Sharp Is The New Round

I. "A new found adoration"

Yejun, a friend of mine, decided to form a school band despite being busy being an achiever and part of the student council. The reason for it is still uknown, but ever since he committed to the band, he did not turn back. The band consisted of 5 members.Yejun as the leader and vocalist, he invited Noah and Eunho individually. Han Noah was in the same grade as Yejun, while Do Eunho was in 10th grade, a level lower than the seniors. Noah became the keyboardist of the group and the latter was the drummer. Later as the group expanded, Noah convinced his younger friend, Yu Hamin to play the part of the bassist, while Eunho insisted Chae Bonggu, otherwise known as Bamby, to become the guitarist. Both were in the same level as Eunho, and me. I have not met the other members besides Namn Yejun and my classmates, Bamby. But considering that I was one of the leader's younger friends, I'm familiar with all of their faces.
How did I even become friends with the former president of the student council and the leader of Team Plave?
Interesting question. Yejun, as the introverted social-butterfly he is consistently crossed paths with me in our shared neighborhood, eventually leading to our sibling-like relationship.

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As I was walking in the senior building's hallway, I came across a room where music played. Not from a speaker nor any device used for inputting produced melodies, but live instruments. I had trouble with differentiating musical instruments, but what stuck to my ear as music played from the room was the loud and fast banging of drums, smooth playing of electric guitar, a familiar tune playing from the keyboard, and a man, presumably Yejun, vocalizing to his heart's content. I pretty much missed the bass part as the instrument is overshadowed by others.
The music stopped playing just before I could even vibe. My interest was piqued, and I couldn't help but peek through the glass of the room's door. My eyes lingered to every corner of the room, and darted to where all of the members were stopped as they drank from their bottles. The moment Yejun placed his bottle on a desk, he discussed something to the members. Noah just stood beside him, being seen as a respected figure from being a senior.
Off topic though, the boys chose well with the recruitment. All of the members were in each girl friend groups' conversations. Additionally, all of them are exceptionally talented.
As Yejun continued to speak, one of the members caught my attention.
He was the black-haired and quiet one, Yu Hamin of Section 1-1. The guy was expressionless, but I could sense that he had a warm personality, and he seemed fond of Yejun, even listening to hin with admiration.
I began moving forward to go to my original destination, the library. I passed by the closed door of the band room and seems like Bamby saw me walking past.
"Hey, isn't that Yoon Hana?" he pointed out to the other members and Yejun recognized me.
I heard Bamby's voice from outside of the room and I was stunned. My brain didn't work for a good amount of time.
'They won't know that I was peeking, right?'
I thought as I turned around to face the door.
"...Did someone call me?" I asked a rhetorical question.

I heard footsteps approaching the door, and there it was, Han Noah of class 3-1. His beautiful princely face further froze me. Picking a visual in this group of boys had me thinking.
"Yoon Hana, is it?" He said and turned his face away from me, glancing at Yejun.
"Are you here for Yejun?" Noah asked as he returned his gaze to me, who was standing by the door  awkwardly. I denied with haste as Yejun peeked, pointing at himself.
"No, no. I was just passing by when someone called me just now." I claimed.
"That was me!" Bamby from the corner of the room, got up from his seat and approached the door, enough for me to see his face.
"I just noticed you were spying on us." he barely panted as he reached the back of the blond man standing by the door. "Were you spying on us?" Bamny asked, being suspicious of me.
"Was I...?" I tried to appear like I was playing a game to avoid answering his speculations.
"Don't do that anymore, hyung." another voice joined in. "We might've just disturbed the girl." Eunho, from the other end of the room, said in a concerned voice.
"Oh, no worries. I was just walking by out of boredom!" I chuckled nervously as I scratched the back of my neck. It was a lie, of course, I was heading to the library.
"Well, Hana" Yejun stood up from his chair, I couldn't see clearly cause Noah was blocking the door, not purposely though. "would you like to join us?" He asked as he approached the door and rested his palm on Noah's shoulder.
"Yeah," Noah encouraged and moved out of the doorway for me. "You can be our judge for today." He added.
My eyes lit up in amusement. Of course I'd love to join them. I'm free anyway.
"Well," Bamby shot a look at Hamin. "Why not? Right, Haminie?" he chuckled. I struggled to suppress my flustered reaction when the latter met my eyes.
"Better that we have another person to tell us their opinion, I suppose." He calmly m rationalized from the corner of the room. I did not let them tell me to enter twice, this was the chance for me to get to know Yu Hamin better. Out of all the members, he's the one I don't recognize the most. Judging by our differences and that we don't share the same class, it's reasonable I know so little of him. The first time I heard his name was through the attached speakers of our school, during the announcement of his winning in a regionalTaekwondo competition. Soon, he'll compete in the Nationals.
I stepped into the room and was greeted by the tall guy with dark hair and eyes that shone dark green when hit by the light. He placed a chair in front of me , offering me to take a seat.
"Please, get comfortable." Yu Hamin turned his lips upwards shyly.
"Thanks, I will." I tried to as sound cool as possible, acting as if his actions did not affect me at all. Just a few seconds in our interaction, and I could tell he was the youngest. The shyest.

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