"They were simply like every other person. Still a person, so why should you be all crazy and flustered with one comes even remotely close to you?" Emotions, this is what I hate about myself.

The sky soon turned dark and the lights from the buildings, streets, street signs and more bright, casting shadows of the eight that were still on the rooftop. The sounds of the loud laughter and chatter that emitted from them were signs that made the city come alive. It was surprising that no one had noticed them, by no one they really were surprised the security guards or any of the respectable staff members came up to find them.

“Yah! Jackson-- stop.” Seohee was breathless after the tickle attack that Jackson had placed upon her. “I’m pretty sure I’m your oppa.” While the others were deep in their own games and planning random choreographs for the future, Seohee and Jackson were immersed in their own fun.. or at least Jackson was. Seohee simply was going along with anything that came her way and tonight seemed to be the night where she was spending time with Jackson. The endless laughter and giggles that slipped out of Seohee’s mouth only made Jackson’s smile grew wider. “Please... stop. Y-yah~” She tried to roll away, not caring about the dirty ground. “Oh no, you’re not going anywhere..”

As Mark and Bambam were watching the others after getting quite bored of their own game but both of their eyes and ears were planted on Seohee and Jackson. “Mark hyung, I know Jackson is the talkative, playful.. y’know the sociable type but seeing him with Seohee-sshi, something seems different?” The younger one’s eyes never left the two as he spoke out to Mark. “Maybe. For all we know, he’s probably just being his typical self.” Shrugging, Mark stood up and brushed off his ripped jeans before moving himself over to join the two that were still in a tickling fight. Bambam scrunched up his face as he watched his hyung walk over to Seohee and Jackson. He couldn’t help but think that maybe there was probably something up between the two-- even though they did just meet. “Mark hyung could be right..but something about those two do seem.. strange?”

Jackson had momentarily stopped tickling the poor girl so she was able to take a few breaths before realizing she had recovered in a matter of seconds to start running off to s. He quickly pushed himself off the ground and chased her. “Being a fencer and dancer is paying off with my fitness, hah.” He chuckled lowly as he stretched out his arms to wrap them around her waist. “Hey, remember what I said?” His English slipped out without thinking much to it. He wasn’t the most fluent in Korean but it was enough that his English would occasionally slip out.

She gasped as she felt his arms around her waist. Her face dropped down for a moment as she felt a rush of heat go across her face. Squeezing her eyes closed, Seohee took a breath before lifting up her head forward and replied back in English as well, “Excuse me? I don’t remember that much because you do talk a lot, Mr. Chatterbox.” “You ask way too many questions.” “So do you. What’s your point?” “There you go again, Seohee.” He shook his head and chuckled again, “Whoa, another English speaker here. Welcome to the gang, Seohee.” Tightening his arms around her waist and rested his chin against her shoulder. As Jackson was doing such thing, Seohee felt her insides burn up fast. Whether it was full of embarrassment or it was the fact that this was the first time a male-- an attractive male was holding her this tight. Her face was turning pink to a deep shade of red.. but thank you to the sky for turning dark.. it took up a lot of energy to even reply to Jackson without stuttering and sounding like a complete idiot.

“Seohee, do you know how many girls-- would love to be in your position. A trainee and you get to work and play with these guys? Wait, shut up. I could care less about this kind of . What is wrong with you, Hong Seohee? But dear god, he feels so nice to be close to...”

Her heart was beating as she felt his arms tighten around her waist. Every thought she had in her head was shattered as soon as she heard Mark and Bambam chirp up with comments about her and Jackson. “Are you guy’s dating now?~” She heard Bambam ask with a teasing tone. Seohee’s eyes flew wide open and shook her head in a fake disgusted face. “God no. Why would I date this loud idiot?” “Why does this sound so cheesy and cliche like. You can come up with a better comeback, Seohee..” “She’s just comfortable to hug. Like a teddy bear, you feel?” Jackson grinned before letting his arms fall back to his side as he straightened up his position. Jogging over to Mark, he wrapped his arm around his shoulders before flashing a smile towards Seohee. “I mean, come on Mark hyung. If you were a little bit more meaty around your waist, I can hug you like how I hugged her, yeah?”

As Seohee watched as the guys teased each other, she couldn’t help but keep her eyes glued on Jackson. Was she interested in him? She hated all those emotions that would lead up to that ‘crush’ stage or even admiring-- or that whole 'idolizing' stage. What was there to admire about Jackson. She groaned quietly under her breath before shaking her head. Tilting her head back up, she noticed his gaze was locked onto hers as well. A small smile slowly graced across her face without much thought as she locked her gaze back to his.