"Hey potato head, I watched your music video earlier. It was an advertisement and all I can say is, your abs suck."

Hyeri took a sip of the bubble tea she just ordered as the man in front of her squinted his eyes towards the younger girl.

"As if yours are better."

"Oh they are, everyone loves this abs of mine."

Seungsik grimaced, pretending to puke as if he was disgusted upon hearing Hyeri's statement. "Oh shut up, stop pretending my abs didn't caught your attention too."

"You're being delusional," The man shook his head while chuckling as the panda laughed along with him. "Why'd you called me by the way? It's been a long time since we hang out together so it was a surprise."

"Exactly," The older snapped his fingers, "Can't I spend another day with my lovely cousin? Although it would be better if we brought Ryuhan with us."

"My brother's busy with his shop these days so we can't basically invite him to any fun day out."

"Nah, I was just kidding with the hanging out with you after a long time. I called you to help me arrange things for your brother and his girlfriend."

Once Hyeri heard his statement, she began to choke on her bubble tea but soon enough caught up with her breathe. "Wait— what's going on between them?" she asked furiously as if she was going to throw hands any time sooner.

"Chill, there's nothing wrong going on. Ryuhan asked me to help him plan some things, he's going to propose to Sejin—"

"What?! He didn't told me about this yet, how come I wasn't the first person to know such information? I am betrayed."

Hyeri crossed her arms as she sulked. Denying the fact that Ryuhan shared some important information to other people and not her first. It was a sibling thing, and now Ryuhan ruined their so-called tradition.

The younger glared at the guy her brother entrusted him with the plan about his proposal to his girlfriend, "Spill the beans so I can help you with whatever that needs to be done. You actually made a good choice on going to me for help, such a great person you are."

"Though your abs still sucks—"

"Oh shut up and quit insulting my abs, you're ruining my dignity kiddo. Again, are you even five years younger than me?"

Hyeri shrugged her shoulders, taking another sip of the beverage she ordered. Signalling Seungsik to tell her what was his idea about her brother's proposal.

—

"No, I don't like what you got in mind. I suggest that it should be made simple as possible! I know Sejin eonni, she doesn't want fancy things though that doesn't mean she hates it. She just doesn't want to spend a lot of money and I know my brother understands that."

Seungsik nodded, agreeing with Hyeri since the panda knew the girl more than what he knows about Ryuhan's soon to be fiance.

"I really do not regret asking help to you," he told, indirectly complimenting Hyeri. "Why thank you, but I'm still not forgetting about the fact that you were the first one to know about this."

She sulked once again causing her cousin to burst out laughing then pinched her cheeks, hands slapped away in process.

"Sheesh, you're cute but aggressive."

Hyeri playfully glared at Seungsik but soon enough laughed along with him anyway. Continuing their fun talk inside the cafe.

Not knowing that someone was already watching them from afar, capturing pictures and spreading another rumor.

[ Later that afternoon ]

"Kang Hyeri! What is this?"

Shouted Haseul from their shared room as she marched her way to where Hyeri is with stomping feet. The older girl showed the something that was displayed on her phone to Hyeri.

Dispatch decided to act once again. It was a dating rumor about her and VICTON's Seungsik.

Everyone came rushing to the two's place soon enough, wearing the same expression as their leader. "Care to explain, miss Kang?"

"Relax, we were just hanging out—"

"Yeah right, you two must be on your date."

Sooyoung crossed her arms, Hyeri squinting her eyes towards the older for not letting her speak first.

"As you can see, it was just a casual day out. I swear to the heavens, I will burn down Dispatch in order to stop them spreading such rumors. Me and Seungsik oppa are cousins! I'm not going to force you to believe but all I want to say is, it's true that we are cousins," she started.

"Rumors are rumors, you can't just believe anything without enough proofs, there's no need to talk about it anymore now that I've made my explanation."

The girls spared some time to look at each other, communicating through their eyes as they hesitated to believe Hyeri's words but trusted her in the end since Hyeri seemed so sincere about it.

"He called me to meet up with him so I could help him plan things for my brother and his girlfriend. He was going to propose tomorrow and expects us to handle the decorations and stuff to make the moment even worth remembering."

"It was against my will since my brother didn't told me about this first, we used to inform things to each other first than to others!"

The panda huffed, the feeling of betrayal still rushing through her veins but soon enough it faded when happiness consumed her. Her brother has finally stepped up his game and is going to propose to his girlfriend for years.

Hyeri stood up from the couch, walking past the others, "I'm going to bed for a quick nap, wake me up if you all are planning to commit arson."

"I don't believe her," Hyejoo crossed her arms as she watched Hyeri enter their shared room. "Well, I believe her. She never lies at all," Jinsoul smiled proudly.

The wolf clicked her tongue, "Nobody asked," she rolled her eyes out of annoyance somehow, "If she wasn't lying in the past few years, then she could be now. Who would even easily admit they're in a relationship anyway, especially when you are well-known."

"So you're saying that you're doubting her."

"I never said that."

The two glared at each other. Witnessing the two fight, Jiwoo jumped in the scene to calm the two down. "You know, Hyeri actually needs someone to tell her to be careful next time so she won't get involved into these kind of things in the future.  Would you two please be kind people and talk to her?"

Both the girls who were intensely having an eye contact fight ignored the smiling Jiwoo. The said girl pouted before scratching her nape out of disappointment, Jungeun decided to help her best friend as she spoke, "I'll talk to her instead, she might appreciate it and cuddle with me—"

"Back off, eonni. Hyeri is mine."

Finally, one of them diverted their attention away from each other. Hyejoo squinted her eyes towards Jungeun, giving her a threatening glare. Jinsoul snickered at the wolf's statement.

"Chill. It's not like you don't trust me."

"I don't trust you since you and Hyeri first talked to each other."

Jungeun looked at the wolf in disbelief "What? I didn't do anything at all." Hyejoo was about to pounce on the older girl and smother her to death, "You freaking sang Call Me Maybe to her after asking her age!"

"Well...she's pretty so why not ask for her number—"

After saying that, Jungeun received numerous smacks from the wolf as she covered herself. Not even a minute or so, Jungeun surrendered as she glared at the others who didn't helped her from escaping death.

"Alright alright! I was just kidding, jeez," she raised her hands up in surrender. Backing away a bit from the younger girl in front of her, still had her arms up just in case Hyejoo attacked once again.

Heejin shook her head as she took a step towards the fighting trio, "That's enough, we'll have to call manager-nim for Hyeri's explanation about the rumor."

"Yeah, probably after Hyeri wakes up from her sleep that takes like a whole year," the other Jin deadpanned, plopping down the couch before turning on the tv to watch random movies.

"Maybe a kiss from her prince charming would do—"

Jungeun closed her mouth shut when a pair of slippers were thrown to her direction. Jinsoul and Hyejoo glared at Jungeun's running figure, looking at each other again as they bumped their fists together.

You see, their friendship is as confusing as the loonaverse—

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I didn't proofread so if there are any mistakes, deal with it— kidding.

aLSO, bear with the title bcs author-nim's lil' brain can't think of any other chapter titles anymore lmao. Anyway, I'm still alive. Have a nice night dear people:3