'Wait, you're from NCT aren't you??' I asked, eyes wide; this time, I was the one to point a finger at him. He laughed again, and nodded.

'Yes, yes I am.' He replied. 'But funny how you didn't know that when you saw me.'

'No, I...well, basically Claire-'

'-Taeyong's girlfriend Claire?'

'Yeah.' I nodded. 'Claire's been trying to get me into NCT, but it hasn't been that long so I don't know much about them - you - yet.'

'Ah ok.' He smiled. 'Well, I can help! Considering I know everyone personally, AND because-'

'-you're part of NCT.' I finished off for him, making him burst out laughing.

'What's so funny?' I heard a voice behind me, and glancing back, I saw someone who looked somewhat my age. He was smiling, and was resting his head in the space between the seats; it kinda startled me at first.

'Ah, Jaemin.' Jaehyun grinned. 'This is Ae Sook. Ae Sook, this is Jaemin, he's part of NCT Dream.'

'NCT Dream...' I thought to myself. 'So he must be close to my age, right?'

'Hello!' Jaemin grinned, and with difficulty, pulled his arm out and held it out. I shook it awkwardly, laughing and replying with a quick 'hi'.

'How old are you?' I decided to say.

'17.' He replied. 'What about you?'

'I'm turning 17 soon.'

'Oo when?' Jaemin asked, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

'Jaemin turned 17 yesterday that's why he looks so eager to find out your birthday.' Jaehyun explained to me, laughing.

'Ohhh!' I said, feeling my eyes widen. 'Happy birthday for yesterday!'

Jaemin's mouth widened to a grin. 'Thank you!'

I smiled back at him. 'And as for my birthday, it's Sep 24th.'

'Aish really?' Jaehyun asked.

'Yeah...' I nodded. 'It's not really any special day though lol, I'd prefer some other day.'

'Oh, really? When would you want your birthday to be then?'

'Well, I don't really know, probably...something like Valentine's Day, I guess...' I said. 'Yeah, Valentine's Day.'

(Tuanime I've literally copied and pasted our convo about that 😂😂😂😂 that was so weird tho omg)

Jaemin and Jaehyun both burst out laughing. I looked at the two of them,
confused beyond hell.

'What..?' I finally asked. Yeah I was weird, but was it that funny that I wanted my birthday to be on Valentine's Day?

'Ah, she wants her birthday to be on the same day as Jaehyun's birthday, aish.' I heard a fairly quiet voice say, and it appeared to come from next to Jaemin; he moved to look at the person, and it revealed a slightly older looking person compared to Jaemin and Jaehyun.

'Same day as Jaehyun's birthday?' I echoed, looking at Jaehyun. 'Your birthday is on Valentine's Day?!'

He nodded, slightly flustered but laughing. 'Yeah, Taeil's right.'

'Taeil?' I repeated, my eyes unconsciously moving to the person sitting next to Jaemin; he smiled and waved slightly at me.

'Hello~ I'm Moon Taeil.' He said in a slightly louder voice than before.

'Hi.' I smiled back. 'I'm Ae -'

'-Ae Sook, right?' He grinned. 'I know.'

'Taeil knows everything.' Jaehyun laughed, and Jaemin nodded in agreement, laughing. Taeil did this weird sort of mini cheerleader-style celebration dance, making me laugh as well.

'So, is it just you three from NCT here right now?' I asked.

'No.' All three of them said simultaneously, then burst out laughing in their own different ways; Jaehyun and Jaemins' were kinda similar, but Taeil's was slightly more of a shy laugh.

'Na, everyone else is here.' Jaehyun explained. 'There's Ten and Johnny, Yuta and Winwin, and everyone else is sitting behind them. Obviously Taeyong's sitting with Claire though.'

'Yeah.' I nodded, laughing.

'Can I call you Sook?' Jaemin suddenly said.

'Sook? Well, yeah, that's what most people call me.' I laughed.

'Oh ok!' He grinned.

'Come on, we're here.' Jaehyun said, standing up and holding out his hand to me so that I could stand up without falling over since the bus was still moving.

'Ok.' I replied, standing up. The bus braked suddenly, and I tightened my grip on his arm, yet still managed to lose my balance and almost fall; but I felt Jaehyun's arm close around my waist, stopping me from falling. At this point, I glanced at Jungkook, I don't really know why, but I just got the urge to. I found him staring back at me, and I smiled to myself slightly as I imagined what he was seeing right now; another guy with his arm around his ex.

'You ok??' Jaehyun asked, and I turned my gaze back to him.

'Mhm.' I nodded, standing up properly and dusting myself off, and smiled at him. 'Thanks.'

'Ah no problem.' He said as the bus drew to a stop; it felt like the whole bus' eyes were on me. 'Let's go.'

'Ok..' I nodded. It already felt like Jaehyun was kind of like my boyfriend, given the circumstances; then it'd be Elena and Jimin, Claire and Taeyong, and Ae Sook and Jaehyun.

'Hey, shut up Sook.' I told myself, shaking off my amazingly wild imagination, and stepped off the bus after saying a quick 'thank you' to the driver; after, I stopped to wait.

'You not coming?' Jaehyun asked. I shook my head.

'I'm just waiting for two of my friends.' I told him.

'Oh ok.' He nodded, and smiled. 'See you sometime in school then!'

'Yep!' I grinned, and watched him walk away from me into the direction of the school. Not soon after, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist.

'Hey~' Jungkook's voice echoed in my ear.