Off Key

#29

Felix woke up the next day, with puffy eyes and found Changbin's arms wrapped around him.

Felix looked at Changbin, and mentally thanked him for staying, but also mentally prepared himself for the teasing he was about to get from everyone in the house.

Changbin's eyes slowly started to flutter open and found Felix's eyes staring at him. "Hi," Felix said smiling. "Hi," Changbin said smiling back at him. "Are you okay?" Changbin asked, remembering about last night. "Yeah, I feel much better," Felix said.

"I'm glad," Changbin said. The two stared at each other, feeling the atmosphere change. "I didn't know you'd stay," Felix said, gazing into Changbin's eyes. "Oh, sorry. I should've asked to stay or left." Changbin said. "No, I'm glad you stayed," Felix said smiling.

Changbin's heart was beating fast. Widely fast. "Hey Lix," Changbin took a deep breath.
Right now?  "Yeah?" Felix said as he moved in closer. "I wanted to know if- Felix, are you up?" Ms. Lee barged into the room, interrupting the two. Felix and Changbin both pushed each other, panicking. "Oh, sorry." She said as she quickly exited the room. "Wait, Mom!" Felix yelled out.

Ms. Lee went downstairs to Chaeryeong and Minho who were eating breakfast at the table. "Why didn't you guys tell me Felix had...company?" Minho and Chaeryeong started to burst out laughing. "We wanted to see your reaction," Chaeryeong said almost choking on her breakfast.

Ms. Lee rolled her eyes and quickly made another plate of breakfast for Felix's "friend." A couple of minutes later, Felix and Changbin both made their way downstairs, faces bright red, embarrassed that Felix's mom caught them cuddling.

"Sorry to interrupt you guys. Sit." Ms. Lee said sarcastically making Felix and Changbin red. "Mom, this is Changbin, my friend." Ms. Lee could've sworn she's heard that name before. "Wait, Changbin? Chaeryeong's friend?" She asked looking at Changbin. Changbin nodded his head. "I've heard a lot about you. I didn't know you guys were friends." She said as the two boys got seated.

"Yeah, we met Changbin, and turns out he's friends with Chaeryeong too," Felix said as he began to eat. "Who's we?" Ms. Lee said as she placed a plate of food in front of Changbin. Felix and Minho both looked at each other. "Oh, about that.." Felix said. "We're in a band," Minho said.

Chaeryeong took a sip of her juice feeling the air in the room shift. "Oh, that's good. Are you in it too?" She asked, looking at Changbin. "Yes, I am," Changbin said, feeling a little shy. "Seungmin's also in it too," Minho said, taking a bite. "Oh?" Ms. Lee said surprised. "Did you know about this?" Ms. Lee asked Chaeryeong, noticing she was quiet.

"I recently found out." She said. Ms. Lee mumbled out an 'oh' as she sat down. She felt that the boys were hiding something. Felix and Changbin kept eyeing Minho, to tell his mom. Minho looked up from his plate and saw the two making signals. He sighed and decided he should tell his mother.

"One more thing..." Minho said getting everyone's attention. "I'm moving out." Chaeryeong and Ms. Lee were shocked. "Wait, why, since when, what?" Chaeryeong kept questioning. "I'm going to go live with a band member named Jisung, he's new to the school," Minho said firmly. Ms. Lee was in shock, to say the least.

"Why?" She questioned. "Because he needs my help." Ms. Lee didn't like the sound of that. "Your help? You can't help him from home?" She questioned feeling a little confused. "Nope," Minho said. Chaeryeong looked at Felix and Changbin being quiet and put two and two together. "You guys knew about this?" She asked. The two didn't say anything.

"Well, you're 18, and you can legally move out if you want, but I want to meet Jisung. Tonight." Ms. Lee said firmly. "Changbin you're invited as well." She said.

"Fine," Minho said smiling. Ms. Lee suspected something but decided to keep quiet about it. "Ok, go to school, everyone." She said getting up and grabbing everyone's empty plate.

Everyone got up and got their bags and headed out the door. Once the door shut, Chaeryeong stopped her brother, making everyone stop. "Okay, why the hell are you moving out? And the truth." She said, crossing her arms. Minho sighed and looked at the boys. They nodded their heads confirming that he should tell her.

"Jang Kimmy," Minho said. Chaeryeong face went pale. "Oh shit." She said, with everyone else agreeing.

~~~

"Have you told your mom?" Jeongin asked Hyunjin. The two were currently walking through the halls, heading to Hyunjin's locker.

"Yes and it was good. She didn't have any bad reaction to it." He said. "You?" Jeongin smiled. "Told my aunt and she took it great." He said as they arrived at Hyunjin's locker. "That's good," Hyunjin said.

"Guys!" Chan said running up to them, excited. "What?" They both said confused by Chan's excitement. Chan took both of their hands and brought them into an empty classroom and closed the door, bringing his phone out. "Look!" He said showing them his phone.

'JYP High School Talent Show!'

'Make sure to come and support all the people performing!'

'The talent show will be at the end of the month, if you would like to participate, make sure to fill out a form at the office.'

'Deadlines for the form, are at the end of the week.'

The article ended and Hyunjin and Jeongin looked up to see Chan's big grin. "Are you saying we're?" Jeongin asked. "Yup!" Chan said excitedly. "But we need a group meeting about this first," Chan said going to the group chat.

"Consider us in!" Hyunjin said ready for another concert. "What about songs?" Jeongin asked. "Shit, you're right. I need to talk with Changbin and Jisung." Chan said. "Group meeting, lunchtime, rooftop," Chan said as he quickly rushed out, going to the music room before class started.

"This is gonna be fun!" Hyunjin said making Jeongin laugh. "Yup sure is," Jeongin said.

~~~

"Have you heard about the talent show?" Yeji asked Ryujin as she was stretching. "Yes," Ryujin said laying on the floor of the dance room. "We're not doing it." She said firmly. "Why not?" She asked as she pouted.

"One, I'm not showing the entire school, me dancing. Two, we don't have enough people, and three, doing what?" Ryujin said. "Well we'd show dancing, and we can get more people before the end of the week." She said as she sat next to Ryujin.

"And, why don't you want to show the entire school, you dancing?" Yeji asked. "Because people don't know me as a dancer. They know me as the mean person." Ryujin said looking at the ground, not looking at Yeji's sad expression. "This is an opportunity to show people you're not as bad as they think," Yeji said placing her hand on Ryujin's hand.

"The opportunity to show a different side of you." Ryujin slowly looked up at Yeji seeing her smiling and her hand on her own. "Ok, I'll do it if you stop touching me," Ryujin said looking at the other side, hiding her slight blush that was starting to appear.

Yeji moved her hand immediately and smiled at Ryujin's expression. "Okay, now we need to find some more people," Yeji said. "I already know two people," Ryujin said.

"You do? That's great, who are they?" Yeji asked, moving to sit in front of Ryujin. "Choi Jisu also known as Lia and Lee Chaeryeong," Ryujin said. "I've caught Lia dancing and I know Chaeryeong can dance. I've seen her. They're both good dancers." Yeji thought that they were both good options.

"We should ask them today, and try it out with them," Yeji suggested. Ryujin nodded her head, agreeing.