"Isn't Minseok's house nearby?"

"No." That's technically not a lie. Each individual measures the word ‘nearby’ differently. He believes a few miles is nearby. I interpret 'nearby' like the distance between my left shoulder to my right. 

Still persistent, the manager continues, "I don't know. I certainly remember one of you living here in Namyangju. Your profiles are still in my folders in the car back when I just started this career." Darn. I don't need twelve filthy animals contaminating my home. Not other than that, they'll contaminate my oh-so-lovely sister's mind and destroy her image of me as the perfect brother. "Oh," he pointed to the folder, "silly Xiumin, you DO live here!" I shook my head repetitively.

"You have no right to enter my home!" Wait, this is a good opportunity to meet my family after such a long time. But... I don't want them to come with me. Whatever, I'll just lead them to someone stranger's house and flee when we arrive. 

Luhan all of a sudden smirks at me with such a menacing look and speaks to the manager, "No worries, manager-nim. I have his mom's number in my phone. I can ask her for permission." Even though I should be mad at him for getting a step closer, I'm more worried at fact that he knows my mother's number. "Darny darn, there's no signal here" Ha! 

Kris rolled his eyes at Luhan's non-existent common sense. "What did you expect? We're in the woods. Plus, there's no sign of civilization for miles! Did you think phone companies are going to waste their money on placing cell sites in the middle of nowhere?!" Luhan wasn't even listening an