I Make Him Smile

Capter 2 - The Soundcheck Pt. 1

My taxi pulls up to the theatre. I could feel myself getting nervous. After exiting the mall my friends and I had to take a cab. Wonho was upset but his manager insisted he couldn't be seen with fans. It's whatever, I get it. Appearance is everything. But what if I get to the theatre and they won't let me in? Again, I guess it's whatever. It's not like I was supposed to have soundcheck anyways. But the thought of listening to them live twice! Oh my! I can't even begin to imagine! And here I was outside, possibly going in. We pay our driver and get out. I closed my eyes against the bright sun. The warmth on my face felt amazing. I opened my eyes slowly adjusting to the brightness and start to walk towards the entrance.

There was a security guard at the front door. Speaking out loud to my friends I voice my anxiety, "He isn't going to let us in. Ugh. I should have known better than to make this trip here for the soundcheck."
"Y/n, relax. Surely they would have said something. You heard him talking to his manager. His manager was ok with us being here, just not in the same car." Charlie's words eased my anxiety a bit. She was always good like that. She knew just the right things to say to make me feel better.
We walk up to the man standing out front. "Do you have a pass?"
"No, but we were told to come." I said with no confidence.
"That's not how these things work," he answered back sternly. "You have to have the wristband to get in."
I paused for a moment and in that moment I saw Wonho's smile. I stood up a little straighter and said boldly, "It happened so fast that we were invited. We weren't given any wristbands. Wonho invited us."
He looked at us, "Do you have any idea how many people we have try to pull this same story? Give me just a moment though, there was a message about 15 minutes ago. What's your name?"
"Y/n."
He walked inside the doors and I could see him talking on his cellphone. He looked up at me, said a couple more things and hung up. He walked back outside towards me.
"Today's your lucky day isn't it? Follow me and I'll take you where you are supposed to go. You're super early you know. I'm not even supposed to let people in for another 2 hours."

We followed him inside the theatre. Just inside the entrance and I see someone running up. I started getting excited when I realized it was Wonho! My heart started racing. 6 months after accepting him as my ultimate bias and my heart still skips a beat. I felt like a little school girl instead of a noona. As soon as we lock eyes he smiles so big. I wanted to sink into the floor.
"Hello y/n. I was afraid you weren't going to come. I was afraid you thought I was really joking or something."
"Really? I was afraid they weren't going to let us in."
"Well you're here now, that's all that matters. I've got just a little bit of time before I actually have to start. Do you want to grab an iced drink or something really quickly? There's a little coffee shop around the corner that we found last year. Or I could send a staff. . ."
Immediately Tanya spoke up. "Charlie and I will go. You two stay here and talk. Just don't do anything I wouldn't do. Or would do." She looked at me and winked. I tried to glare at her and all I managed to do was stick out my tongue. Childish I know but that's the joys of being best friends is we can act that way.

After they left Wonho and I sat on the bottoms steps of the staircase and it felt awkward. This was weird to me because it felt so natural at the mall. I looked down at my hands.
"Y/n, are you. . ."
"Wonho, do you. . ."
I look up and smile. He is smiling at me. "You first," I say.
"Are you from here?"
"No. I traveled here just for my friends and for you. Well Monsta X and the concert."
"Are you sure not just for me?"
I laughed, "Welllll. . . If I would have known I would actually meet you, then yes." I feel like I'm flirting. Why am I flirting? I feel a blush starting again. "So, Wonho, have you go to see any parts of this city yet?"
"No. We aren't leaving until Thursday afternoon. I'm hoping to look around at a couple of things tomorrow afternoon. What about you?"
"Just the mall. We are supposed to go to Chinatown, but haven't yet."
"What's in Chinatown? Are you cheating on me already?"
I'm shocked. My face had to show the same emotions as I was feeling because he started laughing. His perfect Wonho laugh.
"The look," he was trying to say in between laughs, "Your look. . . I. . ." He didn't make it any further. He doubled over in laughter and rolled of the stairs.
Fine. I won't say anything more. I cross my arms and look away pouting. He has no idea how loyal I am to him. Ugh, here I go again. Feeling like the girlfriend I'm not. His laughter quiets down. I felt a gentle hand on my elbow.
"Y/n, I'm sorry. I was only kidding. But seriously, you face, it was unforgettable."
I tried to decide if I wanted to continue to pout and look away again, or if I wanted to just forget it and move on. Third option, throw my arms around his neck and tell him I love him and want to marry him and live happily ever after and have his kids and. . .and. . . Ok back to reality. There has to be a fourth option. I'd played that game in the past. The I'm going to pretend this didn't happen but then dwell on it. And look where that got me. 11 years later and a shattered heart that I'm still picking up the pieces from. So I'll make an option 4.
"I wasn't expecting you to make a comment like that and flirt with me. If you wanted to be my boyfriend all you had to do was ask.
Yes! Score! His face was the same as how I felt. I was laughing so hard I snorted. Immediately my face was red and I stopped laughing. There was no blush, it was red. I put my hand over my mouth. He looked at me and I could see he was trying not to laugh. It couldn't be stopped. We both started laughing. I was crying and couldn't breathe.
"What's so funny?" Tanya asked.
"What'd we miss?" Charlie piped in.
"It's a long story," I answered them back in between laughs. "One you'd only believe in your dreams."