You stared at the mirror and glared at the dark circles formed below your droopy eyes.

God, I could barely get back to sleep last night… how long was it again? An hour…? 30 minutes…?

You sighed in frustration and quickly applied some eye cream to hide them. You didn’t want to make the boys worried. Worse, you didn’t want your nosy classmates to start spreading gossips about you again too.

After you got your uniform fixed, you took your bag as you walked out from the bathroom. You had your hand hovered above the door knob when you suddenly felt your heart began to thump hard.

Come on, ___! You can do this!!

You finally stepped out from your room with your bag slung on your shoulder. You took a deep breath and carefully looked around.

Are… are they still in their rooms?

Faint bickering was heard and you slowly glanced downstairs. You eventually noticed that the boys were already flocked around the dining table, eating their breakfast.

Please! Calm down, you stupid heart!

You had your hand clutched on your chest but your heart just thumped even louder. You felt your stomach slightly fluttered when you heard their cheerful laughs.

“Oh! Good morning, my princess!” Ken waved at you happily from his seat and you gave him an awkward smile.

“G-good morning too, Ken…”

You were walking nervously to your chair when Hyuk suddenly stood up and pulled it for you.

“There you go.” He softly whispered.

You mouthed him a ‘thanks’ and he grinned back at you.

“Enjoy your breakfast~” N swiftly filled your empty plate with a stack of toasts and a fried egg.

You gulped and looked at them warily. You then had your eyes fixed at Hongbin who sat across from you, munching his toast.

You were tracing his face down when he suddenly his lower lip.

Your eyes instantly widened as a flashback from last night’s incident burst out and replayed inside your mind.

N, who sat right next to you, suddenly tapped your shoulder.

“My honey~”

You quickly turned your head and gasped when you saw him leaned his body closer to you with a small piece of toast perched on his lips. It took you less than a second to realize that he was trying to feed you with his mouth.

You pushed his chest hardly and looked away in panic.

“No!!!” You yelled and N blinked in surprise.

Flashbacks from last night continued to emerge inside your head and you couldn’t help but felt nervous as hell.

Your face reddened abruptly and you could swear that your ears felt so hot like they were being grilled on fire. Thank God you got your hair draped over your face or the boys would already have laughed at you.

Last night… w-was it… N!?

N then pushed the toast into his mouth and munched it, “Aigoo~ if only you didn’t shove me back so roughly like that, we would be having a very romantic breakfast right now…”

You just stayed silent when Ravi started to glare at N, “Man, you really need to learn some table manner.”

Hyuk, who was sitting on your right, stared at you worriedly.

"Gwaenchana? Your face is so… red.”

You quickly covered your cheeks with your hands and shook your head vigorously, “Y-yes! I’m okay!!”

You took your fork and knife with trembling hands. You were about to start eating when Hyuk suddenly cupped your face, turning it towards him.

“Are you having a fever?”

He then put his forehead on yours and closed his eyes.

Your eyes were perked up in shock when you realized that his pinkish lips were just inches away from yours. You could even feel his warm breaths on your lips.

“I-I said I’m okay!!” You shoved his body right away and you could see that he was slightly taken aback by your action.

Even the others instantly looked at you with a confused look on their faces. It wasn’t the first time for him to do that to you, and you had never pushed him away like this before. But of course, today was an exception. Because your mind was still occupied with what happened last night.

More flashbacks filled up inside your mind and your poor heart just couldn’t take it anymore.

Was it… Hyuk!? ! ! I need to stop thinking about this! B-but… I want to know who it was! Those lips-- urghhh!!!

You silently cursed yourself and slowly looked at Hyuk.

“M-mianhae…” You bit your lower lip, “I… I was just--”

He just smiled back at you in response, “It’s okay. I take no offense though…” He softly patted your head, “I’m glad that you’re not sick.”

You eventually noticed that boys were all eyeing you worriedly and you felt somewhat guilty.

“I’m sorry guys… I’m just-- umm… I had a nightmare last night.” You lied as you flashed them a forced smile.

You sighed and finally started eating.

“Do you want me to sleep with you like last time? I’m sure I can help you get rid of those nightmares.” N wittily winked.

You cleared your throat timidly, “Thanks N, but I’m afraid there will be no second time for that.” You placed the fried egg on your toast.

N peevishly pouted, “Wae!? Don’t you like it when a hot and handsome guy like me is hugging you to sleep?!”

“You mean dark-skinned cheesy guy like N? There, I’m generous enough to correct that. You can thank me later, girl.” Ravi mockingly snorted.

He raised his eyebrows and leered at N. You couldn’t help but laughed at those two, “That’s… somewhat true.”

“WHAT!?” N faked a gasp, “Honey! How can you say that to your future husband?!”

