LATER that night, the members were just finished practicing in the studio room, and were taking a small break.
Mal sighed as her heart was beating fast, and headed towards her phone. Since it was made on silent, she turned it on and began scrolling through it. A bright, happy expression began to crawl over her face.

"Guys, look! There are so much comments on our photoshoot already!" she exclaimed, then ran towards them with a cheerful expression, showing them the screen in the process.

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[Insert photo here]

Hello, everyone! I would like to inform you that I recently joined the group Stray Kids, and we've started working on something big! Please refrain from any unkind comments, and we would like you to support us, as it would mean the world to us. I love y'all so much!

Tagged : bangchan, felixlee, hwanghyunjin, hanjisung

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Comments

avamichelle OMG why do I feel like this is where something great happens!
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diegovelazquez Perfect…
macecoronel I leave for two weeks and I miss everything. Unbelievable.
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griffingluck What the hell is this?
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user1 Lmao you're jealous
user2 I have no idea, trust me.
user3 Don't act innocent, Griffin.
user4 You're way better than this guy right there.

user1 Oh my god, is that Felix? Are they together?
user2 Holy shit, they're back!
user3 Where the heck were they? We were waiting for a comeback like this!
user4 Since when do they know each other?
user5 This is amazing! They're alive!!!!

user6 They didn't die in that accident! Why does this make me so happy?
user7 I ship Mal and Felix! #melixforlife
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user8 They look so happy and cool together…
user9 Channie looks amazing. I missed them all so much!
user10 Hyunjin + long hair = perfection.
user11 Hannie hannie hannie hannie
user12 Wait, so they didn't die in the fire, like the news said? What about you other members then? Can someone explain?

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"This is great! People already like us. At least, nearly." Chan began in a delightful tone, smiling from ear to ear.

"Yeah, this is amazing. Griffin's comment though… What was it about?"

Mal shrugged in dismay. "I don't know anymore, and I don't care. I'm done with his jealousy."

"I know, baby. But please, don't let him get through your head too much, I'm guessing that's what he wants."

She frowned. "I could tell you the exact same thing, Felix. Please, don't let him get to your head. He'll try to do everything he can to separate us from each other, so please don't allow him to do that."

Felix nodded, squeezing her hand tightly as she set her phone back on the counter.

"Now, let's continue, shall we?"

"We shall."

"Five, six, seven, eight!"

It didn't take them long to start working on their choreography once again. All of them stared at the camera at the other side of the room, the one that was going to tell them their mistakes and how they were going to fix it, and began to perform the choreography they memorized over the past few days.

☂︎

The next day, the couple were standing by their lockers and holding each other's hands. Mal stretched her arm to her boyfriend's handsome face and caressed his cheek as she grinned.
"I'm so proud of you, sunshine."

"Mal, I'm proud of you too…" he muttered sweetly, then leaned in to give her a tight hug.
"And I love you so much."

She repeated the same words as she hugged him back.

They let each other go after a few moments as they heard a notification coming from Mal's phone.
"Are you going to check that?"

"No, I don't feel like it. It's probably not important anyway. By the way, where did you say Han and Hyunjin went?"

"They went to the library to finish some work, so it's just us now, I guess. I think they'll be done by lunch break." Felix explained.

Just then, two strange girls passed by the couple. As they did, they turned to Felix and muttered something none of them could hear. They then giggled and sneered at the boy in disgust, making a flash of hurt appear over his face.

Mal took notice of the girls right away, and turned to them, an angry, baffled expression planted over her face.
"Hey, hey! What's so funny?"

The girls stopped laughing and looked up at the older girl, an apologetic look replacing the sneering, disgusted expression they had before.

"Nothing, Mal. We're sorry."

"Just stop laughing at people! It's really not that funny-"

She was interrupted by the sound of Felix's phone giving a loud noise of notification. He pulled out his phone and stared at the screen for a few moments.

His eyes went wide, his heart started racing, his legs felt weak, the lump in his throat got bigger. Tears were already filling his eyes.

"M-Mal?"

She turned to his direction almost immediately, which allowed the girls to run away from them as quickly as possible.

His hands trembled and shook, forcing him to hand her the phone weakly as a fear from it falling. She grabbed it from between his fingers gently, then began reading what was on the screen.

And her eyes went wide in shock and despair. 

It was yet another article about her boyfriend.

More students were starting to look into their direction. Mal frantically ignored them and continued to scan the article with her eyes as fast as she could.

The image of Griffin's bitter, hateful face crossed her mind, and the thought of him typing that article himself to make everyone hate Felix caused everything to make sense.

He did it again.

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