Do Me A Favor
He looked around the first floor of the crowded restaurant, trying to get a glimpse of Miss E and Grand. He used the men’s toilet and Grand wasn’t there. He was also sure that Miss E wasn’t in the women’s toilet for he shamelessly asked a girl that came out of the toilet if she saw someone with the description of Miss E inside.
The girl, who batted her eyes and gave her a come on look confirmed what he was thinking that Miss E, didn’t come down to use the restroom -- so is Grand!
‘Where the hell did the two of them go?’
He decided to get out of the restaurant when he couldn’t see them. He was wondering if they went out to go somewhere. His suspicion was right!
When he stepped out of the restaurant, he saw the two of them deep in conversation at the coffee shop across the Samgyeopsal restaurant. They were sitting at a table outside the cafe with cute striped umbrellas.
He clenched his jaw and turned his back from the annoying sight and went back to the restaurant furious with jealousy.
‘Is it possible that Mantis and One’s hunch between Miss E and Grand were right all along?’
When he considered the possibility of a relationship between the two, he felt like he had been hit in the gut.
“Where did Grand and Miss E go?” Mantis asked all gossipy as soon as he sat down on his chair.
“I went to the bathroom, how could I know?” He replied with disinterest.
Mantis and One exchanged meaningful glances, shrugged their shoulders, and just continued stuffing their bellies with more grilled pork.
After fifteen minutes, Miss E came back to their table without Grand.
One and Mantis kicked each other's legs under the table. DT gave them a warning look, and they stopped as if they had been caught by their teachers.
Miss E pretended she didn’t notice that the three boys on the table were talking about her.
Grand returned to the restaurant when it was time for them to go shopping. She wanted to go back to her hotel room and just play some games but she doesn’t want to be a spoilsport. So, she let the boys talk her into buying useless things. She got Dana some cute facial masks, and some hand creams for Madame Bae.
She saw some hoodie with the face of a familiar Korean actor. She recognized him from a drama that Anya watched during her break time. She decided to buy it for her. Other than that, she didn’t see anything worth buying.
When they were back at the shuttle bus that would take them to the hotel. Grand dropped a mountain of snacks on her lap.
“What do you think you are doing?” she asked annoyed. She doesn’t like eating junk food.
“You can give it to Dana as pasalubong.” he grinned shyly.
She was ready to be bitchy with him, but then she saw the timid smile from him. And the fact that he bought Dana snacks. She let him get away with it. Dana would really enjoy these snacks.
“Thank you.” She gathered the snacks he got her and put them on the seat next to her.
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“Changed schedule. We will be moving to Busan for joint training with another team. Our stay in Korea will be extended for another four days.”
He scanned the room full of sleepy team members. It looks like they all made good use of their free time last night. The sudden change of schedule seemed to be a bit of a burden on the team, as they are expecting to still have a free day today.
He should tell Ghost to arrange a time after the joint practice to relax for the team, but right now he does not have a choice but to push all the members for this joint practice. The joint practice is something that would be beneficial to the team.
“When are we moving to Busan?” Grand asked, yawning and scratching his head.
“Today after lunch,” he answered him. The team grumbled in protest. “Silence! You can all sleep on the bus.”
More complaints were heard from the boys. While Miss E sat at the back of the room like the situation that was happening does not include her.
“Go back to your room, start packing, then go down to the restaurant for lunch. At exactly two in the afternoon, we will check out.”
“I just lost my appetite,” One clicked his tongue at Ghost. “I just want to sleep.” he continued mumbling on the way back to his room that he shared with Mantis.
“We are leaving today, so you could all have a good sleep tonight before the training tomorrow,” he yelled to the team leaving the Big Boss’s room.
It didn’t stop the team from expressing their annoyance over the sudden change of schedule. They grumbled non-stop inside the elevator.
She stayed at the farthest corner of the elevator with her headset on and ignored all of them. She was startled when DT stepped close to him. She had forgotten that she was avoiding him.
Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, wondering why he is also going down with them when his room is on the floor above them. She doesn’t want to talk to him, so she kept the question to herself.
“Yo, DT, are you going down to the restaurant now?” Grand slapped DT’s arms as he squeezed himself to get near them in the cramped elevator.
“No. I’m going to your room.” he sternly answered him.
“Ohh!” he said, glancing over his shoulder watching the expressionless face of Miss E. He turned his back on them and started joking with other members in the elevator.
They all get off on the 9th floor except for Dumpling and Spirit who decided to eat first before packing their clothes.
“Is it something private?” He asked DT as they walked towards his bedroom. Seven and I shared a room, so if you need privacy for a talk we need to ask Seven first.”
“It’s not that important.” he put his hand on the door, halting Grand from opening it. In the shuttle later, could you do something so Miss E and I could share a seat on the bus.” he asked him with a serious face.
“Do you understand what you’re asking of me?” He replied with a question of the same seriousness. “Miss E would probably kill me,” he stated a fact.
“Consider this a favor you owe me.”
“You also got it bad, huh?” he pushed him away from the door.
“Can you do it?”