"Sorry!" Chanyeol apologized as he bent down to pick up her scattered papers on the floor. 

"Ouch!" Hara winced. "I'm going to be right there! Yes, I'm coming." She continued on the phone, "Thanks, thank you." She muttered to Chanyeol as she took the papers from him and left without even looking at him. 

He just nodded briefly. 

"Her hair look nice though." Sehun casually commented. 

"You say that all the time we see her, maknae. " Baekhyun boringly said. 

"Yea, but the dark purple is so.... interesting." He replied, checking on her. His eyes scrutinized her back as she gets further away from them until Chanyeol smacked him on the back.

"No cutting queue, little boy." Chanyeol scolded him and Sehun grinned.

"I was just saying. Relax, I won't go after her. " He reassured. 

"But I will if you're not doing anything Yeol." Baek smirked.

"Get lost, Baek. She's just too hard to get... I tried many times ok." Chanyeol frustratedly said.

"You mean try as in bump into her? How many times must you 'accidently' clash into her and pick up her stuff and she's always not noticing you? You need to come out with something new, Boyfriend." Baek laughed.

"You're talking too loud! I'm not your boyfriend! What if she heard and thinks I'm really gay!" Chanyeol groaned. 

"Look like I care baby?" The latter chuckled.  

Hara shook her head once again, thinking of Chanyeol. Yes, she does know his name. In the company, Hara is one of the background people who work the admin stuff like planning the venue for fansign, hiring makeup artist and choreographers, arranging the endorsement and etc. Basically, although she does the admin work, she recognize all the idols. 

Many guys tried to ask her out but she simply rejected them. They bore her easily including Chanyeol. Hara is one of the prettiest girls there no doubt, beating the female idols with her long wavy dark purple dyed hair, lips tinted pink and double eyelid dark brown eyes with long curled lashes. 

"Doesn't he know his body is big enough that it hurts each time he bump against me?!" Hara sounded pissed as she talked to herself mentally. "Why can't he just ask me out properly then I could tell him once and for all that he's not on my scale and he should just stop everything? Such a coward." She rolled her eyes. 

After rearranging the final draft schedule for the idols, she went to each of the group's dance studio to pass the details to the manager. One by one she pass it to them and the last room was Exo's.

"Hi, sorry to disturb you guys but can you call your manager for me?" She peeped in the room. It's still awkward for her to simply barged into a room filled with testosterone. They always give her the stare although she's just using a plain grey shirt and washed out jeans. 

"Sorry but he's not here. Chanyeol could bring you to him though." Baekhyun smiled innocently.

"Huh? What?" Chanyeol shoot a glare at Baek who raised his eyebrow, challenging him.

"Do you know where is room 67-465A? Yep, I guess you don't right? Our manager went for some meeting or something. Chanyeol would love to bring you there." Baekhyun added as he nudged Chanyeol.

Before Hara could utter anything, Kai pushed Chanyeol out of the room and slammed the door shut. A burst of laughters could be heard when the door closed behind them.

"So.. yea, let me, yea, take you to the room... It's um, not that far actually.." Chanyeol give a brief smile and rubbed his neck nervously.

"Thanks." Hara said, distracted by thinking of ways to reject this guy if he were to confess. They were walking quietly. Hara was waiting for him to say something but Chanyeol was actually panicking on the inside to say what next. In the end, Hara decided to bring up the topic instead.

"I would like to say something.." Hara slowed down her words and eye contact him.

"Hmm? Ok. " He hummed.

"I do realize the number of times you clash onto me.. Sometimes, I even heard you planning it and each time I thought it's not going to happen, it did. Again and again... " She carefully say, noticing Chanyeol had paused in his tracks with his mouth slack. 

"Y-you know? , this is so embarrassing..." Chanyeol mumbled, running his fingers through his hair. 

"Well yea, anyway. I hate to say this but I think you should know the  truth and not have your hopes up high you see.. " She explained.

"You got a boyfriend." He ended her speech for her. 

"Haha! No! But I think you should stop because I don't... fancy you? I mean, you're fineee but just not my taste. No, what I was saying is, we won't work out and you should stop trying.. It's going nowhere. I think you should use that effort on someone who, is worthwhile. And that someone is definitely not me. I hope you understand, I'm sorry." She explained directly. 

"So this is what they were saying. You really are very direct." Chanyeol said in amusement. 

"Who are 'they'?" She asked, blank face.

"All the guys that I told to when I say I'm going to ask you out soon. They warn me not to get heartbroken because your words might be too direct and stinging. That's why I can't make myself to ask you. But well, you sort of give me the answer already." He said coolly.

Her face had tinted red hearing it. She kind of live up to the words. 

"Oh." She shortly said. Unsure what else to be said.

