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sandwichrin · 2 years
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 31)
Chapter 31 - Just a little interval 
Word count: 3.5k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hello~ I’ve been occupied with work lately since the festive season is coming (I’m super hyped for Christmas!! 🥰) and it’s the busiest month for my company this time :’3 but! I’m so happy to be able to put this chapter out! I wanted to make it longer but I figured that I’ll put the rest in the next chapter :3 This chapter was literally just an interval before I put out the next one so I hope you guys are happy with this for now 🥺 Sorry it’s a little short this time around but eep! Can’t wait for the next one! Love you all, take care always~ 💖🧡
Haenam / Aunt Nari’s House (night)
After dinner, the boys and you have gathered in the living room to watch a movie before turning into your own rooms (except for jihoon who has volunteered to sleep in the living room).
“So, what movie are we watching?” you asked, bringing in the snacks since you were the last to enter the room.
Jaehyuk and Junkyu grinned towards you, making you feel like their behaviour were suspicious.
“What’s with that look on your faces,” you asked them.
“Oh nothing,” Jaehyuk sang, still grinning that silly grin on his face.
You rolled your eyes and decided to just ignore their weird behaviour. You stood at the end of the flat mattress that was originally placed there for Jihoon to sleep in but right now everyone was just sitting on it to cushion their seating whilst they face the television.
“Why? What’s wrong y/n?” Jihoon asks you, noticing that you still haven’t sat down.
“Uh, can you guys scoot over to that side? I don’t want to sit way too far away near the corner,”
“Pshh, why? Are you scared?” Jaehyuk teased you, earning an elbow nudge from Hyunsuk because he kept teasing you.
“No, it’s not like we’re watching anything scary lol,”
“Wops! Bad guess, y/n. We are watching something scary. Now hurry sit yourself down,” Jaehyuk said.
“No way,” you respond.
“Aw come on y/n! It’s not that scary, I promise,” Jihoon whined as he pats on the spot beside him.
You narrowed your eyes at him. “I don’t trust you. And heck, I’m not sitting beside you. For all I know you could be screaming in my ears when something scary pops up later,”
“Okay fine. Just sit somewhere so we can start already,” Jihoon said in a surrendering tone.
“Oh wait, can you switch off the lights before you sit down?” Jaehyuk said, giving you his puppy-eyed look.
You sighed and walked over towards the light switch to switch it off. The whole room went dark, with only the television lighting on.
You walked back towards your friends, trying to find a spot to sit at—definitely not at the end where Jihoon is sitting because you know very well how loud he can scream.
Hyunsuk saw you staring at them for a while and he realised that you were probably confused on where to sit so he opened his mouth to call out to you—
“Ah, y/n, you can sit—”
His words were interrupted by Jaehyuk instead—“Y/n! Come sit next to me! Don’t worry, if you’re scared, I’ll cover your eyes and ears for you!” he said cheerfully.
You smiled at his confidence, though you’re pretty sure he might be one of the scaredy-cats in the room.
But you appreciate his offer so you nod at him and went over to sit beside him, in which coincidentally led to you sitting in between him and Junkyu.
And so, the sitting position you all were in were like this:
From left: Hyunsuk, Jaehyuk, You, Junkyu, Jihoon
“Ready to be spooked, y/n?” Jihoon smirked as his hands hovered over the ‘play’ button on the remote.
“Aww hey, don’t scare her like that,” Jaehyuk whined as he wrapped an arm around your shoulder, pulling you close to him.
You rolled your eyes and sighed, “Cut it out, Jihoon. Just press play already.”
 *
Aunt Nari’s House (Still the same night)
The horror movie you all were watching was already at it’s climax—where the ghost was literally popping up on the screen every minute (well, it felt like it happened every minute), which was already the reason why your Treasure friends and you were huddled up close with each other.
Your Aunt Nari had checked on you all twice since the movie started, mainly because she kept hearing screams from her living room. When she learnt that you were all watching a horror movie, she shrugged and left for her room to rest for the night—and to ignore you all; also letting you all rest up for the night. Though screaming and watching ghosts appear on the tv screen isn’t what she assumes to be relaxing, she decides to just let you all enjoy yourselves for the night.
Back to you and your friends:
“Eyyyy that girl’s gonna get chased at this point!” Jihoon cried as he covered his eyes partially with his hands.
“Hush no, don’t say that! I want her to live,” you said to him back, though you were watching with your eyes squinting—not wanting to watch the screen in full view.
“Don’t! Don’t don’t don’t!” Jaehyuk said as he watches the girl on the screen slowly getting possessed.
And sure enough, a jump-scare happened in the movie. The ghost’s face popped up on the screen UP CLOSE, earning loud screams from all of you; except for Junkyu who sat still watching the movie intently.
“Enough, enough aaaaaa,” Hyunsuk wailed as he waved his hands, trying to tell the ghost to stop jump-scaring them like that.
“Whose idea was it to watch this—UWAAAHHHH SHE’S GETTING DRAGGED BY THE GHOST,” Jaehyuk screamed. He hurriedly grabs onto Hyunsuk’s arm and hides his face on his hyung’s shoulder.
You weren’t exactly surprised by the scene but Jaehyuk’s scream startled you so much you literally jumped from your seat.
You turned to look over at Jaehyuk who was clinging to Hyunsuk, the both of them muttering random words since they were both still too scared to move or part from each other.
You shook your head at them. “Aigoo, and you said you were gonna help protect me,” you teased Jaehyuk for his scaredy-cat behaviour right now which was a contrast to his confidence before the movie started before this.
You were about to look back at the screen but then the ghost popped up again, making your heart stop for a while (you believe it stopped for a second there lmao). You pat your chest and breath out to calm yourself down by the ghost’s appearance.
And then suddenly, you felt your right hand being held.
You turned your head to look at Junkyu, whose eyes were glued onto the screen, not blinking. He wasn’t even flinching. You tilt your head. Just how does he do it? Does he not get scared at all?
You were caught by surprise again when the other 3 boys screamed. You felt the hand holding yours tightening its grip. Your eyes lowered to see Junkyu’s hand holding yours.
What is this feeling? You were scared by the movie, and it made your heart race. But this time, right now, you’re sure that your heart was racing because of Junkyu. He was holding your hand to keep you calm.
You licked your lips and decided to focus back on the movie, ignoring the butterflies in your tummy now.
Junkyu glanced over at you, your eyes were staring at the screen. He felt your hand holding his in return and he smiled to himself. He felt…happy. Even just holding your hand in this dimly-lit room makes him happy. He wanted to stop time and just stay like this with you.
“Oh gosh all these screaming is making me hungry,” Jihoon said. “Where are all the snacks?”
You turned to your left and saw Hyunsuk handing over the mini pretzels’ bag to you, his hand shaking.
You took it from his hand with your free hand and was about to hand it over to Jihoon but then suddenly Hyunsuk and Jaehyuk screamed again—making you jump in your seat yet again.
And this time you spilled the mini-pretzels all over Junkyu and Jihoon.
“Oh my gosh—I’m so sorry!” you apologised as soon as you noticed them covered by the snacks you spilt.
You immediately pulled your hand away from Junkyu, trying to pick up the pieces of mini pretzels from him and Jihoon in the dimmed room.
You heard Jihoon getting up and not long after, the lights were back on.
Jihoon dusted off the remaining pretzels that were stuck to his hoodie and shook his head as soon as he sees the sight in front of him.
Hyunsuk’s and Jaehyuk’s face were stained by tears, both of them still holding to each other—terrified looks on both of their faces. And then there’s you, on all fours and trying to collect the pretzel pieces you spilt and Junkyu who was stunned and confused as to what was going on.
“I think that’s enough horror for tonight,” Jihoon snickered.
 *
(Aunt Nari’s House / Late night)
It had been two hours after the boys had watched the horror movie with you. But of course, the movie was cut short because Jihoon realised that everyone was insanely terrified whilst watching and he wouldn’t want the neighbours to complain about their screaming the whole night.
And so, the boys had already left to their own rooms, leaving Jihoon alone in the living room. Hyunsuk, Junkyu and you slept in the rooms upstairs (separately of course hfhdhs) and Jaehyuk slept in the guest room downstairs which was not far from Aunt Nari’s room and the living room where Jihoon slept.
On the mattress that he laid on, Jihoon kept tossing and turning, unable to keep his eyes closed. He felt restless. This is weird, he thought. His whole body felt tired from today’s trip and activities yet his mind was wide awake.
Jihoon pulled off the covers from his body. He sat up. “Damn, why can’t I sleep?”
He yawned quietly, acknowledging the fact that he was indeed sleepy and tired. But his mind wouldn’t let him sleep.
He lets out a sigh and looks around the living room.
He was suddenly reminded of the images of the ghost in the movie as he was looking around the dark room.
Jihoon felt his heart racing as he shuddered from the sudden images popping in his head.
“Aish, I can’t sleep here.” He mumbled to himself as he hurriedly gets up from the mattress.
His feet sped up the steps of the house, him wanting to head to his best friend’s room as soon as possible. Sleeping with Junkyu would make him feel safer, he thought to himself. Besides, Junkyu wasn’t the type to mind if his friends snuggled close to him while he sleeps too.
Jihoon reaches the room and turns on the knob, letting himself inside.
 *
Aunt Nari’s House (The next morning)
Jaehyuk’s eyes fluttered open when he heard movements outside his room.
Ah, Aunt Nari must be awake by now.
Since his room wasn’t far from Aunt Nari’s he reckoned that the lady must be getting started with her day already.
Jaehyuk glimpsed over the time on his phone. 7.16 am. Whoa, the people here sure wake up early on a Sunday, he thought.
He fixed his pyjamas, ruffling his hair as well to make himself look presentable before leaving his room and heading towards the washroom.
 *
Jaehyuk had just finished brushing his teeth and washing up.
As soon as he opened the door of the washroom, he was surprised to see Aunt Nari passing by him.
“Ah, Aunt Nari. Good morning,” he smiled.
“Oh? Jaehyuk-ssi. You’re up early,” she said back.
Jaehyuk smiled his whisker smile and nods. “Sometimes I wake up the earliest in the dorms,”
This earned him extra brownie points from Aunt Nari, the lady smiling and nodding in acknowledgement that this boy indeed seems to be a fine match for you.
But of course she didn’t say it out loud. She simply nodded and pointed towards the kitchen.
“I might need help in the kitchen for breakfast. Since you’re up, could you wake y/n up as well? I swear, that girl would never wake up if no one wakes her up.”
Jaehyuk giggled listening to your teacher’s rant. “Sure, I’ll wake her up.”
With that, Jaehyuk left to head upstairs, passing by the living room as he made his way.
He stopped briefly as he noticed the empty mattress in the middle of the room.
“Huh, Jihoon-hyung must’ve felt scared to sleep alone last night,” he chuckled, guessing that his hyung probably barged into one of his other hyung’s rooms last night.
 *
Aunt Nari’s House (Same morning / Upstairs)
“Y/n~ Aunt Nari is calling for you~” Hyunsuk heard Jaehyuk’s voice from outside his room.
Hyunsuk gets up from his mattress and rubs his eyes. “Aigoo, it’s still so early,” he muttered.
He walks up towards his door and opens it to see Jaehyuk standing in front of the door that was beside his room.
“Oh, hyung! Good morning,” Jaehyuk greeted the elder.
Hyunsuk smiled meekly, his eyes still trying to wake himself up from his good sleep.
“You’re up early,”
“That’s what Aunt Nari said too,” Jaehyuk snickered. “I’m trying to get y/n to wake up. Aunt Nari wants her to help out in the kitchen.” He said as he points at your bedroom door.
“Mhm sure, you do that. I’m gonna go wash up.” Hyunsuk nods as he closes the door behind him.
“Okay, hyung. Oh, I haven’t seen Jihoon-hyung downstairs. I guess he must’ve crashed in Junkyu-hyung’s room since he isn’t in your room?”
Hyunsuk stopped in his tracks. “Hm? Yeah, no, he wasn’t in my room. He’s surely in Junkyu’s.” he replied confidently, before leaving Jaehyuk on his own.
Jaehyuk shrugs to himself. He continued knocking on your door, in hopes that you would wake up soon since he was getting hungry from standing this long.
“Y/n, wake uppppp.” He called out to you in a whiny tone now.
He continued rapping on your door for another couple minutes, to the point Hyunsuk had finished washing up from the bathroom.
“Aigoo, she’s that heavy of a sleeper huh?” Hyunsuk said, his face towel placed on his shoulder as he approached Jaehyuk.
“Seems like it,” Jaehyuk chuckled.
“Why don’t you wake Junkyu up first? I’ll help you wake y/n up once I change out of my PJs,” Hyunsuk offered.
“Thanks, hyung,” Jaehyuk smiled. He then left for the room that was located beside the bathroom.
Jaehyuk knocked on the door, which earned him a grumble from the other side of the door.
“Hyunggg I can hear you. Wake upppp. And wake Jihoon-hyung up as well,” Jaehyuk said towards the door.
He waited for a minute before he began knocking again, because he knows that knocking once wouldn’t be enough to wake his koala-sleeping-hyung.
Jaehyuk’s hand reached for the door knob--- but then he stopped when he heard a scream coming out of the room.
Hyunsuk hurriedly ran out of his room. “What, what? What happened?? Who screamed??”
Jaehyuk too, looked confused and startled. “I…I-I don’t know! But it sounded like Jihoon-hyung’s voice,”
Hyunsuk panicked since he was worried if anything bad had happened to his friend. And so he immediately reaches for Junkyu’s door and twisted the knob, pushing the door open—
And there on the mattress, sat Junkyu with a frown on his face. His left eye was still closed as he rubbed on it with his hand.
“What…why are you both so loud this morning,” the sleepy boy complained.
“We heard a scream—wait a minute, where’s Jihoon?” Hyunsuk asks, noticing his co-leader was nowhere to be seen in Junkyu’s room.
“Huh? I thought he slept in the living room?” Junkyu answered confusedly.
Jaehyuk and Hyunsuk exchanged glances with one another.
Could it be?
The both of them left Junkyu in his own confusion and dashed towards your room.
Hyunsuk could feel his heart pounding. He wasn’t ready to see what or well, to be frank—who was in your room.
Jaehyuk noticed Hyunsuk pausing in front of your door, his hand ghosting over the knob. He took it as a hint that his hyung was probably worried on what had happened.
Jaehyuk gently pushes his hyung’s hand aside and turned the knob himself, pushing the door open to see what was going on inside.
Both Hyunsuk and Jaehyuk’s expression turned dumbfounded as soon as the door swung open in front of them.
Why?
Well…it was a strange scene to be honest.
In the room, there was Jihoon at one end, hogging all the blanket to himself, small screams emitting from his mouth as he tried to shoo you away from him.
And then there’s you, pulling on the other end of the blanket, hair slightly dishevelled since you clearly had just woken up. And obviously not in a good mood from being woken up.
“Jihoon, stop screaming oh god! Give me back my blanket!”
“Aaaahhhh ahhhhhhh! Stay away from me!” Jihoon swats his hand in your direction, telling you to stop pulling the blanket from him.
“Uhh…what’s going on here…” Hyunsuk voices out, finally, after taking in the strange scene going on in front of him.
Both you and Jihoon stopped your mini drama and turned to look at the two boys standing at your doorframe.
And at the same time the both of you pointed at each other to say—“I didn’t do anything—”
The both of you turned to look at each other again this time, glaring at each other.
“You started it!” Jihoon said.
You let out a scoff. “Me?? You’re the one that’s sleeping in my room! Imagine how I felt waking up with a grown man beside me—who’s not my husband or lover!”
Jaehyuk and Hyunsuk let out loud gasps upon hearing this.
“Y-you what??” Hyunsuk asks, his voice hitched. He was too surprised at this moment.
“Hey, look. I’ll explain myself before you guys get the wrong idea,” Jihoon looked at the three of you, trying to fix the situation he was in.
“I was scared last night, okay? So I went up to crash into Junkyu’s room. It was dark, okay? I didn’t know this was your room,” he explained.
The three of you fell quiet. Well…Jihoon is indeed a scaredy cat, Hyunsuk reasoned silently. And the house was indeed pitch dark upstairs last night…Maybe Jihoon really didn’t mean to barge into your room.
You on the other hand was sceptical. Though you believe that this was all a misunderstanding, you felt something was off. Or maybe, you’re just overthinking things.
You let out a loud sigh. “Okay, look, I want to believe that you’re not some freaky pervert barging into my room in the middle of the night—because given your explanation, it indeed made sense for you to mistaken my room as Junkyu’s since it’s right beside Hyunsuk’s,”
Jihoon nods at this.
“Though…” you continued, “How do you explain your arm draped over my waist when we woke up this morning, huh?” this time, you raised an eyebrow at the boy who was still covered in your blanket.
“Huh? I don’t remember that?” Jihoon responded with a confused look on his face.
Jaehyuk and Hyunsuk both had their hands covering their mouth. This was too spicy of a drama in the morning. Jihoon had his arm around your waist???
You rolled your eyes. “Of course you wouldn’t remember. When I woke up, your face was breathing so close to mine I immediately woke you up. And then the moment you opened your eyes you started screaming at my face and there you go—” you point a finger in his direction. “You started scooting far away from me and pulling my blanket away while screaming,”
Jihoon raised his hands, “Okay but in my defense, I’m the type that cuddles people when I sleep with them so I’m sorry for that part—” he looks over his friends’ direction.
Hyunsuk and Jaehyuk shrugged and nod at the same time, agreeing with him.
You huffed. “Okay fine. Maybe…maybe this was all a mistake. I’ll forgive you…also because you seemed so traumatised to see me when you wake up.”
Jihoon nods his head furiously. “You bet. Imagine having to wake up to you every day,” he added as he shuddered.
“Hey! What’s that supposed to mean??” you glared at him. You were this close to throwing your pillow at him cause you were that offended with what he said.
“Okay, okay you two. That’s enough,” Jaehyuk entered your room fully now, trying to ease the tension going on.
Hyunsuk turned around to look over at Junkyu’s room behind him, only to see the koala boy soundly sleeping again on the mattress in his room with the door left wide open.
He shook his head to himself. Just how does that kid manage to sleep through the loud drama that happened earlier?? Hyunsuk turned his attention back to your room and he saw Jihoon getting up on his feet, him folding your blanket neatly right after.
And then Hyunsuk looked over in your direction with Jaehyuk. The both of you were folding your mattress together, and somehow, you weren’t scowling anymore. Instead, you were giggling at something Jaehyuk said.
Hyunsuk stood at the doorframe by himself, feeling foreign in all of a sudden. Why does something feel so off? Yet he couldn’t pin what it is.
 To be continued…
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moon-writers · 3 years
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Love Story
Characters: Kanemoto Yoshinori x Y/n
Genre: angsty, romance
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     The rain was pouring outside.
     We’ve been sitting here, in this café, across from each other for almost an hour now.
     Just sitting and no talking as if each of us knew what was coming next.
     I took another sip from drink before setting the cup down on the glass table that acted as the distance between us.
     “Yoshi.”
     I called out his name. He looked up. For the last time, I searched his eyes for any guilt or sadness, but there was none. I gave up. It was not like I’ve ever knew his true intentions anyway after these past two years.
     I bit at my lips, not wanting to say it.
     I was tempted to just smile and act as if nothing ever happened. I wanted to just smile and ask him about his day just like what I usually did on our little dates. I just wanted to pretend that we are okay, but…
     …I knew we were not.
     So I said it.
     “Let’s break up.”
     I said it. I could hear my heart shattered into pieces, but what about his?
     Again, I searched his eyes, but it only hurt me more when he just stared at me blankly.
    “I don’t think it’s working out for us. I don’t even understand you after all these years.”
    I said, now looking everywhere, but him.
    “I feel like I was the only one who tried to make it work…and I’m getting tired.”
    I let it out. I drew in a breath so I could help back my tears that were threatening to fall.
    For a while, he said nothing and just stared at his hand.
    At the moment, I was praying desperately that he would just reached out and took my hands in his, and tell me to stay.
    How silly. I know.
    “Sure. If that is what you want, then okay.”
    Yoshi said. His eyes were still soulless and emotionless. Every second under that gaze broke my heart even more.
    “Your stuffs, I’ll send it back tomorrow-”
    “No need. Just throw it away.”
    He cut me off.
    How easy it was for him to say that.
    To just throw away everything about us.
    It was never real to begin with, I guess.
    After all these time, I’ve always looked at you.
    I was the one that tried to push us through.
    We were a love story,
    But I was the only one to love.
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sandwichrin · 2 years
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 32)
Chapter 32 - Confusions
Word count: 4k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hello~ I’m back again! How are you all I missed y’all 😭 Here’s the next chapter~ I can’t wait to finish writing the next one (yet again fhdhsh bear with me ;;-;;) but yeah-- enjoy reading, love you all <3333
Aunt Nari’s House
It was around 10-ish in the morning when everyone finally had washed up and got dressed before they all gathered to prepare brunch.
Aunt Nari initially planned to make breakfast with you but given that the rest of the boys took their time to get dressed and pack up their stuff for their departure tonight, the breakfast was postponed to brunch.
Not that she minded, since it was rare for her to have this many guests at her home. Besides, she liked the Treasure boys a lot. She was 98% sure that at least one of them was meant to end up with you. But okay in this case Jaehyuk had won the most points to her.
You were slicing the fish on the cutting board, getting rid of the guts as well, leaving the board tainted with red liquid from the fish.
“Wow y/n, you’re so good at cutting fish!” Jaehyuk announced in amazement as he watches you.
You beamed from the compliment. “I’m good at cutting squids and chicken too!” you bragged.
“Wowwww! You’re so cool!” Jaehyuk fanboys.
“Aigoo Jaehyuk, what are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to help the rest inside,” Jihoon pointed out, noticing that the rest of his group members were busy prepping other stuff in the living room except for him.
Jaehyuk pouts at his hyung. “Aww man. I want to stay and watch Y/n work on the fish,”
You smiled a little from his whine.
“Nope, nope. Aunt Nari assigned you to help out the rest. Now go. She let us stay for free now the least we could do is help her out, no?” Jihoon said, in a firm tone.
Jaehyuk sighs. “Okay…I’ll see you later y/n,” he said as he leaves the kitchen.
As soon as Jaehyuk leaves, you place your knife down and turn to look at the taller man beside you.
“You didn’t have to shoo him away, you know. He could’ve stayed a little longer,”
Jihoon shot you a look. “Hey, I just don’t want to disappoint Aunt Nari, okay? Besides--,” he grabbed on another large onion to slice it. “She assigned only the both of us for kitchen duty.”
You looked down at the fish in front of you. You had finished cleaning the first one and you had two more to go. You picked up the fish and placed it into a small basin before picking on another one to work on it.
“I know. I guess it’s because we’re both familiar with cooking and all…” you reply as you slowly dissect the fish in front of you.
Jihoon nods even though you weren’t looking at him now. “Exactly. Also, don’t you think this is a good chance for us to bond?” He smiles now, looking at you.
You narrowed your eyes at him. “You’re being fishy again. What did you do this time?”
“Nothing! I just want to clear the misunderstanding we had earlier—”
“Sure….”
“Oh come on. Well, if we look at the bright side—at least I can assure Junkyu that you don’t snore when you sleep. You drool a little when you sleep but okay that’s acceptable, I guess…”
Jihoon stopped talking when he noticed you glaring at him, your cheeks pink from embarrassment.
“What? I’m just saying—”
“Okay, enough, Jihoon. Just continue chopping and stop talking,” you nagged at him.
“Eyy, you imagined sleeping beside Junkyu when I mentioned about this didn’t you?” he teased you.
“Y-yah, who would have such thoughts??” you blurted out.
“Eyyy, look at you all flustered!” he elbowed you.
You placed the knife in your hand down and turned to him, his silly grin showing on his face.
“Jihoon-aa…”
“Hm? What is it?” He leaned close to your face since your voice was soft in all of a sudden.
“Give me your hand,” you told him.
“Hm? You’re being weird but sure,” he said as he held one hand out to you.
You grabbed his hand and held it in yours, a satisfied smile showing on your face.
“Aigoo y/n, what is this? If you wanted to hold my hand you could have said so,” he chuckled.
You kept your smile on your face as you tiptoed to whisper in his ear, “Have fun smelling like fish guts now,” you let go of his hand and resumed back to your fish.
Jihoon’s face turned to terror when he noticed his hand was wet from your touch. He lifts it up to his nose and surely, it smelled like fish guts. He gagged from the unexpected smell.
You heard Jihoon running over towards the kitchen sink to wash his hands, making you smile to yourself as you work on the second fish now. That ought to keep him quiet for a while, you thought. At least he’ll stop teasing you for now.
But you didn’t know how wrong you were. If it’s one thing you should know—that is to never prank the prankster himself.
So when Jihoon stood beside you back again, in front of the onions he was supposed to chop, you didn’t realise Jihoon had already grabbed the flour bottle from the cabinet above the sink.
“Oh y/n~” he called out to you.
“Yeah?” you turned to look at him, your eyes widening at what he was holding.
 Aunt Nari’s House (Living room)
Jaehyuk enters the living room with a pout on his face.
“Aigoo Jaehyuk-aa, why the long face?” Hyunsuk asks.
“I want to work with y/n too in the kitchen. I rarely spend time with her. And now that I’m here, I don’t get to do anything with her,” he complained.
“Aigooooo. Just leave her to work with Jihoon. They’re both good at cooking anyways. We might as well just help with setting the table and making the drinks,” Hyunsuk said.
“But 3 people setting the table is way too much,”
“Are you sure? ‘Cause Junkyu’s been working on that one seating for the whole time now,” Hyunsuk points at the younger boy standing at the end of the table.
“No, no, that plate’s pattern looked like it’s fit to be in this position. But if I place the spoon here, it looks off,” Junkyu said as he turns the plate in his hand a couple times.
Hyunsuk shakes his head as he watches the boy. “You can just leave it, Kyu-aa. It doesn’t have to be perfect, you know,”
“Hmm okay,” the boy stopped arranging the plate now.
“But hyung, is it really okay to leave them both together? You know, after what happened this morning?” Jaehyuk asks, ignoring Junkyu’s dilemma with the plate arrangements.
“Nah, they’ll be fine. It’s Jihoon,”
“Hm? What happened this morning?” Junkyu asks, since he had fallen asleep back and had missed on the drama that happened in your room.
“Oh right, Junkyu-hyung didn’t know—” Jaehyuk said. He was about open up the story of what happened but then he heard Aunt Nari calling his name from outside the house.
“Jaehyuk-ssi! Are you busy right now?”
“Yes Aunt Nari? No~ I’m not busy,”
“Could you help me and Dongyun load the vegetables into his car? He wants to send it to the bbq restaurant at the end of the lane,”
“Sure Aunt Nari~” he replied. “Okay, bye hyungs, I gotta go help out my future mother-in-law” he said in a playful tune as he leaves them.
Hyunsuk shakes his head again at this younger member this time. He continued wiping the spoons and chopsticks with the clean cloth before arranging it beside the plate Junkyu had placed on the table.
“Hyung, what happened in the morning?” Junkyu asked again, since he hadn’t gotten any response.
“Ah? Oh…it was nothing,” Hyunsuk said, his eyes not looking at his friend. He figured that it was better Junkyu didn’t know about it since he didn’t want Junkyu to think wrongly of Jihoon.
“Okay then,” Junkyu shrugs. He picked up another plate and proceeds to arrange it.
“Hey Junkyu…”
“Yes, hyung?”
“You…are you really going to confess to Y/n?”
Junkyu stops and looks at his hyung, who was staring back at him now.
“Why…are you asking me this?”
“I just—I think if you are going to, you should just do it fast, you know?”
“Why?”
“You never know…if someone else has caught feelings for her, you know?” Hyunsuk said this, as he blinks a couple times.
Junkyu tilts his head and keeps quiet for a while.
Then he looks down at his hands, as if he was thinking of something.
“Have you changed your mind…hyung?” Junkyu asks back.
“W-what?”
“Do you want to confess to her?”
“I…” Hyunsuk shakes his head. “No, this isn’t about me.”
“But I want you to tell me the truth, hyung.” Junkyu said, his face serious now.
Hyunsuk bit his bottom lip. This wasn’t what he wanted to talk about. How did he get himself into this spot?
“I know…it’s not easy to just ‘forget’ your feelings for her, hyung. Which is why, I need to know, if you plan on confessing to her.”
“Junkyu, look…” Hyunsuk took a deep breath. “Okay, maybe I will.”
Junkyu’s eyes widened, not expecting his hyung’s reply.
“—maybe I will, IF you don’t confess fast, Kyu-aa,”
“Wait, what? You still want me to confess first?” Junkyu asked, confused.
“Yeah, I mean. I told you before. I’m letting you pursue y/n. But damn, you’re taking so much time. If you’re taking this much time, we might as well let someone else confess to her first,” he laughed forcefully.
Junkyu shakes his head. “Someone else? What are you saying…are you telling me…someone else here likes y/n?”
Hyunsuk sighs. He shrugs at the younger boy. “I don’t know. I’m not sure. But I know this—if you don’t get your act up fast, I’m just saying…you might really lose her,”
“Hyung, you’re always saying this,” Junkyu chuckles. “Don’t worry, I won’t let you steal her away from me,” he joked.
“I’d be worried, Kyu-aa. Because at this rate, I’m no longer worried about you or Chani being my competition,”
Junkyu looks at his hyung weirdly. It’s like Hyunsuk’s speaking in another language. He could only understand half of what was being said.
Hyunsuk-hyung wants him to confess to you, but then again he’s also thinking of doing the same thing? But then there’s more competition?? Junkyu felt more confused now.
The serious tension between Junkyu and Hyunsuk disappeared when Jaehyuk entered the house with a smile on his face.
“Oh? You’re back.” Hyunsuk said to him.
“Yup! I also told Aunt Nari to rest up at Dongyun’s house with her friend. I told her that we’d surprise her with today’s cooking and that she doesn’t have to worry about us here,” he grinned.
“Wow, you really like this Aunt Nari, huh?” Junkyu giggles at his friend’s behaviour.
“Of course! I want to do my best for my future mother-in-law,” he said cheerfully.
Junkyu and Hyunsuk exchanged glances with one another.
“Oh? You both aren’t done with the plates and spoons yet?” he asks, noticing the table still not being set even when he was gone just now.
“Oh, we were chatting up just now,” Hyunsuk explained.
“Ahh. Well, I’ll help you guys out in a bit. I’m gonna go visit my future wife~” he said in a singsong tune as he leaves for the kitchen.
“What got into him?” Junkyu snickered.
“I wouldn’t laugh if I were you…his jokes have gotten…kinda far…” Hyunsuk said, a worried look forming on his face.
Junkyu’s smile fades when he heard this.
“UWAHHH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU BOTH??” both Junkyu and Hyunsuk heard Jaehyuk exclaiming, making them run to the kitchen immediately.
 Aunt Nari’s House (Kitchen)
Jaehyuk had wanted to check up on both you and Jihoon’s progress in the kitchen when he was greeted by two beings literally drenched in white powder.
The funny thing was that you and Jihoon were in the midst of your cooking by now and it seems like you both were somehow ignoring the fact that you’re both all sticky and covered with patches of flour.
“UWAHHH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU BOTH??” Jaehyuk half-screams as soon as he entered the kitchen.
You look up at him and shrugged, turning back to face the stove where you had begun frying your fish.
Not long after, Junkyu and Hyunsuk showed up in the kitchen, surprised to see the both of you just like Jaehyuk did earlier.
“Whoa. What happened here??” Junkyu asks, surprised to see you and Jihoon looking like ghosts.
“And what’s that smell?” Hyunsuk points out, his nose catching a whiff of something fishy.
“It’s the fish.” You said plainly.
“No, no. I’m not referring to the fried fish—”
“Exactly, it’s the fish,” Jihoon interrupts this time.
“Huh…they’re right. It smells like…raw fish…” Jaehyuk points out.
Both you and Jihoon stopped on your cooking and locked eyes with each other—making the both of you grumble at one another.
“Do you guys…wanna go get cleaned up first?” Hyunsuk offers, adding that he could fill in on their part of cooking for the time being.
“No it’s fine, I’ll wash up again after I’m done cooking,” you answered.
“Yeah, same.” Jihoon said as well.
This made you turn to look at him again. The both of glared at each other yet again.
“Okay…what happened you both…” Junkyu asks again, feeling the tension in the room.
Both you and Jihoon took deep breaths, opening your mouths to answer—“He/She started it!”
The both of you gasped. How did you both say it at the same time?
You huffed. “You started with the flour!”
“Yeah but you wiped the fish guts on me!”
“You started it! You wouldn’t stop messing with me!” you complained.
“Hold on!” Hyunsuk stopped the both of you before this ends up into another argument.
“You mean…one of you threw flour, and then the other threw fish guts…? And then you both started attacking one another with flour and fish??” He asks, trying to get a proper explanation from both of the glaring kids in front of him.
Both you and Jihoon nod, frowning.
“Aigoooo what a mess! Aunt Nari’s gonna kill you both if she sees this.” Jaehyuk says as he steps up towards you. His hand starts dusting off the white powder from the top of your head.
Junkyu too, rushed towards his best friend to help clean him up, in case Aunt Nari decided to check on them.
Hyunsuk shakes his head for the nth time today. “Alright, alright just go clean up you both. Let me and the boys continue the cooking.”
“Hey, I’m a boy too,” Jihoon answered.
“Sure, now go,” Hyunsuk shoos the younger boy and you.
And as soon as the both of you left the kitchen, Junkyu and Jaehyuk looked at their hyung nervously.
“Yah, hyung. We rarely cook in the dorms. How can you be sure we won’t mess this up?” Junkyu asks, biting his bottom lip after.
“I mean, they’ve prepped it all, right? How hard can it be?” Their leader shrugs.
 *
And the three boys were definitely lucky. They managed to cook the meals that Jihoon and you have prepped quite well. The fish was kinda charred on one side but that was only because Junkyu had thought that he didn’t need to flip the fish when he fries it. It was only Hyunsuk told him to flip it that they were all stunned by the charred side.
But nevertheless, the other fried fishes were saved by Jaehyuk since he took over after Junkyu panicked seeing the fish he fried turning black on one side. Hyunsuk on the other hand nailed Jihoon’s braised tofu stew even when he literally eyeballed the seasoning for the stew.
Aunt Nari was thoroughly impressed by these Seoul boys. She even had extra servings to show how much she loved their cooking—in which you pouted upon since she rarely does so for the meals you cook. Okay but maybe you needed to spend more time in the kitchen, you thought.
And so—it was a couple hours after lunch when everyone was resting and minding their own business when you heard Aunt Nari calling your name from downstairs.
“Yes?” You called out back from the door of your room.
You furrowed your eyebrows. You were sure you heard your Aunt Nari calling your name a few seconds ago.
After counting to 60 in your head, you shrugged and decided to go back to lying down on your mattress.
“Y/n! Why do you never answer when I call your name?” you heard your teacher calling as soon as your head touches your pillow.
You groaned as you got back up.
“Yes Aunt Nari? Is there anything you need?”
Again, silence. You sighed and closed your room door behind you.
“Not this again. Every single time I answer it’s like nobody’s there,” you muttered to yourself as you walk down the stairs.
You entered the living room where the Treasure boys were videocalling their other members using Hyunsuk’s phone.
“Junghwan-aa, don’t stay cooped up in your room studying. Go play outside or something. It’s the weekend anyways,” you heard Jihoon nagging towards the youngest member who was on the screen right now.
Junkyu heard your footsteps approaching them, making him turn to look at you. He flashed you a smile, making you smile back at him.
“Calling the members?” You ask him.
“Yeah. They wanted to talk to you but we didn’t want to bother you,”
You took a peek at the screen, making you smile as Junghwan swallowed the nagging Jihoon was giving him.
Junghwan was about to reply to his hyung when he saw your head popping up from behind Junkyu.
“Noona!!!”
“Aigoo Junghwan-aa that’s a bit too loud,” Hyunsuk said as he rubbed his ear from the sudden scream.
“Quick, move aside y’all! Let noona speak!”
“Oh gosh, he’s all excited,” Jaehyuk said with a hint of sarcasm. Though he did as the younger kid told him to, passing his hyung’s phone to you.
You smiled at the boy in the screen, your hand holding onto Hyunsuk’s phone and the other waving at the screen.
“Noona! You don’t reply my chats anymore! Why…have you forgotten about me?” Junghwan whined.
“—or. Why are you in your hometown? Are you staying there permanently now?”
“I—” you wanted to answer but the maknae started shooting more questions, making you unable to speak.
“Did Chani-hyung cause you to be sent back? Should I go and scold him? We haven’t even got to have that lunch date we’ve been talking about, are you trying to ditch me and move on with your life? Noona…why aren’t you answering me…?” His voice slowed down when he noticed you giggling at his questions.
“Silly boy. Of course I haven’t forgotten you. I just…I don’t have my phone with me right now. My boss has it,”
This earned looks from the other boys, as they finally realised why you were unreachable before this.
“I miss you Junghwan-aa, we’ll catch up when I get back okay?”
“Hmm but how long are you gonna stay there?”
“Aigoo, I’ll be back—”
You were interrupted by Aunt Nari calling you from the front terrace of the house.
“Y/n, I’ve been calling for you!” Aunt Nari’s head popped in from the front door.
“Yes?”
“Dongyun’s been waiting for you out here! How dare you make him wait,”
“What?” you asked, blurred. You didn’t have plans with him, did you?
And speak of the devil, Dongyun appeared at the front door as well.
“Hello girlfriend, let’s go harvest some potatoes!” he said cheerfully, his hand holding a small spade.
“Oh, hey you guys—” Dongyun stopped his greeting halfway when he noticed glares from the rest of the people in the room.
“Uhh, why does everyone look so tensed?” he asks instead.
“Maybe they’re judging you for not bringing an extra spade for me,” you answered him, not realising that the boys didn’t like how Dongyun had addressed you as ‘girlfriend’, even if he was joking.
“Ugh, fine. You can take mine. I’ll just dig with my hands,” he retorts sarcastically, earning an eyeroll from you.
“Why? Who’s that?” Junghwan’s voice appeared, reminding everyone that he was still in the video call.
“Oh, that’s Dongyun. I gotta go Junghwannie, I’ll talk to you when I get back okay?” you said as you hand Hyunsuk’s phone back to him.
