"Where's my favourite shirt?!" "Who took my hat?" "Where'd my new shoes go!?"

Lani watched as the Teen Top members frantically tried to pack their bags. They had less than an hour until they had to be at the airport and none of them were ready.  Lani had come over at Chunji's request to say goodbye to everyone. She couldn't help but laugh at how silly they all looked running around like headless chickens.

One by one the members gathered at the door with their shoes on and suitcases in hand. 

"Yah! Chunji, bali!" CAP yelled out as everyone stood around waiting. 

"Coming, I'm coming!" he yelled back. Chunji rushed out his room, through the living room and to the front entrance. As soon as the members saw him, they burst out in laughter; even Lani couldn't help but laugh.

"What...?" Chunji asked with confusion.

"Is that the new airport fashion?" Lani responded trying to hold back a giggle.

Chunji warily looked down at what he was wearing. He was relieved to see that he was indeed wearing pants... But on top of his pants were his boxer shorts.

"What! How did that happen?!" Chunji's cheeks flushed bright red as he scurried off to his bedroom.

Everyone burst into another round of laughter until Chunji returned with his pants over his boxers.
The six members along with Lani filed into the van. Lani was squished in the back between Chunji and Cap, while L.Joe, Ricky, and Niel sat in front of them and Changjo in shot gun. Things were still a bit awkward between Lani and L.Joe, even though Chunji had spoken to him and explained the whole situation.  They didn’t talk much to each other, but Chunji was chatty as usual, going on about how excited he was to go to Japan again.

They arrived at the airport and there were crowds of fans everywhere. L.Joe quickly turned around and gave Lani a peck on the forehead before saying goodbye. Each member took turns saying their farewells to Lani; even Niel said goodbye, causing Lani to let out a shy smile and confuse the other members. Changjo was the first to exit the van. As soon as the door cracked open, screams erupted from the crowds. The members exited one by one until it was only Lani sitting in the back of darkly tinted van. Chunji gave Lani one last smile before shutting the door and the van drove off. Lani smiled as she watched the Teen Top boys get devoured by the screaming fans. Teen Top’s manager took Lani to her apartment and she thanked him kindly before jumping out the van and entering the building.

-

“What are you looking at Chunji hyung?” Ricky asked as they wandered a chic accessory boutique in Japan. Shopping was always the first thing the boys did when they arrived in a new place.

“Do you think this will be cute on Lani?” Chunji asked Ricky as he tried on a black cat-eared hat.

“Everything’s cute on Lani noona!” Ricky chimed, “but why are you buying her a present?”

“Her birthday is coming up! Well I’m actually going to miss it since we’re here… but we can always celebrate after!”

At that moment, Niel’s ears perked up and he listened carefully.

“Oh! That’s right! I knew Lani’s birthday was at the beginning of spring!” Ricky recalled. “I’m going to buy her something too!”

Hmm, Niel thought, Lani’s birthday’s coming up… maybe I should get her something. Niel looked around the store for something Lani would like… then he realized, what does Lani like? He saw Chunji and Ricky picking out cute accessories, so he decided to do the same. He looked around for awhile until something caught his eye.

-

Three days had passed since Teen Top departed for Japan. Lani was unbelievably bored sitting around in her apartment all day. She had nowhere to go or anyone to go with. With her birthday just a day away, she felt lonelier than ever. The Teen Top boys had no time to contact her with their busy schedules and even Woohyun was too busy for her.

Lani went to sleep just before midnight with no excitement for the day to come. She snuggled by herself under her blanket and hugged her pillow. It took no time at all for her eyes to fall shut, only to be woken moments later by the ringing of her phone. 

“SAENGIL CHUKHA HAMNIDA!” boomed from the phone as soon as Lani picked it up.

“Chunji oppa?” Lani asked still in a daze.

“And Cap~” another voice chanted, “happy birthday.”

Lani could hear the smile in his voice and the excitement in Chunji’s.

“So are you partying it up?!” Chunji exclaimed.

“Um, no?” Lani’s voice was filled with confusion.

“You’re finally of age to go clubbing! Shouldn’t you be out having fun!?”

“Yah Chunji…” Lani heard Cap’s voice once again.

“What?!” “Stop with all the questions.” “But I’m curious!” “She’s been 18 for about 2 minutes!” “So?! She could do something fun” Lani listened to the two bicker on the other end of the line.

“Lani,” Cap called her attention.

“Yes oppa?”

“We’re not disturbing you, are we?” he asked with concern.

“No, no, of course not!” she frantically denied.

“So!” Chunji began again with a suggestive tone.

Lani heard a small thump and knew it was Chunji taking Cap’s hand to the back of his head. Lani chuckled before letting out a yawn.

“Omo, is our Lani sleepy?” Chunji asked.

“Well actually…” Lani began.

“We didn’t wake you up did we?” concern filled Cap’s voice once again.

-

Just down the hall from Cap and Chunji’s room, L.Joe sat in his bed with his phone pressed against his ear.

“Why does it keep going to voice mail? Come on Lani, where are you?” L.Joe spoke aloud to no one in particular.

“Yah hyung, I’m trying to sleep,” Ricky whined from under his blankets.

:))) ello my little sugar plums. how are you all doing? i hope you're doing well. im not doing so well myself. D: calculus/ vectors is killing me.. and i recently hurt my neck and my shoulder.. oh well ~ im getting better :) 

anyways, enjoy the chapter ~ i'll speak to y'all again next week ;)