TWENTY-ONE

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Changbin's POV
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It was officially Christmas morning and I was running around the dorm trying to clean everything up before I went to pick up Brooke from her Airbnb. Yuna would be spending Christmas with Namjoon and the rest of BTS, so it would be Brooke with us. I furiously scrubbed the kitchen sink while doing dishes at the same time. 

Chan and Felix walked in and looked at me super confused before heading to the fridge to look for what I assumed would be food.

"I just reorganized that fridge and cleaned it so don't make it a mess," I snapped at them, drying the last plate before I began putting them all away. 

"I've never seen him this hung up over a girl, we need to find him a girlfriend faster next time," Felix teased.

"She's currently not my girlfriend, we're just exclusive..." I trailed off, putting away the pots and pans.

"What, are you cooking us all dinner too?" Chan asked, sitting down with a bowl, cereal, and milk. 

"You know I can't cook, I was hoping one of you would, also make sure you clean that bowl out," I said.

"Yes, sir, Changbin, sir." He saluted me and I glared at him.

"Binnie, chill man it'll be fine, did you finish wrapping her gift?" Felix asked.

"Did you decide what to get her?" Chan chimed in from the counter with a mouth full of food.

"I got her my original gift idea, that you all hated, but it felt like the right thing to get her." I said. 

Felix and Chan rolled their eyes.

"We all chipped in and got her something too, don't worry it won't surpass what you got her," Felix said.

"What did you all get her?" I asked, wiping down the counter before I checked my room and the bathroom to make sure they're clean, even though I cleaned those first. 

"We got her all of our albums, because if she's going to date you, she must become a Stay," Chan joked.

"Did you actually?" I laughed. 

"Yes, yes we did." Felix said with a straight face.

"Hilarious, well, I have to make sure everything looks nice before I go get her. Please try not to mess the place up," I said and started to walk to grab my keys.

"Wait, what do you mean? Minho just left to get her..." Chan said.

"What?" I asked, my eyes wide.

Why did Minho go to get her? I thought. 

"Oh, he said you'd done enough today so he wanted to help you out. He texted her and told her and everything," Felix said confused why I didn't know.

"Oh, okay then," I said walking to my room.

I don't know why, but that doesn't sit well with me... I thought, but shrugged it off as I finished wrapping her gift and placing it under the tree we have. 

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Brooke's POV

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On the way. Lee Know had texted me. 

Okay! I texted back, putting my phone on the counter, waiting for him to pull up. 

Yuna and Namjoon left about an hour ago after Yuna and I exchanged gifts with one another. Namjoon had also gotten me a pair of earrings that I pointed out to Yuna the other day but couldn't afford. I must have thanked him million times before he told me it was okay and to stop thanking him. Yuna got me a new yearly planner, and the latest Pentagon album which I thanked her for, and in turn got her some new candle's and this really nice Soju I saw and thought she'd like because it was peach flavored. 

My phone dinged, bringing me from my thoughts as I opened in and looked at the message.

Here. Lee Know's message read.

I put it in my purse and headed out the door, making sure it was locked before I walked to his car.

"Hey! Thank you for getting me," I told him.

"No problem," He said, giving me a small smile. The sun was hitting his silver hair nicely making it look almost platinum. A stark contrast to Changbin's black hair. But Changbin's hair color was soothing to look at, the silver was almost too eye-catching for my taste.

"Are you excited to get presents?" He asked me, making small talk as we pulled onto the main road to go see the rest of the guys. 

"I wouldn't say I'm excited, but happy I can spend it with you all," I said.

"Why not excited?" He asked, stopping at a red light.

"Oh, I don't really like Christmas, it's my least favorite holiday." I explained as her turned on the windshield wipers to deter the snow that was still falling. 

"Oh, that's a shame, Christmas isn't a big deal usually, but I like the holiday. Maybe this year you'll enjoy it." He said to me.

"Maybe, who knows," I shrugged before we sat in silence for a little while.

"What made you choose Changbin?" He asked me suddenly, which caught me off guard.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Why him, why not someone else?"

The way he worded those questions made me feel like he didn't like the fact I was exclusively seeing Changbin. Better yet, it sounded like he was jealous, which wouldn't make sense. I mean yes, Lee Know and I have been steadily messaging every day since we met, but I only saw him as a friend, and Changbin know I talked to all of the Kids, it was normal. Felix and I had a streak going on SnapChat. Even Han and I would talk occasionally. The one's I spoke too the most though were Binnie, Lee Know, and Felix though. 

"You sound upset I chose him," I avoided the question, curious.

"I mean, in all honesty, I feel like both of you jumped into this situation too fast. Do you even really know him?" He asked, turning down a road the had apartments lined on each side.

"I know enough about him, plus we aren't dating, just seeing one another. I don't want to date since I'm leaving in a week and a half," I explained.

He pulled into a parking garage and drove up the ramp.

"So then you're just using him for sex?" He asked, parking the car.

"What?! Of course not!" I almost shouted in the car, offended he assumed such a think about me.

"No offense, but it sounds like you two are just fucking one another because neither of you knows what you truly want." He stated.

"How dare you, you don't even fucking know me and you're going to go an assume the worst of me?" I stared wide-eyed at him.

"Yes, because it should be me you like, and not him." Lee Know said.

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