Eunji lay unmoving underneath her blanket, wanting to forget what had just happened but the sitation kept retunring to her. As much as Eunji wanted to repel her feelings for Bomi away, they persisted under Eunji's unrelenting supression. Bomi was fun and complimented Eunji's carefree personality well. Too well in fact.

Eunji didn't want to cling on to the false hope that Bomi harbored feelings for her. She would never let something so unnecesary affect her happiness in Apink or threaten her friendship with Bomi. So Eunji kept her attraction in check, only sometimes were subtle hints dropped. Bomi, being naive and ignorant, didn't notice. It hurt her again and again. And Eunji kept getting pushed away. 

Part of her minded, but the other nagged at her to let it go, to stop wasting her efforts. Chorong was somebody she respected and liked. It was better not to have tension within the group, yet it was inevitable. Eunji berated herself for thinking that she could hate Chorong.

All she had to focus on now, is her position in Apink and her loving fans. Every day was a struggle, mentally and physically. Eventually, comforted by her own thoughts, Eunji let them carry her to sleep, not bothering to switch off the lights. After all that, she still spared a thought for Bomi. 

Chorong woke up on the couch to a bright, still cold, morning. Their mamager informed her of the day's schedule, an interview, followed by a christmas special 'luv' recording, then a photoshoot. Bomi still had to film her part on weekly idol. Another tiring day. She scanned the living room with blurred vision for any of her members. 

Again, she had been delegated the task of waking them up. Waking Eunji up was a horribly formidable task considering how resolute she was in staying in bed. Once she wakes up though, Eunji was the complete opposite. Shuffling her feet to the washroom, Chorong sighed. At least, she had the privilege to use the bathroom first without contestation. 

 "Chorong unnie?" Naeun acknowledged, standing by the mirror, face wet, with her hair pulled back by a blue headband. Chorong smiled, grateful to have one less memebr to wake. "Great. You're up," she slurred. Naeun cast her a distant look, "How could i not? Hayoung's snores are painful." Chorong laughed and headed towards the sink, "move over."

Chorong washed her face, brushed her teeth and applied all her face care products beside Naeun. "Do me a favor. Since you hate Hayoung's snores so much, help me wake her up?" Chorong mumbled, smearing a white lotion across her chin. "Unnie..." Naeun whined. Chorong ignored her deliberately while focusing on her face in the mirror. "Okay, okay.I'm done here anyway." Naeun threw her arms out, knowing better than to argue with the leader, wiped her bare face and stalked off to Hayoung, eliciting a victorious snicker from the older member. 

"You owe me!" Naeun yelled back at the bathroom. 

Chorong turned her head to see Bomi standing in the doorway, with messy disheveled bedhair. Somehow, as Chorong looked, Bomi appeared to be strangely attractive with unkempt  hair. Chorong shook the rising attraction towards Bomi out of herself. The latter picked up a comb and began straigtenening her two lengths of her brown hair. When she was done, Bomi brushed her teeth.

"Are you feeling rejuvenated today? You look like you've had a good, nice sleep on the couch," Bomi quipped, a smirk forming on her face. "No, i haven't. My neck aches," Chorong frowned as she spoke. Bomi's expression fell but continued washing her face. "Yesterday night you did fell asleep on the couch, did you not?" 

"What do you mean?" Chorong was perfectly aware of where Bomi was headed with this conversation. Last night, Chorong was falling in and out of sleep. She was not in her bed where she slept the best, so naturally, she didn't sleep as deeply as she would have liked. And about what Bomi did, Chorong wasn't entirely sure if it was a dream or not.

"Um...nothing," Bomi smiled revealing her aligned teeth.

Chorong regarded Bomi with suspicion as she spoke, "you kissed me right?" At Chorong's knowledge, Bomi's heart rate quickened. Suddenly, she was at a loss of words, eyes darting from Chorong's face to herself in the mirror. Bomi remained silent, not trusting to form any coherent sentences. 

Should she apologize? Should she admit it? Time was ticking and the air in the bathroom between them was heating up at a very rapid speed. She hated leaving Chorong to wait but the other was adamant to get an answer out from Bomi. "No...no it was a dream." 

"Don't joke around, bbom-ah." 

"Its true," Bomi stammered, feeling her face flush with embarrasment. She was being torn apart by the lies that she was throwing at Chorong but she couldn't bring herself to confess to her actions. The consequences will be dire. The fans will know. "I'm pretty sure i felt it." Chorong squinted, questioning herself now. Was she insane? "Well, I better go wake Eunji up now. It will probably take some time."

Chorong spun on her heel and headed for the door. Bomi was internally biting on her nails as she fought her thoughts. "Wait, I did. I did kiss you and I'm sorry." To Bomi's relief more than disappointment, Chorong smiled knowingly at her. "I know."

With that, Chorong flitted over to Bomi, s a hand to the back of Bomi's neck and kissed her lightly, much like the one she had received the previous night. gentle and soft. 

Hey readers. Thank you all for your encouragements. School is starting soon and updates will probably take a little longer with school work piling up. Let me know if this length of one chapter is up to your standards, otherwise I will try and lengthen it. :)