Cheshire and Changkyun were walking down the sidewalk towards Monsta X's dorm after their meeting with sajangnim with the express purpose of telling the others about them. The meeting hadn't lasted very long after they had received sajangnim's blessing but it had lasted just long enough for him to tell them to try and keep their relationship from the public eye as much as was possible for as long as possible. They had begrudgingly agreed as they knew that he was only asking so that in case something did come up and they did break it off they wouldn't have a ridiculous scandal on their hands. All Chess really wanted at that moment was to be able to reach over and hold her boyfriend's hand but she knew that there could be press hidden anywhere and it scared her now. She had never really worried about the press seeing her in public because she had never actually done anything that was note worthy or even slightly scandalous but things were different now.

"I wish we didn't have to hide our relationship," Changkyun broke the silence first. "What's the worst that could happen? I have no intentions of letting you go any time soon so why do we need to hide?"

"Changkyun, I know that it's hard but it does make sense. You haven't been in a relationship before but trust me, I've been in plenty. Anything could happen and it could be a roadblock that we can't get past and since we're idols it's just going to be even harder. You're going on tour in two months and I've got the Korean concerts coming up. We're not going to be able to talk to each other hardly at all, let alone see each other. We're in down time right now so things are easy but in two weeks it's going to start to get more difficult. I know that you think you're ready for that but I don't know that you are. Hell, I don't know if I am. You're going to see a lot of pictures and news articles and hear rumors that I'm dating someone else, or that I'm too close to my fans, or even possibly rumors about me and Giriboy being together. It happens every tour and I know it. The press thinks that they know everything about my life from a few photos and they try to form their own reality. You're going to have to ignore that and trust me. On the same level there's going to be the same thing going on with you too while you're gone. I'm going to see pictures of you and other girls taken at inopportune moments that make whatever your doing look inappropriate and hear dating rumors and see you being ridiculously nice to female fans and it's going to be really hard," Chess sighed and looked up at the partly coudy Seoul sky with sad eyes. "I'm a jealous person by nature and I'm going to have to surpress that even more than I already do and even I'm not entirely sure how I'll react to these things."

"You won't have to! I'm not going to be even remotely close enough to another woman for you to possibly think anything's going on! They won't be able to get those pictures!" Changkyun turned to her with a fire burning in his eyes. Chess stopped walking and turned to face him as well.

"Yes you will. You have to. It is literally part of your job description to get close to other women. I understand that much but it doesn't mean that I won't get upset without talking to you about it first. I'm going to try but I'm just not sure how well my brain will let me react to things like that even when I know that it's not something that you would choose to do," Chess let out another sigh and looked at him with pleading eyes. "Don't you ever let me be the reason that you lose fans or don't make it as an idol. I would never forgive myself. And don't tell me you won't do your job either because that's a quick road to me just ending this so that you don't let the other guys down. I can't watch you fail because of me. I won't."

Changkyun seemed like he was battling himself over what to say next, never looking at her but down the street or up at the sky, before sighing and ruffling his hair in agitation.

"Arasseo. I won't do anything stupid. I just don't honestly even want to be that close to any other woman. I only want to hold your hand, to hug you, to kiss you. I don't want anyone else to be that close," Changkyun stared at a point just over Chess's shoulder with a blush tinting his cheeks as he spoke. Chess quickly grabbed his shirt sleeve and pulled him the short 20 feet into the lobby of the dorms and hugged him as soon as they were hidden from the street.

"I know. I don't want that from anyone else either but it's our jobs. Maybe not the kissing. I will cut a real quick. But I know how you feel. We'll make this work we're just going to have to work hard at it," Chess felt Changkyun pull her tighter to him and nuzzle his face into the side of her neck as she spoke. She couldn't help but giggle at him. "I didn't know you were so cheesey, pabo."

"I'm not a pabo! Cheeseball? Probably. Pabo? No," Changkyun lifted his head out of her neck to face her with a stern look on his face. Chess simply laughed and leaned in to place a quick peck on his lips.

"Come on let's get all the bull over today so that we can go on our date. Or did you forget already?" Chess laughed at the look of offense that crossed Changkyun's features.

"Yah! I didn't forget! I have it all planned out! Let's get this over with!" Changkyun grabbed Chess's hand intertwining their fingers and pulled her towards the elevator.

