Chapter 21
MasksTomorrow we are filming the music video for B.A.P's comeback, and in a week and a half they are starting to promote.
The boys are used to it by now, so they are just being themselves, but the girls are starting to get excited since it's their first time doing this things, even if their part is insignificant. It's amusimg seeing them get this excited and happy, but it makes me happy as well.
Today we have another rehearsal, but Gun need to do other stuff, so wer'e left alone with Minki, B.A.P's choreographer. He is usually with B.A.P, so I barely know him, but he gives me weird vibes for some reason, and I can't figure out why. I ignored the uneasy feeling and went to practice as usual.
"Good morning" Minki smiled upon seeing all of us waiting for him. "We will start with couple stretchings for the warm up, so divide yourself into pairs." Why are we doing couple things all of a sudeen?
The guys divided between themselves, and with my bad luck I wasn't quick enough to pair with one of the girls, hance I was left alone.
"Good, Hyeri, work with me. I need someone to demonstrate on." Minki smiled brightly when he approached me.
We started doing warm up, and I realized why I had an uneasy feeling about him. His hands always lingered a little longer than necessary on my body and there was a couple of times when he accidently put his hands on my . At first I thought that my inagination was just working extra hours, but he also stared weirdly at me. Everytime I flinched from his touch. I looked around the room at the other couples, but everyone was warming up regulary and didn't seem to notice my inconvenience. Minki didn't seem to notice either, or he just chose to ignore it, and his hand found her way to my once again, for the third time in the last 10 minutes. I moved his hand gently, but she came back. I frowned. How much longer do we have to do this?
"Minki hyung, can we switch partners? Yongguk is just standing there like a block of wood and it's not helping me warm up. Can you come over?" Himchan asked.
Minki frowned and looked between Yongguk, Himchan and me, but finally agreed and went to Himchan. I was relieved. I should really thank him after we finish practice.
Yongguk made his way towards me. Great, from one trouble to another..
"Now sit down in front of each other.." Minki's voice was heard as he explained the next exercise.
"Sit down, block of wood." I said playfully and gestured Yongguk to sit when he was still standing motionless in front of me. He obeyed and we started doing the exercise. We were supposed to attach our foot together, hold hands and pull each other to our direction. When Yongguk put his hand in mine I felt a tingling in my hand and in my stomach. I also noticed that his hands are surprisingly soft.
"Are you that happy to see me?" Yongguk teased when he pulled me too strong and I fell forward, leaning on him when my hands are in his, and both of our hands were placed on his chest. I blushed.
"You wish.." I got up and went back to my sit, trying to hide my red face. At least it means he is in a good mood if he is teasing me, that's already better. Why does he have so much mood swings around me? I just don't know what to expect from him anymore.
"You didn't eat breakfast, right?" He teased after I tried to pull him towards me and he stopped halfway because my lack of power. I got even more embareassed.
"I did eat."
"Your'e still skinny.." He said after examining me for a moment. "And appareantly weak as well. Eat more."
"Are you worried about me, Bang Yongguk? I thought I'm just a burden."
"Well, you are a burden, It's just that I'm a nice person." I rolled my eyes. "And I'm not worried about you, don't get your hopes up." He pulled me again, and again I was leaning onto him, staring into his eyes. Why is he using so much force? He knows I'm weaker than him. It's not fair.
"I don't want you to worry about me." I shrugged, moving backwards so I won't drown in his eyes. "And I'm not a charity case, you don't have to make special efforts to care about me." I used extra force in pulling him, so now he was leaning onto me, our hands on my stomach. The tingling came back.
"I don't do things I don't want to do." He stated while staring deep into my eyes, and my heart skipped a beat.
"Get up, your'e heavy." I said after staying in that position for what seemed like forever. Him being this close to me drove me crazy, and I was afraid I would make a fool out of myself if we continue staying like this. I was also pretty sure I was blushing hard. He shrugged and got up, smirking.
