Annyeong, Soojin! [Ateez Fanfiction] ✓

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The Wise Monkey's POV:

The days when Soojin meets one of the Ateez are really amusing to me. Yes, my current work involves making them bond and I the final result I'm anticipating is a strong, stable relationship of her with a guy( after the whole questioning after Joshua showed up, I'm confirming it's one of these guys; that's how Fate have wanted it to be). But the meetings still makes me happy. Either because I genuinely think it's cute, or I'm just in the hope the faster this all happens the faster I can leave. Think about it, you've been on this journey with me, right? We got to see Daisy with Ateez a lot, and that's solely because she was their neighbour and they weren't busy celebrities like they're in the real world right now. Now, it's just very hard to see them meet up, and painstakingly frustrating to wait to see any interaction. You might or might not relate with me.

Today is one of those days where a meeting happens. Soojin and Jongho are meeting. They've been chatting with each other on phones more than Soojin anticipated they would, surprisingly. You'd expect Soojin to ghost on you, but this time that didn't happen. Maybe it's her Atiny heart and her love for her idol that made her not give into ignoring the texts. 

While Jongho was very happy to see her giving positive responses to his digital approach, seeing her bring down her walls bit by bit, he was painfully cautious. He wouldn't stretch too far with the casual-ness, made sure his hyungs, who took the news excitedly well, did not rush to text her too yet. The boy was very careful of what he asked of her. And this time, he wished from her to show him around the Italian Restaurant and the houses and all the familiar places from the other 'dream' world. Soojin didn't think anything illegitimate of the request; Escpecially didn't think of it as the boy's plan to make an advance on their relationship to an actual, consentful friendship.

On this day off from university, she's standing under the sun, waiting for the arrival of the maknae of Ateez. 

A car pulls up and the window rolls down. 

"Annyeong, Soojin noona," Jongho says with a cute smile. "Get in."

She quietly gets in and the car drives away from the spot, seemingly avoiding possible fans who could recognize the young man. Soojin was all nerves and jitters having to wait for Jongho's vehicle to park itself in front of her. And it's not because of Jongho, no( she's glad she's seemingly better at unintentionally fangirling over the boys in front of them), it's because of the fear of getting spotted with a celebrity. She hates attention on her.

Jongho spares a glance at Soojin who's head is covered in mouth mask, glasses, cap and her unbound hair falling on both sides. She wasn't ever the type that let her hair down often. "You looked nervous getting in," Jongho says.

"Of course I was, it was scary."

"Scary?" Jongho asks.

"You aren't a commoner Jongho. And I want no pictures of myself on the internet."

"Sorry," he says. "Aside from that issue, I want to hope I didn't bother you too much."

"Don't be. Like I said, I had a day off today, so it's cool."

"But you don't like leaving the comfort of your home," Jongho teases.

"You're right. It's actually a bother," she says and Jongho pouts.

"But you agreed to come," he says.

"It was a valid wish. You deserve to know all this after what you guys went through."

Jongho wants to correct her, he doesn't like the way she didn't include herself in that misery; if anything, he knows she had it the worse with absolutely no clue about dream and reality, a comatose to top it all off. But he settles for a playful,