10 MONTHS (ENHYPEN FF)

6~ birthday

SOOJIN POV

After a short ride in the car with my newly acquainted manager, I soon found myself standing in a utopia of blinking machines and loud sound effects.

"Game arcade!" 

Laughing at me jumping up and down, the man nodded.

"I figured you'd like this since you're still basically a child."

Shocked, I looked at the man offended. 

That reminds me of something the ENHYPEN boys would say...

Teasingly shooting the man a friendly glare, he chuckled again.

"Alright, alright. Well hurry up, if Saeri finds out I took you to play games instead of prepping for your debut, she's going to murder my ass." 

Scrunching my face in fear I nodded quickly and butchered my way through the crowd.

Searching through the different games, I found myself gravitating towards the basket ball hoops.

Standing in front of the tall machine, I smiled in nostalgia.

"Ah yes, I read that you were a competitive basket ball player for most of your life back in Australia." Jinhyuk spoke from behind me.

"Lucky for you, I happen to be a baller myself."

Scoffing at his remark, I turned to the face the man. I grabbed a ball from the ditch in the machine and tossed it at him.

"Well then, I guess we'll see who's better." I spoke.

Immediately the man reached into his pocket and fished out a few coins. Slotting them into the machine, the lights started to blink and hype music started to play.

"Three, two one... START."

By the machine's commands, Jinhyuk and I instantly began shooting the balls into the hoops.

One by one, my shots made it straight in through the rings.

Damn, I guess I haven't lost my shots.

Glancing over to the man beside me, I noticed he was also making all his shots.

Soon enough we were both tied, with ten seconds remaining on the clock.

"Come on Soojin, you can do better than that!" Yelled Jinhyuk over the noise as he continued to make his shots.

With both of us maintaining our 100% accuracy, the time came to take our last shots.

With one swift movement I arched my hand into the air, flicking my wrist.

To my pure elation, the ball went straight through the net.

Quickly looking over to the hoop beside me, I watched the ball fly into the air before repelling off the ring.

Jinhyuk groaned.

"Winner, Player one."

Instantly, I threw my hands in the air, jumping like a lunatic.

"LET'S GOOOOO!"

Cheering in my own world, I heard the man laugh.

"Yeah, yeah okay then you beat me."

He exhaled tiredly and leaned his body weight on the game machine.

"Round 2?" he asked raising his brows.

I shot him a beaming smile as I nodded in excitement.

Preparing ourselves for our next game, I suddenly heard a familiar voice in the distance.

"Soojin?"

Turning around, I met the eyes of a boy wearing a mask that covered half his face.

"Jungwon?"

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JUNGWON POV

Not believing my eyes, I blinked continuously at the girl I hadn't seen in forever.

"OH MY GOD. SOOJIN IS THAT YOU?" yelled Sunoo from behind me.

 I watched as the girl looked at the both of us in complete shock.

Without stating another word, she ran in our direction, latching herself onto us.

"Holy crap it's been so long!" she shouted attempting to wrap her short arms around the both of us.

We excitedly hugged her back as she jumped in our hold.

"You have no idea how much we've missed you." I spoke honestly into her ear.

I felt a smile form on her face as she pulled back and faced us.

Holy...did she get even prettier?

Despite her unchanged large round eyes and cute button nose, her hair had grown significantly longer and her clothes were more mature.

"I've missed you guys too." she replied with a hint of sadness.

Suddenly I noticed an older guy standing behind Soojin. He looked in his late 20's, with a slim yet muscular built.

I furrowed my brows as I watched him with his eyes on Soojin. Feeling a worrisome fear in my gut I grabbed Soojin by the arm and placed her behind my back.

"Jungwon what are you-"

I cut the girl off as I shot lasers through my eyes at the man.

"Please don't stare so intently at young girls." I spoke sternly.

The guy's eyes widened before falling into a fit of laughs.

Shocked, I growled at him.

"This is not a laughing matter, I can call the police-"

All of a sudden I felt Soojin gently tug at my arm.

"Jungwon, it's okay. I know him."

Surprised at her words, I suddenly remembered that when I first spotted Soojin she was indeed playing with the man.

I watched as she detached herself from my arm and walked over to the man. Confused as to why she is hanging around an older boy, I felt my 'oppa' instincts kick in.

"Soojin I don't know if you should be-"

"I'm her manager."

Cut off by the man, my eyes widended in shock. Speechless, I stood frozen.

"Her what?! Soojin you have a manager?" exclaimed Sunoo in pure confusion.

The girl shyly nodded.

"Sunoo, Jungwon, this is Jinhyuk my manager from YG."