“Ah, but noona—”
“Oh? Is this another member? Hello! I’m Dongyun!” Dongyun suddenly joined in as he stood beside you, startling the rest of the members in the room.
“Uhh hi…” Junghwan waved his hand awkwardly at the stranger.
“Okay, I gotta go steal y/n from y’all now. Bye!” he said as he grabbed your wrist, dragging you out of the house.
The moment both you and Dongyun were no longer in view, Hyunsuk grumbles to himself, “That’s not fair, dragging y/n out like that,”
Junkyu heard this, making him sigh as well. “I know, right? Y/n was catching up with Junghwan too,”
“Yeah,” they heard Junghwan’s voice agreeing as well.
“Oh, I forgot to end the call.” Hyunsuk said as he raises his phone, the maknae’s face still on the screen.
“Hyung…is that…Y/n’s boyfriend?” Junghwan asks, his voice slow.
“Eyyyyy, don’t be ridiculous!” All four of his hyungs that were in the living room said at the same time.
 *
Haenam (Evening/ Route to potato field)
“Why are you so slow today? Gosh, usually you’d be racing me to the field.” You complained as you watched your childhood friend’s pace remained slow beside you.
“I’m just thinking…”
You stopped in your steps when you realised that he was indeed lost in his own thoughts.
“Hey…you okay?” you ask, your voice softer now.
He shakes his head and smiles at you. “I’m good. It’s you I’m worried about honestly,”
“Pfft me? Please—I’m fine,” you snickered.
Dongyun gives you a look, his eyebrows raised.
“What? For real, I’m all good,”
“Ahuh, sure. You know…you’re gonna stir up trouble if you don’t act up fast, y/n,”
“What are you talking about?” this time your eyebrows furrowed.
Dongyun lets out a sigh. “You know, people always talk about how guys being the ones who were insensitive and clueless when they hurt girls’ feelings. “
Your expression softens. Why is Dongyun talking about guys’ feelings in all of a sudden?
He turns to look at you. “I hate to say this, y/n. But really, you’re being insensitive about us guys too,”
You blinked slowly, trying to process what he was trying to convey.
Dongyun chuckles. He knows how dense you can be when it comes to matters like this—judging since he’s been friends with you for a long time.
You felt his hand resting on your head now.
“Oh gosh y/n. You have to…come clean about your feelings.”
And then you finally understood what he was trying to say.
“Dongyun…you know, just because I like him doesn’t mean he’ll like me back…”
“That’s not how I see it. And from what I’ve seen, I’m advising you, as someone who cares about you deeply—it’s best to come clean soon. You know, before the rest gets hurt,”
“The rest??” okay, Dongyun’s lost you now. You were sure he was talking about you having to confess to Junkyu soon but the rest?? How does this concern the rest?
From your expression, Dongyun could tell you were thinking. He hoped he had somehow got through to you.
His hand suddenly clutched his stomach. “Agh,”
“Oh?” this made you snap out of your thoughts. “Dongyun? You okay?”
“I think I’m having a tummy ache. I think I’ll head to that restaurant’s restroom for a bit,”
“Okay, sure. I’ll come with you,”
“What? No, no! You should head to the field first. I’ll catch up with you, I promise,”
“Really?” you frowned, worried about him.
“Yeah, yeah. Just go. I’ll see you later,” he said as he jogs towards the restaurant the both of you passed by, his hand still clutching his tummy.
You watched as your friend entered the restaurant doors.
You looked down at the small spade he had handed you earlier.
“Oh well, might as well just walk there slowly,” you said to yourself as you sigh, taking in the soft breeze hitting your skin.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 30)
Chapter 30 - Roses
Word count: 6.5k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hello!! Omg it’s been so long! T^T I am literally crying aaaa I am so sorry for making you all wait this long! But-- I have made this chapter extra long so I hope it makes up for me being away for a while ;-; <3 also-- idk y’all, this chapter was supposed to be fun but while i was proofreading i actually shed a tear because--- well, okay i’ll just leave it to y’all to read and find out T^T anyways, this was long wow but i love you all and please take care always <3
The guy brought our Treasure friends to his house that was only a 10-minute walking distance from the market—but also less noisy in their opinion.
“Here you go, make yourselves at home,” the guy said with his smile. He pushed open the front door for the boys to enter.
Hyunsuk was reluctant to enter but then Junkyu was already stepping his foot into the guy’s living room so in the end the rest of them just followed suit.
“Have a seat, I’m gonna go out and wait for my friend outside,” the guy said.
“W-wait, you’re leaving us here? On our own?” Hyunsuk asks, suspicious of the guy leaving them simply after inviting them to tag along with him before this.
“Yup. It’s gonna be for a while, really,” the guy replied. “Here, I’ll leave the front door open for you guys,” he said as he pushed the door open. He then left through the door. “See you guys in a bit!” he waved goodbye at them before going.
Jihoon and Hyunsuk immediately huddled up close to each other. “Yah, don’t you think this guy is kinda suspicious??” Jihoon whispered towards his hyung.
“You feel it too?? Dang, I thought I was the only one that feels that everything around here is fishy.” Hyunsuk answered back.
“Yeah! And he kept mentioning about meeting his friend too. I mean, he could’ve brought us to meet his friend, no?? Why keep us waiting here??”
Hyunsuk lets out a gasp. “What if he’s scheming on kidnapping us?”
“Aigoo, that’s nonsense hyung! If he wanted to kidnap us why would he leave the front door open anyways,” Jaehyuk chuckled at his hyungs’ paranoid behaviour.
“He could be bringing a thug back here, you know,” Jihoon said with a serious expression on his face.
All four of them fell silent for a couple seconds.
Junkyu and Jaehyuk made eye contact with each other before bursting into laughter.
“What thug, hyung? This town’s people seemed so nice,” Junkyu said in between his laughs.
“I know right? Look at them hyungs, they’re being overly paranoid over nothing!” Jaehyuk joined in laughing at the two older members.
“Besides, if you feel like that guy is up to no good, why’d you even agree in coming back here with him, huh?” Junkyu points out towards Hyunsuk.
Hyunsuk folds his arms against his chest. “Hey, it’s not my fault. You all could’ve stopped me from saying ‘yes’ to him too. But you guys didn’t. So we’re all in fault if anything bad happens to us here,”
 *
Haenam (still the same morning)
It was close to 11am when you were finally done with helping out your teacher at her small vegetable farm a mile away from her house.
You helped her carry the basket filled with harvested cabbages whilst you let her carry the lighter vegetables in her basket. Your teacher, whom you have been accustomed to call as Aunt Nari ever since she took you into her care after your sister passed on couple years back, walked in front of you. She held onto the smaller basket containing the carrot and beansprouts in her hands.
Your gaze softened as you watched her back facing you. She was the closest person you had as a mother figure after your sister. You felt emotional just thinking about how nice of a person your teacher was for taking care of you—even when you weren’t that much worthy looking after, you thought to yourself.
You were about to start reminiscing on the times your teacher had looked out on you and your sister but then your emotions hit pause as soon as you saw the guy standing nearby your Aunt Nari’s house.
You stopped in your tracks.
You narrowed your eyes at the guy, your grip on your basket tightening.
“Oh! Aunt Nari! Good morning~” The guy greeted your teacher as she passed by him to head towards her house.
Your teacher realised that you weren’t following closely behind her anymore, making her turn around.
“Y/n, what are you doing standing there? Get inside and get changed into something warm! Then we can sort out the vegetables,” she called out to you.
“Ah, uhh, you can head on inside first, aunty. I’ll join in later,”
Your teacher eyed both you and the guy standing in front of the house beside hers. She shook her head and said, “Alright but don’t take too long the both of you.” With that, she heads inside her house, not caring about what you and her neighbour’s son were up to doing—since she’s fairly familiar of what always happen when the both of you meet each other.
As soon as your teacher closed the front door of her house, your hand instantly grabbed onto a piece of the round cabbage from the basket you were holding.
“How’s my loving friend doing to—AGH,” the guy screamed halfway through greeting you as he tried to avoid the cabbage you threw at him.
“Yah! Kim Dongyun! Just what are you thinking, huh?! The nerve you have of just popping up here!” you called out to him as you marched towards him, the heavy basket still in your hands.
“Don’t! I said, don’t!” Dongyun backs off from where he was standing. He hurries to grab the cabbage that you had thrown earlier from the ground and raises it in his hands—making you stop marching towards him. Although to be honest, you were already standing right outside the fence of his house.
“Aha! That’s right, just stay there!” He instructed you. You scowled at him.
“What’s with that look, huh? If you move an inch, I’ll throw this cabbage far away. And then Aunt Nari will be sad because you lost her harvest,” he threatened you.
“Kim Dongyun…” you said his name in a menacing tone.
“Now, now. Listen—I’m sorry, okay? I overslept—AHHH!” he screamed again as he managed to evade another cabbage from hitting him. The cabbage passed by him and rolled into his house through the front door.
“You overslept?? Yah! Did you have any idea how tiring it was to harvest these cabbages and carry them back here all alone?! Aunt Nari kept backing you up, saying that you probably have errands to run today and that we shouldn’t be bothering you—but WOW you overslept!” You nagged. “I had to get up early and do all the harvesting alone when you agreed to help me just yesterday!” you added.
“Oh come on, Y/n. Don’t be like this. Don’t get mad.” He said to you gently. He walks up close to you and hands over the cabbage he held earlier to you. “If you get angry at me like this every time we meet…you’ll get wrinkles easier,” he whispered now that he was close enough.
Your jaw fell when you heard him say this. You dropped the basket in your hand and snatched the cabbage from his hands. “Oh ho you are so dead Kim Dongyun…”
 *
Dongyun’s House (Living Room / Still the same morning)
“Should we make a run for it while we can?” Hyunsuk asks, still worried if they were being kidnapped or conned at this point.
“He’s been out for a while, hasn’t he?” Jihoon asks back.
“Precisely 15 minutes. Not that long to be honest,” Jaehyuk answered as he checked the time on his phone.
“Which is why we should run while we can. The longer we wait, the sooner he comes back.” Hyunsuk reasoned.
“Okay but tell that to the sleeping beauty here,” Jihoon points at Junkyu that had already passed out on the floor beside him.
“What?? He was awake a minute ago! When did he even fall asleep??”
Jaehyuk snickered at the sight of his hyung sleeping on the floor.
Hyunsuk groaned just thinking about how it’d be impossible to escape now that Junkyu’s asleep. He shook his head. He shouldn’t give up so easily, he thought. He’s the leader. He’s responsible for everyone’s safety here.
“Yah, Junkyu-aa, wake upppp,” Hyunsuk called out to the sleeping koala boy.
“Aigoo hyung, just leave him be. I’m sure we’ll be just fine. Besides, you were the one who instantly agreed when the random guy invited us to tag along with him. So why should you be worried now?” Jaehyuk said, trying to calm his hyung down. Honestly, he doesn’t feel like he’s in danger.
“Sshh, shh,” Jihoon suddenly said. “Do you guys hear that?”
“What?” Hyunsuk asks.
“I hear voices outside,”
And just in time, a cabbage flew in through the front door that was left open earlier.
“Wah! I-is that, a cabbage??” Hyunsuk shouted in shock.
“I think people are fighting outside,” Jihoon said as he rose to his feet.
“Hurry, wake Junkyu up! We need to get out of here before we get involved in any way!” Hyunsuk said, hurrying towards Junkyu to wake him up.
 *
Haenam (Outside Dongyun’s house)
“I said give it back!” You ordered Dongyun since he managed to snatch the cabbage from your hands again this time. Though you were glad you had managed to hit him with it twice earlier.
“No. Stop. Aunt Nari will be pissed to see her cabbage being beaten down like this. Look at it! It’s no longer round in shape!”
You stopped reaching for the cabbage that he had been raising out of your reach since he was obviously taller than you. “Fine. Just give it back then. Then I’ll keep it back into the basket.” You point at the basket not far behind you.
Dongyun was reluctant to give it back to you. He knows how good you were at tricking him back when you both were kids so he knew what was up your sleeve most of the time.
You rolled your eyes at him. As if reading his mind, you said—“Come on. We’re not kids anymore. Just give it back, okay? I need to send it back to Aunt Nari’s house.”
Dongyun lets out a sigh and hands over the cabbage into your hands.
“Thank you,” you said to him. You turned around to head towards the basket.
But just as you were right in front of the basket, you swiftly turned around and shout at your friend “ Hah! Jokes on you! I’m not done being mad at you!” you then threw the cabbage in his direction.
Dongyun had been keeping an eye on your movements as you were walking towards the basket earlier so he had expected this from you—which made him duck as quick as lightning, evading the hit from the cabbage you threw.
Now.
Even though the cabbage missed Dongyun, your throw was kind of hard, which made it flew further towards another group of people that were stepping out of Dongyun’s house.
Lucky for Hyunsuk who had been cautious since he first entered the house—he had been looking out carefully as he stepped out of the front doors which made him notice the flying cabbage heading towards them.
“CABBAGE! DUCK!” he shouted.
Hyunsuk, Jaehyuk and Jihoon immediately moved to the sides—except for Junkyu who was still groggy from waking up from his nap.
“What? Ducks?” he said, with his eyes halfway open, him still being half asleep.
It all happened so fast.
One second Junkyu heard his hyungs waking him up from his nice nap.
And then he was being dragged towards the front door.
Next, he thought he heard his Hyunsuk-hyung screaming something about ducks.
And then he felt something hitting him in the face. Something round. Was it a ball?
After that he couldn’t remember what happened. Everything went black.
 *
Aunt Nari’s House (Bedroom 1)
“I told you both not to fight anymore. You both are no longer kids. See what happened now?? You got someone hurt.” Your Aunt Nari nagged at both you and Dongyun as she was standing at the door of the room.
“You’re lucky you knew these people too, Y/n. Imagine getting sued for hurting such handsome boys,” she added.
You shuddered from the word sue. You were mostly terrified of that. Lucky for you your Aunt Nari hadn’t realise that the boy you had accidentally hit with a cabbage was one of the famous Kpop groups’ vocalist. If she knows this you would have probably been thrown to live in the streets, you thought.
“I’m sorry…” you mumbled. You do feel bad though. It’s not like you had meant to threw it at him anyways.
You scowled at Dongyun who was sitting on the floor beside you.
“I can see you scowling at Dongyun from behind here,” Aunt Nari said, making you turn your head back to look at Junkyu who was lying down on the mattress in front of you.
“Okay then. You all watch out for the boy til he wakes up, okay? I’ll be making lunch for us all.” All of you nod at this. “Oh and make sure these two don’t fight again. God knows what would happen next if they do,” she said as she shook her head. You knew she was referring to you and Dongyun.
After Aunt Nari left you kept quiet. Well, actually, the whole room was quiet. Suddenly it felt awkward to be in the room, you thought. Even though everyone here are your friends, you couldn’t help but feel weird being in here with them.
“Y/n?” Hyunsuk suddenly voiced out, making you raise your head to look at him.
Hyunsuk, Jihoon and Jaehyuk were seated opposite you and Dongyun, with Junkyu laying in the middle of everyone.
“Y-yes?” You answered him.
“Don’t feel bad. You didn’t mean to do it.” He said softly.
You nod your head slowly at this. Your eyes went back to stare at Junkyu.
“Yeah, he’s probably drifted back to sleep anyways after you knocked him out,” Jihoon chimed in.
You pursed your lips, trying not to laugh at what Jihoon has said. Jihoon saw your lips curve upwards slightly, making him smile his warm smile at you.
“Okay.” You managed to say as you controlled your smile.
“So…these are the friends that you’ve been telling me about?” Dongyun asks, now that he’s confident you weren’t going to scold him or anything on what had happened.
You nod your head at him.
“And this is the guy that you lik—” his words got cut off as your hand immediately covered his mouth, making the rest of his sentence sound muffled.
“Ahahaha shut up Dongyun-aa.” You laughed awkwardly. “He’s always spouting nonsense. Don’t mind him,” you said to your Treasure friends.
The rest of them simply nod their heads as they watched you nagged at Dongyun about not spewing nonsense in front of your friends and that he should respect them because they are your guests now.
“Don’t you dare point a finger at Junkyu again,” you huffed, ending your nag at your friend.
Dongyun rolled his eyes at you. “Sure. Protect him at all costs, no?” he said sarcastically, earning a scowl from you again.
Hyunsuk watched the whole time you were talking with Dongyun. He couldn’t help but feel…jealous. You seemed so close with this Dongyun guy, and judging by the way you both banter with each other, it seems like the both of you are super close and comfortable with each other. Almost like you both were meant to be with each other.
He shook his head slightly and decided to just focus on watching over Junkyu.
 *
Aunt Nari’s House (Lunchtime)
Your teacher had cooked up a whole spread of foods since she was excited to see many guests at her home this time.
And not to mention, handsome guests at that too.
Seeing that she only has two sons—one being married and has migrated overseas and another one living in the city (who is also your boss), having this many boys at home made her feel like she was back in her early motherhood days.
You were the closest she had to have as a daughter, in which was why she was always meddling in your love life and asking why you weren’t dating anyone.
“Don’t be shy! Help yourselves!” Aunt Nari exclaimed excitedly as she invites the boys (and you) to eat the food that she had generously cooked that afternoon.
All of you were sitting on the floor, surrounding the table that Aunt Nari had pulled out from her storeroom, one she had kept for family gatherings since it was as big as a four-seater dining table—only shorter since it was meant for dining on the floor.
The Treasure boys were quite shy at first, only taking small bites of the foods until a couple minutes passed and they were pretty sure that your teacher was just another warm-hearted aunt that they all had somehow came across with in their own lives.
“Aigoo, I’ve never thought Y/n to have such handsome friends in the city. I’ve always thought that the only guy friend she had was Dongyun,” Aunt Nari said as you were all eating.
“Aish aunty, don’t say that. Y/n is such a pleasant person, it’s only logical for her to have many friends in the city,” Jaehyuk answered, smiling.
“I doubt that,” Aunt Nari teased. “If you boys have any friends who are interested in dating, why don’t you try to introduce Y/n to them? It’s nothing big, but I worry that Y/n would never settle down and would end up dying alone,”
You choked on your rice, earning a pat on your back from Dongyun whom was sitting beside you.
“Aunt Nari! What nonsense are you saying??” You asked as soon as you were done coughing.
“Oh? I’m only looking out for you, Y/n. Joonyoung told me that he had tried matching you with couple of his friends in the city but that didn’t seem to work out,”
You sighed. “Well, to be honest—it is awkward to date your boss’ friends. Besides, they all…don’t match me either.”
The rest of the boys listened to your conversation with your teacher, feeling like as if they’re listening to a mother trying to convince their daughter to get married soon. They felt like they weren’t even there with the both of you.
“Aigoo, you’re too picky! That’s why you’ll end up alone,” she nagged.
“I won’t end up alone.” You scooped up some rice into your mouth. “I’ll just get myself a pet,” you said, whilst munching on your food.
“Hmm. That won’t do. I might as well just marry you off to Dongyun since his mother is my close friend,” she said nonchalantly.
This made EVERYONE around the table cough and choke on their foods—including you of course.
Aunt Nari stopped eating and looked around the room at all of you. “Oh my god is the food too spicy?? Why is everyone suddenly coughing??”
You rubbed your left eye that had teared up from the choking, “Aunt Nari! What nonsense are you saying?? In front of my friends too!”
“Aish. I’m just saying. You’re too picky. Since you both are close, might as well just get you both matched up,”
You shook your head. “Nu uh. Nope. We had this talk, remember? I’m not getting matched up with anyone,”
“Aigoo Aunt Nari, what are you saying? Y/n and I are just friends,” Dongyun chimed in.
“Hmm. You’re both stubborn.” Aunt Nari complained. She set her bowl on the table, indicating that she was done with her meal.
Jaehyuk sensed the tension going on in the dining area you are all in so he decided that maybe he should try to ease everyone. He places his bowl onto the table as well.
“Thank you for the wonderful meal, aunty,” he smiles his usual charming charm. “Since you helped cook everything, I’ll help with the cleaning, okay?”
Aunt Nari was taken back by the sudden generosity from him since usually her own sons would argue on who would do the cleaning up but having a man who graciously volunteered to do seemed so new in her household that she was simply amazed by the words that came out of Jaehyuk’s mouth.
“Ah. Aigoo, aigoo! You really don’t have to!” She waved her hand at him.
“It’s nothing, really! I always help around in the dorms and when I’m home I help my mum in the kitchen too,”
Now you see, saying these kinds of words to Aunt Nari wasn’t really a good thing at the moment because she was in that obsessive mode of finding a suitor for you. So of course, you can imagine what she said next:
“My my. Who knew such a fine man would have such fine manners?” Aunt Nari leaned forward towards Jaehyuk’s direction. “Then it’s set. I’ll have you in line as my son-in-law,”
You laughed at this. “Ahuh, as if Joonyoung-ssi would be happy with you matchmaking him as well,”
She shot you a look.
“What? I have nothing against Joonyoung-ssi dating men but don’t you think matching him with a man he doesn’t know would make him less happy?”
This earned you a bonk in the head from your teacher.
“Ow!”
“You’re the only person I’m looking a son-in-law for,” she hissed at you.
“Huh??” both you and Jaehyuk asked at the same time, confused.
“Jaehyuk-ssi, right? I’m looking forward to getting to know you better.” Aunt Nari smiled as she got up to her feet to leave for the kitchen. “Y/n, once you’re done why don’t you bring your friends around town?” she was no longer in the room when she said this.
“Alright,” you called back to her.
You continued chewing on your food but then you felt uncomfortable somehow so you raised your head to see all of your friends staring at you.
“What? Why? What’s wrong?”
“Why…is your Aunt Nari…so obsessed with finding you a husband…?” Junkyu asked.
“I guess I was the closest she had as a daughter so she probably just wants to make sure I do get married before she dies or something.” You shrug. “Don’t worry, she doesn’t mean what she says,”
“Pfft. As if. Remember when she forced you to be my date for my sister’s wedding? She kept pushing and convincing my mum about it too. Our teacher isn’t one to kid around. She's been keeping an eye on me since i was a kid and when she found out about y/n being my close friend she wouldn't stop shipping me with her,” Dongyun scoffed at you. “And then I had to turn down Yerim’s offer to dance with me at the wedding because I had to only dance with you,” he sighs loudly.
You rolled your eyes at him. “Oh don’t be so dramatic about it. We were 9 years old at that time for goodness’ sake!”
Your Treasure friends laughed at this discovery.
“So what I’m saying is--,” Dongyun continues, ignoring everyone’s laughter. “I’m just glad I’m off the hook for that son-in-law list of hers. But your friend here, good luck getting out,” he smirks at Jaehyuk.
Instantly everyone’s laugh died down upon hearing this.
“O-okay calm down y’all. I promise, none of you will be forced to marry anyone here. Including me.” You assured them as you grab the glass of water in front of you.
“I wouldn’t mind though. What can I say? Aunts and mums love me~” Jaehyuk said in a sing-song tune.
You giggled at this, finding his carefree demeanour adorable.
The rest of the boys at the table doesn’t find it funny though. Jaehyuk doesn’t realise this but his friends were staring daggers at him for saying something like that.
 *
After lunch, all of you had taken a walk around the small town area, you and Dongyun being the tour guides for your guests of course.
The both of you introduced the local elementary school that you and Dongyun went to, the bakery that you had always brought goods from when you lived with your sister, the market area (even though they’ve all been there earlier this morning), the small café that serves the best iced peach tea and then some other places that you were fairly familiar with.
Though the tour had to be kept short because Dongyun had to head back home and help his dad at their farm a little far away from town; and also because the locals couldn’t stop gawking at your friends everywhere you go. Not that you could blame them though, your Treasure friends are indeed good-looking plus they are all new faces in this town so surely it got the local people curious about their identity.
And so, after the tour ended and after Dongyun had left, you had sorted your friends into several rooms in your Aunt Nari’s house to sleep in for the night but that evening they all had fallen asleep in the living room instead.
 Aunt Nari’s House (Evening)
You too also took a nap as soon as you saw your friends huddled up in the living room sleeping. It wasn’t that long though, your nap. You woke up after half an hour.
You got out of your room and headed downstairs to check on your friends.
“Ah, they’re all still asleep.” You muttered to yourself as soon as you saw them.
You yawned quietly and head towards the kitchen. There was a door leading to the backyard of the house from there.
Before heading outside, you checked the clock hanging on the kitchen wall. 4.35pm. Now’s a good time to check on the plants outside, you thought.
As soon as you stepped outside, you felt the cool breeze blowing against your exposed hands and face. It was cold, yet the Sun was warming enough at this time.
You took a deep breath and head towards the medium-sized potted plant not far from the door.
The pot consisted of a variation of Japanese roses. Orange, pink, yellow, purple—all growing in tangly stems in the pot.
You smiled to yourself. When you first brought the stem cutting of the plants last year, your aunt Nari was surprised because you were never the type to be interested in farming or taking care of plants. But then during your holiday last year, you had brought home the stem cuttings and planted the roses on your own, tending to it everyday too.
It was only when you had to leave for the city again that you told Aunt Nari that you decided to gift the roses to her in hopes that she would take good care of it while you were away.
You squatted in front of the pot, eye-levelling with the row of colourful tiny roses. “Hello my beautiful friends. You’re all looking wonderful as always,” you whispered towards the plant.
Your finger traced the delicate petals, feeling the soft texture against your skin. You hummed happily to yourself. Maybe a break from the city is what you needed after all. As tiring as it was to do the farming work and market runs here, you’ve felt at more peace compared to when you were in the city. Maybe…what your boss did was right after all.
Okay but minus the part where he took your phone away from you. That wasn’t necessary at all, you thought.
“They’re pretty,” a voice whispered from behind you, startling you.
You swiftly turn around to see Hyunsuk standing behind you.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to surprise you,” he blurted as soon as he sees your expression.
You let out a breath of relief. It was only Hyunsuk.
You shook your head and pat the ground beside you. “It’s fine. Come, sit.”
Hyunsuk sat down beside you whom was no longer squatting by now.
“Yours?” He points at the pot of Japanese roses.
You nod back at his question.
“They’re really pretty.”
“Yup,” you nodded again. “Aunt Nari took care of them really well,”
Hyunsuk hummed back in response. “Aunt Nari seems really nice,”
“She is. Even though we’re not blood-related, she’s treated me so well,” you said, your fingers tracing the flower petals again.
“Oh. She’s…not your…”
“She was my high school teacher.” You answered even though Hyunsuk hadn’t finished his question.
“She…took me in when my sister passed away during my senior year,” you added.
“Oh. Y/n, I’m so sorry…”
“Don’t be.” You turned to him and smiled. “It happened.”
You look at your hands now. “It happened so quickly too…I didn’t have time to process what was really going on.”
Hyunsuk reaches out his hand and places them on yours, his fingers intertwining with yours. “If you don’t mind me asking…how did it all went down…”
Hyunsuk didn’t want to come across as insensitive when he asked this but he genuinely wanted to know you better. You were opening up about your past—one thing him and the boys never really heard you talk about. He wanted to know everything about you. Your past, your present.
You felt his hands grip yours tightly, not in a forceful way though. It was as though he was giving you strength to look back on the past that you had so much wanted to shut off your life.
Your eyes still looking down, you started talking, “When my parents separated back then…they sent us to our grandmother here—in this very town. I was 7 at the time, and my sister was 12. To be honest, it wasn’t a bad experience at all. Our grandmother was perfect. She took care of us really well. She was…” you took a deep breath before continuing, “…the perfect parent we ever had. Our parents could never treat us that well,” you chuckled.
“We had a great childhood here. We made friends, we had plenty of people taking care of one another here. I spent my school days with my sister. When I was in my senior year, my sister had already started working at the time.”
Hyunsuk heard the strain in your voice. Ah, it’s the painful part now, he thought.
“It was the day of my college entrance exams. I was already in the school grounds when I got the call. My sister got caught in an accident at the highway roads when she was on her way to work.”
You could feel the tears streaming down your cheeks. You couldn’t help it. You could never keep your tears in whenever you talk about her.
Hyunsuk started stroking your head, trying to calm you down.
“She had a brain injury,” you continued. “I watched over her for two weeks while she was in a coma, and suddenly one day—” your breath hitched as the images flowed in your head this time. How it all happened. The day you felt your whole world fell apart. It wasn’t the time your parents left you, it wasn’t when your grandmother passed on—those matters, as painful as it was, you were still able to keep on living. Because you had your sister by your side. But when she left…
“I had just gotten back from the washroom when I noticed her fingers moving. I thought she was waking up from her coma…she started shaking, and then it was only minutes in when I realised she was having a seizure. I pressed on the emergency button and ran to look for the nurses outside the room.” You stopped. You wiped your tears with the back of your unoccupied hand. “The doctor and nurses wouldn’t let me watch as they tried to handle my sister’s situation so I just sat outside the room. And when the doctor came out,” you paused again to swallow the lump in your throat. “…she was already gone,”
“Y/n…” Hyunsuk said softly. He could feel the sadness seeping through his skin as he held your hand in his.
You blinked the remaining tears, feeling it wet your cheeks. You sniffled and turned to look at the boy beside you. “I’m sorry. You only asked about how it happened and yet I literally gave you backstories,” you chuckled lightly.
“Shh, it’s okay. I wanted to listen.”
You smiled gratefully at him. You wipe away the tears off your face again.
“And then your teacher took you in and then you live here? And then…you moved to the city when you started working…?” Hyunsuk tried to continue your story for you, making you giggle at his curiosity.
You nod back at him.
“Ahh so that’s why there was no tea farm in front of your house,”
“Hm?”
“Ohh, uhh, Soomin-ssi told us that your house was located in front of a tea farm.”
“Oh, that. That’s true. My grandmother’s house was near a tea farm. She must’ve have remembered about it from our conversation about me being a tea expert since I grew up near a tea farm,” you bragged.
Hyunsuk chuckles at this and ruffles your hair.
This made you instantly pull your hand from his hold to fix your hair.
“Hey, hey, keep it easy with the hair,” you whined.
Hyunsuk leaned forward towards you and stared at you for a while. “You can have unkempt hair all you want and yet I’ll still think you’re the most beautiful person in this world,” he grinned.
You blushed at his cheesy compliment. You looked away from his gaze as you braid your hair.
Hyunsuk smiled to himself as he watches you braid your hair. He really meant what he said. He knew that this was purely wrong because he had told Junkyu to confess to you—and yet here he was letting himself fall in love with you all over again.
He was…falling in love with you.
This isn’t just a crush anymore.
He was falling.
Hyunsuk’s thoughts were interrupted when he heard you talking to him.
“…what do you think?”
“Hm?” he asked, since he had missed out on the first part of your question.
“I was asking if you had any ideas for dinner later on. Aunt Nari put me up on sous chef duty for tonight. We have some fish in the freezer so maybe I’ll fry it up and then make some soup and side dishes? What do you think?”
“I’m okay with anything, really.”
“Okay.”
“Oh, right. You didn’t mention what happened to your grandmother’s house,”
“Wow, we’re really going back to that topic huh?” you chuckled.
“I mean, only if you’re comfortable with talking about it.”
You fixed your sittingg position and made it so you were sitting and facing him directly now.
“My grandmother had granted the house to my sister before she passed on so the day my sister passed away our distant relatives instantly claimed the house since there was no true owner for it after she left. Then they made it into a homestay now.”
“Your parents didn’t buy it off them?”
“Beats me. After they left us back then, we’ve never heard any news from them.” You shrugged.
“I’m sorry, again,”
“Aish, no need to be sorry. You were just asking,” you assured him. “Besides, I plan on buying the house back one day,”
“Oh? You’re planning to move back in Haenam?”
“Yup. I mean, they bought off the house but they made it into a homestay?? No one visits here. The house seemed so abandoned for so long. I had my childhood there, there’s no way I’m letting that house rot away like that,” you huffed.
“So you intend to buy it for your retirement one day?”
You shook your head. “Nope. I’m gonna raise my kids there,”
Hyunsuk was surprised to hear this. He wasn’t expecting for this answer from you. He had expected you to want to live in the city permanently after all the painful memories you had here.
“Ah, but I love the city too…I want my future kids to have their childhood here but then I want them to have the rightful amount of exposure to the city too,” you sighed.
“Well, there must be a way to make sure they have both.” Hyunsuk said.
You tilt your head at this. “How?”
“There’s always a way for everything to work out, no? Maybe…have them attend school here, and then make trips to the city on weekends?” he suggested.
“Huh, that sounds like a good idea. And since the city is a 4 to 5-hour drive from here, it could make them feel like they’re having a roadtrip too!” you were starting to feel excited now.
“Yes!! And then during school holidays we can bring the kids to Lotte World or maybe bring them for a staycation at some hotel!” Hyunsuk joined in, him being just as excited as you are.
“Wahhh oh my god Choi Hyunsuk you are one good family planner!” you showed him a thumbs up as you giggled.
“What can I say?” he said proudly. “Oh! And get this! On their weekend trips, we should pack up some food so we can have weekend picnics at the Han River Park!”
You smiled and giggled at his excited behaviour.
“Oh and for Christmas we need to make sure our kids see the Christmas festival in the city! We could bring flasks of hot choc--,” he stopped suddenly.
“Hot…chocolate?” you continued for him.
“Ah, yes, that,” he smiled apologetically at you. Hyunsuk cursed himself for going on with the conversation this much. It seemed like you didn’t notice it though.
“Your ideas all sound so cute,” you giggled.
Hyunsuk simply smiled and nodded at you. He bit his lower lip. He was glad you didn’t realise it though.
He had gotten so excited with his ideas of family planning that he had literally pictured it to be your kids with him that he was planning a life for.
He was picturing his future with you.
This is bad, he thought. He was digging himself deeper into this hole.
“There you guys are. What are you both doing out here?” a voice appeared not too far behind the both of you.
Both you and Hyunsuk turned around to see Junkyu leaning against the doorframe of the house. He stood there rubbing his eyes. It seemed that he had just woken up from his nap.
“Junkyu! You’re awake!” you smiled happily upon seeing him.
Junkyu nods his head. “Isn’t it cold out there, you both?” he asked.
“Just a little bit. You wanna come join us?” You asked him back.
Junkyu shook his head at the idea of leaving the warm house. “It’s okay. I’ll just sit in the kitchen. Don’t stay too long in the cold,” he advised the both of you before he heads back inside.
You smiled and stood up from the ground you had been sitting on since just now. You held out your hand towards Hyunsuk, offering to help him stand up as well.
As soon as Hyunsuk got to his feet, he felt you wrap your arms around him, hugging him.
“Thank you for listening, Hyunsuk. And thank you for cheering me up with your cute ideas,”
You let go of him, a smile on your face. Hyunsuk smiled back at you, seeing you happy makes him happy too.
“Now, let’s head inside! I’m gonna make something warm for everyone,” you said cheerfully as you skipped towards the house now.
Hyunsuk followed behind you, his steps slow. His smile faded slowly. He felt uneasy. Was it just him that noticed how much happier you were the moment you saw Junkyu? 
Is y/n that much in love with Junkyu? Do I not stand a chance at all? —he thought to himself.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 23)
Chapter 23 - Pure Drama
Word count: 4.1k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Surprise! Here’s the next chapter! And uhh, like the title of the chapter itself-- this chapter is literally pure drama :’)
Treasure and Y/n’s Apartment Block (Lobby)
“Y/n! Heyyyy it’s been a while!” the familiar cheerful voice said, making you turn around.
“Ah, Hyunsuk! Hi!” You greeted him back with a smile. “Getting your mail?” You asked him.
Hyunsuk shook his head, “Nope. I’m going to the office to retrieve my parcel from them.”
“I see. I’m heading there too, actually. An old friend of mine sent me some snacks from our hometown,”
“Nice! Let’s head there together!” Hyunsuk said happily, making you grin from his excited behaviour.
The both of you walked side by side, making small talk with each other.
Once you’ve both arrived in the building’s office which was located right beside the main entrance of the building itself, Hyunsuk hurried in front of you to help open the door for you.
You giggled at him, “Wow, I didn’t know you’re this much of a gentleman,”
“But of course.” Hyunsuk grinned.
You entered the office first, Hyunsuk following behind you now. The moment you approached the counter located in the office; you informed the staff on duty that you wanted to take your parcel.
“I’m here to pick up my parcel? I think it arrived yesterday. The name’s (insert y/n’s full name).” you glanced over at Hyunsuk who was standing beside you before adding, “Oh, and another one is under the name of Choi Hyunsuk.”
Hyunsuk smiles at you and pats your head. “Thanks.”
“No problem,”
The both of you waited for a minute or two before finally receiving both your parcels. After collecting the parcels, the both of you thanked the staff and left the office together.
“Your parcel seems kind of big, y/n. You sure you can carry it?”
“Yeah, I’m good. It’s big but it’s not heavy. They’re all just snacks anyways,” you assured him.
Hyunsuk nodded at you, holding his medium-sized box in one hand. He helped press the elevator button for the both of you.
Entering the elevator doors, Hyunsuk helped press the buttons to both your floors as well.
“Thanks Hyunsuk. You’re a lot of help,” you complimented him.
“Yeah, sure. No biggie.”
While waiting for the elevator to reach your floor, Hyunsuk suddenly had an idea.
“Hey, y/n,”
“Yup?”
“Have you had lunch?”
“Well…I’m ordering some takeout later. Why?” You turned to face him now.
“Ah, it’s just.” Hyunsuk paused. “The boys and I are all having lunch at my dorm.”
“Ahh I see. Sounds fun!” You smiled at him.
“Well I was wondering…if you’d like to join us?”
“Oh? Is that really okay?”
“Why wouldn’t it be okay?” Hyunsuk snickered at your question. “It’s been a while since we all hung out together, I’m sure the boys would be happy to have you join us,”
“Hmm.” You thought to yourself for a while.
Ding! The elevator reached your floor.
“Oh, it’s my floor.”
Hyunsuk pressed on the button to keep the doors open for you.
“Thanks,” you said to him. “I uh…I’d love to join you guys,” you added.
“Yay!”
“Ah, but can we stop over at my place for a bit?” You said, giving him an apologetic smile.
 *
 Treasure’s Dorm #1 (Main Entrance/Living Room)
“Just wait til the boys see you, they’d be so happy,” Hyunsuk said to you as he closed the door behind the both of you, his cute smile beaming at you.
