Chapter 8

Han Jisung

"Ugh!" Minho hyung grunted.

I flopped myself onto the floor dramatically.

"So tired," I mumbled as I lay at the floor while closing my eyes. Both of our heavy breaths can be heard across the whole room.

We're currently at JYP. It's almost 12 a.m but he decided to teach me their dances. It's been a week and the trainee's monthly evaluation is tomorrow.

JYP said that I should go through the trainee's monthly evaluation for one time before focusing on being one of Stray Kids.

JYP said that I should dance to Stray Kids that's why Minho hyung offered to teach and help me.

"You. Finished. It." Minho hyung said while breathing heavily.

"Finally," I whined because of tiredness.

"Yeah."

I tried to stand up but I'm so tired so I flopped back again on the floor. Minho hyung followed suit.

"I'm tired..." I mumble while closing my eyes. Suddenly, I felt the urge to look at my left.

I unconsciously turned my head to my left only to see Minho hyung with his eyes closed.

He's so beautiful.

I thought while looking at him. I moved to my side to have a better sight of him. I could only see the right side of his face but I can already tell that he's so handsome.

Later on, I heard his breath getting deeper.

Is he sleeping?

He's still so handsome.

My heartbeat fastens as I continued to look at him. I want to stop myself from staring at him but the more that I stop myself the more that I want to stare at him for who knows how long.

What if I fall for him?

Will he catch me?

I sighed as I continued to stare at him.

I shouldn't fall for him.

I shouldn't repeat my mistake.

I shouldn't.

"Stop alluring me with your beauty, Lee Minho. I might fall for you. You wouldn't like that." I whispered while staring at his closed eyes.

I can feel my eyelids getting heavy. Soon, my eyes started to close.

———

Lee Minho

"Stop alluring me with your beauty, Lee Minho. I might fall for you. You wouldn't like that."

I can hear a faint voice said.

Who said that?

My body was unconscious while my mind was awake. I usually experience this when I suddenly slept because of tiredness.

I opened my eyes. The light's brightness above me made me close my eyes again.

I opened my eyes again and slowly sat up. I scratch my cheek as my mind is still processing.

I looked at my right. I saw Jisung lying on the floor. He's quietly snoring. He was curled up like a ball. Cute.

"Minho hyung..."

I heard him mumble.

Me? Why is he mumbling my name?

I just shook it off and stood up. I searched for my phone. I saw it at the chair, still connected to the speaker we used while practicing.

I look at the time and saw that it's already 2 a.m. I unconsciously looked at Jisung.

Should I wake him up?

He looked so peaceful while sleeping. He suddenly shivered.

He's cold!

I don't want to wake him up but he wouldn't be comfortable to sleep here. And besides, he needs to get home. He still needs to rest properly for their monthly evaluation later.

I walked closer to him gently. I crouched down to reach him before gently waking him up.

"Jisung-ah! Wake up." I said while shaking him for a bit.

"Jisung-ah!" I said, shaking him a bit more.

His eyes fluttered open. He rubs his eyes as he hummed.

"Why?" He said in his hoarse bedroom voice.

"You need to go home. You need some proper rest! You won't get comfortable here." I said. He sat up while still rubbing his eyes.

"What time is it?" He asked with closed eyes.

"It's already 2:14. You should go home."

"Yeah, I should probably go home now. Anyway, thank you for teaching me! It means a lot." He said with a cute smile.

"No problem," I replied with a smile too.

He packed his stuff while I packed mine too. We decided to left together. We walked out of the building up to the bus stop.

"Oh! That's my bus!" I said while pointing on the bus who's heading our bus stop.

"Really? That's my bus too!" I heard him exclaimed beside me making me switch my sight to him.

"That's cool."

The bus stopped at our front. We entered inside, swiping our transportation card in the process. We choose to sit at the back.

"So, your heading to your dorm?" Jisung asked. I hummed in response.

"Where are you staying?" I mindlessly asked. I regret asking it but he already answered it.

"I'm staying at my apartment. My parents are based in Malaysia so I don't have anyone with me." He answered with more information than what I asked for.

"You're alone?"

"Yeah. My family was Korean but my dad decided to go to Malaysia and do business there. I'm used to my dad going to different countries because he always brings me with him." He said with a smile.

"One time, he decided to go to Australia. We stayed in Australia for 3 years and I studied there. And that's when I met Felix. That time I wasn't fluent with English so I really thank Felix for teaching me."

"I entered the dance club that they offered that time and that's where I met Felix. The dance club was the closest thing to rapping in their university so I took it." He said while looking at me.

"After 3 years, what happened?" I asked again while looking at his eyes.

"After 3 years, we eventually needed to left and go back to Korea. I remember Felix crying while hugging me when I was at the airport." He giggled. I smiled when I heard him giggle.

"The next stop is coming," Jisung said while looking outside through the window beside him.

"That's my stop!" I said as I stood up.

"Bye, hyung!" He waved at me.

"Bye," I said as I waved back. The bus stopped so I walked out. I stared at Jisung from outside before it disappeared from my line of sight.

Why do I feel peaceful after talking to him?

———

Han Jisung

"Congratulations! Congratulations!" Chan hyung sang as he clapped for me.

"Everybody, clap for Jisung! Our new member!" Chan hyung said.

It's confirmed! I'm an official member of Stray Kids!

I passed the monthly evaluation thanks to Minho hyung who stayed up and worked hard to teach me.

"It's here! Woah! It looks so good!" Felix exclaimed. The waiter placed our order down at our table.

"Let's eat!"

We're currently at a restaurant Hyunjin hyung recommended. Chan hyung is treating us lunch!

"Woah! It tastes amazing!" I exclaimed as I filled my mouth with a spoonful of the dish I ordered.

We finished eating and yet we're still hungry. So, we decided to order again. It's fine since Chan hyung is the one who's paying.

I put another spoonful of the dish I ordered in my mouth when I heard Woojin hyung talked to me.

"Why are you storing food in your mouth?" Woojin hyung asked me. I looked at him while chewing what's on my mouth.

"He always stores food in his cheeks. He always stores food somewhere in his cheeks." Chan hyung said while looking at his food.

"He eats like a squirrel." Woojin hyung said while looking at me.

"Am I the only one who eats like this?" I asked them.

"Yes, I don't do that..." I don't know how to reply so I just eat and eat. I can feel their stares at me while I'm eating. Their stares make me somehow embarrassed.

"Yah," I covered my mouth with my hand. They laughed at me.

"Stop watching me," I said embarrassedly while giggling for a bit.

"Okay." They said in unison while laughing at me.

After a while, we all finished. Chan hyung is paying at the cashier. We walked out of the restaurant when Chan hyung finished.

They didn't mind putting their masks on because the restaurant is just a walking distance to the new JYP building.

"There's a new poster outside!" Felix exclaimed from the front. He ran up to the poster that he's talking about.

There was the picture I took about 2 hours ago after I finished the monthly evaluation. My face is covered with black.

"Woah! Jisung already got a debut poster like ours! That's so cool!" Woojin hyung said.

"Can't wait to see the original photo," Felix said while he turned around to look at me. He smiled at me weirdly.

"Yah! Stop it! It'll never be like those posters that we had on that dance club years ago!" I said as I hit him in his shoulder.

"Ya sure about that?" He teased me. I glared at him. He ran away. He was going inside the building while laughing.

"Yah! Lee Felix! Yongbok!" I said as I chased him. I hit him in his head when I caught him.

We laughed and laughed. The others entered inside. They were laughing at our childishness.

It feels so good to be with them.

I love it.