"What the heck? That's so good!" Yeri exclaid, making June snap back to reality.
The lyrics definitely didn't seem like a coincidence anymore.
Did i recall him in any sort?
"Was it good?" i asked. "I wrote it in a few minutes."
"Girl, I can never write that even if I was given an entire hour," Hyuna chid. "You did a great job."
"I almost cried!" Ara exclaid. "It's a good thing it was only short. If it was longer, then I would have bawled my eyes out."
"I liked it a lot," Zonya said.
"It's good," Yeri chid. "Right, ntor?"
They all turned to June, their eyes widening when they saw his current state.
"ntor June?" Ara skeptically asked. "Are you...crying?"
June's eyebrows raised, and he quickly felt his cheek.
Just as Ara said, he was actually crying.
He shook his head and wiped the tears from his eyes.
June had been feeling more emotional these days. It seed like dying actually altered his brain chemistry!
"I'm fine," he said, looking up at the ceiling to stop his tears from spilling further.
Then, when he felt that it was safe—he faced the girls once more, who looked more concerned than before.
"You actually...cried?" i asked.
June pursed his lips and quickly diverted the topic.
"Well, it was a touching poem," he said. "It was almost as if you have a brother."
i scratched the back of her neck. "That's what's strange about it. When I wrote this, I actually felt like I had a real brother," she opened up.
"Oh," June muttered. "Can you recall what he looks like?"
i shook her head. "I'm not sure," she muttered. "I can't see his face, but I can feel that he's warm...and big...and annoying."
Her last description made the group burst into chuckles.
"Well, you can never take away annoyance when you're talking about siblings," Yeri said.
"You're right about that," Ara chid. "I really like i's poem, but I was also highly amused by Yeri's."
"It sounds like two different songs," Zonya remarked. "i's poem talks about wishing your siblings well and feeling love for them without them knowing."
"Yeri, on the other hand, just sounds like a series of roasts," she chuckled.
"I think we have to choose one between the two," Hyuna said, making the other girls nod in agreent.
June, on the other hand, stayed silent—seemingly in the process of thinking.
Then, after a few seconds, a wide smile arose from his lips.
"What if we don't have to choose between the two?" he asked, causing the girls to turn to him with inquiring eyes.
"Are you proposing that we mix the two concepts?" i asked.
"Exactly," June smirked.
"We can't jive them together," Ara countered. "It wouldn't be a coherent song, then. It will sound like a love-hate relationship."
"Exactly," June repeated.
With one word, the other girls suddenly ca to a realization.
June's idea was actually good!
"We have been given a cute instruntal," June continued. "Now, we have Yeri's silly lyrics, which matches the concept of the song well. However, if we make it too humorous, then people would think of it as a parody or a joke song."
"However, mixing it with i's poem, which talks about the unconditional love of a sibling, we can have a song that perfectly describes the paradoxical love-hate relationship of siblings!" he concluded.
The other girls stayed silent for a few monts before they turned to each other with wide eyes.
Ara raised her hand while June gestured for her to continue.
"Are you sure you don't have a sibling—a brother, perhaps?"
June was confused by her question. Nonetheless, he shook his head.
"Dang it," Ara muttered in disappointnt.
"If I can't have you, I was willing to have your brother instead...or sister! We don't discriminate in this household."
***
June couldn't help but smile as he arrived at their dorm.
Even with all the shocking revelations, there were still lots of things to smile about.
"Thank you for your service," June happily exclaid. "However, I would appreciate it if you don't vape inside the car. We, singers, need to keep our lungs clean," he continued.
The staff mber's eyes widened, and his cheeks instantly beca red.
He was fetched by sobody else since Jay had joined the other mbers in their practice for the concert.
With that, June got out of the car and waved goodbye, letting the staff mber internalize what had just happened.
Normally, June would just ignore such actions—especially since they would probably only et once or twice more.
However, with June's near end, he decided to just say anything he wanted. What was the worst that could happen when he was going to die in the end?
Now, June just needed to shower and get changed before Jay fetched him to go to the practice room.
He entered the empty dorm and quickly went to the shower. The warm water against his skin felt so nice that he didn't realize he had already spent so much ti inside.
June looked at the ti on his phone and saw that it was already past 4 PM—the ti he agreed on with Jay.
With that, he quickly dried his hair and wrapped a towel around his waist before heading back to his room to get dressed.
However, as he opened the bathroom door, he nearly jumped in surprise when he saw that soone else was already there.
"Jay," he said.
It was a good thing that Jay's back was turned to him, so he wasn't able to see June's bare body.
However, June was confused since Jay continued facing away from him. Usually, he would look at June at any given chance.
Yet, it seed like he was frozen in his spot.
Tightening the towel around his waist, June called his na once more.
"Jay?" he asked. "Wait for outside. I'll just get dressed."
But then again, Jay didn't turn around, staying rooted in his spot.
June's frown deepened.
There was definitely sothing going on.
With that, he decided to see what Jay was so preoccupied with.
"What are you—"
June stopped in his tracks when he saw what was in Jay's hands.
Then, so liquid splattered on the paper, making so of the ink smudge.
Tears.
They were Jay's tears.
Then, he slowly lifted his head to look June in the eyes.
"Jay, I—"
"When were you planning on telling that you're dying?"
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