You nodded back at him as you took your shoes off at the entrance.
“I’m back! Where is everyone??” Hyunsuk called out as he entered the living room.
“I’m in the kitchen, hyung!” you both heard Doyoung answer from the kitchen.
You followed Hyunsuk into the living room and there you saw Asahi, Haruto and Junghwan sitting around chatting with each other.
“Heyy, where’s Yoshi?” Hyunsuk asked the maknaes with you still following close behind him.
“Yoshi-hyung went to help clean Jeongwoo and Jaehyuk because they kept making snow in the kitchen using flour,” Asahi answered him.
“Ahh, that seems like something they’d do,” Hyunsuk snickered.
Junghwan stopped looking at his phone to look at Hyunsuk, and that’s when he noticed you.
“Noona!” Junghwan immediately got up from the floor, rushing towards you.
You lift a finger to your mouth, signalling him not to be too loud since you were planning to surprise the rest who hasn’t known you’re here.
Junghwan nodded and pointed at the paper bag in your hand. “What’s that?” he whispered.
“It’s Junkyu’s shirt that I used last time,” you replied.
Junghwan was about to talk to you further but then Hyunsuk had already excitedly pulled you with him towards the kitchen.
The moment the both of you had approached the kitchen’s doorframe, you could already see your other friends’ faces and you were happy to see them since you haven’t seen them for days. Well, most of them.
You smiled at them but then none of them returned your smile, making you wonder what they were so immersed with.
You recognised the person that was speaking in front of you, the guy that you had sort of missed these couple of days—especially since that weird incident that happened between him and Chani which had resulted in you rarely seeing him around you anymore.
Your grip on the paper bag in your hand tightened, you felt hopeful now that you’re finally seeing him again.
Now, of course you didn’t know the whole dispute that begun in the kitchen at the time—where Junkyu was being all bitter about Chani leeching on to you but instead of lashing out about Chani, he had made the mistake of venting his feeling of annoyance towards you.
And so, the timing when you entered the kitchen was when Junkyu was already saying this:
“…doesn’t care anything about us. We’re always looking out for her, but what do we get in return??”
You tilt your head, wondering who he was talking about. Hyunsuk, who was beside you also seemed confuse as to why everyone looked so tense in the kitchen.
You were about to step further into the kitchen when suddenly, Junkyu said—
“Y/n is annoying,”
You immediately stopped your foot from advancing. Your eyes lift up to see Yedam, Jihoon, Doyoung and Mashiho all staring at you, fear clearly showing on their faces because this time, they all realised you were directly behind Junkyu. Which meant…you clearly heard what he had said.
Suddenly, you saw Jihoon bursting out in laughter. “HAHAHAHAA very funny Junkyu! Look at you! What a horrible joke to make!” he laughed.
You took a deep breath, thinking maybe they were pulling a prank on you.
You opened your mouth to say something, but before you could say anything, Junkyu had already spoken up again—
“No, I wasn’t kidding! Y/n really is annoying. She’s a bother—”
“HYUNG STOP!” Yedam yelled, noticing how your expression changed drastically the moment you heard Junkyu’s words this time.
Hyunsuk immediately placed his hand on your shoulder, feeling shocked. But right now, he was more worried about you because you heard it all.
The air felt heavy in the kitchen…everyone going silent for a few seconds.
And then slowly, Junkyu turned around, his eyes meeting yours.
“Y-y/n…” he said, his voice slightly shaking now.
You stood there quietly, your fingers fiddling with the paper bag in your hand.
You blinked a couple times, your gaze slowly avoiding his. What is this feeling you’re having right now? Why does your chest hurt so bad?
Junkyu could hear his own heartbeat sounds ringing in his ears. He felt bad. He felt really bad. He saw how you slowly looked away from him, making him feel even worst.
Junkyu couldn’t handle the heavy tension going on in the kitchen so he immediately dashes out of the kitchen, leaving everyone else behind him.
You felt his presence leave you, as he passes by you. You bit your lower lip, holding in the tears that were forming in your eyes now.
Everyone else exchanged glances with one another, wondering what they should do now.
Mashiho switched off the stove, knowing that he should at least save their meals from getting burnt since he had a feeling that what had happened would take up some time to be solved.
Yedam lets out a heavy sigh, deciding to approach you since you wouldn’t stop staring at the paper bag in your hands now.
“Damn,” Jihoon muttered to himself as he tossed the knife that he had been holding since just now. He shook his head as he made his way to leave the kitchen.
As he passed by Hyunsuk, his hyung raised a hand, implying him to stop.
“What is it, hyung?” Jihoon said in an exasperated tone.
“Go easy on him,” Hyunsuk adviced, knowing that Jihoon would definitely go to console his best friend.
“Hm.” Jihoon hummed as he nods. He leaves the kitchen, not sparing a glance at you.
 *
 Treasure Dorm #1 (Junkyu’s Room)
Junkyu closed the door behind him. He started breathing raggedly, his breaths uncontrollable by now. Is he having a panic attack right now?
He tried to walk towards his bed, but instead, his legs failed him. He ended up kneeling on the floor instead, trying to catch his breath.
He kept imagining the pained look you gave him earlier. He knew, he had hurt you. He had hurt you bad. He messed up badly this time.
Junkyu clenched his fists, his chest hurting, his head throbbing. He felt pain all over. Why? Why did he have to utter all those nonsense about you? He didn’t mean all of it. He really didn’t. He cares about you.
Junkyu lets out a soft sob, unable to hold his tears this time. He felt his tears streaming down his cheeks by now.
“Junkyu!” He heard Jihoon’s voice calling his name.
Jihoon hurriedly closed the door behind him, quickly approaching his best friend who was close to collapsing onto the floor.
Jihoon wrapped his arms around Junkyu, pulling his best friend up to his feet, dragging him over towards the bed.
Once he had made sure Junkyu was already sitting comfortably on the bed, Jihoon sat down on the floor, facing Junkyu.
Junkyu covered his face with his hands, softly sobbing into them.
“Junkyu…”
“Stop. Please, stop. I know. I know,” he said, his sobs getting louder.
Jihoon placed his hand onto Junkyu’s knee, patting it gently. He couldn’t bear watching Junkyu cry like this. It’s rare enough to see Junkyu cry about something but right now, seeing him as a sobbing mess, Jihoon couldn’t help but sympathise him.
“I hurt her, hyung. I hurt her. I’m a horrible person!” Junkyu tried to speak up this time, his sobs a little under control now.
Jihoon shook his head. “No, no Junkyu. You’re not a bad person. You slipped, that’s all. Okay? You didn’t mean what you said, did you?”
Junkyu wiped the tear streaks on his face with the back of his hand. He shook his head furiously, “No way! I don’t! I really don’t. I just—I was just upset when Yedam said Chani and y/n looked like a couple…I…I don’t want to have to picture them being together, hyung!”
“I know, I know…” Jihoon answered softly, his hand still patting Junkyu’s knee gently.
“Hyung….how do I fix this…? Y/n must hate me right now,”
“No…she wouldn’t, okay? Y/n is a nice person, she wouldn’t hate you in one day,” Jihoon assured his best friend.
Junkyu shook his head again. “No! She would, she deserves to hate me!”
Junkyu took a deep breath, trying to control his own ragged breathing.
Pushing his hair to the back with one hand, Junkyu continued, “I told you…I told you, didn’t I? That liking her would bring us something like this,”
“Junkyu, there’s nothing wrong with you liking y/n, okay?”
“No, hyung! You know this. You can see it too, right?”
Junkyu lets out another heavy sigh.
“Yah…Kim Junkyu…it’s all gonna be alright, get it?”
Junkyu kept quiet for a while, sniffling once or twice. He contemplated for a while before asking his hyung another question.
“You said last time that you had a feeling that someone would like y/n among us, and you said that you knew who it was going to be, right??”
Jihoon nodded, remembering the talk they had after you all had that first lunch-meet with y/n.
“That person…who was it?” Junkyu’s eyes were now staring into Jihoon’s.
“I—” Jihoon lets out a sigh. “What are you talking about? Of course it’s you! Why do you think I keep pushing you to talk to her? Why do I keep teasing you about y/n? I even made sure y/n sits opposite you most of the time whenever we eat together, just so you both could stare at each other’s faces,”
Junkyu wiped his tear-stained eyes again. “W-what?” he sniffled.
“Duh! The moment we first met y/n, I had a feeling you both were attracted to each other. You both just needed a little push, that’s all.” Jihoon was no longer patting his best friend’s knee now, seeing that he had stopped crying.
“Hyung…”
“Aigoo! Look at you, crying like this. Yah, how are you going to face y/n later?” Jihoon chuckled softly, teasing Junkyu.
“Y-yah. I’m still handsome,”
“Pfft, yeah sure. Tell that to your red nose and puffy eyes,”
Junkyu swallowed the invisible lump in his throat, a small smile creeping on his lips as he succumbed to Jihoon’s teasing.
Jihoon lets out a sigh.
“Hyung…can I ask you a question?”
“Hm? What is it?”
“You see it too, right?
“See what?”
Junkyu clicked his tongue. “Tsk, you know, hyung. I know, you know.”
“Junkyu I don’t have time for your out-of-the-world curiosity,” Jihoon said as he shook his head.
“Aw come on hyung. You know. You know…that I’m not the only one who likes y/n, right?”
“Duhh, of course! It’s you and that Chani kid,”
Junkyu shook his head again. “No. Someone else. Someone else in our group.”
Jihoon’s eyes widened. “W-what?”
And as if on cue, Junkyu’s bedroom door opened.
Both of them turned to see—Hyunsuk entering, closing the door right after.
“Hyunsuk-hyung.” Both Junkyu and Jihoon said at the same time.
 *
 Treasure Dorm #1 (Kitchen)
When Jihoon left the kitchen to go console Junkyu who had stormed off, Yedam and Hyunsuk stayed by your side to make sure you were okay.
You were still staring at the paper bag in your hand.
You had planned to return Junkyu’s shirt today, and maybe talk to him. It’s funny how you sort of miss him, when in reality, the both of you usually only made small talk with each other.
“Y/n, I…” Yedam tried to speak, but then he stopped. He shook his head. He wouldn’t know how to fix this right now. All that he knew was that you must have felt sad after hearing what his hyung said earlier.
Hyunsuk pulled you closer to him, wrapping one arm around you, causing you to lean your head against his shoulder.
“I’m so sorry y/n” he whispered to you.
Yedam stood still beside the both of you, his face still showing concern over you. He should have stopped Junkyu much earlier, he thought.
Doyoung and Mashiho, who were still near the kitchen stove too, watched over you, not continuing their cooking.
You tried your best to not feel sad, you didn’t want your friends to worry over you too much. But how? You still felt the sharp pain in your chest, and you know it’s not a heart attack that you’re having right now.
You let yourself lean comfortably in Hyunsuk’s arm that was wrapped around you, and without realising, a tear flowed down your cheek.
“Y/n,” Yedam said in a sad tone when he noticed you crying.
Hyunsuk immediately wrapped both his arms around you, hugging you close to him. “Shh, shh, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry y/n,”
You closed your eyes and you felt your tears wetting your cheeks even more now. Crap. You’re crying now.
Yedam looked around the room, noticing that both Doyoung and Mashiho were looking super sad as they watched you silently crying in Hyunsuk’s arms.
“I…I just…” You said softly.
“Hm? What is it, y/n?” Hyunsuk leaned close to you, wanting to hear what you were saying clearly.
“I just…” you stopped to swallow a silent sob before continuing, “I just wanted to see him…I just wanted to return his shirt, that’s all. I didn’t know…that all these while I was annoying him,” your voice straining as you said the final words that pained you.
Hyunsuk and Yedam exchanged glances with each other.
After a few minutes of silently sobbing, you slowly lifted your head from Hyunsuk’s embrace, making him releasing his arms from you gently.
You wiped your tears and took a deep breath. “Hyunsuk,”
“Yes?”
“Could you help me return this to him?” you asked, as you pushed the paper bag in your hand to his.
“N-now?”
“Anytime works. I…I don’t think I should see him for now. He’s…clearly annoyed with me being here,” you said half-jokingly. You tried to giggle when you said this, but it only made you sound even sadder than you look right now.
Hyunsuk held onto the bag that you gave him. “Sure. I’ll give it to him. Don’t worry, he’s not annoyed with you, I’m sure of that,” he said, trying to assure you.
You chuckled softly. “Clearly he is, but it’s okay.”
You took a deep breath and pushed your hair behind your ears. Forcing yourself to smile at your friends, you tried your best to sound okay when you said, “So, you both making lunch today?” You asked Doyoung and Mashiho that had been staring at you.
“Uhh, ah yeah. We’re making kimchi jjigae…” Doyoung answered you.
“Smells good,”
“Thanks,” Doyoung said as he nodded slightly towards you.
Mashiho turned towards the stove again, “We’ll resume cooking, alright? And then we’ll all eat together.” Mashiho turned to look at you, flashing his warm smile at you.
You smiled a small smile and nodded.
“Yedamie, you take y/n to the living room, okay? Let her rest up there. I’m gonna go check on Junkyu for a bit,” Hyunsuk said to Yedam.
“Okay, hyung.”
Hyunsuk leaned down close to you, his face levelling with yours. He stroked your cheek with one hand and said to you gently, “I’m gonna go first, okay? Don’t cry no more. It’s gonna be okay.”
You stared into his eyes for a couple seconds before nodding slowly.
And with that, Hyunsuk left the kitchen, your paper bag consisting of Junkyu’s shirt in his hand.
Yedam linked his arm around yours, “Come on y/n. Let’s rest up in the living room, okay?”
 *
Treasure Dorm #1 (Living Room)
Now, bringing you to the living room isn’t really the best idea as of the moment—
Why?
Well, you see, the moment Yedam and you approached the rest of the kids who were in the living room, they were all shocked to see your tear-stained face and flushed complexion.
Unlike the rest who were busy gaping over what they were seeing, Junghwan immediately got up on his feet and rushed over to you.
“Noona! What happened? Why…? Did you cry earlier??”
“Shh, let y/n sit first,” Yedam said softly to the maknae.
Haruto got up from his seat on the sofa and pointed towards the seat, telling you to sit there.
You were still in a daze after your crying earlier so you simply complied with whatever they told you to do.
Finally sitting down, you leaned back against the cushion behind you.
Yoshi, who was sitting closely beside Jeongwoo and Jaehyuk after helping them clean up earlier, decided to go to the kitchen to get you some water since you looked restless at the moment.
Asahi, who was seated beside you right now, turned to look at you—his usual expressionless face showing.
“So…what exactly happened…” Jeongwoo said slowly.
Yedam sat down on the floor, close to the boy asking the question and lets out a sigh.
“Something…happened in the kitchen.”
“Like…?”
“Just…something.” Yedam answered simply.
“That’s not very helpful Yedam,” Jaehyuk said this time. “How are we supposed to know what happened if you don’t tell us,”
You bit your lower lip as you felt it quivering again. It’s all happening again. You could still hear Junkyu’s voice in the back of your head, even when you’re shutting your eyes right now.
“Y/n is annoying.”
Your chest felt tight once again. You opened your eyes and sat up straight, surprising the rest who were still prodding Yedam to tell them what happened.
You stood up from the sofa and looked around you. The faces of your friends showing a mixture of concern and confusion.
You shook your head. “I…I think I’ll leave now,”
You were about to leave but then Yedam quickly grabs your hand. “Y/n? Aren’t you joining us for lunch?”
You shook your head slowly. “Maybe next time, okay?” you said, your voice shaking now. You looked at Yedam, your eyes glossy with tears that you were trying to hold back.
“Y/n…”
“It’s okay! I’m okay!” You said as you faked a laugh.
Yedam hesitantly lets go of your hand. He didn’t want you to go. But he also didn’t want to force you.
You quickly walked towards the house entrance, not looking back and immediately grabbing your shoes in your hand, as you leave the front door.
Yedam lets out a heavy sigh once you were gone from their sight.
“Hyung, what happened…?” Haruto asked this time.
Yedam sighs again before saying, “I’ll tell you all about it in a bit. I need to go tell Hyunsuk-hyung that Y/n left,”
 *
 Treasure’s Dorm #1 (Front door)
The moment you stepped out of their dorm, the door shutting behind you, you walked as fast as you could, hoping that you’ll be far enough from them for now.
It was at least few metres away from their dorm’s door that you stopped to lean your side against the wall of the corridor to control your breathing.
You felt out of breath because you had been holding in your tears, and now…it’s just hurting you.
Slowly, your shoulder still resting against the wall, you slide down to your feet. By now you’re already kneeling on the floor with your palm holding onto the wall for support.
A loud sob escaped your lips. Ah crap. Now you’re starting to cry out the tears you’ve been holding in. And you’re doing it in public too.
But could you blame yourself for being this sad and dramatic?
“Y/n is annoying.”
You shook your head, trying to stop yourself from hearing to those words over again.
Is this your first time being called annoying? Maybe. But would you care if anyone called you annoying? No.
Then why was this hurting you too much?
Was it because you thought that Junkyu and you were finally becoming friends?
You thought the both of you were already clicking. You thought….that maybe, Junkyu had liked being friends with you. He was more open with you recently…then why? Why did he say that about you?
You thought…ah, that’s right.
You thought.
You kept thinking that everything was working out fine with you both. You’ve never clearly thought if Junkyu himself was enjoying being friends with you.
You swallowed your sob, wiping your tears with the back of your hand.
“Silly me. He’s clearly annoyed with me all this while. He’s just too nice to say it to my face,” you muttered to yourself.
You blinked and again you felt your tears wet your cheeks.
You’re starting to feel annoyed with yourself too by now, considering you wouldn’t stop crying.
Why are you this sad?? You shook your head softly. Could it be…that you have some feelings for him? Have you caught feelings for Junkyu and yet you never realised it?
You pushed your hair back and took a deep breath, trying to stop yourself from crying again.
Slowly, you got up on your feet and tried to stand up properly now.
You should just hurry and return to your apartment unit, you thought. Maybe make yourself a cup of warm drink and just calm yourself down.
And just as you stepped forward, you suddenly felt a pair of arms pulling you from behind.
The arms hugged your waist tightly, and you felt the back of your head resting against someone’s chest.
The familiar voice said to you softly, “You’re not annoying. You were never annoying. He’s stupid to think of you that way.”
You then felt yourself being hugged closer by the boy behind you. “You…you’re so nice to us. You don’t deserve to be told as annoying at all,” he added, sounding upset.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 29)
Chapter 29 - Haenam
Word count: 5k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hi hi :D Yay the new chapter is up! I’m also starting work next week but I will do my best to make sure the update is up next week too :3 I love you all, take care always <3
The week finally came to an end, and it’s a Friday now so the Treasure boys had just finished their schedule for the day and was waiting for their transport to go home.
Doyoung and Jihoon were busy taking pictures of themselves in the temperature scanner’s camera whilst the rest of the boys were busy chatting with one another.
Well, except for Junkyu. He was distracted by his phone.
Now, usually it would seem normal for him to check on his phone and be oblivious with his surroundings when it was time to go home—but Junkyu wasn’t distracted by any videos or apps. He was busy going through his messages.
His eyebrows furrowed as he scrolled through his last conversation with you. He was weirded out as to why you never replied him after he had saved you from freezing to death two days ago.
Not only that, it seemed like he hasn’t seen you for these two days—which he assumed that you both weren’t lucky enough to cross paths. But that was it. You not replying his texts was just a tad too much in his opinion. It’s almost like as if you were avoiding him.
Didn’t the both of you get along well that Wednesday? Then why did it seem like you had disappeared from his life? It was almost like as if the moment you both shared never happened now.
Junkyu shook his head after an intense staring competition with his phone for the past 6 minutes.
Junkyu raised his head to look at the glass window in front of him. He wondered why their ride was later than usual today. Huh. Must be traffic.
Suddenly, Junkyu’s expression turned to fear. It suddenly dawned on him, the worst thought he’s had ever. What if y/n had blocked him off her phone? Has he crossed the line when he held your hand the other day?
Junkyu groaned to himself and kept his phone into his bag. Mentally facepalming, he began to blame himself for acting based on his feelings too much.
Out of the blue, a hand rested on his shoulder, making him turn around.
“You okay, Junkyu?” It was Hyunsuk.
“Ah, hyung. I’m fine. Why?”
“Nothing, it just seems weird to see you staring at your phone so intensely. And then you started doing expressions on your own. You know, it’s like watching a one-man show,”
“Ah! I was just thinking about some stuff,” Junkyu laughs awkwardly.
“Sure,” Hyunsuk laughs along.
Junkyu lets out a sigh. “Hyung, don’t you think our ride’s a little late today?”
“Kind of. I guess the traffic must be hectic today since it’s the weekend tomorrow.”
And just as the two of them were staring out the front doors of the building, Junkyu’s eyes spotted a fluffy creature walking up towards the entrance.
It was a cat, and the guards seemed oblivious of the creature coming up towards the entrance of the building—or they just simply don’t mind about it being there.
The cat stopped right in front of Junkyu, though on the other side of the glass doors and stretched its legs before sitting down peacefully.
Junkyu furrowed his eyebrows. Why hasn’t anyone else noticed the cat? Was it only him?
He turns to Hyunsuk beside him and sees his hyung busy replying comments on the Weverse app.
Junkyu decides to just approach the cat, and so he slowly exits the front doors and stood in front of the cat.
The cat looked up at Junkyu with its sparkly round eyes and proceeds to lick its paws.
“Omo, look at you. You’re not afraid of me, huh?” Junkyu chuckled, admitting that the cat was indeed cute.
Junkyu kneels down in front of the cat and pets it, making the cat purr in contentment from the affectionate touch.
“Aigoo, you’re such a cutie. Where did you come from?” Junkyu cooed towards the cat as he smiles happily. For a moment, he forgot about how worried he was about you not replying his texts.
While Junkyu was minding his own business and spending time with the cat outside the building, Hyunsuk felt someone bumping into him as he was busy on his phone.
“Oh, I’m so sorry!” Soomin apologised as she fixed her bag on her shoulder after accidentally bumping into Hyunsuk.
Hyunsuk shakes his head and said, “Ah, it’s fine. I’m sorry too, for standing directly in front of the door,”
Soomin smiles and bows slightly at him before exiting the doors, in which she was surprised to see another guy kneeling on the ground in front of her.
“Uh, sorry,” she said as she almost misstep when she sees Junkyu.
Junkyu raised his head to see who it was, and instantly he gets up on his feet to greet her.
“Oh no, no. Sorry, for being in the way,” he said as he bowed at Soomin.
“Oh? It’s you! Y/n’s friend!”
“Y-yeah,” Junkyu blushed the moment he heard your name being mentioned.
“Oh? That cat…” her eyes landed on the cat sitting in front of the both of them now. The cat continued licking its paw, not caring about the people staring at it.
“Uh, yeah. It was suddenly here,” Junkyu responded.
 *
Hyunsuk kept his phone inside his bag as soon as the girl he bumped into left to exit the front doors in front of him.
He was about to join the rest who were chatting up behind him, but then he noticed Junkyu greeting and talking to the girl outside.
Hyunsuk tilts his head. Who is that girl? Though he does feel like he’s seen her somewhere before.
He decides to join Junkyu outside instead, to see what they were talking about.
As soon as Hyunsuk had stepped out of the building, he approaches both Junkyu and Soomin.
Soomin was holding up her phone to her ear when Hyunsuk approached them.
“Oh, hyung!” Junkyu said to him.
“Hey,”
Soomin noticed Hyunsuk standing beside her now so she moved her phone down. “Oh, it’s you again.”
“Yeah. I wanted to ask—” but before Hyunsuk finished his sentence, his eyes spotted the cat in front of them.
“Oh! This cat!” he exclaimed out loud.
“Hm? You know this cat too?” Soomin asks him.
Hyunsuk lowers his body to look at the cat closely. He nods in response, “Yup, I remember the diamond pattern on its back. It’s the same cat!”
“Whoa, you know this cat too! I recognised it from its diamond pattern too!” Soomin said.
Junkyu looks at the both of them confusedly. “Wait, whose cat is this?”
“I’m not sure of its original owner but I remember the lady from the stationary shop not far from our company feeding it couple of times,” Soomin answered.
“Oh? Oh as for me, I first saw this cat when I first met Y/n,” Hyunsuk answers as well.
Soomin turns to look at Hyunsuk, “Ah, so you’re a friend of Y/n as well then,”
Hyunsuk smiles and nods proudly.
“Nice to meet you, I’m y/n’s team leader,”
“Ah, I see,”
“Hmm but that’s weird. This cat rarely comes to this side. It’s always on the other side—nearby our company’s block. It’s usually napping in the stationary shop too,” Soomin said, her mind going back to the cat in front of her.
“Really?” Hyunsuk asks.
“Yup. I took a picture of it just now and sent it to the lady of the shop just to re-confirm. Just in case it is hers and had gone on an adventure on its own,” Soomin chuckles. “Ah but she hasn’t responded. She’s not picking up her calls too,” she added.
Hyunsuk and Junkyu nods at her and the both of them looked back at the cat that was just sitting, chilling on its own.
Junkyu knelt back down to pet it, leaving Hyunsuk thinking on his own about the cat.
Hyunsuk finds it odd to see the cat here—especially after not seeing it for some time now. What is it doing here? And why does it stop specifically, here, at the YG Building?
“Alright! The lady replied!” Soomin said in all of sudden as she taps on her phone.
“Oh? What did she say?” Junkyu asks, his hand still stroking the purring cat’s fur.
“Oh gosh! It’s indeed her cat! She said the cat went missing for two days now. She also said that the same thing happened last month too, the cat being lost for two days and then returning to the store on its own as if nothing happened,” Soomin reads from her phone screen. “I guess that’s why she didn’t bother to find it, huh. She must’ve believed the cat to return again after two days.”
“Aw, so we should just let it on its own?” Junkyu asked.
“Nah, I’ll take it back to her. My place isn’t that far from our company’s block either,” Soomin said as she keeps her phone back into her handbag.
Hyunsuk listened to their conversation. His mind was thinking. Thinking about how coincidental it was to meet this cat again. And today was the first time he’s met your team leader.
Was this a sign?
Truthfully, Hyunsuk has been looking for a sign to talk to you. After you had went missing, and then finding out that Junkyu had spent time with you alone—he figured that it’s best if he doesn’t intervene with what’s going on between you and his friend.
But then again, it’s not wrong to ask you if you’re doing okay, right?
Though, he noticed that your status in the chat app had been offline for some days now. He also noticed how he hasn’t been seeing you around lately. Have you gone back to your own company?
Soomin was tapping on her phone, probably texting someone, when she felt a finger tapping her shoulder.
“Yes?”
“Uhh, I was just wondering…is Y/n doing okay? I don’t think I’ve seen her online or anywhere around in the building this week. Has she gone back to work at your company’s building?”
“Oh, that.” Soomin paused. She turns around and sees Junkyu looking at her too now. She could sense a strange aura going on between these two. They seemed…extra worried about you, she thought.
Soomin looks down at her phone for a while, putting it away again into her bag like before.
“Well…she’s not here.”
“Huh? What do you mean?” Hyunsuk asks.
“Well…gosh, I don’t want to keep this away from you guys since you seem to be really concerned about her…” she paused again. “Okay, I’ll let you in on something, but you have to promise me that you never heard this from me, get it?” she continued, giving in to both Junkyu and Hyunsuk’s worried expression.
 *
Treasure’s Dorm #1
The hyungs of the group have all gathered in Hyunsuk’s room after dinnertime, discussing on the new information that Soomin had given earlier.
“Wait, are we really gonna do this?” Yedam asks his other hyungs, him being the youngest in the room at the moment.
“Well, technically we’re not all going,” Hyunsuk shrugs as he continued going through the clothes in his closet.
“Do we have a proper plan though?” Yoshi asked this time.
All of them exchanged looks with one another, not sure if they all have a real plan for this matter.
“Hold on, hold on, hold on.” Jihoon said to everyone. He looked like he was thinking through about what they were all discussing.
“So let me recap on what we have discussed so far—Soomin, Y/n’s team leader told you both;” he points at both Junkyu and Hyunsuk, “that Y/n was sent back to her hometown by their boss. And now we’re planning to go visit her there, am I correct?”
The rest of the boys in the room nods at his statement.
“Okay, but did she say how long Y/n will be there?” Jihoon added.
“She wasn’t entirely sure, she said. She only knew the rough details ‘cause her boss only told her that he’s sent her away that’s all. She even said she couldn’t contact Y/n,” Hyunsuk answered.
“Huh, same thing happened to me. I can’t get a hold of Y/n either,” Junkyu confessed.
Jihoon lets out a sigh. “Alright then, I guess we could go…”
“Wait—we’re all going?? Who’s going to take care of the kids while we’re gone though?” Jaehyuk asked, raising his concern on leaving their dongsaengs here in the city on their own.
“Can I just stay back? I don’t feel the need to go in big groups anyway,” Asahi said as he raised his hand.
“Sahi has a point,” Hyunsuk nods in agreement.
“Okay, what about if we just send one representative per dorm? Wouldn’t that be fair?” Mashiho suggested.
“Hey, that’s not a bad idea at all!” Jaehyuk said excitedly.
“Then it’s set, I volunteer to stay back and watch over the kids in Dorm 3,” Asahi said as he leans back against Hyunsuk’s bed.
Yedam looks at Jaehyuk, realising that it was between him and his hyung that would tag along in their trip to see you. “Hyung…”
“Oh gosh. I mean…I could stay…but I really want to tag along on this trip,” Jaehyuk said as he thinks out loud. “I’m on my college semester break too, so I could really use this break…” he adds, a slight pout as he says this.
Yedam snickered at his hyung, deciding that he should just give in since he felt that Jaehyuk-hyung hasn’t spent that much time talking to you as much as he did. Maybe he should let Jaehyuk-hyung see you instead.
“Okay hyung, it’s okay. I’ll stay with Asahi-hyung and Junghwan,” Yedam grinned.
“Really?? Thank you Yedamie! You’re definitely the best!” Jaehyuk said happily as he scoots over to where Yedam was sitting to give him a hug.
Jihoon smiled as he watches Yedam and Jaehyuk hugging and giggling at each other. He thought that Yedam would have gone with the trip since he was close to you but he admired how Yedam had backed off for his hyung instead.
“Wow Yedam, that’s nice of you,” he said as showed a thumbs up to the younger boy. He then turns to Mashiho who was sitting beside him. “So, Shiho? Who’s it gonna be between us two?” He chuckled as he says this, thinking that it was easier to make a choice this time since they were the only two from Dorm 2 in the room.
Mashiho gave him a knowing look and smiled his cute smile, “Duhh hyung. You know I’d pick to stay. Besides, I can’t stand being away from the dorm for too long. Imagine having to clean up after all the mess that you all would leave when I’m gone,” he laughed as he said this, reminding them of that time when he went back to Japan last year and how he had immediately worked on cleaning the dorm when he came back to Korea.
Jihoon ruffles Mashiho’s hair. “Eyy it wasn’t that dirty you know? You just miss cleaning our dorm that’s all,”
Mashiho shrugs and smiled back at his hyung.
“Well then, that’s settled. I’ll be going on behalf of Dorm 2,” Jihoon announced.
“Niceeee! It’s the two of us, hyung!” Jaehyuk clapped his hands in excitement seeing that Jihoon was going to be with him for the trip.
“So that leaves Dorm 1…” Yedam’s voice trailed off when he realised how difficult of a choice it must be for Dorm 1 to pick a representative to go since…both Hyunsuk and Junkyu are in the dorm.
Hyunsuk and Junkyu looked at each other the same time, completely forgetting that Yoshi was in their dorm as well.
Yoshi, oblivious that the other two were in heavy thoughts just thinking about who gets to go and see you, raised his hand as he smiles his usual gentle smile. “How long are we gonna be visiting Y/n?”
“Til Sunday I suppose. I don’t think we can take leave so abruptly too. So we’re just gonna go tomorrow and then come back Sunday night?” Hyunsuk answered.
“Oh, cool,” Yoshi smiled. “A road trip sounds fun,”
Hyunsuk and Junkyu both turned to look at Yoshi, now realising that it was between the three of them.
“Hyung…do you want to go…?” Junkyu asked slowly.
“Sure! It sounds fun. Besides, I’ve never been to Haenam,” Yoshi answered happily. “Ah but uhh, maybe I should stay? I should stay back and watch out for Haruto,” he added, his smile fading when he noticed his Hyunsuk-hyung’s face pouting in worry.
“Ahh, so you’re not going then?” Junkyu asked as he scratches his own head awkwardly.
“Yeah. I mean, I’m not,” Yoshi said. “It’s okay, either one of you can go. I’m fine with going next time,” Yoshi smiled.
Junkyu nods at this and licks his lips. How will they pick though? Obviously Hyunsuk-hyung would want to go and meet you as much as he does, no?
Hyunsuk kept thinking about how if he doesn’t get to go this time, he wouldn’t know when he’ll meet you again next time. Maybe he should try convincing you to come back, he thought. That is—if he gets to go.
Now of course the boys had no idea that you were purely sent back by your boss to your hometown ‘til only Sunday—they thought you were sent back for a month or two because of what had happened. Silly fellas. Correction; silly but adorable fellas.
“This is bad. I can’t decide on who should go,” Hyunsuk sighs out loud again. He wants to go. He wants to see you badly. He misses you. But he knows, Junkyu was rightful to go too.
His eyes glanced over towards his younger friend. Junkyu was biting his lower lip, face deep in thoughts.
Jihoon too, grew worried about this. Even he couldn’t pick who amongst those two should go for the trip. He knew very well that both those boys were in love with you.
“Man I wish we could all just go,” Yedam said jokingly, though his eyes were looking down at his hands.
“Me too,” Jaehyuk agrees. He notices that the mood in the room somehow feels solemn. Why though?
Hyunsuk takes a deep breath and turns to Junkyu. “Okay Junkyu. How’s it gonna be? Do you want to go or should I go?”
Junkyu kept quiet. I should go. After all, you told me to confess to Y/n. This was what he had in mind. But then he didn’t have the heart to say it. How could he? Hyunsuk-hyung is such a good friend to him.
“Should we take a vote?” Asahi suddenly says, making everyone lift their heads to look at him. “I think that would be fairer,”
“Yeah, I feel like we could do that since Hyunsuk-hyung and Junkyu-hyung seems to be having a hard time deciding,” Mashiho said, supporting Asahi’s idea.
Asahi nods at his hyung. “Alright then. If that’s the case, I vote for Junkyu-hyung to go.”
But of course, Asahi picks Junkyu. He was one of the firsts to find out about Junkyu-hyung liking you. Yet again, he had no idea about his other hyung liking you too.
“Hmm, since Asahi chose Junkyu-hyung, I choose the same then!” Jaehyuk says, showing his cute whisker smile. Asahi smiled seeing his hyung’s cute behaviour.
Yoshi raises his hand and said softly, “I vote for Hyunsuk-hyung,” which earned him a grateful smile from Hyunsuk.
“Mashi?” Asahi asks the bright-eyed hyung.
“Junkyu-hyung?” Mashiho answered.
Yedam and Jihoon felt the tension rising in the room. This voting method is just adding pressure to them. They couldn’t tell who deserved to go more than the other.
“Yedam? You wanna vote first?” Mashiho asks this time.
“Uhh, I guess…” Yedam rubbed the back of his neck. “I guess Hyunsuk-hyung…”
Hyunsuk held his breath. He was one vote less than Junkyu. Maybe he should stop packing at this rate. He stops rummaging through his closet and decides to just sit down and let Junkyu go. He gave up on you once, what’s twice, right?
Jihoon on the other hand was having a hard time as well. How could he choose? They’re both his close friends. One was the person he had always pushed to be with you, and the other is his hyung that clearly liked you first from the moment he met you.
“Well, Jihoon-hyung?” Junkyu asks his best friend, his nerves rising.
“Damn y’all. Why’d you guys have to put me in this spot,” Jihoon complained.
 *
Haenam (Saturday / The next morning (6am))
“Y/n! Hurry, get up! We’re going to the market!” your teacher called out to you from downstairs.
“What?” You pushed your covers off your face and noticed that the Sun was barely up outside your window.
“Aunt Nari! It’s barely morning!” You whined, still laying down.
“Nonsense! I told you that I’ll bring you to the market this weekend, didn’t I? Now hurry, the chicken eggs are gonna get sold out!” Aunt Nari answered you.
You groaned out loud as you get up from your mattress. Usually on Saturdays you would be sleeping in, you thought. Waking up early on a weekday was no problem for you since you’re used to getting up for work. But this early on a Saturday?? Absurd.
Your eyes glanced over the lifeless junk phone your boss gave you. You scowled at it, disappointed that you couldn’t do much with it at all. You couldn’t even text your Treasure friends because the only numbers saved by your boss was his mum’s, your team leader’s and some other colleagues from the HR department—in case you needed to extend your leave, he said. You rolled your eyes at the thought of extending your stay. If anything, you wanted to go back to working and meeting your friends.
Sighing out loud, you fold your mattress and bed cover lazily before shuffling to the bathroom to wash up.
 *
Haenam (still morning)
It was around 9am when the Treasure boys got off their van as their manager that drove them to Haenam that morning dropped them off at the small bus terminal located not far from the town centre.
Jihoon stretched out his arms, letting go of all the knots he’s gathered from sitting in the vehicle for four hours.
“Thanks hyung. See you Sunday night,” Hyunsuk said as he thanked and said goodbye to their manager before he drives off back to the city.
Seeing that their manager had drove off, Hyunsuk turns to face his other friends that had tag along on this trip in meeting you. “So, where to first?”
“Let’s get some breakfast first? We woke up at 5am today, hyung. I haven’t got to eat anything,” Jaehyuk whined whilst patting his tummy.
“Aigoo, we had to wake up early anyways. Y/n’s hometown is literally a 4-hour drive from the city,” Jihoon said.
Hyunsuk glanced over his watch, “It’s only 9am. I think there should be some food—Junkyu-aa what are you doing,” Hyunsuk stopped his sentence to call out to Junkyu who was roaming not far behind them all.
Oh? What’s that? How did Junkyu tag along when Hyunsuk was here as well? You see…Jihoon had voted for Hyunsuk the night before—making both of the boys having even votes; which leads to them both going because the whole room was too tired to do another voting round.
