A/N- Girls next door, D.ana gets all the attention of the boys, and her leader Kang Seulgi isn't having any of it. Basically, their characters are based off on the drama, not the cute, fluffball Kang Ddeulgi and shy and awkward Eunae.  You will see hotheaded Kang Seulgi and fluffball Eunae. Hope you guys enjoy!

 

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“How can I be Eunae unnie?”

 

Sujeong moaned lifelessly as she watched the third guy in the last thirty minutes approaching their unnie. While most of their team could only get polite bows and greetings from boy group members, here was their Eunae unnie whose beauty and hot body is making these guys risked their careers just for a chance with her.

 

“She doesn’t even realize these guys who are all over her.”

 

Somi was right. Their maknae haven’t graduated high school yet but she knew more about how guys think than Eunae. Their Eunae unnie is born with a body that screams “I’ll you good,” which has most of these boys salivating. But she’s too pure to even realize how guys think and what they’re after. Most of the time, the guys mistake her politeness as coaxing them on.

 

“What’s going on?”

 

Sujeong and Somi jumped as soon as they felt the dark aura resonating behind them.

 

“S-seulgi unnie?”

 

Their leader didn’t even bother with them and walked over to the one responsible for this pent-up rage. As the leader, Seulgi has been working on controlling her mini outbursts when it comes to the members, but until now Eunae seems to be a master in pushing all of the right buttons.

 

“Eunae.”

 

“Oh,” Eunae turned around at the sound of her leader’s voice. “My unnie is here. It was nice meeting you.”

 

“You too. We should hang-“

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Seulgi dragged Eunae away from those grimy looks as fast as she could. The sleazy way he was looking at Eunae was making her sick to her stomach.

 

“Babe?” Eunae whispered the word only meant for her lover to hear. “What’s wrong?”

 

Seulgi answered her with an annoyed grunt. “And now you’re calling me babe?”

 

“Why are you upset?” Eunae asked once again, while gently caressing Seulgi’s thumb with hers.

 

“Because you…”

 

It was when the coast was clear when Seulgi realize how ridiculous she was acting. They agreed to keep their relationship a secret for the sake of their group. Girl next door just barely crawled out of nugudom, and the last thing they needed is to get dragged back down again with scandals. So, they managed to only show affection through stolen gazes and covert touches. Their “dates” consists of sneaking kisses by the emergency staircase while sharing some instant ramen and if they’re lucky, snuggling in the same bed away from the prying eyes of the other girls.

 

Seulgi has always been better in hiding their relationship, but she might have reached her limit right now when these boys are ogling so blatantly at her girl. She dropped their joined hands before up a long breath.

 

“You’re going to make us late.” Seulgi lied.

 

“Oh!” Eunae bowed. “I’m sorry. Oppa was just-”

 

“Put this on,” Seulgi handed Eunae her hoodie, trying to cut Eunae’s conversation. “You have been coughing so much lately. I’ll see you in the van.”

 

Eunae wanted to say that she’ll wait but Seulgi had already stormed out of there before she could utter a word.

*

 

Seulgi quickly retreated to the restroom, resting her palms on the counter to keep her steady as she desperately wished for self control. The moment they shared their first kiss, Seulgi pretty much gave all the reins over to Eunae. No, the second she met Eunae she knows she’ll never be in control of herself again. There has always been some sort of insatiable need when it comes to Eunae even before they started dating. First, it was the need to see her. Like all the time. During practices, her eyes would somehow drift over to where Eunae is, she knew her position before Eunae even gets there. When they were trainees the worse times for Seulgi is when they have to retreat back to their separate rooms. It was a stupid crush that Seulgi wished to fizzle out because that’s the last thing she needs, a distraction.

 

But it wasn’t that easy because Seulgi was getting braver (or more stupid) as she finds herself always taking the spot next to Eunae. It started out as something innocent, just her trying to get close to Eunae. But as Seulgi sat next to her, her heart dropped to the floor, because it was that second she realized that Eunae is pretty, so, so, so, so and so pretty up close. And all of a sudden, the stolen glances wasn’t enough for Seulgi, because now she can’t seem to look at something else anymore.

 

What’s worse is, Eunae has no idea about it. And Eunae does these sweet Eunae things that make Seulgi’s heart just flutters. When Eunae would share her blanket with her, or when she hands her laxatives like it’s some kind of candy, or when she pouts because they have to eat vegetables all day. There is also something so sweet and endearing and naïve about Eunae that Seulgi couldn’t help but smile about. Her Moonbyul unnie once pointed out that whoever wins Eunae’s heart would be the luckiest guy alive, Seulgi couldn’t help but agree more but at the same time, it killed her to know that Eunae would end up with someone else.

