Everyone was back from their short vacation. They were sitting in the meeting room. The atmosphere was tense. Hongjoong looked at San. "San, she is officially fired. They took her cell phone and deleted everything. Our IT team is making sure she can't post anything either. I don't quite understand why she's doing all this. It doesn't make sense that she has a fan account of yours but is only here to get you back."

"I don't know either. She seemed so unstable. On the one hand, she wanted me for herself and apparently she was really willing to put up with anything for that. She... She saw that I liked Wooyoung and imitated him in some things.... She used him and would continue to do so. She fucking suggested a threesome.... There's something wrong with her. I don't know why she's so obsessed with me. When we broke up back then, she hated me. Called me a dirty faggot because I had no sexual interest in her," San said and everyone in the room blinked. "You broke up with her because you had no sexual interest in her?" Yunho asked, perplexed.

"On the one hand, and on the other because I became a trainee. But what can I do about it. I even looked at different porns and didn't get an errection. When I tried again, it only worked when I concentrated on the men...", San confessed.

"Wait! You want to tell us that you were gay the whole time and made Wooyoung suffer for nothing?" Yeosang asked incredulously.

"I had my reasons," grumbled San, annoyed. Wooyoung put a hand on his shoulder and San became quiet.

"It's not that important now. San, I think her ego didn't agree with her not liking you, but Wooyoung. I think she got a little hung up on it and wanted to do anything to compensate for her feelings, no matter if it hurt you. That's why she took the pictures. She probably wanted to have something on you if need be. But why some things were published on the fan account doesn't quite make sense yet." Hongjoong looked around.

"Maybe she made the recordings to sell them? To a sasaeng? And that's why they were published?" Jongho speculated. "Maybe she needed money."

"Or maybe she wanted to hurt San's reputation so that she had more chances and could be there for him during this difficult time?" Yeosang added.

"Maybe she only made the recordings at the beginning for pleasu-" - 'Please be quiet, darling,' said Yunho with a sigh and covered Mingi's mouth.

"Maybe we should keep an eye out for the fan account after all," Hongjoong said before getting up and leaving the room. Seonghwa followed him and put an arm around the leader's shoulder.

There was an oppressive silence and San felt as if he was going to throw up again. He was afraid everything would come crashing down on him. His career, everything he had worked for, just because of his feelings. Just because he wasn't what the others wanted him to be. Just because he loved Wooyoung.

"San, don't worry about it. It'll be fine," Wooyoung said reassuringly, but he heard awkwardness in his voice. He was nervous. Because of his family? If any of this got out, he'd only have his little brother left. His career? Money for his family would be gone. Even if he didn't have the best relationship.

San stroked Wooyoung's knee. Together with Wooyoung and the others, they would manage. After all, they were his second family.

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