Hidden King

Chapter 6 Oblivious

SeongHwa

         I watch as Wooyoung and San come off the van, smiling and happy. I walk to Joongie, hoping he will give me attention, but he seems occupied by the producer and photographer. Sighing, I head over to sit with Yunho.

         "Hey hyung, what's up?" he asks as I sit with him, the stylist touching up my hair before the makeup artist comes over.

         "Joongie is talking to the guys in charge, and I wanted to just sit and talk with someone." I say and he nods.

         "Yeah, Mingi is already getting his photos taken, so I am kinda lonely too." he tells me. I laugh dryly and he shrugs.

         "I wish Joongie wasn't so oblivious to me." I sigh and he nods again.

         "I'm not sure which is worse, HongJoong hyung, or San." he says, taking a sip of his iced coffee, and I sigh. He's right, it seems like both of them are just plain oblivious to what happens around them.

         "At least San flirts though, Joongie doesn't even do that," I say with a sigh. Yunho laughs and pats my shoulder.

         "Hyung, Mingi has no idea on how to flirt. Not everyone is as gifted as San when it comes to that. He flirts without even realizing he's done it. Jongho told me."

         "Wait, you mean every time he has ever flirted with Wooyoung, me, and you... That has been without him even realizing?" I ask incredulously. I stare at Yunho and he just nods.

         "Yup, he just flirts naturally. I think it's just something he grew up around."

         "Yeah, he said he lived in America for a while as a kid right?" I ask and Yunho nods. It makes sense that he would take away at least one trait of the people he'd been with as an exchange student.

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HongJoong

         I see Hwa talking to Yunho and feel a bit jealous, but go to get my photos taken. I remove one of my rings, keeping it in a pocket as I start my shoot. I am happy to finally have our comeback, and excited for the voting.

         "Hey hyung, looking good." I hear San call from behind the camera. I chuckle, which makes him smile. He can always make me smile when I am down. When I am done with my last pictures I go to him and he hugs me, which I cringe at.

         "Hey San, what's up? I figured you'd be with Wooyoung."

         "He is getting his hair styled so I figured I could come be moral support for you hyung." he says with his big goofy grin. I laugh and we head back to where Wooyoung is, seeing him talking to Hwa and Yunho. I watch and San runs up to them, hugging Yunho then Wooyoung.

         "You all look amazing in these new looks." he says, making Hwa and Wooyoung blush at the compliment, Yunho just looking at me.

         I watch as San bounces around in the heat, pulling Wooyoung to where he is going to do his shoot. I chuckle, watching how much energy the two of them have.

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Jongho

         I sit on the steps and watch as my hyungs run around. I notice Yeosang hyung coming over, and he sits with me, which makes me smile.

         "You found a good spot to sit." he laughs. The shade over these steps is nice and cool compared to everywhere else. Thankfully this spot is also raised enough that bugs aren't running all over it either. He smiles at me and I realize he is pretty close to falling off the edge, so I pull him closer to me as I slide over a bit.

         "You were kinda close to the edge." I tell him and he chuckles.

         "Thanks." he says and we watch as everyone gets their photos taken. We wait for our turn and sit in the shade happy to stay cool. I feel as Yeosang touches my hand with his, and I don't know what to do.

         "You're up Jongho." I hear the PD yell to me, and I get up quickly, running to get my photos taken. I act calm, but I am nervous from being so close to Yeosang hyung.

         While at my photo shoot I see him close by and I have to let my head go blank so I can keep my cool.

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Yeosang

         While sitting with Jongho I move my hand closer to his, wanting to hold it, but as I finally touch him he gets called for his shoot. He gets up quickly and runs to his shoot, and I pull my hand back, sad to not be touching his anymore.

         I stand up, walking over to watch his shoot, smiling at how well he's doing. After he sees me he changes a bit, but I chuckle at how he starts to move. He seems to be quite calm, so I walk to a nearby tree to sit down.

         When he is done with his shoot I walk to him and give a hug before I head to my shoot. He actually hugs back, which is really nice.

         He walks with me as I walk to the area I was told to go. Jongho sits and watches, giving encouragement during the shoot. From time to time he actually makes me laugh and a couple of those turn out well enough that the photographer doesn't complain.

         "Alright, I think we're done here." he tells me, making me smile. I head over to hang out with Jongho.

          "You did great hyung," he tells me, giving me a quick hug. I grin and we head out to the cooling station that the crew set up for all of us.