The sun was peeking through the windows.

Ga-in stirred from her sleep and snuggled a little bit closer. Ah, this is the life; I could stay in bed all day. She said. She hugged her pillow. Why does this feel comfortable, it seems like someone…?

 “Good morning sunshine!!!!” JeA greeted them as she forcefully opened the door. She looked at the bed and gasped. “What?”

“What? What?” Seulong said behind her and laughed loudly.  Everyone was behind them peeking at the room and enjoying the view.

Ga-in looked sat up and groggily looked at the direction of the voices. She opens her eyes lazily and saw 7 faces smiling back at her. She was confused at their expression and then it hit her.

Oh, crap.

She looked at the person sleeping innocently next to her and smiled. This is not the time to be smiling Ga-in! She thought. She shook the person beside her but he just stirred from his sleep. Yah, Kwon-ah! She looked at the 7 faces and they were still smiling ridiculously at her.

“YAH!” she shouted at Kwon as she slapped his arm. Kwon sat up with a jolt. He looked at her, unaware of the people who are watching them intently.

“What the hell was that for Ga-in ah?” he said, rubbing his arm. Ga-in gave him the look and pointed at the direction of the 7 smiling faces. “What—“

“Oh, come on guys… carry on, it’s not like we’re here…” Miryo said smirking.

“Can someone fetch the popcorn?” Narsha said playfully.

“Why are you both sleeping together? Last thing I heard was that both of you were trying to kill each other.” Jinwoon said confused.

“Come on Jinwoon, something important clearly happened last night.” JeA said smiling.

Kwon and Ga-in became beet red because of their members remarks.

“N-nothing happened!” Ga-in said, embarrassed.

“Right. Nothing happened.” Seulong said sarcastically.

“Nothing happened!!” Kwon said desperately.

“Let’s have breakfast and leave those two alone.” Minho said smiling as he closed the door.

“Alright!” Changmin said as everyone went down, ecstatic about what they witnessed earlier.

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“Oppa~!” she shouted back as Minho closed the door. She got out of bed and went held the door knob. “It’s not locked.” She said happily.

As she was about to open the door, Kwon suddenly jumped out of bed and banged the door shut. Ga-in was shocked that her eyes went wide; she was still gripping the door knob. He had one arm leaning against the door enclosing her. She turned around and saw him. He’s too close, she thought.

“Ga-in ah, can you not still rely on me?” he said, looking at her.

Her eyes met his and she smiled. She hugged him and said, “Didn’t I say to you last night? Get used to me behaving like this.” She looked at him and said, “Don’t be jealous of Minho-oppa, even though I’m close to him and will tell him everything; right now, I rather tell you everything.”

He smiled and pulled her closer. “I’m sorry I got a bit jealous again, it’s just that when you saw them, it’s like you forgot all about me and tried to get out of this room.”

She looked at him and laughed. “You are ridiculous you know that?”

He raised his eyebrow at her and said “So…”

“So what?” she asked blankly.

“What should we tell the others? That were dating?” he said smiling.

She went beet red and looked away. “D—dating? Isn’t that too fast?”

“Then what do you call our relationship right now?” he said irritated.

She looked at him and laughed. “Come on Kwon-ah don’t be too upset, you really can’t hide your emotions…Aigoo~”

“Then what are we?” he continued to ask.

“We are way past the dating stage yeobo....” she said smiling.

He didn’t get at first what she was trying to say, but as he heard the word yeobo again, he finally understood what she meant. He hugged her tightly.

“Thank you.” He said. “You know what? I missed you calling me yeobo…” he said.

She broke free from his arms and looked at him. “I could call you that every day if you want, but please let’s keep it a secret from them. The unnies might be too jealous, Minho-oppa will tease me constantly and don’t let me start with Ong.” She said sighing.

He laughed and agreed at her. Everyone would tease them constantly, it was better if it was for the two of them only. He looked at her and smiled. He was about to kiss her when Ga-in’s stomach grumbled and he laughed.

“I’m hungry.” She said innocently.

He looked at her and smiled. He held her hand and led her out the door. “Come; let’s go…” she smiled at him. “Let’s at least prepare ourselves with their endless interrogation.” He added and they both laughed.

