I CHANGED MY USERNAME TO @alpacake :) I used to be @chogiwhychogiwhat

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I ended up waking really late, like it was like I hadn't slept in 50 years. How many hours did I sleep? 15? 20?

That bed was so comfy, I could've slept all day long.

The real reason why I woke up was because Jinyoung (shamelessly) decided to barge in while I was sleeping (what is privacy??).

But it was around 3 p.m so I'm glad he did. I spent an hour straight apologizing to Jinyoung and his grandma for just laying on my ass sleeping.

Another thing, I didn't even think once about making the decision to stay in his household or not, even though I said I would. So I had to come up with something quick, and the answer was most likely no, because how could I make someone take care of me when it was my decision to move out onto the streets??

After I washed up, I heard a, "CAN YOU TWO KIDS COME HERE FOR A SECOND?", and appeared to Jinyoung's grandma in 0.2 seconds.

We sat down, and she put a serious look on her face.

"So...Naeun." She turned to me, making me freeze.

"Yes?"

"Have you thought about Jinyoung's request of staying here?"

"Yeah--um..."

"Before you answer, I would like to say that I vote to have you here. No lies, I'm a very honest person."

"Why, though?" I asked.

"There's plenty of reasons why, first of all, you're young and still have a bright future ahead of you, you shouldn't be living on the streets alone."

"Two, less housework for me."

"Three, my grandson doesn't have to bother me all the time and complain about being lonely."

"Four, an extra person to take care of me in case one day I have a heart attack."

My mouth was left open as she stated her reasons. Does she seriously want me to stay? How could I?

I nervously looked at Jinyoung, who nodded very surely.

"Well...I made the decision to...not" I started. "But hearing those reasons kind of makes me want to stay."

"It's your choice. If you stayed, you maybe could even go to school again!" Jinyoung said excitedly.

School? Wow, I thought I would never hear that again.

I hesitantly nodded. "If I stay, please let me help out as much as possible."

"I have no problem with that, less work for me then!" Jinyoung said.

"Will do." Granny Woo said.

"...I will stay then, if it's not a bother for you two at all." I said hesitantly.

"It's more of a good thing than a bad thing, darling." She said.

I bowed 90 degrees to her. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, welcome to the Woo family."

A grin crept to my face, thinking how this situation came to be. I suddenly have a roof over my head, and people around me that support me for once.

It felt nice.

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"I'll be back." I said, after we finished dinner. I was leaving for my busking.

"Waaaaiiitttttt Naeun how could you leave without meee~" Jinyoung quickly put on his coat and chased after me.

"Agh why are you coming??" I asked.

"Because I'm your number one fan!"

"Liar."

"I'm not a liar!"

"Liarrrrrr."

Jinyoung stuck his tongue out at me childishly. "I'm going to cheer for you so loudly till you become embarrassed."

I groaned. "Jinyoungggg."

He swung an arm around my shoulder and chuckled, like it was the most casual thing ever.

I silently became flustered at the sudden action, but quickly dismissed it.

"Everyone needs to know I'm your number one fan."

I squinted at him weirdly and shook my head.

"Can you sing today?" Jinyoung suddenly asked.

"How could I sing through my mask??"

"Take it off, of course."

"Nope. Because people come to my performances because of my mask, anyways." I said.

"What if you don't get scouted as a trainee because of it?" He asked, pouting.

"Exactly, I won't and don't need to."

"But everyone should see how pretty you are."

My cheeks heated up (thankfully they were covered by my mask). "I don't know what to say back when you say those things."

"You could say thanks, and that I'm handsome too, and that I am the most kindest and greatest human being to you--"

"Thanks." I said plainly, dismissing all that he said.

Jinyoung rolled his eyes. "I don't get how you can breathe though that. I get so suffocated with it even without dancing." He said.

I shrugged. "I guess it kind of is."

"One day, you'll show your face to everyone and it'll be big news. Everyone will go nuts! Because I went crazy not knowing what you looked like and just watching your dancing." He peered into my face and showed a big grin.

I stayed silent for a second. "When that day comes, I hope I'll be further than I am right now."

"I'm sure you will. Wait, what if someone scouted you, even if they didn't know what your face looked like?!" Jinyoung grinned wider suddenly.

I shook my head. "There will be no way."

"If it does, then you have to reveal your face to the public."

"Easy. I won't have to." I said confidently.

We arrived at my busking area (it's basically mine now), and I set up everything. There seemed to be people already waiting for me.

They whispered to themselves once they saw Jinyoung, most likely since Jinyoung is pretty well known.

"Maybe she's a HappyFace trainee..."

"What if she's part of Dreamcatcher?"

They loudly whispered things amongst themselves, and I laughed hearing some ridiculous sounding ones.

I started my regular busking business, dancing to a few dances I performed some freestyle too.

"WOAAAAAA!!!!" I could hear Jinyoung yell amongst the loud crowd.

"YOU'RE SO COOL NA--GIRL IN THE MASK!!" He yelled. I unnoticeably winced at how he nearly said my name out loud.

I wrapped up the busking smoothly, counting the money I earned this time. I froze looking at the amount, and had to count again.

"Dude..." I muttered. "THREE-HUNDRED?!"

Jinyoung's jaw dropped. "That's three times the amount you usually get!! And I didn't even put anything in yet!"

"One, this is insane and I don't trust myself with this much, and two, I will not take your money Jinyoung, because I'm basically living off of you at this point--"

"Whatever." He waved my comment away. "Anyways, I am so proud of you. It's like you blew up in one day--you are basically a debuted idol at this point."

I shook my head. "I am far from that."

"I'm so proud of you."

I grinned at the floor. "They like it this much huh..."

"Obviously!" Jinyoung slapped an arm on my back.

I chuckled. Am I dreaming?

"Ahem, excuse me?"