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He choked out a laugh then pried her from my body I helped hiuys piled in

The drive consisted of her snoring

The guys asking if they could draw on her face

Rae telling us to be mature

And then rab a Sharpie so it would be a permanent reminder of her inability to drink alcohol

Rae hadn’t drunk much, which I’d known he wouldn’t He never really did; he was the careful one, solid, the person who could be relied on for everything Soht of the world on his shoulders

I guess, in a way, he did

He carried SWT and our fando, not letting the sure our next comeback was even better than the first two

The pressure was already starting to build in e, the accusations—we had less than teeks

Sookie was still struggling with the dance for Move

My mood flashed to the dark place it had been in over the past feeeks Why even fight so hard when everyone in the world was just waiting for you to fail? What was the point?

I hated it when this happened, when the clouds covered the sun, when et about all the co? To rap? To entertain?

It wasn’t enough

It would never be enough

And people would always take froive

I’d even lost a role in an upco K-Drama because of the scandal; they didn’t want my name attached to the series, not that I could blame them

Why the hell had Byung-Ho taken it that far? I kneas angry, resentful even, but I never iined he’d try to hurt my career just because he felt like his was done

“Hey” Rae pulled into a parking spot and turned to ood?”

We were back to speaking in Korean; it was just easier for both of us despite our different backgrounds Honestly, so lish since Korean was e stretch

I nodded