Today is going to be a new day.

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“I can’t believe that our plan worked!” Seulong said and everyone agreed.

“Who would’ve thought that everything would be that good between them, sleeping next to each other?” Narsha said laughing.

“But something is fishy, I think they are dating…” JeA said.

“Dating or not… at least the two of them are at last in good terms with one another…” Minho said.

Everyone was gossiping about the couple that they didn’t notice them standing from behind. They only shut up when Ga-in coughed.

“So, is it really that entertaining to gossip about us?” Ga-in said.

Everyone turned around and saw them. Seulong noticed their linked hands and smirked. “Of course Ga-in ah, we would gossip more, most especially when you two are acting that way.”

Ga-in and Kwon instantly broke free from each other’s grip and looked away, faint blush staining their cheeks.

“YAH!” Ga-in yelled at Seulong. Embarrassed she went to the dining room. “I’m hungry” she said. Kwon sat beside Ga-in and ate with her despite everyone’s curious looks.

“What are we, animals in a zoo? Will you all sit down and let’s eat.” Ga-in said irritated.

“I don’t know how would you put up with Ga-in’s temper Kwon-ah, I wish you the best of luck.” Minho said laughing.

“Someone should tame her, and I could fill that part.” He said, Ga-in glared at him and everyone laughed.

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Kwon went to the kitchen to out the dishes when Minho walked in.

“You know Kwon, I like you…” he said.

Kwon was shocked and did a double take.

“Not that like…” Minho said, laughing. “I mean I like you for Ga-in. You kind of neutralize her. You see, she is an only child. And to think that she’s the youngest in BEG and I treat her like a little sister. She was kind of pampered by us.”

“Really?” Kwon said looking interested.

“It’s not like I’m saying that she is a brat. But she may kind of act that way because she relies on the people she trusts so much. So I’m happy, if she acts that way around you, it means that she trusts you enough to open her heart to you. You see, when she acts vulnerable around you, it means she trusts you a lot”

Kwon looked at Minho and realized that what he said was the truth. He remembered what she said this morning and last night. Get used to me acting like this. She was beginning to rely on him and he liked it.

“You seem to know her a lot…” he asked.

“Yeah, I’ve known her since she was in the 2^nd grade. She was my next door neighbor; she often comes to our house whenever her parents are away for a business trip. She’s kind of annoying but adorable at the same time. Do you know that she has this adorable aegyo? Couldn’t say no to that.” Minho said.

“I heard…” Kwon said bitterly remembering what the BEG noonas used to say. Ga-in is too adorable. They all said.

Minho looked at Kwon and laughed. “Don’t tell me you are jealous of me?”

“N-no, I’m not…” Kwon said stammering.

“You ARE jealous.” Minho said laughing.

“Okay, I am… I am jealous of the fact that she doesn’t try to rely on me because I’m younger than her. I’m jealous because she can be obviously be close friends with other guys.” He said as he sat down near the kitchen counter. Minho sat beside him.

“You know, there is nothing to be jealous about. She obviously loves you, are you that dense? Yeah, she isn’t that good in expressing her emotions but once you’ve got the hang of it, it would be good.”

“Sometimes I’m also jealous that Seulong-hyung is closer to her than me.”

“Kwon-ah, Ga-in treats him like a brother, they may be like bickering twins sometimes but it’s all cool. She wouldn’t like him that way. That’s how she is.” He said. “And besides, I’m engaged.” Minho added as he look towards the direction of the BEG noonas.

“Engaged?” Kwon said. He looked at him and looked at the direction he was looking.

“You and JeA noona are getting married???” he asked shocked.

“W-what? JeA noona? No, not her. I am engaged to her cousin Hye Min, she just looks a lot like JeA noona, but younger. Don’t tell her I said that” He said laughing.

Kwon laughed. “Thank you hyung.” He looked at Minho, “You don’t mind me calling you hyung right?” he added.

“Of course I don’t mind. After all you are in a relationship with my younger sister, so deal with it.” He said smiling.

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“Well?” Narsha asked.

Ga-in just looked at her unnies and rested her head on the couch.

“What happened last night?” Miryo asked.