"Now to our next exercise.." Minki said and started explaining what to do next. Me and Yongguk kept teasing each other while exercising and helping each other out. It looked like we are finally back to normal, at least on the surface.
The warm-up finally ended and we started doing B.A.P's routine. Minki found excuses to come and correct my dance, using this opportunity to touch my body. I tried not to show my discomfort in front of everyone, but it didn't help much and I still frowned from time to time.
"Finally over!" I sat down on the floor, stretching my legs.
"Yes, finally. It was hard today." Sey sat beside me.
"Hyeri." Minki called my name, signaling to come over to him.
"What is it?" I asked when I approached him.
"Stay here for a moment after everyone goes."
"Why?"
"I just need to talk to you about something."
"Ok.." I said and went back to my seat. I had an uneasy feeling about this.. I don't like this guy.
"What did he want?" Sey asked when I sat next to her.
"To talk."
Everyone dispersed, leaving me alone with Minki. I finished collecting my stuff when he came and put his hand on my shoulder. I flinched a little, but tried not to show it.
"Hyeri.."
"What?" I turned around to face him.
"Your'e part is still lacking, we need to work on it." Minki said, his hand still on my shoulder.
"I will work on it, but shouldn't we do it with Jongup and Zelo? It's their part as well." I tried to find excuses not to stay there. I have a really bad feeling about it.
"Don't bother them, they are busy. We can work on it by ourselves." His grip on my shoulder tightened. His eyes were filled with something I couldn't read, but it scared me.
"Ok.." I said quietly.
"Oh, and don't you still have to do the y dance? I heard you failed again. We can work on that also if you want to.." He smiled, his hand moving down to my collarbone, above my chest. I moved and tried to make it look non-intentional. I succedded, and his hand left my body, at least for now.
"I will work on that dance with Gun, he is my choreographer." I said firmly. I am not staying here with him alone.
"As you wish.." He put his hand on my shoulder again.
"There it is!" Jongup entered the room. Me and Minki looked at him surprised, and I was relieved.
"I forgot my scarf here.." Jongup gave us an angelic smile and pointed over to a red scarf that was laying on one of the benches. "What were you guys doing??
"Minki wanted to work on my part of the dance.." I said, praying he would offer to stay and help.
"I can help you out.. I can do Zelo's part as well." Jongup smiled. He is my savior.
"As you wish.." Minki said. He looked unsatisfied, but he tried to hide it.
We practiced for a couple more hours and Minki didn't lay a finger on me. At last we were done and I was free to go.
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"Here is your scarf.." Jongup said and handed the scarf over to Yongguk.
"Thanks." Yongguk smiled. "How did it go?"
"You were right, he did try to stay alone with her. She looked happy and relieved I was there."
"Thanks, I owe you one." Yongguk patted Jongup's back.
"No problem, she is also my noona." Jongup smiled.
"Hyung.." Jongup said before walking away.
"What?"
"Why didn't you do it yourself?"
"I can't. Just let her think it's a coincidence you were there."
"Don't worry." Jongup smiled. "And hyung.."
"What?"
"You look good together, the two of you. You should really date her.. She likes you a lot."
"I know.." Yongguk sighed. He wants to date her as well, but right now the only thing he can do is watch her from afar and make sure she is ok.
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I went home and decided to make food for Himchan and Jongup since they unknowingly helped me today. The cooking was also a way to clear my mind. I baked cookies and made some rice, vegetables and meat.
When I finished I put the food in lunchboxes and smiled. I decided to go to the company and give it to them, hoping they would still be there. I entered their practice room, only to see Daehyun practicing there by himself.
"Hey.." I smiled.
"Hey" he greeted back, smiling. "Do I smell food?"
"How did you even..?" I asked surprised. I can't let him get to the food because if he does there will be nothing left from it.
"I'm Jung Daehyun. It's obvious I'll know if there is food." He said proudly.
"Your'e hopeless.." I sighed.