Anyways, back to the story:
Junkyu looks around, with his curious expression. “I’m trying to figure out where Y/n’s house is hyung,”
Jihoon snickered watching his friend’s adorable behaviour. Shaking his head, he said, “Yah yah, come back here. You might get lost. FYI, no one’s gonna help a lost adult—especially one well-dressed like you,” he points out at Junkyu’s choice of outfit today. Junkyu was wearing his light creamish yellow Supreme pants topped with his BonBon hoodie. “Instead, you might get robbed if you get lost,” Jihoon added.
Junkyu walked back to his friends, pouting.
Jaehyuk chuckles and ruffles his hyung’s hair. “It’s okay, hyung! We’ll find Y/n soon. Hyunsuk-hyung knows where Y/n’s house is, right?” he turns to look at Hyunsuk.
“What? Oh, oh sure, yeah. Soomin-ssi mentioned that Y/n’s house is not far opposite a small tea plant yard.”
Jihoon looks around the area they are in. “I don’t think I see any tea farm nearby, hyung. It must be a little away from this town here,”
“So uh, are we getting food first?” Jaehyuk asks.
“Sure, sure.” Jihoon smiles as he wraps an arm around Jaehyuk’s shoulders. “Oh, that looks like a market area, let’s head there and see if they sell any food,”
 *
Haenam (Local Market / Morning)
The Treasure boys entered the market, their eyes scanning each and every stall to see if there were any food to buy. Truthfully, there were plenty of foods being sold but they were trying to find one that suits their palette for the morning.
And of course, the moment they entered the market area, they were oblivious by the stares given by the local aunts, uncles, elders there. The people there couldn’t stop staring as the boys passed by them—exuding such an attractive aura around them. You know how like when the F4 boys enters a building in that kdrama series ‘Boys Over Flowers’? Yeah, they literally shine like that fhshshs.
Jaehyuk stopped over at one particular stall that was making potato jjeon. He smiles at the aunt who was busy making the pancakes on the pan, “Aunty, how much are you selling the jjeons?”
“Aigoo young man, can’t you see the sign?? It’s said there, right there. $3 for 6 pieces,” she answered in a nagging tone, her eyes and hands still busy cooking the jjeon.
“Ah, sorry, I didn’t notice the sign,” Jaehyuk smiles apologetically. “If that’s the case, I’ll have 6 pieces then,”
The aunt sighs as she places her spatula down. She lifts her head and was immediately taken aback to see four of the Treasure boys standing in front of her stall.
“Oh gosh! Omo omo! What are you doing standing so close to the pan?? It’s hot oh my god! It might hurt your handsome faces!” she gestured in a flustered way, asking the boys to stand at the right side of her stall.
“Oh sorry—” Jaehyuk apologised again, but was interrupted by the aunt.
“Nonsense! It’s not your fault at all! I should have put the pan somewhere far in the back!” she laughs. “Now, how much was it you wanted? 6 pieces. Aigoo, I’ll give 20—all on the house!” she hurriedly grabs a paper bag to pack the jjeons into the bag.
“Huh? W-wait—” Jaehyuk stuttered.
“Aunty no, no there’s no need for that,” Hyunsuk added, panicking because it almost seemed like they were taking advantage of the aunty.
“Aigoo! Handsome boys like you all shouldn’t eat so little,” she said as she smiles. She hands the bag over to Jaehyuk.
“Thanks,” Jaehyuk smiles again, swooning the aunt all over again. “Oh and sorry for not reading the sign earlier,”
“What? Pshh the sign is old! My handwriting is probably unclear too,” she said as she tosses the price sign away behind her. RIP sign.
The four of them smiles awkwardly at the aunt, feeling bad for receiving such special treatment.
“Are you boys from Seoul?” She asks, her eyes twinkling in excitement.
“Y-yeah,” Jihoon answers.
“Aigoo! How nice! Are you all here for a holiday?”
“Kind of. We’re meeting a friend here. Just a short trip,” Hyunsuk explained as he smiles.
Junkyu nods along. “Ah, right. Aunty, do you happen to know…Y/n? She’s from around here, from what we were told,”
The aunt stopped to think for a while. “Y/n? Oh? The girl who always wears her hair in a braid? There was a girl I know that likes to wear braids on her hair with the same name,”
The boys looked at each other. They weren’t sure if that was you though. You had always let your hair down at work, also when you all hang out together. The only time you ever braided your hair was when they had lunch with you that one time.
“Oh that…we’re not too sure…” Hyunsuk replied as he rubs the back of his neck.
“Hmm…Y/n… it could be her…” The aunt said to herself.
“Did someone mention Y/n?” A voice joined in on the conversation.
All of the Treasure boys and the aunt turned to look at the guy who was standing in front of the stall beside them.
He had straight, dark brown hair—hair worn down as it covers his forehead, showing his brown almond-shaped eyes. He also has a cute nose; paired with a cute smile.
“Y-yeah, do you know her?” Hyunsuk finally asks, almost getting distracted by this guy’s visuals.
“Depends. Are we talking about the same Y/n?” he chuckles as he hands the payment for the food he bought at the stall beside him.
“Well, she’s around this tall,” Jaehyuk pointed below his shoulder, “and has somewhat bright eyes, mid-length straight hair…”
“Ah, she likes to smile and laugh at every little thing.?” The guy adds in.
“Uhh…” Jaehyuk stopped describing. The boys weren’t too sure if that was you because you weren’t the type to smile all the time or laugh a lot around them. If any, you were quite formal around them, they realised.
“She has a pretty smile, she has an eye-smile too. Uhh, what else…” Junkyu says as he tries to describe you this time. “She has this habit of rolling her eyes when she disagrees with something, she uh—”
The guy beside them laughs slightly at their efforts of describing. “It’s okay it’s okay, I get it,” He walks up closer towards them. “You all from the city?”
The Treasure boys nod their heads at his question.
“I think I might know who you’re referring to though. In all seriousness. I’m meeting a friend of mine later on. You guys wanna tag along?”
“Erm…” the four of them looked at each other, wondering if they should trust this stranger.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 27)
Chapter 27 - Is it still cold?
Word count: 4k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hi! Here’s the next chapter ^^ Let’s get the ship sailinggggg~ (Well, technically, it hasn’t fully sailed but you know, we’re getting there fhdjsjs) Hope you all like this one btw <3
YGE Building (Cafeteria/Rooftop Balcony)
Junkyu stared at the being underneath the table. His knees were starting to feel numb from kneeling at this point.
He had searched the whole 1st floor for you, and never would it cross his mind that you’d literally be underneath a table—at the far end of the balcony, where it’s most exposed to the cold breeze outside too.
Junkyu sat himself down comfortably and scooted closer towards you, him being directly facing you; and struggling to fit himself underneath the table as well.
He lifted his finger to poke your hands that were hugging your knees close to your chin.
Cold. Too cold. How long have you been out here?
Junkyu gulped to himself. Fearing the worst. Is y/n even alive at this point?
He leaned in closer to your face and lifts his finger towards your nose to check on your breathing.
“Ah, she’s still breathing. Thank goodness,” he muttered to himself as he felt warm air against his finger.
But Junkyu was still worried. Why aren’t you moving? Why are your eyes closed even when he poked you?
“Ah, right! I should give Jihoon-hyung a call,” he began rummaging through his pockets—only to realise that he had left his phone in his small bag in the practice room. Junkyu groaned to himself, disappointed that he had rushed off to find you without at least grabbing his phone.
“What should I do now? Why are you unconscious out here?” He asked you even though he knew you wouldn’t answer him.
Junkyu sat there for a minute, taking in your image in front of him right now.
Your head leaning forward, chin resting against your hands—arms hugging your knees close to yourself. You looked like you were in a deep slumber, he thought. Few strands of your hair were covering the sides of your face, making your face look small. Even with your skin turning pale by the second because of the cold breeze outside, Junkyu thought you looked pretty.
Junkyu wanted to maybe stroke your head, maybe push your strands of hair away from your face but he didn’t want to come across as creepy.
His eyes fell towards your hands. Your fingernails were turning blue.
“Ah, you must be really cold right now,” he said, panic in his voice. He realised that this wasn’t the time to stare and be mesmerised by how pretty he thinks you look—he needed to do something.
Should he go downstairs and call for his friends? Should he try to wake you up? But what if you didn’t want to see him? It had been clear that you were avoiding him.
Just what should he do now?
 *
YGE Building (Staircase Loft)
“Hyung! You should eat it this way,” Jeongwoo said as he demonstrated how he dipped his kimbap slice into his ramen broth. He pressed the kimbap into the broth, letting it sit in there for a couple of seconds.
“That’s…kinda weird…” Chani said as he watched the younger kid in front of him. “Besides, I thought your ramen finished long ago,”
“Oh, this isn’t mine. It’s Doyoung-hyung’s,”
Doyoung choked on the drink that he was drinking from, earning a slap on his back from Mashiho who was seated beside him on the staircase.
Doyoung wiped his mouth after he was done coughing. “Hey, why’d you soak the kimbap into my broth??” he pulled back his bowl from Jeongwoo’s hands.
Jeongwoo snickered at him. “Heheh I was just teaching Chani-hyung how to properly enjoy the kimbap.”
Chani shakes his head. “Nope, not gonna try it.”
“Aw come on!”
“I’ll try,” Yoshi said with his small smile. He grabbed a piece of the kimbap with his chopsticks and dipped it into his ramen broth, eating it after letting it soak for a while.
Everyone watched Yoshi munched on the kimbap.
“Hmm, good,” he said, his voice slightly muffled as he chewed on the food in his mouth.
“See? It’s good, hyung! Try it!” Jeongwoo said, still trying to convince Chani.
“I don’t know…I mean, I’m not—”
Chani got interrupted when in all of a sudden Doyoung raised his hand.
He lifts a finger to his mouth and whispered, “Shh, I think I hear footsteps approaching,”
Everyone fell silent for a while. They waited to hear if there were any more sounds.
“Hm. Nothing.” Jeongwoo said, assuming that there was nothing else to be heard.
And just as they all resumed to eating their food, they heard a loud gasp coming from behind Mashiho and Doyoung.
All of them turned their heads to look at who it was.
“Oh??” Jaehyuk said as his head popped up behind Junghwan.
“What are you doing down here??” Junghwan asked, his face in shock.
Everyone turned to look at Chani.
“Wait, you mean, me??” Chani questioned as he points at himself.
Junghwan shook his head. “Sorry, I meant—what are you all doing here?? I thought everyone was supposed to go search for Y/n!”
“Uhh, what are you guys doing here?” Chani asked Junghwan’s team back.
Junghwan, Asahi and Jaehyuk all exchanged looks with one another.
“Uhh…” Junghwan scratched his head and looks away from all of his hyungs.
“Ooohhh you’re all here to go sneak and buy some snacks from the convenience store!” Jeongwoo said, teasing the other team.
All three whom were standing on the top part of the staircase began to blush, embarrassed that their plan was exposed this way.
“Yahh, you’re all eating and having fun anyways. Why can’t we do the same?” Jaehyuk said this time, a slight whine in his voice.
“Okay, okay. Let’s not argue,” Doyoung said, getting up on his feet. “Come here, Junghwan. Here, have some of my kimbap,” he held out his ramen bowl to the maknae.
Junghwan leaned forward, peeking into the bowl. “Hyung…There’s nothing left in there…”
“Eh??” Doyoung said loudly. He checked his bowl and uses his chopstick to pick up the already broken kimbap in his broth. “What are you saying? There’s still some kimbap here. If that’s not enough—my love for you will keep you full,”
“Eyyyyyy” Everyone groaned at his pickup line.
“Noooo hyunggg don’t start,” Jeongwoo begged.
Junghwan giggled at his hyungs’ antics and shook his head. “Fine, fine. We’ll join you. What else do you all have here?”
 *
YGE Building (GS25 Mart / Ground Floor)
“That’s weird. I thought Mashiho and Jeongwoo were in charge of being down here,” Jihoon said, as both him and Yedam stood in front of the convenience mart.
Yedam looked around, “Huh. You’re right. I don’t see them around at all,”
The both of them were approached by Hyunsuk and Haruto not long after, both looking tired and hungry.
“Jihoon-aa, where are the rest?” Hyunsuk asked as he walks up towards the two in front of the store.
“Beats me,” Jihoon shrugged. “I told Yedam to text them just now though,”
Haruto pulled out his phone from his pocket and tried to dial Asahi’s number. He shook his head when the hyung failed to pick up his call.
“I guess not all of them brought their phones with them. I saw Junghwan sending his bag to the practice room earlier. He must’ve left his phone in his bag,” Hyunsuk reasoned.
“Yeah, sure, but some of them must have carried their phones with them too, you know?” Jihoon replied.
The four of them looked around the area, noticing how deserted it was considering its way past lunchtime now.
“Oh well, I guess we can buy some food first and wait for them out here after that,” Jihoon suggested. “You okay Ruto? You must be hungry, huh?” he asked the youngest among the four of them there.
Haruto nods back at his hyung, “Somewhat hungry,”
Jihoon snickers at this and gestured them all to follow him into the store. “Come on,”
And just as the four of them were about to enter the convenience store in front of them, they heard the door not too far on their left opening.
It was the door leading to the staircase loft.
The four of them turned their heads just in time to catch—
Jeongwoo and Junghwan walking out of the door and chatting with each other; oblivious that their hyungs were watching them.
“Yahhhh I know that sunbae!! He picks on the girls in my class too! Aish, what a douche!” Jeongwoo said to the maknae who was walking beside him.
“Really?? Aigoo. He should know his limits though! One time, he came over to my class to pick on the girl sitting behind me too! The sunbae said to the girl; ‘your hair is so springy like noodles even my dog wouldn’t date you’,”
Jeongwoo lets out a loud gasp. “That’s so rude?! So, if her hair is super-straight, he would’ve said said ‘my hedgehog wouldn’t date you’??” Jeongwoo said in annoyance.
The both of them stopped by the trash bin at the center of the floor and Jeongwoo discards the ramen bowls he collected from his hyungs before this.
“Oh, right. Let’s stop by the store and grab some soda for the other hyungs,” Junghwan said. Jeongwoo nods back at him.
But then, as they turned around, they saw Jihoon already standing right in front of them, a smirk on his face.
“Having fun, kids?”
“Uh oh,” both the maknaes said at the same time.
 *
YGE Building (Cafeteria / Rooftop Balcony)
You felt cold all over. You were starting to feel numb when you felt something poking your arms.
You scrunched your nose, feeling itchy in all of a sudden.
“Yahh, why won’t you wake up? How long do you want to stay like this? It’s cold here,” the voice whined.
You stirred from your position, trying to grasp the feeling of your numb body.
Slowly, you opened your eyes, expecting for your face to be hit by the bright sun despite the cold wind that you felt the whole time.
But then, instead of the sun rays hitting your pupils—you opened your eyes to meet bright, dark brown orbs staring back at you.
The both of you gasped at the same time.
You hugged your knees closer to your chin, surprised to see Junkyu sitting right in front of you, him looking as surprised as you were.
When did he get here? You were sure you had been alone earlier.
And wait—how did you not realise him being here??
Another gasp left your lips when you realised—that you had cried yourself to sleep before this.
You touched your cheeks, feeling the sticky residue from your dried-up tears. You groaned to yourself. You probably look like a mess right now.
Junkyu watched as you touched your face, shaking your head on your own and then rubbing your eyes slightly before finally looking at him again; as if you’d just remembered him being there.
“I uhh,” you began to say. “You…what are you doing here…”
“I should be asking you the same thing. Why are you huddled up here—” his eyes looked around as if judging you for choosing to sit underneath the table. “—and out here too, where it’s cold,”
Your body shivered after he pointed out the weather being cold. He was right though. You still couldn’t feel the tip of your fingers too. Your body must’ve absorbed all the cold whilst you were out asleep, you thought.
“Let’s go, we might catch a cold if we stay here any longer,” Junkyu said when you didn’t respond to his question.
“What—wait, go where?” you asked, your mind still groggy from the sleep you had.
Junkyu looked at you as if he was mortified by your silly question. “Anywhere, duh. You don’t want to stay here, do you??”
You looked away from him. A little taken aback by the way he responded to your question.
Junkyu noticed your expression changing after what he said, making him feel a little guilty. His tone must’ve sounded a little harsh, he thought.
“Look, I didn’t mean to say it like that—let’s just get back inside, okay?”
“Why are you here, Junkyu?” you asked him back, your eyes now on him again.
It was Junkyu’s turn to fall silent now, him being taken aback by your sudden question.
“You…Junkyu, look. I had a bad day. And you being here, after what happened between us; it’s all just making my head hurts. I can’t. I really can’t deal with everything like this, not all at once,” you huffed.
“I know. I’m sorry,” you heard him say, with a small voice.
You sniffled. The crying you did earlier plus the coldness out here must’ve made your nose runny, you thought as you tried to keep your runny snot from dripping out your nose that you couldn’t seem to feel at this point.
“Y/n, I know… what I said had hurt you. And I’m sorry. I really am,” he paused, staring at your eyes, trying to assure you that he meant what he said.
“I hope you know…that I didn’t mean what I said the other day,” he continued.
“But you did.”
Junkyu shakes his head, “No, I really didn’t! I just—I just…” he lowered his gaze, not looking into your eyes anymore.
You let out a sigh. Taking in a deep breath, you tried to move your legs just to make sure it doesn’t stay numb.
Junkyu kept quiet as he watches you again. His mind racing, thinking on how to make it less awkward between the both of you. He said sorry didn’t he? But why is it so hard for you to accept his apology?
After making sure that you could somewhat feel your feet as you tapped your feet against the cold floor, your eyes looked back at Junkyu, noticing that he had been watching you since just now.
“What?” You asked him.
“Where are your shoes?” He asked, curious as to why you were barefoot.
You looked down at your feet, embarrassed that he questioned you this.
“W-well, my feet were hurting from wearing my heels. Also—I don’t see the point of wearing it when I’m sitting down here, duh,”
Junkyu shrugs at your reply, not knowing what to say now.
“You don’t have to stay here, you know.” You said.
“What?”
“Wait, no. You haven’t answered my question though. What are you doing here??”
Junkyu shifted in his position, trying to make himself comfortable whilst sitting in front of you. He looked down at his hands for a while before looking back at you whom was waiting for his response.
“Well…Chani told us you had gone missing. So, we went around the building searching for you…”
“Wait—we?”
“Yeah, me and the other boys. And well, Chani too,” he added as he rolled his eyes at the moment Chani’s name came out of his mouth.
You stared at him in shock. “Whoa.” Just how did it come up to this? Why would they search for you though?
“Hold on, but you’re here,” you pointed out.
Junkyu nods at this.
“Does that mean…you’re the one that found me first?”
Again, he responds with a nod.
“Huh…” you wondered how much of a coincidence that the only person you dreaded to meet after what happened was the person that succeeded in finding out where you were.
You sniffled again, trying to stop yourself from shivering. One thing you were glad was that you had worn your slacks instead of your skirt today. At least you’d feel less cold out here.
“Y/n,”
You looked at Junkyu who was giving you a serious look right now. “Hm?”
Junkyu was determined. He was determined to explain himself to you. Sitting out here, underneath this secluded table; the cold wind slowly making his ears feel numb, he realised that this was indeed the only time he would have to actually tell you everything.
When would he get the chance to be alone with you again, right?
And so, with his trembling hands, he reached out to grab your hands in his.
“J-Junkyu,” you stuttered as soon as you felt his warm hands touch yours. What’s going on right now?
Junkyu took a deep breath before saying, “Y/n, listen, okay? I want you to listen to what I have to say.”
You blinked a couple times, your heart beating fast now. You nod your head slowly.
“Okay,” he said before swallowing the lump in his throat as he felt even more nervous now that you’re really focusing on him.
“I…I may have said some words that hurt you. And I regret it. I really did. I couldn’t sleep just thinking about how much I have hurt you. I saw how you looked at me that day—and it pains me to have you look at me that way. That isn’t the way I want you to see me as,” he shook his head.
“Y/n…I really am sorry. I really am. You might think that I have meant what I said, but I didn’t mean it. No way. You’re not annoying, not at all,” he continued.
You felt your eyes welling up. You could tell that he was trying his best to apologise sincerely but then, him talking about what happened just reminded you of how painful it was to hear him say those words about you. It hurt you so bad—to think that the person you like would have the guts to say that about you.
Junkyu felt your hands tensing up in his, so he gently rubs his thumb along your knuckles, trying to calm you down. “Y/n, look at me,” he said.
You didn’t realise that you had averted your gaze from him while you were reminiscing on what happened that day. Slowly, you lift your eyes to look at him again.
“I am so sorry. I was annoyed—yes, I admit it. But it wasn’t you I was annoyed with. I was just…upset at the time, you see. Your name crossed my mind at the time, but it wasn’t you that was annoying to me, I swear!”
You reluctantly nod at his explanation, trying to understand what he was trying to say.
“Y/n, I…Actually I…” Junkyu took another deep breath, gathering his courage. “I uh, I like—"
“AHCHOO!”
Junkyu froze in his spot, surprised by the sudden intrusion as he was about to confess his feelings for you.
“Oh my god, Junkyu! I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to—” you panicked as you saw him freeze and not blink after you had accidentally sneezed in his direction.
Pulling your hands out of his hold, you looked around, as if you’re looking for something.
“Damn, I didn’t bring ‘em,” you complained to yourself since you were sure you had tissues in your bag.
You turned your attention back to Junkyu who was still silent, probably still in shock of you sneezing at him. Great, he probably thinks I’m gross now, you thought.
“Junkyu, I—”
“Do you want to go inside?” He suddenly says, interrupting you from panicking any further.
“S-sure,”
 *
YGE Building (3rd Floor / Treasure’s Practice Room)
“Hold ‘em straight! That’s right, just like that,” Jihoon’s firm voice boomed in the walls of their practice room.
“Hyungggg please, my arms are screaming at me, can we please not do this??” Jeongwoo cries out, his arms shaking from holding it up straight for the past 10 minutes.
“It’s only been 10 minutes Jeongwoo,” Jaehyuk said to him.
“Still! I’m tired!” Jeongwoo continued whining.
Jihoon shakes his head at the younger boy and scanned his eyes around the room to see if anyone was trying to get out of the punishment.
The only boys who weren’t punished were of course, Jihoon, Hyunsuk, Haruto and Yedam. The other three aside from Jihoon were sitting comfortably on the floor, eating up hot ramen from their purchase earlier.
“This isn’t fair, my team was the last to join them eating, hyung. We didn’t loiter as long as they did,” Junghwan complained, pointing out that the other teams had indeed stopped their search way earlier than he did.
“Now, now. You all have another 10 minutes to go. If I hear any more complaints, I’m adding another more 5 minutes, get it?”
“Awww nooo hyung!” “No way!” the younger kids in front of him groaned as they struggle to stay still.
“Aigoo Jihoon-aa. Just let them go already. Come here and eat with us, will ya?” Hyunsuk called out to his co-leader.
Jihoon looks back at the boys in front of him before shrugging and attending to Hyunsuk’s side. He sat himself down beside his hyung and grabbed the bowl of noodles in front of him.
“Here, hyung,” Haruto handed him a can of cold drink as he took one for himself.
“Thanks,” Jihoon said, earning a nod from the boy.
“Yah, aren’t you gonna let them go just yet?” Hyunsuk asked again, concerned that the kids might feel too tired for practice later.
“I want to. But I can’t yet.”
“Why not?”
“Because,” Jihoon stopped stirring his halfway-soggy noodles to turn and look at the rest whom were still raising their hands up. His eyes fell upon a specific person, making him smirk as he turns back to Hyunsuk who was still looking at him with concern. “I think it’s kinda fun. Don’t you think so, hyung?”
Hyunsuk furrowed his eyebrows and looks over at the others. “Jihoon…I know what you’re doing,”
“Aigoo, hyung. He deserves it too, no? He’s been bothering you and Junkyu’s minds lately—as if I don’t know that,” Jihoon chuckled, finally taking a big slurp from his bowl.
Hyunsuk looks over at the rest again and mouthed a ‘sorry’ to them since he couldn’t help them much.
“Yah, Kim Doyoung. Stop moving about, will ya? You’re distracting me,” Chani complained.
Doyoung rolled his eyes at the boy. “I wasn’t moving at all. I was just scooting next to Asahi-hyung,”
“Hey, no moving about!”
“There was no rule about changing seat positions, though,” Yoshi defended Doyoung.
“Yeah, he’s just scooting over. Chill it, will ya?” Junghwan replied in annoyance at the hyung.
“This is stupid. Why am I even here anyways,” Chani huffed, dissatisfied as to how he was getting punished as well.
“Yeah. Why are you here, huh?” Jaehyuk asked back.
“Beats me. Your hyungs brought me here along with you guys. This is stupid, I’m putting my arms down—”
“If Chani puts his arms down, I’m adding 10 more minutes for you all,” Jihoon’s voice said in all of a sudden.
Instantly, all the boys surrounded Chani and forced him to raise his arms up all over again.
“Hey, hey! What are you all doing?? Let go of me! Hyungggg they’re all breaking the rules!”
“Hm?” Jihoon tilts his head as he watches his kids and Chani struggling to push one another.
“Yah, yah, yah! That’s dangerous! Stop it, kids!” Hyunsuk said to them but they all ignored him.
Haruto and Yedam stayed put in their spots laughing as they watched Mashiho managed to hold both Chani’s arms up and the rest of the boys laughing and cheering at him.
Jihoon too, giggled as he watched this. “Hmm, Hyunsuk-hyung is right. Kids, you all can stop.”
“Oh?” The boys stopped and turned to look at Jihoon.
“Yup, you all are free,”
“YAYYYYYYY FREEDOMMMMMM” Jeongwoo ran around the room, chanting the word freedom over and over.
“Except for Chani,”
“What?” Chani looks at him in disbelief.
“Hey, I would’ve let you go but you were the noisiest at the end,” Jihoon shrugs.
“No way,”
“Okay kids, make sure Chani stays putting his arms up for another 10 minutes,” Jihoon said casually before returning to eat his food.
“Hey, that’s not fair! I’m not even your team member. Where’s your sidekick, huh? Shouldn’t he be getting punished too?”
“Huh, he has a point though. Where is Junkyu anyways?” Hyunsuk asks Jihoon.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 12)
Chapter 12 - Not likely.
Word count: 4.9k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hi! Surprise! Chapter 12 is here! Thank you for all of you who have waited, and to my readers who never stop supporting me, i love you all so much! I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and have a great week ahead! ^^<3
“Awww nooo don’t leave yet Junkyu-aa. Y/n will be here any minute! I promise!”
You heard a familiar voice said as you made your way down the main hall of your floor.
You were almost reaching your front door when you noticed a few tall figures standing in front of your door.
You squinted your eyes to see who it was, and you were surprised to see the familiar faces that you’ve met last night.
You quickened your steps, wanting to reach there fast since you didn’t want your celebrity friends to be too exposed in the open, in case there are strange people lurking and wanting to get pictures of them.
“Nah, who cares if y/n comes back or not, I don’t need to see her anyways—”
Just as you reached right behind one of them, he had already turned around to see you, catching you by surprise when you notice it was none other than Junkyu.
“Y-y/n-“ Junkyu stuttered in all of a sudden, surprised to see you as well.
“Oh? Y/n! Hi!” Doyoung waved his hand at you, greeting you.
You nodded at him and looked at the four of them questioningly.
“Hi…Why…are you guys here?” You asked.
“Uh…” Junkyu couldn’t think of what to answer you, especially when you’re right in front of him.
“Hello y/n my favourite bestie in this world!” Jihoon said cheerfully, responding to your question.
Your eyes, that were on Junkyu earlier, shifted to Jihoon. You narrowed your eyes at him and eyed him suspiciously.
“What do you want, Jihoon?”
Jihoon placed a hand on his chest, acting like he was hurt by you, “Ouch, really? No ‘hi Jihoon my handsome and talented bestie’?”
Your lips turned upward slightly, almost smiling at Jihoon’s lame response to you.
“Ahh you’re smiling,” Jihoon said happily.
You cleared your throat and shook your head at him. “No, I’m not.”
You paused your conversation with them for a while to quickly glance around your surroundings.
You were worried again if there was anyone watching you all—yes, you’re that paranoid.
Without saying anything further, you hurried towards your front door and keyed in your combination lock quickly.
You stepped inside your house and gestured your friends to enter inside quickly as well.
Your friends, seeing you look all worried, hurriedly entered without any questions.
Shutting the door behind them as soon as they all entered, you took off your shoes.
“Okay, whew, you all can take your shoes off now,” you said as you pulled off your heels from your feet.
The rest followed suit, taking off their shoes as well.
You stepped into your living room and placed your tote bag onto the floor beside your two-seater sofa.
Turning around to the four of them that looked a family of penguins just standing in a row, staring at you, you couldn’t help but snicker watching them look at you like that.
“Why are you guys staring at me like that? It’s funny,” you said, half smiling.
“Aah, well, Jihoon here,” Hyunsuk said as he pointed at Jihoon who was beside him. “Jihoon wanted to talk to you,”
You pulled the hairband you left on your wrist and tied up your hair into a bun. You nodded at him. “Okay? And this is important? Seeing you chose to come here instead of I don’t know, texting or asking me through phone call?”
Hyunsuk picked on his bracelet, not sure how to answer you.
Junkyu nudged Jihoon’s elbow, signalling his best friend that this would be the best time to ask you what he came here for. Jihoon scowled at him back.
You moved towards your kitchen, feeling thirsty.
The rest of them continued watching you, still not saying anything.
You grabbed a bottle of sparkling peach juice from the refrigerator, taking big sip from it before turning your attention to them again.
“Are you all okay? You all are…strangely quiet…” you ask, now concerned about them.
“I…uh…” Jihoon started to say something.
“Oh no, did you get in trouble for real this time, Jihoon??” you interrupted him.
“No, no! I- uhh,”
“Aigoo, hyung! Just say it!” Junkyu spoke up this time, slightly impatient with how slow this conversation is going.
“Say what?” you asked.
“No…no it’s nothing, it’s stupid,” Jihoon grinned sheepishly at you.
He turned his heel and gestured the rest to leave with him. “Well, it was nice seeing you, y/n—”
“Yah! You didn’t drag us here to just say hi to y/n and then leave!” Junkyu held onto his friend’s sleeve before he could leave.
You shot them a weird look. “Look guys, I’m tired out from work…and I just got back from a staff dinner so imagine the amount of human interaction I had to make tonight…and you all are really just acting weird right now so—”
Kruuuuunggg.
You stopped talking.
“Okay but what was that?” You asked.
“Beats me, that wasn’t me,” Hyunsuk said.
Your eyes travelled to Junkyu and Jihoon, and the both of them shook their heads furiously.
“Huh.”
“I-it’s me….” Doyoung answered your question, his head down, eyes looking at his feet.
“Oh?” Hyunsuk exclaimed. “Are you hungry, Doyoungie?”
Doyoung’s eyes wouldn’t look at all of you, since he felt embarrassed that his stomach growled that loud and while you were talking too!
You smiled a little. You let out a soft sigh and headed towards your cupboard to take out 3 packs of instant rice.
“Come here y’all.”
“W-what, why?” Hyunsuk asked, confused as to why you’re suddenly so busy taking out cooking appliances in your kitchen.
“Duhh, I’m not gonna let you all starve. Now come here, help me out,” you chuckled.
“Okay~” Jihoon was fast enough to release Junkyu’s grip from his arm and was instantly beside you in the kitchen.
Junkyu, Hyunsuk and Doyoung too, made their way to you and Jihoon.
“Gosh, why didn’t you all tell me you all hadn’t eaten?? You kids really…” you nagged halfway.
                                                                *
 The four of them were seated at your four-seater dining table, while you stood nearby your kitchen cabinet not far beside them, your back leaning against the kitchen counter.
“Thank you for the meal!” Jihoon exclaimed loudly before he starts eating.
You watched as the four of them ate the fried rice that you made earlier. You wondered to yourself why they came over here today.
“You sure you don’t want some, y/n?” Hyunsuk asked, as he spooned some rice.
You smiled at him and shook your head, “Nah, it’s fine. I had dinner already,”
“You sure? This is actually pretty good. Your seasoning is on point too,” Doyoung asked this time.
Still smiling, you shook your head at him.
Hyunsuk gestured you to come near him with his hand.
You walked up towards him.
“Yes, Hyunsuk?”
Hyunsuk spooned some of the rice again and lifted the spoon towards you.
“Try some, you don’t know how much this fried rice tastes like home, y/n”
“Guys, it’s just fried rice. Chill. Don’t over-exaggerate this, please,” you chuckled.
Hyunsuk shook his head and he still insisted on you to taste the rice that you cooked.
You lowered your head to his spoon and opened your mouth as Hyunsuk fed you the fried rice with his spoon.
You chewed on your rice.
“Hmm. Tastes like the usual fried rice I make,” you said.
Then you noticed all of them staring at you and Hyunsuk.
“What? I’m just saying the truth—”
“N-no it’s not that. You just ate…food…from Hyunsuk-hyung’s spoon…” Doyoung said.
You looked at him weirdly. “ookay…?”
Jihoon and Junkyu too, were both staring at you and Hyunsuk. Their mouths slightly agape, seeing how casual the both of you are with each other.
“What’s wrong with sharing food?” You asked again, since you still don’t understand why they’re making a big deal out of this.
You turned your head to Hyunsuk, “What’s with them?”
“I-I don’t know,” Hyunsuk replied you. But then his cheeks were slightly flushed. Hyunsuk blushed to himself when he realised that he had just fed you with his spoon.
“Ookay…since you all are always weird, I won’t question any further,” you said as you raised both your hands and backed away from the table. You headed towards the kitchen sink to wash your hands.
The rest of them continued eating since they were hungry. That is, all of them except for one person.
Junkyu spooned the rice and lifted it to his mouth. His eyes stared at your back that was facing them.
Spooning the rice into his mouth, he chewed on it slowly. Why does he feel like something was off when he saw Hyunsuk casually feeding you?
                                                                 *
 “Yeahh thanks for the hearty meal, y/n,” Hyunsuk said, his eye smile forming as he grinned at you.
You nodded at him, smiling as well.
Jihoon extended his arm and pats your head. “Well, we’ll be going now. Don’t want to bother you on a working night too,”
“Please, you’re the one that showed up of nowhere here, Jihoon,” you snickered at him.
Jihoon grinned at you, “Sshhh you’re the one that gave me your passcodes anyways,”
“Yeahh but you could’ve entered right away earlier too, right? But you didn’t,”
“Hey, I won’t trespass your house like that okay,”
“Yeah, sure,” you rolled your eyes at him, noting to yourself the way he trespassed your house last time.
Doyoung bowed slightly at you and thanked you as well, “Thank you, y/n,”
“No problem,”
You turned to Junkyu and you saw him not looking in your direction.
Jihoon noticed your eyes staring at Junkyu so he spoke up, “Yah, Kim Junkyu, say thank you to y/n for cooking for us today,”
“H-hey no, it’s fine. It’s not necessary,” you said.
“Thanks,” Junkyu muttered before bowing slightly at you and heading towards your front door. He did all these without even looking at you.
You watched him put on his shoes.
Why is he acting so cold today…? You wondered to yourself.
“Well, we’ll be going now! Bye, y/n,” Hyunsuk said, his smile still on his face.
You smiled back at him and nodded. “Bye y’all,”
You escorted them towards your door and closed the door as soon as they all left.
Once the door shut behind the four of them, Doyoung turned to Jihoon.
“Hyung, I thought we came here to ask y/n if she was the…ghost…you saw today,”
“Ah! I forgot to ask her that!”
“Maybe if you all focused for once and not waste time chatting her up about your day, we wouldn’t have gotten distracted,” Junkyu mumbled.
Hyunsuk looked at him, confused. “Hey, are you okay, Junkyu? You seem…a little…well, you know,”
“Whatever, I just want to get home now,” he said as he starts making his steps towards the elevators.
Hyunsuk turned to Jihoon and looked at his friend questioningly. Jihoon shrugged back at him.
“Oh, and—” Junkyu stopped in his tracks, “if you do have any ridiculous missions like this again, which involves her, I don’t want to be a part of it, okay?” He said before continuing his walk towards the elevators.
“What’s wrong with Junkyu?” Doyoung whispered at his hyungs.
                                                                *
 (Next Monday)
You read the text from Soomin, telling you that she had arrived at YG’s building and that she was waiting for the rest of the team to arrive.
You were outside your apartment building, kneeling on the ground, as you watched the family of cats eat up the food you poured out into their bowls.
“I’m sorry for being busy lately. I’ll try to make sure you all get fed always, okay?” you said to the cats who were busy munching away, not even responding to what you were saying.
You checked your watch this time, noting that now would be the right time to leave for work, considering your work station this month to be a little closer to your home.
Standing up and patting your clean, cream-coloured blouse down, you fixed your bag on your shoulder and said goodbye to the cats before leaving.
                                                                *
 (YG Entertainment Building)
You fumbled through your bag, searching for the access card that was given to you last week.
“Where is it? I know I put it in here last night,” you muttered to yourself, your hands still going through the things in your black tote bag.
Without realising, a man walked up beside you and was about to scan through the scanner beside you. He placed his access card near the scan bar, but then he stopped scanning halfway when he saw you looking all flustered with your bag.
He approached you slowly.
“Hey,”
You stopped going through your bag and raised your head to look at the voice that spoke to you.
There, in front of you, stood a cute, bright-eyed boy with his semi-curly light brown curly hair staring back at you.
“O-oh. I’m so sorry, was I blocking the scanner?” You responded quickly, backing away from where you were standing before.
“Oh, no no!” He raised his hand at you, telling you that you weren’t at fault for anything. “I just, saw you here. A-and I was wondering if you need any help,” he added.
“Ah. Ahh…Well, I was searching for my access card in my bag that’s all!” you said as you grinned at him.
“Ahh. Alright then,” he said.
You smiled at him and gave him a nod before continuing with your quest of searching for your access card in your bag.
The man was about to leave when something caught his eye again.
“Oh? Isn’t that it? The one around your neck?” He said as he points at the cardholder that hung on your lanyard.
You lifted your head again and your eyes travelled to where he was pointing at.
And right there, hung around your neck, was your brand-new access card to the building.
