'Ae Sook!!' I heard Elena's voice ring out, closely followed by multiple knocks on my bedroom door.

'Yeah?' I mumbled, and it came out as a weird muffled sound because of the pillow which was blocking my entire face.

'Wake up omg we're so late, literally!' She said. I half-blanked her.

'SOOK!!' She finally lost her patience, and threw the door open. 'We need to go! Or we're going to miss the bus!'

'Urgh...' I groaned, turning around in my bed and taking a quick glance at her. She stood there in front of the black wallpaper with a serious expression stuck on her face, arms crossed.

'Ok mum.' I mumbled, pulling the duvet closer to me.

'Get up!' She repeated, maintaining the same expression of seriousness. I stared at her, trying not to laugh, and finally I saw her mouth twitch, and both of us burst out laughing simultaneously.

'You know; the thing is, you're the one who's supposed to be like the mum, considering you're way older.' She said as I swung my legs over the side of the bed and forced myself onto my legs.

'Yeah.. oh well.' I shrugged, laughing whilst walking over to my wardrobe. 'Is Claire up yet?'

'Yeah, but she's in her room. She hasn't really come out yet.'

'She's probably watching NCT videos.' I laughed, picking out my favourite black bomber jacket, along with a pair of jeans.

'Yeah that's true.' She agreed. 'Anyway, I'll wait downstairs.'

'Ok.' I nodded, and she left the room.

Ten to fifteen minutes later, I was dressed, and went downstairs to the living room. Elena was waiting there, eyes fixed on the TV as she watched the newest anime that had her hooked.

'Claire still in her room?' I asked as I walked up to her.

'Mhm.' She replied quickly, and eyes still fixed on the TV.

'K.' I said before making my way back up the stairs and outside Claire's room.

'Hey, Claire, come on, we're leaving.' I said, knocking repeatedly on her door. No reply.

'Claire??' I repeated, before opening the door slowly and quietly peeked in to her room, filled with posters of Taeyong and Yuta and NCT as a whole. Finally, I spotted her sitting up on her bed, earphones in and looking at her laptop. She noticed me quickly, and took out one earphone.

'Yeah?'

'The bus will be here soon, let's go.' I smiled at her. Nodding in reply, she shut her laptop and grabbed her bag before making her way downstairs with me.

'Ready?' Elena smiled at the two of us.

'Mhm.' I nodded in reply, grinning, and the three of us walked out to the bus stop, where the bus pulled in exactly when we reached. Boarding the bus, the first person I noticed was Jungkook sitting right at the back, in the middle, with everyone else in BTS sitting around him, talking and laughing, and I felt a small smile form on my face; yeah, it had been a while now since we broke up, but that didn't mean that it erased all the memories we had together.

'Elena!' Jimin called out, focusing all the idols' attention on the three of us; all the kpop idols sat on the bottom deck, whilst everyone else sat on the upper deck. I briefly made eye contact with Jungkook, which immediately made me look away.

I watched Elena make her way towards Jimin, grinning; for a minute, I was going to follow her and sit near her, like I had always done before today. She was happy enough though, it didn't really seem much like she missed having me there as she laughed along with Jimin.

And as for Claire, she was sitting with Taeyong; he was the only member i knew from NCT, purely because Claire was completely in love with him. The two of them sat listening to music together and occasionally talking and laughing. I was left standing in the middle of the aisle because there weren't any seats upstairs.

'Hey, you wanna sit here?' I heard a voice ask, and looking down, I noticed a guy with a perfect face and perfect eyes and a perfect smile look back at me; so perfect that I didn't notice I was staring at him until he clicked his fingers in front of my face, laughing.

'So do you wanna sit?' He repeated, and I blinked a couple of times in confusion.

'Um...sure...thanks...' I stuttered, sitting down next to him. I didn't know who he was, but he must be a kpop idol; i didn't quite understand why he was sitting on his own though, didn't he have the rest of his group? Wait.. maybe he's a solo artist. Yeah, that must be why.

'So what's your name?' He suddenly said, interrupting my thoughts. I was slightly surprised, and turned my head to him slowly.

'Me?' I whispered, pointing to myself, and I could imagine how he saw me, a weird shy girl with wide eyes who kept staring at him. I cleared my throat.

'I'm Ae Sook.' I said in an attempt of a clearer voice, which failed as my nerves got the better of me. 'What about you?'

That got him.

'You don't know me..?' He asked; now his eyes were wide and filled with surprise. It was kinda adorable, but it made me guilty as hell.

I coughed guiltily.

'No...sorry...' I finally said, smiling nervously. His expression switched into the old happier version as he burst out laughing.

'Of course, no problem, it's not like everyone knows every kpop group.' He smiled. 'So what groups do you listen to?'

'Mainly BTS..' I said, my eyes unconsciously moving to Jungkook; I noticed the new stranger follow my gaze, but soon, he looked back at me, his eyes wide.

'Wait...you were going out with Jungkook before, weren't you??' He exclaimed, pointing an accusatory finger at me. I felt the heat rise to my cheeks.

'Well...I...um...yes?' I admitted, and he nodded understandingly.

'But we broke up ages ago.' I quickly added; I didn't want the misunderstanding that we were still going out to be going round.

'Ah, I know, I heard..' He nodded, and I looked down, a small sense of betrayal stabbing my heart. It didn't feel right how he broke up with me, with those last words which revealed everything about him to me when I thought I knew everything already:

'Can I be honest? I don't feel anything when I see you anymore.'

'Don't worry, just..try to get over him I guess..' He suggested, with an expression which suggested deep thought and made me laugh. He started laughing with me, and the two us continued laughing for ages; every time we tried to stop, take a deep breath and just calm down, we'd take one look at each other and burst out laughing again. It was like he was the best friend I had known forever.

'Btw...you still haven't told me your name, you know.' I pointed out.

'My name?' He asked, pointing at himself. 'My name is Jung Jaehyun.'