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| June 28th, Sunday, 2020 |

  Annie and Lee Know had no time to whine to their managers, as they were now the ones going inside the room.

"Where are you going?"

  She asked as he walked away.

"Kitchen. I didn't have lunch."

"Can you even eat after that??"

  She followed him.

"Am I supposed to practice starving, then?"

  He fought back.

God. I must've betrayed my country on my past life. Why does this man have to be here?

"Do you have anything to do today?"

  Deciding to ignore the past subject, Annie bought a cup of noodles and put it in the microwave after adding water.

"You're eating?"

  Lee Know asked in disbelief.

"Am I supposed to practice starving?"

  She mocked him.

  The two kept eating in silence for a few minutes, thinking about how they'd manage to do everything they're supposed to - and yet not killing each other.

"Ahn Haerim."

  A low voice called , making the girl instantly shoot her head up.

"Dongchul...? Why are you here?"

  She smiled, half awkward, half scared.

"I'm in charge of your private schedules now- Are you eating spicy noodles? On your diet?"

  He asked, still at the door.

  Annie turned to the table with widened eyes, trying to find an excuse.

"Oh! This! It's actually uh...he's eating both! Right?"

  Her eyes pleaded for Lee Know to agree.

  The man walked to them, glancing at him.

"Yes, I actually was trying to give it to her, but she refused it."

  He lied with a straight face.

  The manager hadn't believed it 100%, but he knew his limits and scolding another idol was not within them.

I take those words back. Thank God Lee Know is here.

"Minho! We have- oh, you're eating already, that spares us some time. We're going back to the dorms so you can change and get the things you need, then you two will be meeting here again at...4 p.m. Both FLASHLIGHTS's and SKZ's group practices start at 5, so you'll have one hour to figure things out."

  His manager explained carefully.

"We're leaving now."

  Spoke Dongchul.

I barely ate, come on!

  Trying not to express her disappointment, Annie got up to leave.

"See you later."

  She said lazily to Lee Know and left with her manager.

"Boy, are you that hungry?"

  His manager joked after noticing the two cups.

"Apparently..."

  He answered with a grin.

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  If Annie were with Yujin - which is always the case -, she would've eaten and rested already, but for some reason Dongchul was in charge of her and, as mentioned before, he's very strict.

  The girl barely had time to change and she was asked to leave again. He wanted her to arrive earlier and do something else while waiting.

Isn't he going to ask if I ate!? I'm starving!

"Uhm...Dongchul..."

  He glanced at her.

"Can I eat those?"

  She pointed at the bag of chips beside him, already guessing the answer.

"Later."

"later" in a month.

  Annie sighed and started using her phone while waiting.

"Hello! You're here early!"

  Stray Kids' manager greeted them.

"Yeah. Should we leave them now?"

  Dongchul got up.

"Oh, sure! I actually need to meet with a few stylists, why don't you come with me?"

  The younger manager asked, nearly pulling him.

"Why would I-"

"Take care! We see each other later!"

  Lee Know smiled and entered the practice room.

He's smiling? He's never smiled like this in front of me. It kinda of suits him?

"Aren't you going to come in? And close the door."

Nevermind. The glare suits him way better, as the devil he is.

"'And close the door'."

  Annie mocked him quietly and closed the door.

  As she turned around, she found a lunchbox on the ground and a bottle of what seemed to be detox juice.

"What's all that?"

  She asked curiously.

"Food."

  He replied without even blinking.

"No shit, Sherlock."

  Annie sat down in front of him, staring at the lunchbox.

  It had vegetables, rice, eggs and tofu.

"Your manager won't be back for a while."

  Lee Know spoke again and she looked at him confused.

"It's for you, dumbass."

  The girl kept staring at him.

"You don't want it? Fine then-"

"No, no, no! I do! I don't know what's gotten into you that you're being so nice today, but thank you."

  She quickly stopped him from getting the box and opened it herself.

"I'm always nice, you're the one that doesn't notice."

  He mumbled.

"What?"

"I said eat quickly because we have work to do."

  Annie scoffed, but did as told.

"Anyway, I was thinking about the Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande song, I think it'd be the easiest to choreograph."

  She commented.

"Yeah, I was thinking about either that or Rude Boy."

"Really suits you."

  The girl laughed.

"Give that back."

  Minho attempted to steal the lunchbox from her hands, but failed.

"Let's hear the song."

  The two calmed down and focused on their work again.

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