Royal Colors (OPEN APPLY FIC)

Chapter 84: Never-Before-Heard Compliments

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-Monday, August 5, 2024~1:55PM-

~Jaehyun's POV~

I was talking to Hanwoo and Taeyong when they decided to move on.

"We are going to go wish Seungbin a happy birthday." Hanwoo said.

"Okay, have fun." I replied.

"You too." Taeyong said, wagging his finger. "This is your birthday after all. You better enjoy it."

I snickered and waved them off. I looked around for somebody else to talk to but I still was only comfortable with certain members so it was hard. That's when Bunny came up to me.

"Hey." She said with a welcoming smile. Her smile made me smile.

"Hey." I replied.

"I see you are enjoying your birthday better than last year." She said.

"I enjoyed my birthday just fine last year." I told her. "So stop worrying."

She looked down then smiled again, a small chuckle coming out of her. "I have to say, though, it's nice to see you more comfortable now with other members and not just Sungmin."

"I promoted with those members, remember?" I said. "I had the time to get comfortable with them."

"But you seem comfortable around me." Her tone was soft and breaking, as if she was questioning her own statement.

"Yeah, that's true." I comforted her statement. "If you really think about it, I have you to thank for my comfortability around other members. You were the first one that made me comfortable."

"Really?" Bunny looked up and I saw a great sparkle in her eye. It made my heart skip a beat to see how hopeful she was in my words.

"Yes." I nodded, looking down shyly as I couldn't look someone in the eye for that long without feeling awkward. "You're comfortable to be around, easy to approach I guess."

"Wow." Bunny said, looking down. I glanced to see she still had a smile on her face. "Nobody's ever said that about me before."

"Well, there's a first for everything." I replied.

She looked up at me, smiling. I smiled back and lost myself in her eyes for a moment, until we were interrupted by BunBun.

"Bunny, you have to come see this!" He exclaimed, then looked at me. "You should come too."

"That's okay." I shook my head, BunBun's energy the type to make me nervous.

"You should come." Bunny said, grabbing my wrist.

I looked at her and suddenly felt mesmerized. "O-Okay."

She smiled then let go of me. She nodded to BunBun and he led the way to whatever it was he wanted to show us. I followed Bunny but grabbed my wrist. I could still feel her touch and it made me smile. She made me smile, with everything that she did and it made me realize that she was somebody I wanted to grow closer to as fast as possible.

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-Wednesday, August 7, 2024~2:15PM-

~Faye's POV~

I was making my rounds, thanking everyone for celebrating my birthday with me. I know this is what RC does and it's pointless to thank them but I like to do it anyway, for my own consciousness. I was coming up to Zilo who was talking with one of our newer members, Seungbin, when Zilo walked off, heading towards the bathroom. This meant I had to stop at Seungbin instead. He was somebody I noticed talked to a lot of people and seemed to have a lot of friends now despite only being here a little over a month now.