oops! | hansol vernon chwe

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"aren't the dorms in seoul, though?" i asked him upon entering his car. "we're in busan. it would take us like seven hours to get to seoul by car!"

he inserted the key into the keyhole and started the car. "yeah, but i brought them all with me to busan. we're staying at a hotel."

"oh, nice."

our drive was only about twenty minutes, and that was with all the usual friday afternoon traffic. we talked more about his career and my school. thankfully, he didn't bring up anything about our 'family.' the knot in my stomach loosened once we arrived at the hotel after an entire drive of not touching the topic of us being cousins. instead, i was smiley and ready to meet seventeen-especially mingyu.

i felt the cold air and the sweet, vanilla-ish scent hit me once we entered the hotel lobby. has entering a hotel ever been so nice and exciting? probably not. i figured it was only because of what was expected to happen.

we entered the elevator, laughing, as he gave me advice on how to introduce myself to each member, and how to react to certain things.

"and lastly, if wonwoo asks you if you wanna listen to bvb with him, just say no and he'll go away," he advised.

"why would he ev-"

the ding of the elevator cut me off.

we exited the elevator and he led me to the rooms. there were three rooms, side-by-side, being used up by all thirteen members.

first, we started with the room in which the vocal unit-woozi, seungkwan, joshua, dk, and jeonghan- were staying. only a few seconds after knocking, we were greeted by a messy-haired joshua. he looked like he had just woken up. he was definitely much better looking in person.

joshua's eyebrows furrowed at the sight of me. "is this your girlfriend?"

my eyes widened and i shook my head. "no, it's not like that!"

"nah, man. this is my cousin, yoon haera," vernon introduced me.

joshua's confused expression left and his face brightened. "oh! she's the cousin you don't shut up about." he held out his hand to me, asking for a handshake. "nice to meet you. i'm joshua."

i shook his hand, feeling my cheeks warm up a bit. vernon talks about me all the time? wow, i feel honored.

"where are the others?" vernon asked as he slightly pushed joshua aside and entered the room, dragging me behind him.

"well, come on in," joshua said sarcastically, followed by a laugh.

i saw the other boys in a group, circling the TV and watching a movie i could recognize in a second: grease.

"oh my god! are you watching grease?!" i exclaimed without thinking. fuck. i haven't even introduced myself yet. oops.

they all turned their heads in my direction, confused.

"and you are?" seungkwan asked with a tinge of sassiness in his voice which made me kind of nervous.

"i'm haera, hansol's cousin." i did a 90 degree bow as not only a sign of respect, but to make a good first impression.