The UNIQ boys next door

The dancing yo-yo (is a no-no)

I looked around to see everyone staring at me and awkwardly laughed it off. I stood up to grab Sungho's arm and pulled him outside into the hallway. We were both stunned to see each other and then Sungho revealed why he was here out of all places.
'You're a backup dancer!?' I exclaimed. 'For UNIQ!?' I was sure my jaw was still hanging open.
'Well, yeah. I'm a dancer under Starship Entertainment so I'm part of a few acts at the moment, UNIQ being one of them.'
'Wow...' I didn't know what else to say. It took me a while to process what was going on. I wasn't sure whether I was more surprised that Sungho was actually a dancer or the fact that he was a backup dancer for UNIQ out of all groups.
'Well? What about you? You must be pretty close to them if you can be sprawled out on their couch like that...' Sungho said, raising a brow. I timidly laughed, hesitant about telling him the truth.
'I kinda...live next door.' I pointed towards the door to my place.
'You live next door?' Sungho seemed genuinely surprised. 'Wait, wait, wait. You live here?' He must have been referring to the actual hotel itself. I nodded slowly. He jokingly took a staggered backwards and gasped. 'Who are you? What have you been hiding from us?'
'Stop that. It's not like you asked where I lived anyway.'
'Well, that's true.'
'Wait, do the others at the cafe know you're a dancer?' I asked him. He scratched his head nervously.
'They don't...and I'd rather you keep it that way.'
'Well, I don't see why you would need to keep it a secret...'
'I won't tell them where you live and who you know.'
'Okay deal.' I said to which Sungho just smirked. It was laughable how quickly I agreed.
We both went back inside and joined the others. I assumed all the other guys were backup dancers as well. Some gathered around in the living room to watch and play FIFA whilst others were in the kitchen chatting amongst themselves. I was suddenly nervous about being the only girl in such a big group of tall and intimidating guys. It wasn't long before everyone was gathered around the table, ready to dig into the hotpot that was prepared. I sat at the end of the table with Sungho on my side and Wenhan and Yixuan sitting in front of me.
'Ooohhh, I get it now.' I exclaimed abruptly.
'Get what?' Sungho said as he scooped some broth out.
'That's why you always left the earliest out of all of us at work. I always thought it was strange.'
'Oh, yeah. I go back forth between dance rehearsals and the cafe all the time.'
'Speaking of dance rehearsals, what are you doing tomorrow Chi?' Wenhan asked.
'I'm at the cafe til noon I think.'
'Gooood! You can come join us tomorrow.' He beamed.
'Hrm, she probably doesn't know where the Starship building is though.' Yixuan said as he stirred up the ingredients.
'Starship?'
'We're managed under Starship entertainment now.' He saw my clueless expression and chuckled. 'Okay, nevermind, nevermind.'
I pouted, feeling like I had just missed out on something.
'I can take her.' Sungho said casually. I looked at him with gleaming eyes.
'Are you sure?'
'Yeah, I'll just pick you up from the cafe tomorrow since I have to go too.'

~Next Day~

Sungho walked into the store and greeted everyone. Is it time already? I quickly went out into the back to get my stuff and then met with Sungho at the front of the store.
'Ready?' He asked. I nodded enthusiastically as I put on my coat.
'Where are you guys heading?' Joowon asked curiously, leaning over the counter. Without thinking, I started saying 'Star...' but Sungho abruptly cupped my mouth to stop me.
'Just out.' He forced a smile and then dragged me out of the store with his hand still covering my mouth. He let go once we reached outside and judgmentally glared at me and I innocently smiled back at him, acknowledging my carelessness.

'Hey, hey, don't you think they look cute together?' Hyojin purposely said out loud to Minny. She slyly glanced over at Joowon to observe his expression. He was standing by the counter with his hand placed on the till which was still opened and his eyes intently followed Sungho and Chi who were now outside walking off. Hyojin's dislike for the way Joowon watched Chi had been growing ever so quietly with the inevitable feeling of jealousy digging into her.
'Chi and Sungho? No way.' Minny waved her hand in the air in rejection, 'They're not even that close.' She quietly chuckled at the absurdity of the idea.