"LIA!!!!" Itzy shouted when she fell down. Txt happened to walk next to them and Soobin heard the girls scream, he turned to his left and saw Lia blacking out. He ran and caught her and his arms. He slowly leaned her on him and looked at the rest of Itzy. Yeji said "Oh my god! Thank you so much. I think she forgot to take her pills the morning"
Soobin nodded. He said "Let's take her to the nurse" He lifted her up bridal-style and followed the hallway signs. Chaeryoung was too worried to remember that Soobin was taking glances at Lia. But Beomgyu followed his hyung and was secretly smiling.
-Soobin POV-
Okay, Soobin keep calm, don't drop her. She really is beautiful...
I stopped in front of the infirmary. I stepped inside and asked "Hello? Anyone here?"
A nurse looked up from her desk and said "Oh yes? I'm here!" She saw Lia and exclaimed "Oh dear! Put her down there" She showed me a bed.
I put Lia down carefully and stepped back, I was too worried to see Beomgyu trying to talk to me. I was just staring at Lia hoping she would be ok.
-Author POV-
Yuna fell into place next to Heuning Kai. He whispered to Yuna "I hope your unnie is okay. What happened to her?"
She answered "I think Yeji unnie said that Lia unnie didn't take her morning pills. She must have felt dizzy."
Heuning Kai let out an oh and nodded. He suddenly said "You can call me Hyuka by the way, Heuning Kai is too long"
Yuna smiled "Okay!"
The nurse went to take some paracetamol and a wet cloth. She put the cloth on Lia's forehead. And gently woke up Lia.
Lia suddenly opened her eyes and Soobin and the rest sighed in relief. The nurse said "Dear, you need to take this. It will help and your unnie said here you forgot your morning pills. After I treat you please take them at the dorm ok?"
Lia nodded her head sleepily and swallowed the paracetamol. She looked around and noticed her members and txt standing in front of her bed. "W-what happened? How did I get here?"
Beomgyu spoke up "You fainted right in the hallway and Soobin hyung brought you here"
Lia turned to Soobin, saying thank you and bowing "Thank you for catching me, I thought I was going to hit the floor"
Soobin turned red and stuttered "Y-your w-welcome"
Chaeryoung smirked and Beomgyu fake coughed. The nurse told Lia and the rest they were allowed to leave and reminded Lia to make sure she drank her medicine on time. Txt and Itzy went outside and decided to introduce each other. Yeonjun started because Soobin wasn't focused "Well I am Yeonjun the oldest, Soobin is the leader and that is Beomgyu, Taehyun and Huening Kai is our maknae"
Lia said "Nice to meet you, as you all know I am Lia, and Soobin thank you again." She added "This is Yeji our leader, Ryujin, Chaeryoung and Yuna"
Everyone bowed and Chaeryoung said "How about we all be friends? Since Yuna and Heuning Kai already are"
Taehyun smiled and said "Sure! We could exchange numbers and make a group chat"
Soobin was still quiet and was looking at Lia back and forth. Chaeryoung and Taehyun exchanged numbers and Ryujin said "You guys can make the group chat and Chaeryoung can add us, Taehyun you can add your members"
Soobin finally spoke "What floor are your rooms on?"
Yeji answered "Level three, me and Lia are number 307, Ryujin, Chaeryoung and Yuna are 308. How about you guys?"
Soobin smiled quickly "Oh, that means we are near each other. Me, Beomgyu and Taehyun are 310, Yeonjun hyung and Heuning Kai are 309"
Lia beamed "Oh, that's great!"
Txt and Itzy talked while walking up the stairs. They were exchanging stories and getting to know each other. They stopped in front of their rooms which were right next to each other. Lia suddenly hugged Soobin "Thanks... If I had hit the floor, the consequences would have been more severe" She bowed one more time.
Soobin was frozen and hugged back not believing what happened. He awkwardly smiled and stepped backwards and waved. He opened the door and started blushing. Beomgyu gave him a knowing smirk. Taehyun said "I'm going to go wash up first. You guys can claim your beds"
Beomgyu teased "Ooooooh! Someone's blushing~ How was it?"
Taehyun stepped out of the bathroom and asked "What happened?"
