《•Freedom•》//▪Kim SeungminFF▪

9

Haneul sighed to herself as she roamed the empty hallways of the building. The Stray Kids boys had practice today, leaving her by herself.

Haneul was to occupied in her imaginations that she didn't hear the upcoming footsteps and chattering.

When she turned the corner, her body collided with two more. Everyone stumbled back, with some falling to the floor.

"Oh shoot! I'm so sorry." Haneul apologized as she scrammbled her way to the group of girls, helping those that fell down the carpeted hallway.

The girls bursted into fits of laughter at their misfortune while Haneul awkwardly smiled.

"Are you okay?" One of them asked.

Haneul nodded.

"I'm Park Haneul. Sorry again." She said and stretched out her hand to shake.

The girls gasped. "You're JYP-nim's niece?"

"Yeah-hehe.." Haneul rubbed the back of her nape, her body stiff as the girls infont of her scanned her up and down with hanging jaws.

"Oh, sorry." One snapped back to reality and smiled at her. "My name's Yeji. I'm the leader of our group Itzy."

"Oh! You're a girl group!" Haneul said in awe. "I apologize. I haven't heard of you."

Yeji shook her head. "It's fine. We're still rookies."

Haneul nodded before turning her head to the others. "And you are?"

"I'm Ryunjin." A girl with pink hair greeted with a smile. Haneul found the dimples below her eyes cute, which reminded her of cat whiskers.

"I'm Lia."

"Chaeryeong."

"Yuna, I'm the maknae." The last one introduced.

"Yeah, you look extremely young. Just how old are you?" Haneul asked as she looked over the girl who looked like she was 16.

"Oh, I'm 15." Yuna giggled when Haneul choked on her saliva.

"Oh, damn. Really?" Haneul's jaw slacken. She looked at the group of five, amazed at how young and talented the girls were.

"I suddenly feel old." They laughed.

"Wanna hang with us?" Yeji asked, hooking an arm with Haneul.

"Sure." She shrugged.

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"So how did you meet Stray Kids?" Chaeryeong asked, popping a grape in her mouth.

Haneul huffed and smiled as she rested her cheek on her palm, her elbow on the table. "Well, Chan was my childhood friend you see. And when I came back from the states, he wanted to introduce me to his group. He was really excited when he surprised me, the fact that he was already in a group. And here comes the most annoying part." Haneul's lips turned into a frown as she leaned closer to the girls.

"Kim Seungmin." Was all she said before leaning back on her chair.

Their faces scrunched up in confusion. "What about Seungmin?" Ryujin asked.

Haneul scoffed at the sound of his name. "What about him? Well, he's the devil incarnate." She said while widening her eyes to emphasize how much she disliked him.

Yeji laughed. "Yeah, I guess. They said he loved playing pranks with everyone, so don't take it too personally." She said.

"Pranks? No, no. You don't get my point here." Haneul slammed her hands on the table, not too hard to scare the girls though. "I literally just breathed and he suddenly wants me to stick a fork in a toaster and die." She spat with utter distaste.

"Seungmin? He could never." Lia said in between chuckles. "He's an angel in disguise of a puppy."

Haneul's brows were pulled together as she stared at Lia in confusion. "Angel? Seungmin?" She asked, voice full of mockery. "He called me Princess of Ugliness."

"I'm sure he didn't mea-"

"He keeps calling me broke."

"I'm sure you're no-"

"And he called me a pig."

"Mhm." Yeji leaned forward with a glint of amusement in her eyes. "This is interesting."

"It will be once I get the chance to bury him alive." Haneul let out a deep sigh right after she took a bite of her cheescake.

"What did you say to him to make you want to- quote and quote- stick a fork in a toaster and die?" Yuna asked.

"Wike I shaid, I jusht bweathed." She replied, mouth full of cheescake.

The girls laughed at her cuteness, taking another bite of their own.

"Oh, sunbaenim!" Yeji waved frantically to someone behind Haneul.

The curious girl turned around to look, immediately regretting it. She groaned and stabbed her cake again.

"Hey! You ate cheescake without me!" A pouty Jisung came out of nowhere and sat down beside Haneul.

Haneul giggled and sliced a piece, feeding it to Jisung who clung at her arm.

"Pig." Seungmin fired at her once he found a seat in front of her.

"Lucifer." She glared.

"Where'd you even get the money to eat?" He asked with a cocky grin, raising a brow at her.

"I have money, you dipshit." She replied, sticking her tongue right after.

"So she wasn't lying?" Ryujin leaned forward and rested her chin on Yeji's shoulder.

Yeji hummed. "I guess not."

"They've been at it for days.." Chan sighed, prolonging the 's'. "Ever since they met, they've been at each other's necks."

Everyone sets their eyes on the two who glared at each other; Haneul who had the intent to kill in her gaze, and Seungmin who had a brave cocky look that challenge hers.

"But like- aren't we supposed to stop them." Lia asked.

"No.." Chan answered.

"Why though?"

He sighed. "You don't wanna see what that devil of a girl, Haneul can do." Chan said, wincing at the thought.