Changes - lee donghyuck, haechan

02

"Aww, my little brother is so cute." She teased while she continued to hold him in a headlock. He instantly started whining and loudly complaining while trying to shove her away.

Their loud voices resonating across the whole hall and reaching the ears of the awaiting members. They stopped talking upon hearing the distraught voice of their member.

"You're choking me!" Mark let out. He surprisingly couldn't get the girl off of him despite his strength.

"She's choking him." Johnny translated to which all the members started laughing and quickly rushed to see the Lee siblings.

"That's for calling me an idiot." She finally let go and let him take in a loud breath. He dramatically leaned against the wall and grabbed his chest. They were both unaware of the various eyes that were peaking through the door.

"I'm. Older." Mark let out to which she didn't hesitate to give him a hard slap against his back. He sprung up at the impact yelling.

"I was helping you breath jeez." Haechan couldn't hold in his laugh as he loudly burst out laughing. He fell inside the room on the floor, doubling over.

By now Aera and Mark had noticed that they were staring. She excitedly walked over to them. Many of the members were still thinking of what had happened days ago. Mark had given them a brief explanation of what went down. They were expecting her to come crying but there she was half walking half skipping towards them.

"I missed you guys." Was the first thing she said before they all started shuffling forward to greet the girl.

Everyone except Haechan leaped forward to hug her. When she had gotten to all of them, they entered the break room.

They had locked eyes and both rolled their eyes before looking away. This caused Haechan to softly smile knowing she was fine. If she had the energy to roll her eyes that meant that she was Aera and that was enough to soothe the knot he unknowingly had in his stomach.

"So who do we need to fight?" Doyoung said first once they were all seated. All the members shot him a glare. They had discussed that they wouldn't bring up the subject, prior to her arrival.

"Nobody at the moment." She let out a laugh which caused them to calm down and forget any plans of scolding Doyoung later on.

"Congratulations on winning first guys. You guys looked great in the video," the room erupted in a series of replies to thank her.

"Of course we do," Haechan let out which didn't go unnoticed by the Canadian girl.

"Expect you Donghyuck," she called back sassily. Mark rolled his eyes knowing where the conversation was headed to.

"Here we go again." Jungwoo let out to which a series of agreement followed. The two held a staring contest until Haechan blinked. Smirking the girl turned away.

"Anyways." She cut in once again. The room once again erupted into a conversation between the group. Mark remained silent observing his sister. He wanted to make sure she was actually okay and that she wasn't just acting like she was.

"Hey. Are you really okay?" Mark questioned when he saw that she finished talking to Taeyong. Her eyes faltered momentarily at the sudden question. The question resurfaced what she had been so desperately trying to forget.

"Of course. Why wouldn't I be?" The others noticed the change of atmosphere. The conversations dimming down.

"I don't want you to do what you always do. Where you try to completely forget all about it. It's not okay, you need to talk about it for it to heal," Aera did not expect him to suddenly attack her about her break up. She expected him to wait until they were alone.

"This is me healing. Forgetting about it." They had been unaware that every word could be heard and understood by everyone in the room. Everyone remained silent trying to be respectful to the twins.

"You know that's bullshit. It'll make it worse." Mark called out oblivious to the attention they had on them. Aera hated being called out for things she had under control.

"Don't tell me what to do Mark." Her chest tightened and she saw the hurt flash through his eyes. She wished that would put an end to their discussion.

"No. I'm your brother." He said defensively.

"Why don't you leave me alone like you've been doing for the past two years?" She argued back and stood up while leaving the room.

The shock that those words left amongst everyone was so big that nobody knew what to do after. The members could see Mark's hurt expression as he stood there still digesting the words she had said to him. Nobody seemed to react besides Haechan who left the room.

"Ya! Aria!" He called out at the storming girl. He ran towards the elevator before it closed.

"Stop calling me that." She angrily responded. He internally sighed in relief since she wasn't crying. He wouldn't know what to do if she was. He didn't know why he ran after the girl.

"Isn't that your American name?" None of them had made a move to press on any floor button.

"Just go Donghyuck," by now the words she had said to her brother had set in. Nothing but regret was starting to settle on her chest.

"You know Mark has tried," the younger boy said after a moment of silence. She looked up at him confused.

"He's tried to be there for you. The managers always deny his request though. He's been beating himself up because he wasn't there for you last week," his words only added to her guilt. She knew that he wasn't there for her because he didn't want to. His profession required a lot of time and also prohibited many things. The mention of her break up just seemed to continuously set her off.

"I'm doing this for him not you by the way," Haechan said after some time. It was weird to ever talk to her for this long without fighting. She could only scoff at him.

"I was wondering why you were talking to me." She muttered.

"Can I ask you a question?" He suddenly said. She looked up at him without replying. He decided to continue.

"How did you have a boyfriend?" She stared at him confused. The question so completely out of context and she didn't know where it was going.

"I mean who would date you?" He muttered lowly but she didn't fail to catch it. Her confused eyes instantly turned angry and she threw a powerful kick in his direction. He dropped to his knees in pain. She harshly pushed the button to open the door and exited the elevator leaving him clutching his thigh.

And at that moment the only thing either one of them could think was.

"There's the Donghyuck I know,"

"There's the Aera I know,"

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