-Ha In! Ha In wait up! – I heard a voice calling me from the bottom of the stairs so I just waited patiently until my friend Hyunmi climbed up the stairs and joined me.

-Someone looks in quite a hurry – I teased as she gasped for air.

-Have you…Have you seen this? – she asked, raising her arm so quickly she almost slammed her phone against my face.

Stepping back a bit I took her phone and stared at the picture displaying.

It was Minhyuk, just as he had arrived at Japan, I knew because he had sent me a selca not too long ago, before Hyunmi had arrived, she didn’t know that though.

-Doesn’t he look gorgeous?  - she exclaimed.

-Yes he does – I smiled.

-I am so jealous of Japanese melodies!! They get the boys all for theirselves – she pouted and I laughed, which only made her punch my arm, and didn’t it hurt.

-Ouch! That did hurt, you know? – I protested rubbing my arm, I couldn’t believe someone so tiny could hold such a strength – anyway we can’t really protest can we? After all we had them here for a concert already.

-Says the one who could go – she mumbled.

-I already apologized for that didn’t I? – I whined.

Hyunmi and I intended to go to the boys first concert together, but in the end, I discovered Minhyuk had gotten me a first row ticket, I had to lie to Hyunmi and pretend I had to go to England just to then say I wasn’t and go to the concert by myself, I felt like the lowest scum on earth but had I gone with her I would have not been able to sneak into the backstage to be with the guys as the wanted me to.

I bought her every single piece of merchandise I could get my eyes on…I even forced the guys to sign some of it.

-I seriously wish I had a rich grandma like you – I forgot to mention I used my  grandmother as an explanation for the ticket – by this time I would already be married to Minhyukkie.

I tried to repress laughter, if Hyunmi ever learnt I was in fact in a relationship….a serious relationship with her ultimate bias… it quite worried me what her reaction would be.

-Are you already close enough for you to call him names? – I mocked.

She glared.

-You laugh now but wait! – she said, raising both her voice and one arm.

-Ara, ara – I nodded in a calming manner – let’s go before we are late for class.

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The class was being tedious.

I was distractedly doodling on one side of my notebook when a little paper ball fell on my lap.

Startled I raised my head and noticed Hyunmi giving me a look a few seats away.

Discreetly I opened the note.

<< Phone>>

I sighed and hiding it under the table, unlocked my phone.

Hyunmi had sent more pictures from the boys in Japan, especially pictures of Minhyuk.

Don’t you wish we were there?? – she typed.

Focus on this class and we may be able to go there and UNDERSTAND what people actually say  - I answered.

What’s with you today? You really don’t seem excited at all.

I took my time to answer. Of course I wasn’t all cheerful, I would have liked to bid the boys a proper goodbye, but I had been unable to. I missed Minhyuk, even though it hadn’t been even a day ever since he left. It worried me how hectic these days were being for all of them, but most of all, it killed me I couldn’t be with them.

“-Ha In-ah will you come too? – Sungjae asked when we were talking about the whole thing of their Japanese debut.

-How could I? Last time I checked I wasn’t a BtoB member – I answered, earning chuckles from the guys.

-Well yeah but we are flying on a normal plane, staying on a normal hotel, you could just tag along – he suggested.

-Sassaeng mode you mean? – I replied.

-Well, you are being invited though no one but us would know – he smiled – I thought Minhyuk-hyung would have talked to you about it already.

-Huh? – I asked, my eyes travelling to Minhyuk, who very casually was busy eating a mouthful of rice.

I looked inquisitively at him and he raised his eyes to look at me, biting his lip before talking, as if measuring his words.

-Well…the other day I just mentioned it would be fun if you came with us – he said, as if it was no big deal.

-He said he would love it if you came with us, that it would be as if we were still in Korea, and that he would really like it if you could go to Japan for the first time with him – Sungjae blabbered.

-Sungjae – Minhyuk said with dry voice, I was almost 100% sure he had kicked Sungjae’s shin underneath the table.

-I….

-I know you can’t go – he quickly said – you have your lessons, you can’t suddenly disappear and I know even if you did we wouldn’t be able to hang around Japan as if it was no big deal, our schedules will be really tight and most likely we would have no time to be with you.

He said all that in a go, looking straight into his rice, and after being done he resumed eating.

The atmosphere had been awkward after that, and it was Eunkwang who lightened it by cracking up some jokes.

Minhyuk didn’t talk nor look at me for what was left of the night”

He had evaded as much as he could that topic ever since, and even last night, which we spent together before he left, he had been quieter than usual, and much moodier.

I knew what was going on through his mind, he was just annoyed, same way he had been before the comeback when he would miss all our dates because of the preparations and his schedule.

I too would have loved to go to Japan, even if I would have spent little time with them, but in the end, I knew it would only stress Minhyuk more than if I stayed here.

Don’t worry I’m just tired, I stayed up till late yesterday ­– I finally typed back.

Okay then ^^ By the way, do you feel like doing something after lessons?

Right then the class came to an end and the ruckus of getting out as quickly as humanly possible followed.

-So, you up for it? – Hyunmi asked once we got out together of the University.

-Can’t I am meeting Hee Joon for the final touch ups of our project.

-Oh come on! Let’s at least have lunch together before you go and meet him – she pleaded hanging from my arm.

-But…we are meeting for lunch.

Hyunmi took a step back and stared at me with a sly smile.

-That sounds like date to me – she state