Chapter 8

On that day

Eunha's POV

 

"Are you sure you've got everything?" I asked Mina for the 100th time.

 

"I told you; YES! Now stop taking out your nervousness on me," she laughed, jumping around like an excited girl.

 

It was 11:45am and we were standing outside our house with our luggage; a small bag with all her clothes, toothbrush and books, not to forget her posters of idols. My bag was even smaller; my bathroom things, just a few hoodies, leggings, t  shirts, and a pair of jeans and the only thing that really mattered; my ipod I had won a few years ago. We were waiting for Mina's friend who also went to boarding school to come pick her up.

 

"Are you sure you want to go to boarding school?" I asked her once more.

 

"Yes! I've always been wanting to go since Jamin went but I didn't want to ask since we didn't have a lot of money," Mina admitted sheepishly. "I mean, I might not be living with Beast, but I'll be with my friends and other guys right?" She winked at me cheekily.

 

"Other guys... Mina!" I rolled my eyes at her, and then saw a car stopping nearby. "Hey, isn't that Jamin's car? Go quickly!" I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and then pushed her. "C'mon!"

 

"Bye Eunha! Text me unless that ancient thing of yours dies!" She gave me one last hug, said "I'll miss you" and then sprinted to the car. I waved to her until the car slowly disappeared and and then I sighed. Only a few seconds and I was already missing her.

 

"It's almost 12... I hope they don't come late," I talked to myself. Putting my earphones on, I closed my eyes and listened to the sweet voice that I listened to everynight; my lullaby. It was the only decent music from Mina that I approved of, and ended up being the only song in my ipod. However I never got sick of it.

 

I soon lost track of time, and didn't realise that the van had arrived, until I heard a loud honk. Opening my eyes, I saw that the van fitted the description Beast had described to me; a long, black van with tinted windows.

 

Grabbing my bag, I ran to the van and opened the door. "I'm sorry for not realising you were there, I hope you didn't wait long-"

I suddenly paused, after finally looking to see who was driving the van. It was Junhyung.

 

Junhyung's POV

 

 

"Well are you going to get in, or just keep staring?" I asked her as she looked at me in surprise, and then embarrassment. 'Damn it, remember to be polite,' I scolded myself. I was always like this around new people.

 

She didn't respond, dumping her bag on the back chairs and then opened the front door, the seat next to mine. Getting in, Eunha slammed the door shut and I began to drive. It was quiet, too quiet in the car, especially when we were in traffic jams like the one now. Knowing that if Doojoon was here he'd tell me to make small talk, I forced myself to say something.

 

"So, are you excited to move in?" I asked half-cheerfully, and then immediately regreted saying it. Excited to move in? Such a try-hard phrase.

 

If Eunha noticed, she pretended not to. "I don't know, I'm a little nervous actually. Where's everyone else?" she asked, nodding her head to the empty seats behind.

 

"Oh, the manager hyungs were going to pick you up but I told them that I would just pick you up as I have to go out anyways. The other members couldn't be bothered to wake up as its a rare day to be able to sleep in." I told her, glad to be at least making small talk.

 

"Oh. That was nice of you to offer." she said, sounding slightly surprised. They always were, I thought grumpily as the lights turned green.

 

"So why didn't you go to sleep like the others?" she asked.

 

"I don't sleep much," I simply said. To be exact, I didn't sleep at all last night but she didn't need to know that.

 

"I see." she quietly, and I wondered whether I had said too little. "Are you an insomniac?"

 

This caught me off-guard. "I guess you could call me one."

 

"So, where is this place you so needed to go to?"

 

"I just need to go to the mart to buy some snacks for the guys. Apparentally we're going to celebrate your first day here." I said, before wondering whether it was suppose to be a surprise or not. Oh well.

 

"Thats nice of you guys." Eunha smiled, and I looked at her for a second, and then back to the road. She was wearing another baggy hoodie, this one navy and legging with an old pair of yellow converse sneakers. Her hair was out once again, messy but it matched her.

 

"Do you choose to look like that?" I asked her. When she didn't respond, I realised that maybe I hadn't said the right thing.

