It was happening again. As the three males approached Jiyeon, she started to plan her escape immediately. About three weeks ago she had an encounter with them that nearly ended badly. For one, they almost found out that she was a guy; however, she quickly ran off but not without some sacrifices. The day after that encounter she had to buy a new phone and radio. 

The three males for some reason are sensitive whenever someone tries to perform in the same area as them, and it was almost like they were trying to feed their ego. Did they think they were gods or something that deserved this public area? Hardly. She really wanted to tell them off and tell them that her grandmother could dance better than them, but she knew that would only bring more trouble. 

The noisest of the three had grabbed her when she was trying to ignore him. Too close! She instantly stepped on his large foot, putting as much power as she could. An instant later she was on the ground, hands on her head to protect her identity. She heard a ripping sound and the cold conrete on her shoulder. That's not right... She must have ripped her hoodie. She heard foot steps. Crap, this is not going to end well! The girl tensed up, preparing for the worse; however, she soon heard a familiar voice. Jiyeon opened her eyes to see A male standing infront of her, yelling at the guys. Hoshi Sunbae? Jiyeon reached out to grab his pant leg as if to tell him not to get involved, but before she could reach him, the shorter male sent an impressive kick to the tall male's stomach. 

Without much chance to react, Hoshi's larger hand was holding hers tightly and they were running again. She couldn't help but notice the pattern because last time they were running away because of Hoshi but now they were running because of her. As they ran, she glanced back to see two tall males chacing them, the one that kicked must have stayed behind. "Don't look back. Just keep running." Jiyeon heard Hoshi says that to her, making her eyes focus on him, well, the back of him. Why did he look so cool suddenly? 
 

"We are going to the same place last time. Remember?" Hoshi said again, making Jiyeon confused. Last time? Does he know...who I am? Suddenly Hoshi made a sharp turn, and then jumped over a group of trash cans. She jumped, but her foot got caught, causing her to stumble and fall on the ground and seperating her hand from Hoshi's. Hoshi acted quick, grabbing her shoulders, now on the ground as well. He wrapped his arms around her and rolled behind some nearby dumpsters. They laid on the ground, out of breath, behind a smelly dumpster on some dark alley. Hoshi was staring through the opening of the dumpster, watching two large feet run by. 

A few moments went by and it was silent again. Hoshi's chest was moving rapidly up and down, but his arms continued to hold her tight. Eventually he loosened his grip, but still held her shoulders as they moved into a sitting position. "Are you okay?" He asked between breaths. Jiyeon nodded and then bowed her head. Hoshi removed his mask and chuckled. "You can stop pretending Jiyeon-ah!" He then removed her hat, making her short hair fall. Then his slender finger carefully fulled down her mask to below her chin to reveal her shocked face. Suddenly he laughed. "What is with that expression?" He pointed at her face. "Just...h-how?" Hoshi smiled tenderly to her. "I put together a few clues. And.." He held up her hat. "This is the hat I gave you right?" Jiyeon nodded and took it from him.

"How was I suppose to know you would be here. Why are you here? You said you were busy?" 
"I finished and tried to find you. You didn't answer your phone so..I was worried." He did a fake cough and then took her arm. "You got hurt. Your poor hoodie is all ripped!" He joked, making Jiyeon nudge him. "Seriously though...your shoulder is all scratched." 
"At least it is not bleeding. " She tried to pull arm away, but he held onto her hand. 
"Jiyeon...why did you sneak out? How long have you been doing this? You do realize you got mad a HyeYoung for sneaking out too." He seemed worried, not angry. She was relieved. "Y-you are not angry?" He shook his head. "Just worried...can't you tell me?"

Jiyeon looked at his face which was covered in sweat because of her. His facial expression was twisted with concern. How could she do this to him? She hung her head and said. "I feel guilty and sorry towards HyeYoung...which is why i can't bring myself to speak to her, cause I know I am no better." She felt Hoshi's hand tighten on hers. 
"I have been doing this since last year. I was under a lot of pressure from family..." Her VP Uncle specifically, but she didn't want to reveal that. She was scared to. "I guess it was a way to rebel. I know I shouldn't but I always felt better after and..." She trailed off, feeling a tear fall and saw it hit the back of Hoshi's hand. 
"Are you crying?" Hoshi bent his head to look at her hiding face. "Sorry for causing trouble. I had no one to talk to today...I felt really stuffy...like I was going to die." She hit her chest a few times. "How can I ever face HyeYoung?" She supressed her tears but avoiding looking at Hoshi.

Hoshi then stood up and pulled on Jiyeon's hand to make her stand. "Don't worry. We can get through this together. Whenever you feel stressed then you can talk to me. Vent for hours if you have to. Just promise me one thing. No more secrets. Okay? Trust me." He smiled and held out his pinky for a pinky promise.  Jiyeon couldn't help but laugh at the childish gesture, but she accepted it, linking her pinky with his. "Deal." She felt her stomach turn, however, cause she still was hiding one more thing from him. Well two if you count her father. She will tell him. Just not today, she was so tired with today.

The two of them approached the Pledis building finally. Hoshi had his arm wrapped around hers because her sleeve was still ripped. He was trying to keep that arm warm. As they approached the entrance, a very proud JiNa, i.e. the girl who was trying to bully KyungAh earlier that week. Jiyeon removed her arm from Hoshi's to prevent a misunderstanding. "Very chummy are you?" The girl snorted, gazing at Hoshi who was a bit confused. "Don't misunderstand miss...um...what was your name again?" Hoshi said, then frustration flashed on JiNa's face. She was probably upset that Hoshi didn't know her name. Jiyeon couldn't help but laugh. JiNa clentched her fist and faced Jiyeon. "Doesn't matter. Jiyeon. You are out of Pledis." She smiled confidently. 

