no," Beomgyu turned around after seeing the stranger, "I don't have anything to say to him."

"Please," the boy grabbed onto Beomgyu's arm, "It won't take long."

"Just leave me alone Felix," the younger turned to face him, "I know you were in on her plan,"

"Oh! That's the boy you pinned down," Kai gasped, "I knew he looked familiar."

"Please," Felix pleaded, "I want to make it up to you."

"Fine," Beomgyu huffed and pulled out his phone, "but I'm setting a timer for five minutes and then I'm leaving."

"Thank you, but," Felix gazed at Kai, "Can it be just us two?"

"Hey," Kai frowned, "Anything you have to say to Beomgyu, you can say to me too."

"Thanks Kai," Beomgyu smiled at him and Kai smiled back, "but I'll be ok. Just go back and meet with the others."

"O-oh," Kai sighed warily, "Ok, I guess I'll see you later."

Felix watched the black haired boy leave before turning back to Beomgyu, "First, I wanted to apologize. I feel really bad."

"Is that why you went through with it?" the golden haired boy asked.

"Jennie isn't actually my cousin. My sister is her friend and she told me that Jennie was looking for a boy to help her out with some sort of scheme and was willing to pay a lot of money. I had just lost my job recently and was behind on my car note so I agreed to meet her."

"So you tried to end my career over a car?" Beomgyu asked sarcastically.

"I didn't like the plan, but I couldn't loose my car or my boyfriend would of killed me. Plus, the way she worded it, it wasn't a plan to hurt your career, only to revive hers. The original plan changed a good bit. After you left, she gave me the money and told me she would do one favor for me since my face was also being involved," His eyes lit up, "and I thought of a perfect way to get revenge on her."

"What would I gain from hurting her?" Beomgyu crossed his arms.

"Satisfaction, relief, getting even," Felix started a list.

"Not interested," Beomgyu replied bluntly, "We already got our own plan to overcome the damage that you guys caused. If I started to fight back, it would only make things worse."

"Just hear me out for a moment," the boy pulled out his phone and opened up his notes, "I already have it all planned out. All you have to do is do what I say."

"How do I know this isn't another scheme with Jennie to hurt me even more?" Beomgyu tapped his foot, becoming impatient.

"Why would she want to hurt herself?" Felix tilted his head.

"True, I guess it's a plan to get your own revenge against her then," the golden brown haired boy stated.

"My revenge?" the shorter questioned him.

"Mhm," Beomgyu nodded his head, "You didn't want your face to pop up all over the internet, but Jennie refused to listen to you right? If you want revenge on her, then do it yourself."

"Beomgyu, please" Felix pleaded.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

"Oh, would you look at the time," Beomgyu pulled out his phone and shut off his alarm, "Goodbye Felix." Beomgyu ran before the other could say anything else, leaving the orange haired boy alone.

-

"Ok," Yeonjun closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "What is wrong with you two?" He placed down three cups of coffee on the table. They decided to go back to the Summer Cafe. Yeonjun hoped if he gave them some sort of treat they would be more willing to participate.

"Soobin is what's wrong," Taehyun side-eyed him as he took a sip of his drink.

"See, this is what I have to deal with," Soobin widened his eyes, "He's been a brat lately."

"He's been a brat lately," Taehyun mocked him under his breath. Yeonjun sighed. This was going to be more difficult than he thought.

"Can we please take this seriously?" Yeonjun grabbed both of their hands, "Our careers are on the line if we don't fix this."

Taehyun gulped and let his gaze fall to the ground, "Sorry."

"Yeah," Soobin nodded, "What he said."

"Good enough," Yeonjun let them both go, "Now, who wants to go first? Tell us what's really wrong." It was quiet. "Thank you for volunteering, Taehyun!" Yeonjun got tired of waiting, "Now tell us what's on your mind."

Taehyun played with the handle of his mug, "I, uhh, well the problem is-"

"Yo!" The three boys all turned to see none other than Kai walking towards them. "Beomgyu and that other guy wanted to talk alone, so I decided to come to join you guys."

"How did you find us? We never told you we were coming here," Yeonjun asked, as the younger took a seat next to him.

A grin spread across Kai's lips, "Snapchat Maps!"

"Riigghhtt," Taehyun bit his lip, "Anyways, Soobin, I wanted to ask how you found out about, you know." His face started to turn red.

"You mean your stupid crush on Beomgyu?" the older rolled his eyes, "I heard Kai tell Yeonjun about it."

"What?" Taehyun snapped and glared at Kai.

"I-I know your love life isn't a game," Kai attempted to hide his face under his hands, "but I still wanted my five dollars. How else am I supposed to buy Boba Tea?"

"Unbelievable," Taehyun scoffed.

"What's unbelievable is that you like him in the first place," Soobin sneered, "You don't have a chance with him."

"You act like I don't know that already," Taehyun sighed and took another sip of his drink, "What about you? Do you like him?"

"Of course not," Soobin shook his head, and Taehyun noticed he started to blush,"I'm not delusional and I know he's not gay."

Taehyun smiled and let out a small laugh, "If that's the case, then why did you ask Beomgyu to flirt with you on stage?"

"I-it wasn't like that," Soobin rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, ok," Taehyun replied and it got silent once again. "Actually, you're right," he suddenly exclaimed, causing Kai to jump, "You can't like Beomgyu, because you left him alone. If you actually cared about him, you never would of done that." Soobin clenched his fists and looked like he was about to punch the other, but let out a long breath and relaxed again.

"It's ok to tell them," Yeonjun reassured the younger, "You shouldn't feel embarassed about it."