“Oh…”
Your hand reached towards it and you pulled it out of the holder of your lanyard. It surely is your access card.
You cleared your throat. “Uh, t-thank you,”
You hurriedly head towards the scanner in front of you to scan your card.
Beepbeep.
“Oh? That doesn’t sound right.” You said to yourself, remembering that when you scanned it last week, it only beeped once and the gate opened right away for you to enter.
You tried to scan it again. Beepbeep!
Your eyes widened in fear. You looked around to see if there was anyone who might grow suspicious of you since you had failed to scan your access card twice.
Feeling nervous, you told yourself to try one more time.
Your hand trembled slightly as you held your card and scanned your card again swiftly at the scan bar.
Beepbeepbeep!
You almost jumped out of your skin due to the loud beep from the scanner.
You heard a chuckle from behind you and you turned around to see the same man from earlier, his face amused with what was happening to you.
You felt your face burn up from embarrassment. You had no idea he was still behind you and watching you all this while!
“Great, my first day here and I’m already acting like a clown,” you muttered to yourself.
The man approached you again.
“You shouldn’t scan it too fast like that,” he said.
You blinked in confusion at him. “I’m sorry?”
“You should scan it slowly,” he said.
Your eyebrows raised a little. You eyed the card in your hand and slowly tapped it against the scan bar.
Beep! The gate opened for you.
You walked through it.
You felt relief wash over you since you were glad that you didn’t have to spend any more time at the damn scan machine.
You were halfway turning around to thank the man who helped you when you were caught by surprise as he was already beside you.
“Oh my god! Don’t do that!” Your voice raised a pitch, clearly surprised that he was already standing beside you by now. Your hand was placed against your chest, patting it to calm your surprised heart.
The man smiled at you and bowed slightly. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,”
You shook your head, hand still patting your chest.
“Ah, but I wanted to ask you this,”
Your eyes focused on him this time. “What is it?”
“I’ve never seen you around here. Are you new?”
“Oh? Oh no! I-I’m actually with the PEWA Group from down the block. Erm, my team and I are assigned to work with your company’s staff for a month here,” you explained.
He nodded back at you. “Ahh, I see. Well,” he held out his hand towards you, offering a handshake. “I’m Chani, one of the interns here,”
You extended your hand to shake his and you smiled awkwardly at him, not sure how else to respond to him.
“Ah, nice to meet you, Chani…I’m y/n,” you said, after silently exchanging handshakes with him.
You felt your phone buzz in your bag and you checked the notifications.
“Oh, I have to go now, my team leader is looking for me,”
You bowed at him and hurried towards the escalators not far in front of you.
You stopped in your tracks to turn around again. “Oh, Chani?” You called out to him.
“Yeah?”
“Thanks for the help with the scanner just now!”
“No problem. I’ll see you around, y/n!” he said as he waved at you.
You smiled at him and nodded before running off in your heels.
                                                                *
(Lunchtime, YGE Building)
“Kim Junkyu~” Jihoon cooed as his head peeked through the studio room his friend was in.
Junkyu was just switching the keyboard switch off when he saw his best friend’s head peeking on him.
Junkyu chuckled at his friend’s cute behaviour. “What is it, Jihoon?”
“Ah, I see you’re done with your practice,” he said as he pushed the door open wider this time.
Junkyu nodded back at him.
“It’s lunchtime. Wanna get some food? The rest said they’ll be at the cafeteria to get us some seats,”
Junkyu smiled at Jihoon. He had always felt grateful to have a friend like Jihoon in his life. Someone who always checks up on him, who made sure he has his meals and not skip them. Sure, they have small disputes at times but he knew they were all never serious about it.
Junkyu picked up his Fila jacket beside him and stood up from his chair. “Let’s go,”
 (Still lunchtime, YGE Cafeteria)
 “We’ll show you around the building after lunch,” Bomin, who was in charge of working with your team, said to everyone who was lining up to grab the lunch prepared by the YGE’s cafeteria.
Everyone in your team including you nodded at this.
Soomin, who was in front of you in-line, leaned behind towards you and whispered at you, “Did you know? The staff here get to eat free meals twice a day from this cafeteria,”
“Oh? Really?” you asked, amazed by the treatment the staff of this company get.
Soomin nodded in response to your question. “Oh, but lucky for us, we’re getting free meals as well for this whole month since we’re working here for the time being,” she beamed happily at you.
This made you smile at her. “That is…so cool,” was what you could only say to express how amazed and excited you were to work there.
Soomin focused back on focusing her food from the workers there and you too, eyed the menu to see what you want to have.
                                                             *
 “Come sit with me?” Soomin offered towards you once the both of you had gotten your plates of food.
Your eyes looked in the direction of the table she was gesturing to, and you felt your stomach do a flip. There were so many important people sitting at her table already, and not to mention, her best friend Bomin was there too.
You felt timid enough that you were someone new in the team and you knew if you do agree to sit with her at her table, it would be kind of rude of you not to speak to any of them anyways. You knew yourself well and you knew that you needed more time before you could get used to being casual around your other teammates.
You pursed your lips and smiled at her, a sorry smile that is.
“I…uh, I think I’ll pass. I actually prefer sitting in the balcony,” you said as you pointed at the door not far behind you that leads to the balcony.
Soomin eyed the door. Then she looked back at you. “Okay. But if you want company, I’ll be right here, okay?”
You smiled at her. You were grateful that she understood you well at this point.
The both of you parted ways and you head straight towards the door that led to the balcony you visited last week.
                                                               *
 “Wow, there’s many people here compared to usual. Do you think they’re celebrating something?” Jihoon said to his best friend the moment he stepped into the cafeteria.
Junkyu shrugged at his friend. He looked around to look for their other friends but they don’t seem to be anywhere in sight.
“Hey, where are the rest? I thought they were gonna save seats?” Junkyu asked Jihoon who was busy looking around as well.
“Yeah, I don’t see them around either,” Jihoon said. He took out his phone from his pocket and dialed on Jaehyuk’s number.
 Phonecall Conversation:
Jihoon: Hey, Jaehyuk, I thought we’re all meeting up at the cafeteria?
Jaehyuk: Ah, hyung! Yeah, we are.
Jihoon: Oh? But I don’t see any of you here? There’s only Junkyu and me here.
Jaehyuk: Ah that! We were there earlier but the staff from level 5 were somewhat bringing other people from another company over so the line was too long for us to wait to get our food, hyung. So we decided to just buy some ramen from the convenience store downstairs.
Jihoon: Ahh, so they were from another company? No wonder the cafeteria looks more crowded than usual.
Jaehyuk: Yeah.
Jihoon: Oh? So you’re all down there? Even the kids?
Jaehyuk: Nope, just the 5 of us here. But I texted the kids that we’re getting food from the convenience store so they can head straight here once they come back from school.
Jihoon: Hmmm…Oh! Why don’t we sit in the balcony? I’m pretty sure the other staff here prefer indoors so the balcony should be free for us.
Jaehyuk: Okay! Sounds good! I’ll let the rest know. Oh, and hyung! What can I get for you and Junkyu hyung?
Jihoon: Nah, it’s fine. We’ll get food from the cafeteria. The line isn’t that long anymore anyways.
Jaehyuk: Okay hyung~ See you both in a bit!
End of Phonecall.
                                                                  *
 (YGE Cafeteria/Balcony Section)
 “Hey, you! Scanner girl!” you heard a voice call out from behind you.
You turned your head and saw the guy from this morning. What was his name again? Changi? Chani?
You blinked a couple times, your hand still holding the sandwich that you were just about to bite on before you heard him call you.
Chani chuckled seeing your confused state. With his food tray in his hand, he approached you and placed the tray in front of you. His hand rested on the chair opposite you.
“Can I sit here?” he said with a grin on his face.
You eyed him up and down before reluctantly nodding.
Chani pulled the chair out and sat down, facing you. You ignored him again and focused on biting your sandwich.
Chani, seeing that you weren’t much of a talker, he decided to start a conversation with you.
“So, y/n, how old are you?”
You placed your sandwich down onto your plate. Your mouth still chewing on the huge bite of sandwich that you took just now, Chani waited eagerly as you stared at him.
After swallowing your food, you grabbed your water bottle and took a long sip from it.
Again, you notice Chani was still waiting for your answer.
You narrowed your eyes at him. “Is this what you do here? Interrogate people you’ve just met?”
“Yikes, you’re in a bitter mood I see. You were friendlier this morning,”
You sighed. “I’m sorry. I’m just a bit drained from all the talks we had in the meeting room today,” you apologised, feeling sorry that you had accidentally lashed out at this poor guy.
“Puh-lease, it’s only been half a day, y/n. Besides, you’re gonna get more tired out later once they start giving you the tour of the building. It’s big I tell ya,”
“I can tell,” you smirked. Obviously, the building was big, you remembered your first visit last week, too. You had a hard time searching for the restroom.
“Wait a minute-“ you said as you realised something.
Chani was spooning his soup into his mouth when you stopped him.
“How…did you know that my next schedule was the building tour??”
Chani put his spoon down and scoffed loudly. “Really? You’re asking me this??”
“Yeah, duh,”
Chani lets out another scoff. He placed his hand against his chest and showed a pained look. “Oh my god y/n! I was literally in the same meeting room as you the whole morning!”
You covered your mouth with your hand and gasped loudly, “NO WAY!”
“Yeah!! I really was!”
“But, you’re not from the logistics team that we’re tutoring!”
“Y/n….I’m an intern here. It doesn’t matter from what team I’m from, I need all the exposure and services offered by this company,” he stated matter-of-factly.
“Hmm…makes sense.” You took another swig at your water bottle.
“You didn’t think I was stalking you, were you?” he asked, a smirk now plastered on his face.
You rolled your eyes at him and leaned back into your chair. “Duh, how did you know I was having lunch here??”
“Okay that one I admit, I was keeping an eye on you,” he grinned.
You shook your head at him.
“Hey, what’s your deal and being alone anyways?”
“What’s wrong with liking solidarity?” you shot him back.
“Yeah, but you seemed close with that team leader of yours,”
You kept quiet for a bit. “Well,” you said. “We’re kind of close, but you know, she’s a people person and I…I’m not that good with crowds. It doesn’t make me feel that much comfortable too, being in a room full of people,”
Chani listened and watched as your eyes looked away from his as you explained yourself.
He nodded slightly. “Okay, I understand I guess,”
Your eyes looked back at his. “Okay,”
Chani gave you a smile, his bright eyes twinkling at you. “It’s okay, I got you, homie,”
You bursted out laughing, seeing him use the term homie towards you.
“Ew, look at you, making it seem like we’re close friends and all,” you said in annoyance, yet you were smiling.
“Hey, one thing about Chani you don’t know is that—Chani gets close with everybody,” he said proudly.
You shook your head again at him. You grabbed onto your sandwich again to continue eating it when suddenly you saw Chani standing up in front of you.
“Hyung! Hi!” Chani greeted whoever it was behind you happily.
“Ah, Chani! Heyyy I didn’t know you like having lunch outside too,” the voice said.
Chani grinned at this. “Nah, I’m just here to accompany my friend here. She likes it here,”
“Ah, she has good taste in places then,” you heard the voice complimenting you.
“I guess so,” Chani said, his eyes now looking at you while you continued chewing on your sandwich, not bothered by his conversation with his friend.
“Ah, hyung, this is y/n,” Chani added as he got up from his seat and pulled you to turn to face his friend.
“Whoa, Chani—” you said, your mouth still chewing on your food.
Your eyes met the brown orbs that widened when they saw yours.
“Oh?” You said, half muffled since you still had food in your mouth.
“Look, y/n! Aren’t you glad we’re friends? I told you I’m close with everybody here,” Chani said, grinning.
You swallowed your food (finally), and tilt your head slightly.
“I think I’m seeing things, Chani,”
“Oh? No you’re not! I’m friends with the Treasure members here! This is Jihoon!” he said happily.
You turned your head back to the two guys who were staring at you and Chani.
They looked like they’ve seen ghosts, you thought to yourself.
“J-junkyu aa…I t-told you didn’t I?” Jihoon stuttered, his eyes still staring at you.
Junkyu stayed silent. Not sure if he was seeing things as well at this point.
Chani looked around at the three of you. “Okay but why are you all staring at each other like that…?” he asked, confused as to what was happening now.
You broke your gaze from the two men in front of you and turned to Chani. “Oh, nothing, it’s just—”
Before you could continue your sentence, you heard a loud scream.
“AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,” Jihoon screamed out loud as he headed towards the cafeteria door.
Junkyu immediately grabbed his best friend and covered his mouth with his own hand.
“Oh my god Jihoon, what got into you??” You asked him, your voice slightly raised, concerned about him.
��Yeah, luckily the door was closed! Imagine the whole floor hearing your screams, people might think that you’re possessed or something!” Junkyu added.
“Whoa. Hold on, you all know each other??” Chani asked, his face surprised to see you talking to Jihoon so casually.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 8)
Chapter 8 - “This isn’t awkward”
Word count: 4.6k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hi! Surprise! Chapter 8 is here! Thank you for reading and supporting my writing y’all, I truly appreciate everyone’s love and support <3 Hope you all enjoy this chapter, love you all and have a nice weekend 🥰🧡
“I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to, really,” Junkyu said, sounding all flustered, especially since you didn’t say anything after you accidentally bumped into him.
You were too shocked to even say anything though. Why? You weren’t sure either. But something about this guy makes your heart race.
Your hands were still partially covering your face, since earlier you thought you might have hurt it when you accidentally ran into him, hard.
Hyunsuk, who was not far from you and Junkyu, came over towards you, “Hey, y/n? Are you okay? Did you get hurt?”
Hyunsuk’s hand held your shoulder, making you focus back on reality.
“I…I’m fine, Hyunsuk,” you said, smiling softly at him as you moved your hands from your face.
“Hey, hey…don’t make it seem like it’s totally bad. We just accidentally bumped into each other that’s all. I didn’t hurt her or anything,” Junkyu said.
Jihoon walked over to the three of you, a smirk plastered on his face. “Junkyu-aa! This is y/n!”
Junkyu shot him a confused look, “Who??”
“Oh come on, y/n! It’s y/n, the girl that gave Hyunsuk-hyung his shirt last time,”
Junkyu still looked like he had no clue who you were even after Jihoon mentioned about that incident.
“The girl who helped hide Jaehyuk’s banana milk the other day….?” Jihoon prompted him on.
“Ahh! That girl.”
You stood there, feeling uncomfortable truthfully, now that they’re talking about you out loud.
Junkyu’s eyes lowered down to look at you (since he’s taller than you obviously). “Hmm…it’s nice meeting you, y/n,” he said in an unsure tone though.
You nodded briefly, avoiding eye contact with him. Again, why? No idea, you just felt a tad breathless now that he’s here. Or maybe you were just overwhelmed by what was going on.
You took a deep breath and moved slightly, making Hyunsuk’s hand fell off your shoulder.
“Well, it was nice seeing you all. I better get going now,” you said in one breath.
Just as you were about to dash off, you felt an arm grabbing you by your shoulder.
“Whoa whoa whoa. I thought you were having lunch with us, y/n?” That smooth, sultry voice said.
Your head turned to look at him, Jihoon. Your eyes glanced at his arm that was holding you by your shoulders. If anyone were to pass by, they might think that you were in trouble, since you’re being crowded by guys taller than you.
“N-no…I never said I agreed to that. Besides—”
“Y/n!”
Your sentence was left unfinished when you heard someone calling out to you. You turned your head to see Jaehyuk running towards where you were.
He was slightly panting when he was finally in front of you. Grinning his usual charming smile at you, he asked, “What are you doing here? Did you come to visit us?”
His smile was so wide and happy it made you feel bad if you were to say that you were here only because you were unable to leave since just now.
You responded at Jaehyuk with a smile.
But then again, before you could say anything, Jihoon had already spoken up.
“Y/n is going to have lunch with us! Isn’t that great?” he said cheerfully.
Jaehyuk smiled and cheered loudly, “Yay! That’s great! I’ll let the rest of the group know!” and with that he whipped out his phone and started typing fast onto it. His attention was no longer on you.
You shifted uncomfortably from where you’re standing. You looked up at Jihoon who was close behind you.
“Erm…could you, maybe, I don’t know, let go of me?” you said to Jihoon.
Jihoon stared at you for a while, making your eyes looking elsewhere since you felt that you didn’t need this impromptu staring contest with him.
Jihoon grinned at you before slowly releasing his grip off your shoulders.
“Well, now that that’s settled, let’s head to the restaurant now,” Jihoon said.
“W-wait? I thought we’re supposed to eat with the rest of your members?” you asked.
Hyunsuk lets out a chuckle, “Yeah, we are. But we can’t be seen leaving in a big group, y/n. It’ll make it too obvious that we’re on a free schedule and it might attract too much attention you know,” he explained.
You nodded, understanding what he meant.
                                                               *
 All 5 of you arrived at the Japanese food Restaurant not long after. Truthfully, you felt a little out of place, noticing that the place seemed a little pricey and fancy to your taste.
The boys had already booked a private room for themselves to dine in, which means this will be your first time dining in at fancy restaurant and a private room.
It’s like the one you saw in those shows, you thought to yourself.
Now, honestly, you didn’t think it’d be too awkward since you were kinda dressed appropriately for the place (since you’re still in your work attire), and the boys too, weren’t wearing too fancily. It’s almost like a friendly gathering atmosphere instead.
BUT then, it got awkward when you see the boys shuffling to their seats.
Why is this awkward?
It’s awkward because you realised you had no idea where you were supposed to sit at.
The boys had already taken their seats, Hyunsuk, sitting at head end of the table, Jaehyuk and Jihoon, sitting facing each other, and then there’s Junkyu who’s sitting beside Jihoon.
Which meant that your option was to either sit beside Junkyu or Jaehyuk.
But then you noticed that Junkyu and Jihoon had already secured two sits on that one row so to even it out, it’s better if you sit next to Jaehyuk, right?
You slowly moved towards the seat beside Jaehyuk.
“Oh? Y/n, you’re sitting next to Jaehyuk?” Jihoon asked in all of a sudden, making you stop in your steps.
“Yeah…why? Was it reserved for someone else?” you asked.
“No~ Come here, sit next to me, y/n~” Jaehyuk said in a singsong tune.
This made you smile. You felt glad knowing that the person you’d be sitting next to was Jaehyuk. He’s been very friendly to you, and considering you’ve hung out with him and his dormmates, it only made sense that you were more comfortable sitting with him compared to anyone else in the room right now.
You sat down.
You had a smile on your face, feeling relieved knowing that you will feel less awkward being here by now, when suddenly you felt a cold, sharp gaze staring at you.
You lifted your head slightly and saw Junkyu sitting in front of you.
The moment both of your eyes met, he immediately looked away.
You blinked a few times. Was I imagining things or was he looking this way?
You turned your head away and focused on Hyunsuk who was talking about something to Jihoon, but then your eyes still lingered to look at Junkyu who was sitting opposite you.
Junkyu was looking down at his phone by now and you can’t help but feel like he was uncomfortable with your presence.
“Y/n!!” Yedam appeared at the doorframe of the private room.
Your head turned to look at him. You laughed a little seeing him struggle to enter the door with Junghwan by his side.
“Hey, hey, hey! No pushing!” You heard Mashiho said behind them.
Yedam immediately sat beside you, along with Junghwan following beside him as well.
You saw Jeongwoo shuffling to his seat beside Junkyu. You nodded at him. He too, did the same. The rest followed suit sitting in their respective seats.
 By now, this was what the seating in the private room looked like:
 Head and End of table:
Hyunsuk and Doyoung
Left Row of table:
Jihoon, Junkyu, Jeongwoo, Haruto, Yoshi, Asahi
Right Row of the table:
Jaehyuk, You, Yedam, Junghwan, Mashiho
 Hyunsuk and Jihoon discussed on what food to order. After placing the orders, while waiting for the food to arrive, everyone in the room started making small talk with each other.
“Y/n, how did you get invited here? Didn’t you know, Junghwan and I got so excited to leave practice just now when we read in the chat that Jaehyuk sent us!” Yedam said happily.
You laughed a little at him, “Gosh, you’re making it seem like I’m the celebrity here,”
Yedam laughed as well, “Hey, we missed you that’s all,”
You smiled at him.
Junghwan, who was beside Yedam, moved closer to the both of you, wanting to join in on the conversation as well.
“Hey, hey, y/n noona, I practiced a new song today,”
“Oh yeah? Was it the one that you sent in the group chat the other day?” you asked him.
Junghwan shook his head. “This is another new one noona. It’s called Believe by Justin Bieber,”
“Oh my god! I love that album! I mean, it’s not a new song but that whole album was so so good!” you said excitedly.
Junghwan was excited too, knowing that you liked the song just as much as he does, “Yes! I’m still practicing the song but I’ll let you know if I’m done with it,”
You nodded happily, “Sure, Junghwan.”
“Wait, what are you guys talking about? Jaehyuk didn’t send anything in our group chat,” Hyunsuk interrupted the three of you.
Everyone stopped talking instantly. All eyes were on you, Yedam and Junghwan.
“I…I meant the group chat that we have with y/n…” Yedam said.
Hyunsuk looked at the three of you in disbelief. “What? You all have a group chat together?? All 3 of you??”
“Well, to be precise, it’s the five of us, hyung,” Jaehyuk answered.
“What??”
Hyunsuk’s face was lined with extreme shock. He was the one who met you first, and yet his other friends were already being closer with you compared to him! Just how??
“Yah, Junghwan-aa, since when did you start addressing y/n as ‘Noona’? Last time we checked, you were barely able to converse with a girl this close, let alone calling them noona,” Jihoon asked, amused with what’s going on around him now.
Junghwan blushed slightly, “Y/n-noona said I could call her that…” he said shyly.
Hyunsuk was still baffled. He was speechless. He didn’t know how to react to this, but he also knew this was shocking news to him. It was difficult enough to get you to have lunch with him, and yet how was it so easy for them to get along with you right away?
“Oh come on hyung, what do you expect? We hung out with y/n the other day when you sent us to go get my banana uyu from her place,” Jaehyuk added.
“Yeah, we realised we clicked with each other so ever since that day we’ve all been chatting each other in the group we made,” Yedam explained further.
“Even Asahi is in the group??” Jihoon mused.
Everyone turned to look at Asahi who was calmly drinking his cup of hot green tea.
Asahi took a slow sip from his cup, clearly unbothered by everyone’s eyes on him.
When he was done, he placed the cup on the table and said briefly, “Hmm yeah.”
This earned a hearty laugh from Jihoon. He started laughing out loud.
“Oh no, he’s laughing alone again,” Yoshi whispered to Haruto. “Someone help him,” he said, genuinely concerned with his hyung.
Hyunsuk wasn’t the only one confused. You were too. Wasn’t this supposed to be a casual lunch? When did everyone get so intense??
And to make it worse, you couldn’t stop catching Junkyu shooting glares at you. What is this guy’s deal??
You held in your breath, hoping to just wake up from this dream. This has got to be a dream. It’s so bad that you wanted it to be a dream. Please.
Haruto raised his hand in all of a sudden.
All the tension in the room suddenly eased when they all paid attention to him. You too, slowly released your breath that you’ve been holding in.
“What is it Ruto? Are you okay?” Hyunsuk asked.
“Can someone…tell me what is going on here?” He said, in his deep voice. He had an annoyed look on his face too, probably because of the atmosphere everyone was in just now.
Haruto eyed you as well, which made you grip your cup in your hand.
“And can someone please tell me who this is?” he added.
You could hear yourself swallowing your own voice. You weren’t sure if you should be speaking up or not right now.
“Oh, well, this…this is y/n noona,” Junghwan said, trying to answer Haruto’s questions.
Haruto raised an eyebrow at their maknae, “Noona?”
“I meant, y/n…” Junghwan corrected himself.
You scoffed silently. You were clearly sure that you were older than half of them there, and there you go, another guy you barely know, asking questions about you indirectly when you were clearly right in front of him.
Hyunsuk, Jaehyuk and Yedam heard your scoff even when you intentionally did it quietly.
You didn’t need to be here, you thought to yourself. You didn’t need this uncomfortable atmosphere on a day where you were supposed to be celebrating about the merge of your boss’ company with another prestigious company.
“Uhh, actually, everyone, this is y/n. I invited her to have lunch with us today. She’s the girl that helped Jaehyuk with his banana milk case the other day,” Hyunsuk said quickly in one breath. Thank god for his rapping skills.
When he heard you scoff, he was sure, you were upset with the environment he dragged you to be in.
You were still disheartened by what was going on in the room though. And just as you thought of opening your mouth to say something, the waiter arrived carrying your orders.
“Ah! Food is here, everyone!” Yoshi said as he helped receive the plates from the waiter.
You forced a smile at everyone and helped arrange the foods on the table.  
You tried your best not to frown all throughout the time being in that room with them. It wasn’t that you were entirely unhappy being there, it’s just that it was too obvious not everyone welcomed you to be there, so why were you still hanging around there?
Your jaw felt tight as you chew on your food. You kept your head down, just eating and listening to some of them chat whilst eating their dish.
What you didn’t realise was that Hyunsuk kept eyeing you, concerned with what he dragged you into.
Hyunsuk was zoned back to focus when he heard Jihoon laughing out loud from listening to Jaehyuk’s joke in front of him.
Again, his eyes fell onto you. You were chewing your food slowly, and no one was talking to you.
Hyunsuk’s guilt tripled just seeing you all quiet and keeping to yourself in this crowded room. He was thinking hard, on how to get you to cheer up.
You on the other hand, were busy ignoring the people in the room, and busy eating your emotions away. You didn’t want to make it obvious that you were incredibly upset but the way you were breathing totally gave away how you truly felt, especially to Yedam and Jaehyuk since they were sitting beside you.
You were about to place your bowl of unfinished rice onto the table when suddenly, a pair of chopsticks carrying a piece of meat appeared.
You turned to your right and you saw Yedam, holding the end of the chopticks. He smiled at you and placed the meat in your bowl.
“Eat up, y/n. Don’t let the rice go to waste, okay?” he said softly.
Suddenly, tears flooded your eyes. You wanted to cry but you held it in. All your anger washed off when you saw Yedam’s kind expression.
You sniffled to yourself. Come on y/n! Don’t be all sappy and emotional! Your friends are here with you, don’t ruin the moment just ‘cause you are upset!
You nodded at Yedam and continued eating your food, not wanting to worry your new friends.
Suddenly, Jihoon, spoke up loudly, “Hey, Junkyu.”
His loud voice earned few eyes looking at him. Including yours.
Junkyu had already finished his meal and was looking at his phone when Jihoon called his name. His eyes looked up to see his friend beside him, “Yeah?”
Jihoon picked a piece of meat with his chopsticks and placed it into Junkyu’s empty bowl. “Eat up, okay? Don’t waste your food,” he said in teasing tone.
Junkyu, who was confused just as the rest were, furrowed his eyebrows at his bestfriend’s action.
“What? What’s wrong with you today?” Junkyu asked Jihoon, in a confused tone.
Jihoon giggled to himself by this.
Again, Yoshi voiced out his concern about their hyung’s behaviour, “Oh no, there he goes again. Someone, really, is Jihoon-hyung okay?”
Jihoon chuckled at his friend’s remark. He bit on the end of his chopsticks and had his gaze focused on you.
And that’s when it hit you.
“H-hey!” You said, louder than your usual tone.
Jihoon laughed out loud when he saw how red your face went. It turns out that he was teasing you and Yedam earlier. He had seen Yedam giving you his piece of meat and he felt that it would be fun to tease Yedam’s sappy behaviour.
But he didn’t expect you to react this way.
Jihoon was clearly amused by you.
Ignoring Jihoon’s laugh, Hyunsuk asked you, “What is it, y/n? Is everything alright? Why is your face red? Was the food too spicy for you??”
You shook your head, embarrassed that you’ve created this much commotion by now.
“Aishh, Jihoon really can’t stay still, can he? He had to tease y/n like that,” Yedam said, slightly laughing as well.
“Oh? But what happened?” Jeongwoo asked.
Yedam smiled at the rest of his gang. “Ahh, I noticed y/n was quiet so I added some meat into her bowl, that’s all…” his voice trailed off, realising what he did, and now he felt shy about it.
“OOOOHHHHH YEDAMIE LOOK AT YOUUU,” Jaehyuk jeered, teasing his friend as well when he noticed Yedam’s shy smile.
The rest of the room went wild with cheers in all of a sudden.
You were perplexed by this, like??? Everyone was so intense just now and in a split second, everyone was having fun making fun of each other???
“Oooohhhh I didn’t know y/n would be your kind of girl, yedamie,”
“No wonder you’re all excited about meeting her just now! Did you guys know?? Yedam literally finished up the new choreo in 10 minutes CLEANLY after he got the text from Jaehyuk!”
All the loud commotion made everyone in the room crack up. Yedam was defending himself and facing all the teasings his friends were giving, and most of them who weren’t teasing were laughing along loudly, clearly enjoying this atmosphere.
Your eyes travelled to look at Haruto, who was also laughing along with Yoshi beside him.
And then you braved yourself to look at Junkyu who was in front of you.
There he was, laughing out loud with his mouth wide open and slapping the table with his hand when he sees Junghwan trying to feed Yedam and talking in a baby voice, still imitating Yedam on his gestures towards you.
Jaehyuk and Jihoon began singing while clapping their hands, “Yedam and y/n sitting on a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n—”
You started laughing as well, loving how warm and playful they are towards each other.
Now, your laugh wasn’t loud or anything, but it was audible enough to make everyone stop what they were doing and turned their attention to you.
Your laugh slowly faded when you noticed everyone’s eyes on you.
You cleared your throat. “W-what?”
“Y/n...you laughed!” Hyunsuk exclaimed.
“Erm…yeah? I know how to laugh too you know,” you stated matter-of-factly, as you giggled, thinking that what Hyunsuk said was funny to you.
“Oh but noona, you rarely laugh! You’re always just smiling politely at us,” Junghwan added.
You rolled your eyes slightly. You smiled at them again, “Oh my god! This is normal. Please, can we just go back to teasing Yedam here?” you said as you side-glanced Yedam.
Yedam elbowed you slightly, “Hmph, you’re one to talk, they’re all teasing you too, you know,”
You let out a light laugh. “Fine, but really, it was a nice moment.”
“What is?” Junkyu asked.
You were surprised he actually talked to you without glaring at you this time.
“I mean, it was nice to see you all have this roller coaster bond. I like how it’s easy for you all to cheer each other up by just simply being yourselves with each other. It’s…nice.” You said.
“Ew, y/n-ssi, I think you’re getting all sappy from being friends with Hyunsuk-hyung,” Doyoung said.
Few of you laughed at this, including yourself.
“I’m just saying,” you said.
“Sure, sure y/n. Now yedam-hyung, tell us again how you were being all sweet with y/n again,” Haruto said, holding in his giggles.
He was clearly enjoying this too much.
You rolled your eyes at this, “He was just being nice y’all, like, chill,” you said.
Yedam nodded and smiled at this.
Jihoon and Jaehyuk eyed each other for a while before singing again,
“YEDAM AND Y/N, SITTING ON A TREE, K-I-S-S-“
“Oh my god you guys!” You laughed out loud. This time you were lightly hitting Jaehyuk beside you to get him to stop.
Everyone in the room started cheering, asking you to hit Jihoon as well.
You laughed along with everyone, simply enjoying yourself being there now.
Hyunsuk, who was worried about you, was smiling to himself now. He was glad that you were smiling and laughing now. He was glad…that he brought you to meet them.
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 The lunch ended after you all spent 2 hours just chatting and getting to know each other at the restaurant.
By now, you were all about to leave the restaurant, and waiting for your transport to go back home.
“Oh, so you’re all not going on that black van thingy?” you asked, surprised that they’re all waiting for cabs instead.
“Nah, it’s not a scheduled event, this lunch, I mean,” Hyunsuk said.
“We usually take our own rides when we have our own personal outings, so that it wouldn’t be too obvious, you know,” Jihoon added, explaining further.
“Huh…I didn’t know it was like that. This is something I just knew.”
Jihoon chuckled. “Come on, y/n. We need our own private moments too,”
“Alright, I get you,” you said to him, lightly giggling.
A cab arrived in front of you all, and you checked your phone to see if it’s the one you booked.
“Oh! This is my ride. I’ll be leaving first then,” you said as you waved goodbye to them.
The rest of them started saying bye and waving their hands at you, as they watched you enter the car.
As soon as your cab disappeared from their sight, the rest of the boys started crowding around their leaders.
“Wait, I thought Jeongwoo once said y/n lives in the same apartment block as us? Why can’t we just split cabs with her? That would’ve saved us more,” Mashiho wondered aloud.
Jeongwoo shook his head at this, “Hyung! It’s obvious we can’t do that. Y/n doesn’t know we live there. Well, I think she doesn’t know. I mean, I told her last time that I was just coincidentally there because I was visiting a friend,” he said, sounding unsure with himself.
Hyunsuk blinked at this. “Huh…so, none of you ever mentioned that we all live in the same apartment block as y/n?”
“No…” Yedam said.
The rest shook their heads as well at this.
“That’s weird. How can she not piece it all up? I mean, it would be kind of dumb for her to believe Jeongwoo when he said he was just visiting a friend there. I mean, Jeongwoo was taking out the trash! Who would take out their friend’s house’s trash for them??” Junkyu said.
Everyone looked at Junkyu at this point.
“What? I’m just saying.” He shrugged.
Hyunsuk pouted at this. “Hey, don’t make it sound like that. Y/n is not dumb. She’s just nice, that’s all,”
“Pfft. Hyung, you’re so smittened by her. You keep defending her,” Haruto said.
“What? Noooo. I was just protecting her, that’s all. She’s a nice friend,” Hyunsuk replied his dongsaeng.
“Yeah, besides, doesn’t Hyunsuk usually defend the rest of us too? Our hyung is just kind and caring towards his friend,” Jaehyuk added.
Hyunsuk grinned and playfully pinched Jaehyuk’s cheeks when he heard this.
“Aww our Hyukkie is a nice and caring friend too,” Hyunsuk cooed.
Doyoung interrupted them this time, “Oh? So…if it isn’t Hyunsuk who likes her, then…could it be Yedam?”
“What? Noooo!” Yedam laughed at his dongsaeng’s remark.
“Nah, Yedam has always been nice to everyone. He takes care of his other girl friends nicely too,” Asahi said, finally saying something in the discussion.
Junghwan and Jeongwoo nodded at this.
“Yeah! Yedam-hyung, you’re the best!” Junghwan said.
Yedam chuckled.
“Huh? What do you mean, doyoung? Are you implying that someone in this group should like y/n??” Junkyu asked aloud.
“Ahh no, no. I was just wondering you know…”
Junkyu scoffed out loud. “That better not happen. I wouldn’t want a girl causing a ruckus in our group just because one of us likes her,”
“What does that mean, Junkyu?” Yoshi asked, confused with what Junkyu is trying to say.
“I mean, if one of us likes her, and she likes someone else in the group, OR if more than one of us likes her, wouldn’t that cause us all to break apart??”
This earned Junkyu a light slap at the back of his head by Jihoon. “Ow, hey!”
“Aish, there you go overthinking stuff again,” Jihoon said in a nagging tone.
“I wouldn’t want us to break apart….” Junghwan said in a sullen tone.
“We won’t!” Jihoon said, assuring his members. “Besides, the chance of someone liking y/n is definitely there. And I just know who it might be,” he added.
“Oh? You can tell?” Mashiho asked.
“Definitely,” Jihoon smiled, his eyes glancing over at his best friend not far from him.
“Who, hyung?” Junghwan asked, feeling amazed at how his hyung is able to have this kind of premonition. Jihoon hyung must have special powers or some 6th sense stuff, he wondered to himself.
“Who cares who it is. Now, where’s our ride??” Junkyu said.
Haruto checked his phone, “Uh oh.”
“What? What is it Ruto?” Hyunsuk asked, worried.
“I uhh, I forgot to press the book button for our rides…”
“Oh come onnnn,” Junkyu whined.
The rest of the group giggled at Haruto’s honest yet cute mistake.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, we can just book again now,” Asahi said, smiling. He whipped out his phone and immediately booked two 6-seaters for them.
“Thanks, hyung,” Haruto said to him. Asahi nodded briefly at his friend.
They waited for their ride again this time, hoping that it’ll arrive soon.
While waiting, Doyoung asked again, “No, but really, hyung. Who would you predict to end up with y/n if it so happens that one of us likes her?”
Junkyu pouted at doyoung when he heard his friend still not dropping the subject of you.
Doyoung laughed when he saw Junkyu’s cute expression. “Alright, alright, we’ll stop talking about her,”
Jihoon on the other hand, simply smiled knowingly to himself. His eyes glanced over at Junkyu for a while.
“I don’t dare to say, but I just have a strong feeling who might fit her best,” he said, still smiling and glancing over at Junkyu again.
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 10)
Chapter 10 - Heartbeats
Word count: 3.6k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
 A/N: Hi! Here’s chapter 10! Hope you all enjoy this one :D let me know what you guys think of it too 🥰 
“Y/n…w-what are you both doing?” Hyunsuk stammered as soon as he heard Junghwan’s scream earlier.
“Quick, quick! Someone cover the kids’ eyes!” Jeongwoo said, as he tried to cover Junghwan’s eyes from staring at you and Jihoon.
“What are you talking about?! You’re the kid too!” Mashiho said as he struggled to cover Jeongwoo’s eyes as well.
You looked at all of them, dazed and confused with what’s going on right now.
You could feel your head pounding, due to the sudden noise made by the people in your home. Not to mention, you woke up due to a bad dream and you were crying earlier too. So basically, you were kind of overwhelmed with what’s going on right now.
You got up from your position on Jihoon, and tried to still yourself by holding onto the doorframe of your bedroom door.
Jihoon too, got up from the floor.
You rubbed your eyes and blinked a few times, trying to gather the scene not far from you.
It seems like the maknae line was half screaming, half surprised with what they saw and Yoshi was trying to calm them down. Mashiho, Junkyu, Asahi, Hyunsuk, Yedam and Jaehyuk were all staring at you and Jihoon. Still staring at you both, as if you both just committed the worst crime ever.
“W-what….” You tried to say something, but the throbbing in your head was too strong it made you stop.
“Surprise!” Jihoon exclaimed, smiling.
