Author's | PARK JIHOON

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I opened the notification and rubbed my eyes to make sure my mind wasn't playing with me, "Bae Jinyoung?"

I quickly typed in a reply.

I laughed heartily when I saw Jinyoung's sneaky side. I'm glad he's here to entertain me when Jihoon can't. Tsk, that man. I got a churning feeling inside my stomach and I felt crazy happy I got to talk with Jinyoung. This incident sure is a blessing in disguise.

I stopped smiling when I realized Jinyoung opened Jihoon's phone without his permission. So does that mean he saw my messages pleading Jihoon to help me out with him? Oh my god...... okay, let's just say he didn't. If he did, he probably won't talk to me like this. Yeah, that's right.

Just when I thought that he'd keep me entertained, I lost myself for awhile with the fact that he's busy as a trainee, too. He messaged me saying that he needed to go because their trainers wanted to see how they're doing. I pouted at the screen of my phone.

I sighed. There's always a next time. Please let there be a next time, Jinyoung. I cried mentally after convincing myself of good thoughts.

I woke up and felt two strong arms trying to carry me. I yelled at the proximity of how close our faces were. I panicked and tried to get out of this person's grasp but my head accidentally bumped into his. The person who was trying to carry me dropped me on the floor and held unto his forehead with pain.

Ouch. I looked sharply at the person who dropped me and bumped heads with, but then I just felt my expression turn into a shocked one, "Jihoon?"

"Aish, yah!! I told you that this bed," he patted the upper bed from one of the bunk beds in the room, "is my bed and if you want to sleep, don't sleep on other's bed!"

"I'm sorry, okay! I didn't know I'd completely doze off here," I raised my hands up in surrender.

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When we were already told that we have a free practice, before I could even reply to Madison's messages, Jinyoung rushed up to me.

"Hey, can you check if Madison's okay? She hasn't been answering my messages," he panted.

"Wait— how did you even get her number?," I asked as confusion arose from me. Did something happen while I was gone?

He waved his hand, "No time to explain. Just look if she's going to reply to your messages." I got my phone and saw her silly messages. I noticed that her messages were already seen before I even clicked her inbox. I ignored that fact and typed in a reply as I pushed Jinyoung's face away because he was being too nosy.

I got nervous because she wasn't online and if she wasn't, she'd still receive a notification. But she's still not answering, goddammit.

I rushed over to our dorms with Jinyoung following closely behind. I wanted to stop him but he was too stubborn and this was definitely not the time to argue. My heart pounded against my chest as I slowly opened the door. Please, let her be there inside, safe and sound.

Jinyoung was about to follow until inside the room but I stopped him. I took a deep breath before looking inside our room. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw her sleeping with her arm and foot dangling on the side of the bed. I quietly closed the door behind me and observed Madison.

Her mouth was hanging open and her eyes were not fully closed. Wow, total knockout. What was she doing all this time? I grabbed her phone from the floor as I shook my head. I assumed she was holding her phone with this dangling arm and when she dozed off, she dropped it.

Fortunately, her passcode was simply 0000. Not to be nosy or anything, I just wondered what she was doing while I was gone. I saw her exchange of messages with Jinyoung.

I squinted my eyes while taking a glance at the door and muttered under my breath, "That sneaky kid." Tsk, he probably has a little crush on Madison now, with the fact that she's head over heels for him.

I looked at Madison again and chuckled because of her ugly state right now. Tss, this woman doesn't even know how to be embarrassed! I furrowed my eyebrows as I noticed that she was sleeping on another trainee's bed. God, she never listens.

I carried her so that I can transfer her to my bed when she suddenly woke up. She yelled, trying to move away from me, causing her to bump her head unto mine. Because of the pain, I accidentally dropped her on the floor.

Oops, sorry. But I felt more apologetic to my forehead 'cause damn this girl's forehead is no joke.

"Jihoon?," she stared at me, amused.

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Jihoon insisted that he go with me back to his apartment. While we were on our way there, I started talking to Jihoon about Jinyoung.

"Hey, did you know Jinyoung messaged me while you weren't there to talk to me?," I giggled. "He's so cute! He looks so innocent, lol. Does he look like that everyday? Aww, my Jinyoung, I want to take care of him hehehe."

He fidgeted on his seat and he only kept silent. I poked him, "Hey, you okay?"

He nodded without even looking at me. What's wrong with him? I started to worry because he suddenly acted weird. Was he sick? I leaned over to him and felt his forehead. He froze on his seat.

He grabbed my hand that was placed on his forehead. He slowly put my hand down and muttered quietly, "Yah, Madison, you're making me feel weird things."