Fate

Chapter 5 Chans' POV

      10 am Thursday

             Once again, I fell asleep at my desk, But hopefully, I'll eat some good food. I went to Hope's apartment and knocked a couple of times, but there was no answer. It's good that she texted me her code, or I'd be here forever. I opened her door and was greeted by baby. "Hey baby, how are you! You are still cute as ever." as I petted baby, I looked up to see food on the table, but no hope. "Baby, where is your mom?" I took off my shoes and started to walk in. "Hope?" no answer. The food smelled good; at least I walked into the living room to see Hope on the couch sleeping. Is she still not sleeping well?

       I walked closer and sat by her head, and she didn't move. I put my finger by her nose, and she is still breathing, at least. Looking up close, she has long eyelashes and a cute button nose. She has bags under her eyes; I wonder why she hasn't slept well. It can't be jet lag; it has been a few days. I can't let the food get cold, or it won't be as good. As soon as I got up from the couch, a small cry came from Hope. "please don't go." Her forehead crested, and she tossed around a bit. I sat back down on the couch and touched her shoulder when, all of a sudden, she grabbed my hand. "Don't go, please I need you. You can't leave me..." she whispered, and a tear started falling across her cheek. I wiped the tear away with my free hand and lightly squeezed her hand " I won't go anywhere until you tell me to go away." I whispered. As I went to give her hand another squeeze, she started to wake up; I slipped my hand from hers and jumped to the middle of the room. " Cough cough..." I looked around the room, trying to look anywhere but her. "Oh, Chan, when did you get here? I hope you weren't here long." she said well, rubbing her eyes. " O-o-hhh, not long, not long at all. I was playing with baby." that was a close one. " Okay, well, the food is on the table. I'll talk you through all of them." "cool, cool." we made our way to the table when we sat down. She explained everything, but I did not focus on what she was saying. All I could think about was what happened a couple of minutes ago. " When did you start having nightmar--" Fuck I'm stupid. I mentally slapped myself. She stopped what she was doing, "So you saw that... " Y-yeah, I did." "Well, I guess there is no keeping it a secret now. I wouldn't tell anyone this, but I came here because my mom passed away, and nothing kept me in the States anymore. As far as the nightmares started right after she died, and it's always the same she walks out the door saying she loves me and will see me later, and no matter how hard I try to stop her, she always walks out the door and closes, and she never comes back..." Hope explained well, wiping away her tears, and the instinct to hug her was powerful, but I pushed it down. "I'm sorry to hear that. No one should go with that when they are young." I say, trying to help, but I don't think it's working. "it's okay. Once I get into life here, things should go back to normal. I think being in this house always with nothing to do doesn't help." Hope said while smiling. but I couldn't help but wonder how much that smile was real. We keep reaching, and she keeps talking about the food. I will admit this food is great, and I think the guys will like it too. "well, I think you did great, and I think the members will like it. If you don't mind, could you pack it up, and ill take it over and tell them it's takeout and see what they think?Oh, I also have the list from the members." "Yeah, I can do that; just give me a second. okay, you can leave it on the table." After a couple of minutes of playing with baby, Hope was done packing everything up. " okay, everything is here; I separated it into two bags for the two apartments." I walked to the table. " Thank you, I also what to tell you if you feel more comfortable at the beginning cooking here and then just bring it over, that's okay too, and then once you are comfortable, you can pick an apartment." " okay thank you I'm glad you are giving me options." she said with a smile. " Of course, you are one of us now. well, thank you for the meal. I must get to the studio and work on some things." " Okay, have a good day." I started to walk to the door. The best idea popped into my head. "hey hope, would you like to come to the studio with me to get a change of senary?" please say yes... I walked back into the apartment. She wasn't there, "hello?" "well are you coming slow poke?!" Hope said walking out the door. "hey how did you get passed me you are not that short! I chased after her out the door. " let me just drop this off, and we can go." "Okay," I walked into the apartment, put the bags on the table, and texted the guys. I got them takeout, and I was out the door.

     "What do you have to do today in the studio?" Hope asked once we got inside the elevator of the JYP building. "well, I was going to play around with some sounds and make a couple of tracks." " Cool! Is it okay that I am here?" she asked, looking around all secretive even though we were the only ones in the elevator. " haha, yes, it will be our little secret," I said, putting my finger to my lips. She giggled in response, and I was satisfied. The elevator stopped on my floor, and on the way out, we ran into Inchance. "Oh, Bang Chan, just the person I was looking for. How are you? I see Hope is with you."

" I'm doing good just had to come to the studio to work on a couple of things, and Hope was bored, so I brought her with me." "That's great. Well, I need to talk to you quickly after you take Hope to the studio." Inchance said with a serious look, " Okay, ill be at your office in a couple of minutes." Inchance nodded and walked away. I wonder why he wants to talk with me all of a sudden... I started leading Hope to the studio, " I wonder what he wants to talk to you about. He didn't look happy?" Hope said. "probably wants to talk about sales and how we can increase them." Hope nods and continues to follow. We get to the studio, and Hope comfortably sits on the couch. "Okay, stay here, and I will talk to your uncle quickly. I'll be right back, I promise." "Okay, sounds good to me." she smiled and turned to her phone. I turned to the door and made my way to his office... I hope everything is okay.

Hope's POV

    I've never been to a studio, and it's so cool! It's already been 30 minutes since he left. My uncle can talk for a long time, so Chan probably won't return for a while. (Imagion evil grin) I make my way to the booth, pull out my phone, put on my favorite song with the lyrics, and walk up to the mic to pretend to sing in it: 

" Heart beats fast."

"Colors and promises"

"How to be brave?"

"How can I love when I'm afraid to fall."

"But watching you stand alone, all of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow."

"One step closer."

"I have died every day waiting for you."

"Darling, don't be afraid..........

       Wow, that felt so good to sing --- "Wow, you didn't tell me you could sing!" "Ahh! When did --" "When you started to sing, you have a great voice." "Eh, I don't know, it's okay." I leave the booth and sit back on the couch. "are you mad?" I said well, playing with my fingers. "No, why would I be mad? you didn't do anything besides pretend to sing into a mic." he said well, chuckling. "okay." He turned around to his laptop and started to work as I pulled my phone back out and got my headphones. "Oh, by the way, what's the name of that song?" " Oh, A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, It's from my favorite movie." "Oh, what movie?" he said, facing me. "Twilight" "What's that movie about?" "What!! you've never heard of Twilight!?" "No, haha" " Well, it looks like we are having a marathon!" "Wait, marathon? there are multiple movies?!" "Yup, get ready for some early 2000s acting and the supernational, haha." " Oh gosh, someone help me, haha," he said, turning back to his desk and laughing. I could help but smile to myself. So this is what it's like to laugh and talk about stuff with someone... it's nice.