The rest of the room stared at him like he was crazy. You too, lifted your head to look at him.
“What?” You asked him.
“Surprise…?” he said again, but this time with less enthusiasm.
You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion at him and shook your head. You can’t handle this right now. You need to stop the throbbing in your head first.
You left your doorframe, and head towards the kitchen. Jihoon and the hyung line followed you like how baby chicks follow their mother hen.
As soon as you reached the kitchen, you grabbed a glass from the dish compartment by your sink and walked up towards your fridge to take out a bottle of cold water from it.
You poured yourself a glass of cold water and gulped it down quickly.
The rest of them just stared at you quietly.
After finishing your glass of water, you placed the empty glass onto the table and let out a soft sigh.
“Y/n…?” Hyunsuk asked, wondering if you were feeling okay.
You pushed your hair away from your face with your hand and turned your attention to Jihoon.
“What the heck is going on here??” you asked him.
Jihoon tried to smile at you but seeing that you were looking at him with no expression on your face, he decided to just answer you and not joke around.
“I…uh…brought the boys over to surprise you,” he answered.
“What? But, you said today—” you stopped. You felt your head throbbing again. Okay maybe you shouldn’t let yourself get worked up by this. You should just try to let him explain to you calmly.
You walked over to your small dining table and pulled out a chair to sit down.
“Okay, I am indeed surprised, Jihoon,” you said slowly, trying to keep yourself composed. “Now, care to explain what kind of surprise this is?”
“Okay, you see, Hyunsuk, Junkyu and I were discussing about what to have for dinner—”
Hyunsuk interrupted Jihoon before he could finish his sentence, “In my defense, y/n, I had no idea he was going to take us here. I only found out this was your place when Jae and Yedamie—” he stopped halfway when he saw Jihoon looking at him.
“Come on, hyung. Really?” Jihoon said.
“Hey, it’s true! You told me and Junkyu that tonight’s dinner place is a surprise,”
Your head shifted to look at Junkyu who was standing beside Yedam.
Junkyu’s eyes met yours and he blinked a few times, not sure if you were expecting an explanation from him as well.
You looked away, realizing that his clueless expression was somehow cute. You decided to just hear what Jihoon has to say instead.
“Okay Jihoon. Go on,” you said.
“I…I just wanted to bring the boys here so we could all enjoy a good dinner together…” he said glumly, slightly pouting.
You raised an eyebrow as you stared at his expression, his eyes no longer daring to look at you.
You let out another sigh, this time louder than before.
“But you said there was an emergency, Jihoon. You called me up at work. You said you needed the combination lock number for my apartment because Jaehyuk needed to get his secret stash of banana milk hidden here so that your manager won’t get mad at him. I was so worried, didn’t you know?? I literally gave another person the key to entering my house and here you are, ‘surprising’ me at this time of night??”
Jihoon’s head hung low now, feeling bad with what he did. “Sorry…” he mumbled.
You leaned back in your chair, your eyes still on him.
“Fine,” you huffed.
You got up from your chair and walked up towards Jihoon. You extended your arm to reach for his head and proceeded to ruffle his hair.
“Next time, just be honest with me, and with all of them, okay?”
Jihoon smiled again and nodded.
“Okay, now call up the rest of the kids to come here. Let’s have this ‘surprise dinner’ that you worked so hard at,” you said sarcastically.
The rest of the hyung line in the kitchen too, slowly smiled at you and called out for their younger members.
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 “Oh my god! This pizza is so good! Which store is this from?” you asked as you took another bite off the slice in your hand.
“Right?? Junghwan and Jeongwoo recommended it to me, so I thought, might as well get some for tonight!” Hyunsuk said in response to your question.
The thirteen of you were sitting on the floor of your small living room, with pizza boxes spread in the middle of the cramped-up circle you all made.
“Oooh. Nice.” You turned to look at two of the youngest ones in the group, “you both have excellent taste in food,” you praised them.
Junghwan beamed at this. “Thank you noona!”
You smiled happily, chewing on your food. Maybe this type of late-night dinner with the boys isn’t too bad, well, occasionally.
Jihoon, who was sitting a little far away from you, saw your smile and he felt glad seeing you all happy and not rowdy like just now.
“Hey, y/n. I’m sorry again,” Jihoon said to you.
“Hm?” You waved your hand, signalling him not to worry, “Hey, no, you had a good intention. I should be sorry too, for almost ruining this good dinner,”
Jihoon chuckled. “Hey, at least you didn’t suggest us to get takeout from IKEA,” he said, as he grabbed another slice from the box.
Junkyu, who was eating his pizza in peace, suddenly remembered the incident that happened earlier in the afternoon, making him cough in all of a sudden.
“Hyung! You okay??” Haruto who was beside him asked when he noticed Junkyu suddenly coughing.
“Drink, drink! Someone give him a drink!” You panicked, since you were worried if he was choking.
“Here!” Yoshi, who was beside you, passed a can of soft drink to Junkyu who was sitting opposite you.
Junkyu took several gulps of the drink and his cough stopped.
“Oh thank god. Be careful when you eat, Junkyu,” you said as you returned back to focusing on the slice of pizza in your hand.
Junkyu nodded briefly as he took another swig of the canned drink.
“Hey, has anyone seen my drink?” you asked, noticing the can of cola beside you somehow missing. You turned around to see if you have spilt it behind you or anything.
“Oh? The one beside us just now?” Yoshi asked.
“Yeah,” you nodded.
“Oh, I gave that to Junkyu just now,”
Now, junkyu, who was still taking in big gulps from the can, was surprised when he heard this so he accidentally sprayed the drink out of his mouth and coughed out loud.
“Hey, hey Junkyu, you okay??” Jihoon asked, now concerned of his best friend that keeps on choking while he was eating.
Junkyu managed to control his breathing and stopped coughing so he nodded at his friend. “Yeah, I’m good,” he said as he wiped his mouth with the tissue Haruto handed him.
“Y-y/n…..” Doyoung said.
Junkyu raised his head to look at you and his eyes widened.
Your shirt was stained with the drink Junkyu had accidentally sprayed out whilst he was choking earlier. And you were too stunned to say anything so you just kept quietly still.
Yedam, who was sitting on your left, used a tissue to wipe away some of the drink that had gotten on your cheeks.
“I-I forgot how close we were sitting in this small room, so like, when things like this happen, it’s like a domino effect, huh? One thing happens and it affects the others, huh?” you said softly.
The rest of them just nodded. They already had to see you get all rowdy earlier and they hope that you wouldn’t get all upset again this time.
You pursed your lips tightly and quietly thanked Yedam for helping you wipe your cheeks.
Slowly, a smile crept on your lips.
And then you laughed.
You laughed out loud.
The boys were so surprised to see you laugh this much.
They all exchanged looks with one another, wondering if you were okay.
“It seems like she’s caught the ‘laughing alone’ disease from Jihoon-hyung,” Mashiho whispered at Asahi who was sitting beside him. Asahi nodded in agreement.
Your laugh slowed down when you realise that the rest weren’t laughing with you.
“I’m sorry. I just, I don’t know, I’ve never had this much company at home and well, the first time I did, which was tonight, so many things happened. It’s…” you started giggling again. “It’s nice, makes me want to treasure tonight so much…thank you, all of you,” you said, in the midst of your soft laugh.
All of them smiled softly at you. It seems like you were genuine about what you said.
“Well, we are, indeed Treasure. So, of course we created a treasurable night for you,” Jeongwoo said smugly, as he smiled.
You nodded and laughed again. This time, the rest of them laughed along with you.
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 “Awww I don’t want to leave yet! I want to hang out more hereeee,” Jaehyuk whined as the rest of them started putting on their shoes at the front entrance of your home.
“Aw no can do Jaehyuk. It’s a weekday and I have work tomorrow. I’m pretty sure you all have work too, tomorrow,” you said.
Jaehyuk pouted at this. But he nodded in agreement.
The rest of the boys started shuffling out, with Jihoon waiting for them outside your door, making sure that all of his kid’s are out and that he hasn’t left any one inside.
They all thanked you for tonight, and you thanked them profusely too, because lol they were the ones that brought the food and drinks.
Hyunsuk was the last to leave so before he reached the front door, he turned around to thank you again for the night.
“What? Nooo I should be thanking you all,” you said to him, smiling.
Hyunsuk rubbed the back of his neck and smiled at you, “No, really. I had a great time. I hope you did too. It was nice to see you again after all these weeks,”
You nodded at this. “Sure thing, I guess…it’s not bad to have this much company at times…”
Hyunsuk grinned happily at this, “Oooh? So you’re saying, you’re open to lunch and dinner invitations with us now?”
“Not all the time! But sure, it’s not too bad,”
Hyunsuk pats your head with one hand and leaned close to you. “You’re so cute y/n,” he said as he grinned at you.
You rolled your eyes at him and playfully pushed his hand away. “Whatever, Hyunsuk,” You let out a short giggle, “Now go, everyone’s waiting for you outside!”
Hyunsuk nodded. He made his way to the front door that was kept open wide since just now and he turned around to wave at you one last time before heading out.
You smiled to yourself, feeling happy with how the night ended. You headed towards your door to close it, but then, as you were closing the door, you felt the urge to look outside.
Your eyes landed on a pair of dark brown eyes that were just as surprised to see yours.
“Junkyu! Hurry up! If you keep staring at your phone you might get left behind again!” you heard Hyunsuk calling out to him.
It seems that Junkyu had been waiting for his group to leave earlier but since Hyunsuk was still inside your home talking to you, he decided to just scroll on his phone.
However, when he realized everyone was already steps ahead from him, he almost panicked. He was keeping his phone into his pocket when he felt the door of your home was moving somehow.
That was when he raised his head and saw you, just as surprised you were surprised to see him still there. He saw your bright eyes staring at him and almost forgot that he was getting left behind.  
“Ah! C-coming!” he yelled back at Hyunsuk’s voice and hurriedly left to catch up with his group.
You let out the breath that you didn’t know you were holding in as you were staring into Junkyu eyes earlier. Why does he always make you feel breathless?
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 Treasure’s Dorm #1 (Hyunsuk, Yoshi, Junkyu and Haruto)
 “Aaahhh home sweet homeeee” Yoshi groaned as he entered the front door.
Taking off his shoes, he arranged it onto the shoe rack and skipped happily towards his room.
“Good night everyone!” he called out before disappearing out of sight.
“Man, Yoshi really wanted to head to bed that fast huh,” Haruto said as he kneeled on the floor to take off his sneakers.
“Hmph, you’re just the same Ruto-yaa,” Junkyu said, taking off his shoes as well.
Hyunsuk, who was locking their front door, chuckled listening to his dongsaeng’s conversation.
He looked up at the clock that was hanging in their living room not far from where they are and saw that it was almost 3am.
“Yo…it’s this late already??”
Junkyu and Haruto both glanced up at the clock as well.
This time, Haruto lets out a chuckle, “Man we really had a great time huh, just now?”
Hyunsuk smiled and nodded at him.
“Okay then, I’m heading for bed as well,” Junkyu said, stepping towards their living room.
“Okay, good night!” Hyunsuk wished him, as he was busy taking off his shoes.
Haruto too, proceeded for his room not long after Junkyu left.
                                                                  *
 Junkyu finished putting on his moisturizer and glanced at his phone, checking the time. 3.35am.
He ruffled his hair, checking if it was still damp after he blow dried it after getting out of the shower earlier.
After making sure that all his skincare routine was settled and his hair was dry enough, Junkyu proceeded towards his bed and rested his head against his fluffy pillow.
Since he wasn’t feeling too sleepy, he decided to scroll through his phone a little.
As he was scrolling his phone, he saw a message being received.
 Treasure x Y/n (Groupchat)
Jihoon: Good nightttt! Don’t sleep too late kids!
Mashiho: Go to sleep, hyung. No one else is awake right now.
Jihoon: Oh? Mashi you’re still awake? What are you doing right now 😏😏
Mashiho: Okay good night hyung
Jihoon: Oh? Noooo don’t leave me, Mashi! TT TT
 Junkyu chuckled reading the texts. His fingers moved towards the keyboard on his phone screen to reply but then he stopped when he saw another text coming in.
 Treasure x Y/n (Groupchat)
Y/n: Jihoon, go to sleep. It’s late.
Jihoon: Oh? Y/n! You’re awake! ^o^
Y/n: No, I woke up because you keep sending texts in the group. Now go to sleepppp
Jihoon: Aw, let’s talk a little more! Then when the rest wakes up tomorrow, they can read our conversations and be jealous of us 😉
Y/n: 😒 Jihoon…
Jihoon: Yes, y/n?
Y/n: Good night.
Jihoon: Oh?? Noooo. Not you too! First it’s Mashi, and now, you?? TT TT
Jihoon: Okay fine, good night everyone~ See you all tomorrow ^o^
 Junkyu smiled to himself reading the texts in the group, thinking that it was sort of entertaining. He decided not to reply since he was sure even Jihoon was already heading for bed by now.
Junkyu stared at the names in the groupchat. Unconsciously, his fingers hovered over your name and tapped on it.
Your profile picture and contact number appeared on his phone screen. Your profile picture was a picture of you smiling and holding up a ‘V’ sign with your fingers.
Junkyu observed your picture closely. Your hair was tucked behind your ear on one side, and your face was wearing some light makeup. Your smile was soft and it looked fitting with the background of some trees behind you. He wondered if you took this picture at a park?
Junkyu stopped staring at his phone.
He remembered the way your eyes stared at him earlier just now. You looked slightly different, a little pale and tired. Maybe it’s because it was late at night and you were barefaced, he thought.
But there was something about the way you looked at him that made him stopped earlier. Was it your eyes?
He realized that he didn’t really interact with you as much as the rest did and he began to wonder why. Maybe it’s because he wasn’t good at making friends with new people. Yeah, maybe it’s that.
Junkyu shook his head and put his phone aside. He shouldn’t be thinking about all this at this time of night. He should just head to sleep.
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 (Morning, The Comms Team meeting)
“So yeah, I think we can start visiting their company by next week? The papers have been approved too by Mr Bae,” Soomin said, as she briefed you and your team, The Comms Team. It was your first official meeting with them since you’ve only recently been added to the team by the President of your company.
You nodded, jotting down in your notebook on what your team leader said.
“Y/n, don’t worry okay? I’ll teach you the ropes of how we do work when we reach our client’s place next week,”
Again, you nodded. To be honest, you were only halfway paying attention to the meeting you just had, since you were still feeling sleepy after last night’s late supper with the boys.
“Alright then, meeting adjourned,” Soomin announced, making the rest of the team pack up their stuff to leave the meeting room.
You were keeping your stuff as well, when suddenly a hand rested on your forehead.
You jumped a little from the sudden human touch, and you raised your head to see Soomin standing beside you, her hand still resting against your forehead.
“Soomin? W-what’s wrong?”
“You were being too quiet during the meet, y/n. I was worried if you were unwell or something,”
You smiled and shook your head. “I’m all fine, Soomin,”
Soomin smiled back at you and pulled her hand back. “That’s good to hear,”
“Yeah,” You carried your stuff and bowed slightly towards her, “I’ll be leaving now then,”
And just as you were about to leave the room, Soomin called out to you again, “Oh wait, y/n!”
You turned around, “Yeah?”
“You wanna come with me? I’m doing a short visit to our client’s building to get our temporary staff ID from them.”
You tilt your head slightly. You thought about it for a while. Maybe you should just go with her, huh? Since you don’t have much to do right now too if you return to your desk.
“Hmm, I guess that’s not a bad idea,” you replied to her invitation.
Soomin smiled and linked her arm with yours. “Let’s go.”
                                                               *
 Soomin parked her car not far opposite from your client’s building. “We’re here,” she said as she pulled off her seatbelt.
“Oh? That was a short drive,” you said.
Soomin chuckled at you, “Duhh, I told you right in the meeting earlier? Our next client’s building is super near to us,”
Your eyebrows furrowed, trying to remember what else she said during the meeting, since clearly you had been distracted by your drowsiness 75% of the time during the meet.
You got out of the car a few seconds after Soomin did, squinting your eyes as the bright sun rays hit your face.
You shut the door of the car and turned to Soomin. “So, which building is it?”
“Right there,” she pointed straight ahead to the building opposite the both of you.
You covered your eyes halfway with your hand to avoid the sun rays hitting your eyes directly.
“Oh?” left your mouth when you saw the familiar design of the building. Wait. You turned to Soomin who was already making her steps towards the zebra crossing ahead of you both.
“W-wait, Soomin!” you said as you ran a little to catch up to her.
“What’s wrong, y/n?” Soomin said as she turned around to face you.
“I—” you stopped. Your stomach felt weird. Not only that, you felt like your heart was sort of racing fast. What is this feeling?
“Y/n? Are you okay?” Soomin asked, noticing your face a little pale now. “Do you want to rest up somewhere first?” She asked, concern written on her face.
You gulped. You shook your head at her, “No, no! I was…uh…erm, well, our…next client is...YG Entertainment??”
 To be continued…
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 7)
Chapter 7 - Meeting “the Gang”
Word count: 5.6k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hello everyone! Here you go, Chapter 7! ^^ I felt bad for making you all wait so I wrote this chapter extra long :3 (this was worth 14 pages on my word doc hhddhd) And yes! Y/n finally had her first offical encounter with Junkyu here! 🥰 Enjoy! 🧡
You woke up from your slumber, feeling your phone vibrating beside you on the sofa. You got up and grabbed the phone, pressing on the answer icon on the phone screen.
“Hello?”
No response.
“Hello??” You asked again.
Still no response.
Squinting your eyes as you stared at the bright phone screen in your hand, you checked for the notifications.
5 missed calls from Hyunsuk TRSR.
You immediately stood up. You rubbed your eyes, trying to get rid of the drowsiness you still felt from the sleep you had after getting back from the convenience store in the afternoon.
Your fingers scrolled through the notification centre in your phone again, this time seeing an unread message from Hyunsuk.
 From: Hyunsuk TRSR
Hey. They found out 😓 I guess there’s no point in hiding the milks anymore… Send me your address! I’ll come and pick it up from you after I’m done with practice.
 You checked the time the message was sent. Gasp! He sent the text literally 4 hours ago!
You lightly slapped your own cheek. Why did you even take such a long nap?? You hurriedly tried to type a response to Hyunsuk when suddenly you stopped.
Wait. He tried calling me, didn’t he? So…technically, I could just call him back…right?
You sat back down on the sofa behind you. Maybe…maybe you should just call him up?
You took a deep breath and pressed the dial number button on Hyunsuk’s contact in your phone.
Beep…beep… you could hear your heart beating just waiting for him to pick up your call.
 Phonecall Conversation:
Hyunsuk: Hello? Y/n!
You: Whoa chill Hyunsuk. You’re pretty chirpy at a time like this.
Hyunsuk: What? It’s only past 8pm. You sound groggy.
You: Really? Omg I’ve been asleep for so long I can’t even tell what time it is anymore ugh!
Hyunsuk: You slept through the afternoon? (laughs) That’s something.
You: Erm, whose fault was it that I had to carry home tons of banana milk huh?
Hyunsuk: Alright, fair enough. Oh right! Text me your address! We’ll come pick it up on our way home later on. Practice is over but I think we’re gonna stop by for some dinner first.
You: Hold on—We?? No way, you’re not bringing your whole crew here.
Hyunsuk: Wha-? Why nottttt?
You: My place is… (looks around) kinda small…I mean, it’s cramped enough of an apartment and like, if you bring along all 20 of you, I’m pretty sure the floor is going to fall off.
Hyunsuk: (laughs) Stop exaggerating y/n! There’s only 12 of us okay?
You: I know thatttt. Still! No. Okay?
Hyunsuk: (sighs) Fine. Just text me your address, a.s.a.p okay?
You: Aight. Bye. (hangs up)
Hyunsuk: Hello? Wow she really just hung up like that huh?
 -end of phonecall-
 You sighed to yourself and hurriedly text Hyunsuk your apartment address. You head towards your room to charge your phone and proceeded to go shower up whilst waiting for him to come over.
                                                                *
 You got out of your shower and dried yourself up, putting on your clean dark blue pyjamas. You walked over to your phone that was charging on your dresser and when you were convinced that there weren’t any texts or calls, you went out towards the living room to go dry your hair with the hairdryer you kept there.
10 minutes into drying your hair, you heard the doorbell rang. “Just a minute!” you yelled at the door as you put down the hairdryer, not forgetting to switch off the plug.
You checked your reflection in the mirror nearby the entrance patio, noting that your hair was dried thoroughly and your face all pale from being bare after the shower you had.
Your hand reached the doorknob and the moment you opened it; you were surprised to see an unfamiliar tall figure in front of the door.
“I? Erm, you’re not…?”
Junghwan, who was busy staring at his phone, looked up from it to see you staring at him with a confused look on your face. “Oh! I’m so sorry!” he backed away from you quickly, almost as if he was afraid of you. He turned to Asahi beside him, “Hyung! Why didn’t you tell me she was at the door already??”
Asahi shrugs at the maknae, not saying anything in return.
“Erm…why…. wait, where’s Hyunsuk?” you asked, still confused as to why these two are here and not Hyunsuk. Especially since you’re sure they’ve never met you before.
Suddenly—
“Y/N!” Jaehyuk’s voice rang in your ears as he jumped out from the wall he’s been hiding behind while waiting for you just now.
Your hand reached your chest, lightly patting it. “Oh my god Jaehyuk! I could’ve had a heart attack!”
“Oh, alright then. I guess I won’t be jump-scaring you then,” Yedam showed up as well from Jaehyuk’s hiding spot. His smile beaming as he approached all of you.
Unknowingly a smile crept on your face seeing the familiar faces that you’ve met before this. You let out a chuckle, “Nice try, Yedam. Come on in y’all.” You moved to the side of your doorframe to let them all enter through your front door.
Jaehyuk and Yedam entered your doorframe, confidently passing by you whereas for the other two, they avoided looking at you, entering with their head staring at your floor. As soon as all four of them have entered, you closed the door behind them and fold your arms against your chest.
“Okay but real question—where’s Hyunsuk? I thought he was supposed to come over?” you asked.
The four of them turned around to look at you at the same time. You almost jumped from your spot since seeing four attractive men looking at you all at the same time wasn’t something you were ever used to.
Yedam smiled answering your question, “Aw come on y/n. You’re not happy we’re here? Did you only want to meet Hyunsuk-hyung?”
Jaehyuk pouts at you upon hearing what Yedam said.
“Oh gosh noooo. I was just…confused. I mean, he did say he wanted to come over, no? That was all, really.”
Jaehyuk’s pout turned into a smile, “It’s my banana milk so it only makes sense that I came to get it, right?”
You nodded at him, agreeing with what he said. That surely made more sense.
You gestured towards the two-seater sofa in the middle of the living room at them and said, “You guys can take a seat first. I’ll grab the milks and put it into a paper bag for you guys.”
Asahi and Junghwan, both still being quiet and looking like they were awkward with you, proceeded to just sit down on the sofa.
You left them and headed towards the kitchen that was only a few feet away from the living room (small apartment struggle hhdhss). In the kitchen, you went towards the drawer near the kitchen sink to pick on a suitable paper bag that would fit all the bottles. You had always been somewhat of a hoarder so you had plenty of folded paper bags kept in the drawer.
You were pulling out one specific paper bag that you thought would perfectly fit all the banana uyus when a voice spoke up, making you accidentally dropping the paper bag that was in your hands.
“Y/n? Omg are you okay?” Yedam said as he rushed towards you and helped you pick the paper bag up.
“Oh no, I was just surprised. I wasn’t expecting anyone else to come here,” you said sounding flustered.
“Oh, no wonder you’re all jumpy,” Yedam grinned.
You smirked at him, “Yeah sure. Did you say something just now?”
“Oh no, I was just wondering if you need help with anything?”
“Nah, it’s fine. I got it all under control,” you chuckled at the handsome man beside you.
Yedam handed you the paper bag and you walked over towards your fridge, with him trailing behind you.
Opening the door of the fridge, you started arranging the banana milk into the paper bags. Yedam stood there just watching you arranging the bottles into the bag properly, making sure it was neatly arranged.
Yedam noticed you looked kind of different now that he’s seen you up close. Maybe it was because you weren’t wearing makeup? Your hair wasn’t as tidy as when he first met you, and your skin looked a little pale compared to last time. He also noticed that certain parts of your skin were blemished and he thought that you looked pretty with the slight redness on your cheeks especially.
“Aight! Done!” You exclaimed as you shut the door of the fridge. Your voice snapped Yedam from his trance.
You turned to Yedam with the paper bag in your hands, and you gestured him to take if from you. “Here, you can give this to Jaehyuk for me,” you smiled.
Yedam smiled back at you and nodded. Taking the paper bag from your cold fingers, he carried it along with him and headed towards the living room.
You on the other hand headed towards the kitchen sink and washed your hands before wiping it dry with a kitchen cloth. You head towards the living room to check on the boys that were waiting for you.
“You guys…not leaving yet?” you asked, noticing that they were all looking relaxed sitting on the sofa in your living room.
Jaehyuk placed a hand on his chest as he said, “Ouch y/n. You really want to get rid of us that fast, huh?”
“What? No, no! I mean, I thought…I thought you guys only wanted to take the milks,”
Asahi, who had been quiet the whole time, stood up slowly. He turned to you and bowed slightly at you, his eyes still not looking at you though.
“Hyung, where are you going?” Junghwan asked.
“Come on, let’s leave. Our business here is done anyways,” Asahi said in a soft tone, barely audible for you to hear.
Yedam and Jaehyuk’s face fell, looking like they were sad that they really had to leave when they’ve only arrived there not too long ago.
You, noticing the glum tone in their voices, decided to say something, “I- wait. I wasn’t asking for you all to leave, you know. I was just…Oh, wait! Jaehyuk!”
Jaehyuk looked up at you, wondering why you called out his name, “Yeah?”
“Are all the milks enough in the bag? Did you check?”
“Yeah, there are 9 here. Oh, wait!” He took out one of the bottles and walked over to you, handing the milk over to you.
You looked at him questioningly.
“This is yours, remember? Jeongwoo gave it to you earlier today. I think it’s to make up for the one you gave me last time,”
“O-oh. Sure. Thanks,” you said as you received the bottle from Jaehyuk’s hand.
Yedam lets out a sigh not far from you and Jaehyuk. “Well, I guess we all should be going now. We’d hate to bother you at a time like this,” he said apologetically.
Jaehyuk pouted slightly but he nodded as well at what Yedam said. He grabbed the paper bag you gave earlier and motioned his dongsaengs to walk with him towards the front door of your apartment.
One by one, Junghwan, Asahi, Yedam and Jaehyuk bowed at you, thanking you for letting them swing by.
You watched as the boys were putting on their shoes at the front entrance of your apartment. You felt bad watching them leave just like that. Why? You weren’t sure either. Maybe you felt like you weren’t exactly treating your guests right? Maybe you felt bad that these people (well, some) seemed to be excited in meeting you but you didn’t even try to spend time with them. And yet, you’ve always wanted to have friends who were in your age range. They’re here now. What’s stopping you from treating your new friends the right way?
“Hey,” you called out softly to the boys who were already getting ready to leave.
Yedam turned around, hearing your voice.
“Do…you guys…wanna hang for a bit? I was gonna order some takeout so…”
“Yes!” Jaehyuk said happily, his face beaming at you. This made you smile as well.
You looked at the rest, wanting to be sure that they didn’t feel like they were forced to stay, but to your surprise, all the other 3 of the boys gave you their assuring smiles as well.
You felt relieved.
“Alrighty then. Come on, let’s go see what they have in the menu!” you said happily.
                                                                 *
 If it weren’t for your courage in asking Jaehyuk and his dormmates to stay and hang with you the other night, you wouldn’t have been able to gain new friends to be honest. At this point, you were happy, having new friends to hang with and talk to occasionally.
Ever since that day, your phone would receive texts from them, talking to you about their routine and asking about your day as well. Is this how it feels like to have brothers?
And knowing not to make it awkward by texting you personally, Junghwan made a group chat for all 5 of you to catch up with each other—which is also the only chat you were ever actively replying in.
It was a Tuesday and you were still in your office at the time, working on your powerpoint slides to be handed in to your supervisor that very night itself, when you received a text from Hyunsuk.
You stared at your phone confusingly, seeing the name that pops on the screen. This is weird. Ever since the night Yedam and his dormmates came over to get the banana milk from you, Hyunsuk had never texted you any further so you wondered if he had assumed his business with you was done for good.
Biting your lower lip, your finger slowly tapped on the unread text in your phone.
 From: Hyunsuk TRSR
Hey! How are you doing y/n? It’s been a while hasn’t it? 😊
 You stared at the text for a while. Should you reply? What should you say? Why is he texting you now? Does he need any more help from you?
You groaned to yourself, wondering if Jaehyuk had a banana milk incident again. What if Jaehyuk overbought his milks again and he was too scared to text you himself so he asked Hyunsuk to contact you instead?
A soft sigh escaped your lips. You began typing your reply to his text;
 To: Hyunsuk TRSR
Oh hey. I’ve been well. What about you? Everything all good over there?
 You placed your phone down on your desk after sending your reply, wanting to resume your work.
Beep. Your phone buzzed, signalling that a text was received.
You took your phone in your hand and opened the text.
 From: Hyunsuk TRSR
Yeah, all’s good here. Hey, listen. Wanna go grab some lunch together? We can bring the gang along. We’re all free this afternoon 😀
 To: Hyunsuk TRSR
You have a free schedule this afternoon? That’s great! I don’t think I’ll be taking up that offer for lunch though, I rarely leave the office during lunchtime. I usually just eat what I packed lol. Sorry 😥 but have fun having lunch with the rest! 😀
                                                             *
 Hyunsuk read the reply you sent him and a frown formed on his lips. He lets out a soft sigh. Why is it so hard to meet you? He had wanted to thank you for helping Jaehyuk out by treating you to a meal but it seems like that would be difficult to achieve for now.
Slowly lowering himself to sit on the floor of the practice room, Hyunsuk began thinking about his first encounter with you. He wondered if it was pure coincidence for you to cross paths with him at the time. Or maybe…he was just someone you’d cross path to meet someone else. What if the coincidences you both had with each other was meant for you to end up meeting one of his other group members?
Just as he was about to overthink, a figure sat beside him and rested one of their hands on his shoulder. This made Hyunsuk’s head turn to look at the person sitting beside him.
“Doing some deep thinking hyung?” Jihoon said, his hand still on his hyung’s shoulder. His face was lined a small tint of worry, since he entered the room to see his hyung sitting on the floor, looking like he was feeling down.
Hyunsuk smiled timidly at his friend and shook his head, “Nah, I was just kinda bummed that’s all. Y/n turned down my offer for lunch today,”
“Oh? That girl who you kept bumping into?”
“Yeah…I don’t know. I mean, I feel indebted to her and yet I feel like it’s so hard to meet her. Like, I’m the idol here and yet she’s the one that’s busier than I am!”
Jihoon snickered seeing his hyung getting all worked up over a girl.
Hyunsuk groaned upon seeing Jihoon’s smile. “Oh come on! It’s not like you’ve never felt this way before,”
Jihoon shook his head at him, “No, I really don’t. If I ever get worked up over a friend, it wouldn’t be to the point that I’d get all frustrated from not meeting them,”
Hyunsuk kept quiet.
“Could it be hyung…that you like this girl?”
“What?” Hyunsuk lets out a loud laugh. “What?? What made you think of that?” he said in between his laughs.
Jihoon rolled his eyes at his hyung who was laughing and looking at him like he’s crazy. “Hey, I’m just assuming, okay? You were so worked up over her I could only assume you like her,”
Hyunsuk stopped laughing. “You know how emotionally attached I get around people right?” he gave his friend a cheeky smile. “But really, in all seriousness, I just want you all to meet her. She’d be a wonderful friend. I can feel it,”
Jihoon smiled. “Sure, hyung. Sure.”
                                                                 *
 “What??” You asked your colleague who was sitting beside you.
“I said- --------”
Your face scrunched in confusion. It was so loud in your office that you couldn’t even hear what your colleague was trying to say to you the whole time.
Your colleague sensed that you weren’t able to hear her so she raised a finger up to your eye-level and mouthed “Wait a second. They’ll announce it later.”
“Announce?” you asked her back.
She nodded back at you and pointed you to look at the main door of your department’s floor. Just as your eyes looked at it, surely enough, the Vice President of the company was already at the door.
“Hello everyone!” he called out loud, making all the commotion that had been going on since just now quiet down.
Finally. If the office got any louder you could’ve gone deaf for real; you thought to yourself.
Mr. Seo, the Vice President of the company flashed his shiny smile at everyone as he said happily, “I am sure you all have heard of the good news today!”
Everyone in the room cheered loudly. Again, you were lost. Did you miss out on any news in the department’s group chat??
You sneakily took a peek at your phone, wanting to check your messages again, just in case.
“Yes! Our company has finally merged with Karako W’s Communication and now they will be fully internalising our company’s staff with theirs! Our family has a bigger family now!”
“YAYYYYYYYY” you heard the whole room cheer madly. You blinked your eyes a couple times. Karako W? Isn’t that one of the big communication groups that often work with entertainment industries here? Whoa. No wonder everyone was so happy. This is big.
A smiled formed on your lips and you joined the cheerings made by the rest of your colleagues. You understood now why everyone was so happy. Bigger merges, bigger family. Bigger family, bigger pay. So everyone has a high chance of getting a raise!
The Vice President raised his hand, signalling everyone to quiet down.
Once the room was quiet again, he started to speak again, “Now, to celebrate this joyous day for our company, I’ll be giving you all the afternoon off!”
This earned more cheers in the room. At this point you gave up hoping for peace and quiet from everyone.
“I’ll see you all tomorrow! Tomorrow we all start afresh as a brand new family!” He added, making the whole room go wild.
You discreetly covered your ears in hopes that your eardrums were safe.
The Vice President then started laughing happily (you weren’t sure why, but he’s probably just super happy right now so yeah, let’s just go with it yeah?) and he shuffles out of the room along with some of your department workers still cheering him on.
Your office was less noisy now, finally.
You sat in your chair, staring at the post-its taped to your desktop monitor. You thought to yourself about the journey you had to be here. Where you are right now. You finished high school and was immediately offered to work in the city by your favourite teacher, the one person who had always believed in you, your abilities and skills.
“You have what it takes to be a star, y/n. I can see it. I feel it too. You’re very smart. Your future that’s waiting for you, it’s so bright,” was what she said to you back then.
She had high hopes for you.
Which was also why it made sense how disappointed she was in you when she found about you skipping your college entrance exam.
But kindly enough of her, despite her disappointment in you, she made arrangements for you to work at her son’s small, but surely growing company, a company that provides professional English language seminars for offices in the city.
Your teacher was upset, but she helped you nevertheless.
But you clearly had no choice back then.
You had to skip the college entrance exam because you chose to be with your elder sister at the time.
Your grip on your pen tightened. It had only been a year ago since she left you, but it still hurts like it happened yesterday.
 Flashback:
You were getting ready to go to school, your uniform all crisply ironed and your hair neatly braided, whilst leaving little baby hairs hang loosely beside your ears. You were applying your lipbalm when you heard your phone rang.
You ran over to your dresser, where you left it to charge whilst you were getting ready but when you answered it, there was no one on the other line.
You stared at your phone screen. It was your sister.
But she left for work earlier didn’t she?
“Maybe she forgot something,” you said to yourself.
You dialed her number and again, this time no one answered.
You felt uneasy. You tried to shrug off the negative feeling you’re having and just focus on getting to school on time.
Today’s the day! You were prepped for this, you’ve been studying very hard for this and this time, you knew, it would all be worth it!
                                                                *
 You were on your way to school, casually walking and planning out your life plan after completing the college entry exam today.
….You wanted to enter a good college, get a part time job for the meantime too, and then you plan to go for a trip with your sister on your semester break.
Smiling to yourself, you didn’t realise that you’ve already reached your school’s main gate.
Your heart was racing.
This was it.
The final step. The final step before you embark on your adulthood.
You entered your school’s gate.
Bzzz! Bzzz!
“Oh?” You said as you took your vibrating phone out of your bag. “Silly me, I should keep this off until the exam is over,”
You stopped when you saw the name on the phone screen. (Sister’s name) eonnie.
You smiled to yourself. “Eyy, eonnie must have wanted to wish me luck for the exam,”
You clicked on the answer icon on your phone.
“Eonnie! Just in time! I was about to switch off my—”
“Y/n? Is this Miss y/n?”
“Uhh, yeah…erm, who is this?” You asked the person on the other end, realising that it wasn’t your sister.
“Could you please head over to the hospital? Miss s/n has been brought to the emergency ward.”
Suddenly you felt cold all over. What happened?
Your throat felt dry.
“Miss? Are you there?” the voice in the phone spoke.
“Y-yeah! Yeah, I’m on my way.” You told the person before hanging up.
You ran towards the main gate again.
This time, you stopped again there. You turned around and looked at your surroundings. The school, the students…your college entrance exam…
You could feel your heart beating fast. Your hands were shaking. Is this…how it’s supposed to be?
Unconsciously, a tear fell down your cheek. You shook your head to yourself and immediately ran off.
You need to get to the hospital fast. Your sister needs you, and you want to be there for her.
 End of flashback.
 A droplet of water fell on your thigh, leaving a small dark patch on your dark brown office skirt.
You sat up straight in your seat. You didn’t realise you had been reminiscing for quite some time. You looked around to see the office being almost empty.
Huh. So the VP really gave us half the day off, huh?
You shrugged to yourself.
Wiping your tear-stained cheek with the back of your hand, you decided to pack up and leave the office as well.
                                                                 *
 Hyunsuk walked out the front entrance of the building, stretching his arms, trying to let his body loose from all the sitting down he did during his song-writing session earlier.
The sun was shining warmly today and Hyunsuk loved the feeling of the sun’s warmth soaking through his skin.
He checked the time on his watch.
The rest should be here any moment now. They have all promised to gather up and have a big group lunch since their afternoon schedule is free for the day.
Suddenly, as he was standing by the entrance of the building, he saw a familiar figure walking pass by the building.
Without thinking long, Hyunsuk’s feet immediately ran towards the figure and grabbed them by the arm.
The figure, taken aback by what he did, immediately reflexed by hitting him with her bag.
