More Than Friends

Group Live (Hyunjin POV)

I wake up next to Felix after our 2 hour nap. He's sleeping peacefully next to me. I remove his arm from around my chest and crawl out of bed. I walk to my closet and grab a baseball cap and put it on my head.

I walk towards the door and take a deep breath and walk into the common area. There's only two people out here. Han and Seungmin. They're cackling at a tiktok of people trying to dance to Awkward Silence. It's ironic because that's exactly how it is once Han realizes I'm standing there. We exchange a few second long stare, then I look away and head towards the kitchen. I open the fridge and grab a bottle of water. I could use it after earlier, I think silently. I chug some water and carry my bottle of water into the common area with me.

"We have our first V-Live today Hyun" Seungmin says eagerly to me.

"That's today?" I reply with no excitement.

"Yeah, we've been talking about it all day, but you went back to sleep after breakfast" he says sourly.
I mumble a quick "sorry" , then place myself on the further sofa. I don't want to be too close to Han. He isn't on my "people to talk too" list. I pull out my phone and check Instagram. I see our photos have been posted to our page. They really did turn out well. I'm interrupted by Minhyuk storming into the room.

"The other members need to wake up. This is our first group live and I'd like for everyone to be present. Can one of you go wake them up?" He exclaims.

Reluctantly, I stand up and nominate myself to do it. I don't want too, I just don't want to be around Han. It's so uncomfortable now.

I start by walking to the first door. Bangchan's door. I knock a few times and get a loud "what do you want?" From him. I roll my eyes and open the door. Explaining how the group live will be starting soon. He volunteers to go wake up the others. He eagerly wakes up everyone. I return to the common area. I place myself back on the sofa and continue scrolling through our pictures. Eventually each member has entered the common area. We've been instructed to sit on the two middle sofas so the camera can pick us each up. I hurry up and take the middle cushion on the right hand sofa. Seungmin, IN and Han accompany me on the sofa. "Of course" I say to myself. Felix, Changbin, Bangchan, and Minho sit on the other sofa. Felix is at the end of the sofa, away from me. I position myself slightly forward, as to be able to get a good look at him. I glance swiftly at him and our eyes meet. A quick grin spreads across my face, followed by a frown as to not blow our cover.

Minhyuk explains our live and what it will consist of. We all nod as he talks. "It'll begin now, you can stay on as long as you'd like" he says, and leaves the dorms.

Bangchan starts the live, he starts by introducing himself and then us. He starts by speaking in Korean and then translates in English.

We've been on live for 39 minutes and I can't stop myself from glancing at Felix every time he laughs. He's so bubbly and social today. He smacks Minho's leg every time he thinks something is funny. My blood starts boiling, at the thought of it. He keeps holding Minho's thigh and leaning into him when he's stopped laughing. I bite the inside of my cheek. "We're live" I think to myself. "Maintain yourself Hyun". I manage to answer a fans reply in the comment, as an attempt to distract me. I lean back onto the couch and shoot a side eye in Felix's direction as he begins laughing again. I don't like this at all.

Our live has been going on for 1 hour and 22 minutes now. I'm losing interest in this. I want to go do my own thing. I'm too energetic to sit on a sofa for hours and talk to a screen.

I find myself standing up to stretch. I am getting way too bored.

"I'm gonna go outside for a little while." I say.

It's followed by Hans voice saying "I'll join you!"  Before I can reply he's already standing up. He and I head to the door and begin walking down the steps to the ground level.

Once we're away from the door and away from any wondering ears, I firmly ask "why are you acting like this?"

"Like what? If you're worried about me saying anything, I haven't. I told you I wouldn't." He says lowering his head. "I don't want to ruin our friendship because of some misunderstanding" he winks as he says that and punches my arm jokingly.

I feel relieved as he says this. I was hoping he would keep it a secret. I don't want anyone to know, not just yet. I'll claim my territory in my own way.

"Thank you" I reply. I'm grateful for him keeping it a secret.

After talking about nothing for a little while, and walking around the fenced in yard 4 or 5 times we collectively decide to go back into the dorms.

When we get back inside, we see that only Felix, Seungmin and Changbin are part of the live now. Upon entry I can already hear Felix's loud, silly laugh. I'm already jealous and I don't even know what he is laughing at.

Han pats my shoulder and says "relax". As if he's noticed I'm annoyed.

We both sigh and enter the common area. We are greeted by loud yells to come join the live again. We both decline. I'm hungry and ready to shower and get ready for tomorrow.

I grab an apple  and my water and sit down at the table. I eat by myself and scroll through Instagram.

Almost three hours later, they end the live.