Do You Love Me Like The Way I Love You? || SF9 (DISCONTINUED)

Episode 6: Sound the Fanfare of the Heart

Youngja's P.O.V.
The following day

I boarded the usual bus, headed to the FNC Entertainment building. Exhaling, I held onto the grip above me, unable to get what Chani had said to me the night before out of my head.

Flashback

I shuffled around in my bed, my eyes continuously checking the digital clock on my bedside table. I just couldn't sleep for some unknown reason. It had suddenly dawned upon me that Chani may indeed like me, and when I heard him singing along to his part of SF9's debut song Fanfare; I began questioning myself on whether or not he learned my secret, that I'm a fan of them.

"Chani-ssi," I whispered, loudly enough for him to hear me. "Can I ask you something?"

"Go for it..." Chani's voice trailed off in a whisper, as he stopped humming along to what appeared to be CNBLUE's Cinderella.

"Do you like me?" I whispered back with a drowsy yawn.

"H-Huh? W-Why's that?" he stated, nearly exclaiming what he had just said.

"No reason, just wondering,"

"Well... What if I do?"

Flashback End

With the screeching of the bus's wheels, I finally snapped back to my senses. School had ended for the day and I'm pretty sure Chani would be getting off from his school at any time now, perhaps running off to catch this bus on time. However, it wasn't Chani who had run in front of the bus's tracks this time. With his dyed light brown hair being hit with sunlight and wearing a mouth mask, I could tell that it must be Inseong-ssi.

"I'm so sorry," he stated to the bus driver, giving him the similar apologizing bow that Chani had given him in the past. He slowly trudged to the back of the bus and flashed me a stare. "Y-Youngja-ssi?"

I gave him a shy little wave with my left hand, as the other had held onto the grip above me. With a nod, he approached me, holding onto the grip beside me. Clearing his throat, he began, "I heard that Chani stayed the night at your place last night..." As his voice trailed off, the bus's wheels screeched, and next thing I knew my face was only centimeters away from Inseong-ssi's. Blushing, I stood back up as he had let me out of his grasp. "Youngja-ssi," Inseong stated, suddenly putting his arm around my shoulders. "I have a question,"

"Y-Yes?" I stated in what would appear to be a questioning tone. "W-What is it?"

"Do you like me?"

"H-Huh? Wh-What made you think that?" I probably wasn't paying much attention to how rude my question had sounded, but I certainly was shocked that perhaps my little secret had been discovered.

"Well, do you?"

"Umm... Well, what if I say 'yes'?"

Inseong's P.O.V.
Fifteen minutes later, at the FNC Entertainment building

Flashback

"Well, do you?" I asked Youngja-ssi, wondering if she truly did like me.

"Umm... Well, what if I say 'yes'?"

Flashback end

I leaned my head against the wall behind me as the boys and I were resting from the day's worth of practice, and for some reason, I just couldn't get Youngja-ssi out of my mind. It's strange, but whenever I think about her; my heart continues to pound continuously against my chest. I just know for a fact that this certainly isn't normal.

"Hyung," Dawon quickly got up from his sitting position on the floor and walked over to me, giving me a look of concern. "Are you alright? You seem a little out of it today,"

"Huh?" Maybe I haven't noticed how strange I was actually acting. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, you seem to have a lot on your mind that you can't seem to follow the rhythm well when you're dancing. It's irritating the hell out of Youngbin right now! He's been going off on a tangent on how you and Chani can't seem to focus," He paused, rubbing his eyes out of tiredness and yawned. "Wh-What's been happening with the two of you? Is something up?"

"I d-don't know," I stated back in response. "Why? Was I really acting all that strange?"

"Well, yeah..." Zuho's voice trailed off as he handed both Dawon and me a bottle of water each. "If you don't mind, can you tell us what's been going on?"

"Yeah, I would like to know too," stated Youngbin, crossing his arms and rolling his eyes out of annoyance.

"I don't know, maybe-just maybe, I like someone(?)" I said this in a rather questioning tone, for I didn't know exactly how I should've said what I had just said.

"Huh?" said Chani, waking from what appeared to be a nap he was taking on a chair. "Hyung, you like someone?!" Excitedly, he gave me a smile. "That's great!"

"Really? Don't you think it would tarnish my reputation as an idol if I like someone?"

"No, it's normal, I think. If you're dating someone, then the press will be all over that. But since you like someone and you aren't dating her... Let's call it safe,"

"Well, what's her name?" asked Hwiyoung.

"If I told you guys... Promise not to tell John-nim?"

"I don't think John-nim even noticed what's up with you..." said Ro Woon.

"Go on, tell us. As a group, we shouldn't be keeping secrets from each other, right? We're like brothers..." stated Taeyang.

"I think I might like Youngja-ssi..." my voice trailed off.

"She sounded the fanfare for your heart, huh? 😏" Taeyang continued with a slight grin.

"Hyung," Chani began. "What if I like her too?"

Wait, Chani likes her too?