And Ci-N still… didn't put his t-shirt on.
Not forgotten.
Not accidental.
Intentional.
Weaponized.
Jayjay slowly lowered her hands from her face, eyes landing on him.
Paused.
Blink.
"…why are you still like that?"
Ci-N looked down at himself, then back up like this was a completely normal state of existence.
"Like what?"
"Like you lost a fight with a shirt."
Felix choked.
Edrix turned away, shoulders shaking.
Keifer squinted. "Put something on."
Ci-N placed a hand dramatically on his chest. "Wow. Body shaming this early?"
"You don't even have abs," Jayjay shot back.
"I have potential."
"You have delusion."
Felix clapped once. "ROUND TWO."
Ci-N ignored them, already shifting focus back to his favourite topic: destruction.
He pulled out his phone again.
Jayjay's eyes widened. "Don't."
"Do you want to see?" he asked sweetly.
"No."
"Too late."
He turned the screen toward them.
Keifer leaned forward.
Saw it.
Paused.
"…delete that."
"Absolutely not."
Jayjay grabbed the nearest pillow again. "CI-N-"
He dodged effortlessly.
"Evidence cannot be destroyed," he said, stepping back like a documentary narrator escaping danger.
Felix leaned over his shoulder. "Wait show that one again, bro the angle???"
Edrix nodded. "The composition is strong."
"I HATE ALL OF YOU," Keifer snapped.
Jayjay stood up now, pointing directly at Ci-N.
"Give me the phone."
"No."
"Give it."
"No."
"Ci-N."
"Jayjay."
They stared.
This was a different kind of standoff.
Not tired.
Not slow.
This was active chaos vs active threat.
Keifer stepped in too. "You're actually asking for it."
Ci-N grinned.
"Catch me."
Big mistake.
Huge.
Because the next second:
Jayjay lunged.
Keifer moved.
Felix screamed, "CHASE SCENE-"
Ci-N bolted.
Across the room.
Barefoot.
Still shirtless.
Still holding the phone like it contained state secrets.
Edrix stepped aside calmly as Jayjay nearly collided with him.
"Careful," he said. "Violence before breakfast is inefficient."
"MOVE," she snapped.
Ci-N jumped onto the bed.
Felix immediately rolled off. "I am not part of this!"
Keifer grabbed a pillow and threw it.
Direct hit.
Ci-N stumbled.
But did not fall.
"Nice try," he said, recovering like a villain mid-escape.
Jayjay climbed onto the bed.
"END HIM."
"I'M TRYING-"
Ci-N backed up.
Straight into the wall.
Cornered.
He looked at both of them.
Then smiled.
Slowly.
Dangerously.
"…worth it."
And before they could grab him-
He tapped his phone.
sent.
Silence.
Everything stopped.
Jayjay froze. "What did you just do."
Keifer blinked. "…no."
Felix slowly turned. "You didn't."
Edrix already knew. "…he did."
Ci-N lowered the phone.
Calm.
Satisfied.
"I expanded the audience."
Jayjay lunged again. "CI-N-"
He yelped, dodging just in time as she nearly tackled him.
"RELAX-"
"I WILL NOT RELAX-"
Keifer grabbed his arm this time. "WHO DID YOU SEND IT TO-"
Ci-N grinned like chaos itself chose him personally.
"Yuri."
Beat.
Then:
"APRIL."
Felix dropped to the floor. "IT'S OVER."
Edrix nodded. "Social death."
Jayjay stopped moving.
Completely still.
"…I'm going to disappear."
Keifer looked at the ceiling again. "Take me with you."
"Young love, says 'take me with you' even when they want to magically evaporate out of Japan, such an inspiring, and lovely love story," quoted Edrix, as if he was a poet of 67 poems.
Ci-N finally, finally grabbed his shirt from the chair.
Put it on.
Mission complete.
"Worth it," he repeated.
ping.
Keifer's phone.
ping.
Jayjay's phone.
ping ping.
Felix checked his.
"…oh, they're typing."
Everyone froze.
Ci-N's eyes lit up again.
"Round three begins."
Jayjay looked at her screen.
Then at Keifer.
Then back at the screen.
"…we're never living this down."
Keifer sighed. "We were never going to anyway."
Felix whispered, "character development arc just got forced."
Edrix added, "accelerated."
Ci-N cracked his knuckles.
"Get ready for chaos."