 

"I didn't mean it in a bad way, I just meant..." I quickly said, not sure how to describe what I meant. '

 

"You mean why I dress so like a boy?" she joked, and to my relief she didn't seem angry. "I don't know. I don't like to wear dresses, this much more comfortable for me. Also, it's cheaper." she said this casually, but it reminded me of one of the managers telling us that Eunha wasn't from a wealthy family and to probably avoid talking about money.

 

"I guess so." I replied, and parked the car. "We're here, do you want to help choose the snacks?"'

 

"Yeah, why not." Eunha was just about to get out of the car when I grabbed her arm.

 

"You can't go out like that, people will recognise you," I said disapprovingly. "Don't you own like a pair of sunglasses or something?" When she looked at me blankly, I sighed. Opening the draws to find no sunglasses but a cap, I tugged the cap onto her head.

 

"Ow!" she exclaimed, wincing. "No need to pull so hard."

 

"If you don't want to get caught by the media, always come prepared," I warned her, and then after wearing my own pair of sunglasses got out of the car to the mart.

 

Eunha's POV

 

"I don't see any reporters around here," I grumbled to myself as I grabbed a packet of Onion Rings. "I really don't see why he's so concerned." Rubbing my still sore head, I turned to Junhyung but he was nowhere to be seen.

 

"Junhyung?" I asked, and then I felt someone hit me on the back.

 

"Don't call out my name that loudly in public!" Junhyung told me, frowning. "And why did you get Onion Rings? We already got them."

 

"Geez, you didn't have to hit me that hard you know, I'm a girl," I complained. "And there's no one here anyways."

 

Junhyung had chosen this mart very well; it was quiet apart from the music coming from above and secluded. Only a few people apart from us were inside.

 

"I think that's enough for snacks," he said. "Lets go choose drinks."

 

We walked to the fridge, and Junhyung immediately started grabbing off all sorts of drinks from the fridge.

 

"Are you choosing drinks randomly?" I asked bewildedly. He looked amused.

 

"No, I just happened to know what each member likes. Look," he said, pointing to the strawberry jelly juice, "That's what Kikwang likes because he has a thing for strawberries. Yoseob prefers honey and lemon tea that's room temperature, not because it's his favourite but because it helps his throat when singing. Doojoon drinks iced coffee because it keeps him less tired especially since his schedule's so haptic lately, and Hyunseung likes to drink flavoured water, not any of those really strong flavours. Finally Dongwoon has grape juice because apparently it's healthy for you." He finished, double checking to make sure that he had everything. I looked at him in surprise; Junhyung seemed very close to s, and they all seemed to know each other well. I couldn't help smiling at the caring Junhyung that seemed rare and he glared at me. "What?"

 

"Nothing. So, what's your drink?" I asked politely.

 

He grabbed something that was black. "Diet coke, the best."

 

I wrinkled my nose. "If you have that every day your teeth are going to rott."

 

"That's my problem, not anyone elses. What you getting?"

 

I peere through the glass, and then found my favourite drink.

 

"Banana mik?" Junhyung snickered. I couldn't help but glare at him, before dropping it in the basket. "Why on earth would you get that?"

 

"It tastes good," I said simply and then walked to the counter. As the person was scanning our products, I could tell Junhyung was uneasy.

 

"Crap," I heard him swear. Looking where he was, I saw that there was a few people with cameras just waiting outside the store.

 

"Are they reporters?" I asked and he nodded grimly. "But there's only a few of them..."

 

"If it were just me in the store it would be fine, but with you there will be hundreds soon." he groaned. Taking a card out of his wallet, he flashed it at the check-in woman who just nodded. He paid the lady, and then began to walk to the opposite direction of the doors.

 

"Where are you going?" I asked him, trying to keep the same pace as him.

 

"Back door, it's going to be complicated if we go through the front. Just follow me." he said. After a while, I saw a back door which we opened. Outside was a small allegy way where we just kept walking until it opened into an open street. Peering around, after a few seconds Junhyung whispered, "the coast is clear. Now, just walk like a normal person but quickly and if you hear someone calling your name DON'T look at them. Just get straight in the car."

