adore you || nishimura riki

dinner

(side note: i love these dresses on red bubble they're so funny)

We're sitting at the table in the dorm, I'm between Jungwon and Niki, who are talking when my brother makes a remark.

"You're not allowed to associate with Niki."

"I don't know if you forgot everything about me, dear brother, but i'm 19, not 12."

"Yes I remember, how was school when you were there?" he says, changing the subject. We weren't being serious before, only jokes.

(no Park was harmed in the making of this chapter. 😩❤️‍🔥)

"Still no friends, everyone only wanted to get to know me to use so they could meet you or get money or both." I say, not looking up from my plate.

"There were no new kids or anything?"

"There were quite a bit of them actually, but all of them quickly found out and became the same as the rest."I look up to see the members looking at me, looks of concern evident in their eyes, Niki putting his hand on my back. I return with a small smile.

"It was okay though, I got incredibly high grades and people left me alone, which gave me more time to study and take care of Grandma."

"Was Grandma sick?"

"No I just wanted to take care of her. Kind of repayment for raising me there, which also sacrificed her being able to see you because we didn't want to be in the spotlight as much as possible. I don't know why we didn't move sooner, we were still in the spotlight." I do know, but he does too, I feel no need to say it out loud.

"So your school days were good?"

"Yes, I mean, I got bullied a little bit by these girls because I didn't care but they said something gross about  Jay once and I beat all three of them so bad they transferred."

"What did they say?"

"No. I'm not telling you because it's disgusting. So let's just say it was a very valid reason."

"Valid in both our eyes?"

"Yes."

"Okay then, fair."

We are in silence a little after my brother's second interrogation of the night. I could barely stand it.

"So do any of you guys have hobbies?"

"I shop still." Jay remarks.

"I tended to plants for a while." Jungwon says, a pout on his face.

The members giggled a bit before my next question.

"You don't anymore?"

"No. Not after the trauma of losing my dear Injang."

"I'm sorry about that. The rest of you?" I gently pat his back and turn to the others.

"Do your count eating ramen?" Heesung asks

"Yes."

"I like playing with my dog." Jake says

"I never had really any pets growing up."

"Sad."

"Very."

"I used to ice skate." Sunghoon adds

"That's cool. It's on my bucket list of things to try. My ass would hurt afterwards though because I'd probably fall so much."

"Don't swear, Robyn." Jay demands.

"Coming from the guy that said fuck earlier."

"Fine you got me, we both need to break the habit."