5 years later

- 15 -

12th October 2021

"YAH! WHY AREN'T YOU AT THE ACADEMY?!" Yewon, who was also my classmate, shouted through the phone.
"I'm not feeling well, I think I ate too much during lunch" I lied.
"Ah ok, then go take some meds"
"Hm, I will! See you tomorrow, probably"
"Ok Bye, the teacher just arrived" and she hurried turning off her phone.
"Did she believe you?" Juyeon asked.

"Luckily yes. Now, let's get ready for the MV!"
"Yes yes yes!"
Basically, Juyeon and I are skipping our after school academies to watch ENHYPEN's new mv and the comeback show.
"Oh Ni-ki!"
"Ay Jungwon! AGH HE LOOKS SO GOOD!"
"OH GOD! HEESEUNG!" And screams kept being heard from us for the next 2 hours.

Done with the showcase, we kept streaming the MV and we talked about some possible theories when Juyeon got a call.
"Oh it's Jake oppa!"
"Bish, answer him!"
"Hello? Oh yes! It's so good! Wait imma put it on loud speaker"
"Ok ok. Hi, Jinhee!"
"Hey, Jake oppa! The MV is so good!"

"Thats nice to hear! By the way I'm here with the some of the guys"
"Hi, noona-deul"
"Hey, Niki!"
"Who else is with you?"
"Heeseung hyung and Sunghoon, the others are in the other car"
"Hi, Jin" I heard Sunghoon say
"Hey there"
"So, you girls enjoyed the show too?"
"Hell if we did, Heeseung oppa!"
"Noona! What's your favorite song?" Niki asked us.

"Hmm probably Just A Little Bit or Upper Side Dreamin"
"Me too Upper Side Dreamin but also Go Big Or Go Home!"
"Would you look at that? Those are Heeseung hyung and sunghoon's favorites" Jake said in a teasing tone.
"Yeah, Just A Little Bit" Heeseung said.
"And mine is Upper Side Dreamin"
We talked with them for a while before they had to hang up then we went back to listening to the album.

Not long after, someone rang the doorbell and Juyeon went to see who it was.
"Did you invite Kyungjun oppa?"
"Huh? No?"
"He's outside"
"Oh?"
"I'll just let him in"
"Sure"
"Hey, Kyungjun oppa!"
"Hi, Juyeon. How's Jinhee?"
"Hm? She's totally fine, why?"

"Oh? Yewon told me she wasn't feeling well, so I came here to check up on her"
"Yewon! That girl! Ugh"
"Oh you're here, Jin" he said peeking into the living room.
"Yeah... I'm sorry for bothering you, what Yewon said was a lie"
"Yeah, we told her that Jin wasn't ok so we could skip academy to watch ENHYPEN's comeback"
"Should've seen this coming"

"Well, can I stay? I brought snacks beside the meds that I thought you needed"
"Aw thanks oppa! And sure"
"We're just listening to their new album"
We ended up watching a movie but I got a notification.

❄︎

Jake Sim

Hey Jin

Oh hi oppa

Quick question
Sunghoon has been acting different during the call
Did something happen between the two of you?

Huh?
No????
Why did you think I'm the reason?

No cuz he's usually really excited and happy whenever it's abt u
But today he was quite cold

Oh
Well idk
Maybe he's just tired???

Could be but idk
Well thx Jin

Np oppa
Rest well

You too

❄︎

Jake's pov

After texting with Jinhee, I went to Sunghoon's room that he shares with the maknaes and thankfully he was alone chilling on his bed.
"Yo bro, is everything good?"
"Hm? Yeah, why?"
"You don't seem like it"
He let out a deep sight before running his hand through his hair.
"Jake, I think I like her..."
"Hm? Oh? Oh... And why do you look so sad about it?"

"If you haven't noticed, we are idols"
"And secret dating exists"
"Yeah, I know"
"Does the bias wrecker thing have to do with it?"
"Yeah, she's a really loyal fan" he said laughing bitterly.
"That doesn't mean she can't like you. She might like Jungwon as an idol but not as a guy"
"Hm, but I also think she likes that Kyungjun dude"

"What made you think that?"
"This" he showed me the last thing the two talked about.
"Dude, she said that he likes her, not the other way round"
"Yeah but he has more chances"
"Are you hearing yourself, Sunghoon? Where's my best friend so confident in his looks and personality?"
"Jake, be realistic. We're idols, it's already so much that I can talk to her through chat. While that guy can take her to dates any time"