"But can I ask why? I'm just curious what's your ideal type. Because I know, before me, there are many guys who try to get you and I think they look alright. Why did you date none?" He asked. 

"Hmm.. I don't know. Maybe, I like being with myself. And these guys, most of them are idols, like you. They're too talented for me. I feel like I am competing for them against many other girls. It's just tiring to impress someone all the time and making them stay. I'd rather use that time to indulge myself in some food paradise or something similar. It makes me happier. " She beamed.

"I see. But if the guy really like you, you won't have to compete for him am i right? He will stay by your side no matter what." He pointed out. 

"That's the thing. I can't read minds. I don't know how long could he would stay loyal. I'd rather be friends." She shrugged. 

Her phone rang. She picked it up and sigh after the call.

"Guess what? Your manager had went out eventually. I've to wait until he comes back. Thanks for helping but you may go for your practise." She suggested politely. 

"Really? Then, are you going back to your admin whatever stuff?" He asked.

"I should but... Look! Oh my god, I can't believe it! They've open back the shop! I'm just going to grab some latte! I was very upset when they close it the other day. You know,  I went down from the office every single day!!! Ohhh~! I'm so excited! Bye Chanyeol! See you when I see you!! " She rushed through her words, exclaiming excitedly before running off, more like skipping away to the cafe. The company's huge that there is a cafe, florist and more small shops in there.  

It was the first time he sees her that happy. He could not take his eyes off her as she disappear into the cafe. 

"Oh , I didn't bring my wallet. Urgh why am i so dumb?!!!" She facepalm. "Hi, will you please please pretty please reserve a latte for me? I forgot to bring my wallet but I promise will come back down and pay you! Promise! Can you do that for me?" She desperately pleaded. 

"I'm sorry but we couldn't do that." The staff said sadly. "You could come tomorrow!" She clasped her palms together.  

"I'd like two lattes please. Table 9. Thanks." A guy interrupted Hara's queue. 

"Chanyeol? You don't have to. I will come back tomorrow!" Hara insisted.   

"Come on.. I'm having a break now. Suho called to say so." He grinned, pulling onto her wrist gently to the table and pulling her chair out.

"No, no, just let me. Thank you." She pulled onto the chair by herself which makes him laugh.

"Alright, independent lady. I know you can do it by yourself but let me." He pushed her hands away. 

When he took his seat, Hara had a frown on her face.

"I don't want you to treat me to the latte." She demanded. 

"Can you calm down? Imagine that I'm your a friend. Don't tell me you don't want the latte, babe. You were extremely happy running here and dumping me awhile ago." He said playfully.

"Don't call me babe. In case you forgot my name, it's Hara." She squinted her eyes which he finds it cute.

"How could I forgot the girl I plan to ask out for the past couple months." He smirked. 

"If not because of the latte, I would have leave you by now. Swipe that smirk off your face. It's disgusting." She snapped, honestly thinking he looked y in them. 

"I'm sorry if I'm not handsome, but too bad, you want the latte badly, you've got to see my face, Harrrra." He exaggerated on her name. 

She maintained her glare at him but remain speechless. When the waiter serve them the latte, her face immediately changes. Her smile grew bigger and emits a beauty which makes Chanyeol swallowed as his breath hitched. She sipped it and the smile never disappear from her face with her eyes sparkling in delight. She looked up from her drink momentarily to catch his gaze.

"Thank you so much, Chanyeol-ah.." She sincerely say to him.

"You're welcome.." He smiled, her words warm his heart that he thinks he really did like her. More. Way, way more. 

"Opps, I've got to go!" Chanyeol decided to leave suddenly, he gave her a quick smile and left. 

"See you! Thanks!" She waved. "He got a nice dimple though." She silently said to herself.

That night, Hara did a little research on him. Park Chanyeol. She was simply looking at the fancams, performances and almost anything Chanyeol related. 

"Whoa, hold up. That's one nice looking guns there.." She praised while admiring Chanyeol in a sleeveless picture. "Wait a minute, doesn't he have that Law of the Jungle show tomorrow?" She check her files and yes he does. There is an individual schedule for him. She gave a thought before getting up from her bed and putting on her coat.

The next day in the morning, 

"Yeol, there is a something  for you. I think someone left it on my table." The manager called.

"Me?" Chanyeol took it and it was, food. His favorite food. Galbi. "Galbi!?!?!" He yelled unbelievably. 

"Somebody got a secret admirerrrr......." Baekhyun sings. 

"Hope you like it! Please take care of yourself in the jungle! -JH." Sehun read out loud the note.

"Who's JH?" Kyungsoo piped in.

"I don't know..." Chanyeol said. "But yummmmyyyy~~~" He ate. 

