𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 | 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗲𝗲

𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔶

third person:

"ten minute break guys. after our break, we'll do one last run then you all are good to go." choreographer-nim announced waving to the boys that they're dismissed for their break.

the heavy-breathing boys panted as they tried to catch their breath. jaehyun saw a case of water bottles in the back and began passing one to each of the boys. he stopped at mark when he realized it was a good time to clear the air. mark was looking down as he had his hands rested on his knees bent over with his damp hair flopping downward. mark saw a water bottle come into view as he lifted his upper body straight, grabbed the water bottle and gulped it all down in one go.

"thank you hyung." mark said closing the bottle and pushing his hair back so that it wasn't in the way of his view.

"no problem, mark can we talk outside real quick?" jaehyun said pointing to the door with his hand. mark quietly nodded as he followed his hyung into the empty hallway. or so they thought.

"what do you want to talk about hyung?" mark said sitting on the sofa on the waiting area across from the practice rooms. jaehyun quietly followed and sat down infront of mark.

"considering we're in public, we can talk more at home but i just wanted to clear the air between us." jaehyun said as he tugged on his lifted sleeve. mark nodded as he glanced around to see if anyone was in clear view watching them.

"okay, i'm assuming this is regarding hana." mark suspected as he saw jaehyun abnormally fidgeting. he thought to himself about how he'll end up hearing a confession from jaehyun and that their friendship might have to need because of their interest for hana.

"yeah, i just wanted to let you know that.. yes i had feelings for hana. i still have feelings for her, but i've confirmed that she doesn't feel the same. it's almost as if someone else is in her heart. just know that, don't worry. i'm not mad at you, because i know you're pursuing her. i will never let any girl get between our friendship. you know that." jaehyun voiced his feelings. mark felt a sense of relief wash over him. he could finally put to rest all the what if's: what if i ruin the bonds that runs between us and the boys? what if the public gets news? is it okay to even pursue hana? do i even have a chance with her?

"thanks hyung. know that if you ever need to talk to someone, i'm still here. thank you again for clearing things up with me. if you don't mind, we should head back in to practice, we can continue talking about things when we get home." mark said feeling matured and proud of his response. he felt content, but a pang of guilt hit him as he kept thinking about it. when they entered the room after their talk, they didn't realize the petite girl smirking at their back figures going back into the room at the end of the hall corner

"well that wasn't a surprise. i guess it just confirms my suspicions." she mumbled under her breath looking to see if anyone caught her. she grabbed her phone from her jean pocket pressing the big red circle to end the recording. she typed in the title: confirmation for hana :). she then saved it and went on with her day as if she didn't witness anything. knowing that one day in the near future, dear hana would need it. she walked back to her original destination grabbing her mobile order of coffee from the SM cafe and heading straight to her practice's room.

"noona, you're back!" jisung yelled excitedly as he gave her a big hug as he eyed the bag of food and tray of drinks in her hand.

"be careful jisung-ah, you might make her drop everything." haechan scolded as he pulled jisung back lightly and grabbed the tray of drinks from her shaking hands.

"thank you. i just came to drop by real quick before i go back to my practice room and head home. i hope this will fuel you up to last until the end of your schedule today. sorry, i didn't order much. i was a bit on a strict budget." the girl sheepishly said to the boys as she felt bad that she could only get a few biscuits and small sandwiches for the boys.

"it's fine, thank you for going out of your way for doing this for us." jaemin said as he grabbed the darkest colored ice coffee from the bunch and took a sip.

"you remembered our orders too. thank you." jaemin said as he rushed over to give the girl a small side hug. haechan put the food and drinks on the table next to him and rushed over to jaemin who seemed to be getting overly cozy with the girl.

"okay that's enough hugging for today, i'll walk you out." haechan hurriedly said grabbing the girl's hand in a rushed manner and bringing her outside. the girl chuckled as she watched haechan pout his face while still holding her hand tightly.

"haechan, you're squeezing a bit too hard." she said as she pointed to their intertwined hand. haechan gasped and took his hand back to him. he scratched the nape of his neck in embarrassment not realizing the girl was staring back at him in admiration.

"don't you worry. you're the only one i have my eyes on." she said winking at him before turning her body and walking away. she confidently waved bye over her shoulder trying to block the thoughts of wanting to look back and see haechan's reaction.

"who would've thought i could become such a flirt?" she whispered to herself under her breath as she went back to her original errand, to go to the practice room and head home.

"pretty productive day if i do say so myself." she said as she headed home, anticipating what to do with her newfound info and confidence.

a/n: who is this girl? leave ur guesses below :) i hope you enjoyed this chapter, i planned for it to be a bit of a filler chapter before more major events happen in the story so stay tuned for that! all-in-all, thank you for reading and supporting me <3