CHAPTER 9

I woke up feeling light and happy, I cheerfully went inside the bathroom and freshened up. I hummed a melody as I prepared myself breakfast. I heard someone moving behind me, I turned around to see Mom staring at me weirdly.

"What?" I asked and suppressed a giggle. I didn't know what had gotten inside me but today, in particular, felt so good.

Mom took out her work and shook her head at me, "Young love." She mumbled and read her works whilst I practically gleamed over the breakfast that I made.

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I took out my phone and read the text I got.

Yeonjun♡

Did you sleep well? We will be attending a class today :)

I sent a reply and put my phone back in. To think about it, you may think I was way too easygoing or rather call me a fool in some way. But I was satisfied with the way things were, of course, I wanted to see him and I missed him, but a part of me was assured of something I couldn't quite grasp.

I went to the lecture hall to find Haeun and the guys sitting at their seats, I smiled and went excitedly beside them.

"Hi, Alanna!" I stopped mid-sentence when Eunsoo approached us.

"Oh hi," I greeted her half-heartedly.

"You look pretty today~," She said and smiled, I always had this unsettling feeling inside my stomach whenever she was around, but I chose to ignore it.

"Ah, thank you," I smiled, it was awkward as the guys and Haeun did not even mutter a word.

"I just wanted to say 'hi', I'll see you guys around." She said and waved, I just smiled at her and waved back. I stared at her retreating figure not really understanding why she would talk to me.

"Who was that?" Beomgyu asked the others who were also looking at me for an answer.

"That's Eunsoo. I think she said she transfer her department. She often comes and says hi." I replied.

They all nodded and minded their own business again. I kinda missed hanging out with the guys like this, the only time we got to be together was during lectures, and after that, no more interaction.

During lunch, Haeun forced me to give her details about the night at the TXT dorm. She laughed her butt off when I told her how Beomgyu ruined the moment. But, I felt so reassured as she said she supported my decision and will always be there for me. I was glad to have such a friend I could trust and lean on.

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Months passed and our lives were going on a routine. I attended classes and TXT did too, but they didn't really come often. Yeonjun and I were good, he and my Mom became close after Mom demanded that he needed to at least have dinner once in our home. I really didn't think it was a great idea since we weren't that serious but to my surprise, Yeonjun really came and things seemed like it was supposed to be that way.

Yeonjun would come to my house to meet me, we can't go on a date but the little things that we could do together were more than enough. I was thankful that he made time for me despite being so busy with his schedule. I sometimes worried that someone will discover us, I felt like I was being paranoid but I could not shake off the feeling that something was coming, and it made me scared.

TXT was having their comeback and they asked, rather ordered me and Haeun to attend the music shows. I put on some simple clothes and took out the banner and light stick they gave me. Haeun called and said she was already in the line, I hurriedly went out and took a cab. When I reached the place, there were so many fans waiting to get in, it was almost suffocating.

Haeun waved at me when I spotted her, I smiled and quickly went up to her. I thought the others would get mad since I basically cut the line, but they didn't seem to care. I turned to Haeun and saw that she was also holding a banner and lightstick like mine.

"Does it not feel good?" She suddenly said I looked at her questioningly.

"I mean, all these fans would fight to the death to get their attention, but you are dating one of them," she whispered, I nudged her to the side and looked around luckily no one paid attention to us.

A voice called me when I was about to scold Haeun, I turned to see Eunsoo standing behind me smiling excitedly at us. Haeun and I looked wearily at each other as she comes up to us, we didn't feel comfortable around Eunsoo, she kept on trying to hang out with us but no one really could see her as a friend.

"Hey! I am so glad I have someone I know here. I was worried I have to be all alone." She said and locked her arm with mine. I just smiled at her while Haeun started a conversation with her about the idol performing today. I felt really bad for not liking Eunsoo when I did not even know her that well.

We got inside the building and luckily, we got seats near the stage. The show started and several idols came out and performed around 3 times, I just guessed they had to choose the best out of that. I didn't really enjoy the show as I thought I would, well I would be enjoying it if not for the girls sitting behind me screaming their lungs out, I swear I would be deaf when the show ends.

The MC called out TXT and the screaming continued, I smiled proudly as they talked about their albums, they were having an interview in the green room. Soon after the interview, they all came out to perform.

The screaming got louder as they interacted with fans, I looked at Yeonjun as his eyes searched the crowd, they lit up as they landed on me. I smiled at him and he returned with his own. We were staring at each other with Yeonjun randomly waving around, it was a funny sight but I was too engrossed at the moment to laugh.

"You guys must be really close, " Eunsoo said which snapped me out of the trance. I forgot that Eunsoo was there with us.

"Uh, yeah, we are good friends, " I awkwardly said and moved my attention to the stage again. I saw the rest of the members looking our way and waved, I smiled and waved back. The girls behind me literally scream in my ears thinking they were waving at them. Oh good Lord, take me out of here.

I couldn't help but smile proudly and cheered as they performed, I knew how hard they worked. They barely sleep and they were so tired to the point they slept anywhere.

I really enjoyed the rest of the show I did not even know Yeonjun left a lot of messages. I opened them as we leave the room and he said he will be calling tonight and asked how I enjoyed their performance. I replied to him quickly and put down my phone in case someone saw it.

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I brushed my hair while I walked around the room, humming along to the songs that I played, the song suddenly changed but didn't bother me much and I sang along to it.

I suddenly remembered it was the ringtone I set for Yeonjun. I slapped my forehead and rushed to my phone. It was a video call and I quickly check my appearance and then picked it up.

Several faces appeared taking me by surprise, it was a group video with TXT and Haeun.

Yeonjun smiled and came closer, "Sorry, they keep on saying they want to talk to you too, of course with Haeun."

I could hear some muffled talking and from the looks of it, Beomgyu and Soobin are bickering, the other members rather look amused by their actions. Haeun looked bored as she tapped on her cheeks probably watching the two too.

I turned my attention to Yeonjun and replied, "It's okay. It's been a long time since we all talked together anyway."

He just smiled and nodded, he looked at his back and chuckled when Beomgyu started dancing out of nowhere, I couldn't hear their voices well they must have connected to a headphone.

"Cmon... Stop those two, it's getting late and I need my beauty sleep!" Haeun burst out glaring right at the camera. This girl could be scary sometimes.

Yeonjun grabbed their arms and said we were already on the call, they turned to us and waved excitedly. I smiled and waved back, they said something but I couldn't make it out.

"Yeonjun, I cannot hear their voices," I said Haeun nodded along.

"Oh, right. Lemme remove the headphone. Sorry, babe." I bit back a smile on his endearment while the others seemed rather nauseous.

"If you are going to flirt you can go out. " Soobin said and pushed Yeonjun out of view, I laughed as they continued to wrestle.

They asked us how we liked their performance and made us promise to support them in all the upcoming music shows, which I really didn't even mind. We talked until late at night and only said our goodbyes after Haeun fell asleep with her mouth wide open.

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