Forelsket

14: Discoveries

Chaeyeon's POV:

We just finished watching If I stay, it was already 10 a.m. and we needed to get to the roof top, accessible through the door near my room. Minjoo knew her way around my house because aside from being a fan of me, Minjoo had been here, because her grandpa and family lived nearby and on Korean Holidays, she'd go home with me, often car pooling. This was not the first time, because our families became closer after they found out we were training under WME. I brought Minjoo over for parties at the rooftop, my sister Chaer and Chaemin have met Minjoo already. So as Mom and Dad, who were cool with the rest of Team IZ*ONME except for the J-Line because they haven't met the J-Line yet, but having good and supportive parents, I'm sure they'll love to meet the cutie J-Line.

I took Sakura by the hand, intertwined it as I guided her up the rooftop. I haven't been home so much lately, due to the intense daily and weekly evaluations we had at WM Entertainment. This was the first time I came home for the last 5 months. Chaer and I often met at a mall on weekends with her groupmates, Ryujin, Lia, Yeji and Yuna. We'll have lunch and then go to their dorm or mine, watch a movie or just hangout. I was already at the first step of the stairs leading up to the rooftop, but Sakura was stuck at the bottom of the stairs. She's like a statue, stuck at the bottom of the stairs the only difference is that she's shaking and hyperventilating.

"Kura-chan, look into my eyes." I commanded the older girl.

She looked into my eyes after a while. The rooftop had glass stairs. I gave her a smile and said.

"Don't look at the steps, only look into my eyes, koibito." I told her.

She bit her lip again and shook her head no.

"Do you want to be carried or do you want me to give you a piggy back ride?" She once again shook her head no.

I took both her hands and encircled it to my waist, making her back hug me.

"Chin up, Kura-chan and when I stay step, you step." I told her and took a step.

"Step." I called out. She took a step.

We did this until we reached the top of the short stairwell leading to our rooftop. I should tell Dad to do something about the stairs because J-Line of Team IZ*ONME were scaredy cats with heights, maybe have the steps blackened or something. We got up to the rooftop and saw that some members were already there talking and having fun. First activity was an ice breaker game before practice. Minjoo came behind us, giggling hard at Sakura who was giving me a backhug while climbing the stairs.

"Eomma, don't be scared, Appa A-Chaen will protect you."

"Yah! Minjoo-yah." I widened my eyes at Minjoo.

Sakura was still shaking in fear, her head down and her whole body was just shaking. I lifted her off to her feet, the lover's carry way.

"We can't focus here, let's go to the pool area. Let's just practice down there and do the activities there." I said to everyone all the while carrying Sakura who had her arms tight around my neck.

"Can't breathe, Kura-chan." I said suffocating.

Her arm loosened around my neck, I got down from the rooftop and immediately put her down after reaching the door out to the second floor. She thanked me and smiled shyly. I took her hand and intertwined it again as if it was the most natural thing I did in my life next to dancing. She tightened the hold as she followed me down to the pool area, Team IZ*ONME leading the way with Minjoo who has been here several times now, the only person besides me who knows her way around the house.

We were by the pool now, the first game we played is 2 truths and a lie. Where each of us will tell two truths about ourselves and one lie, the rest will guess which one is the lie. Hyewon was first to go, Hyewon and I are friends up to a certain degree, but I never knew about her life. So this was interesting to me as Hyewon spoke.