King of hearts • d.sc

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"Ugh just kill her, why are you taking so long?" Winwin asked Chenle who clicked his tongue at the comment as Haneul couldn't help but let out a laugh, successfully killing off Chenle's character.

"Hey!"

"You were asking for it." Yangyang laughed as he joined Haneul's character. "Don't worry I'll be here if he tries to--." He said before dying at Winwin's bullet. "Never mind."

Haneul began running in the opposite direction to Winwin, all she needs to do complete her mission before she wins the game, killing Winwin is not her priority.

"Why are neither of you killing each other?" Renjun asked as he looked over Winwin's phone. "There's literally two of you, the game will end once one of you kill the other."

"I don't know where he is." Haneul used as an excuse. It was true, she had just learned how to play this game and she has no way to navigate the others.

"There's a map." Yangyang pointed to it on her screen, showing Winwin's green icon on the map.

"Ah I see." She mumbled. She wanted to continue her mission, but the way Yangyang was breathing down her neck made her change her mind. She didn't want to accept defeat, knowing she'll die if she gets with a 5 meter radius of his character. She glanced up at Winwin who returned an innocent grin. She looked down at her phone to find his already character behind her.

"Ack--." She quickly ran away from him, hiding behind a crate.

"You could have just killed her." Renjun shook his head. Winwin's character stood over the crate but Haneul quickly pressed shoot out of panic, killing him.

"Wait what?" Winwin stared at his screen in disbelief. "You actually killed me."

"Is that not the point of the game?" She asked, grabbing a mini muffin she had baked the night before and stuffing it into her mouth. "Mini muffin?" She held up the plate to the boys, who happily grabbed some.

"Who won that game?" Lucas asked as he joined them at the table, finishing up their game on the console. The others grabbing a mini muffin as the room began to fill with separate conversations.

"Haneul." Yangyang said proudly. "How 'bout you guys?"

"Ten, strangely." Xiaojun replied, earning an offended look from the guy.

"Hey Haneul," Rushi wrapped an arm around Haneul, who got a good breath of her lemon scented shampoo. "The guys are having an online concert next Thursday and the girls and I were planning to meet up and watch it together. Just to support the boys...also some of us are dead broke."

"The girls?" Haneul asked, having no idea who she could be referring to.

"Ah the nct soulmates." Rushi answered as Haneul furrowed her brows, turning to Chenle in fear that he might have told her. Chenle shook his head aggressively. She started regretting what she told him even more as she looked back at Rushi.

"Isn't that like an nct soulmate only event?"

"Well we include girlfriends sometimes, besides you're super cool I'm sure they wouldn't mind." Rushi told, giving her a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

"Girlfriend?" Haneul cocked her head. The room seemed to slowly quiet down, their conversation slowly taking over the room as they looked over at Haneul.

"Aren't you and Yangyang a thing?" Rushi asked as she pointed between Haneul and Yangyang. Haneul thought it was quite clear they weren't dating, that she wasn't dating anyone at all. 

"Rushi." Kun sighed.

"I must have said something wrong." Rushi noticed.

"No it's fine." Haneul smiled. "Were just friends." She couldn't find a way to say it without hurting his feelings, she hoped she didn't.