 

"Okay" I nodded, and followed him quickly to the car, looking no where but at the car. It seemed like no one would recognise us, until i heard someone say, "Park Eunha!" I almost turned around, but remembering what Junhyung said, I just opened the car door and got in.

 

"Nice for the first time," Junhyung said as he the engine, ignoring the shouts of the reporters. We drove off, and for some reason I couldn't stop smiling, and when I saw Junhyung also smiling, I couldn't help laugh.

 

 

 

Yoseob's POV

 

 

It was 1:15pm when the doorbell rang.

 

I rolled around, still half asleep but I could hear the doorbell ringing four times non-stop. Junhyung's special call. Finally getting up, I shook Hyunseung who was snoring beside me.

 

"Hyunseung-ah, wake up." I murmured. "Junhyung and Eunha are here." No response. I should've woken up Doojoon first.

 

"Doojoon, Junhyung and Eunha are here." I told him.

 

Doojoon got up drowsily. "But it's only ten."

 

"It's past 1, Doojoon."

 

"Ah, !" he immediately got up, running to the door to help with the groceries. Although I was tempted to go back to sleep, I knew I should greet Eunha so I lazily walked myself to the door. Doojoon had already grabbed Eunha's things and was going over to her room to put her stuff down, which wasn't going to be hard as she only had one small bag. Junhyung was starting to pull the snacks out, and although his face was bored, I knew he was in a good mood by his absent humming. It wasn't surprising that he was in a good mood, but the surprise was that he was in a good mood after being with someone he didn't know. The only time Junhyung was in a good mood was when he was with us.

 

"Hi, I'm Eunha." Eunha greeted me with a smile, and I took it. To my shock, it was cold. "I hope that we didn't wake you up."

 

"Oh no, we just happened to have taken a nap and forgot to wake up." I tried smiling at her, but I was still half-asleep. "Are you cold? Come in," I said, putting her yellow converse sneakers away. By the time I came back I could hear Junhyung shouting at the rest of the boys to wake up.

 

"Aish just give me another-JUNHYUNG!?" I could hear Hyunseung curse Junhyung, which caused me to smile. Hyunseung was the hardest to wake up, and the slowest. Ignorant to all alarm clocks, sometimes we had to go to drastic measures just to wake him up.

 

"I hope you didn't do anything too bad," Doojoon chuckled after returning from Eunha's room. Junhyung just gave him a mysterious grin and then looked at me.

 

"Yoseob, are you sleeping too?"

 

I immediately woke up. "Nope, I'm good."

 

Finally, Kikwang and Dongwoon appeared, both looking sleepy. I could tell that they didn't know that Eunha was here, because they still had their bed hair.

 

"Hello, I'm Eunha," Eunha greeted them warmly, "I hope you slept well."

 

"Yeah we did-" Kikwang suddenly realised who he was talking to and face-palmed himself. "Oh man, I forgot that you were coming Eunha!" Dongwoon just blushed to the roots of his hair, and looked away.

 

"Eunha, go sit down while we do the work," Doojoon kindly told her as she tried to help. "Just sit on the floor like what Yoseob's doing," he pointed at me.

 

Uncertainly, Eunha sat next to me and I hugged my knees, wondering how she felt on her first day. Probably bewilded, from Junhyung's cheekiness, Doojoon's loudness, Dongwoon being shy, Kikwang flirting with her and Hyuseung just being absent. Smiling to myself at this, I forgot how absent-minded I could be.

 

"Yoseob?" Eunha hesistantly asked me.

 

"Sorry, what did you want?" I asked as kindly as possible.

 

"I was just wondering... how old everyone is?"

 

"Well, Doojoon is the oldest, and apparently the alpha male although I'm sure the others disagree. Then it's Hyunseung, even though he acts like a child, and Junhyung. After it's me, Kikwang and Dongwoon. Doojoon, Hyunseung and Junhyung are born in 1989, while Kikwang and I are born in 1990. Dongwoon's the same age as you, 1991."

