|forty-three|

|SunMi's POV|

"SeongHwa—don't do anything stupid." I grab his arm as he attempts to lunge toward JongHo.

"Nothing stupid—why the hell wouldn't I do something stupid? I trusted him with you. I trusted my best friend—my little sister—to him and he goes and does the most unforgivable thing ever. He couldn't ruined everything for you. He could've made all your hard work go down the drain and you're telling me to not do something stupid." SeongHwa spins around to face me. He pries my hand off of his arm and forces me to step back.

"SeongHwa—go cool off with YeoSang." HongJoong quickly steps up and pulls SeongHwa away from both JongHo and me.

"I'm not going to cool off anywhere. That ass could've ruined her life. Sun could've gone through hell because of him. He wouldn't be affected by it nearly as much as she would. Do you have any idea how something like that can affect her body?" SeongHwa struggles to break free of HongJoong, but YunHo steps up to help keep him back.

"I don't even know what the hell is going on, but goddammit, SeongHwa, quit it." WooYoung steps in between the three of us. He places his hands on SeongHwa's shoulders and looks him in the eyes.

"How can I quit? He betrayed me in so many ways—I could've got over him dating her. In fact, I was pretty close to getting over him not telling me, but this—I can't get over this. Why the hell wouldn't you wear a condom you asshole?" SeongHwa snaps as the others get to their feet to step in.

"SeongHwa, listen to me—it isn't his fault." I move toward him and take his face in my hands.

"Of course, it's his fault. It's always going to be his fault." SeongHwa's expression softens a bit as he meets my gaze.

"Just let him punch me and get it over with." JongHo moves me back from SeongHwa and stands in front of him.

"How about we all just sit down and discuss things? Once we've throughly discussed it, we can decide what to do then. Okay?" HongJoong tries to take control of the situation as I grab JongHo's arm and pull him back.

"Fine. Get off of me." SeongHwa throws HongJoong and YunHo off of him.

JongHo leads me toward the tv. He motions for me to sit on the ground in front of it before doing the same. We both watch hesitantly as SeongHwa falls down on the couch in front of us. He glares at JongHo as the others sit around him.

"Okay, so let's calmly address what this is about." HongJoong attempts to keep things as civil as he can.

"No, it doesn't matter what you think, SeongHwa. I'm not a baby anymore. I can date whoever I want. I can do whatever I want. It wasn't JongHo's fault. It was mine. My anxiety pills are what gave me a false positive. He didn't. I am an adult now, SeongHwa. I can take care of myself. I can make my own decisions and my own mistakes. Don't take this out on just him. It was both of us." I get to my feet and stand my ground. I shouldn't have to walk on eggshells around him. He's the one who helped me gain enough confidence to even go out with JongHo, so why should I let him try and take that all away from me again?

"I told you to let me take the blame. You don't need more stress on you. It'll only cause more problems for you. I can handle it." JongHo grabs my arm and forces me to face him.

"Just let me punch him once. If I punch him I'll get it out of my system. Just one punch. Is that really too much to ask? I mean he could've knocked up my best friend and little sister." SeongHwa mumbles as he crosses his arms.

"One punch—just not my face." JongHo sighs as he slips passed me to approach SeongHwa.

"Goddammit. I can't punch you. No matter how much I want to, I can't. If I was so worried about something like this happening, I shouldn't have introduced her to you guys. I shouldn't have flaunted her around. I'm mad, but at least it was a false alarm." SeongHwa groans as he tosses his head back. He stares up at the ceiling.

"I'm sorry, SeongHwa. I really am. I didn't mean for anything like this to happen." JongHo kneels down in front of him and lowers his head.

"Get your ass up and hug me." SeongHwa kicks him in the knee softly to get his attention.

JongHo smiles softly as he gets back on his feet. SeongHwa stands up and takes JongHo in his arms.

"I swear to god if you do manage to actually get her pregnant before she's ready, I will strangle you and drop you in the ocean so no one will ever find your body. Do you understand me?" SeongHwa tangles his fingers in JongHo's hair and forces him to stay put until he's done threatening him.

"Sounds great. Just promise me that if you do end up tossing me in the ocean that I'm not wearing anything expensive." JongHo manages to pull away from SeongHwa.

"No promises." SeongHwa shakes his head.

"Hwa, I'm sorry." I whisper as he glances up at me.

"Promise me that you'll tell me if something happens. You don't have to be afraid to tell me something—only JongHo does." SeongHwa hugs me one last time before taking a shaky breath and making his way toward his room—more than likely to cool off.

"I promise." I whisper softly as I watch him disappear behind the door.

"Well—now that murder is no longer a worry, I'm glad you two finally told us so we didn't have to hide it anymore. Second, I don't think we should JongHo in a room alone with SwongHwa for a few days. Third, I'm glad you're okay." HongJoong makes his way toward me and hugs me tightly.

"Okay, but seriously—JongHo—watch your back. He's not going to forget about this for awhile." MinGi pats JongHo on the back and slips passed him.

"Keep that thing in your pants or SeongHwa might chop it off." YeoSang chuckles as he brushes passed JongHo.

"Have you told the girls yet?" WooYoung asks as he nudges HongJoong. HongJoong gets the hint and moves so WooYoung can hug me.

"That's where we're off to next." I mumble as I return WooYoung's embrace.

"Good luck." YunHo ruffles my hair as WooYoung releases me.

"I'll probably need it. Aera might murder me for not telling her sooner. You know what might make it a little easier on me? HongJoong, you wanna come with? JuHee would literally never be mad at me if she got to hug you." I laugh in attempt to ease my own anxiety.

"Hey, she has me to hug. Leave him out of this." JongHo shakes his head as he grabs my hand and leads me toward the door.

"See you later, Sun! JongHo, your ass better be back here by ten." HongJoong laughs as he waves from the kitchen.