"Not hopeless, I just know how to find the important things." He corrected me. I smiled.
"Have you seen Himchan or Jongup?"
"I'll tell you if you feed me." Daehyun smiled.
"I can't, you'll eat all of it." I stated and held the boxes tightly.
"Then no sharing information." He went back to practice.
"Jung Daehyun! Why are you like this?" I whined.
"I'm hungry." He pouted.
"Fine, one bite." I gave up. He beamed and I offered him cookies as a distraction from the real food.
"Yummy." He munched happily, and it made me smile. "What did they do to deserve food?"
"They just helped me with something." I muttered.
"They are in the studio with Yongguk, they are recording something."
"Thank you." I smiled and left, looking for the recording studio. I knocked on the door, and entered the room after getting a reply. Yongguk was sitting in front of the computer, and there was no sign of Himchan or Jongup. Did Daehyun tricked me or did they just left before I got there?
"Hyeri?" Yongguk asked confused. No wonder he is surprised, there is really no reason for me to be there.
"Hey.." I said quietly, embarrased.
"What are you doing here?"
"Daehyun told me that Himchan and Jongup were here.."
"They just left a few minutes ago. Is it something important?"
"Not really.. I just wanted to give something to them."
"You can give it to me, I'll pass it to them." Yongguk said and streached out his hand. It maked more sense leaving it with him since he probably won't eat it like Daehyun.
"Thanks." I smiled and handed him the containers. "I baked cookies, you can have some."
"Thanks." He smiled. I examined him and looked at his clothes. He wore a grey long-sleeved shirt, a jeans, sneackers and a red scarf, the same one Jongup took from the practice room earlier.
"Is it your scarf?" I asked, pointing at the red scarf.
"Yes.."
"Does Jongup have the same one? I saw him earlier wearing it."
"Oh.." Yongguk seemed to stutter for a second. "We share clothes."
"Oh.." I answered. That makes sense. Why am I thinking about weird things? It's not like he will send Jongup to rescue me, he didn't even know I was in trouble.. It was just a coincidence.
"It's your first time here, right?" Yongguk asked, bringing me back to reality.
"Yes." I said shyly.
"Come here, I'll show you around." He smiled warmly and patted the free sit next to him.
"Thank you."
We spent two more hours over there. He showed me around and even let me hear a part of their new album, and I asked questions about recording and producing and such. We had a nice small talk and time went by quickly.
At some point I started yawning. Yongguk noticed and offered to walk me home since it was starting to get late and he was done with his work. I agreed.
The walk home was quiet. He didn't talk much and neither did I. Both of us were preoccupied with thoughts.
"Good night, sleep well." Yongguk smiled when we arrived to my dorm.
"You too. See you tomorrow." I smiled and went inside.
On the way back to his dorm Yongguk got a text message. He opened it and saw 2 pictures attached - one from Jongup's birthday when he carried the drunk Hyeri home, and one from today, when they walked side by side. He read the text:
"Pretty.. You always had great taste in girls.
Tell your girl I said hi..
I'll drop by soon to talk to her in person."
Yongguk looked around furiously. This guy is obviously there if he took a picture of him and Hyeri walking home right now.
He searched the area for an hour, but he couldn't find him. Frustrated, he went back home. Looks like he will have to go and talk to him soon, before it will be too late.
Author's Note:
Grumpy Yongguk is on a break, and we got cute Yongguk back :)
The reason for the mood swings is that he tried to push Hyeri away all the time in order to protect her (that's why he is mean), but he is having a hard time maintaining his tough act because he wants to be nice to her, so the real Yongguk (the caring one) slips out quite often. It's like when you want to be mad at someone but you can't..
As for Hyeri.. She said she doesn't want Yongguk to be near her if he doesn't want her, but she fails to keep him away because she tends to think with her heart instead of her brain.
Yongguk is going to meet the sender soon ^^
Things will be a little more intense in a bit..
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M.
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