in, you can switch on the lights if you want to."

"I am perfectly okay without the lights on, Mi," He closed the door behind him and sat down next to me on the bed.

"What's wrong, Minnie? Did something happen?"

"I should be the one asking that, Mi," I tilted my head in curiosity, "What happened between you and Tae?"

My heart burned. I looked away from Jimin, choosing to focus on the moon instead. I had been blaming myself the whole day. The only distraction was practice and talking to Beomgyu afterward.

I hated myself for spilling everything in front of Tae.

Hated myself for destroying everything.

I blinked, feeling my eyes tear up, before turning and telling Jimin everything.

Every single thing.

By the time I finished, I was this close to bursting into tears, and Jimin was holding my hand with a sympathetic yet confused expression on his face, "It's okay Mi. It's perfectly okay to be worried over it. But I don't think Tae hates you."

"What do you think then, Minnie?" I asked, choking back a sob, "I destroyed everything. These stupid feelings just had to get in the way. He was gonna confess to Eunha, Jimin! Imagine what he must be feeling. He's gonna be so disgusted in-"

"Hey, hey, it's not gonna be like that," Jimin tried to calm me down, "It's only natural to be shocked at first. He'll come around. But I just don't understand why he- why- you said he seemed angry?"

"No," I sniffled lightly, embarrassed at myself for crying, "He just looked blank. No expressions at all. He hates me, Minnie!"

I was disgusted with myself when I started crying as Jimin wrapped his arms around me and whispered soothing things into my ear. I cried my heart out; it hurt like hell. Jimin held me until I calmed down.

"I'm sure he'll come around, MiMi."

"I hope so too."

A/N: Sorry for updating so less often! Hope you like the chapter! Love yourself, be happy, stay safe! Borahae!