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First part of this chapter may be sensitive to some readers. Proceed with caution ;-;

11 years earlier

"Oh my god! A bird!" Wooyoung squeals excitedly as his parents walk through the front door with his butler following close behind them, a medium sized cage in his hand. The medium sized cage contained a small bird with several primary colored feathers. Wooyoung thought it looked beautiful.

"You guys got a bird?!" Wooyoung jumps excitedly, his little 10 year old mind already going on over drive.

The bird squawks loudly at the noise and Wooyoung couldn't help but laugh at it. "It's a conure. Very smart and active little guy. You think you can handle him?" His mother smiles gently at him and runs her hand through his dark brown hair in a motherly way.

"Yes, I can definitely handle him mom" He tries to reach for the cage eagerly. The butler hands it to him and he looks at the small creature through the bars.

"Hey there. We're gonna be best friends ok?" Wooyoung then turns and starts walking off to his room. "Thanks mom, thanks dad!" He yells as he makes his way up the stairs.

"The maid will take care of feeding and cleaning his cage" His mom responds but he was already at the top of the stairs by the time she finished her sentence.

The next 2 weeks went by quickly, at first the bird, whom Wooyoung named Toto, was a bit wary of him as is normal but Wooyoung tried to be patient with it. Soon the bird was comfortable with Wooyoung holding and touching it.

He would invite many of his friends over and show Toto off to them like a proud father. It wasn't until one particular night that a switch of some sort when off in the young boy's head.

Toto always slept with Wooyoung in his room. So as usual in order for Toto to fall asleep Wooyoung put a dark colored blanket over the cage then he went and climbed into his own bed.

Conures being the hyper active birds they were usually didn't fall asleep unless they were drained of energy, Toto still clearly had a lot energy. Because of this fact he continued to squawk even in the dark.

Wooyoung slowly became more and more impatient as the squawks continue. "Shut up!" He yells at the bird and it stays quiet for a few seconds before resuming it's loud squawking.

He finally climbs out of his bed and stomps to the kitchen. He grabs a small knife from the tray of assorted knives then he goes back upstairs.

He rips back the blanket and watches with annoyance as the bird begins hopping around in its cage, moving from one toy to another. "Fine since you won't shut up I guess I'll just help you out" He mutters under his breathe and takes out the bird, holding it in between his hands.

The young boy goes into his bathroom and kneels over the bathtub. He turns on the faucet and runs the bird under it. Toto tries spreading its wings to fly off but Wooyoung grasped it tightly and left the rushing water fall on the defenseless bird.

Then he pulls back when he was sure it was soaking wet and couldn't fly away. He dropped it on the bathtub and watched with amusement as it tried flapping it's wings to fly off. Its little talons clicked on the bathroom in an almost rhythmic way to Wooyoung.

He goes back to his room and grabs the knife he got from the kitchen then returns to his spot in front of the tub.

He grabs one of the bird's wings with his small hand and places the knife along its shoulder then he starts cutting. The bird cried out loudly in pain and confusion and blood began pouring from the cutting.

He started cutting with a deadpanned face, completely void of any remorse or sympathy, and he didn't stop until both wings were off. His hands were covered in blood and he drops the knife next to the weak and half dead bird.

"There-" he says as he stands up and goes to the sink to wash his hands. "Now I can sleep peacefully" He mutters with a content sigh. He dries his hands and switches off the lights then climbs into his bed.

The next day he disposed of the dead bird in his bath tub without anyone finding out and when his parents and friends asked what happened to it he didn't hesitate to make up a lie.

"I forgot to shut the window and he flew out" He would say with a fake sniff and a pout but in his mind he thought, good riddance.

Present time

The cold air blew slightly in different directions and Seonghwa shivers, pulling his coat on tighter. "Thank you and drive safe" Seonghwa turns to the driver and bows curtly.

"No problem. Have a good night" He returns with a smile then drives off. Seonghwa then rushes towards his front door, ready to soak away for the rest of the night in his bath.

He enters the warm confines of his home and he sighs loudly as he takes off his coat and shoes. The day felt extremely long and tiring, his photoshoot from earlier in the day mixed with his interview with a magazine editor. Then there was his little awkward conversation with Yeosang outside his door.

He made his way straight to his room and began undressing, getting ready for a bath. He opens up his phone and was almost taken back by how many notifications he had on all his social media accounts. Twitter, Kakaotalk, Facebook, Instagram etc. He wasn't sure what was happening.

Since he left his tub faucet running he goes to shut it off then sits on top of the closed toilet seat in order to figure what the fuss was about.

He first opens Instagram, he noticed that lot of people, mostly his followers, were tagging him on a post so of course he opens up the post. His eyes widen in shock then they gradually soften with guilt. "Shit..."

He didn't know what to think of the post. It was definitely directed at him. He looked at Yuto's profile with a heavy heart and saw that he did in fact take his name and the fact that he's taken off his bio. His profile was also changed. It used to be a photo of Seonghwa sleeping but now it was a mirror selfie of the Japanese male.

Seonghwa wanted to say that he was hurt about Yuto taking him off his social media so quickly but he knew he was being unreasonable. I broke his heart... If he ever found out that I was cheating on him while we were dating it would crush him even more.

He turns off his phone and resumes getting ready for his bath. It wasn't as relaxing as he wanted it to be because everytime he closed his eyes all he could see was Yuto's downhearted face from the photo or Yeosang's disconcerting face from in the afternoon.

He sighs exasperatedly then pulls himself out of the tub after almost half an hour. He gets dressed in his pajamas then pulls on a white hoodie due to how cold it was that night.

After the ravenette turned off his lights and crawled under his blanket he realized he couldn't sleep. His mind was just jumbled and messy to shut down properly. Seonghwa sits up and runs his hand through his dark hair in annoyance.

His eyes shifts to his phone which sat on his bedside table. He knew it was late but he felt like there was something he needed to do in order to fully move on.

He turns the lights back on and opens up Instagram, making himself comfortable on his bed. He decided to make a quick video addressing the situation. There was a lot of speculation caused by Yuto's post and people were obviously waiting for him to respond. This was his response.

(sis just pretend his hair is black. i spent almost an hour looking for a photo of Seonghwa with black hair and couldn't find any good ones for this situation. the dedication llol)

In the video he says: "Hello so uhm, I know that you all have been very confused these last couple hours and I'm sorry I kept you waiting. First of all Yuto and I-- we're no longer together. It's a story that doesn't really concern anyone so I hope you guys can understand. We.. we decided that we sort of needed a break.. from each other" He sighs softly as he looks up at the camera with a tight lipped smile.

"Thanks to everyone that has been supporting us and I hope that you continue to support us. Goodnight" He ended with a forced smile and a small wave.

After posting he felt a slight weight lift off his chest but he wasn't completely free yet. He still felt like there was one more thing left and that thing scared him to no end.

He ended up also removing Yuto from his bio but he kept following him. Perhaps part of him wanted them to, at the very least, keep being friends even though he knew that it wasn't possible.

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I honestly still can't believe they aren't rookies anymore. It's already been a year?? I still remember when they had their first vlive and I got massive second hand embarrassment when they were 'showing off their cuteness' now they're sunbaes. Ngl I'm highkey like "No..! You're not allowed to grow up wtf 😭"