The others halted their movements as soon as Hana spoke to June. June felt their gazes on the two of them, but he decided to ignore them. The cameramen were already out of the room anyway, so there was no use keeping their friendship in the shadows.
"You should have told me you were coming," June said as he took the small paper bag.
"What would you have done?" Hana chuckled.
"Would you have prepared an entourage or something?"
"Only if you wanted to," June teased.
June smiled in amusement as he opened the paper bag and brought out the bright red pack inside.
"Really?" he asked, chuckling as he looked up at her. Hana fondly smiled at him, making the others even more stunned. Why was she looking at him that way?
"What?" Hana chuckled along with him.
"You like those, right?" June opened the package and popped one gummy in his mouth.
"I can't believe you got me BenBen gummies," June said.
"It's been a while since I've had them."
"Well, do you still like it?" Hana asked in a hopeful voice.
"Yeah," June said, popping another one in his mouth.
"I almost forgot how good these were."
"I'm glad you like them," Hana meaningfully said. She was about to say something more when Seobin called her name.
"Hana! Your manager's looking for you already," he called. Hana glanced back and bit her lips in disappointment before turning back to June.
"I have to go now," she pursed her lips.
June hummed and nodded. "See you around."
"Yeah," she softly said, sounding a bit disappointed.
The both of them knew it would be hard to see each other around. In a way, Hana wanted to continue their conversation and spend more time with each other. However, their schedules didn't really allow it. Hana waved at June, and the latter reciprocated it with a small smile. She left the room along with the other actors, chattering among themselves.
Meanwhile, the participants, especially those who wanted to get closer to Hana, were baffled. Y stood from his seat and went to June, holding him by the collar. June raised his eyebrows in surprise and took a step back, holding onto Y's wrist.
"Calm down," June chuckled, already aware of why the older idol was doing this.
"You know her?" Y asked in an exasperated tone.
"Yeah," June said.
"She's a good friend."
"A friend?" Nico exclaimed, joining in on the commotion.
"That's not how friends act with each other! Have you seen the way she looks at you?" June blankly stared at him. "
What look?" he innocently asked. Nico pursed his lips and leaned against Sunwoo's shoulder, already lamenting.
"I can't believe I lost another woman to June," he muttered in a defeated voice.
"What the heck?" Ren asked.
"Since when have you known her?"
"We trained together," June honestly said. "
She was in Phoenix when we were younger."
"How the hell don't I know this?" Zeth asked, still in disbelief.
"Oh, she probably doesn't want the media to pry further," June responded.
