The next day was Saturday, and Seohyun had generously offered to go shopping for some basic necessities that Miste lacked when she moved to Korea. Shopping around Hongdae, Miste couldn’t help but compare the sky of Korea to the sky in Canada, the former could only be seen if you stretched you neck and looked up, while the latter was often visible while walking normally. Suddenly, she crashed into a soft body. Bouncing back, she fell and landed on the floor, dazed. In front of her was Myungsoo or L, whatever he wanted to be called, who smirking, offered a hand to help. “You might want to try looking up while walking, or you might walk into a pole next time.”

“A pole?” Confused, she nodded her thanks and he walked away nonchalantly back to Infinite, who happened to stare and whisper excitedly amongst each other. Staring ahead she realized that he had stood in front of the pole she would have hit if he had not blocked her path. ‘Why was he here? Wasn’t he supposed to go on a date with Minah today? Not that it was my problem whether or not he went.” Miste scolded herself and returned to Seohyun who was still absorbed in which type of shampoo would be best for her hair. Miste also noticed Hoya glancing at Seohyun every so and then, and poked her to let her know of his presence. She glanced back and they both exchanged shy glances, which resulted in both of them blushing and Miste could hear the Infinite members catcalling. They pushed Hoya towards Seohyun and Miste, and he shyly made his way towards them.

“Seohyun… and Miste… I was wondering if you wanted to eat dinner together and go to the movies later on today with me and Infinite.” Hoya said, his ears burning up, matching his red shirt. Seohyun, also blushing, accepted and Miste nodded, wondering if there was anything that she could do to help. She told Seohyun that she would join them after she put the supplies that she bought in her apartment, which would take about twenty to thirty minutes. Seohyun offered to go with her but Miste refused, telling her to find a good restaurant and movie to watch. Miste was wobbling to the bus stop with her supplies when a hand swooped and took the bags off her hands. Startled she looked up to see L walking in front of her and holding her bags.

“L-ssi, I can hold them myself, thanks for the offer…” Miste started but he interrupted her. “It’s fine, I can hold them.”

“Then give me half?” Miste felt bad, making someone she hardly knew hold her bags but he shook his head, reminding her to keep up, as he didn’t want to go looking for a lost Miste later. Rolling her eyes, she walked beside him, looking casually up at the sky.

“Why do you like the sky so much?” He asked.

“I don’t like the sky,” he gave me a confused look. She continued “I love it. It just looks peaceful, and comfortable.”

“You should look down at times though, you almost crashed earlier today.” He reminded her.

Shooting him an amused look, Miste nodded. “Why aren’t you with Minah today? I thought you had a date with her…”

“Mhmm? I didn’t really want to go, and it’s not the first time I left her alone anyways. She should expect it by now… if only she would give up, it’s getting annoying.”

“You can’t hate her for trying…” she trailed off, realizing that they weren’t going to the bus stop, but more the parking lot. When Miste pointed that out, he smirked.

“Do you really expect the son of the CEO of Kimsung Electronics is really going to take public transport?” Chuckling, he opened the door of his car, which looked pretty expensive, and ushered her inside.

Sitting down, Miste admired the elegance of the car, and commented “the car… looks very cool…”

He gave her a dumbfounded look and burst out laughing. It was the first time she heard him laugh, and he did have a very refreshing laugh. “You don’t know what the name of the car is?”

“Um... should I?”

“No, I guess you’re not interested in cars.”

“Yeah… I’m not” She told him her address, and they made their way there.

“So, why did you come to Korea?” He casually started the conversation.

“Um… there were some things I had to take care of here, and since I had some time, I wanted to experience school life in Korea. I wonder if I shouldn’t have chosen Seoul Prestigious High School… but people told me that the education there was great!”

“It is great, but it’s just the students that may be a bit cocky but some are nice. How long are you planning to stay here?”

“I don’t know, maybe one year… until I graduate I guess”

“I see.”

Talking to L, Miste realized that even though his outer appearance may be cold and intimidating, L loved to chat and was a rather warm person. When they reached their apartment, she gave him a short tour throughout it. (This is the apartment: http://www.digsdigs.com/vivacious-colorful-interior-design-of-a-small-apartment/)

“You’re not that badly off, this part of Korea has a high market price. The apartment seems to reflect on your personality, or more of what I have seen of you so far…You should probably unpack those boxes” He commented, casually nudging the boxes piled on one side of the room.

