"Unnie! What are you doing? You haven't moved for like two days! Get up!" Bei Lee entered the eldest members room only to find Cheshire curled on her bed not even really moving.

"We just got off of eight months of touring! I'm exhausted! What do you want from me?" Chess rolled over to face the opposite wall of where Bei Lee stood. What was that lazy bones complaining about anyways? Wasn't she usually the one that was curled up somewhere doing nothing?

"Well you know since Monsta X is filming their MV today I figured you'd go see how they were doing. Weren't you the one complaining for eight months about how much you missed them?" Before Bei Lee could even finish her question Chess had shot out of bed running to her closet to find something to wear. She finally settled on a pair of black high waisted cutoff shorts and a burgundy sweetheart cropped tank top before running into her bathroom to inspect her face.

She had gained a new lip piercing in the States so that she now had spiderbites on the right side of her bottom lip and the new concept for their next MV had her hair dyed neon green. She looked completely different than when they had filmed No.Mercy. She actually worried for a second if they would even recognize her. Quickly shaking that thought from her mind she brushed her hair and added a little make up. She left her hair down so the boys could fully admire it so it fell in a straight curtain to her waist. When she was finished she ran out of the bathroom grabbing her purse and black gladiator sandals on her way to the door. Bei Lee quickly relayed the location to Chess, getting a hug before the older girl ran out of the dorm throwing on her sunglasses.

Chess headed directly to the parking garage where her new shiny black Jeep Wrangler Unlimited waited with its top already down. She couldn't help but grin about the memory of how sajangnim had told her it was his apology for not letting her know about trying to break the gag order. She quickly jumped into the drivers seat and started the car heading out to the set. Surprisingly it wasn't that far of a drive and before she knew it Chess was parking next to the line of black production vans. As she got out she saw a PD that she knew from her own MVs with RI5E struggling at the door of the building hands filled wiith coffee carriers. Chess jogged over and grabbed a couple of the carriers and pulled open the door for the PD.

"Kamsamnida!" The PD dipped her head before looking up at Chess. "Omo! Cheshire-ah! Did you come to watch the filming?"

"Ne. We just got back from tour and I haven't been able to see the boys since No.Mercy," The PD nodded and continued to make small talk as she led Cheshire up to the rooftop below the Heliport. "I brought the coffee!"

Chess watched as the carriers were swiftly emptied by the staff, she was fairly impressed actually. When she looked up she saw the main PD was waving over to where he was standing by Giriboy. She hadn't expected to see him here but she was happy to see him none the less. She bowed to the PD quickly before going and giving Giri a quick hug.

"We're about to give the boys a break for dinner if you want to go tell them. I figure you're not here for this old man's face. Just let them finish this run through real quick," The PD chuckled and pointed her towards the monitors to see what was going on. They had apparently decided to use drones to film and it looked really nifty she had to admit. The boys looked completely different, not that it was any surprise. She noticed that Shownu was wearing the Angels shirt she had borrowed when they had gone to Lotte World and it brought a smile to her face. They finished their run through quickly and the PD pointed Chess and Giri to the stairs leading to the Heliport. Giri and Chess decided on their way up that they wanted to really surprise the boys so Giri went up first and Chess waited a few steps below waiting for her cue. 

"What did I do wrong this time?" Hearing Jooheon whine at Giri made Chess almost lose it.

"I don't know why don't you ask her?" Well that was Giri for you. Short sweet and to the point.

"You mean they still haven't taught you boys how to work during a MV shoot?" Chess laughed at the shocked faces that she was greeted with as she stepped up the last step onto the heliport though they swiftly turned to smiles and cheers as the boys ran over to engulf her in a group hug. She had to admit she was relieved that they recognized her. "I guess you missed me just a bit!"

"Of course we missed you Noona! We didn't even get to wish you luck on your tour!" Minhyuk faced her with an exaggerated sad look on his face.

"Well I'm here now so no sad faces! I missed you all too. What do you guys think about going to grab BBQ for dinner? My treat," Chess was immediately picked up and thrown over Shownu's shoulder. As she squealed in protest he spun around before setting her back down on the ground. "I take that as a yes."

Chess chuckled as some of the boys complained about wanting something different while the others told them to shut up and be grateful. Chess led them down to the street to go in search of food telling the boys that she and Giri would drive. There was a short and ridiculous debate before it was decided that Shownu, Jooheon, and I.M would ride with Chess while Hyungwon, Minhyuk, Kihyun, and Wonho would ride with Giri. Chess got into her Jeep and started it while watching the boys fight about who would sit up front. Eventually Shownu won. With everyone in the car and buckled up she started the short drive to the BBQ restaurant where they had first introduced I.M feeling like it was only appropriate. Surprisingly it had actually been within walking distance of the set for the MV but whatever they were there now and that's what mattered.

The group was quickly sat in a back room and ordered their food. Chess could already feel her wallet getting lighter listening to the boys order but she guessed it could have been worse. She smiled around at the boys just so happy to be able to see them again after so long.

