"How's your art project going?" Hyunsoo asked like always, usually Renjun would have a quick 'great' as his answer but this time he remained quiet. He had just brought her back from the agency and as she took off her shoes she looked up at the boy.

"Well?" She asked, a lace of concern visible in her eyes.

"Great, I should probably get done with it soon, I already have three clients this week," Renjun said, it wasn't something normal to him, he was used to having one client per week but this time he knew he had loads of work to do.

"You can do it, don't feel burdened," Hyunsoo told him and he nod.

"I'll take care of cooking today then," Hyunsoo said and took off her grey overcoat before rolling up her white sleeves, followed by tying her hair up.

"That's alright-"

"It's okay, I'm not too tired today so I can do, you go start with your project till then," Hyunsoo said and left before giving him a reassuring smile. Renjun bit the corner of his lips, eyes frowning as he took a deep breath to calm the feelings rushing in him. Once Renjun got to his room, he looked at the calendar on his phone, it had been two days since the day when Wontaek was supposed to put out the video but he still hadn't, Renjun kept in his little smirk knowing the man was nothing short of afraid.

The boy plopped down on his bed, not in the mood to draw as he scrolled through his phone, he was the one to rummage through the sports news more often than anything else but for the first time, he searched for a different category- the fashion industry.

Without any doubts, his eyes softened on seeing the first news to be about Hyunsoo's contract with Elle magazine, he didn't even realise the small smile he had on his face was out of pride, he was happy for her. He knew he couldn't see that happiness fall down and so he did what he planned to for quite some time now.

He texted a certain number that responded to his messages within the span of a minute.

- Go there tomorrow, if anything happens, call me up.

- Now worries, I've tracked him down anyway, he leaves for her house every morning only to come back disappointed, he never takes the iPad with him though, I'll make my move then.

At the message, Renjun bit back the smirk that was to appear on his face, he wasn't one to fight and argue and so this was the only option to him. He didn't want to initiate rage on anyone, not even Wontaek, so he did what he always saw as lowly, he set one of the guy's he knew to track Wontaek, only to take up the gadget the boy has the videos in and delete them.

He went back to the last page, scrolling down through the news till his eyes came back to the picture from that morning. Him holding Hyunsoo's hand, face covered while Hyunsoo had her head down.

Comments raged progressively as people were begging to know who it was that could be so close to Hyunsoo, always having see her from afar. One of the comments fueled Renjun as he read through all of them.

- Guess she's got a new fuck buddy now.

It reminded Renjun of how no matter what one achieves there would still be people after you to bring you back down to square one.

Renjun didn't even realise his bedroom door opened and that someone was walking towards him, as he struggled to push his body off the comfortable bed, he let out a scream when he saw Hyunsoo, a huge mask on her face, one that resembled an alien, to top it off, she had knives in her hands that she used to make her look scary enough.

Waves of laughter erupted the room as Hyunsoo slid off the mask while Renjun's heart was at the verge of failing.

"Don't do that," Renjun scolded though it sounded very much like whining.

"Definitely won't next time," Hyunsoo said, holding onto her waist as she laughed her heart out, Renjun couldn't help but break into a smile as well, laughing embarrassed at himself for getting so easily scared.

"Okay let's stop making fun of Renjun, he's sad now," Renjun spoke in third person while trying to bring Hyunsoo out of the room with him.

"Aww, tell Renjun that Hyunsoo is sorry~" Hyunsoo sang while little chuckles sounded as she walked back to the kitchen and brought out some of the plates for Renjun and herself.

Hyunsoo was serving food for the both of them when she remembered the things she saw in his room, that portrait that he drew, though the picture he started with was of a different model, what caught her attention was that he drew her face on it, it made her think back to what Kim told her and she bit the inside of her cheek at the memory, she knew the things that happened between them were all risks taken head on.

She only hoped none of it would ruin the friendship they started with.

To Be Continued...