Their bittersweet album was coming along well, as well as the music video for one of their songs. Unfortunately, everything had to be postponed due to Chanhee losing his voice temporarily. Everyone had to constantly reassure him that they didn't mind the setback.

"Hey everyone, it's your boy, Haknyeon. Joining me today is Chanhee. Unfortunately, he can't speak, but he insisted on doing a live with me." Chanhee looked at the comments then showed a few to Haknyeon. "Chanhee is thrilled to see the encouraging comments from all of you. It means a lot." Chanhee nodded then made a heart with his hands. After a while, Haknyeon ended the live then let out a sigh. "I hope your voice comes back soon." Chanhee nodded then started writing. "You're going to go rest? Alright, I'll inform the others." Haknyeon left the room then headed over to the room the others were in. "Chanhee is resting so, let's keep it down." The others nodded then went back to playing Jenga. "Ah! You lose, Eric! You have to do the punishment." Everyone excitedly watched Eric down a small cup of lemon garlic juice then run out of the room. "Was it too much for him?" Jacob asked as he stood up to go check on Eric. "I'll come with you, Jacob." Everyone watched the Canada couple exit then set up to play another round of Jenga.

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Haknyeon eventually stood up then left after the game of Uno finished. "I'm going to check on Chanhee. I'll be back." He walked upstairs then walk into the room that was just above the one he was just in. "Chanhee, are yo-" He looked around but Chanhee was nowhere to be seen. "Maybe he went to the restroom." He checked in the restroom but he wasn't there either. "Was he kidnapped?!" Haknyeon ran downstairs then swung open the door. Everyone looked up at him, wondering what the hell was going on with him. "Chanhee isn't there. Yes, I checked the restroom and all other rooms too." Everyone looked at each other with faces full of worry.

"He doesn't go off on his own without telling anyone. This has to be a joke." Hyunjoon said as he slammed his fist onto the table, surprising everyone and knocking some cards off the table. Hyunjoon's phone started ringing and he was quick to answer it. "Hello? Oh, okay. Okay. See ya." Everyone looked at Hyunjoon waiting for answers. "That was the manager. He's out with Chanhee buying food for all of us and he forgot to tell someone he was leaving." "Don't scare us like that, Haknyeon." Sangyeon scolded. "Sorry..."

They heard the door open and saw Chanhee come in with various fruits and drinks. "We...practice...?" Hyunjoon shushed Chanhee then slid a notepad and a pen over to him. "Write it down." Chanhee rolled his eyes then started writing down what he wanted to say. "Yeah. Are you feeling up to it?" Chanhee gave them a thumbs up then started picking up a few fruits. Soon the fruits were devoured and they planned to go practice after letting the fruits digest for a bit.

"Younghoon, you're still not doing it right. Carefully watch me." Changmin started doing the motions slowly while looking at the mirror to see if he was paying attention. "Got it? Now try it again." Changmin carefully watched as Younghoon went through the motions. "It's not perfect, but it's good enough for now. Keep practicing when you have time." Haknyeon looked at Younghoon to see if the older was okay with how harsh Changmin was to him. No one said a word during the rest of their practice session.

Juhaknyeon noticed Changmin and Sunwoo had slipped out of the practice room while the rest were oblivious. He worried that Changmin might try something again but he couldn't leave as he was helping Chanhee. "I hope everything is okay."

Sunwoo crossed his arms then leaned against the wall. "What?" "I heard your conversation the night before. He said 'Take it' more than once. Why?" Sunwoo snorted then glared at Changmin. "None of your business. You've been real creepy since our day out at Everland." Changmin chuckled then slammed his hand on the wall next to Sunwoo. "I always get what I want. I don't care what I have to do to get it." "Are you seriously going to commit murder just for a boy?" Changmin raised an eyebrow then pushed up from the wall. "Maybe. Watch your back, Sunwoo." "Changmin, I'm sure you've already lost the race." Changmin quickly turned around then grabbed Sunwoo by the collar. "You sure have a mouth, don't you? You should learn when to shut up." Changmin let him go then went back into the practice room. "Crazy ass..."

Haknyeon saw Changmin come back in then Sunwoo a few seconds later. He noticed neither looked the same way they left, especially Sunwoo. "Did they have a fist fight...?" "Like...this?" He immediately turned back to Chanhee then showed him the move again. He noticed Chanhee  had started writing on a notepad then held it up for him to see. "Why are you staring at Sunwoo? Does someone have feelings?" "N-No. It's just that he and Changmin are secretly at each other's throats so I was worried that something bad might've happened out there..." Chanhee chuckled then started writing again. "Sounds like you care about him." "Of course I do. He's a fellow group member and a friend." Chanhee rolled his eyes then wrote something else down. "You know exactly what I meant by caring about him. I saw you two back at Everland." This made Haknyeon blush and Chanhee let out a laugh followed by a cough. "I don't know what you mean." Chanhee once again started writing. "Don't play dumb. I saw that kiss. You looked pretty into it." "Hey!" Haknyeon hit Chanhee on the arm then glared at him. Chanhee shrugged then went back to practicing.

They all arrived back home and immediately took off for their beds. "Jaehyun." "Hm?" "I feel a hollow spot inside of me. I don't know what it is and how long it's been there." "You'll be fine." Haknyeon stared up at the bed above him then rolled onto his side. Sure enough, there sat the stuffed toy looking at him. "I was supposed to give you back, but you ended up back here." He felt a smile creep onto his face as he held the stuffed toy. "I hate how cute you look." He then thought of Sunwoo back at Everland as he was playing the crane game. "That fool, he couldn't even hide the smile on his face as he received the prize..." He let out a sigh then rolled back onto his back. "I never did properly turn him down did I? Maybe I should..." He felt something pull inside as he thought of letting Sunwoo down. "What was that...I must be imagining things." He looked at the time on his phone. It read 1:07am. "Would he even be up? Well, probably not. I'll do it tomorrow." He covered himself with his blanket then closed his eyes as he held the stuffed toy close.

a/n: don't forget to vote, share and comment! what to write here...i wonder what the stuffed toy is.