“Why don’t we show you around?” Chunji asked, leading Lani out of the kitchen.

She followed behind him with L.Joe at her side. As they exited the kitchen, Niel walked out of his bedroom and looked at them.

“Annyonghaseo Lani-ssi,” Niel greeted politely, surprising Lani, L.Joe, and Chunji. It was quite unusual for Niel to acknowledge Lani’s presence; normally he would avoid her all together or at most give her a small bow before walking away.

“Annyonghaseo Niel-ssi,” she greeted back with a small smile.

“What are you doing here?” he asked lightly.

“Chunji wanted to show me around the dorm,” she stated, still confused as to why he was talking to her, especially since news about her scandal broke out and many people didn’t want to associate with her, including two of her best friends Ricky and Changjo.

“Oh I see,” he nodded in understanding, “well it was nice talking to you,” he smiled and strode off.

“That was weird…” L.Joe remarked.

“Tell me about it…” she replied.

They brushed off the awkward encounter and continued their tour. Chunji brought her down the hall and stopped in front of a room. He knocked lightly before opening the door. The three entered, but there was no one there.

“Whose room is this?” Lani questioned.

Just as she finished speaking, CAP entered… soaking wet, only wear a towel secured tightly around his waist. Lani couldn’t help but let her eyes wander down his finely built body. She watched as drops of water rolled down his six-pack and disappeared under his towel.

“Lani, what are you doing here?” he asked, interrupting her thoughts and waking her up from the daze she was in.

“Oh, uh, I was… you know…” Lani stuttered as she tried to guide her thoughts away from his perfect body.

“Yah, put on some clothes!” L.Joe threw a shirt at CAP when he noticed how fazed Lani got by seeing him half .

“Ah, mian,” CAP apologized looking at Lani.

Lani looked down, her cheeks slightly flushed.

“Why don’t we let CAP get dressed then we’ll come back?” Chunji stated looking at CAP and then Lani.

“I like that idea,” L.Joe agreed, “let’s go.” He put his hand on Lani’s back and gently pushed her out of the room.

They continued along the same hall and stopped at the end in front of a closed door. Before Lani could asked, she was informed by both L.Joe and Chunji that they were about to enter their room, which they also shared with Changjo. Chunji opened the door and welcomed Lani in, L.Joe following closely behind her. She stepped in and looked around wondrously. The room was quite small with three beds squeezed in, but there still was a significant amount of space to move around. Once again, Lani was amazed at the cleanliness found within the room. Each bed was made neatly and everything was packed away nicely.

“This is my bed, that’s L.Joe’s, and that one is Changjo’s,” Chunji informed as he pointed to each.

Lani nodded and walked towards Chunji’s. She stretched her arms and plopped down on his bed.

“Ahhh~ It’s so soft,” she said as she rolled around wrapping herself in his blanket.

“Not as soft as the one at your place,” Chunji stated with a pout as he sat down next to her.

“Maybe you should just move in with me then,” she joked.

“Maybe I should,” he chuckled.

L.Joe shifted uncomfortably and also sat on the bed. If someone didn’t know any better, they’d think these two are dating… L.Joe thought to himself.

“Yah! You’re sitting on my pillow!” Chunji exclaimed as he reached over Lani to L.Joe and grabbed the pillow.

“What’s the big deal about a pillow…?” L.Joe raised an eyebrow as he looked at Chunji.

Lani took the pillow out of Chunji’s hands and looked at it, “isn’t this the pillow I gave you?”

“That you gave him…?” L.Joe asked getting slightly jealous.

“Yeah, she made it for me. Isn’t it so cute?!” Chunji replied hugging the pillow tightly.

“It’s not that cute,” Lani said slightly blushing at the complement.

Again… L.Joe thought. She’s never given me anything that she made…

“It’s adorable! Right L.Joe?” Chunji asked as he held it out and looked at it with admiration.

“Of course it is,” L.Joe responded with a small smile.

After Lani had gone through all of Chunji and L.Joe’s belongings, they went back to Cap’s room who was now fully clothed. The four spent a significant amount of time just sitting around and talking. At times L.Joe would feel a little left out since he usually didn’t hang out with Lani, Chunji, and Cap as a group, and he found it slightly irritating when they had their inside jokes that he would never be able to figure out. The day continued on with L.Joe constantly feeling left out and being clueless as to what the other three were speaking of. Lani couldn’t help but notice how uncomfortable and uneasy L.Joe seemed, but before she could ask him about it, he excused himself and left the room.

“Um, I’ll be right back,” Lani said before slipping out of the room.

She entered the living room in hope of finding L.Joe, but to her dismay, he was nowhere to be seen. She walked passed Ricky and Changjo who seemed to have no care that she was there and entered the kitchen. Instead of running into L.Joe, she ran into the only member of Teen Top she wasn’t too pleased about seeing.

“Oh, hey Niel-ssi,” Lani awkwardly said as she gave him a 45 degree bow.

“You were born in ’94 right?” Niel suddenly questioned.

Lani just nodded in response not sure of where this conversation was leading.

“Why don’t we drop the honorifics then? Since we’re the same age and all,” he suggested casually.

“Oh, um, okay… Niel,” Lani said in agreement. “By the way, have you seen L.Joe?”

merry christmas all my lovely readers :DD