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| January 17th, Sunday, 2021 |

After spending nearly an hour just chilling and having fun on Annie's bed, the couple moved to the living room to watch something.

In the beginning, they were each sitting on an extremity of the sofa. As time went by, though, they got closer and closer, to the point where Annie was using her boyfriend's thighs as a pillow by the end of the movie.

"It's been a while since I've watched such a cute movie...I usually watch thrillers and suspense stuff."

She spoke looking up at him.

"That explains a lot."

Minho smiled while caressing her hair.

"What do you mean?"

"Noth-"

He stopped his sentence when they heard Annie's phone ring.

"Oh, it's Hyoseop! A video call."

"Answer, don't worry about me."

The girl sat up and pressed the green button.

"Hey! How's the trip?"

"Pretty fun, there's so many nice foods!"

"Get me some! Why did you call?"

Annie tried her best not to be obvious he was interrupting something.

"Nothing, I just thought you'd be bored on your own."

She looked behind the camera.

"She's not alone, Hyop!"

He cuddled to the girl so they both would appear in one frame.

"Oh."

Hyoseop turned his camera, showing his father eating some kind of sweet.

Oh.

"Dad, hey! Me and Minho have a program to record this week so we're practising!"

Annie laughed nervously.

"I didn't ask?"

"Aha, right. Well, we're a little busy so we'll talk later...goodbye!"

She let all of her weight fall on the sofa after finishing the call.

"Why did you hang up? It's not like he doesn't know about us."

"It's embarrassing! What if it were your mum?!"

"She would probably apologise for interrupting us, not gonna lie."

Minho spoke with the most serious face ever.

"Oh."

Annie cleared her throat.

"...anyway, we should take this chance to actually discuss how we're going to treat each other during MMTG."

He looked up to genuinely think.

"I think we can act like usual? But without the sexual jokes."

"Minho!"

She slapped his arm.

"What?! Don't act like I'm the only one making them!"

Annie suppressed a smile.

Guilty.

"So no forced hate? Damn, it's quite fun cursing you out though..."

Minho stared at her in silence.

"What?"

"Nevermind. Changing subjects, some of the boys are at the dorm now, I was thinking we could go there and...I don't know, say hi?"

Annie opened her mouth to speak, but closed it within two seconds.

Is he formally introducing me to his friends?

"That would be amazing, who's there?"

She smiled softly, while he jumped in excitement.

"Alright! From what I remember, Hannie, Lix and Hyunjinnie were staying home today."

"Oh...Felix and Hyunjin..."

Annie mumbled, getting slightly anxious upon hearing names of people she's not so close with.

"It's okay if you don't want to..."

"No, no! It's fine! It's just the introvert in me speaking, I know they'll like me."

Minho raised an eyebrow.

"What?! Honestly, there's no reason for them to disapprove of me."

"Right. I'm going to the bathroom and then we can leave."

She nodded, letting out a deep breath when he was out of sight.

Yes, Annie appeared confident. Yes, she thought she was a pretty likeable girlfriend. But what if they still didn't approve of her because of other circumstances?

Their friend is not only dating another idol, but a rookie with a dating ban, it would be understandable to be against it - if even Boram didn't seem very accepting despite congratulating her, what's stopping them from doing the same?

"Are you ready?"

He asked as they stood in front of his dormitory's door.

"No, but let's go."

"I'll go inside first and say hi, then you can enter, okay?"

Annie nodded, staying behind when he opened the door.

"I'm home!"

"Hey! I thought you had plans today?"

Seungmin welcomed him from the living room, a pack of chips in his hands.

"What about you?"

"Cancelled."

Minho nodded before looking around.

"Who else is here?"

"Hannie and Lix are playing, Jeongin left a while ago for the convenience store, he'll be back soon."

The younger one turned his attention back to the TV.

"Felix! Can you come here, please!?"

He yelled, making his friend twitch his eye a little.

"Can't you just go to him? Oh my God. Also, did you leave the door open? I didn't hear it closing."

"I'll close it in a second."

"Hey, what's up?"

Felix walked in the room, Han slowly following.

"I want to show you guys someone."

The three exchanged confused looks, until Han widened his eyes.

"Uhm...I've never done that before so I don't know exactly how this goes."

He scratched his temple.

"What's up with the suspense? Who is it?"

"Is that person here?"

Felix looked behind the sofa and the table.

"Hold on."

Minho walked back to the door and locked eyes with his girlfriend before holding her hand tightly.

"Annie?"

Felix spoke first.

Seungmin remained confused for a few seconds.

Han already knew, but it didn't stop him from getting surprised too. He wasn't used to it yet.

"This is my girlfriend, Ahn Haerim."

"Hi..."

The couple breathed nervously waiting for a reaction, both cheeks tinted red.

"Girlfriend!?" "Annie!?"

The girl smiled awkwardly.

"Since when?!"

Once again, the blonde was the first to question.

"Uhm...around three weeks ago?"

"Three weeks?!"

"Yeah, I'm sorry I couldn't tell you earlier."

"That's not..."

While Minho was interrogated by Felix, Annie's gaze went to Seungmin.

They stared at each other for a whole minute, almost as if they were having a conversation too, but in complete silence.

The talk seemed to end well, given the subtle smile he sent her.

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