“You freaking woke me up for your vlog?!” You cried.

It’s just 3am and Jae woke you up to get ready and go with him to film an episode for his vlog.

“If you’re not yet ready in 10 minutes, I’ll show Mom a picture of something I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like others to see”, he warned.

“Whatever!” You exclaimed as you hide yourself from the blanket.

“Drum session” he remarked as you feel your bed shift when Jae stood up.

You slowly opened your eyes and thought about what he said. The second your eyelids closed, it hit you. He saw! You quickly sat up and screamed.

“Jae!”

His laugh echoed in your ears as he disappears from your vision. You found yourself ordering a venti-sized  Americano with two shots of espresso half an hour after.

“Good morning”, an enthusiastic voice greeted behind you.

You’re sure it was Wonpil so you turned your head to greet him back but the first thing you saw was a guy wearing a black sleeveless with toned muscles and a slightly wavy and messy hair. He was wearing the same sleeveless shirt when you first saw him.

Caution. You read what’s printed on it silently. You were in deep thought when Wonpil sat beside you and flashed a bright smile.

“Good morning”, he repeated and you just nodded in response.

You took a glance at Dowoon, who’s sitting beside your brother who’s seated across you, and his eyes were already pierced to you. Uneasy, you shifted your gaze to your Americano but your brother’s knowingly smile didn’t get pass from your vision.

“Hey, Bri! Let’s go” Jae, who just stood up, nudged Brian to wake up.

You had a small smile when you saw Brian asleep when it hasn’t been a minute when he took a seat and let his head rest on the table.

An hour after, you’re stuck in a shed with the guys because it started raining. It made you ask yourself why you even went with them. But then again, Jae have a picture of you and Dowoon during that drum session you had few days ago. And you wouldn’t want anyone to see that, would you?

And speaking of the devil, he’s seated beside Jae, filming and speaking random English words that made no sense when put together. You couldn’t help but chortle a bit.

Few moments after, you almost jumped in surprise when a hand holding a jacket suddenly appeared in front of you. “You’re shivering”

“I’m fine. I think you need it more.” You’re wearing a sweatshirt and he’s wearing a sleeveless. So of course, he needs it more.

Without voicing another word, he spread his jacket and put it over your shoulders and walked towards Wonpil right after doing it. You were taken aback to even mumble your gratitude. It was too late to do so anyway because the moment you faced him, he was already a few feet away from you.

They took the umbrella and went outside the shed, Jae’s camera focus followed them. Walking not far enough, they halted a bit and decided to go back.

“What do we do as we wait for the rain to pass?” Jae queried. “Ah! I know. Let’s bike light party!”

You shook your head while silently regretting your decision of coming. They really did it. They’re really having fun in this gloomy weather. You sighed; seeing Brian sleeping on the bench made you feel jealous. How you wish you could sleep anywhere like him, too.

“It amazes me how Brian can sleep anywhere” You commented “Is it okay? Shall we wake him up? He’s already wet from the rain”

“That’s his special talent.” Jae laughingly replied as he turns his camera on again and filmed Brian. “This kid is straight-up knocked out in the middle of a blazing storm. How you do that? I want to do that”

You nodded. I know, right?

Suddenly, the lights in the shed was turned off and once again, the guys except Brian, who’s sleeping soundly, started ‘partying’ again. Dowoon even imitated Michael Jackson.

“Jae!” You called “I think we should really wake Brian up now”

He walked towards him again and filmed. Can’t he just wake the poor guy up? Why does he need to film him getting wet in the rain first before waking him up?

“And Brian is sleeping through the rain.” He narrated “Look! His whole hand is wet”

“You meant arm, Bro?” He neglected your comment and continued filming Brian.

“His whole other half is wet. His face…” He took the face towel covering him “Okay, not wet. Brian, you’re getting wet”, finally he decided to wake him up.

“Am I?” Brian sleepily asked

“Okay, go back to sleep” he stated as he put the towel back to Brian’s face.

Your forehead furrowed as you ask yourself if he’s really your brother.

