Chapter 12: Hate Games.

Shortly after Kim Minsu became the leader,he had a brief meeting with the other trainees. He mostly encouraged them to keep going knowing how hard it was to cope with the training. He urged them to try their best to maintain harmony and if issues arose they should be solved with immediate effect.

He wanted to keep the group intact - that way they would be able to go through everything together. And the members promised to heed to his words except the Roh Yoon-ho and Park James who promised half heartedly. There were subtle conflicts between them, glaring at each other often and looks filled with contempt whenever they spotted each other. They literally couldn't stand each other. Ever heard of fall in hate with each other. Just like love creates sparks between two people their hate created some sparks as well where they felt like they would explode like bombs just to destroy each other.

Park James way of expressing his hate came in form of mocking Roh Yoon-ho in front of the others. Like the previous night while they were having dinner they talked about different scenarios from their experiences in the classes.

Roh Yoon-ho was struggling with dancing and Park James pointed out how he sucked at dancing but masked it as a joke and the others perceived it as a joke and laughed it off. They were roasting each other with no hard feelings but Park James went way too much. Roh Yoon-ho face darkened as the rage flooded him. His hands slammed the table furiously getting everyone by surprise. He got up from his seat and left leaving his untouched food.

Oh Ji-hoon feeling guilty,ran after him only to be brushed off rudely. He came back looking like a lost puppy and ate his food silently.

"Jihoon-ah,what happened?"Moon Ji-hoo asked noticing the change in the young boy's expression.

"Yoon hyung yelled at me.He told me to mind my own business." Before knowing it,tears rolled down his chubby cheeks as he said the words feeling extremely hurt.

"Don't cry Jihoon-ah. Yoon-ho is always like that. He's cold and harsh like winter,"Moon Ji-hoo said comforting him.

"I understand how you feel Jihoon-ah but I feel like behind that cold and harsh personality of his there is a vulnerable insecure boy hiding. Time will unravel his true nature,"Kim Minsu said carefully and the others agreed.

"There's no hiding vulnerable boy. He's just a petty heartless rude ass or more like a spoiled kid ,"Park James commented catching the others by surprise.

"That sounds a little true. He's a little mean. He really smells well so on the second day I tried to ask which perfume he was using or if he'd lend me to just have a sniff of its scent but he just looked me straight in the eye and said ,'No ,I don't share my stuff with others.' It kinda hurt me,"Moon Ji-hoo said chuckling bitterly.

"But sometimes he's kind to me,"Oh Ji-hoon said after calming down a bit.

"Look at you defending him even after he made you cry,"Moon Ji-hoo joked and the others laughed. Oh Ji-hoon was kind of embarrassed for a moment.

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After that dinner incident Roh Yoon-ho planned out his revenge. It was his enemy after all he would take these hate games he was designing for as long as he would.He isn't willing to become some helpless victim who sits back and enjoys the torture. The day he ran away from his home was the day he put an end to being pathetic and being a slave of torture. His mother had been controlling his life way too much that he felt he had to be rebellious if he needed to survive out there.

If it wasn't sneaking to the dining room before others to add excess salt and chilli to Park James' food it was spreading glue on Park James' seat only for him to get stuck. Park James had to eat food to avoid suspicion but found himself eating ominously spicy food and despite his extra abilities his tongue still stung. Everyone knew who had done them all but everytime Roh Yoon-ho denied it. They had no evidence so they couldn't just accuse him.

Using his heightened senses Park James had now started to detect the provoking smell of too much chilli in his food and now Roh Yoon-ho had to up his game. Maybe pour water on the dancefloor during dance practice for Park James to slide and fall on his butt. Roh Yoon-ho smiled sinisterly picturing the scene and the satisfaction he would get.

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On one Sunday evening while they were having dinner Moon Ji-hoo came up with a plan to kill the boredom. Since the training started they had limited access to their phones and they were limited to certain activities so boredom was inevitable whenever they found themselves free. Moon Ji-hoo somehow brought an empty glass bottle and suggested a game of Truth or Dare and everyone seemed to be agreeing with his idea till Roh Yoon-ho suddenly stood up intending to leave.

"Where are you going?" Moon Ji-hoo asked feeling disappointed.

"I'm not playing so I'm leaving."

"Yoon hyung please stay,"Oh Ji-hoon pleaded giving Roh Yoon-ho puppy eyes and surprisingly the latter submitted to his pleas.

They cleared the table and Moon Ji-hoo centrally placed the bottle and spun and it came to halt pointing at Oh Ji-hoon.

"Truth or Dare?"Moon Ji-hoo asked his voice laced with excitement.

"Truth,"Oh Ji-hoon said palming his face,the anticipation almost killing him.

"Have you ever stolen?"

Oh Ji-hoon looked around nervously and finds everyone's attention on him. He felt a little embarrassed but he still decided to answer to avoid ruining the game.

"Yes. When I was young my grandmother and my mom had a joint restaurant and I used to steal special meals designed for customers,"he confessed kicking his legs under the table like a nervous kid.

Seeing no one faltered by his confession,he confidently spun the bottle which stopped at Baek Hyun-jun. Baek Hyun-jun seemed calm and composed like his usual self.

"Truth Or Dare?"

"Truth,"Baek Hyun-jun replied confidently, folding his arms across his chest looking at the youngest intently.

"What's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done or has ever happened to you?"

"Well ,I don't have many embarrassing scenarios in my life but I have this one,"Baek Hyun-jun paused making a thinking face,"I forgot to zip up my pants and I was at the front doing a presentation."

"That's so embarrassing. What happened after that?" Oh Ji-hoon asked his eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"You get to ask only one question,"Baek Hyun-jun pointed out making Oh Ji-hoon pout his lips in disappointment.

Baek Hyun-jun spun the bottle and it stopped right in front of Roh Yoon-ho.

"Truth Or Dare?"

"Truth."

"Have you had your first kiss yet?"

"No,"Roh Yoon-ho answered quickly. The attention didn't linger on him for long and he almost jumped with excitement when the bottle halted at Park James.

"Truth Or Dare?"

"Dare,"Park James said boldly.

So far none of them had attempted to do a dare. Only a bold person like Park James would dare to do a dare. Maybe because he didn't fear anything. Even if you dared him to yell at the CEO he would do it without the least bit of hesitation. Roh Yoon-ho was getting more excited .He felt like the heavens were helping him in administering his revenge. He had decided to go extreme and the next thing he said shocked everyone in the room.

"I dare you to kneel down on the floor for five minutes,"he stated with an evil smirk plastered on his face.