"I just, I'm scared of the dark, ok," Soobin spat out.

"Ooohh scary monsters and ghosts," Kai teased him.

"No," Soobin looked down at his hands, "People."

"What do you mean?" Taehyun looked at him.

"Well," Soobin looked back at him, "I guess I have no choice but to explain what happened."

-

When Soobin was a little kid, around eleven or twelve, he used to be fascinated by the night sky. The stars always kind of spoke to him. He would beg his mom to go outside during the dark hours, but she always refused. She said the world was too dangerous for a boy his age to wander around. The boy would be throw little temper tantrums but she still would never budge. Soobin would complain to his friends about it at school until one day his best friend at the time, Han Jisung, gave him, what Soobin thought, was the best idea ever-to sneak out. So, that's what he did.

That night Soobin set an alarm for two-thirty am. He remembers unlocking his window, his heart beating fast, he knew he shouldn't be doing this, but he's been waiting to do this for a long time. He jumped out his first floor window and fell down in the dewy grass. He looked up at the stars and smiled, it was beautiful. He got up and ran down the sidewalk, not having a certain destination in mind, and let the stars guide him. His adventure was stopped when he bumped into a man and fell over.

"What is a kid like you doing out here so late?" the man asked in a hushed voice. Soobin looked up at him. The man was wearing a funny mask that made him smile, it was a hybrid of a cat and dog.

"I just like nighttime," Soobin got up and dusted himself off.

"What about it do you like? the man asked, his whisper-like voice sending a chill down Soobin's spine.

"Everything!" the boy's eyes sparkled, "but if I had to pick what I like the most it would be the sky. When I get big and old I'm going to become an astronaut!"

"An astronaut huh?" the man snickered, "I have a friend who is an astronaut. Would you like to meet him?"

"Would I?" the boy jumped up and down.

"Just follow me," the man led him to a more secluded part of the neighbourhood, close to the woods. Soobin knew not to talk to strangers, but he was young, dumb, and blinded by enthausim. The man stopped at a certain tree and pulled out what looked like a baseball bat. It was at that moment Soobin realized there was no astronaut, the man was trying to hurt him. He tried to run away, but the man grabbed his collar and hit him in his knees, causing him to topple over. Soobin screamed as loud as he could, hoping someone would hear him and come rescue him. The man hit him again in the back causing Soobin to now bury his face in the dirt. He screamed again. The man lifted the bat once more and aimed for his head this time. Soobin braced himself for impact but before anything happened he, heard yelling. He looked in the direction the noice was coming from to see a family, that had apparently been camping, rush towards him. Soobin looked up to see the man's reaction, but he was already gone.

The next morning he was arrested for numerous accounts of murder. Apparently Soobin wasn't his first victim. He was known as the Cat and Dog Serial Killer. Soobin confessed to his mom everything that had happened and he was scolded for hours. Ever since then Soobin refuses to go outside during the night.

-

The boys were quiet after Soobin had finished explaining his story. Nobody knew what to say.

"Soobin, I'm sorry," Taehyun squeezed his hands together, "I had no idea."

"Obviously," Soobin eyed him, "I didn't want anyone to know."

"The Cat and Dog killer," Kai talked quietly, "I've heard of him. I heard he left either a cat or dog plushie at every crime scene. They finally caught him after two years and you were the one that caught him?"

Soobin shook his head, "It was that family that found me, they called the police right away and nearly chased him down while doing it."

"Wow," Kai breathed.

"Anyways, Taehyun," Yeonjun changed the direction of the conversation, "Is there anything else you would like to tell Soobin?"

"I guess the last thing I want to ask is why you tried to fight Beomgyu," Taehyun answered.

"I believed Jennie's story. I'm dumb and trusted a complete stranger over my good friend because I thought it wasn't realistic enough. But I quickly realized I was wrong and apologized."

"Ah ok that's good," Taehyun smiled, "That's all I have to say."

"What about you Soobin?" Yeonjun turned to him.

"I don't have anything to ask," Soobin stated, "but you really need to stop acting like Beomgyu is yours. You get jealous and defensive over everything that even remotely involves him. It's not cute, just annoying. I'm sure even if Beomgyu was gay, he wouldn't date you just because of that. That's all." Taehyun nodded without saying anything.

"So are you guys cool now?" Yeonjun asked, looking between the two boys.

"I guess," Soobin shrugged and Taehyun just nodded again.

"Great, now hug it out," Kai chirped in. The two boys did as they were told, but quickly pulled away. "To celebrate, we should all have a big sleepover at my mom's house tomorrow!"

"That sounds fun," Taehyun giggled.

"What about our classes?" Yeonjun asked.

"Tomorrow is Wednesday right?" Soobin pulled out his phone, "We have some classes that day, but none are too late, and we don't have any classes Thursday morning, so it all works our perfectly."

"I guess if Beomgyu is ok with it, we can have one," Yeonjun nodded.

"Yay!" Kai clapped his hands together, "This is going to be so much fun!"

"Of course," Taehyun smiled, "We can plan out everything later. Right now, we should head back to school. Our English class starts in twenty minutes."

"Oh, you're right!" Yeonjun jumped out of his chair, "I didn't even notice."

"You guys go on ahead," Soobin smiled at them, "I'm going to order another drink before I go."

"You sure?" Taehyun asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," He reassured them, "I'll meet you guys there." They all smiled and waved goodbye to him. Soobin sighed once he was alone. "Wednesday night, huh?" the dark brown haired boy muttered under his breath, "That'll be when I make sure Beomgyu doesn't want to see you anymore."