Beomgyu started talking "Well Soobin hyung is blushing because he likes Li-"
Soobin interrupted and shut his mouth with his hand "YAH! CHOI BEOMGYU! What did I tell you last night?" Then he stopped and laughed nervously.
Taehyun smiled "Hyung... It's fine! You do remember that our companies let us to date?"
Soobin defended himself "Yah! Who said I was going to date?!"
Beomgyu smirked and said "Well you did say you liked Lia noona"
Taehyun gently punched Soobin's shoulder and agreed "It's fine hyung. If you don't want us to tell the rest now, it's fine"
Beomgyu turned to Taehyun and knowingly stated "Well~ Look who's saying that? Don't think I didn't notice. You were staring at *cough* Lee- *cough* Chaer- *cough* young *cough*"
Taehyun got a pillow and hit Beomgyu "YAH! DON'T YOU DARE!"
Soobin laughed "Hah, that's fun. Beomgyu, do you not like anyone?"
Beomgyu frowned and lifted an eyebrow "No siree. You guys are lovestruck, I can see hearts in your eyes when you look at your crushes. I swear Hyuka is making it too obvious, so are you Soobin hyung"
Soobin just pouted and said "Okay, okay! Now let's go and unpack. We have to get ready for the ceremony"
-Itzy POV-
Yeji texted the Itzy group chat:
Yeji: Yah the three of you, once you're done washing up. Come to my and Lia's room. We wanna talk. Oh and bring whatever you need to get ready for the ceremony
Yuna: Ok unnie! I'll tell the rest!
Yeji turned off her phone and turned to face Lia "Lia-ah, are you sure you're ok?"
Lia sighed and replied "Yes unnie. Please stop asking, I told you many times I'm good. Thank god Soobin was there... He was very nice-" She trailed off
Yeji wiggled her eyebrows playfully "Oh, I see! Our Lia likes someone~"
Lia smiled slightly "I think I do. But anyway, I think Heuning Kai also likes our Yuna"
Then there was a knock on the door. Lia opened it and saw the younger members. "Come in girls"
Itzy gathered around Lia's and Yeji's bed. Chaeryoung started "I'll make the group chat first then"
She opened up her phone and texted Taehyun.
Chaeryoung: Hi Taehyun. This is Chaeryoung. I'm going to make the group chat now if that's ok? I'll make you admin as well.
Taehyun: Oh hi Chaeryoung, sure!
-Chaeryoung has made a group chat-
-Chaeryoung has named it "Itzy and Txt"-
-Chaeroung has added Taehyun and made him admin"
-Taehyun has added Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Heuning Kai"
-Chaeryoung has added Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Yuna"
Taehyun: Hi everyone!
Chaeryoung: Hello!
Chaeryoung told her members that she has added them. Txt and Itzy added each others contacts and introduced who's who"
Lia: Well thanks for the group chat Taehyun and Chaeryoung
Chaeryoung: Your welcome
Taehyun: No problem
Soobin: Oh, we have to get to the ceremony. Talk to you girls later!
Lia: Bye!
Yeji: Bye bye
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The girls got ready, touched up their make up. And helped with each other's hair. Txt was done before Itzy so they went downstairs into the auditorium first. They went to the desk and a person behind it asked "Names?"
Soobin replied "Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, Heuning Kai, Yeonjun"
The usher nodded while running her finger down a list "Here we go! Txt, you're at row 3, your names should be marked on the chairs. Please sit at your designated spots. Thank you, next!"
Txt walked down the steps and went into row 3. Some of them had one chair in between.
Heuning Kai whispered-shouted "Oh, Itzy is going to be sitting with us! Yuna is sitting next to me!
Taehyun chuckled and said "Nice Hyuka, now please be quiet"
Soobin was restless and kept looking back at the front desk. Beomgyu whispered "Psstt, hyung calm down you're making it too obvious. Chill."
Soobin took a deep breath and nodded.
Itzy was finally done. Ryujin checked her watch "We have to hurry! We only have 5 minutes"
The girls hurried and grabbed their phones and room keys. They hurried down the stairs. And checked in with another usher.
Both groups were trying to calm down the people who liked someone in the other group. They bowed and slid into their seats.
