The Assistant -LeeKnow

Chapter 22

Two days passed since Naeun's morning with melancholy Lee know, since his conundrum of confusing words that same day.She was still entirely on the fence about him. He wasn't going out of his was to be a dick, which was nice. But still, he had mood swings worse than any girl she ever met.

Naeun figured two could play that game. She would just give him a taste of his own medicine. But he wasn't buying what she was putting down. She'd ignore him and he'd just ignore her even more. They even stayed away from each other when they were around the whole group because of their silent war. Felix  kept telling everyone they had a fight. But what Felix didn't know was they always fought. They never didn't fight. It was what they did. It was just life with Lee know. Because he was a confusing, egocentric, stubborn bastard.

Naeun was stuck in a room with Lee know as he laughed and had a good time with his members, while her head was spinning with anger and regret. She was angry because he was such a complete douche bag to her and turned her into an absolute mess because of it. And the regret was such an obvious feeling to feel after everything they'd been through. She really was having a hard time coping with the slippery slope her life was sliding down. But of course, Lee know was at the top, throwing grease down it to make sure she just kept sliding, sliding, sliding.

When Lee know let out a loud, belly-laugh, Naeun grit her teeth together. Oh, god. She couldn't stand to be in the same room as him anymore and quickly stalked out, finding her way outside the venue.

"Hello, there," she heard Changbin and quickly looked up to find him and Hyunjin smoking with each other.

"Oh, God! Hi," she said, startled by them.

"Are you okay?" Hyunjin asked immediately, registering the anguish on her face.

"Uh... I'm fine," she stammered, not really wanting to get into it.

"I can tell you're not," Hyunjin pointed out and she sent him a dead stare.

"Because of Lee know?" Changbin asked and Naeun let out a scoff.

"Bingo," Hyunjin chimed in.

"Why is he such an... ugh!?" Naeun grumbled, unable to come up with a good word to describe him. Both boys let out a laugh.

"I'm sorry," Naeun said immediately. They were two of Lee know's best mates after all.

"No need to apologize, Naeun," Changbin said, letting out an amused chuckle.

"Wanna get high?" Hyunjin offered, holding out the joint he had between his fingers. It startled Naeun because she didn't even realize they were smoking that. She just assumed they were just on another cigarette break.

"Uh..." Naeun stammered, looking behind her at the propped open door to the venue.

"It'll be fine, Naeun. I can't even count how many times Sejin and Hyunwoon got high with us," Changbin told her.

"What? Are you serious?" Naeun asked, her mouth dropping open.

"You wouldn't believe it," Hyunjin added.

"Wow. I would have never thought..." Naeun said, looking over at Hyunjin with her mouth hung open.

"It's true," Changbin snickered as Hyunjin thrust out the joint for her again.

"I can't even remember the last time I got high..." Naeun told them as she pinched the end of the spliff between her fingers and pulled it up to her lips, taking a quick hit, letting it linger in her lungs before she exhaled.

"Look at you. Professional," Changbin laughed as she handed the joint off to him.

"Not really," she said, looking away from them timidly.