Infinite's Girl (A FanFic)

Chapter 6: Off to School!

All 8 of us hurriedly finish our bacon and eggs breakfast. Despite my not wanting to do so, I had to share the bathroom with Myungsoo, Sungkyu, and Hoya as we all brush our teeth at the same time. Let me just say that those boys are much more vain than I am. I watch in amusement as Sungkyu carefully puts on eyeliner, Hoya meticulously styles his hair, and Myungsoo goes in and out of the bathroom to get and try his many scarves. When they finish their vanity ceremonies, they all take a look at me. I blink in confusion then realize they must not want a girl they've known for 12 hours to watch them get ready for school. I shuffle out of the bathroom and sit on the couch to watch some television. I check my watch: 7:15 AM. If I leave at 7:30AM I'll be able to get there just in time for my first class. I flip through the channels and stop at Channel MBC, where a re-run of last night's Music Core is being aired. "Next up, the 7 young men who has captured the hearts of Korean women, be theirs as they perform. Ladies and gentlemen, INFINITE!" I watch in amazement as the 7 boys I live with transform from the 7 irritating boys I live with to the 7 charismatic idols who are the forerunners of the Hallyu wave. I may not know much about dancing, but their synchronized moves surely blows me away as I watch them. I don't even realize someone has seated beside me until he speaks to me,"We look pretty cool on TV now, don't we?" I turn around to see Sungyeol beside me, his eyes glued to the television screen. "Ack, that hand wasn't supposed to be there," Sungyeol mutters. Suddenly he chuckles, "Hahaha, Myungsoo went flat on that note." Then he winces,"Oooh, I went flat on that note, too." I chuckle, slightly amused at his reactions to his group's performance. As I do so, Sungyeol turns to me, slightly confused. "What?" I shrug, then I ask him, "Do you do this often?"

"Do what often?"

"Commenting on your performances."

Sungyeol beams, "Oh yeah, every time a program that we'll be performing on airs, we all gather to watch our performance on the TV. Then Sungkyu-hyung gives us pointers, like where we went wrong, or who did really well."

I nod, showing my understanding. A few moments later, just as Infinite's performance is about to end, I hear Sungkyu yell,"Kids, it's time to go!" I stand up and go to the threshold of the unit and begin to look for my shoes under the piles of unmatched and scattered shoes of the other members of the house. Finally, I'm able to find my only pair of sneakers as Sungyeol approaches me. He nervously laughs,"Sorry about the mess. We haven't bothered tidying the shoe rack up yet." I give an exasperated sigh, "Exactly how long have you not  bothered to tidy the shoe rack?" Sungyeol simply shrugs his shoulders. I roll my eyes and step over the pile of footwear and make my way to the door. Sungyeol grabs my arm,"Hey, where do you think you're going?"

"To school, obviously."

Sungyeol shakes his head. "Without us? That's hurtful, considering you are living in our unit." Sungyeol sees Sungkyu and yells,"Hyung! Are we leaving already?" Sungkyu checks his watch and nods. He effortlessly finds a pair of sneakers and steps over the pile of shoes as he walks over to Sungyeol and me. Sungkyu yells,"Kids! 5 seconds and the van leaves!" Almost immediately, we hear footsteps, and the rest of the members appear. They each find their sneakers and walk to us by the door one by one. Sungkyu checks his watch again and silently walks out the door, the rest of us following him. Woohyun begins to whine, "Why do we have to leave so early?" Early? 7:40 is early? It takes approximately half an hour to get to the university by bike if I come from Gyeonggi, what more if coming from Gangnam? Sungkyu gives an irritated look at Woohyun,"We all have to take one van going to our schools today." Woohyun pouts like a little boy and stays silent. Wait, van? Who said anything about a van? I follow the 7 boys to the elevator going down to the lobby. Then I follow them outside the building, and I see a black van in front of us. Sungkyu opens the door of the van, and the rest of the members file in the van. I nervously climb in as well, and Sungkyu shuts the van's door behind me and climbs in the passenger's seat. "Pretty sweet ride now, huh?" Dongwoo says behind me. I nod in polite agreement. It feels a bit cramped, considering we're eight people in the car, plus a driver. They have a driver! Sungjong, who is seated right beside me, points to the driver and says,'That's one of our manager-hyungs. He's usually the designated driver who drives us to our schedules," he leans closer to me and lowers his voice,"he has this thing about being early for everything." I smile, and Sungjong leans back on his seat. Fifteen minutes later, the van pulls up in front of my school. Sungkyu leaps off his seat as I open the door. I hop off the van, and Dongwoo, Sungyeol, Hoya, and Myungsoo follow. I take a look around as I wait for the four to file out the van, and I notice a group of girls looking at us and whispering to themselves, I whip my head around to see another group of girls doing the same thing. Crap. I mentally slap myself for being so stupid. Of course they'd talk about me, I just got off the same van with the hottest Korean band in the nation. I turn back to the first group of girls staring at me, and I notice one of the girls holding up a phone pointing at us. I turn my back against them and hit my nose against someone's chest. I look up and come face to face with Hoya. Hoya looks at me questioningly. I jerk my chin up towards the direction of the girl who was holding her phone up a while ago. Hoya's eyes looks at the direction I had motioned to then looks back at me. He nods, showing he that gets why I suddenly turned around. He plucks the pair of sunglasses hanging from the neck of his shirt. Seriously, what is it with celebrities and sunglasses? He hands them to me and points at his eyes, motioning for me to wear the sunglasses. I do so, and turn around, following the other three who had already started walking to the campus.

I hope this doesn't turn out that way I fear it would.