“Ya!  She is my princess! And I will be her one and only prince!” Ken groused while pointing his fork at himself.

Hongbin suddenly chuckled, “I’m sorry guys, I’m afraid I already made a deal with her about this ‘future wife’ thingy. Right?”

He gave you a flirtatious wink and you could swear that it was too mind blowing that it nearly gave you a heart attack. You just shook your head and continued eating your breakfast while the boys kept on bickering about who should be your future husband.

You were staring at the blackboard in front of you blankly when you felt someone poked your right cheek.

You turned your head and saw Ken grinned beside you.

“Is something wrong?” He tilted his head.

You shook your head as you shrugged, “Nothing. I… I’ve never felt any better than this…”

Ken pouted his lips, “You lied.”

“What makes you say that? Do you have a sixth sense or something?” You lightly punched his arm.

He squatted beside your seat, “No, but I noticed that you dazed off a lot today. You didn’t take notes or write anything during lessons. And now, you didn’t even realize that it’s already lunch break, right? Just what’s gotten into you?”

You blinked your eyes a few times and glanced at the wall clock.

Damn, he’s right. I didn’t even realize that the bell already rang.

You had been quiet for the whole day and it wasn’t even hard for the boys to tell that there was something wrong with you. Usually, you would talk back when they teased you. But today, you only flashed them a fake smile and didn’t even pay much attention to what they were doing.

The same thing happened when they were being touchy with you. Normally, you would just give up and went along with their so-called ‘skin ships’. But it was clear to the boys that you were avoiding them today. As if you didn’t want them to touch you.

The boys noticed that you were occupied with something in your mind. It was bothering you, and they weren’t very happy with that. They didn’t suspect a thing when you told them that you had a nightmare last night. But now, they began to wonder what kind of nightmare it actually was.

“Was your nightmare really that bad?” Hyuk worriedly mumbled.

“Is there any good nightmare?” Leo suddenly spoke as he walked inside the classroom, shooing Ken away from his seat.

“Ouch!” Hyuk yelped when N suddenly hit his neck.

“If it’s called a nightmare, then it’s definitely bad! Go read some books or surf the internet, you babo!”

“But you don’t need to hit me, you know!?” He furrowed his eyebrows.

Ravi suddenly crouched between you and Leo. He then grabbed your hands and stared intensely at you.

"Look at me.”

You listened and slowly shifted your gaze at him. You slightly flinched when he tucked the hair behind your ear.

“What’s so scary about your dream? Was it ghost? Or monsters?”

He tightened his grip, “Just think of me and they’ll go away! Shoo! Shoo! Go away, you stupid nightmare! Go away from her head!” Ravi then wobbled his hand above your head, as if he was trying to brush away the nightmares.

You slightly laughed at his cuteness, “Thanks, Ravi. I hope it works.”

He pinched your cheeks as he pouted, “No no, give me a wide smile!”

“But I don’t feel like smiling…” Your lips formed a thin line and Ravi quickly frowned.

He suddenly jerked his body closer and provokingly his lips. “If you won’t smile, then I have no other choice but to kiss you.”

“NO!! STOP!!!” You immediately pushed him back with hand covered around your mouth, “I will smile for you! I-I will…!!”

Ravi reluctantly leaned back and you gave him a wide smile, a fake one though.

“There… happy?” You looked at Ravi and he nodded contentedly.

For God’s sake, Ravi! It’s barely noon yet I nearly got killed from heart attack twice! Wait… was it Ravi last night!? Aishhh… I’m going crazy!!

“You know what, I sincerely like your feisty side more than this one. Oh, and for your information, I’m being serious right now.” Ravi mumbled with arms folded across his chest.

Hongbin came over as well. He sat in front of you with both hands propped on the chair, “You can tell us about your nightmare anytime. Who knows, it might make you feel better.”

You rubbed the back of your neck and stared at the six guys. “Seriously, guys…. I’m totally fine...”

It’s just that… I can’t seem to focus on anything today because of what happened last night. And to be honest, I’m dead curious about who my first kiss was. But it was so dark… I couldn’t even see his face! If only it wasn’t that dark… wait-- what!?

You quickly shooed the weird thoughts away and brought up an idea,

“H-hey, guys! Umm… how about we go to the rooftop?”

You were leaning your head on Leo’s shoulder as you stared at the bright blue sky above. You slowly closed your eyes and enjoyed the fresh breeze as it gently tickled your face.

You could faintly hear N and Hyuk yelled as they started to bicker at each other, while Hongbin and Ravi were laughing happily over ridiculous stuffs that you didn’t even understand. You also noticed that Ken was singing his favorite song alone somewhere far from you, probably next to the railing, his favorite spot.

