FALLEN |Lee Know|

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| November 27th, Friday, 2020 |

"Last one before break!"

  Jaein, who was leading the practice, yelled before hitting play once again.

"Let's go!!"

"Full energy!"

  The youngest two jumped around.

  Five minutes later, they were all plomped on the ground, panting. Annie crawled to get her water bottle.

"What should we order?"

"I'm craving burgers."

  Boram replied with a smile.

"Burgers it is!"

"You don't need to order for me."

  The leader stated, getting glances from everyone else.

"Jay, you don't need to diet!"

"We exercised a lot, you should eat something filling!"

  Remi and Boram spoke loudly, worrying about the oldest.

"I will. I'm having dinner with Changbinnie."

Changbinnie?

  "You two have been meeting a lot...are you- uhm..?"

  Boram forced a smile, which clearly showed how uncomfortable that situation was for all of them.

  It's not that they didn't want the leader - or any of them - to date, no. It's just that Jaein had been neglecting her role as the team leader lately, or even her role as a friend.

  None of them had forgotten about the birthday situation.

"Dating? No, we have a one year ban, you forgot?"

  Annie, who was a little spaced out, finally paid more attention to the conversation.

"Are you saying you would if there was no ban?"

  Remi questioned. Everyone waiting anxiously.

"Uh...I don't know? I don't think I like him, but maybe? I kinda of have a thing for someone else though, so I'm not sure."

"Maybe?"

You like someone else, and your answer to dating him is "maybe"?

You like someone else, but-

Do you even know how much he likes you?

Well, yeah, you wouldn't know.

"Annie!"

  She looked up towards the voice that called.

"I asked if you know what Changbin thinks about this. They don't have a dating ban anymore."

"Ah. I don't know, I think that's something that should be talked about with him."

  Everyone nodded, Annie decided to get her phone to order the food.

"Hold on."

  Remi started.

"Who do you have a thing for?"

  Ah. Right.

"I'm not telling you!"

"Come on, we're your little sisters! Do we know him?"

  The youngest made use of her maknae privilege to persuade the girl.

"Please, Jay!"

"Fine. But you need to promise you won't judge me. Especially you!"

  She pointed at Annie, that one more time wasn't fully into the conversation.

Me?

"Why? Do you like Yeonjun?"

  She asked with a monotone, pretty sure the answer wouldn't be affirmative.

"No! But..."

"Come on!"

"Okay! I like Minho."

"What!?"

  Annie yelled, probably louder than any of the other girls.

"I told you not to judge me!"

  The younger one stood there, mouth and eyes open wide, not knowing how to act.

"Listen, you're the one who hates him, not me. Unless you give me a valid reason to make me stop being attracted to him, I won't."

"He-"

I have a thing for him too!

"Woah...that's unexpected. How come the two of you fell for a label mate? And both from the same group!"

  Boram commented.

"Who else has a thing for a Stray Kids member?"

"Remi! She likes Hyunjin."

"Liking is a very strong term. I just think he's extremely attractive and if he asked me out I'd freak out, but I wouldn't call it a crush. He's just like...a prince?"

  She explained carefully, the others completely understanding the situation.

"Alright. I have a thing for Minho, Remi has a thing for Hyunjin and Boram is in love with her classmate. You?"

  They all stared at the pink haired girl, curious.

"I-"

"Ah, right. You only love music."

  Jaein answered her own question with a laugh.

"Ha, funny. I'm gonna get the food, when are you meeting Changbin?"

  Annie got up showing that the clock marked 6:37 p.m.

"At 7, I should go."

"Good luck with your Changbinnie!"

"Yeah! But don't forget about us!"

  The maknae joked, making her smile.

  Annie hurried to the elevator so the delivery guy wouldn't wait too much - or maybe because she just wanted to get away from there, who knows.

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