Location: SM ENTERTAINMENT PRACTICE ROOM

 

"Get down!" A hand pulled Jongin down and they all glared at him. The rest of EXO was scared that he would blow their cover. When Jongin looked at Suho he saw that the leader’s eyebrows were knitted tightly together. As much as Jongin felt like following their plans, he found himself wanting to warn the duo that was practicing inside. He was curious, yes, but he reckoned it was best to leave them to it. Maybe they hiding their face was something they worked hard in doing since debut, he did not want s to sabotage that.  "Maybe we should just leave; didn't we come here to practice our dance?" Jongin whispered to all of them and Baekhyun shook his head, wagging his finger to the younger boy. 
"No, no. They are here! We don't usually see them around, don't you think it's a sign that we should grab this chance to expose them?" 
"I mean... Time is running out and-"
"You're acting strange, I thought that you would be the most curious out of all of us." Suho butted in, his eyes turning to Jongin and analyzing his features. "You haven't been contacting any of them, are you? You're a bit defensive." 
"N-no, Hyung." Jongin shook his head and sat on the floor. The crouching was making his thighs tire out. "Aish. I'm annoyed. We come here to dance and practice instead we're gathered here. I mean, if that's what you want to do then should have left me out. I want sleep." Jongin's reaction was understandable to all the members. They were all tired and wanted to get back home to get sleep as much as possible. "I'm curious but I listen to them for their music, whether I see their face or not it doesn't matter."    “Well, to us it matters.” Sehun began talking, but no one was listening to him. He continued talking to himself, his eyes on the floor. “Because we could get our awards taken away from us, none of us want that. Maybe our life will totally change, what if they keep rising? I came to this company to be the best group, why should we-“ “Shhhh… I hear noises.” Lay had cut off Sehun’s talking and was pressing his ears against the wall, there was shuffling as if they were keeping their bags and things. “They stopped singing; I think it’s time we go in if we want to go in now.” The singing had stopped and now there was complete silence coming from the room, not a single note or hustle could be heard. Chanyeol pushed Baekhyun, Baekhyun turning to Chanyeol in confusion. Chanyeol jerked his head. Their telepathy meant that he wanted Baekhyun to check, the beagle like boy popping his head slowly, scared that he would be seen. Everyone’s faces were focused on Baekhyun and they watched as his facial expression changed into wonder.   Baekhyun stood up, pressing his face against the glass. After sweeping his eyes all over the room through the glass, he looked down at them and shook his head. “What?” Chanyeol questioned, furrowing his eyebrows at Baekhyun who his lips. “They’re gone.” “H-How is that possible?!” Suho exclaimed suddenly, everyone standing up. He almost stumbled by how fast he was trying to move, his legs bringing him to the door of the practice door and he wretched it open. The short leader walked in and it was just what Baekhyun had said, the room was empty. The piano was covered like it was untouched and the chairs were put back in its original place. There were no doors and just a single window that was closed.  “Wha- Where did they go?” Lay searched the room, shaking his head in disbelief. “Perhaps the window?” Sehun suggested, walking to the window and opening it, sticking his head and looking around. There was sign of them, and the practice room was on the third floor. It wasn’t high, but it wasn’t low either- it seemed weird that they would go out that way. “Did everyone see it like we did? We saw two people singing, did we? Was I the only one?” Chanyeol ran a hand through his hair, trying to figure out where they went. Even Kyungsoo was curious and he had grabbed a chair, standing up on it on tiptoe and trying to check the ceiling. “Could it be… a ghost?” To Sehun they were wearing two different colors, black and white. He began talking to himself. “Maybe this is a sign, our next song will be a big hit and swipe the charts overseas!” He pumped his fist in the air and no one replied to his self mutterings. “What’s going on here?” A man said and everyone saw Kyuhyun pop by. Suho explained what had happened and Kyuhyun tilted his head. “Must have been a ghost, you know what they say about this room. Sometimes the piano plays by itself.” “I don’t believe it was a ghost.” Suho countered, walking around the room.   While everyone was fussing over the mysterious disappearance of the two singers, Jongin had moved to the piano and sat down. He was both bothered and shaken, for some reason, he was grateful that they gone but he was also scared of who these people were. Why were they hiding? What did they have in mind? He moved his leg and his foot hit something hard, the tanned boy looking down at the floor and he saw an iphone. He reached down to grab the device when Suho appeared behind him, Jongin stepping on the phone to instinctively hide it. “This is the piano she was playing, yeah?” “Yeah.” Jongin answered, his throat dry. Suho nodded, moving away from Jongin. Jongin made sure no one was around and he looked at the phone screen. He pressed the homescreen and he saw that it was locked. The wallpaper was the picture of a moon and he quickly put the phone in his pocket when Baekhyun appeared to tell him that they had to practice.   He had her phone, and he felt like he had an advantage over her.   ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________     Your POV   Zen and I made our way to the manager’s car that was waiting. We had finished recording and I just wanted to go home fast. My best friend’s face as red and I smiled when I saw him check the time and yawned. My hand automatically went to him and I gripped it, holding his unglov