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"Talking to someone who can make you forget the bad stuff in your life for a while is priceless."

I saw everyone look at me and then at the guy, who I guess the name was Mark. A tiny smile was visible on his handsome face. I also noticed that the violet tint on his hair had faded a little bit.

"You know her, hyung?" asked Bambam.

"Sort of." Mark smiled a bit more as he sat on the vacant space on my left side. "I met her at JYP Building, a few weeks ago. If I remember correctly."

Bambam looked a little surprised by what the older guy had said. He turned to me. "What are you doing at JYP, noona?"

"Yeah. Did you audition or something?" Jr added.

"Anni. I just went there for my aunt. That was actually the first day I arrived here in Korea."I shook my head and laughed."The funny thing is, I got lost finding the comfort rooms when I accidentally bumped into him. It was really embarrassing that I wanted the floor eat me, right there and then."

The guys laughed at what I just told them, everyone except Mark.

"I didn't think it was embarrassing." Mark said as he shrugged his shoulders. "I even thought you were cute. With all of your ramblings and your flustered expression."

"See? It was embarrassing!"

"I said you were cute."

Jackson laughed. "He said you were cute. Oh, how sweet!"

"Yah! Don't give some weird meaning to what he just said." I pouted at the grinning guy. "I was not cute that day, Mark. Not at all."

"But, you are cute, noona!" Bambam added with a chuckle.

Even JB did. "We can see how cute you were that day because you're also flustered right now."

Once again, everyone laughed, including Mark. I can feel that my face got hotter. Now I know why I'm so against of going with Bambam in the first place. The room suddenly got filled with the boys' chatters while I just sat there, giving them threatening looks, which they didn't even mind.

The boys decided to tease me more about the incident that happened between me and Mark the first time I met him. My face was about to explode in embarrassment when Youngjae reminded the guys about the food that was served in front of us.

Finally!

I let out a small sigh of relief and shot Youngjae a thankful smile. He just smiled back and nodded his head at me. I couldn't help but laugh as I watched the guys attack the food, they're like little kids, to be honest. If I think of them in this point of view, they didn't really seem like idols.

My heart did a flutter when my eyes met Mark's, which made me quickly avert my gaze from his. That gorgeous face would surely make any woman's heart flutter. Damn genetics.

"Why aren't you eating, noona? Is something wrong?"

I was snapped back to reality when I heard Bambam's voice. I smiled at him and shook my head. "Nothing. I just thought of something."

"Oh. You should stop thinking and just eat,noona." He said with a grin as he started eating his food.

Once again, the room got filled by the guys' chatters. I just dismissed the drumming of my heart and got some food to eat. I released a satisfied sigh when I started to chew on a piece of fried chicken. I couldn't help but put more food in my mouth. Food sure taste really great, especially when you're starving.

"When was the last time you ate?" I heard Jackson say with a chuckle.

I swallowed the food in my mouth and saw that they were all looking at me. I scratched my forehead and grinned. "Sorry. I haven't eaten all day. So I was really starving, I even forgot about you guys."

"You haven't eaten anything all day?" I looked at Mark, his brows was furrowed into a frown that made him look cute. "You shouldn't starve yourself, you know. It's bad for your health."

"Mark's right. You need to always eat." JB also reacted.

"That's right, noona!" The other guys agreed, even though they were still busy with their own food.

I was surprised when Bambam suddenly put two big pieces of Fried Chicken on my plate. I tapped his hand and chuckled. "Yah. I can't eat all that, Bambam."

"You need to eat that, noona." His voice was firm that I couldn't protest. Well, what's the point of arguing with him? The fried chicken is really delicious after all.

"Why haven't you eaten in the first place?"

I was a bit surprised when Mark suddenly asked me that question. I still really like how deep his voice sounded, but I'm really alarmed by how it can suddenly make my heart flutter. "W-well, I got too caught up with what I'm working on, so I didn't really notice the time."

"Ay, that's a bad habit, noona." Youngjae said while slowly shaking his head in disapproval. "You should always eat on time, no matter what you're doing."

JB agreed. "Right, right. Food is essential, it's good for you."

"Ne. I'll remember that." I said, pouting a little bit. "Next time I won't forget to eat, appas."

"Yah! We're serious, noona. You should never forget to eat." Bambam exclaimed, making me laugh.

"I know, I know. I'll remember to eat on time."

"Good girl." Jackson said in English as he patted my head. "Now stop chatting and eat."

Shrugging my shoulders, I just resume with scarfing down the remaining food on my plate. The guys also returned to downing the mountainous amount of food on their own plates. After a few while, and a few more set of questions, we were through with our dinner. It really took too long for us to finish, in all honesty.

I offered to help them clean, but JB insisted that they could manage it. So, after a game of rock-paper-and-scissors, it was decided that Youngjae, Bambam and JR will do the dishes. While Jackson, Mark and JB clean up the table that we used. JB told me to just go to their living room and wait for them to finish. I went to the living room and just sat on their sofa.

I didn't expect that eating dinner with six guys was this tiring. I almost got used to eating alone when I got here in Korea that I forgot how fun it was to have some company over dinner. It was actually nice to get to know them.

"Bored?"

I got surprised when I heard that voice again. I looked at Mark who was leaning at the doorway of the living room. Maybe he was finish with cleaning up. I also just noticed that he was once again actually speaking in English.

"Nah. Not really." I quickly shook my head and answered him.

He started to walk towards my direction and sat down beside me on the sofa. The butterflies started to flutter in my stomach when he did. I couldn't help but still admire how good he really looks.That blonde hair, fair skin, gorgeous eyes and well-sculptured nose.

How could he become more good-looking than the first time I saw him?

"You know that staring is rude, don't you?"

I could feel all the blood rush up to my face when he said that, so I quickly looked away from him. "I-I wasn't staring at you."

"Yeah, you're clearly not." Mark said as he let out a hearty laugh. He spoke in Korean this time. Even his laugh sounds y, ugh.

"Really. I wasn't staring at you."

"As I've said, I believe you."

The teasing tone in his voice made me look at him. And as I did, I couldn't help but notice the glint of mischievousness on his eyes and the smirk playing on his lips. This guy really is bad for my well-being. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Nothing." He said with a shrug. "You just look cute, being flustered and all."

"Yah. Stop calling me cute." I said in embarrassment and buried my face on both of my palms.

Once again, I heard his laugh. "You know, I haven't really gotten your full name and how old you are."

I removed my face from my palms and pouted at him. "You go first. You also haven't formally introduced yourself to me."

"Okay then." Mark said before he cleared his throat and motioned his hand to me. "I'm Mark Tuan. Taiwanese name is Yi En Tuan. 23. Originally from Los Angeles, California but I'm Taiwanese-American. And you are?"

"Hana Lim. 21."

"Why did you come to Korea again?"

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