She's not real

Chapter 5

Heeyoung POV

For weeks, Chaer would come over to my dorm, and we would hang out and watch random stuff. I felt like I'd known her for ages, even though we only met a few weeks ago. But I loved it. It was a Friday, and we both decided to watch a show that we had discovered together.

"This is my favorite series!" I said while Chaeryeong pointed out the show she wanted to watch on Netflix. It was called "All of Us Are Dead," and it was really good so far. It had some gore in it, but not too bad.

"I'm on episode 4," I said while clicking on the episode.

"Really? So am I!" Chaeryeong said and laid down next to me on the bed so she could see the computer screen. We watched the show and talked for about 30 minutes about random stuff, like what foods we liked, how I got accepted into JYP, stuffed animals. I'm not sure how we got onto that topic; we just did.

"I sleep with this cuddly dog," I said while holding up my beige, fluffy puppy.

"Aww, it's so cute. I usually hold a small plush fox my friend gave me," Chaer said and showed me a photo of it.

"Yeji unnie gave me this when I was revealed to be one of the members in ITZY," I said.

"So soft," she said and stroked its fur. I really loved having company over besides the girls. Not that I don't love all my members, but I rarely interact with people because I have social anxiety. But after meeting Chaeryeong at the hospital, I felt very open with her. We went back to watching the show.

"Awww, the mother gets killed!" I said while pouting.

"Yah! And I really liked her," Chaer said.

"Hey, Chaeryeong, can I ask you something?" I said, turning towards her. She looked back at me.

"Sure, what is it?" she curiously asked.

"Considering the fact that my members are going to be gone for a while due to our upcoming MV, would you like to...maybe stay here at the dorm with me?" I felt nervous asking since she might turn me down.

"Of course! You're like a best friend to me, Heeyoung. Won't you have to run it by your members first, though?"

"Oh, definitely. But they might allow me to since I've been lonely all day."

"Well, that's why you have me!" Chaer said and threw her arms around me and snuggled her face into the crook of my neck. I giggled.

"I'm tired," I said, yawning and completely changing the subject. But Chaer didn't seem to mind.

"Okay, let's take a nap," she said and snuggled up against me.

"Sounds [yawn] like a good plan to me. Besides, my members are staying late again for their MV shootings," I said while I could barely keep my eyes open. Eventually, I dozed off right next to Chaer as we both slept soundly.