(If you're wondering this is their arrangement, left to right: Yeonjun, Yeji, Lia, Soobin, Beomgyu, Ryujin, Chaeryoung, Taehyun, Heuning Kai, Yuna)
Yeonjun bowed and said "Annyeong Yeji, looks like we're sitting next to each other"
Yeji giggled "Annyeong. Yes, Yeonjun" She added "Can you keep a secret?"
Yeonjun nodded eagerly and listened to Yeji.
Yeji whispered in his ear "Yuna likes Heuning Kai"
He was in disbelief "No way! Heuning Kai likes Yuna too"
They continued laughing while waiting for the seats to be filled in.
Lia nudged Yeji and asked "What happened?"
Yeji giggled "I'll tell you later ok?" And turned back to Yeonjun
Lia was bored so she turned to Soobin "Hi Soobin" She said softly
Soobin was surprised and turned to Lia smiling brightly "Hi!"
"So Soobin? What's your favourite subject?"
"Oh, it's gotta be maths! How about yours?"
"Oh... I'm weak in maths. Well I love English and chemistry"
"That's cool! I'm not the best in chem, and I suck at English"
"Well we could tutor each other when classes start"
Soobin nodded quickly "That sounds great! I would love that"
Itzy and Txt were talking happily. Beomgyu and Ryujin were talking about music. Chaeryoung and Taehyun were chatting about sports. Yuna and Hyuka were debating about animals and plushies.
Then the head of Hanlim stepped onto the stage and asked everyone to quiet down. She tested the mic and cleared her throat "Welcome or welcome back to Hanlim Art School! Some of you might be new, some of you may be returning and some of you might be graduating this year. Regardless of that, I hope you all have a wonderful time here! Now I will read down the school calendar and the prime rules"
She continued and it was just about the uniform, hallway etiquette, and lunch timings and normal school rules.
Once she was done she dismissed everyone, Txt and Itzy agreed to wait for the crowd to walk out first so it wouldn't be suffocating. While waiting Lia giggled and asked Soobin "Soobin-ah? How are you so tall?"
Soobin replied "I was just born with it. My dad's family was super tall so yeah!"
Txt was walking and Heuning Kai instinctively put his arm around Yuna's shoulder. Lia pointed it out to Soobin and they shared a laugh. Yuna was blushing furiously. Soobin turned quiet and while walking down the hallway to their room. He also put his arm around Lia's shoulders. Lia was secretly pleased and just looked at the floor. They stopped in front of Lia's and Yeji's room. Soobin turned to Lia and quickly kissed her head and said good night. He quickly entered his room leaving Lia outside. Lia squealed and ran inside her room. The rest of txt and itzy were shocked and started laughing. Heuning Kai and Yuna also went inside promising to text each other. Yeji whispered to Yeonjun "Looks like another couple is coming other than Hyuka and Yuna" She winked
Yeonjun laughed and agreed. Chaeryoung and Taehyun said bye promising to talk about sports club sign-ups later with the group. Beomgyu and Ryujin agreed to share their Spotify playlists with each other. They all said good night to each other.
Beomgyu and Taehyun walked in ready to tease Soobin but saw him fast asleep holding his heart and smiling. Beomgyu and Taehyun cleaned up quietly and went to sleep promising to talk in the morning. It was different in the other rooms though. Heuning Kai was up texting Yuna and giggling not letting Yeonjun fall asleep. He finally said "Yah! Heuning-ah, you can talk to Yuna tomorrow. Please go to sleep now"
Hyuka pouted and said good night to Yuna "Fine hyung. Good night" And turned off the light.
-Itzy POV-
A similar thing happened in Yeji's and Lia's room. Lia fell asleep while holding her head and hugging her pillow. Yeji went to bed not too long after. Ryujin was asleep snoring, but Chaeryoung was still half awake. Yuna suddenly pouted and put down her phone "Yeonjun oppa told Heuning Kai to go to sleep. Now we can't talk"
Chaeryoung giggled and just replied "You should too Yuna, remember we have to be up early to get our schedules from the front desk. And the first day of classes"
Yuna nodded and put her head down on her pillow and closed her eyes "Good night Chaeryoung unnie"