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5 DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY

Jehyun found it weird as Niommi looked at him with fear this morning. The girl even asked their teacher to change her seat, her not being able to see clearly was her reason. What made even weider was how she would flinch every time she would look at Jin. Almost as if she was scared of him.

Which he would find impossible since the Chinese wouldn't even batt an eye at her. Not only that but the Chinese was quieter than usually.

"Chen, do you know what's wrong with Jin? He's quieter than usual" he turned his head To his best friend who was reading their English textbook. OK, that was weird. Chen doesn't usually read their textbooks nor does he even put any effort in class.

Chen, who was in the middle of reading a story, looked up and blinked cluelessly. "I don't know Hyun. Maybe he has someone beat up someone"

Jehyun blinked twice, trying to catch what the older meant. "what—why? " that was way out of character for Jin. Jin isn't the type to have a fight with someone, he had people to do that for him. "Che—"

"look Hyun" Chen closed his book, "don't try to pry further with Jon. As you can see—" he turned his head To Jin who was twirling his pencil with his right hand, "is just down for today, kay? He'll be fine by tomorrow and he went to the psychiatrist for a quick talk"

This made Jehyun frown. Jin has recently finished his therapy for that. He even said that his doctor said that he was clear. So why would he be experiencing that?

Chen sighed, "look Hyun, you may not know but we do. Although I hate leaving you at the dark but all I can say is you're special to us Hyun. So whatever happens to you has a effect on us. How? Because we've known each other since we were kids Hyun and guess what, what you hate we had as well. My explanation may be a blur but I hope you get the idea"

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"they're acting weird"

Seojun hummed, raising his head a little to look at the lion cub who was lying down next to him. The younger had a deep frown on him as he fiddle with his fingers. "oh, why's that? "

"Jin is being to quiet, Chen is being productive in school, and Hiro is not being all over Jin. " he wondered why his friends were acting that way. They also acted like they were hiding something from him.

Seojun also wondered. They weren't the loud bunch he was accustomed to. "maybe they're being bipolar? " he honestly does not know as well. Joshua, who he became really close with, was no where to be seen today. "oh wait, how about Joshua? Where is he? "

Jehyun shrugged, "I was about to ask that as well. He didn't message us anything"

He found today weird thus the reason why he pulled the grizzly bear from the corridors and brought them to the rooftop. Fortunately for them Jehyun had place a blanket fit for the two of them to lay down.

Seojun went back into his old position, beside Jehyun with his right arm over the younger'S stomach and pulling him close. "they—they should be fine tomorrow"

That wasn't really the case. The next day all of Jehyun's friends were absent, leaving the lion cub by himself. It was fortunate that seojun didn't have any schedule and could go to school. The lion cub spent the first half of the day wondering where his friends were and messaging them in hopes of getting answers.

"Maybe they're just sick Jehyun" Jayden said to the lion and gave the younger one of the two balloons he bought. He planned on giving the other one to Junghoon who was stuck in the council room. The soloist glanced at Seojun who was busy with his phone probably taking to his manager.

"I wish that would be the case Jay but they're not the type to be absent on the same day. Hell Joshua hates skipping school" the younger let out a defeated sigh and slumped his shoulders. "this isn't like them"

He would know that since he's been friends with them since they were diapers, minus Jin who he met during middle school, and Hiro who he met at a summer boot camp. Other than that, he, Chen, and Joshua have been together through thick and thin.

"don't worry lion cub" Seojun chuckled as Jehyun tried to swat away his hand that was ruffling his hair. "we can visit them after school. Well, we can visit Jin since that's the only place I know"

"Hyunie! " Jehyun looked down and watched as a pair of arms wrapped on each of his leg. It was the twins and they looked distraught.

"OK, let him move kids" Seojun made the two toddlers move away from the lion cub who later one crouched to their height.

"Dite, where is your uncle Jin? " he softly asked the older. A deep frown made its way to the girl's face.

"uncle Jinie is with mommy with uncle hoonie shouting at papa in his office! "