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(Y/N)'s friend Sunghoon, who is a member of the boy group ENHYPEN names (Y/N) ENHYPEN'S "...
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++++++++++++++++++ My life at home has always been quiet. My mother works for an overseas company, sometimes she has to go on business trips. I've gotten used to them now. When she first left I stayed most of my time at Sunghoon's house, not used to the quiet. I've learned since then to be friends with the quiet, I've learned to appreciate it.
I still don't like when my mom has to go. The stillness in the house is suffocating, the darkness I return to when I get home from school. Cooking by myself is fine, eating by myself is lonesome, and that is something I, could never get used to no matter how often it happens.
"I'm home," I say loudly opening the door. I take off my shoes and put on my comfy slippers.
"Hi, sweety," my mother greets. "How was school today?"
"It was interesting," I say not sure how to describe what is going on. I set my bag on the floor next to the stairs. "You know how Sunghoon is in Enhypen," I start.
"Yes," my mom says slowly not sure where this is going.
"Well," I pause and look up at my mom's face. "When I went to school yesterday, I met up with him and he was with the rest of Enhypen. A crowd formed and Sunhoon- you're not going to believe this," I blurt. My mother stares waiting for me to finish. "He introduced me as a manager of Enhypen. Now I have to practically babysit him and six other boys," I complain.
"Are you getting paid?"
I gasp "I'll text sunghoon right away," I say while I pull my phone out. I text him quickly. Idiot, I should have asked right away.
"Who knows you might be able to make a career out of it," my mother states almost as excited as I am.
"Hmm, I think Sunghoon said that entry-level managers get paid about one million won per week."
"Not bad, if they do decide to pay you, you could save up a lot of money," my mother points out.
"Yeah, I hope it works out."
"So," my mother draws out. "Are any of the six boys cute?" She asks like any other curious mother, wiggling her eyebrows.
I roll my eyes at her question. "I guess all of them are attractive even Sunghoon, somehow he turned out okay, at best. None of them have caught my eye, " I say quickly wanting this conversation to end.
"Hmm," she lets out. Her eyes seem to say, 'Sure yeah right'. I ignore her. I am hungry so I look inside the fridge wondering what I can make for dinner. "I ordered takeout."
I look up at my mom, "How long will you be gone?" My voice whispers. My mom very rarely gets takeout only when she is about to go on a business trip.
"About a month," she says quietly. "This new manager of mine is driving me crazy! He's new so he must want to prove himself to the CEO."
I don't say anything. I walk up to her wrap my arms around her and tell her to be safe. We ate our food in silence. Once she was done, she went upstairs to get ready for bed. She always had early morning flights. I clean up our dinner and wonder about how I am going to survive being a manager and having to be without my mom. After finishing up downstairs I, also head upstairs to my bedroom. I curl up in my blankets and quickly fall asleep.
the next morning I woke up to the sun shining on my eyes. I wash my face and brush my teeth. I head downstairs, I see a note on the counter. 'I love you, call me every night before you go to bed.' I put the note down and get some food out.
Once I'm done eating I check my phone. There are a couple of messages from Sunghoon, reminding me about today. ''At least I won't be alone,'' I say so myself. I text him back that I'm getting ready.
I put on some makeup and get my hair and clothes ready. I found something comfortable and got dressed. I wanted to go for the girl-next-door type of look. Once I was ready to go I grabbed my phone and walked out the door. I step out and take a deep breath of the outside air. It was warm from the sun. Being outside in the sun brought me comfort as I walked to the tea shop.
Reaching my destination I pull out my phone to text Sunghoon:
(Y/N)
I'm here!
Sunghoon
I'll be there with Jay and Jake in 5 minutes Heesueng is coming in 10 minutes
(Y/N)
👍
I headed inside, and the sweet smell of tea greeted me. The classical music that played and the soft orange lights set a comfortable ambiance. I sit at a table big enough for all five of us. I scroll on my phone to pass the time. I wish I brought a book with me to read. I hear the bell of the store chime as Sunghoon, Jay, and Jake walk inside.
They meet me at the table. "I'm hungry (Y/N) lets get food too," Sunghoon says.
I roll my eyes, "Hello to you Sunghoon," I say sassily. 'This boy' I say in my head.
"Let's just tell Jake what we want and he can order," Sunghoon offers quickly. "I want to catch up with you, I haven't talked to you in ages." I look at Jake and he seems okay with the idea.
"I got chu guys," He says his Aussie accent prominent. We all give him our order Sunghoon lists a few snacks that he wants. Jay has to tell him it's too much and Jake lets out a sigh of relief. He goes up to order and Sunghoon starts to ask me questions.
"How is your mom?" he questions. Sunghoon loves my mom almost as much as I love his mom.
"She had to go on a business trip," I say glumly.
"You know my mom has been pestering me to get you to come over," Sunghoon says.
"I love your mom," I sigh out. "She's so nice."
"I'm sure your mom said something about her leaving so, she may text you soon," Sunghoon replies.
"Yeah." As our conversation ends Jake comes back with a couple of our drinks. Heeseung comes up behind him surprising everyone.
"Good to see you," Jake says.
"Yeah, here I'll help with the drinks and food."
"Please," Jake says. Once we got all of our food and drinks. We eat and drink. The boys talked amongst themselves including me in the conversation. Today was a listening day more than a talking day for me. I sip my Thai bubble milk tea the strong flavor reminds me of when I was young.
"(Y/N), did you walk here?" Heeseung asks.
"Yeah, this place is super close to my house," I respond.
"Do you want to drive with me?" Sunghoon asks excitedly.
A bit nervous about driving with him I ask, "Are you a good driver?" he doesn't respond. he rolls his eyes.
"Who is paying?" Jay asks, interrupting our conversation.
Heeseung pulls out a card. "It's the company card," he says as everyone is about to offer themselves to pay. He chuckles at their reaction.
"Let's go," Sunghoon says as he pulls me to his car. "Get in loser we're going shopping," he says as he gets into the car. I say nothing and just laugh at his silly antics.
Once everyone was in the car Sunghoon, typed into the GPS the location of where we were going. I turn on the radio and pick a random station. Listening to the music I slowly fall asleep.
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