I’m sorry guys, I’m actually very happy to be with all of you right now. But somehow, I just can’t show it on my face. All thanks to these stupid thoughts…

“Did you really have a nightmare?”

You opened your eyes and looked at Leo, who seemed to be lost in thought with both eyes stared into space.

“Y-yeah… I told you guys this morning, right?”

He turned his head, “It doesn’t look like that to me.”

You nervously gulped when those unnerving flashbacks sprung up in your mind again. Your face reddened nearly instantly as your heart began to thump furiously.

“You were thinking about something, right?” Leo shook his head, “No, you were thinking about someone…”

Your eyes were perked up wide as you cleared your throat in panic, looking away from him. You had no idea where his hunches came from but it did somewhat stunned you.

She still doesn’t want to spill anything, huh?

“Try this.”

You fitfully turned your body to Leo and saw him shoved a cup of latte to you.

“I always drink this to calm my mind.” He softly mumbled.

You stared at it for a couple of seconds before eventually took the cup from Leo’s hand. You immediately felt the hot steam fumed under your nose.

“I… I’ve never tried a latte before, though…” You eyed the whipped cream topped on the brownish liquid.

“Then try.” He briefly glanced at you before continued staring into empty space.

You curiously took a sip of the latte. Only to feel your entire tongue went completely numb in nearly instantly.

What the-- this is so souurrrr!!!

You squeezed your eyes tightly and shrieked inaudible high notes as you tried to contain the bitterness that suddenly took over your mouth. You had your jaw dropped low when you saw Leo slightly hunched his body, holding his laughter.

“Y-ya! Jung Leo! Did you just trick me!?”

You angrily slapped his shoulder and he smirked victoriously.

“Omona!! this is freaking bitterrrr!! Blarghhh~!!” You stuck your tongue out and was about to give Leo another slap on the shoulder when he suddenly caught your arm and pulled you closer.

You let out a loud gasp when your chin bumped into his chest. You slowly opened your eyes and realized that his gorgeous face was barely an inch from yours. Your nose was nearly touching his and you could swear that you had trouble breathing right now.

Your heart pounded even harder and faster as those perplexing scenes from last night occupied your mind again.

W-was it… Leo!?

He leaned closer and you screamed inside. Your mind was just too disoriented that you couldn’t do anything but stared at his eyes. Cold sweats began to fall from your head when you felt his soft thumb on your lips.

I-is... is he going to kiss me!?

Your thrilling imaginations immediately crashed when Leo suddenly moved his thumb instead and the top of your lip. You had no idea what that was for. And before you could ask him what he was doing, Leo already moored his back on the wire fence again.

You blinked your eyes and eventually realized that there was some whipped cream left on your lips. You quickly wiped the rest off with the back of your hand.

“T-thanks…”

With face badly reddened, you tried your best to breathe normally again. You were coughing nervously when you suddenly stole a glance at Leo.

Bad mistake.

The moment you got your eyes locked on him, Leo was the whipped cream perched on his thumb. You were sure that your eyes nearly popped out from their sockets when you saw his tongue traced his pinkish lips ily.

He quickly noticed that you were staring at him and he gave you a faint chuckle. You silently cursed at yourself as you looked away in panic.

Babo! That was freaking embarrassing!!

N suddenly shouted with one hand roosted on his mouth. “Guys! Let’s head back now! Break time is over! Ppali!”

Oh my God, N…! Thanks for saving me from this super awkward situation!

You nearly stumbled when you abruptly stood up and ran towards the door, joining the others.

“Y-yes! Wait for me!!”

Unbeknown to you, Leo actually giggled when he noticed that you were running with blushed face.

___ did you know that you look even cuter when you’re blushing...?

“I’m so excited!” N yapped happily with both hands stretched in the air.

You sighed quietly while staring at those six boys as they waltzed inside the biggest shopping mall in Seoul.

This was all started when N suddenly suggested that the seven of you should go watch a movie. The reason was, of course, to cheer you up. Though you had told him that you were already okay, the eldest just wouldn’t listen. Unfortunately, the other five were already fed up with his never-ending nags either. They didn’t show any objections when N jollily came up with this idea.

To cheer me up, my . I bet he insisted on coming here for his own good. That’s it, if this is going to be another shopping spree I swear I’ll--

“Ya ya ya! Which one? Which one?!”

You had your head shook in frustration when N began to scan a list of movie titles on his phone. You could easily tell how excited he was with the way he trotted around the mall.

Right now, the seven of you were strolling together inside this massive building called COEX Mall. It was probably the biggest shopping mall that you had ever visited in your life. Clothing stores, cinema, aquarium, ice rink, exhibition halls, food court and game center. This mall literally had almost everything.

