"Whoa," Haneul Hyung exclaimed after the piece of information I just gave him. "(She cares for mannerisms huh,)"

"(I agree,)" Chin-Mae added, "(she doesn't even call us by our names, Dalhyun is exceptional. Anyways, as you mentioned she eats eggs so shall we make Buchimgae?)"

"(At first, she was hesitant to call me by my name too. But now she is comfortable.)" I mentioned, (and yes, we can make that. What shall I do?)" I asked as I entered the kitchen intending to help them. But all of them looked at me with stern looks. "What?"

"(You seriously think we'll let you help us?)" Kija Hyung raised an eyebrow at me, "(after all the disasters you've created in the kitchen so far?)"

I posted while mumbling, "(I've never made disasters. You're exaggerating.)"

All of them burst into laughter while I shouted, "yah!" They continued laughing as I stormed away from there.

"(Joke of the day!)" I heard Haneul Hyung as they all continued laughing. I made my way towards my room as I decided to take a shower. I locked the door of my room and directly walked into my bathroom. Hanging the towel by the holder, I strip it from my clothes and enter my shower.

As soon as the warm water hits my bare skin, I sigh in contentment. Closing my eyes, I enjoy the warmth surrounding me. Suddenly Ethan's question entered my mind as I open my eyes and groan.

Ugh, why is it disturbing my peace?

When Ethan questioned my identity, I dodged the question by saying that I can't hear him and then hung up. I didn't want to lie, but I didn't have any other option if I want to keep my and my hyungs identity hidden. No matter who they are.

I've already risked it by telling Shiya, and through her, even her best friend knows where we are. Now I can't risk anyone else knowing.

But if I want to hang out with her, it would risk our identity. Till how long, will we hang out in secret?

What if she needs me but it would risk my identity? I need to come up with a solution.

Why is my love life so complicated?

"Is this an omelette?" She asked as she looked up at us with stars sparkling in her eyes while I stared at her with soft eyes.

Haneul Hyung chuckled as he answered, "it's called Buchimgae. We specially made it for you."

"Thank you so much," She made a finger heart, "I seriously don't know how to express my gratitude."

Haneul Hyung waved it away saying, "also, do you like coffee?"

She nodded eagerly, "am a coffee addict. If you don't mind make I make coffee for you all?" She stood while asking, "I work in a cafè and everyone loves the coffee I make."

Everyone looked at each other while I was just standing there looking at them with a smile. As you all know, I'm not a fan of coffee so I kept quiet.

They all nodded as she beamed happily and skipped through the kitchen. I watched with amusement as she asked the members about certain stuff like where is coffee beans kept. When she asked for bananas and strawberries, my eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

Haneul Hyung asked her why she need them as she leaned towards him and whispered something into his ears as his eyebrows shot up. I wonder what she said.

I continued watching her as she moved smoothly across the kitchen, as her small hands shook glasses together, as her eyes kept sparkling up, as her pump lips kept moving while talking with the members, and as her hair kept falling on her beautiful face.

Why is she so nice and beautiful?

Soon she kept a glass in front of me, as I glanced at it and then at her—questioning her with my eyes. Seeing this she answered, "I know you don't like coffee, so I made a strawberry milkshake for you." I smiled at her as I thanked her.

I saw her keep a glass in front of Jae while saying, "I also know that you love banana milk, so I made one for you. I hope you like it." She did an Aegyo at him.

He chuckled and took a sip, "this is good. Were you the one who made our drinks that day in the café?"

She nodded. Hearing this I immediately took a sip, remembering how much I had loved the drink. I moaned softly and said, "indeed this is amazing! It's my new favourite now, please teach me your secret recipe." This time I did an aegyo at her.

Shiya giggled as she patted my head, "I'll teach you, you big baby." I flashed my boxy smile at her as she smiled back at me. We were almost lost in each other eyes until we heard throats being cleared.

I glared at the members for disturbing such a sweet moment, as all of them wriggled their eyebrows at me. I glanced at Shiya who was blushing while hiding her face with her hair. So cute.

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The fact of the chapter:

I HaTe strawberry-flavoured stuff. I don't mind the fruit, but I vomit even if I smell strawberry ice cream or milkshake.
It's kind of like, I'm allergic to it.

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