Infinite

Chapter Three

As Na-ri approached the team members that had already gathered she was putting up her hair into a ponytail. She stood awkwardly to the side not sure on how to approach everyone. Despite the modeling and her years in competitions she was still a shy person. One of the boys who had already been there turned and noticed her as she was putting on her hat.

"Oh noona!" he said happily, "You're ready?" she looked at him surprised.

"Was everyone waiting for me?" she asked worried. He smiled and shook his head.

"No, I just heard you were coming," he said, "I wasn't here yesterday when it was announced."

"Oh," she said slightly relieved, "Nice to meet you...." she trailed off.

"Aigo!" he exclaimed, "Sorry, I'm Kim Chul. Nice to meet you." She smiled and saw the rest of the team had arrived. Chul then introduced her to the other main roster teammates: Min Yi-soo, Choi Young-sun—she had already met the others which were Woong and of course Jihun. He also introduced her to the members on the team who were alternates. She smiled and bowed politely to them all. It seemed beside Jihun these boys were younger than her by a few years.

Jihun had been watching Chul introduce Na-ri to the rest of the team. He was surprised to find how laid back and shy she was- like him. He was only outgoing with the team and family—even then he was still quiet. He quickly realized he must have been staring a bit too much and decided it was best to start the training exercises before anyone noticed him acting odd.

"Alright let's start!" Jihun loudly said, trying to get everyone's attention. Na-ri looked up a bit surprised but then turned to face him, which made the other boys in turn stop what they were doing and pay attention. "Let's go outside and stretch before we start the run." The boys groaned in response, as they were not a fan of the training that involved running. Na-ri playfully nudged Chul,

"Oh hush, it's not that bad." She said chuckling. Chul looked at her with wide eyes,

"He makes us run for almost five miles!" he exclaimed, she shrugged it off.

"Shouldn't be too bad then eh?" she said playfully with a wink, she laughed internally as she noticed Chul blush at that. Jihun also noticed and surprised himself by feeling slightly jealous of the two, before shaking it off and turning to lead outside to stretch.

Na-ri stayed to the back of the group during the stretching as it would have felt weird being in front of them. Jihun noticed this as well and smirked knowingly before finishing their warm up and leading them on the run. By the time they stopped at the halfway point for a slight rest Na-ri has side by side with Jihun.

"Seems like you keep up well," he said impressed.

"I run almost every day," she said in reply "I'm used to it." With that she looked to the other teammates who were catching up with the rest of them. As she was stretching during the break, she noticed a group of school age kids looking at them, whispering to each other excitedly. One of them nudged the other forward towards them and they walked over sheepishly toward them. Woong noticed this and sighed before turning to Yong-sun.

"It's your turn this time," he said to him, Yong-sun confused at first did not understand what Woong was talking about until he noticed the young girl walking over to them. He was about to approach her when the young girl turned and approached Na-ri. Jihun started to step forward when Na-ri motioned to him that it was alright.

"Noona," the girl said shyly, "My friends and I are huge fans of yours." Na-ri smiled at her and thanked her. The girl then took out a photograph of Na-ri, when she looked, she felt a pang of disappointment. It was a picture of her from an ad she did for a dress designer a year ago. She had hoped it was for CTF, but quickly smiled hiding her disappointment. The young girl then asked if Na-ri could sign it and take a picture with her and her friends.