groupie

-nine-

"You should go do something—get outta bed." HyunJin mumbles softly, smoothing EunChae's hair down.

After MinHo and SeungMin, she blocked them all out. It took HyunJin nearly an hour to get her to agree to let him in. While she didn't tell him what happened with Chan to the full extent, she did tell him that he told her he's done with her for good. That he refuses to be her comfort anymore. That he told her she needed to find someone new to comfort her.

"Maybe call up WooBin or KeonHee. I'm sure one of them is free to hang out. I'll do something with you if you want." HyunJin offers, wanting EunChae to do something—anything to keep her from falling apart all over again.

"I don't wanna bother KeonHee again—especially not after you guys made things awkward on our call." EunChae mumbles, tilting her head back to look up at him.

"Then call WooBin. The four of them said they wanted to hang out. I'm sure they'd be happy to spend time with you." HyunJin suggests, well aware that she'll refuse any of his own offers. She's done with them for awhile. They stepped a bit too far and now she needs her space. It's still shocking to him that she let him lay with her.

"I'm not calling WooBin." She sighs, laying her head back down on his chest.

"Well—looks like he heard me cuz he's calling you." HyunJin leans over a bit to grab her phone. He tilts it for her to see and she snatches it away from him.

"Hello?" EunChae picks up the call, sitting upright.

"Hey—are you busy?" WooBin questions, his voice a bit shaky—nervous in a way.

"No—not really." EunChae glances at HyunJin, the only source of her potentially being busy—but he'll live if she ditches him.

"How are you at cooking?" WooBin asks cheerfully, a bit more confidence behind his words.

"Not the best, but I try—why?" She tugs on her blanket as HyunJin slowly gets to his feet. He offers her a little wave before slipping out of her room.

"How's she doing?" HyunJin jumps at the unexpected voice, placing his hand over his heart as he spins to see MinHo.

"Goddammit—are you trying to kill me?" He takes a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself.

"Not my current goal, but maybe later—how is she?" MinHo chuckles in amusement.

"She's talking to WooBin. I'm hoping he asks her to hang out." HyunJin informs him as he makes his way out into the living room.

"Hoping who hangs out with who?" Felix leans his head back over the arm of the couch to see the two boys better.

"Chae and WooBin." HyunJin mumbles, falling on the couch next to Felix's feet.

"Oh—I mean why not? I'm sure she'd have fun. He seems like a nice guy." Felix shrugs, unaffected by the answer once he got it.

"I really hope she says yes. She deserves to go out and do something. There was the whole picture thing—then we practiced a good eight hours—then she cried—it's only right she goes out and has some fun. Luckily—we debuted on a Friday, so tomorrow we're free." JeongIn mumbles, distracted by the movie playing in front of him.

"I have to say—EunChae really did bring a lot to the table on contract signing. Saturdays are just practice and Sundays are free so she can decompress. However—I don't think it'll take long before she's really gonna need to make use of it. Next week is going to be hell. It's all go, go, go—not a second to breathe—until ten at night with only a few exceptions." MinHo joins the two boys on the couch, recalling the exact conversation leading up to their contracts being signed.