NIGHTS → KWON HYUK #Wattys2017

ELEVEN

KRYSTAL JUNG stares quietly down at her lap, rubbing her fingers absentmindedly across her bony, pale knees. Another hand finds it's way atop hers then, rubbing gently and she looks up only to come face to face with a concerned looking Hyuk.

The music in the quaint little studio fades to a dull echo as the couple stare at each other. Surprisingly, it's Krystal who looks away first. She glances off to the side where Jessica is digging nosily through the files on Hyuk's laptop.

"What is this? Some new hobby of yours, invading people you've just met' privacy?" She jokes awkwardly, trying to evade the male's worried stare.

"Just making sure my future brother in law isn't some crazy psycho stalker or porn obsessed weirdo." Jessica replies simply, tossing her hair over her shoulder before resuming her browsing.

"Do you need this?" Krystal asks Hyuk, who's laughing quietly beside her, holding up a black notebook. When he shakes his head no, she promptly throws it at her nosy sister, who just barely dodges the item.

"Oh, what's this?" Jessica speaks up suddenly, perking up in her seat as she eyes something on the laptop. She doesn't hesitate in clicking it either and a small pause ensues before the current song playing ceases almost immediately and a more smooth, upbeat track begins to play. Hyuk appears caught off guard then, eyes widening as he glances at Krystal with a certain nervousness, but Jessica simply smiles at him in a manner that makes her younger sister frown at being out of the loop.

But she doesn't dwell on it for too long when Hyuk's smooth voice catches her attention. Oh, so it was one of his songs. Was that why he was acting so shy all of sudden? Krystal found that whenever she glanced at him, he'd look away and he couldn't seem to stop fidgeting in his chair, and even took to strumming his fingers on her thigh. Was he self conscious about his music?

If so, Krystal didn't exactly see why. The song was kind of catchy, but it was the lyrics that made her listen so intently. When she steals a peek at the title flashing across the laptop screen it reads "21-Dean".

"Do you like it?" Half way through the song, Hyuk asks, hesitant as ever, peering over at her curiously.

"I do." She answers honestly, and it seems to ease his nerves because he sits up straighter then, placing a gentle hand on her arm.

"Then you should know-" He starts quietly in the same moment the studio door opens, "-that it's about you."

Krystal's reply dies down in her throat as two new arrivals make their presence known. So she's simply left to sit there in her shock, as an unfamiliar dark haired male hurries into the small studio and practically crushes Hyuk in a hug.

"Hyuk!" He exclaims before breaking the hug and smacking Hyuk on the arm, "So you have time to do everything else but reply to my messages?"

"Sorry?" Hyuk replies with a sheepish smile that makes the dark haired male roll his eyes.

"Whatever" The man grumbles, rolling his eyes.

"Man Hyoseob, stop acting like that one girlfriend that can't accept the fact that she got dumped." Jiho says, arriving shortly after the other male.

"If this is who I got dumped for then I don't mind." Hyoseob states, smiling at Krystal as he grabs her hand and places a light kiss on it, "The names Hyoseob, but the ladies call me Crush."