Jaehyun chatted with Marie and cracked a joke, causing her to laugh cutely. Changhyun watched from afar as he gripped the edge of the wall tightly. His knuckles started to turn white the longer he looked.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Jaejun asked, scaring Changhyun.

"Nothing. When did you get here?" Changhyun asked as he tried to push Jaejun in the other direction.

"I've been here for a while. And why are you pushing me? What in the world did you see?" asked Jaejun as he slipped out of Changhyun's hold and peered around the corner. "Oh, it's just Marie and Jae."

Changhyun internally sighed then walked away. He then stopped then ran around the corner and towards Jaehyun and Marie who genuinely seemed surprised by his appearance.

"Hey-" Jaehyun started then stumbled back when Changhyun punched him in the face. "What the fuck?"

"Changhyun, what did you do that for!?" Marie shouted before checking Jaehyun's face.

"Asshole. How could you flirt with Marie?" Changhyun said angrily.

"Who said-" Jaehyun started then watched as Changhyun stormed off. "What the hell...?"

"Changhyun's been weird lately hasn't he...?" asked Marie softly.

"Yeah..." replied Jaehyun then noticed Jaejun walking over to them. "What was that all about...?"

"Don't know. He was staring at you both when I walked over to him and he freaked out." said Jaejun as he looked down the hall where Changhyun went.

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Jaehyun conversed with his classmates then noticed Youngwoong walking over to him.

"Woong! Ready to get lunch?" Jaehyun said happily.

"Yeah. Jun's waiting for us." he replied while pulling me from the others.

"What about Chang?" asked Jaehyun.

"Irrelevant. I mean, he's doing something irrelevant." replied Youngwoong as he led the way to the Courtyard of Death.

"You know, why is it called Courtyard of Death?" Jaehyun asked as the courtyard came into the view.

"Wish I knew. Ah, there's Jun." said Youngwoong as he pulled him into the courtyard.

They sat at one of the tables and started to share lunch as they usually did. It didn't feel the same for Jaehyun as Changhyun wasn't with them. He got up from his seat and went to look for Changhyun seeing as the other two didn't seem to care.

"Where are you going?" Jaejun asked.

"Restroom." Jaehyun lied before jogging back into the building.

After asking around, Jaehyun poked his head into the empty classroom where Changhyun ate alone. He silently watched for a bit to see if he could be approached.

"Chang." Jaehyun called out as he walked over to him.

"Asshole." Changhyun replied without looking up.

"You've been weird lately. Suddenly getting upset when we want the same thing or accusing me of tricking you so I could get something. Not to mention today with Marie." said Jaehyun sadly. He was terribly worried about Changhyun. "What's going on?"

"What's going on is that you have no consideration for others. And it's disgusting. Not to mention you like to show off and try to impress others in our year. What the hell you've got to show? We're in year 12 for fucks sake." Changhyun said angrily before returning his attention to his lunch. "You even got Woong and Jun against me."

"What? I never said anything to them about you, other than you being weird." Jaehyun retorted, unbelieving of the words coming from Changhyun. "Seriously, what's going on?"

"Could you just stay the fuck away from me!? I'm tired of your rude ass." Changhyun shouted as he rose from his seat.

Jaehyun stood there in silence as Changhyun glared at him. Did he just lose his best friend? Over something stupid? He left the room without another word.

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Youngwoong gave a box of frozen molasses to Jaehyun that looked better and tastier than any of the others he was given. Jaehyun genuinely didn't expect to get one from a guy, let alone Youngwoong. Everyone looked at them as today wasn't exactly the day for casual gifts.

"Woong, today's Roliet day... A day where stars give someone they like romantically frozen molasses..." Jaehyun said softly.

"I know. That's why I gave it to you." Youngwoong replied with a bright smile.

The entire class started to murmur as they waited to see what would happen next. Would Jaehyun return his feelings? Would Youngwoong be rejected? Would someone burst through the door and get in Youngwoong's way like a cliché?

"Let's talk later when we don't have a crowd watching us." said Jaehyun before putting the box away.

The class groaned as they were hoping to see something interesting for once. They headed back to their seats as the teacher had come in. She started to do a head count then sighed.

"Has anyone seen Chae Changhyun?" she asked, specifically looking at Jaehyun, Jaejun and Youngwoong.

The class looked at each other before replying unanimously that they didn't know. She moved to mark him absent until the door opened, revealing a dejected Changhyun. Everyone kept their eyes on him as he quietly apologized to the teacher before making his way to his seat beside Jaehyun.

"Where were you...?" Jaehyun asked quietly.

Changhyun took out his books and ignored Jaehyun. Jaehyun poked and prodded his arm, only to receive no reaction. Changhyun was serious. Their friendship really was over. Jaehyun day back in his seat then covered his face. He didn't want it to be this way, but it seemed as if he really had no other choice. Jaehyun decided to treat him the exact same way.