 

"I see," she said, thinking deeply. Then to me, she asked, "So do you guys want me to call you oppa or just your first names?"

 

"First names," Doojoon replied for me as he put the tray of drinks and snacks down. "We should all be friends, and wouldn't being on a first name basis be the first step?"

 

"I guess so," Eunha smiled as I reached for my honey and lemon tea. Room temperature, perfect. I drank a little, tasting the familiar sweetness of the beginning and then bitterness at the end.

 

"You can call me oppa if you want though," Kikwang winked at Eunha, receiving a kick from Junhyung. Eunha just laughed.

 

"Hyunseung-ah, get your here!" Doojoon shouted, and a few seconds we saw Hyunseung. However what surprised us was Eunha's reaction at him.

 

 

Eunha's POV

 

"Thank you for-AHH!" Turning around, I couldn't help yelp at the sight of Hyunseung. The times I did see Hyunseung like yesturday he had always been wearing no makeup, but today he had dark eyeliner around his eyes, giving me a shock.

 

"Hyung, you frightened her," Dongwoon giggled as the rest of the member laughed.

 

"Shut up," Hyunseung grumbled, reaching for his flavoured water.

 

"It's not that you frightened me... I was just surprised. You look so pretty," I admitted, which only created more laughter.

 

As the members began to talk, I saw that the only person that wasn't really talking was Yoseob, which surprised me.The few times I had attempted to watch Beast with Mina, Yoseob had always been the cheerful cute one. As I looked at him now, he didn't look sad or anything, he was just listening to them thoughtfully. On the other hand, Junhyung was laughing and chattering with the other members as if he hadn't seen them in ages. It was interesing.

 

"Hey Eunha, we're going to go pratice our singing later on, wanna come?" Doojoon asked her.

 

I slurped on my banana milk, and noticed Junhyung smiling at me. "I don't know, wouldn't I disturb you guys?"

 

"It'll be fine, you can just sit with our music teacher and watch!" Kikwang smiled.

 

"Well if you don't mind, I'd like to." I said, and the rest of the members wooped. As they carried on talking, I couldn't help but smile.

 

 

Note: I should really go to sleep. It's 5 o'clock right now in the morning but Im not sleeping... I just want to write. I can understand why Junhyung isn't sleepy.

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water_lilly
#1
darn you reporter-shi! )x
I hope things turn out well~!!!
LOL!!

[ Hyunseung would probably unconsciously creep her out, by staring at her. ]

Honestly my favorite part of the chapter :P
BEAST_LOVE
#2
aww poor eunha, i hope she thinks of something...fighting! keke, please update again soon! ^^
anonymous-ilikepie #3
Thank you :) there is a lot of friendship in here isnt there? Im sorry about the really long chapter with Yoseob talking, i know it dragged on but i thought it was important so thats why it was so long :)
DesignerSeop
#4
i really love this story. Friendship <3
anonymous-ilikepie #5
@normaltoast haha do you like Junhyung better? Hes still confused about how he feels right now lol :)<br />
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@cutiepi2124 hello new reader! :) haha im glad to have made you laugh hopefully i will in the future again! Sorry i dont think i can update tonight... But i will update with two chapters tomorrow i promise!
BEAST_LOVE
#6
hi i'm a new reader, and i like this story :)<br />
lol this line "I never expected our angel to be wearing an apron and sweat-pants though." had me actually LOL-ing...hehe update soon :)
kimdom
#7
NOO! Don't fall for Yoseob! I know that Jieun will get in the way! EFF JUNHYUNG JUST ADMIT THAT YOU LOVE HER GOSH DANGIT!!!!!!! Dx
anonymous-ilikepie #8
Haha thank you for subscribing! And the guy was pretty rude wasn't he :)
bonbon #9
I love her, she's such an awesome character :) >_> this manager ..calling the media? Yeesh how rude<br />
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Thanks for updating ^^
anonymous-ilikepie #10
Haha even I was thanksful to her which is kinda weird as she's a fictional character.... hahaha<br />
Thank you! I don't know how, but I was taking a shower one day when this idea just popped in my head.