The elevator ride was swift but Chess could feel her anxiety growing again with every floor it climbed. She wasn't so sure she could handle it if Jooheon looked hurt. She knew he probably would be, whether or not that was conceited to think she didn't know, but she just didn't want him to be. He was like a little ball of sunshine all the time, always making people laugh and feel better. She didn't know what she would do if she was the cause of that sunshine being put out. Her heart was already starting to ache as Changkyun opened the door of the dorm.

"Hey guys! Can you come to the living room there's something I have to tell you!" Changkyun pulled Chess into the living room only to immediately put a hand over her eyes. "Cheshire's here too so put on some clothes!"

Chess couldn't help but giggle. It's not like she hadn't seen the boys in boxers accidentally that one time during No.Mercy. It was cute that Changkyun was trying to protect her innocence none the less. Slowly the boys started to file into the living room with Shownu leading the pack and Jooheon picking up the end. When all six boys had settled themselves onto the couch and the floor Changkyun and Chess stood in front of them.

"Okay... Well... Guys...."Changkyun started but he was letting his fear of the guys rejection scare him and it was more than Chess could take at the moment.

"Changkyun and I are dating. It's been approved by sajangnim and the girls already know. We're trying to keep it from the public eye right now for a just in case situation. We don't want it to affect you or the girls so if any ACTUAL problems come from it tell us. We're going to try to make this work but if it gets to be too much then we're going to have to break it off. We've come into this relationship knowing that, okay? Please if you have any comments concerning whether or not we've thought this through, keep them to yourselves because I am really sick and tired of hearing them now, got it? Okay. Cool. That's the announcement," Chess may have rambled a bit but she didn't want to feel judged by yet another group of people and she also knew that ripping the bandaid off quickly was going to be better for Jooheon. She had seen how his face had dropped when she said that they were dating and she had seen his face go blank trying to keep himself numb like he had done durin No.Mercy when I.M was introduced. So when he got up and ran towards his room, Chess patted Changkyun's arm letting him know she was going to take care of this. Changkyun gave her a slightly worried look before nodding and squeezing the hand that he was holding before letting go.

When Chess entered Jooheon's room she couldn't help but notice how much it had changed. There was now only one bunk in the room and he was laying on the bottom of it. There were posters of No.Mercy and Mad Clown and Giriboy and even one of RI5E that had been hung carefully by the head of his bunk. Chess couldn't help the small sad smile that made it's way onto her face. He really had liked her.

"You know you're still one of my best friends right?" Chess was going to do everything she could to bring him out of this but she didn't know how much it would take. "I mean I get it if you don't want to be anymore but I still see you that way."

"I'm not really in the mood to talk right now, Chess," Jooheon finally turned his head so that he was facing her.

"Well that's too damn bad. You're going to talk to me and you're going to talk to me now because I refuse to leave without knowing where we stand, got it? You know I'm more stubborn than you could ever hope to be so I could do this all night. Remember though I also have a much shorter temper. Do you really want to test me right now?" Chess was going to get him to talk. That was all there was to it. She didn't care if she was hurt in the end, she probably would deserve that but he was going to talk.

"Chess, why? Why are you trying? Why are you talking to me? You chose him. Of all people you chose him. Why? Why didn't you at least take Giriboy if you were going to reject me? Why him?" Well that took less time than Chess had thought it would.

"I'm trying to talk to you because I reiterate YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND! No matter what happens that doesn't change in my mind. You and Giriboy are my best friends. Even better than the girls. I can't honestly tell you why I chose him. I don't know. I thought about it really hard, I did, but he was always the one I thought about more. I don't know Jooheon. Can you tell me why you chose me? Because I can bet money that your first thought has something to do with how I look and I'm not entirely sure I'm okay with that. I chose based on what I thought of you as a person, so your personality and thoughts and actions. Not how you guys looked. I couldn't care less how you looked honestly. So I'm just putting all this out there before you put words in my mouth or try to us me as a way to back up any insecurities you have. You're all beautiful both inside and out but for some reason Changkyun just stuck with me. I don't know Jooheon," After she finished Jooheon stood up and walked towards her.

"I never even got the chance to show you my true feelings, Chess. Don't I at least deserve that chance after all this time?" The look on Jooheon's face was breaking Chess. She wasn't sure she could say no to him.

Jooheon took one more step towards Cheshire, closing the gap between them, and placed a hand on her cheek making her look him in the eyes.

"I love you, Cheshire," And then he kissed her.

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A/N Hmmmmmm................. So still questioning pairings honestly........ Might not stick with I.M...... We'll see........ As always Thanks for Reading! Kamsamnida!