She laughed “So insightful, and I will unpack them when I have the time… but yes, I’m not that badly off I guess.” She didn’t think he knew who she was, or at least what her real social standing was. It was true that Miste didn’t come from a prominent family, but it didn’t mean that she had little to no money either. She guessed that  he, like the rest of the people she met so far, wasn’t greatly interested in the field of medicine or maybe, they just didn’t care. They made their way back to Hongdae and got closer through the drive.

“Why do you call yourselves INFINITE?” She asked.

“Because we want to stay together as seven until we die.” L stated simply.

“That’s quite meaningful… does Girl’s Day also have a similar meaning?”

“No idea”

“Hoya likes Seohyun right?”

“It’s pretty obvious huh?”

“Indeed…”

They reached the restaurant that they were eating dinner at and entered. Infinite and Seohyun sat at the end of the restaurant, amid many people taking “secretive” pictures of them.

“Wow… what’s with the cell phone paparazzi?” She  asked

L laughed. “It’s because we are all sons of leading companies. Trust me, it annoys you to death”

Laughing, they reached the table. A girl taking pictures, probably a fan, whispered rather loudly to her friend. “Who’s that girl next to Hoya? I’m better looking than her.” Giving the girl a cold look, Miste sat down, to hear “Now who’s that next to L? She looks familiar…”

‘Hopefully she won’t remember or at least say it out loud…’ Miste didn’t like being recognized in the middle of her leisure activities. Gladly, they decided to move on and chattered about how hot Infinite was.

They ordered galbi and as they waited for the food to come out, they started playing the King game*.

First, Woohyun was King. “I declare that 3 will have to give 4 a .”

Sunggyu looked incredibly defeated, while Dongwoo was excited, until he realized that he was 4. Sunggyu held up his chopstick, showing the obvious 3 drawn on it. Sunggyu reluctantly got up to stand behind Dongwoo, wondering how a should look like. “Well here goes nothing” Sunggyu started.

“Oww!! Hyung! Why is your so bony, it hurts, get off!” Dongwoo cried, and cell phones flashed faster than ever to catch the priceless moment.

The next King was Sunggyu. Eager to get revenge, Sunggyu peeked at Woohyun’s number. ‘5, great…’ he thought. “5 chooses a random girl in the restaurant and asks her for her name, number, and if he could have a picture with her, all with an overly cheesy tone.”

Woohyun stood up, confident, and said “This is totally my forte”, to Sunggyu’s chagrin.

But he had to choose the wrong girl. With gorgeous hair and a slender figure, the back view of the girl looked as if she was a modest one. Woohyun approached her and tapped her shoulder. She turned and Infinite, Seohyun, and Miste gasped.  It was Jihae…

“Oppa! What are you doing here?” She shrieked, clinging on to his arm like his girlfriend. Infinite snickered in the background, knowing how much Woohyun despised her.

“Um… I just came out for dinner with Infinite, Seohyun and Miste…”

“Miste? The new girl? Isn’t she a ? Don’t hang out with her, oppa, she’s probably a gold digger.” Jihae whispered, loudly enough for Infinite to hear. L’s eyes narrowed and glanced at Miste, as if to gauge her reaction. Miste put her poker face on and stared amused at the situation, and L turned back with a poker face, but his eyes displayed puzzlement.

“So… One moment.” Woohyun walked as fast as he could back to the table. “Do I really have to do the dare to her? Can’t I change please?”

Sunggyu laughed evilly. “No can do buddy, the King has declared his order.”

Woohyun walked slowly and reluctantly back to the eagerly waiting Jihae. “Jihae, can I please have your number?” He asked with his eyes closed, making a heart with his hands. Almost as if a dream came true for Jihae, she jumped and automatically gave him her number.

“Perhaps a picture for good luck too?”

“Of course oppa, anything for you!” Jihae quickly linked arms with Woohyun, who winced and took a quick picture.

“Oppa, are you doing anything after dinner?”

“Um… not really… then Jihae, see you on Monday!” Woohyun raced back to the table, looking dejected while the rest laughed at him. Jihae just beamed, thinking that Woohyun must like her and was just shy.

