July 24th

Chap. 5

The boys wanted to go out after our little nap, so that's what we did. We headed for Han River, a place I always wanted to visit If I ever came to Seoul.

"Helena asked me to give you her number in case you ever needed it.", Chae said, handing me a piece of paper which I gladly took. I really loved Helena. I found that her voice was amazing, sweet, and soft -kind of like you'd picture the voice of an angel. She's really talented AND she's around my age. I always felt a little bad when people called her "Chae's sister" and not by her own name. I truly hope that one day, people will be able to call Chae "Helena's brother" instead of the other way around.

I sent her a text so that she would have my number as well, to which she responded almost instantly.

"Hey! If you ever need help or anything, just send me a text, okay? Oh, and we should hang out some time to get to know each other ^^."

O.M.G

Helena wants us to "get to know each other". I can't believe it! I mean, at this point, I'm ready to believe anything... but this?! I look up to her so much! She's talented, confident in herself, beautiful AND has an amazing voice! Her wanting to get to know me feels so unreal...

"Hey Chloe, you want a snack? Some of us are gonna buy some", my thoughts were interrupted by a hungry Ha-joon.

"Sure, I'll come with you!"

And thus, we divided ourselves into two groups. Ju-won, Ha-joon, Si-woo and I were in one group, and the rest of the boys in the other group. It took me a minute to realize I had forgotten to answer Helena. I quickly typed the words "Sure, I'd love that" before catching up to the boys that were waiting for me. We went to a food truck nearby that sold bungeoppang, a fish-shaped pastry filled with red beans. I had heard of it in kdramas, but never actually tasted it before so I decided to try it. While we were waiting for our food to get ready, Ha-joon kept glancing back at the other group.

"Seriously Ha-joon, when are you gonna tell Min-jun you like him? It's getting annoying!" Si-woo teased.

"I can't tell him! We only ever joke about it; he'd never take me seriously! And even if he did, he'd probably just reject me and it would make things weird between us. I don't want that."

"But what if he likes you back?" Si-woo added.

"Even if he did, there's no way the two of us could work. The fans will never allow it."

"I thought Slovers loved the Minha ship?" I answered.

"They like it because deep down, they know that it's not real. If we were dating, they'd probably hate us and be disappointed in us. And that's not to mention what people that ship him with someone else might think..."

"I think you're wrong. Sure, a lot of people ship you guys together "for fun" -like me- but it's a good thing. It means that if you plan on dating him, Slovers will support you, and if you don't, they'll still support you. Because they want you to be happy! Same goes for every other member of S-Love!"

Ha-Joon paused, thinking. He jerked his head up.

"Wait, I've never told you I liked Min-Jun, why aren't you surprised?"

"Ye-Jun told me the day we met. That, and it was kind of obvious from the start... I also know some other things hehe..."

"Does Ye-Jun know who I have a crush on?" Si-woo asked nervously.

"No, he doesn't. I'm guessing you haven't told him that you liked him yet?"

"How did you know? Is it that obvious?!"

"No haha, it was just a feeling I had, and you just confirmed it was true."

"Haha, please don't tell him... It's kind of embarrassing."