 

This stupid crush just grew into something worse...

 

She realized it during the end of The Five when Somi and Sohee had packed their bags and Seulgi had found Eunae crying her heart out by the emergency staircase. Seulgi never felt her heart break worse than seeing the girl she had fallen so hard for, just cry.

 

She pulled Eunae into her arms, letting the girl cry and cry while whispering to her that it’s okay over and over again. She tilted Eunae’s face to look at her, tenderly brushing away the tears before softly whispering…

 

There is no one in this world I would want to share that stage other than you.

What Seulgi desperately wanted to say was, there is no place I would rather be than with you.

 

And she meant every word of it…

 

That night is when they first share their kiss, Seulgi couldn’t remember who kissed who first, but they did. What started out as gentle brushes of the lips, suddenly grow deeper, when she takes in everything that Eunae breathes out and their tongues danced sensually inside their mouths. They kiss and kiss and kiss until they can't kiss any more.

 

They promise each other not to tell the other girls… Not now… not when they’re about to be idols.

 

But their group doesn’t even deserve the title as idols. They perform in front of music shows with no response and no applause. Seulgi thinks she would rather hear some people say boo than seeing people bored out of their wits with their performance. Their group couldn’t even land a single gig or event, no one wants to book a bunch of nobodies with a weird song and she doesn’t blame them.

 

As their leader, she finds it so tough, but then she has Eunae. After killing herself in practices, Eunae would tug her hand with that squishy smile on her face. When Seulgi asked her where she’s going to take her, Eunae narrowed her eyes mischievously at her before saying that she’s taking her out on a date.

 

Eunae’s idea of a date is in the emergency staircase with one cup of ramen noodles and two cans of soda. It wasn’t much but Seulgi couldn’t ask for more. Their conversations will be filled with laughter, and kisses and Eunae telling her over and over again, that she’s a fantastic leader and that someday when they’re a super big group, they will just chuckle about all this.

 

That easily, Seulgi forgot that they’re on the brink of getting disbanded, that their group is still drowning in nugudom. And Seulgi promised Eunae that when that day comes when she could finally afford it, that she’s going to take Eunae out on their first real date. That lovely, sweet smile that Eunae has that minute is will forever be tattooed in Seulgi’s mind and it was what had kept her going.

 

They’re going to make it big, and she’s finally going to give her girlfriend the date that she deserves.

 

But for now, Seulgi’s idea of a date is being bundled up in one blanket with her girl, trying to muffle Eunae’s moans with kisses as she touched her in the place solely meant for her.

 

Seulgi thought that once they’re together this need would somehow simmer down, but it only got worse. Especially now that she knows how Eunae’s kisses taste like and how Eunae’s moans sound like when she says her name and how her skin felt on her fingertips.

 

Seulgi often wonders if Eunae even has any idea the power she had over her. Maybe it would have been better if Seulgi kept whatever she felt in check, if only it was that easy.

 

“What’s wrong with you?”

 

Unfortunately, her reflection was just as lost.

 

*

 

“Ikon, Pentagon, Victon, Up10tion… am I missing any group?”

 

“Seventoon.” Sohee broke out with laughter at her joke, while the rest of the girls in the van looked at her like she’s nuts. “It was funny, I thought it was. Wasn’t it?”

 

Pentagon. Victon. Up10tion. Like all those boygroups whose name ends with “ on” all wanting to get it on with Eunae. Somehow that thought made Seulgi’s stomach flipped. They were on their way to a schedule, but Seulgi doesn’t know if she could last any longer inside this van if the girls kept talking about Eunae’s fans.

 

“Eunae unnie can make her own boy group from all her fan boys!” Somi declared.

 

“Yup. Like a special stage. D.ana’s boys.” YooA raised her hands up as she pictured it in her head.

 

“Oh yeah. They’ll perform to win your heart.”

 

Seulgi was thankful she’s sitting in the front where the girls can’t see her reaction. She remained stiffened on her seat as she chugs down every drop of water from her bottle. She needed something harder than that to survive this trip but for now, this will do. From the rearview mirror, she could see Eunae pulling her hoodie closer as she tries to nurse a cough.

