jooheon came back from the others and sat down by the couple.

"did you tell hoseok that you're dating kihyun?" he asked y/n.

"nope. i mean, i wouldn't think he would care anyway."

"plus, she can't. if she does, he will probably tell people, and they'll tell others and, you know what i mean?" kihyun added on, sighing.

"but he's your friend. he won't-"

"ohh, you wanna go there?" she snapped back, laughing. "trust me. i know all friends don't keep secrets."

the rest of the group came back with the drinks, passing them all out to everyone.

"it's so sad to see you guys leave; the first semester hasn't ended yet!" hoseok started, sipping his drink.

"at least you have y/n." changkyun continued.

"stop it, he has his senior friends to hang out with; we only hang out in elective anyways." she told him, chuckling.

"that's true. i guess having a freshman as a friend isn't so bad as i thought it would be." hoseok replied. "usually, a lot of the upperclassmen hate the freshmen, including me; i'm not fond of freshmen except for y/n."

"i'm sure there are others that you'd like to be friends with!" y/n hid her face behind her hands.

after the group finished their drinks, they headed out of the shop.

"this sucks, but i'll hopefully see you guys soon." hoseok told the boys, hugging them individually. they hugged him back, being sad at the same time.

"we'll hopefully see you soon, though!" shownu said.

"good luck with training, and i'll be watching your debut!" he told them, opening his car door. "fighting!"

"bye, hoseok!" the boys waved, walking away from him. y/n was left behind with hoseok, sighing that the trainees had to go because of some company things.

"so, heading home?" hoseok asked.

"yeah. can i get a ride home?"

"sure."

hoseok entered the driver's side while she entered the passenger side of the car. he started the engine and drove to her house, which was nearby. he remembered each turn and street, which surprised but creeped her out at the same time.

"well, we're here." he said, parking the car on the curb in front of her house. "damn, this reminds me of when we used to 'date'."

"although it was fake, i haven't felt that special in a long time. and for some reason, i feel thankful."

"to this day, i feel guilty for playing you like that. i'm surprised you accepted me to be your friend again, and you can joke around about it."

"yeah. it's all good, don't worry."

"haha. anyways, i'll see you tomorrow then?"

"as always."

she exited the car and walked up to her front door. she looked back and saw that he was still there.

"thanks for today." she said, smiling. he smiled back.

"anytime, bye, y/n!"

"haha. bye, hoseok!"

hoseok started the engine again and drove away. y/n sighed, unlocking the door with her keys.

it sucks having a low-key relationship when i can have a public one. y/n thought to herself, reminiscing the times she spent with hoseok in that phase back then. although she had good times with him, she wished she could do the same with kihyun.