"This is ridiculous," Himchan sulked. "Why do we have to deal with Dark Zelo when YOU can go to school with Lina?"

Youngjae smirked at him as he adjusted the tie on his uniform. "If you're nice to me, hyung, maybe I can get you in too."

Himchan perked up. "Really?"

You frowned at the two aliens. "NO, Youngjae. It's bad enough I have to deal with you at school. You know the rules, right?"

Youngjae rolled his eyes. "I know, Lina. You drilled it into my head for, like, three hours last night." 

Throughout the weekend, Zelo's virus wouldn't go away, so the B.A.P aliens spent most of their time dodging him and trying not to draw attention to themselves. You were confused in the beginning -- after all, why were they so scared of Dark Zelo when all he did was be charismatic and have a bad attitude?"

Then he smashed one of your kitchen chairs into tiny little toothpicks with one hit, and you knew why.

"Yongguk hyung is contacting the Governor right now," Jongup said quietly as he handed you your backpack. "This has never happened before. He might have to shut Zelo down if it goes on, he's very unstable in this state."

Your eyes widened and you couldn't help but start worrying. "He ... Zelo won't get ... hurt, will he?" You didn't like the sound of this 'shutting down' business. To you, it sounded an awful lot like Yongguk was going to KILL him.

Jongup gave you a little smile. "Don't worry, it won't hurt. It's like going to sleep. And not waking up."

You slapped a hand over your face. Wasn't that basically DYING?

Jongup continued. "Then all Yongguk hyung has to do is reboot his system, and Zelo will be as good as n--"

"Who's talking about me?" Dark Zelo demanded, jumping from the second floor and landing right beside them.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!" The aliens yelped, scrambling backwards.

You frowned and couldn't help yourself. "Zelo, you just cracked the floor! Don't DO that, it'll take money to fix!"

Dark Zelo rounded on you and slowly began to walk towards you. You flinched and tried to back away.

Dark Zelo reached out and tilted your chin with his index finger and thumb. He smirked. "I'm so sorry, noona. Shall I make it up to you?"

"What are you --" your eyes widened when Zelo began to slowly lean towards you. Your face heated up immediately and you tried to squirm away, to no avail. What the ... is he going to K-KISS me?!

"Zelo --" you started to squeak, but luckily Himchan managed to pull Zelo away just in time. 

"YAH you little BRAT!!!" He yelled. "What were you about to do to Lina?!"

Daehyun shook his head at Himchan's obvious jealousy, ignoring the little pricks inside of him as well. I really hope Yongguk hyung finds out how to get rid of the virus.​ I don't think we can handle such an aggressive Zelo.

"You alright?" Youngjae said urgently, lightly patting your red cheeks. "Did he hurt you anywhere?" He gently tilted your head left and right to see if there was any injuries.

"Y-yes, I'm fine," you stammered, feeling your cheeks turn even redder at Youngjae's worry. He's never acted like that towards you before ...

"Good, I don't want you to faint. You need all the energy you can get to show Jongup and Daehyun around the school."

Your eyes bugged out. "WHAAAT??!!!"

Jongup cringed at the volume of your scream. "I told you she wouldn't be happy, hyung," he said softly.

Himchan and Zelo began to fight right there and then, but for the first time you were too distracted to try and stop them. "YOUNGJAE, HOW DARE YOU?!!! I finally decided to let you stay at TS High, and now you're bringing MORE ALIENS in to my life?!"

Youngjae raised an eyebrow challengingly, an infuriating smirk on his face. "YOU decided? I make my own decisions, Seo Lina." He chuckled at your furious expression and patted your head. "I was planning on bringing Zelo, but it's best we don't do anything while he's in this state, so I brought along Daehyun instead."

Daehyun smiled behind the mask. Lucky, lucky me.

"You -- you guys -- UGH! I HATE YOU ALL!!!" You stomped out of the house, and this time your face was red from anger, not embarrassment or mortification.

Jongup turned to Youngjae helplessly.

"Don't worry, Jongup, she doesn't mean it," Youngjae said in reassurance. "She's just angry. She'll forgive you for it sooner or later."

You were so angry you wanted to go to class and forget about the aliens, but Youngjae caught up with you and easily dragged you with the other two aliens to the principal's office to register them.

The receptionist didn't look the least bit suspicious that two more attractive blonde boys had transferred within two days of the first blonde. She just blushed and giggled and cooed at the three aliens, while you sulked in the background.

Finally, the principal appeared and called them into his office. You tried to sneak out the door, but Daehyun grabbed your hand and pulled you inside.

"So," the principal said, looking at their records. "Your names are Jung Daehyun and Moon Jongup, is that right?"

They both nodded and bowed politely. You couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Youngjae taught them well.

"So, are you two, er ... related to Yoo Youngjae-gun?" The principal eyed their blonde hair.

Youngjae smiled. "Fifth cousins eight times removed. We're barely blood-related anymore, but we're all close."

He has some nerve to make up such outrageous lies like that! you fumed.

The principal didn't buy it either, to your delight. "Hmm, I ... see. And you know Seo Lina-yang too? I see you're in a relationship already ..."

"Huh?" You blinked a bit before realizing Daehyun was still holding your hand. You blushed and yanked it away. "N-no, they're just staying at my house! I own -- er, I mean, my godfather owns the Gajok Boarding House, you see."

