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“Want to eat a snack first before we run through our lines?” Krystal asked Minho.

He nodded and she led him into the kitchen. Opening the large fridge, she looked inside to see what they had to eat.

“Hmm. We have celery, apples, yogurt, oranges, or…tofu?” She said, surprised.

She smiled back sheepishly at the pitch change of her voice. Minho just sat quietly at the stool of the kitchen counter.

She brought out the sliced apples and oranges, and grabbed two water bottles, setting them down.

They ate in silence, until Mrs. Jung came into the kitchen, all smiles. “Krystal, ooh hello. You must be Minho!

OMONA! You’re so handsome no wonder they picked you to be Romeo!” She exclaimed.

Krystal gave Minho an apologetic smile for her mother’s enthusiasm. He stood up and bowed politely to her.

“Yeh.” He said and sat back down in his stool. Mrs. Jung couldn’t stop smiling.

“Omma, don’t you have some errands to run?” Krystal asked, hoping to avoid anymore outbursts from her.

Mrs. Jung took her Acai berry juice from the fridge, and glanced at her. “Errands? Maid Shin already

Did the laundry and fixed the beds, and Gardener Kang already pruned the topiary sculptures.” She explained.

Krystal nodded at this. “But. Oh! What about Sica unni! Didn’t she ask you to pick her up from the dance

Studio since Driver Lim was out for the day?” She reminded her.

Mrs. Jung’s eyes widened. “OMO. You’re right! See you later kids!” She said hurrying out of the kitchen with

Her Acai berry juice and her car keys.

“Sorry about that.” Krystal said to Minho. He gave her a small smile, nodding.

“It’s okay. She seems nice.” He told her sincerely.

She nodded and they finished their sliced fruit in silence. Then she led the way to the den where

They could start practicing their lines.