Infinite

Chapter Five

Jihun jogged after her, "You can speak informally if you'd like," he said to her as they stretched outside. Na-ri was slightly surprised by this as they at just officially met.

"If you feel more comfortable that way," she said as she stood up and did one more stretch routine.

"We should be more casual with each other, we're teammates now." He explained to her, "A family, we should be comfortable around each other." She laughed a little and took a step towards him putting her hand on his shoulder, he looked a little alarmed and nervous as she did it.

"If that is what you want, oppa," she said emphasizing the last word with a playful whine. She saw his cheeks turn a slight shade of pink before giving him a pat on the shoulder. "I agree, I am just teasing you. Gaja." and she started the run back to the Infinite building putting on her mask as she did. Jihun shook his head trying to shake of his slight embarrassment from the teasing as he ran to catch up to her. They eventually caught up with the rest of the team before all arriving together at the building. Not wanting to waste any time they all washed their faces before training for the next few hours.

It was around ten at night before Kim Dal told them to stop and head to bed. As Na-ri stood up she looked to Jihun who was just taking off his headphones.

"Oppa," she said, "You can use the bathroom first if you'd like, I have some calls I have to make." Jihun looked around at the other guys who were looking at them with smirks. It seemed they had all just learned that they were sharing a bathroom, as well as them being on casual terms. Na-ri's phone rang before Jihun could respond, and she excused herself to the team before answering the phone and heading back to her room.

"Hyung, you two share a room?" Woong asked him excitedly. Jihun glared at him and stood up.

"Of course not," he said with an annoyed voice, sensing the questions they were about to ask, "Just a bathroom." He looked around and the other boys looked disappointed. "She is your noona, show some respect." The boys hung their heads slightly ashamed. Jihun stood up and started to walk to his room before turning to his teammates again.

"We cannot be like Ace and treat her as an object, she is not." He told them with kindness. "She let us join her today because she trusts us not to treat her different." They all nodded realizing what he was trying to say.

"Joesonghamnida hyung," Yi-soo said, the rest of the team repeating and agreeing with his sentiment.

Jihun made his way up the stairs and into his room- grabbing a towel before heading into the bathroom. He made sure the lock to Na-ri's room was locked and as he turned towards the shower, he could hear her on the phone. She seemed slightly agitated.

"No," he heard her say "Once the season starts, I won't do any until it is over, you know this." He felt rude listening to more, so he continued to the shower.

Na-ri ended the third phone call since leaving the training room, feeling slightly annoyed. Her mother and manager were trying to get more photo-shoots and even some other jobs lined up for her while the season was going on. She had always stuck to never doing any jobs during the competition season, her mother and manager were, begrudgingly, accepting of that fact. Lately it seemed they were trying more and more to break her of this rule. Her mother knew that she was only doing this mainly out of filial duty, and she seemed to be trying to take advantage of it more and more.

"Ah, aigo." She said sighing as she sat down at her desk. Her phone dinged with a message. As she turned on her computer, she saw that it was from Jihun. Bathroom is all yours. She grabbed everything she needed for her shower and quickly went to go take a shower. When she finished cleaning up, she unlocked the door to Jihun's room and headed back to her room. After throwing her clothes in the hamper she sat back down at her desk and started to respond to emails. Once she was done, she did not feel like going to bed, yet also did not feel tired— she decided to head downstairs to the training room. Maybe a few rounds would get her tired enough to want to go to sleep.