The next King was Sungyeol. He cleverly took out a bag of pepero sticks. “I knew we would end up playing King so I bought this.” He said with an evil grin. “2 and 8 does a pepero kiss, and they have to keep trying until there is only 0.5cm left! I brought a ruler to check too!” Blushing heavily, Hoya and Seohyun stood up to do the kiss. On the first try, the pepero was 1cm long. On the second try, 0.75cm, on the third, 0.7cm, Sungyeol was being incredibly precise with this, Miste realized. Finally on the fourth, they managed to get 0.47cm, but Infinite and Miste saw that their lips touched slightly. Both sat down heavily flushed, almost like tomatoes, as they congratulated the success of the pepero kiss.

The next King was Sungjong. “5 has to give 3 a kiss on the cheek.” “But what if they’re both boys?” Dongwoo laughed, with his mouth open. “That’s why I didn’t make it a kiss on the lips” Sungjong wittily responded. Miste looked down at her chopstick. A clear 3 was marked on the top of the chopstick. Without noticing, Miste realized that she was thinking about how the chance that L was 5 was 1/6 then scoffed at herself for thinking that.

“So…who’s 3?” L said, with an unreadable expression on his face. Miste bit my lip and raised the chopstick to display the cruel 3. All the members whistled and catcalled, waiting for the kiss to happen. L quickly gave a short kiss on her cheek, and she could feel her cheeks burning up. Cursing her blushing cheeks, Miste ducked my head and hoped that the lighting of the corner that she was sitting in was dark enough to hide her blush. Obviously, it wasn’t because Sungjong cutely poked her cheeks, saying that her cheeks were really red and warm. The food then arrived, and Miste was glad that the conversation moved along to other topics.

After dinner, they went to the movie theater. Looking at different films, Seohyun and Dongwoo wanted to watch a romantic comedy while the rest, excluding Miste and L, wanted to watch a horror movie. Miste was nonchalant about what they were to watch, as was L. They ended up watching the scary film, though Miste had to admit, she hated horror movies. Apparently the fear was evident on her face, as when Woohyun took one look at her, he burst out laughing and said “If you want, you can grab on to me, I would love to cuddle with you.” He winked.

“I’ll pass, thanks”

“The offer is still out there if you want. You know, hundreds of girls would die to just get that offer you know. And,” he lowered his voice, “L really can’t watch scary movies.”

L seemed to have amazing hearing because he elbowed Woohyun in the gut, while Woohyun winced and gave L a quick hug to apologize jokingly. Miste laughed and sat beside Sungjong, waiting for the movie to start. L sat next to her, and Woohyun next to L, then Sunggyu, Sungyeol, the two lovebirds, Hoya and Seohyun, and finally Dongwoo.

Woohyun couldn’t help but to make a passing remark. “Aww, so you decide to reject the offer of your lifetime?”

“Mhmm maybe next time,” She responded with a slight smile.

The movie wasn’t that bad, though it was scary, and they were all pale when they later exited the theater, except for the strong-hearted Sungjong and Sunggyu. L offered to drive Miste back, because he knew where she lived, and it was on the way to his house, so she accepted.

“How was your first weekend after transferring?” L asked on the way home.

“Really fun, it’s relaxing, I wasn’t able to do these things a lot…”

L gave her a puzzled look, and Miste realized that she was giving away my identity.

“Infinite is really fun and nice.” She quickly added. L nodded. “What are your impressions of them?”

“Sunggyu-ssi has great leadership, he’s like the one taking care of Infinite, Dongwoo is really funny, and his laugh is contagious, Woohyun is really cheesy, Sungyeol has a childish charm, Hoya is really nice, and Sungjong is cute but has a strong heart.” We both laughed, remembering the scene where we all flinched, surprised and scared, while Sungjong giggled at the gruesome scene.

“What about me?” L softly asked.

Miste pondered for a minute and responded, “I think that even though you might give off a cold vibe, your eyes express many of your emotions, and that you are a warm and nice person.” He smiled warmly and she smiled back.

They said their goodbyes and Miste headed into her apartment, tired. After changing and washing, she fell on to her bed, and quickly fell asleep.

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