The principal nodded, perking up a bit and looking a bit warmer. "Gajok, you say, Seo-yang? Why, my brother stayed in that place when he was out traveling the world about six years ago. He liked that place -- said the landlord was a kind man and his little goddaughter was a sweet thing. I had no idea that was you, Seo-yang!"

You smiled a little bit. "Well, I wish your brother good health, sir."

The principal was positively beaming. "Well, if it's the Gajok Boarding House my brother talks about so much, I'm sure it's no problem for your friends to come to this school!"

You stopped smiling.

"How is the landlord, by the way? Antonio, was it?"

You struggled to find something to say, feeling a strange emptiness in your heart when you talked about your godfather who wasn't there. "He ... er ... he is ..."

"He's doing well, sir," Youngjae said suddenly, surprising you. "As great a man as he ever was. We'll tell him about your brother, sir, I'm sure he will send his regards."

The principal nodded and cheerfully gave Daehyun and Jongup their new school uniforms. As you waited with Youngjae outside the boy's bathroom for them to get changed, you mumbled, "Thank you."

"For what?" Youngjae said in confusion.

"For, you know, lying about Antonio for me. Saying he's a great man and all that."

Youngjae hesitated, then gave you a grin. "Well, if you like him so much, most likely he really is great."

You couldn't help but give him a little smile back, before you suddenly frowned and crossed your arms. "I still haven't forgiven you for bringing THEM in too."

Youngjae just smirked.

You still had a good fifteen minutes left before school started, so you reluctantly agreed to show them around the school. Students were already coming in, and before long whispers began to flow through the hallways.

"Did you see them?"

"Those three hot blonde boys with that chick!"

"Omo, they're so good-looking!"

"Do they even MAKE boys like that in real life?"

"I thought only Kpop stars looked like that!"

You grimaced at the words and rumours floating around and hunched your shoulders, hoping it might make you smaller and less noticeable.

"But who's the girl with them?"

"Their girlfriend?"

"No way, a guy with a face like THAT would have a supermodel for a girlfriend! She's probably their sister or something."

You couldn't help but huff at the last one. Well, excuuuuse me if I'm not a supermodel! You shook your head with a sigh. I knew this would happen if they attended high school.

Jongup lightly tapped your shoulder. "Lina, what's a 'girlfriend'?" He whispered curiously.

"Yeah, why do they keep whispering about whether you're our 'girlfriend' or not?" Youngjae demanded. Daehyun didn't say anything as usual, but he too was staring at you intently.

You blushed. "A girlfriend is a ... um ... it's a ..."

"Is it a friend?" Jongup whispered, blinking at you innocently through his blonde bangs. "A friend who is a girl? You're our friend, and you're a girl, so that makes you our girlfriend, right? Then why are they making such a big deal out of it? Are you not supposed to be our friend?"

You felt increasingly more uncomfortable. "N-no, Jongup, that's not what it means ... a girlfriend ... er ... when a boy and a girl like each other very much ... and they're together a lot ... they call each other 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend'."

Youngjae frowned, still not understanding. "But we like you very much, so wouldn't that make us your 'boyfriends'?"

You slapped your face with your palm, deciding to ignore the 'we like you very much' comment for now. "No, no, no ... it's not just 'like' like, it's ... like like. As in, romantically liking each other. You know, love and all that."

Youngjae's eyes widened and his cheeks turned pink. "S-so they think that we are romantically attached to each other?"

Jongup's cheeks turned red. Daehyun just smirked. Let them think what they want.

"Oh, yeah, speaking of which ..." you looked around to see if anyone was listening, then said quietly, "I told you this before, Youngjae. At school, I'm not exactly popular or anything, so ... if you really want to learn about earthling behaviour, it's best that you don't hang around me, okay?"

Jongup tilted his head to one side. "Why?"

Your cheeks turned red and you felt yourself getting embarrassed. "Because ... because I don't have many friends, so ... so it'll be hard for you to understand earthlings and such if you're around me. Being seen around me will just decrease your chances of making friends." You felt mortified that you had to explain your own loser status to them.

"But why can't we make friends with other earthlings and still be friends with you?" Youngjae pressed on.

You felt your shame reach maximum breaking point. "Because I'm a loser, that's why!" You snapped, feeling tears threaten to appear in your eyes. "I don't have any close friends, the ones that ARE nice to me still ignore me most if the time, I am bullied, I don't get good grades, and people might bully you guys too if you hang out with me!"

Then you turned and ran to the nearest girl's washroom, furiously wiping at your teary eyes. 

"Stupid - freaking - aliens!" You grumbled to yourself. "Why don't you get it? If you want to blend into society and be a proper earthling, you can't be seen with someone like me!"

You wet your hands in the sink and used it to pat your face and freshen you up. Suddenly, the door opened, and two familiar girls walked in.

"Hey, it's Blondie!" Jisu called with a grin. "There are rumours all over the school. There are, like, more hot blonde boys, right?"

"Good luck, you'll need it." Hyoju patted your shoulder sympathetically.

"If you need any advice, come find us, Blondie! Later!" They left the bathroom, and you couldn't help but smile.

Okay, so maybe you WEREN'T friendless after all.

"Lina was really upset," Daehyun mumbled through the mask. "What should we do?"

Youngjae scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "I dunno, I don't really get the problem here. Lina kept saying that we won't make friends if we stay with her because she's not popular. I don't understand this social ladder on Earth at all."

Jongup stared into emptiness for a few seconds before saying, "What's 'popular'?"