Annyeong, Soojin! [Ateez Fanfiction] ✓

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The Wise Monkey's POV:

It's a time when almost everyone is back at the dorm, some busy with personal things, some sleeping, and rest free to interact with each other, but everyone's under the same roof and none are working right now. It is at this time that Yunho decided to throw around the topic of Soojin's friend, not all in the house had heard of it yet, they simply weren't free to do so up until now— what to say, idol life!

"So?" Yeosang says, not understanding why Yunho sounds too excited to speak of this friend. "She has an American friend, how exciting! Wow, this was exactly what I wanted to know right now instead of watching anime!"

Mingi has an unamused gaze but his focus still on his tall friend, hoping the news isn't limited to just that piece of boring discovery.

"Well, I guess it's news to learn she can make herself more friends but are you really that excited enough to detain us here for this?" Wooyoung who wants nothing more than getting to go play video games right now advocates.

"You are all so impatient, listen to it fully, for God's sake," Yunho says.

"It still isn't all that amusing compared to all the weird things that has happened," Jongho who's passing by the group remarks.

"Oh right, you!" Yunho puts him on the spot. "You knew this already! Soojin doesn't care much and you're the same. But I personally think we can figure something out with this info, so I don't get why you didn't think it necessary to tell us," Yunho says.

"What are—" San tries to speak.

"Oh, you can figure everything out? We'd all like to see you try then. You think noona didn't try figuring it out before she could come to pretend like it was nothing too unordinary. She's smart, we're all smart, even that Yoongi hyung-nim is smart, but no one has an answer. It's been months, hyungs!"

"Yah! Tell us too! What the hell are you two talking about?" Mingi yells in his naturally loud, scratchy voice. He or the rest pay no heed to Hongjoong who's sleeping on the couch in the same room.

"Joshua Hong also happens to be the owner of Daisy's restaurant," Yunho says. "And no, Soojin had no idea, she still never saw that place before the dreams. After waking up, she found out that her childhood friend owned it."

San gasps loud. "Whoa!"

"Coincidence?" Yunho asks his entourage.

"No, it's too weird to be that!" Wooyoung screeches.

"Exactly!" Yunho says. 

Wooyoung pulls his sleeves to show his arms. "Wah! I have goosebumps again, every time we discover things like this, it gives me goosebumps... Whoa!"

"You knew about it?" San rhetorically asks Jongho, eyes accusatory. "Should've at least mentioned to us even if you didn't think much of it yourself."

Jongho shrugs. "Sorry," he plainly says and turns back on his heels to leave them for their further discussion.

"It's still a mystery why you wouldn't think it necessary to tell us, Jongho," Seonghwa who Jongho sees standing by the shared room of the oldest two says. 

"There is no particular reason," he replies. "I just didn't."

Seonghwa's eyes tell him that he doesn't believe it one bit.

The maknae sighs and walks past him to enter the room, Seonghwa confusedly following. "Fine," Jongho says after he closes the door behind. "I think maybe it's time we have this talk, hyung."