 

Seulgi was more than thankful that they have schedules now. They’re doing event after event after event, with no time to sit or no time to breathe, it was a satisfying kind of exhaustion. But what she didn’t like is how it’s taking a toll on her girlfriend’s health. Eunae has that nasty cough for almost two weeks, yet she managed to pull through every schedule. Because that’s just how Eunae is, selfless to the point of stupidity.

 

What she would give to sit right next to her and be the lover that Eunae deserved.

 

“So, Eunae-yah if you have a choice, a dancer? A rapper? Or a singer? Which one would you pick?”

 

Eunae instinctively looked up at her girlfriend who didn’t even spare a glance back at her. She pulled the hoodie closer to her wishing it was someone else’s arms instead.

 

“Ummm a dancer?”

 

“Oooooooooooooohhhhhhh…” Moonbyul howled at Eunae’s choice. “Good choice!” She gives the surprised Eunae a highfive. “You know what they say about dancers?!”

 

“N-no I don’t.”

 

“You’ll find out.” Moonbyul reached over to squeeze Seulgi’s tense shoulders. “Right Seul?”

 

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

 

“How about you, Seulgi unnie? Which one would you pick?” YooA asked curiously. “A singer. A Dancer. A Rapper… orrrrrr a sunbaenim who writes and produces hits?”

 

The rest of the girls screamed except for Eunae who couldn’t even bear to fake a smile.

 

“I have no interest in that.” Seulgi quickly dashed out any hopes for this conversation.

 

“That’s right!” What-you-doing said with an emphatic thwack of the steering wheel. “That’s why you’re the leader because you know what your priorities are and relationships and love are nothing but distractions! Boys no matter how nice they appear to only want one thing.”

 

“Yup!” Moonbyul nodded. “My buddy here already got Nikes from sunbae, that’s all she needs, right?”

 

Seulgi just answered Moonbyul’s taunts with a roll of her eyes. If Moonbyul only knows who she really needs every second of the day.

 

“You make me sound like a gold digger.”

 

“I ain’t saying she’s a gold digger…”

 

YooA just rolled her eyes before turning back to her favorite unnie.

 

“Oh, C'mon unnie, if you have a choice? Who?”

 

And without any hesitation, Seulgi answered.

 

“A rapper.”

 

*

 

“Unnie?”

 

Seulgi turned away from the mirror and back at Eunae who was giving her those puppy looks once again. The leader turned her attention back at her reflection, knowing she’s defenseless against Eunae.

 

“What?”

 

“Are you mad at me?” Eunae tried to cajole her with a nudge on the side.

 

“No. I’m not.”

 

“You have been awfully quiet since we left the station.”

 

“No, I’m not Eunae. You should be resting right now.”

 

Eunae sat back down on the couch, wrapping the hoodie closer to her. Seulgi turned around and she sees Eunae scooting to the side to give her space. But she was pissed and looking to start a fight so she squeezed next to YooA even though she knows that Eunae always felt a sense of jealousy against her, even though she reassured her that she sees YooA as nothing more but a little sister.

 

Seulgi was picking up a fight now. She was wrong she knew she was, her girlfriend is just her typical sweet self but she couldn’t help it. She was already on a roll and Eunae was the unfortunate one who’s taking the brunt of it.

 

*

 

Girls…

 

If he knew he would be dealing with this much drama, he would have taken a job as a manager for a boy group instead. Maybe dealing with psycho fangirls is so much better than dealing with girl issues.

 

What-you-doing shook his head as he looked over to Seulgi then back at Eunae. There was something going on between these two, he just couldn’t point out what. He was hoping it would diffuse the awful tension when he offered to buy the girls dinner before heading back home, but instead their table is filled with silence. Seulgi staring at Eunae and Eunae trying to look away but in the end, looks back too.

 

As soon as Seulgi excused herself to the restroom, Eunae quickly said that she’s tired and is just going to wait for everyone back in the van.

 

Moonbyul looked back and forth and sighed when she knew it was time to knock those two lovebirds in the head.

 

*

 

“Hey, You.”

 

“Hey?” Seulgi said weakly, with her back against the bathroom stall like she is seconds away from collapsing on the ground.

 

Moonbyul leaned on the sink opposite the girl, just watching Seulgi beating herself mentally.

 

“You okay, dude?”

 

“Yeah… just tired.”

 

The elder of the two knew it was something else.

 

“Are you sure?”

 

“What?”