"So how was your tour Noona?" Jooheon looked at her from his spot across the table from her with a small smile on his face making his dimples show. She had noticed how none of the boys seemed to be able to wipe the grins off their faces since she had come onto the heliport earlier and it warmed her heart.

"It was exhausting. I mean it was fun, I love performing and seeing the fans but all I wanted was to come back home and sleep in my own bed. We had a bit of a hiccup when we went to my hometown but luckily that was the last concert. We start our mini Korean tour in about a week but I'll be able to come home after most of those concerts so I'm looking forward to it."

"What do you mean hiccup? And did you really just say that you stopped off in your hometown? I thought you couldn't talk about that stuff?" Giri looked to the side at Chess in surprise. She hadn't even told him where her hometown was and she was just going to throw it out ther carelessly now?

"Well sajangnim decided it was time to break the gag order and he put Raleigh, NC as a stop so that I could start talking about my past at my own pace. He didn't bother to tell me that though so when I went out to one of my old favorite coffee shops I ran into an old friend and in my panic I eneded up saying some really ed up things to her. When I finally called sajangnim he told me what was going on and I felt like a complete douche canoe. I told the entire crowd at the concert that I was from there and that I needed to apologize to my friends. It was actually pretty emotional. The Risen lost their ." Chess shrugged at the end of her story. She didn't want anyone to make a big deal out of it, it still wasn't comfortable for her to talk about her life before she moved to Seoul.

"Yeah! East Coast! Ride or die!" Chess couldn't help but laugh when I.M added the E hand signs bobbing in his chair next to Jooheon after his exclaimation.

"Yah! Maknae we're in public remember? Don't be a nuisance," Jooheon grabbed I.M in a headlock causing the table to explode in raucous laughter.

Shortly after the food arrived and the table went quiet as everyone dug in. Unfortunately as they were finally starting to feel full Shownu got a call from the PD telling him that he needed to see him and a few of the other boys. After he stood up and grabbed Hyungwon and Minhyuk to leave Kihyun and Wonho decided to join them. The boys all bowed and thanked Chess for the meal before walking out and towards the set.

"Well I guess you guys really are debuted now, huh?" Chess looked at the two remaining members and smiled a little sadly. "We won't be able to see each other as much now. I almost miss No.Mercy."

The boys just nodded slightly at her. It was going to be hard but they really couldn't complain that much. They were finally starting to reach their dreams and there wasn't anything wrong with that in Cheshire's mind. She just wished she would be able to see them a little more than she'd get to now. They'd work it out though. She loved them all too much to lose the closeness that they had gained.

"Well we're just going to have to build a blanket fort at your dorm and pretend the world doesn't exist soon," Chess clapped her hands and eye smiled at them before standing up. "I'm going to go pay the bill real quick."

She didn't catch that all three that were left at the table spoke at the same time after she left.

"She's just too cute," They all stopped and looked at each other. Jooheon stared at I.M who was staring at Giriboy who was staring back at Jooheon. They were all shocked that they had said the same thing but what really got under their skin was the way they had all said it in the exact same way. There was no denying it, they all liked Cheshire and that was enough to spark an immediate tension between the three who were still staring at each other when said girl returned.

"Uhhh... Am I... interrupting something? I mean I can leave..." Chess could feel the tension in the room but she had no idea what had caused it. She figured she wasn't going to get told when they all just shook their heads and stood up to walk with her out of the restaurant.

"I'm just going to head home. I've gotta be in the studio super ing early. When you drop the kids off you're welcome to stop by though Chess," Chess didn't know what the look he was giving the other two boys was but she was sure she didn't like it. She tilted her head and furrowed her eyebrows at him about to open when Jooheon spoke up.

"I figured you'd want to come hang out with us after the shoot Noona. I have some raps I wanted to show you," Jooheon eyed over at Giri and sent a quick shifty look at I.M before smiling sweetly at her. Again before she could speak I.M cut across whatever she would have said.

"Yeah I really wanted to talk to you more about the tour. I want to know more about your hometown!" Again there was a shifty look at the other two before he smiled brightly at Chess.

"Uh... I'll think about it. I'm still exhausted from the tour guys," Chess said just giving up on the questions that kept pushing themselves into her brain. She didn't even want to know anymore.

Chess gave Giri a hug before he got into his car. He squeezed her a little tighter than normal and she wasn't sure what the was going on in his head but she just let him go and waved as he left telling him to be safe on his way home. She quickly herded I.M and Jooheon into her Jeep to get them back to the set before they got in trouble. She quickly put a stop to the dispute over shotgun by just blindly grabbing one of their wrists and pulling them along to the passenger side of the car. I.M had a triumphant smile on his face as he got into the front seat and Jooheon into the back.

Cheshire was already sick of whatever their problem was.

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A/N I have been super excited to write this chapter and have had it mostly planned since I started this story. I really hope you liked it! Now the question is when are they going to tell her? Who's going to be first? Who will Cheshire choose? Will their friendships last? We'll find out fairly soon. I'm still not even honestly sure at this point lol. Well as always Thank You for Reading! Kamsamnida!