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| December 19th, Saturday 2020 |

  Annie walked without letting a single sound, she wanted to know where this was going to end. The girl subtly looked down, noticing how his hand had slid down a bit, going from her wrist to her hand. While she did so, he turned around, smiling softly at her.

  Who would've guessed these two hated each other?

  Supposedly, of course.

"May I know where you're taking me?"

  She finally asked. Although that moment was heart fluttering, they were still idols in a music station, prone to meet someone eventually.

  And so they did.

"Uh…"

  They looked at each other, slowly letting go as they thought about facing the person in front of them.

"Daddy!"

  The little girl said, running to hug Lee Know. Said boy bent down, carefully patting the child's back.

"Hey, princess! Are you looking for someone?"

"You're not daddy…"

  She said, noticing the unfamiliar voice.

"Do you want me to take you to him? Do you know where he is?"

Minho continued, tone calm and kind while smiling with ease.

"He…we were going to his room, the lady said he had to film soon, but then- then I saw Poporo and followed him, but then I lost him and my daddy."

  The kid explained with an unsteady breath, her eyes starting to become watery after leaving the idol's arms.

  Annie locked eyes with him, discussing in their minds who the child's father could be. It didn't take long to get to a conclusion, so she carefully bent down before her.

"Is your daddy named Taeyoung?"

   She nodded.

"Then why don't we go find him, hm? I may know where he is."

  With a soft grin, Annie offered her hand after getting up, but was surprisingly rejected.

"Mom told me I shouldn't follow strangers."

  The girl scoffed in disbelief.

This kid was raised well.

"And you should always follow that! But can you trust us this time to help you get there? If you think we're not going the right way, feel free to hit that unnie."

  Lee Know intervened, mischievously glancing at the one beside them. Annie opened her mouth to speak but, seeing how the girl was leaning in to acceptance, she chose not to.

"Do you like lemon tea?"

  She slowly nodded, causing him to turn to the other idol, who quickly caught on.

"Here. Why don't you drink this while we go? I promise we'll find your dad before you even finish!"

  Annie approached them again, opening the bottle she had bought earlier.

  As if looking for assurance, the girl glanced at Lee Know and got a nod in response. After doing so, she took the drink with one hand and held his hand with the other.

  After spending some time smiling endearingly at the two, Annie looked up in hopes to remember where the room she had seen a few hours ago was located.

  I remember Remi saying his waiting room was near Oh My Girl's, so I guess it's around here…

"I'm Minho, can I know your name?"

"Kim Ro-ha!"

  The other girl turned around to participate in the conversation.

"That's a really pretty name, Ro-ha! I'm Haerim."

"Nice to meet you!"

Ro-ha placed both hands on her stomach, bowing 90° to each of them, who responded the same way.

"You're really kind, Ro-ha."

  Minho said, offering his hand again.

"Thank you! Oppa is really handsome!"

  The boy smiled widely, sparing a glance at Annie to make sure she had heard it. Seeing how the girl was grinning, he assumed she had.

"Your dress is really pretty, Ro-ha! Did you choose it on your own?"

    The dress was a mixture of baby pink and white and it had little flowers all over it. Although the material seemed to be mainly a thin fabric layered, the shoulders had mesh details.

"Yes! Mom usually chooses what I wear, but she let me use this today!"

  She jumped excited, causing Minho to involuntarily swing his arms.

Cute.

"Oh! I remember that tree!"

  The girl pointed at a plant at the end of the corridor to the right, the idols letting out sighs of relief.

"Let's go find d-"

"Daddy!"

She let go of his hand and ran to the man nervously talking with a woman that seemed to work at the station.

"Ro-ha!"

  He pulled the little girl into a hug, nearly throwing her up in the air.

  The woman quickly bowed to the three, leaving the place after.

"Where were you, huh? I was worried!"

  He spoke with the child in his arms.

"I…"

  Her gaze went to the male idol.

"Apparently she tried to follow Pororo but got lost on the way…then she found us and we started looking for you."

  The man looked back at his daughter, then towards the drink in her hand."

"Oh! We gave it to Ro-ha so she'd feel more comfortable."

Annie explained.

"I see…thank you so much, kids, I owe you a lot. You have no idea how much this kid means to me."

  He patted the girl's head, putting her down right after.

"Now, what do we say?"

"Thank you oppa, thank you unnie."

  The little girl bowed one more time.

"You were great company, Ro-ha, I hope to see you again soon!"

  Annie spoke first, caressing her hands.

"You did amazing, Ro-ha. But be careful next time, okay?"

  Lee Know opened his arms, therefore making the kid run to him for a tight hug.

"May I know your names? It's my first time seeing Ro-ha get so close to someone this fast!"

"Oh, really? She's such an easy-going girl! I'm Lee Know from Stray Kids."

"I'm Annie from Flashlight."

"Very nice! I guess you know about me already, but I'm Kim Taeyoung."

  The man greeted them with a subtle bow.

"Well, sorry for taking your time, I'm sure you're busy. Thank you again."

"No problem, sunbaenim! We'll get going then."

"Bye-bye Ro-ha, nice to meet you, sunbaenim."

  The two bowed one more time after waving to the little girl, soon getting away from her sight.

"Babysitting wasn't really what I had in my mind when you suggested we acted like adults."

  Annie chuckled as they walked around.

"So those are your true colors, huh?"

  Minho spoke, the corner of his lip slightly tilted upwards.

"What- No!"

"You're fun, Haerim, but unfortunately we'll have to leave that for another day."

  Her cheeks once again flushed a bright red.

"I need to record anyway! Goodbye."

  She rushed inside the waiting room, closing the door with the weight of her body and walking to the sofa while she thought about the past fifteen minutes.

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