 

“It’s like something else…”

 

Seulgi looked up, trying to harden her expression to no avail as Moonbyul could see her expression crack.

 

“Oh yeah?” Seulgi asked, not backing away from the taunt. “What do you think?”

 

“I don’t know you tell me.” Moonbyul shrugged nonchalantly which only further aggravated Seulgi. “Like maybe… something when you see other people flirting so openly with a certain someone?”

 

“I’m not jealous of Eunae’s fanboys!” Seulgi finally exploded.

 

Moonbyul raised her arms in a mock surrender, “I didn’t say Eunae, did I?”

 

God damn it, this weasel…

 

Seulgi just answered with a hiss.

 

“Maybe it bothers you that they can openly show how they feel but you have to hold it in. Hold everything in, even if the only thing you want to do is take care of her. Eunae looked tired too, poor kid still on stage with that skimpy outfit.” Moonbyul tried to hide her amused grin after seeing Seulgi’s pained expression.

 

“She worked too hard.”

 

“Yeah, maybe she needs a break too and maybe someone to take care of her, before someone else comes and takes that role.”

 

Seulgi finally looked up at Moonbyul with a look of both anger and disbelief.

 

“I’m just saying. That girl deserved all the love in the world. Someone to spoil her or maybe take her out on a date. Don’t you think?”

 

Nothing can have been truer than this.

 

“I…I gotta go.”

 

Moonbyul didn’t need to further emphasize anything, Seulgi is a smart girl, she’ll figure it out.

 

*

 

“Lover’s quarrel,” Somi said shaking her head, before covering to hide her slip of the tongue. Moonbyul joined them just in time to catch Somi’s accident. It was no use though because their manager looked like he’s about to choke on his drink.

 

“Who? Who? Who? Who are lovers? S-someone’s dating?”

 

The rest of the girls exchanged oh- looks before they all turned to Moonbyul to say something.

 

“JK! JK!” Moonbyul brushed it off. “You know when two friends fight it’s like a lovers quarrel, right guys?”

 

“Right… right…”

 

That revelation started to make sense for the manager. It was like all his hunches and speculations were fitting together piece by piece to form this picture. So, that’s why the two always find a way to sit next to each other and if they’re not together, they have a way of just gazing at one another from across the room.

 

“Where’s Eunae?”

 

It was the first thing Seulgi asked as soon as she came back.

 

“Why are you-“ Their manager tried to get to the bottom of this.

 

“She said she’s feeling tired, she just wants to sleep.” Moonbyul cut before What-you-doing tried to ruin anything.

 

“Me and Eunae are going somewhere, so don’t wait up.”

 

Seulgi already runs out of the restaurant before anyone can finish what they were saying.

 

*

 

Eunae almost let out a scream when she felt cold fingers on her skin.

 

“S-seulgi unnie?”

 

Eunae’s vision was hazy from her sleep, but she didn’t need much light as she could already trace her lover’s figure in the dark. A smile played on Eunae’s lips as she felt Seulgi’s tender kiss on her hair.

 

“I’m Seulgi unnie now?” Seulgi half joked yet she was leaning more to the half serious tone.

 

Eunae answered with a deep breath, before laying her head back on the glass window. Her finger lazily scribbling against the foggy glass window. Seulgi wrapped her arms around her girlfriend, before nuzzling her head in Eunae’s shoulder.

 

“Unnie…”

 

“Hmmm?” Seulgi whispered before placing a kiss on Eunae’s shoulder before Eunae tried to pull away and once again, laying her head against the window.

 

“I don’t feel good.”

 

Hopefully, that was enough to keep Seulgi at bay for a little bit, but her girlfriend remained persistent and sat right there next to her. Truth was, as much as her body was begging for her to sleep, her heart as cheesy as it sounds wasn’t letting her.

 

“Don’t worry, I’m here now.”

 

Eunae turned over to her with that hurt puppy expression that Seulgi couldn’t help but kiss away.

 

“You’re not mad at me anymore?”

 

“I’m not mad at you.”

 

“You sure look like it.”

 

“I do?” Seulgi said while swaying Eunae in her arms.

 

“Yeah, you have that…” Eunae frowned trying to mimic Seulgi’s signature pissed expression. “Look on your face. I just hate seeing you so stress all the time.”

 

Eunae mournfully confessed while brushing away those cute baby hair away from Seulgi’s face. It was one of the things that Eunae find absolutely irresistible with her lover. Seulgi has the tendency to sweat a lot and her usually perfectly straightened hair would start curling, Seulgi the perfectionist that she is, hates it, Eunae thinks it’s the cutest thing in the world.

