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b e g i n

"yerim!" a familiar voice calls out to the youngest, as she looks up
from her phone, raising her eyebrows at the sight of mark, and jaehyun, who have just entered the café.

"mark. jae oppa," she greets
the duo, getting to her feet while
glancing behind them, expecting
for sooyoung to follow behind. "where's
soo eonnie?"

jaehyun shrugs his shoulders, "she went
off to meet sungjae somewhere, but anyway,
we both have something to talk
to you."

yerim raises an eyebrow, shooting a look
at her best male friend, mark,
who breaks into his boyish grin, and
she groans softly.
it has been at least three weeks since her
painful break-up, that left her
in tears but her friends — the girls
along with her 99 group of friends, and others have
been trying to get her mind
off her break-up by bringing her out
to all sorts of places just to cheer her up
which she found really sweet.
but after long, yerim finds it physically and mentally draining.

"i'm not going out with you guys
anywhere again. i have school
later and i can't afford to be running ar—," she begins to reject the boys,
before they can even explain anything.

jaehyun then clears his throat, cutting her off as he laughs softly,
"yerim, we aren't bringing you
anywhere today. in fact, we just wanted to
introduce you to a person, who
you haven't exactly meet."

the older male watches as yerim's face breaks out into confusion;
jaehyun befriended yerim through
mark during their usual gatherings,
and surprisingly, the duo got along well instantly, with yerim's playfulness and sarcasm blending well with jaehyun's shy and polite nature. and since then,
the two have been close friends — with
jaehyung acting more as brother
towards yerim. and when he heard
about her messy break-up, he couldn't
help but feel sad for the younger one.

not only did yerim shut him off, she also shut her other friends except the girls, for
at least one week,
as she buries herself into her own
misery. and the male felt extremely bad that she has to suffer such pain.
and to make him feel worse, he's friends
with jeongguk.

if only he knew the male was such a dick, he would have resorted to all sorts of ways to stop yerim from associating with the male.

"who?" yerim tilts her head slightly,
as mark approaches her, slinging his arm casually around her shoulder.

"someone amazingly talented, and is a fan of you," mark grins, gesturing towards
the door where a knock can be heard.
yerim glances at jaehyun, who
nods his head along, reassuring her
as she shifts her attention back towards the entrance door.

"f-fan of me?" she asks, doubting mark's words since she was merely popular on instagram due to her 'ulzzang' looks. before yerim can even question
further, the door swings opens
as a figure enters the room; his or her shoes scratching against the wooden floor of the room.

yerim glances over jaehyun to see a male, wearing a black jacket,
along with a dark grey sweatpants
and a pair of adidas shoes, entering the room as he looks around, before brightening up at the sight of jaehyun.

"jae!" the male calls out, walking towards
jaehyung, not noticing the other two younger ones. as he is about to call out again, he catches sight of yerim and mark, and pauses instantly in his steps.

"hyung!" mark greets the newcomer enthusiastically, beaming brightly as yerim watches the male cautiously.
even though she is not part of sm, she's has been getting to know some of the idols within the company. sm has asked her countless of times to sign on to their entertainment, but as usual, she rejects their offers — idols like super junior, snsd , nct; she has met a few of them like heechul, the entire snsd, and some trainees of smrookies, who are around her age, like lucas, yiyang, koeun, kun and few others due to mutual friends. but she has never seen him before — a super good-looking one too.

"this is yerim, which i think you know!"
jaehyun points towards the female,
as he glances at his friend with a cheeky smile before looking over to yerim.
"and yerim, this is—," before the male can continue with his sentence,
mark's phone starts to ring, cutting the older male off as he glares at the
younger one, who sheepishly scurries to
the corner of the café to answer the call.

"as i was saying, he is also part of nct—," jaehyun is about to continue again, when mark shouts, "hyung, we got to go!
it is time for our recording."

jaehyun sighs softly in frustration, before glaring at mark, who's already out
of the café, and groans, "ok—
he will introduce himself to you. and don't worry, yerim. he's a nice guy."
before yerim can even ask, or the male to protest, jaehyun dashes out of the café,
hurrying off to the sm building, leaving the two behind, who is standing around each other awkwardly.

"hi," yerim breaks into a small smile, dipping her head politely since the male
is technically a senior by age,
and she has to show him some respect.
the male returns the greeting
politely, rubbing the back of his neck shyly, before asking, "are you in the
midst of your personal time?"

yerim shakes her head, laughing softly,
"no, i was just chilling when they ask for my location."

the male nods his head with an amused smile, glancing around the
café before looking at yerim,
"i'm taeyong. lee taeyong."

"yerim. kim yerim."

"i know," taeyong grins shyly at her, before gesturing towards the
empty seat, opposite of hers. "anyway,
mind if i stick around for awhile?"

"sure."

and somehow, yerim breaks into a genuine smile at the male, something which she hasn't been doing so for awhile, as she takes a seat opposite the male, who smiles at her shyly.

//. so this is the end of 'begin', and no worries, the new story or rather, sequel, 'limitless' has been posted up so do check it out, as i will start updating the book soon. heh :) and thank you everyone ♡