Midnight

As a Team

aeri woke up to the appetizing smell coming from their kitchen. it led her sober self towards the direction, ignoring the messy morning looks, forgetting that there were strangers under the same roof. what got her even more curious was that none of her teammate is a good cook.

proving herself right, she was greeted by a rather broad back and dark brown hair.
a figure she was not familiar of.

the male was not aware of her presence, thus getting himself a complete shock when he turned around, almost throwing the spatula in his hand.

"what in the world-?" having his hand on his chest. "no offense, but can you at least make a sound?"

she shrugged, and walked pass him towards the pot on the stove. "what are you making?"

"a soup. you know, for the hangover. the guys drank way too much."

right, talking about the guys. " and you are? you look familiar though but i cant tell where."

to that topic, he displayed genuine lovely smile, and held out his hand. "na jaemin."
her mouth went agape at the realisation, but still accepted the handshake. "ah~, the breakout actor! I really love that psycho drama. you played that role so well that seeing you being this normal got me having a second guess."
her compliment got him smiling harder. "and you must be giselle."
"it's actually aeri."

he frowned. "you two are different people?"
aeri chuckled at successfully fooling him. "nah. giselle is my stage name."
"ah."

their conversation was cut short when another presence joined them.
he rubbed his eyes and yawned. "morning." sound so dry.

"that's renjun." jaemin tried to introduce.
"I know him. he's the vocal coach. I met him once." she replied.
their eyes followed renjun around as the man was making his lemon water. "can you stare at the wall instead?" he groaned, making both of them chuckle.

"jun ah, can you bring the kids? I heard le has schedule this afternoon. he's gonna be late."
as to renjun's dissatisfied, he still did as told.

"le? who's that?"
"oh, chenle, the solo singer."

soon, renjun coming back, dragging two younger males who are so much taller than him, especially the one hugging a big pillow.
"ah! you mean zhong chenle." she remembered seeing him once in the building's elevator. he was with his puppy. if she remember correctly, her name must be daegal something.
"not expecting to have second meeting like this, but it's still me. nice to see you." chenle gave her a lazy smile.

"and that big boy is park jisung, the choreographer." jaemin pointed to jisung with his spatula.
the shy boy waves at her, despite barely waking up.

"should we wake the other guys up?" renjun asked.
"I guess not." she disagree. "they don't have schedule until late afternoon. I think we should leave them to sleep a bit longer. I'll just wake them up later."

then, jaemin served them the heartwarming breakfast with small comfortable talks here and there.

-

jeno woke up to a gloomy weather outside the window. he groaned at the headache due to hangover, but still manage to pull himself up.
luckily, he didn't have any schedule today.

the whole dorm sounded so quiet, he assumed the other guys already left.
"noona." he called manager yoon. "can I not come to the practice today? I don't feel g-"
"no worry, jen. aeri already told me. you rest well. I'll see you tomorrow."

he hung up the call, just the right time when a knock on his door echoed.
"I heard you waking up. I ordered lunch. come out before i eat everything."