Stay - Yang Jungwon 양 정원

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

I was lying in bed in the purple room, talking with K, Sunghoon, EJ, and Youngbin. Jungwon was part of the conversation but he had fallen asleep next to me, his head resting in my lap as we all talked in quiet voices. I was mindlessly playing with his hair while I listened to K and Sunghoon. We were given two hours to rest and freshen up. After that, they'll assign us our next test. All of us were equally exhausted, wanting a day of rest but because of scheduling they kept having to push test after test.

"You know you guys should probably shower or at least change," I said laughing at K and Sunghoon who just opted to lay down rather than take the two hours to shower. Same as Jungwon who was sleeping soundly now.

"After the test announcement," Sunghoon sighed, waving his hand.

I was about to respond when I felt something hit my leg. I frowned, thinking Jungwon was awake. Looking down, I was even more confused when I saw him fast asleep. Then again his elbow hit me. "Ow," I muttered, moving his arm over himself instead of on me. I laughed to myself when I realized he was popping in his sleep. "Guys, look," I said quietly, pointing at Jungwon.

They all turned their heads and watched as Jungwon popped his arms out again before turning on his side. Each of them giggled watching Jungwon pop in his sleep. "Ah cute," I muttered as Youngbin grabbed the tablet to film Jungwon. At that moment, Jungwon stirred in his sleep, opening one eye.

"Ah hyung, what are you doing?" Jungwon complained, turning his head. I laughed as he smothered himself further into my lap.

"You were dancing in your sleep, Wonie," I explained, "Popping like on stage."

Jungwon looked up at me, "I was?"

"You kept hitting Chae with your arm, yeah," Youngbin laughed.

"I hit you?" I chuckled at Jungwon's panicked expression.

"You're fine. It was just a small nudge," I assured him, patting his cheek.

"You kept doing this with your hand," Sunghoon explained, showing Jungwon the same movement.

Jungwon groaned, "Ah that's embarrassing," He complained when Youngbin showed him the clip.

"It was cute," I muttered. However I realized I let my English slip and switched back to Korean, "It was cute, don't worry," I said again.

"Tired?" Jungwon asked, knowing I often switched back and forth when I was tired.

I nodded and continued brushing my hand through his hair, "Yeah. I'm not exactly back to full health yet."

"Well yeah, it's been three days," Jungwon pointed out.

"Chaeri."

I looked at EJ, "Hm?"

"You never actually told us... why do you sound like a British person when you speak English? Didn't you grow up in France half the time?" He questioned.

"Ah, I get that question a lot," I hummed, sitting up straighter. "The only reason I can speak English is because of my cousins. They grew up in England. London specifically. So I naturally picked up their accent since it was the only English I really knew. My aunt and uncle as well," I explained.

"You do sound like Hermione Granger," Sunghoon commented.

I laughed, "Trust me, I do not sound that nice. My cousins say it's obvious I didn't grow up authentically in England. But I guess to someone else who didn't grow up there, I sound like a generic British person."

"Say something in English," K asked. "Like something really stereotypical."

"Uh..." I laughed nervously. So many times people have asked me this and I end up blanking, "Okay, uhm... that was bloody brilliant," I said, repeating what my cousin says all the time.