It had been less than five minutes since all of you stepped into the shopping mall, yet the boys were, as usual, already became the center of attention. They weren’t even wearing anything flashy, yet everyone in the mall had their eyes fixed on the boys. Some even started to snap pictures of them with their cell phones.

You immediately covered your face with your hand when you heard some girls began to murmur things like, ‘who’s that lucky girl?’ and ‘what is that girl doing with those hot-looking boys?’.

Ken eventually noticed that. And this time, he became somewhat very annoyed.

“Stop it! Stop covering your beautiful face, princess!”

“B-but… people are staring at me! I hate that!” You yelped in frustration.

“Then let them see! Let them see who this pretty girl that these six boys cherish and care the most is!”

His words somewhat struck you right in the heart and you finally agreed to put your hands down.

“That’s a LOT better!” Ken gently grabbed your left hand. He pulled you closer and made you walk right beside him.

Ravi suddenly appeared and slung his arm on your shoulder.

“Tell me, baby. Do you want me to buy the red one or the black one? I’ll buy it for you as much as you want! Hmm… I personally prefer the red one, though. I think it suits you the best! What do you think?” He wittily snickered.

“Huh? What are you talking about? B-buy me… what?”

You tilted your head in confusion and he joyously pointed his finger at one of the stores in front of you. You nearly shrieked when you finally saw the store that he was pointing at.

Lingerie store.

“Ya! I will definitely kill you, you ert!” You were trying to hit him but he quickly ran away from you and joined N who already walked ahead. Ravi then laughed victoriously while shooting heart signs with his hands.

“That Kim Ravi… he really needs to stop being so erted!” You mumbled angrily.

“Unfortunately, he can’t. It’s literally inside every healthy guy’s mind.”

You turned your head and stared at the youngest who slowly walked next to you with an indifferent look on his face.

“Oh, so you’re saying that even you have that kind of thoughts about me inside your head too? Thanks a lot, Hyuk. I thought you were the only one with untainted mind here…”

Hyuk grinned and playfully ruffled his hair, “I can’t help it sometimes!”

“YA!” You slapped his arm lightly and he grinned even wider.

“Aigoo… kids these days! Don’t worry, princess. I swear I always have pure thoughts about you!” Ken confidently patted his chest and gave you a wink.

“--Said someone who got very angry because he couldn’t find the download link of a video last night.” Hongbin promptly sneered from behind and you could swear Ken’s face suddenly turned red in embarrassment.

“Y-you did!?” You glared at Ken.

“N-no! I-I… ummm… uhh--“ You heard him stuttered while both Hongbin and Hyuk were gleefully giving each other a high five.

“Y-ya!! Lee Hongbin! You also watched it with me last time! You even eagerly asked me where the link for its sequel is!!” Ken snapped back.

“W-wha-- I’m not…!” You could see how Hongbin’s ears instantly reddened. Clearly, Ken was not lying about that one.

“But, hey! At least I never had any erted thoughts about ___!" Hongbin immediately launched a counter attack, “And at least I wasn’t the one who moaned her name in my sleep! Huh, I wonder who it was…” He leered at Ken.

“W-what!?” Ken was at loss for words.

Hyuk suddenly pointed his finger at Hongbin, “Ya, Lee Hongbin. Don’t be so full of yourself! I caught you staring at her legs during class a few days ago! So don’t you dare telling us that you have never had any weird thoughts about her!"

You quickly covered both of your ears and sped up your steps.

“E-enough!” You yelled with eyes widened in disbelief, “Geez! I’ll just go walk with Leo! Walking together with you guys will only make my head feels dizzy!!” You left those three behind and they began to blame each other.

Ugh! I can’t believe that even innocent-looking boys like Hyuk, Ken and Hongbin have erted minds too! I thought Ravi and N were the only ones-- oh… God!!

“What?” Leo asked in confusion when he saw you suddenly marched beside him.

“Nothing, Leo. I just want to walk with you because apparently, everyone has unhealthy interest in me.” You silently cursed.

He slightly blinked, “And what makes you think that I’m no different from them?” Leo’s face remained flat.

You had your mouth gawked wide, “W-what!? God… I trust you the most, Leo! Don’t tell me… you have those weird thoughts about me too…?!”

“For your information…” He stared at you deeply, “I’m a healthy man.”

Your jaw dropped, “LEO!!!”

The seven of you finally arrived at the cinema, and it had been somewhat decided that all of you would watch a very popular Hollywood movie called 'Breaking Dawn'. Tickets were already purchased, and now you had less than 15 minutes left before the movie started. N then suggested that all of you should buy some drinks and snacks from the refreshment bar first.

“Hold this.” Ken handed Hyuk a big bowl of popcorn,