Volcano | Bangchan

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Nomi's POV

I gave another tissue to Bin as I held his fan while he watched the performance. My man did a great job, I was so proud. But right now, my attention was on Sooki and Chan. Those two were in a playing mood today, and I noticed the way they were slightly teasing and flirting with each other. I rolled my eyes. Friends my ass. They should stop doing that, they will end up hurting each other even more. As a best friend, I had to prevent that in order to protect Sooki from herself. I cleared my throat a bit louder than usual to drag her attention, which worked. She gave me a guilty look before turning to take care of Seungmin. 

I turned my attention back to my boyfriend, who passed his arm around my waist once they were done reviewing their performance. I saw him looking everywhere, obviously searching for something. "Babe, do you know where the water is?". I replied : "I think there is none left. I'm gonna ask for another pack.". I kissed his cheek : "I'll be back soon.".

About 5 minutes later, I was on my way back with a pack of bottles for my champions. I turned in the hallway where our dressing room was and stopped when I saw someone in front of our door. He was pacing back and forth, and from time to time he would face the door like he was about to knock. I moved forward and kindly asked : "Hi there. May I help you ?". The boy turned quickly, caught off guard. I immediately recognized him. "Oh Dokyeom from Seventeen, right ?". DK politely bowed and smiled at me : "In person !". God, this smile was contagious, reminded me of someone. I smiled back : "I am one of the SKZ staff, can I help you ? You wanted to see one of the members ?". He scratched the back of his neck, visibly embarrassed. "Actually... I was looking for a girl who's working for them too.". 

It took me less than 5 seconds to figure it out. I pointed at him without paying attention to what I was saying : "You are the gentleman Sooki was talking about !". His cheeks reddened, and that precious smile of his widened. "She talked about me ?". I looked at him fondly. This boy is so cute. I winked. "Maybe. She's busy with the after-stage for now. But I can give you her number if you want.". He looked disappointed at first, but then he tilted his head to the side. "Will she be okay with that ? Don't you need to ask for her permission first ?". I smiled at him. Green flag, everyone. "Nah, I know for a fact she wouldn't mind.".

He gave me his phone, and I added Sooki's contact. He thanked me and went back to his own dressing room. I came into mine with a huge smile on my face. Changbin came to me bouncing : "Thank you for the water baby !". He stopped and frowned : "Why are you smiling like that ? What have you done ?". I put on my most innocent face. "Nothing, I smiled because you're cute.". Bin made some agyeo and grabbed the bottles to hand them out to his teammates. Too easy. I grinned, proud of myself, and looked at Sooki. She was helping Yongbok get rid of his lenses. I had a dilemma : should I tell her or not ? What if he never texted her ? I should probably wait and see. My mind settled, and I returned to my favorite place : my boyfriend's big arms.

Sooki's POV

"Yongbok, I love you, but stop closing your eyes each time I try to remove your lens, or do it yourself.". Lix made a pout but tried removing it by himself. I finished tidying my workspace when Han called me from the other side of the room. "Soo, your phone is buzzing !". I thought about who it could be : the only people I texted were the ones in the room and my family. Not really paying attention, I asked : "Can you open it and tell me who it is ?". You probably wonder how he was gonna unlock my phone. Yes, Han had his fingerprint registered. He practically threw a tantrum using the trust issue a while ago. I gave in, because I had nothing to hide. Or so I thought. 

"It's an unknown number... he says he was really happy to meet you today.". A silence filled the room. I widened my eyes as I realized who was texting. I ran to Jisung and threw myself on him to get my phone back, but he was faster and tossed it for Seungmin to catch. "GIVE IT BACK !". Han asked loudly : "YOU GAVE YOUR NUMBER TO A STRANGER ?! IS HE THE GENTLEMAN FROM EARLIER ?!". Seungmin grinned as he read another text : "Not really a stranger. So you were searching for Changbin earlier, huh ? And you thought you would find him in the front row of the public ?". I threw myself at him but he wasn't in the mood to fight, and gave me back my phone. I was blushing hard, embarrassed as everyone was staring at me. I mumbled : "Okay, maybe I wasn't really looking for Changbin. As for the rest, that is none of your business.".

Chan took out his phone, his jaw slightly clenched, and a fake smile on his face : "Well, it's easy to find out. Let's just check out who was performing when she left.". I pointed my finger towards him, threatening : "Bang Christopher Chan, don't you dare.". As he kept scrolling, I ran in his direction. Once again, he was quicker. Damn, those men had reflexes. He stood up and raised his hand so I couldn't catch his phone. I tried to reach it by standing on my tip toes, putting a hand on Chan's shoulder to keep my balance. "Gimme that you smart ass !". He laughed as I tried hard to catch his phone. I did a small jump, but that surprised Chan, who lost his balance. He fell back on the couch, dragging me in the process. I ended up on top of him, his hand on my waist to protect me, and our faces really, like REALLY close. 

Time stood still, we looked at each other like no one else was there. Except there were people there. Lee Know smirked : "You want us to leave you alone ?". I quickly stood up, my face as red as a tomato, while Chan coughed to hide his embarrassment.  I went back to the subject : "Anyways, as I was saying, this is none -". "It was Seventeen.". I sent a death glare to Seungmin, who winked at me with his devilish smile. Han bounced up and down excitedly : "You gave your number to one of Seventeen's members ?!". I sighed, defeated : "No, I didn't. I have no clue how he has my number.". Nomi frowned a little, worried. "But do you mind if he has your number ..?".

I smiled while thinking about him. "No, I don't mind... He was kind and really outgoing, and I felt surprisingly comfortable around him. And he has a pretty smile. He reminded me of you, Felix.". Felix smiled, moved by the compliment. Nomi approved : "Oh right ! He reminded me of Felix too !". Everyone's head slowly turned to her. She realized what she had just said, and her eyes widened as she looked at me. I was fixing her, trying to process what she had just said. Changbin was the first one talking : "You saw him when you came out to grab some water, right ? I knew you had your malicious smile.". I grabbed a pillow and walked slowly in her direction, ready to fight. "You couldn't have told me before ? So I didn't tell Han to look at my phone ?". She hid behind Changbin to use him as a shield. "I was waiting for us to be alone. I'm sorry !". She added : "And thanks to me, you are talking to Dokyeom. You ungrateful brat !". I pinched the bridge of my nose. Oh no, she didn't. "SO IT'S DK ?!". Changbin covered his girlfriend's mouth : "Okaaaaaaaaay, that's enough information for today. Let's go get some food !".