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…