“Ouch!” Hyunsuk said, as he lets go of your arm.
“Hyunsuk??” You huffed, trying to peek at his face that was being covered by his hands. He was rubbing one side of his head, obviously surprised with the attack he received from you.
Hyunsuk pulled down the black face mask he was wearing, revealing a grin.
“Oh my god! Don’t ever do that again! I might end up really hurting you!” You said, your voice rising a pitch. You were obviously worried—worried that you might get sued for hurting an idol.
Hyunsuk laughed at your statement. “Yeah, sure sure. Don’t worry, I’m fine. Wipe that worry off your face, y/n,”
You rolled your eyes at him. “I wasn’t worried,”
“Really now? You know, if I got hurt, I might have to file a law—”
His words stopped when he saw your eyes widening and showing fear.
This made him laugh even harder. He enjoyed making fun of you, surely.
“That’s not funny, Hyunsuk! I can’t afford to fight against a lawsuit,” you said, slightly in a bitter tone.
Hyunsuk smiled at you. “Sorry,” he said.
You looked at him and sighed. “I’m not mad at you, just so you know. I’m just…naturally a bitter and awkward person,”
“Sure, y/n,” he nodded, his smile still visible on his lips.
“Wait, what are you doing here? I thought you’re supposed to be at the office?” he asked when he realised that you were out when your working hours weren’t over yet.
“Oh, that. Yeah, our company had a big merge so our VP gave us half the day off,” you answered him.
Hyunsuk’s smile widened.
You saw his face literally lighting up from what you said, and you immediately opened your mouth to speak, “No Hyunsuk. Don’t give me that look,”
He moved closer to you. “What look?”
“I know that look Hyunsuk. I may not know you well but I know what that look means,”
Hyunsuk stomped his feet lightly, in which you find ultimately cute. He grinned when he said the words you dreaded to hear.
“Join us for lunch, y/n,” he said with his eye-smile showing now.
You took a deep breath. Resist. You have to resist this, y/n. He’s acting darn cute but you know by far that you won’t have your ground shaken by this.
“Aw come on, y/n! You’re free for the afternoon! Come join us!” he pleads.
You shot him a skeptical look.
He started nudging you with his elbow.
You fold your arms against your chest and shook your head. But this time, a smile was forming on your lips.
“Come on y/n. I mean, if you’re with us, at least I know I wont blabber our secret to the others,”
This jolted you back to focus.
“No way, Hyunsuk. You wouldn’t,”
Hyunsuk smirked at this. He knew he got you this time. “I mean…I could…just talk about us…to my friends…”
“No. No no no Hyunsuk. You are not doing this to me. I barely know you, and here you are threatening to expose one of my humiliating moments!”, you chimed at him, feeling slightly annoyed at the same time.
“Come on y/n. Just join us for lunch. I promise it would only be for a short time.”
“No! I told you that I have a lunch date with someone else.” You said, making up a lie.
“Yeah, you didn’t tell me that earlier. Who’s it with? Your imaginary friend?”
You let out a loud gasp. “How dare you call my friend imaginary! He’s real I tell you!”
“Oh yeah? What’s his name?” Hyunsuk smirked at you, as if knowing you were bluffing at him.
You blinked a couple of times. Shit. Now, why didn’t I think of a name beforehand??
Hyunsuk’s smirk grew when he saw you speechless. Yet, he still waited for an answer from you.
“W-well. His name is Kim Satori. Yeah! Kim Satori.” You huffed.
“Okay. I believe you, even though I find it fairly coincidental that we’re standing opposite a convenience store.”
You frowned. He couldn’t have guessed it…could he?
“…almost like how Kim Satori sounds like the convenience store owned by Owner Kim- the store right in front of us now.”
Damn it. He caught you lying- again. “Alright fine! You caught me. I was…lying.”
“What’s so bad about having lunch with us y/n? It’s only for an hour, an hour and a half tops.”
“Look, I…I’m just…embarrassed okay? I’ve never eaten with a group of 20 guys before,” you exaggerated. “Besides, what’s your deal with me having to eat with you all the time??”
Hyunsuk smiled his cute smile. Maybe he could push you just a little bit more. He moved closer and put an arm around your shoulder. “I mean, I could choose not to have lunch with you. And then maybe let them know that I met you by saving you from getting p-“
“Okay! I get it!”, you interrupted, not letting him finish his sentence. You glanced around just in case anyone was around. Close call. Phew. Nobody’s around.
You rolled your eyes at him when he started laughing at your reaction to him almost spitting out the embarrassing incident that happened weeks ago—which lead to you meeting him.
“Well, well, what do we have here?”, a voice appeared behind the both of you.
Both you and Hyunsuk turned around to see Jihoon, looking tired. Probably tired of today’s practice; you thought.
“Jihoon! Look, y/n here wanted to join us for lunch!” Hyunsuk announced cheerfully at his taller friend. His arm was still around you.
“Oh?” Jihoon’s eyes slightly widened. “That sounds nice! Hyunsuk-ah, maybe you can introduce her to the rest who haven’t met her!”
“I…uh…” you opened your mouth to speak. “Wait, you know me?” You asked feeling confused.
You’ve only officially met Hyunsuk a few times so there was no way Jihoon knew who you were.
UNLESS.
You whipped your head to look at Hyunsuk. “Oh my god! You told him?!”
Hyunsuk moved further from you, raising his hands in defense. “Hey look, Jihoon and I barely keep stuff from each other.”
“Yeah, but you told him about it? That was P and C Hyunsuk!”
Jihoon grabbed a hold of your shoulders and tried to calm you down before you end up really attacking Hyunsuk. “Now, now, y/n. Wait, it’s y/n right? Ah, right. It’s okay, this secret stays between us okay?”
“Ugh fine.” You wriggled out of his hold. “Since you clearly exposed me already, I don’t think I need to have lunch with you guys then.”
“Oh come on y/n,” Hyunsuk whined.
You shook your head, clearly stating that you didn’t want to, and quickly turned your heel to walk away, when suddenly you bumped into something hard. “Ow!” You placed your hand on your face to see if it’s still intact.
“Ah, I- I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to—” the tall man stuttered.
You lift your head up to see who it was you had bumped into and suddenly you felt your breath hitched at your throat. It seemed that you had bumped your head against Junkyu’s chest when you were in a rush to leave the place.
 To be continued…
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sandwichrin · 3 years
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 11)
Chapter 11 - One step
Word count: 4.4k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Chapter 11! Wow! Look at how far we’ve come! There’s still more to come in this story though :3 Thank you for waiting you all, enjoy this one <3
“For real? YG Entertainment??” you questioned your team leader again.
“Yes…y/n, you’re acting strange…”
“I-I just…I’m just surprised our company has a client this big,” you said, your voice slightly breathy.
Soomin wrapped her arm around your shoulder, and chuckled, “Yeah! We secured them last year! This is our second time holding and providing lessons for their staff too,”
You smiled at her, an unsure smile. But of course, she has no idea what was running through your mind.
“Oh, but last year we conducted the lessons at their old building. This one here is our first,” she continued.
“Ahh, I see,”
“Is that why you’re acting strange, y/n?” she looked at you, a teasing smile formed on her lips.
“W-what? What are you talking about?”
“You must be nervous seeing such a big building, huh?”
“Oh, that. Yes! You’re right, this building is kind of intimidating,” you nodded at her assumption of why you’re nervous.
“Don’t worry! We’ll be okay!” She said cheerfully. “Besides, one of my close friends work here, so we have nothing to worry about!”
“Aha yeah sure,” you smiled and nodded.
                                                                   *
 (YG Ent. – 5th floor)
 “Lim Soomin! As usual, a little earlier than our appointment!” a man said when he saw Soomin enter the department’s floor with you closely behind her.
Soomin smiled her pretty smile at him and extended her hand for them to exchange handshakes.
The man, also, as handsome and attractive as Soomin, in your opinion, smiled back at her. He peeked at you who was behind Soomin, and nodded as well at you.
You nodded and smiled timidly back at him.
“Ah, you’ve brought a little friend too,” he said to Soomin.
Soomin turned around and gestured at you, “Yeah! This is my friend, and also my new team member. Y/n, this is Bomin, the friend I told you about,”
“Ahh, nice to meet you,” you said.
“You wanna grab a drink at the cafeteria downstairs? Since you’re early and all,”
Soomin gave him a look, “Bomin…” she said with a cautious tone.
Bomin raised his hands, “Hey, just a drink. I swear, and then I’ll pass you your team’s ID card,”
Soomin turned to you again, “You okay with this, y/n?”
“I’m fine with anything, really,”
“Hmm…Okay Bomin. One drink, and then y/n and I will leave with our ID access cards, okay?”
Bomin grinned at her and nodded happily. “Sure, Soomin,”
                                                                *
 The cafeteria was filled with both Bomin’s and Soomin’s loud laugh.
It had been over 40 minutes, and their one drink had turned into 3 rounds of hot coffee by now.
You moved uncomfortably in your seat, holding onto your bladder that was struggling to stay in at this point.
You watched as Soomin and Bomin teased one another, talking about their school days. You smiled and laughed along with the stories they shared, not that you understand most of them since you don’t know them that well, but hey, at least you tried, right?
You stared at your third cup of coffee on the table in front of you. If only Bomin would stop ordering another round of coffee every time he finishes one, you wouldn’t have the struggle of finishing all the three cups that was served.
You let out a soft sigh as you lift the cup to your lips, praying that your bladder would be able to handle at least one more cup of this drink.
“Gosh, Bomin! You’re still as funny as ever!” Soomin said in between her laughs.
Bomin chuckled at this and raised his cup to his lips, “But of course. And you’re still as charming and beautiful as ever, Soomin-ya,”
You almost choked at your drink. Okay! Now is your cue to leave!
Listening to them goof around together was okay, but seeing them flirting with one another was already another thing. You felt like you were third-wheeling a couple’s date.
You placed your cup onto the table and stood up quickly, making both of them turn their attention to you.
“What’s wrong, y/n? Everything okay?” Soomin asked, concerned about you.
“I’m fine,” you said as you waved your hand at her. “I just…really…have to use the restroom,”
Soomin giggled at this, “Omg! Why didn’t you say so?? Sure, sure, you can go,”
You smiled at both of them and hurriedly waddled away.
Soomin watched as you leave the room. She smiled to herself, “She’s actually very cute, don’t you think so?”
“I guess. I mean, you’re obviously cuter,”
Soomin laughed at this and playfully hit Bomin on his shoulder. “Stop that! I told you, we can’t do this here,”
Bomin smiled and nodded at her.
Soomin was about to take a sip off her drink when she realised something.
“Wait! Does y/n even know where the restroom is??”
                                                                 *
 You walked down the wide, open hallway of the floor, glimpsing at every room’s sign and the signages available, hoping to find one signage that says ‘restroom’.
“They usually put the restrooms at the end of the floor right…” you muttered to yourself.
You hurriedly waddled past all the doors of the floor, just wanting to get to the restroom as fast as you could.
And lucky enough for you, you saw the restroom signage right at the end of the hallway.
And boy did you run.
You literally dashed towards the restroom, with the loud click clack of your high heels echoing in the hallway.
Once you’ve finally entered the restroom, you slipped into a cubicle, locked it and sat down to get your business done and over with.
                                                                   *
 Jihoon and Junkyu entered the main door of the building, scanning their access ID before being able to really enter the inside part of the building.
“Yooo they’re playing this music video after so long!” Junkyu exclaimed when he saw the large LCD screen opposite their escalators showing their ‘I Love You’ music video.
Jihoon too, noticed this and snickered. “Hah! Look at Doyoung! I almost forgot his hair was red for some time!” he said as he pointed at the screen.
A staff walked past them and they bowed and greeted the staff before deciding to go up the escalator.
“Come on, let’s head up,” Jihoon said to his friend.
As they were standing on the escalator, they suddenly heard a sort of loud noise approaching them as they got closer to the floor above them.
Junkyu furrowed his eyebrows and turned to his bestfriend. “Did you hear that? What the heck is that??”
Jihoon shrugged at this, his face confused as well.
CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK-------
As soon as they reached the floor above, they looked around.
“Huh, it stopped,” Jihoon said.
“Yeah. I almost thought there was a dinosaur roaming our hallways,” Junkyu shuddered to himself.
Jihoon shook his head and laughed, “Okay but your imagination is just too wild, Junkyu-aa”
“Hey, you never know.”
                                                                   *
 You stretched your arms happily after finally being able to release your bladder a moment earlier.
You washed your hands at the sink of the restroom and made sure to check your appearance, just in case you smudged your makeup or if you forgot to tuck in your blouse into your skirt.
You leisurely walked out of the restroom, since you were sure that Soomin and Bomin were probably still busy catching up with each other right now.
You decided to just take your time and let them spend more time together.
As you were walking towards the cafeteria, you decided to take a long round walk inside it, and maybe only go back to Soomin’s table a bit later.
You observed the walls of the room, taking in the beautiful design of the place itself.
It’s only a cafeteria, and yet it looks so grand. It looks so classy and comfortable.
You smiled to yourself, thinking about your friends that are artists of the company. You felt glad that behind all of their hard work and practice, they were given a comfortable place to eat and rest.
As you were strolling in the cafeteria, you noticed that there was a path leading to an outdoor section as well.
You peeked at the section, noticing that there was no one there.
You took a step towards the outdoor section. Opening the door, you were greeted by a gentle breeze.
“Oh my god, it’s pretty here,” you said to yourself as you take in the scenery of the outdoor eating section. It looked like a private balcony, or a patio in your opinion. It looked cosy and homey.
You stood near the rails of the balcony (let’s just call it a wide-open cosy balcony).
You closed your eyes and let yourself feel the breeze that was floating in the air. It felt so nice. You inhaled and exhaled a few times.
To be honest, this might be the first time ever that you’ve ever felt this relaxed. You felt like you were in a safe space where no one or anything could ever bother or hurt you.
You opened your eyes again to be greeted by the warm sun rays. You smiled to yourself again.
If you were to be working here for the whole month with your team, this balcony itself would be the perfect getaway spot for you to relax.
                                                               *
 “Anyone else need anything else?” Jihoon checked with his group members before wanting to leave the practice room.
“Hyung! Can I come with?” Jeongwoo asked from one end of the room.
“No, Jeongwoo, I need you to stay and work on that leg movement of yours before we start dancing to the full formation,” Hyunsuk replied to him.
Jeongwoo pouted at this but he nodded and followed what Hyunsuk said.
Since no one added anything for him to get, he decided to just head out of the practice room.
                                                                *
 Jihoon entered the cafeteria, hurrying as well, since he didn’t want to take too much time from their practice, especially since they’ve only just wanted to start. He decided to just take orders for the drinks and bring them back to the practice room since most of them just got here as well.
“Hi, can I get two iced coffees, one chocolate milk and three iced tropical juice?” Jihoon ordered as soon as he arrived at the open counter that the cafeteria staff was standing at.
The staff nodded and made his way to make the drinks for Jihoon.
“I’ll come back to get it, yeah?” Jihoon added, since he decided to roam around while waiting.
“Sure,” the staff answered.
Jihoon pushed his hair to the back with his hand and made his way to his favourite spot of the cafeteria.
Jihoon heard loud laughter coming from the right part of the cafeteria and he tilted his head slightly to check out who it was.
There were two people of whom he wasn’t familiar with. Maybe it was one of the upper staffs, he thought to himself.
He shrugged and headed towards the outdoor balcony.
He stopped in his tracks when he saw a figure of another person there.
Jihoon stared at the figure curiously, especially since he knew that the trainees weren’t supposed to be having their break now. And his sunbaes’ were surely a whole lot taller than this figure right here.
Now, Jihoon couldn’t tell it was you because you had your back facing him, and given that your work attire was something he was still unfamiliar with, he couldn’t even tell it was you from the back of your head.
Jihoon was backing away from the balcony, wanting to quietly leave the place and not bother this stranger who seemed so immersed with the surroundings outside.
Jihoon stepped backwards, and accidentally backed himself against the door as he forgotten that he had closed it after he stepped outside earlier.
“Ow,” Jihoon said as quietly as he could.
The sound of him backing into the door made you turn around.
And you saw him, bowing slightly, his hand rubbing the back of his head.
“Oh?” You said.
Jihoon heard your voice, which made his head lift up to see you staring at him.
“Jihoon?” You asked, since he wasn’t saying anything.
You were sure it was Jihoon, since he was literally staring back at you, his face in shock.
And as if on cue, the wind started blowing a little stronger, making your hair slightly float along with it.
Jihoon couldn’t believe his eyes. He felt like he was in a Kdrama, with you staring at him questioningly and standing right in front of him; not to mention the sudden gush of soft wind.
You took a step forward towards him, now concerned since he still hasn’t said anything ever since you both made eye contact.
“Hey, you okay?” You asked again.
Jihoon shook his head slightly, blinking his eyes a few times.
He noticed that you were slowly taking steps towards him so he hurriedly turned around, opened the door and rushed inside the building again.
He ran towards the cafeteria staff, picked up his tray of drinks and ran off towards his practice room.
You, on the other hand, felt puzzled. Why did he look so terrified?? It was Jihoon, right? You were pretty sure it was the right Jihoon that you saw.
                                                                *
 Jihoon ran into the practice room, panting loudly and with the drinks tray in his hands shaking.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, hyung? What’s wrong??” Haruto asked when he noticed Jihoon’s panicked appearance.
Jihoon panted, “N-nothing. I just, I ran here so that I could get the drinks here as fast as I could,” he smiled a little, trying to lie his way out.
Haruto blinked a few times and shrugged. “Okay.”
“Okay, everyone! For those who ordered a drink, your drinks are here!” Jihoon called out, gaining the attention of the rest of them.
“Yayyyy hyung got me my chocolate milk!” Junghwan cheered as he ran towards Jihoon to grab his drink.
Mashiho and Hyunsuk both grabbed their coffees from Jihoon whereas Jeongwoo, Junkyu and Yoshi grabbed their juices from him.
The rest moved to their own spots in the practice room, relaxing and drinking their drinks before they began their full dance practice.
Hyunsuk stayed beside Jihoon though.
“Jeongwoo’s so good at the leg step by the way. I corrected him once just now and instantly he managed to do it 10 times better than what I showed him,” Hyunsuk said as he took a sip from his drink
“Waahh, that kid’s a genius I tell you! He’s growing up so fast too,” Jihoon said, sounding a little sullen now that he realised his kids were all grown up compared to when he first met them.
Hyunsuk chuckled at this, “Look at us, talking like real old parents,”
Jihoon smiled and nodded at him. His eyes roamed the room, looking at his members sitting on the floor and talking to one another.
Now, even though his eyes were looking around the room, he couldn’t get the image of your face from his head. He kept remembering the look you gave him when the soft breeze came blowing at the balcony earlier.
“….and better!” Hyunsuk exclaimed.
Jihoon turned his attention to his hyung beside him.
“I’m sorry, what?” he asked, since he didn’t exacly catch what Hyunsuk said before.
“I said, the coffee here just keeps getting better and better! It’s so good! You wanna try some?” Hyunsuk asked as he offered the drink in his hand.
Jihoon shook his head politely at his hyung. “No thanks, hyung. I’d want some of the juice the kids are having though,”
Jihoon saw Junkyu sitting on the floor not too far from him and Hyunsuk, sipping on his drink with one hand and his other hand holding onto his phone as he stares at it. He’s probably watching a video.
“Hey, Kim Junkyu,” Jihoon called out to him.
Junkyu looked up from his phone. “What?”
“Come here,”
“Why?”
“Just come here,” Jihoon gestured with his hand.
Junkyu stood up from where he was sitting, keeping his phone into his pants pocket as he walked towards both his leaders.
The moment he arrived near them, Jihoon pointed at the cup of juice in his hands. Junkyu’s eyebrows raised and handed it to Jihoon, immediately understanding that his bestfriend would like a sip.
Jihoon smiled and thanked him before taking the cup from his hands.
“Look at you both, you don’t even need to say anything and yet you get each other so well,” Hyunsuk said, his face beaming with proudness for his two kids beside him.
“Hyung, I think it’s quite obvious that Jihoon only calls me here to taste my drink. We don’t need to predict him wanting me here for anything else,” Junkyu snickered.
Jihoon rolled his eyes slightly at this. He handed Junkyu’s drink back at him.
“Whatever, Kyu. You’re just too shy to admit that we’re soulmates,” he said teasingly.
Hyunsuk giggled at this when he saw it was Junkyu’s turn to roll his eyes at Jihoon.
“See? Soulmates! It must be nice to have one,” Hyunsuk said.
“Yeah, sure, hyung. Like you and our Doyoungie aren’t soulmates,” Jihoon said sarcastically.
Hyunsuk stopped to think for a while. “Huh…you could say so. We understand each other quite well,”
“See? There you go. I think we’re all quite compatible for each other at this point,” Jihoon pointed out.
Hyunsuk nodded at this.
Junkyu was about to leave with his drink when suddenly Jihoon’s loud sigh stopped him.
“What’s wrong? You seem like you’re distracted about something,” Hyunsuk asked Jihoon who looked restless beside him.
Jihoon shrugged. “I don’t know…I mean, if I told you guys, you wouldn’t believe me anyways,”
Hyunsuk shook his head and ruffled Jihoon’s hair, “Heyyy, don’t say that! You know we’re always here to listen to you,”
“Hmm,” he lets out another sigh.
Junkyu started stepping away from his hyungs when suddenly,
“I was at that outdoor balcony in the cafeteria, hyung. I saw this girl there. She looked exactly like y/n!”
Junkyu, who was a few steps away by then, stopped when he heard your name being mentioned by his hyung.
He stayed in his spot, his cold drink still in his hand. To be honest, he looked like a statue at this point with the way he’s standing still.
“Pfft! As if!” Hyunsuk started laughing when he heard Jihoon’s sentence coming out of his mouth.
“See?? I told you, you wouldn’t believe me!”
“No, I mean—it’s impossible! You need access to enter this building. And, y/n is at work right now, isn’t she?? Why would y/n need any reason to be here??”
Jihoon lets out another sigh. “Right?? See that’s why I couldn’t believe it either. And did you know?? When I saw her, she was glowing radiantly too!” Jihoon exaggerated.
Sure, he saw you being all glowy and pretty earlier but the way he explained it left a different impression on Hyunsuk.
Hyunsuk furrowed his eyebrows. “Glowing?? You mean…she’s all shining??”
Jihoon shook his head, “She looked too pretty to be y/n you know?? I’ve seen y/n few times now and I’ve never seen her look this radiant!”
Junkyu, who was still quietly still on his own, blinked a few times to himself. That’s not true, right? You had always been plainly normal to him, but he wouldn’t say that you were never pretty to his eyes.
Junkyu, realising that he was now imagining what you look like based on Jihoon’s description, started shaking his head furiously. Why would he bother imagining your face at this time of day??
Jihoon noticed Junkyu shaking his head and he assumed that Junkyu was agreeing with what he said.
“Right, Junkyu? It’s impossible that’s y/n, but she sounded and looked so much like her!” Jihoon said, referring to the ‘you’ he met just now.
Hyunsuk kept quiet for a while.
Jihoon and Junkyu’s eyes are on him now.
“Could it be…” Hyunsuk said in a quiet voice.
Jihoon leaned in close to his hyung.
Junkyu too, started walking back towards the both of them, wanting to listen closely to what his hyung is saying.
By the time Junkyu had reached them again, Hyunsuk raised his head to look at both his friends.
“Hey, Jihoon…did this y/n that you saw earlier…did she smell good? Like, smell super, super good?”
Jihoon thought for a while. “Hmm…I didn’t realise what she smelt like, hyung. But! I noticed that the moment she turned around to face me, the wind started blowing. At first I thought it looked like a Kdrama scene but when I think about it…it’s strange that the wind started blowing at that exact time…” Jihoon said. He shuddered to himself.
Hyunsuk covered his own mouth with both his hands. “Oh my god,” he whispered.
“What? What is it?” Junkyu finally opened his mouth this time.
Jihoon too, started doing the same as Hyunsuk. “Hyung! Could it be??”
“Oh no, you both don’t think—” Junkyu knew where this is going.
“Jihoon! The y/n you met was a ghost?!!” Hyunsuk said, holding on to his shriek since he doesn’t want to scare the rest of his members in the room.
Jihoon started shaking Hyunsuk’s shoulders. “Hyunggggg noooooo! No wayyyy! Why meeee,” he whined dramatically.
Junkyu grimaced at his hyungs. He left the both of them to their drama and decided to just sit down in another corner of the room.
He scoffed to himself. How could his hyungs believe that there was a ghost in this building?? And in broad daylight??
Junkyu rolled his eyes and continued drinking his juice.
                                                                   *
 “Thanks for today, Bomin,” Soomin beamed at her close friend, looking like she’s the happiest person in the room.
“No problem,” he smiled back at her.
“Well, I guess, we better get going?” Soomin turned to you.
You nodded at her, “Sure,”
“Aight. Well, I guess we’ll be going off now,” she turned to Bomin and bowed slightly to thank him again before leaving.
The both of you walked towards the access point near the entrance of the building and Soomin took out a pack of access cards from her bag.
“Here you go,” she said as she handed one of it to you.
Taking the card into your hand, you looked at her questioningly.
Soomin waved her card in front of your face and grinned, “Let’s see how this baby works!” she said excitedly.
Soomin hurried towards the access point and scanned her card, making the barrier lift and letting her through to the other side of the hall.
She turned around, her bright, pretty smile showing when she waved her hand to signal you to try your access card as well.
You walked up towards the access point and waved your card at the scanner. Beep! The barrier lifts and you walked right through.
You reached Soomin, shock written on your face.
“Oh my god, I feel like I’m a secret agent entering a secret agent agency for work!” you said, your face still in disbelief that you just did something so cool.
Soomin giggled at you. “Right?? Our office isn’t as advanced as this so like, don’t you think it’s thrilling to have this kind of special access to one of the biggest entertainment companies in this country??”
You nodded at her happily.
“Alright, agent y/n, let’s head back to our boring and dull office,” Soomin said as she linked her arm with yours.
You groaned at her sentence. “Aww must we?”
“Yes, y/n! Now, let’s head back,” she said, giggling.
                                                                    *
 (That evening)
“Guys…don’t you think we’re invading y/n’s life by doing this?” Doyoung asked his hyungs.
“What are you talking about? Y/n should feel lucky that she has friends who are concerned about her like us,” Jihoon replied, though his eyes are still scanning the hallway, hoping to see your figure to show up anytime now.
“Doyoungie’s right, Jihoon. We could just ask her through text you know?” Hyunsuk sided with Doyoung.
Jihoon folded his arms against his chest and huffed, “And what? Scare the rest of our kids when we ask in the group whether the y/n we saw was a ghost or not in our building??”
“Well, technically…only you saw her there…”
“Hush! She could be here any time soon! We must greet her with a warm smile, just in case she gets rowdy since she might be all tired out from work,”
Hyunsuk glanced at his watch. 7.15p.m. They’ve been here for almost an hour now, and when they got off work at 6 earlier, Hyunsuk wasn’t expecting Jihoon to drag him here instantly. He was hoping to at least get some dinner first.
“Jihoon, let’s just text her. We can private message her too! I’m getting hungry, I’m sure Doyoung and Junkyu are hungry too,” Hyunsuk tried to convince Jihoon.
“Hyung, this is an important matter. We don’t talk about matters like these through text,”
Hyunsuk lets out a sigh. He knew it was no use arguing with Jihoon anyways. Maybe Jihoon needed this clarification since he must’ve been terrified when he saw the ghost that looked like you today.
“Besides, why did you bring Doyoung along? I thought I told you this was a leaders kind of investigation session,” Jihoon asked, as he restlessly glanced at his phone for the 8th time by now, checking the time.
“Hey, you brought Junkyu too,” Hyunsuk pointed out.
Junkyu stood quietly beside Jihoon, confused as to how Jihoon managed to convince him to tag along with this silly investigation of his.
Jihoon glanced over at his best friend beside him who was staring into space, a clueless look on his face.
“Meh, he seems fine with it. I only brought him ‘cause you brought someone else along first,”
“Dang, you both fight like you’re both a married couple who’s trying to make each other jealous. Chill you both,” Doyoung chuckled as he said this.
“Can we just go home already? I’m sleepy, and hungry,” Junkyu whined suddenly.
“Oh? You’re saying something now?” Jihoon said, amused with his best friend’s cute whine.
Junkyu shook his head. “I don’t care, I’m heading back. Our floor is literally 10 floors above hers so I might as well just leave,”
“Awww nooo don’t leave yet Junkyu-aa. Y/n will be here any minute! I promise!”
“Nah, who cares if y/n comes back or not, I don’t need to see her anyways—” Junkyu said as he turned around to leave.
And there, right behind him, was you, face surprised to see your friends in front of your house door.
“Y-y/n-“ Junkyu stuttered in all of a sudden, surprised to see you.
“Oh? Y/n! Hi!” Doyoung waved his hand at you, greeting you.
You nodded at him and looked at the four of them questioningly.
“Hi…Why…are you guys here?” You asked.
 To be continued….
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sandwichrin · 3 years
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Moments (Jihoon Treasure x Reader)
Word Count: 2k words
Pairing: Park Jihoon x Fem. Reader
Genre: Fluff, NC-17, Slight Smut
Author’s Note: Hi! This is my first attempt at writing a Smut-implied or Rated imagine so, I hope you guys enjoy this one! -Rin
You heard the beep that signals the sound of a person entering your front door. You turned around to see a tall guy with somewhat ash-greenish-mint coloured hair smiling at you as he took off his shoes at the entrance of your home.
You smiled back at him and skipped towards him. “Hoonie! I didn’t know you’d be coming back tonight! I thought you’d be busy with promotions for some time!”
Jihoon, still smiling his sweet smile, pulled you into a hug. He missed you. He had been busy and has rarely visited you nowadays, especially now that he has recently released another music video.
You let the warmth of his hug envelope your figure that was smaller than his. You could smell his perfume too, it felt good, inhaling that familiar scent again after 3 months of not seeing him. The both of you hugged for a good minute or two, both taking in the longing that you both had for each other all this while.
You broke off from the hug first, lifting your head to see the Jihoon’s handsome face. He looked at you intently, his arms still around your back.
“I look extra handsome with this hair don’t I, Y/N? That’s why you couldn’t stop staring at me, right?” He smiled teasingly as he asked you.
You rolled your eyes slightly. How could you even forget that your boyfriend had been a tease since the first day you both met. You removed his arms from your back and strolled back to the kitchen, back to doing the dishes you initially had been doing before getting the surprise of your boyfriend entering your home.
“I’m actually surprised you still remember the combination key to my apartment. I should’ve changed it while you were away Hoonie.” You said in a nonchalant manner.
“Eyy I know you wouldn’t do that. I could just ask you for the new keys and you would’ve instantly given it to me.”
You were already in front of the sink, about to turn the water tap on when you stopped, hearing his response to your feigned disinterest in him earlier. You turned your back again this time, to see Jihoon smirking, as he stood near the kitchen table not far behind you.
“Oh? And what makes you think it’ll be that easy for me give in to you babe?”
“Easy.” Jihoon walked up towards you. He stopped when he was face to face with you. “You could never refuse me baby.”
You shuddered at his choice of word. It’s been a while since you last heard him call you that. Sure, you both had been texting each other all this while, but hearing him call you that, with his sultry voice, in front of you- it made you feel warm all over. And when you said all over- you meant all over.
You let out a chuckle. You didn’t want to make it seem too obvious he was already affecting you this way. “Sure babe. If you say so.” You turned around and continued to do the dishes.
Although your back was facing him, you could feel Jihoon’s gaze still on you. You could literally feel him still staring at you. You wondered what he was thinking.
You decided to ignore him for a while, maybe then he’d leave you alone to finish your chore. It didn’t take long for you to finish cleaning up the dishes. When you were done, you were surprised to feel a pair of arms hugging your waist. You lift your head up to see Jihoon, his height looming over you from behind.
“Jihoon! Don’t scare me like that!” you hit his arm lightly. “I thought you went to go freshen up or something. I didn’t hear anything while I was washing the dishes just now.”
Jihoon rested his chin on your head. He smelt your hair, taking in your scent that had always brought comfort to him. “I was waiting for you. What makes you think I’d want to leave you for even a second Y/N?” his voice sounded so soft when he said this.
You felt yourself blush. Why is he being so cheesy and soft?? Maybe being apart from each other has made Jihoon softer, and less teasy, you thought.
You leaned back into his arms, letting him hug your waist tighter. “You’re being so cheesy Jihoonie.”
He smiled at you. “Can you blame me? I’ve been missing you. And even after tonight, I’m not sure when is the soonest I’ll get to see you again.” This time, you could hear the sheer sadness in his voice. You felt sorry. Sorry for the both of you, having to miss each other this way.
You wriggled out of his arms to face him. You had to lift your head every time you want to look at him because he was taller than you. But you didn’t mind it. Anything was worth it for this guy in front of you, even the neck strains you get every time you look at him.
Jihoon’s eyes went soft staring at you. He wondered how he even had you in his life. Although you both had only dated for a year, he was sure he wanted to be with you for a long time. Maybe it was because you have been very understanding, caring, loving and patient even though you both rarely have time to date out or meet each other recently. And on your part, you love how he’s always so caring, so loving, how he looks out for you, him being his genuine kind self---in other words you love all of him.
You gazed into Jihoon’s eyes and you lift your hand to caress his cheek. His cheek feels soft against your skin. Jihoon broke into a small smile, loving the attention you’re giving him. You stood on your toes and kissed him on his lips, a short brief peck. You felt shy after that so you hurriedly bury your face against his chest, because surely you knew what kind of a tease Jihoon is after all.
Jihoon grinned seeing your reaction after placing a light peck on his lips. The both of you have kissed several times before this but he knew that you were the kind of person who gets shy after doing so no matter how many times you both did it.
He lifts your chin with his finger, making you look at him. He gave you his sweet smile before planting kisses all over your face. He started off with your forehead, then your cheeks, your nose your chin, and lastly, he plants his lips onto yours. His kiss was however, longer than the one you initiated earlier.
You felt Jihoon’s hands cupping your face as he deepened his kiss with you. His tongue glided against your bottom lip several times and you knew what he wanted. You parted your lips to let him roam his tongue against yours. Jihoon was very into the kiss, you could feel him literally dominating your mouth to the point that you were starting to grow breathless.
You pushed Jihoon lightly with your hands against his chest, signalling that you needed him to stop in order to let you catch your breath. Placing your hand against your own chest, you could feel your heart beating fast as you tried control your breathing.
Your eyes looked up to glance at your boyfriend and you were surprised to see him staring at you intently. You felt your breath hitch by your throat. You knew that look on his face. Suddenly, you felt your lower reigns growing warm. This was it. This was the effect Park Jihoon has on you. He could be the kind of guy who nurses you back to health when you were sick, yet he could also be the guy who makes sure you don’t ever get to think of any other guy besides him. Why? Because he is able to make you weak against him, he is able to show how he owns you. How you belong only to him.
Jihoon saw the look in your eyes and he knew—that he’s got you where he wanted you to be. Moving closer to you, Jihoon trapped you in between him and the sink counter behind you. He lowered his head to meet yours and pecks you on the lips.
You looked away, feeling shy of the situation you’re in. Jihoon was so close to you, he was literally pressing you against the counter.
Seeing you turn your head away after him kissing you, Jihoon took it as a sign to plant light kisses on your neck instead. He started off with giving pepper kisses, before he stops at a spot and began sucking and biting the spot.
Your hands are now grabbing him by his arms. You felt yourself growing hotter. You could also feel yourself getting wet. Another matter that wasn’t helping was that you could feel his crotch against yours, growing harder by the second.
A moan escaped your lips and Jihoon smiled against your neck. Turns out he wasn’t the only one missing you this way, you were practically feeling the same way too.
Jihoon stopped his attack on your neck. He uses his hand to move your head in his direction, making you stare into his eyes. He smiled mischievously at you before pressing his lips against your lips again. This time, he wasn’t soft at all. His kiss was passionate, needy, like he needed this kiss as much as he needed oxygen to breathe. He began grinding his crotch against yours, increasing the friction between you both which only leads to the both of you getting more turned on.
Another moan escaped your lips unintentionally and Jihoon immediately broke off from the kiss. Your lips were red and swollen due to the intense kissing you both had.
Jihoon licked his lips as he sees how flushed you looked. He had to admit, he loved seeing you this way. He loves how he is able to make you into a mess, into a whiny needy person who only wants him to pleasure you. No one else but him.
Not breaking eye contact, Jihoon lifted you into his arms. He wanted to give you all the love and attention he owed you all this while.
He carried you into your bedroom and gently placed you onto the bed.
Jihoon hovered over you, like a predator ready to catch its prey. You gulped as you watch him smile at you again. How is that pretty smile so intimidating at the same time?
Jihoon inched his face closer to yours. “Are you nervous?” he asked softly. It was weird to you of how soft his voice was, yet you felt like he was taunting you, trying to make you want him more.
You blinked your eyes a couple times, not sure of what to answer. You knew that if you answered him ‘Yes’, he would tease you to no end, making it an ego boost for him to make you desperate in wanting him to touch you. But then again if you say ‘No’, he would instead give you what you want--    but he would most definitely leave you hanging, until you beg for him to give you your release. And based on experiences, begging Jihoon has always been torturing to you because he would continue to give you orgasm denials for a number of times before he fully gives into you, giving you an intense pound-session.
“Oh Y/N…don’t look at me like that. I don’t think I can hold myself back if you don’t answer me,” Jihoon growled into your ear.
Still, you kept quiet. You tried to rub yourself against his crotch, hoping he’d get the sign that you just want him to touch you without any delays.
Unfortunately, instead of him getting your signal, he gave you a smirk instead. “Hm? No answer? I guess you wanted me to not hold back after all.”
“Jihoon, I-“
“No no. I know what you want baby. Don’t worry, I won’t hold myself back. Don’t restrain yourself either babygirl. Let me hear those screams tonight. I want to hear you scream my name all night long.”
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sandwichrin · 3 years
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 9)
Chapter 9 - A step further.
Word count: 3k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hi! Here’s Chapter 9! Thank you so much for waiting, and I really hope you all love this one 😀🧡
Now, it had been three weeks since you last met any of the Treasure members since you all had that lunch at the Japanese Restaurant. What’s that? Did you read that right?
