"I don't get why you guys don't call the manager." Changbin said bluntly, "I mean, if this has happened a lot, then shouldn't you guys do it if you care about them? If no one has the guts to do it, then I will."

"Don't think we haven't considered and threatened them." Seungmin said quietly. "But I have a feeling that there's something about this whole thing that we don't know about."

"We think Felix-hyung has a secret or something that Dongjin found out and using to control him." Jeongin put in.

"And as you saw, they use Felix to control Jisung too." Hyunjin said sadly.

Chan put his head in his hands and gripped his hair, uttering a moan. He hated feeling so helpless, but the truth was that there was really nothing he could do. Well, there was one thing…

"We'll join you guys for the trainee showcase." The words were out of Chan's mouth before he knew it. Immediately, 5 faces spread into smiles.

"What?!" Changbin grabbed his shirt sleeve. "Hyung-"

"I know you don't like it, Changbin. But the only way to help Jisung is to join the trainee showcase as 9."

Changbin groaned. "You've got to be kidding me-" he screwed his face up at the beaming faces. "- I'm only doing this for Jisung, mind."

"We know," Hyunjin said earnestly, "And the only reason we're doing this is for Jisung and Felix. We really wouldn't ask unless it was an emergency."

"I know you don't really like us or think we're good enough," Woojin said, looking at Changbin. "But we'll just have to learn to get along."

Changbin blushed a deep red. "You don't understand-"

"Yes, we do. But we have no choice."

There was a rat-a-pat on the door.

"Jisung!" Changbin ran to open the door.

Jisung stumbled in blearily, nearly losing his balance after being shoved by Jaejin.

Changbin barely managed to catch him under the arms and he slumped against Changbin, looking exhausted.

"Might as well drop this package off here too," Dongmin gave Felix a push into the room.

"Bye!" Jaejin laughed as he and Dongmin left.

"Okay, Changbin, can you get Jisung to his bed? He looks dead on his feet."

"Course." Changbin supported him over, "Come on, pal."

"Is your head hurting? Do you want some pills? I can get you water, or something else if you like? I-"

"Water's fine." Felix replied in his deep voice.

"Sure." Chan went over to the kitchen and pulled open the cupboard where they kept their glasses. He poured a cup of water and handed it to Felix. "There you are."

Felix barely registered what he was saying. He was staring intently at the open cupboard. "Is- is that... vegemite?" he asked in a hushed whisper.

"Oh, yeah it is. Love the stuff. Do you like it?"

"I love it? You wouldn't happen to be Australian, would you?"

"Yeah I am."

"You don't have an accent!"

"Sure I do!" Chan cleared his throat, "G'day mate! How you doin'?"

"I'm Australian too!" Felix nearly spilled his water in his excitement.

"Oh yay, you finally found another Aussie, good for you…" Changbin said sarcastically.

Chan and Felix both ignored him; so excited were they to have found another homie.

"I thought I was the only Australian in this company!" Chan exclaimed excitedly.

"I'm sure there are lots," Changbin pointed out with a yawn. "Like that guy; what was his name? And that other dude, Mikale?"

"The only Australian in this company that I liked." Chan corrected. "The rest were jerks."

Changbin shrugged. "I won't dispute that,"

"I've never met another Australian in this company before!" Felix stumbled over his words, probably because he was so excited. "But how do you disguise your accent so well? You sound so local!"

"I've been here for 7 years," Chan reminded him. "Oh, I'm so happy right now! Do you watch 'The Alice'? 'All Saints'?"

"Yes!"

"Congrats, Felix!" Changbin called. "You've fulfilled Chan's life goal."

A raspy sound from Jisung's bed told Chan that now both Jisung and Changbin were laughing at him for being so excited.

"It's a big deal, guys." Chan told them, rolling his eyes. "Jisung, how do you feel?" he asked in a softer tone.

Jisung screwed up his face. "I'm fine. Just tired. I had a long day and then I had to put up with Dongjin."

"Yeah, because you were stupid enough to come along as well." Felix muttered, not bothering to keep his voice down.

"Hey! I came along so they wouldn't hurt you!" Jisung sat straight up, wincing.

"Nobody asked you to!" Felix yelled back.

"So what was I supposed to do? Do you prefer to suffer?" Jisung shot back. "All right, next time I'll keep that in mind!"

"I'd rather that than you pretending you actually care!" Felix shouted. "Because you care so much, don't you?!"

"You're not making any sense! I-" Changbin clamped a pillow over his mouth, causing him to splutter.

"Sorry, Jisung." Changbin removed the pillow and Jisung emerged, coughing and scarlet in the face.

"Be quiet, Jisung." Chan pointed a finger at Felix, "You too. I think you'd better get back to your room. Unless you'd rather stay here tonight? Do you think Dongjin will treat you badly? Why would they drop you off here when they're going back to your dorm?"

"They don't stay at night."

"Ah, right. So you want to go back to your room?"

Felix glared at Jisung. "I'd go anywhere where he isn't!"

Changbin placed a hand on Jisung's chest to stop him from rising but he himself glowered at Felix with such disdain Chan was surprised Felix didn't back away.

"Look, I know you two have a lot of history together." Chan held up a hand in Changbin's direction to stop him from speaking. "And I'm not going to try and find out what it is unless you're willing to tell me. Just try not to argue, please. You don't have to talk to each other, but don't yell. Now come on, Felix. I'll walk you back to your room."

Just then there was a polite knock on the door. Seungmin stood there, hands folded neatly in front of him. "Hello hyung," he bowed. "Is Feli-"

"Yeah, he's here." Chan opened the door a bit wider.

"Felix!" Seungmin smiled happily.

"Hi Seungmin," Felix smiled back weakly. "How did you know I was here?"

"Minho-hyung sent me. Since Dongjin just came back to get their stuff, we thought they already finished with you guys, so since you weren't with them, he figured you must be here. Are you okay?"

"Sure." Felix muttered. "Arm kinda hurts."

"Hmm, well I hope it recovers soon. We need to start practicing for the showcase."

Felix, who had just taken a drink, spat the water out of his mouth. Coughing, he asked, "What?! Did you just say the trainee showcase?"

"Yeah, me and Chan said we'd do it." Changbin added quietly under his breath, "Even though you don't deserve it, you prig."

Luckily, Felix was too hyped to hear him. "Oh, thank you!" he cried, grabbing Chan's hand. "Thank you so much; I can't tell you what this means for me…" his face clouded over. "Did Jisung agree?"

"Ye-"

"No."

"Yes." Changbin clapped a hand over Jisung's mouth to stop him from saying more. Jisung glowered at him over the top of his hand.

"Come on, Felix, we should get back now." Seungmin said quickly.

"Goodnight, Changbin-hyung, goodnight, Jisung and Chan-hyung!"

"Goodnight Chan-hyung, Changbin-hyung."

"Goodnight boys."

"Night!"

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