Chapter 3
"Hey, you." she hears a man's voice from behind her, and she quietly gasps, freezing in her spot. Suddenly, she turns her head towards the voice. There, she sees the same man she saw a minute ago, only this time, he is just a few inches away from her. Her heart beats faster when he continues to talk.
"Excuse me, did you just take a picture of me?" he asks, raising an eyebrow. (Y/n)'s grip tightens around her phone and she shakes her head, her lie as clear as the sun. The man scoffs, starting to get annoyed by her. He raises his head and looks at the stoned people around him.
"Hey, guys... there is somebody—" he starts to say, but abruptly gets cut off by (Y/n).
"Okay! Look—I'm deleting them..." she says, not wanting to get into more trouble. He watches her as she taps the gallery icon and deletes his pictures one by one. Then, he gets up and speaks,
"I don't want to see these pictures again." The girl nods firmly and gets up too, leaving the room in a hurry.
Damn, that was really weird... and very dangerous. But that doesn't really matter anymore, I have to find Dahuin.
(Y/n) scans the deafening area, then heads to the dance floor to find a poor, little Dahuin being hit on by some weird men. The tired girl immediately runs over to her friend and rescues her by pulling her away from them.
As the two girls enter the taxi that Dahuin called earlier, waiting for them outside the noisy building, (Y/n) hears Dahuin gasp while looking at her phone.
"What's wrong?" (Y/n) questions as she pulls the car door shut. Dahuin turns to her, her large eyes open wide and covering her mouth with her hand in bewilderment as she turns her phone to show her the pictures that (Y/n) has sent her earlier, and then turns to buckle her seatbelt.
"Yeah, that dude caught me and made me delete them... but I completely forgot that I sent them to you—he just looked pretty familiar so I wanted to ask you..." She sighs. Dahuin is still staring at her in shock, and despite the darkness of the night, she could sense her friend's excitement. (Y/n) raises an eyebrow, confused at her friend's reaction.
"Unnie! This man is an idol! I can't believe you didn't recognize him," She exclaims, pointing at the photo on the screen and making (Y/n) widen her eyes in disbelief as she tilts her head, puzzled.
"Wait, really? Who is he?" she questions curiously. Aha! I knew I'd seen him somewhere...
"Do you remember the boy group called Stray Kids? We even did a mini-research on them once and—"
"Ohhh... them? So, he's a member from Stray Kids—they work for JYP or something, right? Didn't Mr. Nam have an interview with them?" she says, finally remembering who it was. Dahuin nods and continues to talk,
"Mhm! We can make a really good report out of these pictures and—"
"No Dahuinnie, we can't do that. I already promised him that I won't do anything with the photos... sorry." (Y/n) apologizes, looking down at her fingers fumbling with the hem of her silver dress.
"But (Y/n)-Unnie, we have a report due tomorrow morning, and if we don't bring it in by then, we'll be fired! Plus, why do we need to care about his reputation? Unnie, you barely even know him, and he doesn't know you. Would you rather be fired?" Dahuin questions, trying to convince her. (Y/n) squints her eyes and thinks for a few seconds and scrunches her nose and shakes her head.
"I really can't—"
"Ah~ Unnie, let's do it. Yes? Or I'll tell Dongwon-Oppa that you were clubbing~" she coos poking (Y/n)'s shoulder playfully.
"Okay, then..." She sighs "you want to drop by at my place to finish it together?" (Y/n) requests and gets an adorable smile from Dahuin as a response.
(Y/n) hears Dahuin yawn as she unlocks her front door in the pitch-dark night, which is only lightened by the flickering orange street lights. The girl pushes the metal door, causing a loud creak to echo within the wide alley. They walk into the small, old house and close the door behind them. (Y/n) turns on the faint lights to reveal the gigantic mess that she had left behind in the morning. She nervously laughs and turns to her friend who doesn't look too shocked, most likely because it's not her first time seeing that chaos.
"Haha... sorry about this mess." She says pushing her clothes to the corner. Dahuin waves at her nonchalantly as she kicks the white heels off her small feet. (Y/n) rushes to her room and opens her closet, digging through her closet. She then pulls out a large white hoodie with a small brown bear stitched on it, it's her favorite even though she only wore it once before. She rushes back to the living room where Dahuin is sitting and hands it to her.
"Here Dahuin, you should change into this, I'm pretty sure you feel really uncomfortable in that tight dress," (Y/n) says.
"Oh, for me? Thank you so much Unnie~" she pouts, hugging the hoodie. (Y/n) nods and smiles and watches as her friend skips to the bathroom. As soon as she hears the bathroom door close, she sets off to clear up the living room and gets her workspace ready with her laptop, a notebook, and a full cup of strong coffee to stay wide awake. She starts gathering background information about her subject and typing her rough draft. Here we go, Mister... Hwang Hyunjin.
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