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Chapter 55

"C-Come on.. let's eat." Mingyu tried to shake him, and then Seungcheol looks at him. His eyes were swollen red. There are even traces of tears. He's still crying silently. "Is Jeonghan there?" He asked and his voice cracked.

Mingyu gulped with Seungcheol's question. He can't answer him honestly! "U-Uh-"

"He's not here, Cheol hyung. Come on, let's eat. We brought you some food." Wonwoo cuts Mingyu off.

"I don't want to." Seungcheol looked away and stared at the window.

"Cheol hyung, don't be so hard on yourself. Learn how to forget and move on," Wonwoo said and Seungcheol looked at him blankly. "Move on? Forget? Do you know how much hurt I am?"

Wonwoo was stunned with the question. "I know that you're deeply hurt. But don't be so hard on yourself and instead, help yourself! Learn how to live with or without him."

"It's easy for you to say that because it's not you who's on my position right now."

"That's why I'm telling you to help yourself!"

"But how can I help myself when I'm so empty?" Wonwoo was stunned once again. He couldn't answer to that. "How can I help myself if I'm so drained? If I don't have any energy to live on? Tell me, Wonwoo! How can I live if the only reason why I'm living and fighting left me? How?!" Seungcheol bursted into tears that made all of them speechless.

"Just leave," Seungcheol said and looked away. He hugs the picture frame tightly.

"What?" Mingyu stood up, and his forehead creased. "I told you to leave." Seungcheol responded without even looking at Mingyu.

"Ha! We came all over here because we're worried about you and then you'll tell us to leave?!" Mingyu exclaimed.

"Mingyu.." Wonwoo tried to hold him back.

"I didn't told you to come in the first place! You came here by yourselves." Seungcheol responded once again.

"Yah! Just be at least grateful that we still have concern for you! That we still checked you out after what happened yesterday!"

Seungcheol stood up, "So you're saying that I should still be grateful because you still have concern for me? Then don't be concern! If I'm just a bother to you, don't come here anymore!" Seungcheol shouted and pushed Mingyu a bit with anger in his eyes.

"If you can't understand what I'm feeling right now? Just leave.." Seungcheol said, but calmly this time and went back sitting on the floor next to the window.

"Go ahead! Just be an emo here waiting for someone who left you already." Mingyu said sarcastically but Seungcheol clenched his fist.

Seungcheol looked at him straight onto his eyes, "A true friend can understand my pain right now." Seungcheol stood up and went nearer. "I guess I was never your friend in the first place." Seungcheol said before walking away and took the picture frame with him. He left the room and left the three of them dumbfounded.

"Aish!" Mingyu shouted in anger. Wonwoo tries to calm him down, "I'll go after him," Hansol said and immediately ran outside.

"You should've never said those!" Wonwoo said, scolding the younger, aka his boyfriend. "He won't fix himself if we're gonna sugarcoat things!" Mingyu said and walked out. Wonwoo just followed him.

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Hansol didn't caught up with Seungcheol's speed. He called Wonwoo and they decided to get home first. But, Mingyu wants to go to Jihoon's studio and talk with them, so Hansol gave Seungkwan a call and told him to meet up at Jihoon's studio.