"What should we do now manager-nim? Few days from now, it's our showcase and Era is going to rest for awhile,"

I can hear voices everywhere. What are they talking about? What rest? I lazily opened my eyes and saw the members and Keon sunbaenim in front of me, discussing something.

"What rest?" I asked in a low voice. They all looked and went to me.

"Era-ssi! You make us worry! What are you doing huh?" Hannah unnie scolded me. I sighed and smiled.

"Unnie, I'm fine. I was just too tired." I said and sat down. Keon sunbaenim looked at me. What is he doing in here?

"Yah! We give you the permission to practice but not that hard! You don't need to force yourself practicing, you are already doing great!" right now, it was just Hannah unnie talking, scolding me rather.

"Unnie, I swear I'm fine. Please stop," I told her shyly.

"It's a good thing that Keon sunbae was there unnie, or else, aish! What will we do to you? You're hard headed!" Zia said. I glared at her when she called me unnie. I was not used.

But what? Keon sunbaenim was there? He's the one knocking in the room and went in?

"Yah era-ssi! Aren't you going to thank Keon sunbae?" Hannah unnie asked. I looked at Keon sunbae who's now smiling because of our conversation.

"Kamsahamnida Keon sunbae! Thank you so much for bringing me in here!" I said then bowed.

"Gwaenchana, you just need to rest that's all. You don't have to practice always," he said in a soothing voice. I didn't know Keon sunbae was like this.

"Unnie, we told you not to worry about what Kayden sunbaenim has said, you are already great!" Yewon said. I looked at her wide eyes open. Yewon ah! Keon sunbaenim is here!

"Y-yewon ah! W-what are you talking about? Ha ha, it's not about sunbaenim's words haha!" I faked a laugh and saw my friends looking away.

"Hehehe I was just kidding unnie, I'll take that back." she said and looked away. I looked down. I heard Keon sunbae chuckling.

"You girls are cute, don't worry, I'll talk to Kayden later," he said. "Aish, that guy, I don't know why he's being rude to you Era-ssi, he treats your other member good, tsk! I'm going to slap him in the ass," I heard him murmured. I smiled.

"Aniyo sunbae, you don't need to talk to him, it's really my will, I decided to practice really hard for me not to mess up next time," I said.

"Yes, but you don't need to give all of your energy just dancing and dancing for long hours, look what happened now." Manager-nim's voice stood out.

"Manager-nim, I will be fine. I just need to sleep and rest, tomorrow, I'll be fine!" I said and smiled.

"Good, but tomorrow, you can't still practice, you need to rest too Era." he said and I just nodded.

"I need to go now," he said looking at everyone. And the he looked at me, "Era-ssi, your health always comes first arrasseo?" He said. I just nodded and smiled.

"Ne sunbae, thank you again!" I said.

"No worries, I'll be going now." He said and left us here in the room.

"I still need to report this to the CEO, girls, assist her to eat please, I'll be going." And manager-nim left us too.

"Era-ssi! Don't do that again okay?" Zia exclaimed and hugged me.

"Ne, I'll keep that in my mind Zia-ssi." I looked at them and smiled.

I stayed in bed for like 30 minutes while I was listening to their rants about what happened to them earlier.

"You should've join us earlier unnie, it was really fun!" Kahrel said and laughed. I can see that they had so much fun. It's all written on their faces.

"It's okay, we still have plenty of time for that," I said and chuckled.

We continued talking until someone knocked on the door. I wonder who could that be? Is it the CEO? Is he gonna scold me? No way. I'm already scared.

"Let me get it," Jinny said and stood up. She opened the door and I was not able to see who's in there because of my position.

"Kayden sunbaenim?" I heard Jinny said.

Kayden sunbaenim? Kayden is here?

Keon

I went directly to our office and there I see my members seriously scrolling through their phones. Kayden was there, writing something.

"Keon! Where have you been?" Heesh hyung asked.

"Oh, I helped our hoobaes." I said and sat down.

"Hoobaes? Who?"

"Dusk," I replied shortly.

"Why? Did something happened?" Eros asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, it was bad." I said and shook my head.

"Can you just get straight to the point?" Max hyung asked. I laughed.

"Why are you guys interested huh?" I teased them.

"You started sharing it to us, mind as well you finish it!" they glared at me. I saw Kayden stopped writing and looked at me.

"I saw Era-ssi fainted inside their dance room, she was dancing so hard dudes." I told them.

"What? Why?" Kayden asked. I looked at him and chuckled.

"It's because of you pabo!" I glared at him.

"What now?" He asked casually. Aish, look at this guy!

"What you told her earlier, affected her too
much, she danced for like 6 hours straight and fainted." I explained.

"Yah! Kayden, what you really said earlier was mean! Shouldn't you be lifting their confidence up and telling them that they'll be fine?" Jake hyung said. Indeed!

"Kayden, you should say sorry to her." Max hyung said. We all nodded in unison.

"But why are you in their practice room in the first place?" Heesh hyung asked again. I didn't answer him instead I just smile and looked at Kayden who's now looking away and thinking.

"He likes Zia remember?" Jake hyung said. I glared at him.

"You like her?!"

"Yah, that's not t-true," they keep on teasing me and I just ignored them.

Kayden stood up and left us in here. Very good Kayden!

(back to era's point of view)

"Kayden sunbaenim? What are you doing here?" Jinny asked. We all looked at each other.

"Can I talk to Era for a bit?" I heard him asked. What is he going to say? Something bad again?

"Sunbae, I'm sorry but, if you're going to talk bad about her again--" Jinny was not able to finish what she had said when Kayden suddenly went in. How rude!

"Can you leave us for a while?" He asked while looking at me. I looked away.

"Unnie, if you need help, shout okay?" Zia said. I glared at her. The door closed and we are left in the room. I didn't look at him.

"What happened to you?" He asked and went beside me. I can smell his perfume in here! He smells good! I scolded myself. Really era? Now?

"It's nothing serious sunbae, I overworked myself." I said and smiled a bit.

"Are you sure?" He asked again. "And please look at me," he added. I was hesitant to look.

"Do I need to?" I asked in a small voice.

"In order for a communication to be effective, we need to maintain the eye contact era-ssi." He seriously said. I looked at him the moment he said that. That is always what he always tell me everytime we talk way back and I was not paying attention.

"W-what?" I asked.

"I don't want to repeat myself," he said. "I came here to say sorry, I'm sorry if I was being hard on you earlier. I was not really in the mood." He said and looked away. Not in the mood my ass. You are always not in the mood!

"It's okay sunbaenim, I just need to rest." I keep on saying that line for like 6 times already.

"You should. And," he looked at me and looked down.

"And?"

"And stop calling me sunbae if it's just the two of us," he said.

I felt my heart beat going faster. What's with him right now?

"Huh? I can't! You're obviously our sunbae so it's just right to call you in that way," I explained.

"Oppa. Call me oppa. If you call me sunbae, you'll receive a punishment. I'm going now," he said and left me in my place.

What the hell is wrong with him?