“Nothing happened, unnie.” BEG’s maknae pointed out.

“We don’t believe you…” Seulong said as he sat down at the couch across her. Changmin, Jinwoon, Miryo, Narsha and JeA all sat down in front of her.

“Yah! I’m not some kind of criminal that all of you are interrogating me. Why are you putting me on the hot seat?” Ga-in said, irritated.

“Because it’s fun.” Seulong said playfully and everyone agreed. Ga-in grabbed a pillow next to her and threw it at Seulong. You nosy brat. She thought.

Unfortunately the pillow landed at Kwon’s face, he was approaching them with Minho. Everyone turned around. Ga-in has that apologetic look plastered all over. Sorry Kwon-ah.

Minho laughed to get rid of the tension. “Guys, give them a break.” He said.

“Ga-in ah we need to talk.” Kwon said he grabbed her arm and led her outside.

“Ooohhh, someone’s rather feisty today…” Narsha said as the couple went to talk in the garden.

“Didn’t you all notice that Kwon-ah keeps on calling her ‘Ga-in ah’?” Miryo pointed out and everyone agreed.

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“I’m sorry okay? That was an accident.” Ga-in said as she was following Kwon at the garden.

Kwon spun around and Ga-in closed her eyes waiting for him to shout at her. But to her surprise, he hugged her tightly.

“I’m too happy yeobo that is why I always act that way.” He said.

“I am confused” she said. She pulled back and looked at Kwon.

“I had a rather interesting talk with Minho-hyung today…” he said.

Ga-in raised her brow. Hyung? “So now you are calling him hyung?”

He smiled. “He assured me that I wouldn’t worry about you and him. It is rather interesting because he talked about your amazing adventures as a child.”

Ga-in was shocked that she slapped his arm. “And what did he tell you? Don’t believe any of it.”

He chuckled. “He said that I should trust you. You know, you have this weird way of getting along with other people, but he said that you only let you vulnerable side show when you trust the person that much.”

“See? I told you to trust me, and get used to how I behave from now on.” She said teary-eyed.

“I know and I’m sorry…”

She just smiled at him.

“And why didn’t you tell me that Minho-hyung is engaged to JeA-noona’s cousin?” he asked.

“You never asked. That was the reason why he is staying here for good. And for the record I never liked him that way. He is my older brother!” Ga-in said.

“I know…” he said. Kwon looked at the window behind her. “You know what? Even though we are outside, we can’t escape those people’s radar. They are acting like netizens.”

“Why what’s the matter?” she asked, confused.

“All of them are now watching us.” He said.

“Want to put on a show?” she said smiling devilishly. He just looked at her confused when she whispered to his ear.

“I see…” he said smiling.

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“What are they doing? I can’t see!!!” JeA said.

“Let’s just stop, they need privacy…” Changmin pointed out.

“Come on hyung, don’t be a party pooper.” Seulong said.

“What are they doing?” Minho asked.

Miryo looked at him and laughed. “So you’re curious too huh?”

“Of course, she’s my younger sister after all.” Minho said laughing.

“They are still talking…” Jinwoon pointed out.

“Look…they are doing something…” Narsha said and caught the attention of everyone.

Everyone looked at the couple outside. Kwon and Ga-in were staring lovingly at each other. Kwon drew Ga-in closer. She wrapped her arms around his neck and tip-toed towards him.

“Oohh…I smell something interesting…” JeA said excited.

“At last our Kwon-ah is now a man…” Seulong said wiping invisible tears.

Everyone drew closer to the window as Kwon drew closer to Ga-in, then he stopped a centimeter before touching her lips and smiled.

“What the heck is he doing?” Narsha said.

Kwon and Ga-in looked at the people who were watching them and stuck out their tongue to them, Mehrong style, and they mouthed ‘In your dreams!’ As they held each other’s hand and walked away.

“What was that all about?” Seulong said irritated.

“They got us alright…” Minho said laughing.

“Aish, they are too perfect together.” JeA said and everyone laughed.

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Author’s Note:

At least now, they resolved their present issue, kwon’s jealousy. Hehehehe…. I enjoyed writing this chapter, I laughed all the way through.