 

“And I don’t know how to make you feel better.”

 

Seulgi answered Eunae’s woes with a kiss on the temple.

 

“Just stay with me, please Eunae. That’s it.”

 

Eunae pulled Seulgi’s arms around her. The hoodie was nice, but Seulgi’s embrace was infinitely better.

 

“Just stay with me,” Seulgi confessed weakly in Eunae’s ear. “Even when I’m being a and when I’m being so weak, please be patient with me. I’ll promise I’ll be better for you… for us.”

 

“I will.” Eunae turned and kissed Seulgi on her lips softly. “Baby?”

 

“Hmmm?”

 

“Am I distracting you?”

 

Eunae shut her eyes tighter, knowing it would be hard to say this out loud if she sees Seulgi’s face. “You’re the leader, you should be more worried about the group and sometimes I feel like I’m just distracting you.”

 

Seulgi was quiet on what Eunae felt like forever.

 

“Maybe. But In a good way.”

 

“Is there such a thing as a good distraction?”

 

Seulgi pressed her forehead against her girlfriend, lovingly nuzzling it together. How could she ever explain to Eunae her effects on her? How when she’s in the midst of quitting, with Eunae’s smile she’s back at the hellish training again? That when her body is sore and her feet about to fall off, that all she needed was Eunae’s “Fighting” and she’s up on a floor again? How when it terrified her that she failed as a leader as their group never got any recognition, it was Eunae’s constant kisses and whispers how she’s a great leader, kept her going on?

 

How can she ever explain in words, what a good distraction is when Eunae just do it so perfectly?

 

And maybe instead of words, she’ll answer Eunae with actions too.

 

“C’mon…” She tugs on Eunae.

 

“Where are we going?”

 

Seulgi smiled sweetly, before winking, “You’ll see.”

 

*

 

It wasn’t those Michelin star restaurant or those restaurants you read and see in those food blogs and magazines. They weren’t girls generation, after all, they were still girls next door. And even though they could finally breathe knowing that they’re getting a bit of the limelight, this is not the time to get complacent, they still have eons to go before they could finally say that they made it.

 

And right now, all the money they make from their events and shows are being used to pay their debt. But what little allowance they got, Seulgi saved to finally fulfill her promise.

 

Instead, Seulgi brought Eunae in one of those hole in the wall restaurants which served the juiciest burgers in this side of town. But Michelin star or not, Eunae looked at the cheeseburger in front of her like it’s Manna from the heavens.

 

“What are you waiting for? Dig in, silly.”

 

Eunae takes the burger and bites into it, looking like she taste a piece of heaven.

 

“Yah! You’re a girl group member,” Seulgi teased as she wiped the catsup on Eunae’s lip with a napkin. “It’s good?”

 

Her girlfriend just answered her with two thumbs up.

 

“You should eat too.”

 

“I should.”

 

“Kang Seulgi?”

 

Seulgi looked up from her burger and at her girlfriend with a confused expression on her face.

 

“Wait did you just call me-”

 

“Is this our date?”

 

The leader’s face suddenly shone a bright red, quickly turning back to her burger. She would have wanted to take Eunae to a fancier place but her budget doesn’t allow her.

 

“Ummm no… just two very good friends eating.”

 

“Oh. I thought it was a date.”

 

Seulgi slowly looked up, expecting a look of disappointment on her girlfriend’s face but instead, she was greeted with the sweetest looking smile.

 

“Someday, Eunae…”

 

“Hmmm?”

 

“Someday I’ll take you to the best places in the world.”

 

Eunae’s lips curved into the loveliest and sweetest smile that Seulgi felt herself falling all over again.

 

“This place is the best for me.”

 

Seulgi stole a thankful and loving kiss on Eunae’s lips before going back to their burgers. For now, she’ll let time fly as she and Eunae chuckled over their meal. For now, she’ll forget that they have a prerecording at 4 am. For now, she’ll let herself get lost in Eunae’s smile and Eunae’s words and Eunae’s everything.

 

Their manager might say, love is nothing more but a distraction. And he might be right, there are events to perform in, awards to win, photoshoots to diet for, but for now, Seulgi will momentarily leave that world behind, for right now, she’s just a girl on a date with the most amazing girl in this world.

 

And tonight, nothing else in this universe could take her away from her sweetest distraction.

 

THE END