She poked Nabi in the ribs. 

 

"WAAAAH!" Nabi jumped, hitting her head on the window. 

 

Aeri reached over and held Nabi's head worriedly. "Omo, you okay??"

 

"No, I think I've messed up my brain!" Nabi laughed, crossing her eyes. She rubbed her head as Aeri stared at her. "Yah, just joking, unnie! Don't be mad." She pouted sadly.

 

Aeri smiled and ruffled her dongsaeng's short blue hair. "Aww, I'm not mad. You just scared me... Speaking of being scared, how are you?" She reached in the back seat and handed Nabi her bag. 

 

"I'm fine, unnie. Why?" She took her bag and shuffled her papers around inside.

 

"Well..." Aeri blinked. "It IS T.O.P., after all."

 

Nabi looked up. "...and? Something wrong?" She cocked her head.

 

"Have you seen his music videos? Listened to his songs? And what about his intimidating eyebrows?" Aeri shuddered. "It's hard to see you teaching him. He's so tall and scary and erted and-"

 

"Unnie," Nabi cut her off, closing her bag quietly. "I'll be okay. It's best that I don't judge him. I haven't even met him yet. After all, when I step into that apartment, I'm his seonsaeng-nim (teacher). I have the authority."

 

Aeri sighed and gripped the wheel. "Be safe, dongsaeng." 

 

Nabi smiled and nodded. She opened the car door and hopped out. "Bye, unnie! Don't forget tomorrow you're taking me to Dae Guk Nam Ah!" she yelled excitedly and slammed the car door shut. 

 

Aeri blushed furiously as she stuttered out, "YAH! Don't YOU forget I'm picking you up when you're done!" She sank back down in her seat as Nabi skipped into the building. Aeri had always had a crush on Mika from Dae Guk Nam Ah. Nabi's favorite past time happened to be teasing her about it. Then again, she teased everyone with a crush....

 

Nabi stared at the scribbled number on her piece of torn notebook paper. She looked up and stared at the room number on the door. She gulped. Only now did she feel any sense of fear. Nabi stared blankly, not sure why she was suddenly so nervous. She raised her clenched hand and prepared to knock. Nabi closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

 

"Yah, come in," a deep voice said. 

 

Time froze.

 

His bass voice slowed in the passage of time and Nabi's ears swam in the deep abyss of the beautifully melodic sound. Her ears and insides felt warm and yet oddly tense. The voice tugged at her heart and it wanted to break and mold into the sound itself.

 

Nabi blinked her eyes open. T.O.P stood in the doorway grudgingly. He was leaning against the door frame staring at her, his intense eyes boring into hers. His thick eyebrows slanted downwards.

 

"Uh..." Nabi gaped. "...T.O.P?" 

 

He rolled his eyes and walked inside, motioning her to follow. "Obviously. But call me Seunghyun," he said, annoyed. His voice sounded more frighteningly melodic than beautiful once she realized his attitude. Nabi looked at the door frame awkwardly, then the floor. She carefully poked her foot inside and tip-toed in. Seunghyun slumped down on his black leather couch and slung his socked feet onto the table. "You seongsaeng-nim?" He asked, smirking. He looked her up and down, slowly. His eye lingered on her modest curves. He looked at her blue hair and smirked agian. 

Nabi didn't like how the title sounded coming from an oppa. She didn't like his attitude either. Glaring at him she said, "Yes, [i]Seunghyun[/i]. But call me Nabi." She put her hands on her hips. Seunghyun grinned pettily as someone coughed from her right. Nabi's head swirled to the right as she noticed Seunghyun's manager sitting in the kitchen. He sipped a Starbuck's coffee and flipped through a newspaper. He looked up and nodded at Nabi. Almost threateningly. 

 

Seunghyun chuckled deeply. Nabi detected a spicy hint of hatred. "[i]Manager[/i] hyung is MAKING me learn English, you see. But..." he trailed off and sat up. Seunghyun leaned forward, resting his arms on his knees. "...know your place. You're as replaceable as the lucky girl who slept with me last night." Nabi stared at him, disgusted. "Please, sit," Seunghyun said, motioning to a chair behind her. 

 

Nabi fumed. "As long as I'm your teacher you owe me respect. I'll teach you by my own methods and I WILL NOT submit to yo-your..." she stuttered, looking for the right word. "...BULLYING."  She emitted an angry sound and sat on the table in front of the couch, legs crossed. Seunghyun stared at her a minute, a mixture of shock an anger. A third party won out as he eventually chuckled at her. Nabi crossed her arms. "Don't laugh, it's not funny," she pouted, digging through her bag. "Do you know the English alphabet?" she asked, changing the subject. Seunghyun shook his head, still somewhat annoyed. He adjusted himself on the couch as Nabi handed him a worksheet with the alphabet written in black and gray letters. "Copy the black letters into the gray ones." She scooted herself cautiously onto the couch, a foot away from Seunghyun. She kept her distance, holding out a pencil and tracing over a gray "A". "See?" she said quietly. "As you trace, we'll say the letter together, all right?" Seunghyun sighed and looked up at his manager hyung. He glared at Seunghyun who rolled his eyes and began to stare out the window. "YAH! Pay attention!" Nabi said, hitting the paper in front of him with her pencil. 

 

Seunghyun glared at her and focused his attention on the paper. "What do I do again?" 

 

Nabi sighed.

 

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Now Playing on Nabi's iPod

 

"Headstrong" by Trapt*

 

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

 

waaaaah my first ongoing fanfic i'm writing by myself. AND. my first 3rd person POV. > < scawwwwy... :( please let me know what you think! comments greatly appreciated, and so is promotion! ;) if you have constructive criticism, please PM me. <333

 

also, every update i'm going to include a "now playing on xxxxx's ipod:". it'll reflect what that person is feeling or the overall mood/point of the update. and the chapter will be titled whatever that song is. you don't have to listen to it, it's just there ;) hehe sometimes in the future i may put a song at the top so you can have it playing while you read if you want :D probably mostly instrumental... it could be fun! heehe ^^