What happened after that was a blur to you. You want nothing else in this moment but to go back to the love of your life—your bed—and sleep.

“Hustle, grind hard, get that lobster. Let’s get it! Jae out! Peace” hearing Jae say that, you couldn’t help but exhale a sharp breath. Finally!

When your brother’s not around, you usually have a date with your guitar or your notebook and pen; sometimes with three of them.

You were humming randomly and decided to get that melody. You stopped strumming when someone’s face flashed in your head. You don’t know why but the melody you just made reminded you of this certain person.

Caution, huh? You smiled to yourself mockingly. Did I? Seeing his face in my mind at random times tells me I did not.

You found yourself at his place again two days after. You’re really not taking caution. You’re already aware that your heart doesn’t beat normally when he’s around but you still let yourself be close to him.

“Tori!” You followed his dog to the living room. You need something to get you preoccupied to keep you away from your thoughts. “Tori, please come here”

From Tori, your attention went somewhere else: a piece of paper on the coffee table. You didn’t want to pry but curiosity ate you.

Son~♡ Make sure to eat your meals~ Mom will be late today. I love you

You wanted to shrug it off but seeing a red mark on today’s date on the small table calendar beside the note tells you there’s something more to it.

Son’s birthday. A note was written inside the box from today’s date.

Your head turned and you found yourself staring at the studio’s door for almost a minute. Come to think of it, you haven’t met his parents yet. You don’t even know anything about them or even just what they do for a living. It’s not that there’s a need to, though, but seeing the note just now made you think about it.

“We’ll see you tomorrow, bro” Jae remarked as all of you are almost out of the door.

Taking another step hesitantly, you lifted your head. “Jae, please go home without me”

“What?”

“Please. There’s just something I need to do. Please. I’ll treat you in return.”

He just shrugged and went ahead with Wonpil and Sungjin. The moment they closed the gate you turned to face Dowoon. His face was marked with confusion.

“Do you have any other plan for today?”

His eyes narrowed before shaking his head.

“Can you come with me?”

His eyebrows raised, now more confused. You inhaled and let the air out slowly before grabbing his wrist and dragged him out of his house. You were so concerned about what today is that you didn’t realize you were holding his wrist the whole time you were walking until you arrived at the convenience store where Brian works part-time.

You left him outside without saying a word. He stood there confused and unsure of what to do. You came back after a little while with three bottles of melon milk and put them down on the table outside the store.

Dowoon’s eyes followed your movements. If his mind was already full of questions earlier, now it doubled.

“Three melon milks?” He asked and you nodded “Three? Are you gonna confess to me?”

Your eyes widened and your heartbeat suddenly lost its tempo.

“N-n-no!” Your gaze shifted from here to there. It didn’t even cross your mind. You just grabbed three melon milks without putting much thought to it. You just thought that one or two was not enough and getting four was too much so three is just right. Now you had to make an excuse for it “I-it means Happy Birthday Dowoon”

You were looking down and you didn’t witness his surprised expression and how he turned into a tomato again.

“I—“ You breathed in and swallowed the lump in your throat to calm yourself. “I just want to do something because it’s your special day today.” You bit your lip and grabbed the hem of your shirt to keep your hands from shaking and sweating “And… And I know you love melon milk”

The air was filled with silence for more or less five seconds before you mustered up some energy to speak again.

“You know what… forget it” You moved to get the melon milks from the table while your hands were trembling. You were also trying so hard to restrain your tears from falling.

You don’t normally do this and doing so takes a lot of courage from you. You’re not one to express yourself or do this kind of thing. Buying his favorite drink is already embarrassing for you and getting teased because of it is just too much for you to handle. It may be overreacting for others but you can’t just help it. You really feel like crying.

But before you could even lift the bottles from the table, his hand was over yours to stop you from taking the bottles away. It took you a moment before you lifted your gaze at him. His piercing eyes seem to be sapping your energy. You felt your knees almost gave in.

“Thank you”, he uttered as he squeezed your hand softly; his sincere eyes still locked on you and his deep voice seemed to calm you.