Yes, it’s been three weeks.
And by now, the group chat that you and the 5 members have, had already expanded after Yedam added in the rest of the group in there.
This was your first time being in a group chat with these many people. Aside from your office’s group chat of course.
So one day whilst at work, you received a text from the Treasure group you were in.
 Chatroom:
Junkyu: Yeorobun~ Jihoon is asking if you all want to get some IKEA meatballs after today’s schedule!
Hyunsuk: Oh? But we’re finishing quite late today. Are you sure they’re still open late at night?
Junkyu: Oh. Right. @Jihoon Hey! Why did you recommend IKEA?? You know they don’t open after 11pm!
Jihoon: 😂😂😂 I knew they don’t.
Junkyu: ???? Then? Why’d you tell me to ask the group about it??
Jeongwoo: 😂😂 Junkyu-hyung…
Jihoon: I just like messing with you. Besides, you chatted the group with y/n in it so…. 😏
Y/n: ….are you guys okay….
 You smiled to yourself reading the chat again. It was silly, yet, amusing. You sort of missed talking to your new friends to be honest.
“Y/n, Mr Bae is looking for you,” your colleague, Soomin said, making you stop looking at your phone.
“Oh? Oh, right. I’ll go to him now,” You said as you got up from your seat.
Soomin nodded and went back to her desk not far from yours.
                                                               *
 Jihoon was grabbing himself a cup of water from the practice room’s water dispenser when he heard his best friend yell from behind him.
“YAH! PARK JIHOON! What’d you do that for???” Junkyu huffed, as he entered the door of the room.
Jihoon chuckled and drank his water before setting the cup down and facing his best friend.
“What? I didn’t do much?”
“Yahhhh, that was so embarrassing!” Junkyu exclaimed, as he ruffles his hair.
“Hm? What? Hey, I only asked you to ask the rest about IKEA and you were the one who chatted the wrong group,” Jihoon stated matter-of-factly.
“We need to change the group’s name! Y/n must think I’m dumb now,” Junkyu said, pouting.
“Sure, sure, we can change it later. We can write it as Treasure x Y/n. How’s that? Sounds like a collaboration, right?” Jihoon snickered as he pulls out his phone from his pocket.
“Whatever, as long as I don’t have to embarrass myself anymore,”
“Hmm?” Jihoon hummed. “Since when do you care about what y/n thinks of you, huh?”
“I-I don’t! I just don’t want to appear dumb, that’s all,” Junkyu stuttered slightly.
Jihoon grinned at him, “Sure, Junkyu.”
“Hey!” Hyunsuk’s voice appeared as he entered the practice room.
Both Jihoon and Junkyu turned to see who it was.
“You guys are early today. Your vocal training ended early?” Hyunsuk asked as he headed towards where Jihoon was, grabbing himself a cup of water from the water dispenser as well.
Both Jihoon and Junkyu nodded at his question.
Hyunsuk gulped down his drink, disposed the cup and walked to the middle of the room. There, he sat down and gestured the rest to sit with him.
“What are you both doing standing there? Come, sit! You should get proper leg rest before we start dancing later on,”
Junkyu and Jihoon went towards him and sat with him.
“So…what do you guys want for dinner tonight? Minus the IKEA idea of course,” Hyunsuk said.
Jihoon giggled when he saw Junkyu tense up from the word IKEA.
“No, noo! I didn’t mean it that way Junkyu,” Hyunsuk said, laughing a little. “Really though, where do you all want to order from for dinner?”
“I’m fine with whatever you guys are having,” Jihoon said.
“You guys want to gather in one dorm and just eat altogether there?” Hyunsuk asked, now scrolling his phone, searching for a suitable food menu for dinner.
“Sure, sounds okay with me,” Junkyu said. He tugged on the string of his pink treasure hoodie, realising that the strings were uneven.
“Ahh,” Jihoon stretched his arms out before laying down on the floor. “Hmm. Hey, Junkyu, do you want to invite y/n as well?”
Junkyu choked on his own saliva hearing Jihoon mention your name again. “Wh-what??”
Jihoon and Hyunsuk started laughing out loud.
“Hey, Jihoon, stop teasing Junkyu like that. He’ll hit us both later if you keep doing that to him,”
“Yeah! Why are you always mentioning her name here, huh? If you want to invite her so bad, why don’t you do it, huh?” Junkyu huffed as well.
Jihoon got up and sat back up properly. “Hey, don’t say that. I just might really invite her, you know,” he smirked at his two friends there.
“But y/n doesn’t know where we live? And I don’t think the rest are ready to reveal where we live to her too. I mean, we’ve only known her for what, a month or two?” Hyunsuk wondered aloud.
Jihoon shook his head. “Who says it has to be at our dorms?”
“Oh? Then, where?” Junkyu asked, extreme confusion portrayed on his face.
Jihoon smiled, showing his eye smile at his friends. “I’ll take care of it. Just find us some good food for takeout tonight,”
                                                                *
 “I don’t think that’s necessary Mr Bae,” you said, shaking your head from the idea he mentioned before you.
“Oh come on, y/n! You’ve been working here for over a year! It’s only reasonable you get promoted to do something else,” he said.
You kept quiet. Truthfully, you didn’t think you deserved any promotion at all. A raise in your salary? Maybe yes to that, but a new post?
Your eyes were kept lowered, as you stare at your thighs as you stay seated opposite Mr Bae’s desk.
Mr Bae is the president of the company, and yes, he is your teacher’s son. This was the man who gladly took you in to work with him when his mother was worried what would become of you when you missed your college entrance exam.
“Y/n,”
Your eyes lifted to look at him. “Yes”
“My mother would have wanted this for you too, you know.”
“I…I don’t know, Mr Bae,”
“What’s stopping you? Tell me,”
You shifted uncomfortably in the big chair you’re sitting in. You picked your fingers as you began thinking whether you should voice your concerns to your boss.
“Y/n?”
You inhaled deeply before letting out a deep sigh.
“Alright, fine. You caught me. I am worried. I feel like I don’t deserve this because first, I am the youngest person here, and to be promoted into an important team of the company just makes it seem fishy, don’t you think so? Besides, what’s everyone gonna say when they find out that I’m given that post when in reality all I have is a high school certificate??”
Your president grinned at this. This was the first time you have ever said anything this much to him. You had always been quiet around the people in this company, and seeing you rant out your concerns somewhat eases him.
Mr Bae leaned back into his tall, leather office chair. “Hmm. That’s it? That was all you’re worried about?”
You shook your head in disbelief. How could your president see this as a small matter? You were anxious about this, and yet he was so calm about it.
“Mr Bae, you don’t understand—”
“Please, call me Joonyoung. Or Joon for short. You’re my mother’s friend, and to be frank, our age isn’t that far apart, no?”
Your eyes narrowed at this, “Correction; I was your mother’s student. And, you’re literally 8 years older than I am so—”
Joonyoung laughed at this, clearly amused by you. “Alright, that’s fine, y/n. I’d understand why you’d benchmark yourself. You are indeed, way younger than I am,”
“Yes, indeed,” you huffed.
“But I still think you should accept the promotion,”
You scoffed. “Look, I told you, I am already concerned abou—”
“Soomin recommended you to be in her team too, you know,” he interrupted you before you could nag at him about your reasonings again.
That made you stop. You straightened your posture in your seat.
“S-soomin-eonnie? The one who seats not far in front of me in the office?”
“Yeah. She’s been asking for you to be on her comms team couple of times now, actually. I just didn’t want to push you before this because I knew you would refuse, with your ‘I am only a high school graduate’ excuse,” he said, adding quote marks when he mentioned your excuse.
“But…why?” You asked, confused.
Surely, Soomin is the only person you’ve interacted most in the office, and she’s quite young too, around 6 years older than you. But your interactions with her were mostly work-based. You were in charge of designing brochures, pamphlets, slides, creating reading materials and such for her and her team.
Whereas for Soomin, she was the leader in her unit, the Comms Team; they call it. What her team does was, they would go out on trips to other companies and provide a lecture or meeting for staffs and brief them on how they can incorporate and learn English language for their staff and companies. Sounds easy but it’s a handful once you’ve experienced the pressure of meeting people all around the city.
“So..?” Joonyoung’s voice broke you from your string of thoughts.
“Will you join Soomin? She’s been talking about how helpful you were to her and she felt bad that you were stuck doing all the computer work in the office.” Joonyoung got up from his seat and decided to peek outside his office’s window.
“She said that she felt like you had more potential than just being a person who sits at her desk and doing all mini jobs for everyone else in the office,”
“H-hey! That’s not true! I have students too,” you added, not wanting to make it seem like your job was that pitiful.
Joonyoung turned to look at you now. “Please, y/n, your students are the 3 staff that will soon be leaving to be relocated into Karako W’s office,”
You pouted. You almost forgot about the merge your boss had secured almost a month ago.
“So, let’s just say yes, shall we?” he smiled at you.
You let out a sigh.
“Great! I’ll take that as a yes!” he said happily. “I’ll let my mother know about this, she’ll be happy for you,”
“Sure…”
“Oh come on y/n, cheer up! You’re getting a promotion and a raise! Anyone would be happy to be in your shoes!”
You groaned. “Anyone but me,”
“Hey, at least now in your new post, you get to visit other big companies and collaborate with them,” he smiled, still convincing you.
You blinked a few times. You wondered if you ever got a chance to visit YGE’s company as well?
                                                                    *
 You got back to your desk to see your phone buzzing non-stop. You hurried to sit down and looked at it closely.
4 new messages from Jihoon TRSR
“Huh? Jihoon-ssi?” you muttered to yourself.
Just as you were about to open the messages, your phone started buzzing again in your hands, but this time it was a heavy buzz since it was a call.
Panicked, you answered it without looking at the screen.
“Hello?” You answered, slightly whispering since you didn’t want to disrupt the quiet atmosphere in your office.
 “Y/n! Quick! I need help!” Jihoon’s voice, rang in your ears, all panicked.
“What? Why? What’s wrong Jihoon?” you felt your forehead creasing, now that you heard his panicked voice. Did something bad happen to them?
“Y/n, please. You gotta help us. The management…Jaehyuk…”
“What, what?? What’s going on??” Your tone in your voice rose, now that you were anxious to know what happened. But Jihoon wouldn’t complete his sentences!
“Please, I’ll tell you all about it later. But you gotta help me, help us, please?” he pleaded through the phone.
You took a deep breath and exhaled. Your eyes dart around the office to see if anyone was watching you. None. Coast clear.
“Alright, Jihoon. What can I do for you?”
                                                                 *
 “Bingo!” Jihoon said happily, once he got off the phonecall with you.
The rest of the group looked at him and wondered what he was so happy about.
Jihoon walked to his spot in the choreography formation and did some light stretches since he took a short break to call you just now.
“Hey, Hoon, what are you so happy about, huh?” Hyunsuk said, as he noticed his friend’s beaming reflection from the room’s mirror.
“Nah, I’m just happy about tonight, that’s all,” Jihoon answered, his bright smile still plastered on his face.
“Ookay…”
“Speaking of which, have you decided what to buy for tonight’s dinner?” Jihoon asked Hyunsuk back.
“Oh, I asked the rest and they said they wanted pizza. That good for tonight?”
“Sounds great! And I’ve got the perfect place for us to eat too, tonight!”
Doyoung clapped his hands at this, “Wahhh hyung, both you and Hyunsuk are really treating us really well tonight, huh? What’s the special occasion?” he asked.
“Oh nothing, it’s just for all your hard work today,” Jihoon answered happily.
“Yayyyy! We’re having pizza tonight!” Junghwan cheered happily.
“Oh yeah, where are we going to have dinner tonight? Hyunsuk-hyung’s dorm?” Jaehyuk asked.
Jihoon winked at his dongsaengs. “It’s a surprise.”
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 (Y/n’s Apartment – Nighttime)
 “Eonnie! Eonnie!” you called out.
Your sister’s breathing was ragged and heavy. Like she was suffocating badly.
You got up from your chair beside her bed and ran outside the room, hoping to bump into a doctor who wasn’t busy at the time.
You found one not far from the nurse’s counter, and you grabbed him by the arm.
“Doctor! Please, please, my sister—” you shook your head and gestured him to follow you.
When both you and the doctor arrived in your sister’s room, she was already shaking in her bed, her breathing more ragged now.
The doctor rushed in and checked your sister’s vitals and eyes.
“She’s having a seizure! Nurses, hurry!” he called out loudly.
Soon, you saw two to three nurses rush in to help the doctor.
You stood by the doorframe, holding on to it, as if you were going to fall if you ever let go.
You watched as they tried to tend to your sister and your tears wouldn’t stop flowing down your cheeks. You were sobbing on your own now, watching needles being poked into your sister’s delicate skin again.
You shook your head over and over again, sobbing.
Please don’t leave me, eonnie. Please.
 You woke up from your sleep, panting.
You sat up in your bed slowly, trying to regain yourself.
It was a dream. It was only a dream.
You sniffled to yourself. You realised your cheeks were wet and you proceeded to wipe them on the sleeves of your shirt.
“Ah shucks. I can’t believe I cried in my sleep,” you mumbled to yourself.
Eeeeeekkk.
Your eyes widened. What was that? Did you hear wrongly? Or was it really a chair moving?
You gulped. You grabbed your phone on your nightstand and checked the time.
11.37 pm.
You frowned to yourself. Just how early did you fall asleep?
You kept quiet a little longer, just to see if there were any more noises.
A good whole minute passed by. No noise.
“Huh, I must be imagining things,” you assured yourself.
You were about to pull your covers over yourself again when you heard it again.
EEEEeeeeeekkkkk. Eeek.
That sounded like two chairs. Or specifically, the sound of the chair in your kitchen makes because you fairly remember how it sounds like ever since you removed the carpet underneath the chairs to be washed the other day.
Your heart raced. You slowly got up from your bed, slipped on your room slippers and slowly made your way towards the door.
You didn’t open your bedroom door or anything, since you didn’t have the courage to do so. But you pressed your ear against it, just in case you could hear anything.
“What are we doing here, hyung? Aren’t we trespassing?”
“Nah, we’re not. Believe me, this is legal,”
“But she’s not here. She’s probably asleep already,”
“Yeah, hyung, we should leave. This isn’t right,”
“Oh come on you all, she could be curled up in bed reading a book. Who the heck sleeps this early??”
You could your own breathing growing louder. Are there trespassers in your house??
Who should you call? Should you call the police?
Your head turned to look at your phone that you left on your nightstand. You decided to go over there to take it when suddenly you heard the doorknob getting turned.
This is crazy! You were in your pajamas and you didn’t have any weapon on you! Heck, you didn’t have your phone with you right now too!
You decided to just brace yourself and just throw in a hasty punch at whoever this trespasser is. The nerve! How dare they come into your home this time of the night?!
Just then, the door creaked open and you hurriedly pounced on the trespasser, making you both fall to the floor. Your eyes were shut as you swing your arms to punch the person but then you felt a hand grabbing your arm, making you freeze in your spot.
“Whoa! Easy there, cutie. What are you all feisty about?” a familiar voice spoke out.
Huh? That voice.
You opened your eyes to see….Jihoon laying on the floor beneath you, whereas his waist was trapped in between your thighs.
His hand was still holding on to your arm that was raised up earlier.
You furrowed your eyebrows. “Jihoon?? What are you doing here??”
“Aaahhh! I think I just saw something I shouldn’t be seeing!” You heard another voice screaming not far from you.
You lift your head to see who it was, and there it was….the rest of the familiar faces you know…all looking at both you and Jihoon with shocked looks.
  To be continued... 
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moon-writers · 3 years
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To Love
Characters: Yoon Jaehyuk x Oh Shijin (Y/n)
Genre: fluff, angsty, romance
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Love.
That’s the only thing that she can’t do.
All the roller coasters emotions
The up and down feelings
She’s too tired, too scared to be part of it
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      “The same thing?”
     Before I could say anything, a familiar face asked with a smile on her face. I just nodded and returned the smile before handing my card to her. After swiping it on the machine once, she returned it back to me. I went straight to my spot. 
     A white table at the corner of the shop by the window. It was not too visible to the people outside, but it was not too hidden away as well. That way, I could see everything around while remained unnoticed by them.
     As usual, the order arrived a few minutes later.
     An ice latte and a carrot shortcake.
     I pulled out my laptop. Placing it on the table next to the tray of snack. After that, I pulled my hair up into a pony tail. I just hated it when the hair got into my face while I work.
     That was how I spent my weekend. For I was an introvert, I was more comfortable being alone. It was not that I don’t interact. It was hard for me to do so.
     However, from time to time, I did join the company’s gathering.  
     But hey! Those are also forms of interactions.
     “Uhm…Shijin-ah, can I have a word with you?”
     Jihyo, the girl at the counter earlier, asked me. For some reasons, she looked troubled.
     “Yes sure, eonnie!”      I replied and she sat down. Jihyo was the owner of the café and had been my friend for a few years now. She helped me a lot to adjust when I first moved here.
     “The thing is…I mean…Uhm…You currently not dating anyone, right?”
     Jihyo asked. I just stared at her for a moment, catching off guard by her sudden question.
     “I… I’m not…why…”
     I replied, still stunned by what she just asked.
     “Great! -I mean; I have a friend. He came over quite a lot to help out and so he had seen you a few times. He wants to know if it’s okay for you if he is to ask you out for a date?”
     A date.
     Something that I’ve been trying to avoid.
     “Eonnie, you know I’m not interested in dating.”
     I replied. Trying to sound as polite as possible.
     “It doesn’t have to be a date. Just think of it as a hangout.”      She said, looking so desperate and pitiful.
     “Please?”
     She begged when I said nothing.
     For some reasons, her pleading eyes made me gave in.
     “I guess…?”
     I answered and almost immediately she held both my hands in hers.
     “Thank You, Shijin-ah! That prick won’t stop bugging me!”
     She said. A big smile on her as she pulled out her phone.
     “Here is his number. I’ll give him a head up then you guys can discuss on the meeting place.”
     Jihyo sent me his number through chat.
     Yoon Jaehyuk was the name.
     Attached was his picture.
     I have to admit, he looked so handsome.
     “His name is Yoon Jaehyuk. One year older than you. He’s working for his father’s company at the moment. Y&G Foods, you’ve heard of it right?”
     Said Jihyo.
     “So what do you think?”
     She asked.
     “Not bad?”      I replied, hoping it didn’t sound like I was completely not interested when I really was not interested.
     “I’ve known him for a long time and I’m saying this just because he’s my friend. He really is a gentleman.”
     For a short moment, Jihyo just looked at me.
     “You should let go of the past now. I really hope things will work out for you two.”
     I said nothing, but just smiled. 
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A Little into You (Junkyu x Reader) (Ch. 6)
Chapter 6 - I Got You.
Word count: 3.6k words
Genre: Fanfiction, PG13, Comedy, Romance.
A/N: Hi! Here’s the promised Chapter 6! I enjoy comedies so yeah...as you can see I tend to add lame puns and jokes in my stories so fhdhdh T^T but yeah! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and take care always! 🥰🧡✨
Your eyes widened. “H-Hyunsuk-ssi,” you said softly.
Hyunsuk nodded and smiled brightly at you. “Yes! It’s me! Oh my god it’s been a while!”
You blinked a few times, in hopes that this was just a dream but the more you blink, he’s still there right in front of you. You swallowed the lump in your throat.
“I..uh—” you tried to say something, but suddenly your mind went blank.
Hyunsuk was still smiling widely. He looked super happy seeing you right in front of him now.
“Hyungggg come on, just put that back. Seven is enough!” your head turned to see a guy half-yelling at another guy in front of the chiller.
“Oh, that’s Jeongwoo and Jaehyuk, arguing about banana milk,” Hyunsuk said, as he noticed your eyes looking at them on the other side of the shop.
You looked down for a second and looked up at Hyunsuk’s face again this time. You tried to think of something to say, but what? “Sorry for making a mess out of your management?” “Please don’t sue me,”??
Hyunsuk noticed you looking at him but you also looked like you were thinking of something else. “Hey…are you okay?” his face lined with worry now.
You snapped out of your own thoughts, focusing on this boy in front of you. “What? Oh no…no, yeah, I’m all good,” you tried to give him a reassuring smile. You shuffle towards the table that you usually sit at in the shop.
Taking a seat, you gestured Hyunsuk to sit as well, in which he followed as he pulled out the chair sitting opposite of you.
You placed your newly bought ramyeon bowl onto the table, along with your tote bag. “So…”
“You don’t look too happy to see me again,” Hyunsuk said.
“What? Oh my god no! I mean, yes, I am happy to see you! It’s been, what? a week? Or more? Yeah no, I am…happy…”
“Hmm…I’m not buying it. You don’t look happy. It’s written all over your face,”
You panicked on the inside. Have you offended Hyunsuk? You blinked a couple times more, trying to process what was really going on right now.
“Look, I’m sorry if I bothered you. I guess I bumped into you at the wrong time,” Hyunsuk said, his face looking like he really felt bad for talking to you.
“Wait!” Without realising, your hands had reached out to his arms’ sleeve. “No…no, stay for a bit. I should be the one saying sorry, Hyunsuk.”
Hyunsuk tilts his head slightly. “Eh? Why?”
“I…I’m sorry if what I did caused a ruckus for you and your group...”
Hyunsuk looked at you confusedly. What were you rambling about? Sorry? “Wait, what? You’re sorry?? Gosh, I should be the one saying sorry!”
This time, you’re the one that’s confused. “You? Sorry? Why??”
Hyunsuk looked back at his dongsaengs who were already heading towards the payment counter with a basket halfway filled with Jaehyuk’s favourite banana milk. He shook his head.
Turning back his attention to you who was still looking at him questioningly, waiting for what he’s going to say, a soft smile formed on his lips. “I heard from Jeongwoo that you ran away from him while he was trying to call me last time,”
“Huh? Wait, which encounter is that? I mean…I met him twice, I think?”
“He told us all about what happened at the trash container of the apartment.”
You scoffed. “Well, what a tatter-tale.” You pouted. “It’s not fair, he actually told all of you about what happened whilst I have been keeping my mouth shut about meeting you guys,”
Hyunsuk smiled his charming smile at you and leaned in closer to your face, “Why? Did you want to go around telling people that you met the famous Kpop group, Treasure?” he said in a teasing tone.
You leaned back into your chair, noticing that Hyunsuk’s face was quite close to yours. “What? No! I told Jeongwoo that I had no intention of telling anyone about any of our encounters. Why are you all so paranoid about what someone like me has to say?”
Hyunsuk laughed at your response. “I was just teasing you! Gosh, you’re kinda cute, aren’t you?”
Hyunsuk leaned back in his seat as well, “But what you did really hurt Jeongwoo, you know? He was really upset when you ran off from him the other day,”
“Look, I had no idea he was calling you. For all I know, he could be calling your lawyers, or worst—THE POLICE!”
Hyunsuk laughed out loud at this. This time, Jeongwoo and Jaehyuk was already by his side, carrying a paper bag filled with banana milk.
“What, what’s so funny? What did we miss?” Jaehyuk chimed in.
Your eyes glanced over his, then to Jeongwoo, in which, made you look away instantly, feeling embarrassed that you’re always meeting him in awkward situations like now.
Jeongwoo placed a hand over Hyunsuk’s shoulder, making Hyunsuk’s laugh slowly faltering.
“I’m sorry, I was just laughing at—wait, I never got your name. What’s your name, again?” Hyunsuk asked, suddenly realising that he had been talking to you without asking for your name (again).
“It’s…y/n…” you answered softly.
“Right! Y/n! So yeah, Jeongwoo-aa, did you know why y/n here ran off from you the other day?”
Jeongwoo shook his head. “No…I mean, I just wanted to call you hyung, I have no idea what her deal was,”
Hyunsuk laughed again, “See, so you see, y/n here, thought that you were calling some lawyers or police!” He got enveloped by his own laugh again this time.
Jeongwoo chuckled. “What?! Gosh y/n-ssi, what in the world?”
You rolled your eyes at them. Not only were they laughing at you, they were already talking to you casually as if you’re already friends with them.
Jaehyuk gave you a friendly smile and extended his hand to you, “Ignore them, they get humoured by everything apparently. I’m Jaehyuk, by the way. Nice to meet you, y/n-ssi.”
You exchanged handshakes with Jaehyuk and smiled at him. “It’s nice meeting you too, Jaehyuk-ssi.”
“Oh, and thanks for the banana uyu last time. Jeongwoo told us you gave it to him free of charge too.”
“Oh, that’s no biggie. He looked like he really needed one at the time,” you smiled. You looked at Jeongwoo and Hyunsuk who had already stopped laughing by now. “So…it seems that I don’t know much about you guys personally but from what I can tell here is that…Jeongwoo is quite the tatter-tale in the group, huh?”
Hyunsuk and Jaehyuk exchanged glances and held in their giggles, seeing that Jeongwoo’s face was turning red from what you said.
“Hey! In my defence, our encounters were always so random and full of surprises! I can’t not tell my close friends about what happened,”
You smirked at him, “Yeah sure, all 12 of them, right?”
Hyunsuk spoke up, “Well, let’s just say we’re all family. We barely keep stuff from each other,” he said proudly.
“Wait- so they know?? They all know about our first encounter??” Your eyes widened.
“Huh? Why? What happened when you both first met?” Jaehyuk asked, confusion written on his face.
Your eyes widened. That’s it! They don’t know yet! Your eyes landed onto Hyunsuk’s and there he was smiling cheekily at you, almost like he knew what you were thinking of.
“Oh, that.” Hyunsuk said in a matter-of-fact tone, but his eyes were still focused on your expressions.
Your panic grew inside of you. This man, this man is going to tell them, isn’t he?
Almost on cue with your thoughts, Hyunsuk opened his mouth to say, “Well actually, me and y/n met—”
You shut your eyes tightly. You waited for him to continue his words but suddenly everything went silent.
Wait, what?
You opened your eyes to see Jeongwoo and Jaehyuk looking at you with eyes wide open, their jaws dropping. You wondered why they were both looking at you like that.
That was when you realised, your palm was placed against Hyunsuk’s mouth.
“Oh my god! I’m so sorry!” You said as you pulled your hand back to yourself.
It seemed that you were so terrified of him telling the others about your first encounter, your hand had reflectively covered his mouth before he could further share his story—while your eyes were closed earlier.
Both Jaehyuk and Jeongwoo exchanged looks with each other. They wondered what Hyunsuk thought of what you did, and wondered if you had crossed a line.
However, their worries eased when they heard Hyunsuk chuckle at your clumsy reaction earlier.
“Gosh…you’re a hilarious person y/n. I think we’ll be great friends,” Hyunsuk said as he grinned at you.
You felt your cheeks heat up. “W-what? Friends?”
“Yeah! In fact, here, give me your digits. We can hang with the rest of the gang one day,” he said happily as he passed his phone to you.
“I- what?” you asked, clearly confused at what was going on. Hyunsuk is asking for my number? This can’t be real.
“Hyung, is this okay?” Jeongwoo asked, his voice sounding concerned at what his hyung is doing.
“Aishh it’s fine. It’s not like we’re dating, right, y/n?” Hyunsuk asked you with a smile.
“Uhh yeah, that’s true.” You felt confident in giving him your number now that you were convinced that he won’t get into any trouble because of this. You took the phone from his hand and keyed in your number, saving it under your name as well.
You passed the phone back to him, in which he received with a satisfied look. “Great! I’ll text you if we all can hang together!”
“Yeah, sure Hyunsuk-ssi,” you responded, now feeling humoured that this man in front of you was being all excited about being friends with a nobody like you. “So uh, are you guys—”
Jaehyuk’s phone rang before you could finish your question.
Jaehyuk fished out the ringing phone from his pants pocket. As soon as he saw the name on the screen, he immediately answers the call, “Yes, hyung! What? No…no, I bought enough!” he grinned at the rest of you and you saw Jeongwoo rolling his eyes slightly at his hyung.
“Oh? Now? Yes~ Yes~ No, I’m not lying, hyungggg. I didn’t overbuy it! Yes~ I’ll see you later~” with that, Jaehyuk ended the call on his phone.
“Let me guess, Jihoon?” Hyunsuk asked.
Jaehyuk smiled and nodded at this.
“Oh? Do you guys have to go back to practice or something?” You asked this time.
Jaehyuk, still with his stiff smile, nodded at you. “So…uh…Jihoon also said that he would do a count-check to make sure I didn’t buy too much banana milk…”
Seeing Jaehyuk’s nervous smile, the three of you looked at the big paper bag in his arms.
“I told you not to take too much, hyung! You never listen!” Jeongwoo nagged at Jaehyuk.
“How could I resist huh, Jeongwoo-yaa! They sell a lot of it here. It’s not easy to get this drink nowadays!” Jaehyuk whined back at him.
“Jaehyuk-aa, just how many did you buy?” Hyunsuk asked, looking concerned.
“Not many…”
“Come on, hyung. Don’t be like that. Just tell Hyunsuk-hyung how many you bought,” Jeongwoo persuaded him.
Jaehyuk lets out a sigh. “Fine. I bought seven…”
“Aw hey, that’s not too many—” you said.
“-teen. I bought seventeen…”
Your eyes widened at this. “S-seventeen? Seventeen bottles of banana milk??”
Jeongwoo grabbed a bottle of banana milk from Jaehyuk’s paperbag and passed it to you, “Here, y/n! This is to pay back for the one you gave us last time!”
You grabbed it without thinking much. “T-thank you?”
“Yahh what are you doing?!”
Jeongwoo shrugged. “Hey, I’m just helping you out. You don’t want to hear him nag at you, do you?”
Jaehyuk and Hyunsuk went silent for a while, thinking on how to save Jaehyuk from getting nagged at for not listening to his hyungs’ advice on not to buy too many banana milks.
“Jaehyuk-aa…I told you, didn’t I? Seven was enough for one milk a day, right?” Hyunsuk said.
“Yes…”
You could feel the heavy vibe in the store now. But it was kind of true, seventeen bottles of banana milk for a week’s supply…for one person…is kind of too much…You bit your lower lip and looked around the store in case you’d find a solution for them if you look around.
Without you realising, Hyunsuk, Jaehyuk and Jeongwoo were all staring at you. The three of them exchanged knowing looks with each other, probably silently telepathing one another about asking for your help.
Jeongwoo nudged Jaehyuk with his elbow. He signalled Jaehyuk to talk to you with his eyes.
“Y/n-ssi…”
Your head turned to face Jaehyuk’s pitiful expression staring at you.
“What is it Jaehyuk-ssi?”
“Just this once, please…” he pressed both his palms together, making a pleading gesture towards you.
“Oh no…what is it this time…” you asked, an unsure tone in your voice.
“Please! Please, just this once, I’m asking for your help,” Jaehyuk whined with his sweet mellow voice, making puppy eyes at you—in which you couldn’t deny that he really did look cute doing so.
“Oh my god, you’ve got to be kidding me,” was all you could say.
“Y/n-ssi! Please!” Jeongwoo said loudly in all of a sudden. His head bowed low and his hands were balled into fists, almost like he was really desperate of asking for help as well.
Hyunsuk too, chimed in before you could respond to Jeongwoo. “Y/n, will it be fine with you, if you help us this once? Think of us as your close friends in need of dire help. Please? Jihoon would be so angry if he finds out our Jaehyuk here overbought the banana milk.”
You stared at each one of them. All, giving you pleading looks, all blinking their attractive puppy eyes at you. You let out a loud sigh, “Okay fine. What do you need me to do?”
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 “What took you all so long down there? I swear, every time you boys go to that convenience store, it’s almost like you all were building the store instead of buying anything,” Jihoon nagged as soon as he saw the three boys enter their practice room.
Jaehyuk grinned at his hyung, his arm still hugging the paper bag containing his banana milks. He made his way to the corner of the room and placed the paper bag down onto the floor.
Jeongwoo and Hyunsuk on the other hand had started doing their warmups the moment they entered the practice room.
Jihoon walked over towards Jaehyuk and kneeled near the paper bag on the floor. He grins at his friend, his finger hooking onto the paper bag. “So Jaehyukkie, let’s see if you managed to control your urges today shall we~?” he said in a singsong tune.
Jaehyuk nodded confidently at his hyung. Feeling confident that he won’t get any scolding today from Jihoon.
“Oh? Only 6 bottles? Yahh well done our Jaehyukkie!” Jihoon exclaimed loudly, making everyone in the room turning their heads to look at the two of them.
“Wow, that really is a huge improvement hyung!” Yedam said, slightly surprised that Jaehyuk didn’t overbuy his stock of banana milk this one time.
“What? Really?? Jaehyuk really managed to buy only 6 banana milks?!” Junkyu asked in disbelief.
“Eyy hyung, have faith in our Jaehyuk-hyung. He really did his best down there. And of course,” Jeongwoo stops talking halfway to clear his throat. “Of course, it’s also thanks to my debating skills he listened to what I said,” he continued.
Jaehyuk rolled his eyes slightly at his dongsaeng’s statement. “Nu uh, I really managed to stop myself thanks to myself okay,”
Asahi on the other hand was with Junkyu, still peeking into the paper bag since they find it hard to believe that Jaehyuk managed to control his addiction to banana milk.
Asahi counted the bottles several times, finally admitting that it was indeed true there were only six bottles, “Huh…six seems like an odd number to buy for you Jaehyuk-aa,” he said as he turned to look at Jaehyuk who was now a few feet away from him and the paper bag.
Jaehyuk smiled innocently at Asahi. He gave Asahi a little shrug and walked towards the middle of the room.
“Just how many did you drink down there?” Asahi prodded. This made Jaehyuk stopped in his steps.
“W-what? I didn’t drink any! I swear, you can even smell my breath right now to check,” Jaehyuk responded.
This time, Hyunsuk chimed in to save Jaehyuk from getting speculated by all of their members. “Aw hey, hey. There’s no need to interrogate him like that. It’s no big deal. He bought a small amount of milk this time, there’s no harm in that, right?”
The whole room fell silent for a while.
Suddenly Jihoon said loudly, “OMG HYUNSUK AND JEONGWOO WON’T STOP DEFENDING JAEHYUK! THEY’RE HIDING SOMETHING!”
Doyoung and Junkyu started rummaging through the paper bag again, seeing that Jeongwoo, Hyunsuk and Jaehyuk were all speechless from Jihoon’s exclamation earlier.
“I knew something was off! Seeing Hyunsuk defending them like that, it’s just obvious they’re hiding stuff from us!” Doyoung said as him and Junkyu inspected each of the bottles in the paper bag.
“Hyungggg why are we wasting time like thisssss,” Jaehyuk whined at Jihoon. “Shouldn’t we just move on and just get to practice already?”
“Ahh but this is more fun, isn’t it?” Jihoon winked at Jaehyuk.
Jaehyuk groaned at this. He went to another corner of the room and sat there with a pout on his face. Hyunsuk, Jeongwoo and Yedam went over to him to comfort him.
Jihoon smiled cheekily at his friends, “Aw don’t worry Jaehyuk. I’m not mad at anyone. I’m just bored and I feel like uncovering the lie you three made would be fun,”
“I FOUND IT!” Junkyu shouted not far behind Jihoon.
Jihoon turned around to see what Junkyu was holding on to.
“This! It’s a receipt!” Junkyu waved the small, slightly crumpled up paper in the air.
Jaehyuk facepalmed himself, realising that he had made a stupid move of forgetting to throw the receipt away earlier. Jeongwoo kept rubbing his back, feeling sorry for his hyung.
Jihoon on the other hand was already beside Junkyu, trying to read what the receipt says.
“Huh, it is indeed today’s date and the convenience store outside there,” Junkyu said.
“Yeah, and here it is! Banana milks, seventeen bottles,” Jihoon read as well.
Again, there was a silent moment in the practice room. Jaehyuk, Yedam, Jeongwoo and Hyunsuk looked at one another, not knowing whether they should say anything.
Jihoon puts the receipt into the paper bag and headed towards the middle of the room, “Aw that’s not too bad—I mean, he only bought sevent—” he stopped talking when he realised the truth.
He spun around quickly and headed towards the paper bag again, “WAIT! SEVENTEEN?? LITERALLY SEVEN-TEEN??”
Hyunsuk pats Jaehyuk’s head in sympathy. “Yeah…he bought seventeen…”
“Huh…”
Suddenly, Jihoon bursted out laughing loudly. He kept laughing until he was almost rolling on the floor. Junghwan went over to help Jihoon from falling to the floor.
“What? What’s so funny Jihoon-aa?” Junkyu looked at him, all confused at why his best friend was laughing like a maniac.
“Omg! Seventeen! That’s A LOT!” Jihoon managed to say in between his laughs.
The rest of the Treasure members all looked at each other. They were worried if something happened to their leader since he was laughing uncontrollably by himself.
“Ahh,” Jihoon said as he wiped the tear stain on his cheek as soon as he finished laughing. He realised that most of his members were staring at him with a lost look on their faces.
“Oh come on, why am I always the only person who finds these things funny??”
The rest of them shrugged at him.
“What’s so funny though, hyung?” Haruto asked.
Jihoon lets out a chuckle. “Oh, I mean, it’s funny that our Jaehyukkie here tried to trick us into thinking that he bought a small amount of milk when in reality he bought TWICE the amount he showed us.”
“Yeah man, seventeen is a lot,” Junkyu added.
“Wait, if he really bought seventeen bottles, what happened to the remaining nine bottles??” Doyoung wondered aloud.
All of them fell silent and once again, looked at each other seriously.
“Uh oh…do you think everyone will find out about y/n now?” Hyunsuk whispered towards Jeongwoo.
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 You sighed as you finished arranging the last bottle of banana milk onto the shelf in your fridge. It almost looked like you were selling banana milks now considering it has taken this much space in your small fridge.
You stared at the pale-yellow bottles lined up in there.
Sighing again, you took out your phone to snap a picture of the milks arranged in your fridge. Snap! Your fingers typed a message along with the picture before sending it to the person who got you into this mess.
 To: Hyunsuk TRSR
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Done and sorted. It’s taking so much space in my fridge now lol.
 You kept your phone back into your pocket once you’ve sent the message out. You closed the door of your fridge and headed towards the sofa in your living room.
Crashing down onto the sofa, you closed your eyes and fell asleep in a blink of an eye.
 To be continued…
** (Picture taken from online source. Pictures don’t belong to me)
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