Kiss Me Under the Stars

Chapter 21

~~~~~~~ Next Morning ~~~~~~~

"You think that they're really asleep?"

"No way! It's like 11:30!"

"I bet they're just pretending so that they can sit like that! :p"

"Now, now. Shut up and leave them alone."

"But Oppa~~ How can they still be sleeping?!"

"They got here really late yesterday."

I stretched and squinted in the bright afternoon light. "Oh, Ilhoon! You're awake!" my Hyung exclaimed.

I nodded and felt my head leaning on something soft. I turned slightly and saw Hyomin, still sound asleep. "Oh~~ Ilhoonie~~~ You like her, don't you?" Jiyeon teased. I shook my head stubbornly. "Come on Oppa~ Don't lie~"

"She's my friend!" I insisted, perhaps a bit too strongly. Hyomie stirred and her eyes flew open. "Good morning~" I cooed, poking her cheek with a grin.

"Jung Il Hoon! What are you doing here? In Kibum's pajamas...?" she asked me rather awkwardly. I laughed and ruffled her hair. "Aish~" We both stood and everyone clustered near the door.

"Thanks for having us!" Eunkwang-Hyung exclaimed, bowing. He looked at me and then pushed my head down so that I was bowing with him. I looked down at my pajamas and then raised an eyebrow at him. "Ummm... Could we maybe...?"

"Go ahead! We have plenty of bathrooms!" Hyomin laughed.

"Actually we only have three-" Yuri began before Dongjin silenced her with a whack on the back of the head. I held back my laughs and Kibum smiled.

"Help yourself to anything out of my wardrobe!" he laughed, winking at me. "We're the same size!"

"Good thing too!" Eunkwang laughed beside me.

And so we both were thrown into the busy morning life of the KREST teens.

~~~~~~~ Meanwhile: Eli ~~~~~~~

"Why didn't Minwoo wake us today~~? >.<" Kevin whined as we rushed down to the garage to get the van. "She always wakes us!"

"Oh~~ Maybe something happened with Ilhoon~~" I teased as Dongho ran up beside me.

"What about Ilhoon?" he inquired curiously. I waved off his question with a laugh and he shrugged before asking, "Hyung, can I drive? :O"

"Oh~~ no," Kevin laughed, pulling the eager Maknae away from the van.

"But why not~~~? >.<" Shin Dong Ho whined, stomping and pouting with an annoyed expression.

I ruffled his hair and told him, "Dongho, if you want, I'll find an empty parking lot and then you can drive, okay?"

"Okay~~~ (v ^-^)v" he agreed, bouncing with excitement. "Can we go pick up Hyomin later?"

"What for? Did we tell her we would pick her up today?" Kevin asked curiously as he jumped into the front seat beside me.

Dongho shook his head before hopping into the back of the van. "No... But I want to make today special for her!" he insisted. "It's a special day today!"

"What is today?" I inquired, completely confused.

Dongho blushed and then replied, "It's the anniversary of the day we met!"

"Anniversary of the day you MET. Not anniversary of the day you started dating?" Kevin laughed. Dongho shook his head and I smiled to myself. "When did you both start dating anyway?"