Hara fell asleep on her desk, having spent the night to go to a 24/7 market and cook that dish for him. She hope the facts she read online about him is valid enough stating Galbi as his favorite food. She felt the need to pay back his kindness for her latte that the effort she put into was fair enough. 

Chanyeol came back from the show the next day. He wanted to meet her for no reason, for the sake of seeing.

"Hara." He knock on her desk, catching her attention away from the computer screen. 

"Chanyeol!" She stood and hugged him in reflex. He froze and gulped. He taps her back awkwardly. 

"Sorry, I-I always did that with my friends!" She tried to cover her act. 

"It's okay. Busy now?" He ask.

"A little. I didn't see you around yesterday." She pretended not to know about the jungle show.

"You actually look for me?" He questioned with a proud smile engraving his lips.

"No, I wanted to pay you back the money for the latte." She said calmly. 

"Oh really.." Chanyeol agreed nonetheless.

"Yes." She confirmed. He took a seat beside her on another empty chair. 

"You know, yesterday someone cook for me Galbi. It was delicious! I wondered who gave it to me. I wanted to thank whoever it is. It was the best Galbi I've tasted!" He clapped his hands and sigh in contentment.

"That must be nice! I wish I could have tasted it too.." She went with the flow. Her name is Jung Hara but not known by many people only those who are close to her knew her full name. Thus, she doubt Chanyeol knew too. Little did she know, Chanyeol is good at doing his homework of the girl he likes. He knows more than she thinks he does.

"Me too, Anyway, I've got something to show you." He bent down to pick up a medium size box. 

"A ferret?! " She gasped. 

"Yes, he's my baby.. I never show him to anyone but you should be ok, I guess." He smoothed the fur of the sleeping ferret.

"Yeol, it look adorable." She whispered, not to disturb the little pet.

"Touch it, I just bathe it this morning to meet you but it slept on the way here." He said softly.

"I'm not sure if I should touch it..." She said but he took her hands and moved it across the fur. His hands covered her's perfectly. 

"Isn't it soft?" He said, and moved Hara's hand, the fur. She nodded, fascinated by the animal. 

Suddenly, the ferret shift in its sleep that Hara jerked in surprise and yelp, arms hitting Chanyeol's chest. He laughed.

"You're cute." He blurted out to Hara. She caught his eyes and shyly look away.

Somehow, they managed to exchange numbers that day. They began texting until a week had passed. 

That's when the texting stopped. 

None of Chanyeol's text were replied. One day had gone then two days of no news from her worries him. 

"Hara!" He shouted, when he saw her at the corridor. She did not look up to meet his eyes neither did she paused to answer his call. 

"Hara!" He shouted again. 

As her figure was getting smaller from his sight, Chanyeol ran after her. Hara had hide at a corner, leaving Chanyeol furious and devastated when he lost her.

He planned to get her to talk the next day. He waited at her desk early in the morning. Being an idol he was, fatigue gave in and he fell asleep. Hara sighed when she saw him sitting on her chair. She took another empty chair and sat quietly to do her admin work. She grabbed her jacket and put it over Chanyeol too. As if she's his manager, she checked his schedule and was glad in a few more hours he's going to have to go for his schedule. She refused to communicate with him. Having him by her side is enough for her. 

She was busy doing her work that she got a shock when a strong hand gripped her wrist. He was staring into her intimidatingly.

"No more running." He said in a deeper and serious tone of voice, sending chills down her spine. 

"Let go." She commanded. He scooted his chair closer towards her.

"For what? So you can run away again from me?" He mocked.

"I say let go." She pulled, but he tighten more. "Chanyeol! Let go y-you !" She cried. Thankfully, her room was sound proof she could shout all she want without attracting attention.

"What did you call me?!" He snarled, now grabbing both of her wrist into his big hands.

"It's painful! Let go of me!" She screamed, struggling. 

"Stop moving and I will let go of you." He said and instantly she stopped. 

"What are you waiting for?" She ask, wringgling her wrist.

"I took back my words. Why did you ignore me? Answer then I will let go." He decided.

"You lied! I'm not going to say anything!" She rest her head on the desk, face down. Her dark purple hair covered her face while her hands were still trapped by his. 

"Fine." He concluded. She stayed unmoving for a minute. Chanyeol eventually gave up and released her. The moment he let her off, she stood up and was about to escape from the interrogation when his hands caught her back.

"Haraaaaaaaa!!!" He nagged. 

"Let go! I don't want to talk to you ok! Just let me go, Park Chanyeol!" She complained.

"Tell me why!!!!" He whined. "You can't just ignore me!" 

"It's my business to ignore whoever I want!" She argued.

"Your business is my business!" He countered.

"Says who!" She yelled.

"Says me!" 

"I don't care what you've got to say!" 

"Hara, I think you're not paying attention here. I am not joking around. I need an explanation." He reiterated. 

