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📘 Chapter 10: When the World Gets Too Loud

It started with a blurry photo.

Two figures.
One umbrella.
Too close.

Posted by a random account, captioned:
"Looks like Yeonjun and Beomgyu went out alone again... how many times already?"

It didn't take long.

Fans began speculating.
Comments multiplied.

"They're too close lately."
"I don't ship them, this is getting weird."
"Can idols even be like that with each other?"
"It's just fanservice right?"

The company didn't say anything.
But Yeonjun and Beomgyu felt it immediately.

The stares.

The whispers.

The distance.

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They didn't sit next to each other at the next event.

No more shoulder bumps.
No more quiet smiles.

Just silence.

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Back at the dorm, Beomgyu sat on the floor, hoodie over his head, eyes wet.

Yeonjun paced the room. "It's not fair. We didn't even do anything wrong."

Beomgyu didn't answer.

"You hear what they're saying?" Yeonjun snapped. "Calling us fake. Calling us"

"Calling us dangerous," Beomgyu finished quietly.

That word hurt the most.

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After a long silence, Beomgyu whispered, "Maybe we should stop."

Yeonjun froze. "Stop what?"

Beomgyu couldn't look at him. "All of this. You know what they'll do if it gets worse."

Yeonjun's voice cracked. "So you want to stop being with me?"

"No," Beomgyu said quickly. "I want to stop hurting you."

Yeonjun sank to the floor beside him.

He didn't speak for a long time.

Then, almost brokenly, he said, "You were the only quiet I had in this noise. Don't take that from me."

Beomgyu's tears slipped silently down.

"I'm scared," he confessed.

"I am too," Yeonjun whispered. "But if we let them take this from us, what's left?"

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They didn't post selfies for weeks.

No matching accessories.
No WeverseLive teasing.

But every night, Yeonjun still left a note under Beomgyu's door.

I know the world is loud right now. But you're still my peace.

And Beomgyu always replied, even if just with a single word:

Stay.