"Oh, am I now?" Jiyeon crossed her arms, not believing her. Just then, JiNa showed a clip of Jiyeon dancing just earlier in the street. "That is not me."
JiNa smirked and said. "I followed you from your dorm today. I saw you. Well, I left when I saw those three guys, thought they would take care of you. Guess not. I already reported it to the vice president. He wants to see you now." Jiyeon clenched her fists and said. "You are such a..." Hoshi interupted. "Wait. So you were there? And you saw she was introuble? You just left?" He was becoming angry. "How are you even a trainee here?! How could the President and VP hire someone so cruel? I think if anyone deserves to leave it is you!" Jiyeon smiled slightly, feeling glad that she had someone to come to her defense. "It is alright. It doesn't matter. The VP won't kick me out. I'm too valuable." She was bluffing, but she just wanted to stir up JiNa who was glaring at both of them. "Now if you will excuse me..." She moved past the girl and was followed by Hoshi. 

"Are you sure you don't want me to talk to him for you? I can explain and-" Jiyeon stopped him. "Don't worry...I can reason with him. I am really sorry Sunbae...for all the trouble." She bowed and Hoshi patted her shoulder.
"No, I am your friend. Text me when you are through. By the way, call me Soonyoung Oppa. We are friends afterall." He blushed slightly. 
"Thank you...Soonyoung oppa..." She blushed and soon entered the VP's office, not realizing that Hoshi waited outside.

"What the hell is wrong with you." The older male immediately said as soon as she closed the door.
"Good to see you too." She approached the desk, but he stood up and suddenly slapped her. 
"You ungrateful child! I told you not to cause trouble! It is bad enough that your Mom, my sister, begged me to let you audition, but now you have to get caught sneaking out?!"
"If you hate me being here so much why did you let me pass?!"
"You know it was a majority decision..." He mummbled. 
"I may be your uncle, but I told you I wasn't going to give you special treatment." He sat down and said. "I am pushing back your debut. Obviously you need to practice more. Also I heard you and your members are arguing these days. Take this time to make up and become mature."
"How lucky am I to have such a caring uncle." She said sarcastically as she rubbed her cheek. "So do you hit all your trainees?"
"That is just for my sweet neice." He fired with more sarcasm. "JiNa wanted me to kick you out, but even I know that is too extreme. But if you play around again...I will not be so linent. Now go." He shooed her away.
"Thanks Uncle Joon..." She said sarcastically again, leaving swiftly. 

Once she was outside, she saw Hoshi, still standing there. His expression seemed confused and hurt. 
"....Soonyoung oppa...w-why are you still here? I thought you left."
Hoshi said nothing.
"What is wrong...did you.." She paused, seeing him nod as if he knew what she would ask.
"The VP is your uncle? Another secret?" 
Jiyein bit her lip and nodded. "I was going to tell you, but so much already happened today..."
"Why didn't you tell me? Does your memebers know?"
"No one knows....I am scared I will be treated different. I was afraid people would say I got in just because of him..."
Hoshi looked even more hurt. "Even me? You think I would do that? After all I already told you? After I promised you that you can trust me?"
Jiyeon shooked her head. "N-no! Well...at first b-but--" He cut her off.
"I can't believe you thought I would do that! Are you too good to trust anyone? Everyone except you is untrustworthy, right?!"
"No! You know that is not right! I would never think I am too good!"
"How do I know that? I keep trying to get to know you, but you won't let me! You keep telling me lies! You! Aish..."
Hoshi yanked off his beanie and ran a hand through his now faded red hair. He looked at JIyeon for a moment before walking off.

"SoonYoung Oppa...wait" Jiyeon began to follow him
"I changed my mind. Just call me Hoshi Sunbae..." Jiyeon stopped in her tracks. She watched with a broken spirit as Hoshi walked away, not looking back. Tears began to fall. How did it become so messed up like this?

Returning to her dorm after crying, Jiyeon was greeted with an even angrier HyeYoung. Another slap to her face.

"You hypocrite! You have been lying about going to help your mom at the cafe haven't you?! Hoshi Sunbae went to find you there but he says you weren't there! Where were you, hm?"

Jiyeon had no more energy.

"I already know! Someone fowarded a video to me saying it was you!" She then shoved the video in Jiyeon's face. "This is you! You are wearing the same clothes!" 

Tears began to fall. "I..." the words wouldn't come out. There was a huge lump in . She wanted to say sorry, but she knew she didn't deserve to be forgiven.

"You know...even after all our fights before I still liked you. I wanted to be a Eonni you could rely on but you never wanted to open up to that. You think you are better than me right?! That is why you ccan sneak out and do reckless stuff but I can't. Right?! Right?!"

Please...it's not like that. I'm scared. 

Suddenly there was a loud banging on the door to which a frightened KyungAh scurried to. She opened it to reveal S.Coups Sunbae and Woozi Sunbae.

"KyungAh texted me. I think it is time for a group meeting." Woozi said as he gave KyunAh a comforting look but then looking strictly upon HyeYoung and Jiyeon.

"H...hoshi sunbae?" Jiyeon finally said something. She looked past the two males to see a few red hairs sticking out from behind S.Coups. He was avoiding her, but it seems like he was forced to come. Then the three men invited themselves in. 

This is going to be a long night...