The office phone rang but Chanyeol refused to let her pick it up which angered her for real. Work had always been a priority for her and whoever messed with it will have to experience the other side of her. The volcano eruption. After the ringing ends, her face turn cold as ice. 

"You see, Park Chanyeol, I don't like you anymore. That's my explanation. You've no rights to hold my wrist and force me to answer to you. You're just someone I know and there is boundaries for that. You don't stop me from doing my work because I hate it. Despise, more a better description. Now, I want you to exit my room before I call up the securities. I'm not joking either so please, leave." She curtly stated, shooting daggers at him. 

Chanyeol maintain his composure. "You don't like me anymore. That's the reason? I see." He monotonely say and  drop her wrist. "I give up."

Later that day, an hour after their tension, there was a meeting between Exo and the management in charge.  

 "Your precious Hara is thereeeee...." Baekhyun teased.

"Don't mention her name." Chanyeol snapped.  

While explaning the blablabla, Hara never once look at Chanyeol's direction. She kept pulling onto her sleeve whenever it showed slight skin. Chanyeol was observing her. Her wrist was bruised. It was pretty obvious especially with her fair skin. His adrenaline pumped faster as guilt took over. 

"Did i really do that to her?" He panicked. 

After the meeting, he couldn't help but to meet her. 

He entered her room and locked the door behind. 

"Let me see your wrist." He demanded. Hara had stood rooted on the ground and hiding them in her pocket. 

"Leave." She insist.

Chanyeol wanted to confirm what he see that he ignore her and pulled her hands out her pocket. He pushed the sleeve up and gasped in horror.

"It's... bruise. I'm so sorry.. I didn't mean to. It was- I didn't thought it would turn up l-like this. I'm sorry." He stuttered. His fingers rubbed against the bruise tenderly, wishing it would go away.

"It's fine. It'll go away soon." She assured. He gazed into her eyes. 

His arms slide down to her waist as he pulled her in into his chest.

"I know you never like me. I get it and it's ok. But please let me hug you, just one last time. I miss you so badly.. I enjoyed talking to you so much that when you ignore me, i feel lost. I'm sorry that I treated you badly. I tried to prove to you that I was the one but it seems like I'm hurting you. I'm sorry, Hara. I really love you. I will always be there for you no matter what. Even if you found the right guy, I'll protect you." Chanyeol whispered to her lovingly. 

A tear slipped down her cheeks hearing his words. She held her arms around him, pulling him closer and resting her head on his chest.

"Don't let go of me." She whispered back. 

"I won't." He kissed her forehead. His kiss melted her heart on the spot that she hugged him more tightly and began sobbing. 

"Why are you doing this to me?! I hate you!" She cried more. Chanyeol was very confused. 

"Do what?" He tilted her chin to wipe her tears away. "Why are you crying? Please don't.. I'm sorry.. I don't know what to do.. "

"Stop saying sorrry idiot! Why must you make me love you Park Chanyeol?! You're screwing with my brain! I love you but when I see you with that freaking girl in that music video of yours, I feel like ripping you apart! Then, you came to me again even after I run away from you! What is wrong with you?! Can't you see that I'm trying to  get rid of you?! Why do you keep coming back to me! You're so annoying! You make me cry with your sweetness! I hate you!" She rambled on to the dumbfounded  Chanyeol whose jaw had slackened and eyes popping out in surprise.

"That MV came out.. on the night when you stop texting me. You watch my video and ignore me because of that?! You were jealous? What in the world! You called ma an too because of the girl mv? It was fake Hara!" He cracked up upon realization.

"Fake!? You hug her! There were alot of body contact urgh just thinking about it make me want to puke! Why must you hug her that way, Chanyeol?! She even backhug you for God's sake! She hold your hand, fingers, face everything!  I'm going crazy again! This is unacceptable! You're mine! No other girls should touch you! How could you let them touch you!! I'm so pissed! Can you understand that Park Chanyeol?!" She continued her outburst loudly and wailed her hands madly in the air. 

"Babe, the director ask me to do it  It's part of my job. Come on..." He facepalm and laughed out loud. "I don't even know the actress name! You're cuter than my ferret hahahah! I only love you, Hara.. Come back here, don't sulk! Your Galbi is really delicious, I boasted to everyone saying my girlfirend make that for me!" He chuckled, grabbing her to sit on his lap.  

"You knew it was me?!" She exclaimed.

"Of course, JH. Jung Hara. I've resources. " He smirked.

"Sorry to interrupt but we need Chanyeol, Purple Hair." Baekhyun barged into the room.

"Didn't i lock the door?! How could you get in?!" Chanyeol scolded.

"Resources." Baek winked. 

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed reading!(: I need to rush didnt have time to check for english excuse any errors whoops!:P