𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄! ( s.cb + l.f )

02| embers

Back at Supernova's headquarters, seven of the other members were speculating about the "fresh meat" that was about to arrive. Red had left them in the early hours of the morning, waking them all up to tell them that there would be a new member coming along very soon. How she knew that fact was beyond any of the eight boys, and they really didn't bother to think too much of it. They'd all learned that Red was a secretive person, but they were also well aware of the fact that she would tell them all they needed to know about any given situation in due time. They all trusted her, even if they sometimes had their doubts, because she'd never let any of them down before. Since Red had woken them all abruptly, they found it impossible to go back to sleep. So, all but one of them gathered in the living room to discuss the incoming member. Seo Changbin, undoubtedly the most secretive member of them all, even surpassing Red herself, was left along in his room, simply staring up at the ceiling blankly. Truth be told, he didn't care at all about the new member. Though he knew that whoever was to come in would be his new partner, he had no intentions of making friends with them.

Changbin liked being alone. He found comfort in the silence that surrounded him. Comfort that he didn't think he'd ever be able to find in another living thing. He listened to the others chat away in the living room down the hall, but he didn't even make an attempt to go and join in on the conversations. He was never one for socialization, even when he was younger. From his very first breath to his current moment in time, he never once had a friend, and frankly, he was okay with that. The loneliness that used to eat him alive when he was younger somehow didn't matter as much to him anymore when he got older. In fact, he started to relish in the empty feelings in his chest. He became so accustomed to being completely and utterly alone that even the thought of human contact would send a shiver down his spine. Out in the living room, Minho sparked up a conversation about what he was guessing the new member's power to be.

"I think they'll be a shapeshifter like Woojin," he declared, pointing his index finger towards the older boy.

"Really? That'd be super cool," Woojin commented.

"It'd be nice to have someone to have something in common with around here."

"I think they'll have super human strength," Hyunjin piped up.

"That would be so awesome! Maybe someone will finally be able to beat Red in an arm wrestling match," Jisung joked.

"I don't know, she's pretty badass," Woojin remarked.

The six others all nodded in agreement. Red had decidedly left the eight in the dark in regards to their new member. She obviously knew facts that they didn't, but she promised that she would better explain things when the new member officially joined the group. So, the only things they could do were wait and speculate.

"Maybe the new member will have the power of invisibility," Seungmin guessed.

"That would probably be annoying. Especially if they like to pull pranks," Chan stated.

As the seven of them bickered and bantered back and forth between themselves, Changbin did his very best to block our their excessive noises. So early in the morning, their voices always sounded like nails on a chalkboard to him. He shoved his face into his pillow, his annoyance growing by the minute. He was anything but a morning person, and since he always had trouble falling asleep at night, he was even more agitated than he normally would be because he'd been woken up so early.

"I'm going to make coffee," Jeongin announced, standing up from his place on the sofa.

"Anybody else want some?"

"I'll help," Seungmin offered as he too stood up and followed Jeongin towards the kitchen.

"It's only coffee, I can do it by myself," the younger boy stated bluntly.