BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 33: monster in me

"What?" Hoseok frowned. "Why!"

"Think about it-" Chungha folded her arms. "Do you genuinely think you have an advantage over me if we're both allowed to put in a good word to bujang-nim?"

Hoseok pursed his lips. "Fine, no putting in good words."

"Whoever doesn't stick to the rules loses automatically," Chungha continued. "Okay?"

"Oka-" Hoseok frowned. "Wait- why!"

Chungha narrowed her eyes as she repeated herself. "Okay?"

Hoseok groaned. "Okay, fine. But only because I like you."

Chungha pursed her lips, trying not to smile as she looked away. "Do you really have to put that in whenever you have the chance?"

"Mmhmm."

"I can't stand you."

Hoseok grinned.

-•-•-

"Hey."

Jieun turned around and looked up at Jungkook. "Oh, hey. You done?"

"Mm." Jungkook nodded. "Thanks."

Jieun frowned. "For what?"

Jungkook put his hands in his pocket. "Just, everything."

Jieun smiled. "What are you doing now?"

"Practice."

"Ah."

Jungkook hesitated a little. "You wanna come see?"

Jieun's eyes lit up. "Can I?"

"Why not?" Jungkook headed towards the practice rooms, with Jieun following closely behind him. "You haven't had a good look around the company yet, have you?"

"Yeah-" Jieun let out a nervous chuckle. "No, I haven't."

"Also..." Jungkook hesitated a little as he led Jieun down another hallway. "About that favour I was asking from you last night-"

"Oh, right-" Jieun nodded. "I'll help you. What is it about?"

"Here-" Jungkook held open the door to his practice room, gesturing for Jieun to enter first. "Have a seat on the floor, and I'll tell you."

Slightly perplexed, Jieun still did as she was told.

"Well..." Jungkook took a seat facing her and looked her in the eye with a serious expression on his face. "Firstly, what you're about to hear may sound crazy to you."

Jieun raised her eyebrows. "Okay...?"

"But I just want you to hear me out," Jungkook said carefully. "I'm gonna need your help to test out something and if it really works, I might need an even bigger favour from you."

"Okay..."

"Well, basically-" Jungkook took a deep breath. "Basically, I think you might be the reason why I was able to sleep that day."