"Oh I need to show you mine and Jaemin's room!" Jeno exclaims, swinging his and Jiyeon's hands back and forth after having showed her around most of the place. "How big is this place?" She mumbles, looking around the the place the boys considered 'home'. "This is a whole palace" she chuckles.
"Why don't you stay over? It's quite late anyways" Jeno states, looking at the girl with his lips pursed together, awaiting an answer. "It's not even 7pm Jeno" Jiyeon chuckles, glancing away from the time on her phone. "Have dinner here atleast. I'll come drop you home afterwards" he smiles, trying his best to convince her.
"No don't bother, and I can go home on my own I'm not a kid" she chuckles. "Oh come on!!" Jeno whines, pausing when his eyes land on the figure that was stood ahead of the two. Looking away from Jeno, Jiyeon flinches at how close the boy was standing while her eyes traveled over the boy who was dressed in a completely different attire than how she had seen before.
"Oh Taeyong!! Jiyeon will be having dinner here!" Jeno smiles, earning a nod from the boy that glanced at the girl. Rolling his eyes at her, he walks past the two, abruptly knocking his shoulder against Jiyeon's. Stumbling, she loses her balance until Jeno wraps an arm around her waist to hold her up straight. "Oh sorry..." Taeyong mumbles, sarcasm coating his voice as he buried his hands into his pockets while casually walking away without bothering to turn back.
"Sorry about that... He must be in a bad mood" Jeno chuckles nervously. "That's alright!" Jiyeon assures, glancing back at the figure that turned to the right at the end of the hallway. "Jerk..." She mumbles, shaking her head. "He's probably loaded with work, idiot doesn't even take any help from us" Jeno sighs.
Hearing his bedroom door creak open, the boy laying down on the bed drops his phone onto his chest. "Jeno you're back?" He mumbles. "Yeah... Look who's here!" Jeno replies, chuckling as the boy sat up in an instant. "Jiyeon!!" He gasps. Jumping off the bed he runs towards the girl that smiled.
"Hi!!" He exclaims, crushing her in a hug. "Hey!!" She chuckles. "What brings you here though?" He asks, taking a step back. "Ask him" Jiyeon sighs, pointing at the boy beside her. "Don't tell me someone saw her with you" Jaemin gasps, looking at the boy that only shrugged and nodded.
"If Jaehyun hadn't gotten there we wouldn't be here now" Jeno chuckles, throwing himself onto his bed with a sigh. "Don't say that!!" Jaemin whines, walking upto the boy and holding onto his hand. "It would've been nice sometimes if they had-" "don't even finish that sentence" Jaemin glares at the boy that chuckled.
"Jiyeon come in" Jaemin chuckles, patting the empty space on the bed beside him. Taking slow steps she looks around the room, admiring every little detail from the way the books on the shelves were arranged according to it's height, to the faint smell of coffee surrounding the place.
Sitting down beside the boy, she softly smiles at the two that were lost in a conversation. The way Jaemin playfully hit the other boy while he only chuckled made Jiyeon's smile grow wider. They seemed really close, more like a family.
"Are you gonna stay over?" Jaemin smiles at Jiyeon. "She's not, I already tried asking" Jeno sighs, earning a chuckle from the girl. "Theres 23 of you here, have you not thought of how awkward it'd be around here for me" she says. "We all look at you as our sister there's nothing to worry about" Jaemin states.
"That's not the prob-" "you can bring Hana next time!!" Jeno exclaims. "Oh yeah!!" Jaemin widens his eyes. "You both know her?" Jiyeon asks, switching her gaze from one boy to the other. "The two of them talk about her too" Jaemin says, referring to Mark and Lucas. "Oh... Makes sense" she chuckles.
"Guys come down to eat!!" Hearing the familiar voice Jiyeon turns around to face the boy that stood by the door. "Jiyeon!" He gasps, rushing upto her and pulling her into a soft hug. "hey Chenle" she chuckles, lightly patting his back. "After so long!" He exclaims, letting go and taking a step back.
"Come have dinner with us" he says. "oh no I'll get goin-" "just come! The others can get to meet you" he smiles. Gulping, she turns to look at Jeno and Jaemin that eagerly nodded while she shook her head, declining.
"So you must be Jiyeon" the boy seated in front of the said girl smiled, passing her a plate. "Yeah that's me" she nervously chuckles, thanking the boy afterwards. "Don't be too shy around us. I'm Yuta though" he says. "Nice to meet you Yuta" she smiles. Making eye contact with the boy still smiling at her, she gulps before looking away almost immediately. 'They definitely spawn good looking guys' she thinks to herself before shaking her head.
"Where'd you go? How could you leave me alone like that?!" Jiyeon whispers to Jeno that took his seat beside her. "You wouldn't have talked to them if I were here" he smiles cheekily, earning a glare from the girl. "Did they all introduce themselves to you though?" He asks, looking around the table at the other 21 boys. "Yeah they did" Jiyeon replies. "Let's eat! I don't think Taeyong's going to come" Taeil smiles.
The group talked amongst themselves, making sure to include Jiyeon in as she chuckled along. Looking around at the boys, she smiled at how they seemed like a family to each other. "Jiyeon you should come by more oft-" the sound of a loud bang cut Hendery off. A gunshot. Panicking, Jiyeon grips onto Jeno's hand while looking around at the boys that quickly stood up, making her do the same unconsciously.
"Take her" Ten says, gently pushing Jeno and the girl further into the kitchen. Opening one of the full sized cupboards, Jeno looks around the place that was now empty before clicking a button that was behind the door. The rack that was filled with groceries moved forward to show a huge metal door which Jeno hurriedly opened by putting in a pin. "Woah..." Jiyeon mumbles, before being dragged past the metal door by the boy.
Ending up in a much smaller room, Jiyeon pants heavily while sitting down on the floor. "I'll be back. Stay right here" Jeno says, squatting down in front of the girl that hesitantly nodded. "Don't get hurt" she gulps, the faint sound of gunshots ringing in her eyes. "I won't" he smiles softly, pulling out a gun from his pocket before rushing in the same direction he came from.
Bringing her legs upto her chest, she lays her head down on her knees while hugging herself. Trembling, she nibbles onto her bottom lip, screwing her eyes shut. "Found you!" Lifting her head back up she widens her eyes at the figure dressed in full black that pointed a gun straight at her.
