happiness s.coups

[9] Stay Close

"Morning." Joshua says as he realises that I've woken up. "Mhh.." I mumbled, using that as my greeting making him laugh.

"Shouldn't you greet your Oppa properly?" He asks jokingly with a raised eyebrow. "Aish.. Good morning Joshua Oppa." I greeted, giving him a fake smile before rolling my eyes.

"Alright. Alright. Go get ready." He says, laughing at my irritated expression. I stood up slowly, going over to my closet to get some clothes and my towel out.

"Is there any type of dress code?" I asked Joshua. "Ani. Dress comfortably." He says. I nod, taking out clothes of my choice before making my way to the bathroom.

"Anyone in?" I asked, knocking gently. There was no response. I shrugged, opening the door. I hung my towel on the bar for towels.

Then the shower curtain opens.

I let out a high pitched scream, covering my eyes.

"What the hell, Jisu?!"

Seungcheol.

"Why didn't you respond when I asked if anyone was in here?!" I complained, staying in a foetus-like position.

"My toothbrush was in my mouth!" He defended, letting out a sigh as he rinses his mouth.

"Who brushes their teeth in the shower? And leaves the door unlocked when they're going to shower?" I asked in disbelief, shaking my head.

"Aish.. Get up. I'm covered." He says, grabbing me by the arm. I kept my eyes closed, refusing to look. "Aish." He says, flicking my forehead.

"Pervert." He teases, washing his face as I removed my arms.

"How is this covered?" I asked, gesturing to him being shirtless with only black jeans hanging at his waist.

"Covered enough so you don't have to go back to being curled up in a ball." He says, as he swings the towel over his shoulder.

"Lock the door next time." I said, ignoring his remark. "Whatever." He says, turning around and going out the door. I go over and lock the door, letting out a sigh.

••••••

"There's a lot of paparazzi. Stay close. Be careful guys." Seungcheol warns as he looks out the window. I hugged my jacket closer to my body as I got out of the van, the door closing behind me.

I began to quicken my pace so I could catch up with the boys. But because of the large amount of paparazzi, we were separated. I tried to get on my tip toes, avoiding direct eye contact with the flashes that went off so I could find them.

Then came my last resort.

"Oppa!" I shouted, hoping that one of them would eventually come back to me. I tried pushing my way out of the circle that was formed around me.

I began to panic as the circle became smaller and smaller. "Oppa!" I shouted again.

I could feel the camera lenses just inches away from my body, occasionally bumping into me harshly, causing for me to groan. I covered my face as the flashes blinded me.

Then a hand grabs my arm, pulling me out of the circle and along with him.

"W-Who are you?" I asked, blinking away the temporary flashes that went off in my sight.

"I told you to stay close, pervert." A familiar voice says.

Pervert.

"I'm not a pervert." I whined, frowning. "Who just saved you from a sea of paparazzi?" Seungcheol asks with a raised eyebrow.

"You did.." I said defeatedly. "That's right." He says, bringing both of us into the building.

"Your arms are all red." Seungkwan says, bringing the patches on my arm to attention. "Was it that rough?" Mingyu asked as he eyed the disappearing crowd of people outside the building.

"I don't know.. Everybody was pushing and cameras kept hitting me. It was chaotic." I said with a shrug.

"You should've stayed close to one of the members." Seungcheol says in a harsh tone. "Hyung, she was separated by the crowd." Woozi tries to explain.

"I told all of you to stay close to each other in the van." He says, scratching behind his neck irritatedly.

"Hyung.. it wasn't her fault. Let it go." Jeonghan says, patting my back as he realises my expression's disintegration.

"Fifteen minutes, everybody in the room." He says, letting go of the topic as he begins to walk away.

The boys give me pats on the back and some words of encouragement before going off to go to the washroom or get some snacks, leaving me with Jeonghan and Joshua.

"Don't worry about him, it's just one of his mood swings." Joshua says, earning a smack from Jeonghan. "He was being protective. He's not taking out his frustrations on you, don't worry." Jeonghan says, rephrasing what Joshua originally said.

Joshua rubs his head, frowning. "I know.. I just feel bad, I should've listened." I said as I slouched my back. "Aigoo.. so precious." They both give me a hug, comforting me.

"Alright, let's go little princess." Joshua says in English, making me furrow my eyebrows.

"I should teach you english, are you up for the challenge?" He asks, furrowing his eyebrows with a suggestive smirk. I nod, giving him a smile.

"Let's go before you break down into a ball of frustration and confusion." Jeonghan says, taking my arm gently as he hooks it with his, beginning to walk to the practice room.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Joshua calls, making both of us laugh.