White ⚘ Lee Hyunjae ✓

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[Autumn 2020]

Just in time, Hwall who had busy schedules finally arrived and saved JooA from the embarrassment.

"Noona, what's with your face?" Hwall said as he passed his gift to JooA.

JooA forced a smile. "Nothing." She answered and turned her heels to her room to keep the gift, at the same time to hide from Hyunjae.

Hwall shrugged and joined the boyz in the living room. He was then bombarded about the photoshoot he had with JooA that was released recently.

"Who told you to hold JooA's waist?" Sunwoo started to accuse.

"Who give you the permission?" Q added.

"Why did you do that?" Juyeon joined.

"Hyunjae was all jealous when he saw the photos!" Kevin scolded.

Hwall sat beside Eric who was laughing madly at the situation. Thank god JooA's mom and aunt were in their room.

"Yah yah yah, it's been awhile and you guys are already targeting him?" Sangyeon ruffled Hwall's hair.

"They even posted their pictures on their Instagram..." The victim Hyunjae finally spoke and wailed, teasing the maknae.

"B-but..." Hwall was caught stammering on his words. "Fans were just saying how good we look as siblings, and not couple!"

"Oh?"

"Really?"

"Interesting~"

And their fake raging mode was toned down.

"But somehow I think fans knew about it." Hwall continued.

"About what?" They asked.

"Hyunjae hyung and noona."

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"What?!" Kevin and Q shrieked.

"I had instagram live with fans and one asked if hyung and noona are dating so I actually went to look up after ending the live. There was a video compilation of hyung and noona from various clips." Hwall explained the side of his story.

"But noona didn't even appear much in front of the camera though?" Eric questioned. "As compared to Seventeen sunbaenim..."

"That's what I thought too but somehow fans are quick enough to catch."

Hwall then went to find the video he had watched on youtube and shared with the rest.

Clips included were from Flower Snack; where Hyunjae was caught quiet and shy when JooA visited, Mission The Boyz; where they caught snippets of Hyunjae and JooA interactions in every angles, vlive broadcast; when JooA made a phone call to Eric and Hyunjae rushed out and the fanmeeting during Reveal promotion; where there was a fancam of JooA and fans caught Hyunjae's soft gaze plus the way he hi-fived was different.

"Wow..." Silence engulfed in the air.

"It was just a 2 min video." Younghoon said, breaking the silence.

"And just 4 clips." Haknyeon added.

"The comments seem positive though?" Sunwoo, who was reading the comments section, said as he scrolled.

"True, I didn't see any bad comments." Jacob agreed.

"They looked like they were rooting for you LOL." Kevin analyzed.

Mixed reactions, he then slouched back on the sofa. "How I wish they could all support us though..." Hyunjae mumbled that it was audible enough for everyone to hear.

In which, JooA who had been eavesdropping, also heard his wish. She pressed her lips firmly then let out an inaudible sigh. Me too.

『

You don't like it too
Someone's prejudice
The gentle glances deeply engraved on my body

』

Pretending that she heard nothing, JooA joined the boyz in the living room when the topic changed.

"Oh Hyunjoonie, think the boss like our photos so much that he wanted us to be in the next series." She said as she was typing a reply on her phone.

"Again?" Hyunjae pouted.

JooA peeked over his direction and chuckled. "It's just for the magazine."

"I swear I've been seeing this side of him for the past few months and I'm still not used to this." Eric claimed and nobody can deny that.

Hyunjae growled. "Shut up." And he began to cling on JooA's arm, earning some cringed reactions.

"Safe distancing, Mr. Jae." JooA lightly shoved his arm away. I'm sorry...

Hyunjae back to sulking once again, he went to the other side and cling on to Jacob instead. In return, Jacob patted Hyunjae's head in comforting his same aged friend. I'll wait patiently...

❆ We will get there someday, I hope ❆