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coming from their room into the living room area jihoon walked quietly toward a sleeping ryun. she'd recently finished promotions for her album on top of filming for the show so she was exhausted and had been spending most of their freetime at the house sleeping.
seeing her curled up on the couch in comfy clothing and a peaceful look on her face brought a smile to his face as he sat down next to her. she had been sleeping more than half the day but still had bags under her eyes, he hated that he had to wake her up. "noona," he spoke gently, shaking her arm lightly. she didn't even stir.
"noona~! get up!" he tried again louder, shaking her arm more aggressive than before. this time she did move, suddenly rolling over with a groan, this action almost causing jihoon to fall off of the edge of the couch.
"no go away," she pouted, snuggling into her hoodie sleeve and curling more into herself. he smiled softy at her unintentional cuteness and lightly reaching to remove the hood of her sweater from her head to access her hair. he began to run his fingers through her hair hoping with it he could coax her awake.
"noona, you have to get up. my members will be here in five minutes." at that she suddenly jumped up, this time causing jihoon to fall on his butt with a thump. she looked at him with panicked eyes while he laughed.
"why didn't you wake me up earlier! i'm not ready!" she yelled, rushing into the bathroom to wash her face and try to do something quick with her messy hair.
jihoon laughed getting up from the floor and followed her, "you've met them before. why do you need to look nice?" he leant against the door frame watching her frantically brush her hair.
"seeing them at your dorms or company doesn't count," she said flatly, "this'll be our first real meeting, like an actual sit down meeting get to know them and they get to know me. first impressions are everything." she pointed out while grabbing her toothbrush,. the man beside her playfully rolled eyes and murmured something under his breathe that sounded suspiciously like 'dramatic woman'. she ignored him, putting toothpaste on the toothbrush."is it so wrong for me to want to look nice for my soon-to-be brother-in-laws? don't you want them to like me?" pausing, she met his eyes through the mirror.
his teasing expression melted instantly at the genuine question in her eyes, softly he reassured her, "there's nothing wrong at all about that. they aren't superficial like that. they'll love you, i promise." he looked her up and down his tone turning playful but he meant every word, "you know how beautiful you are noona, a little bedhead and a pair of old sweats won't change that."
she spat and rinsed her mouth before responding, "you're cute really, but i still want to look presentable on camera." wiping her mouth, she exited the bathroom followed by woozi.
"if i like you, they'll love you." he continued to reassure. "plus we don't have the filming schedule until tomorrow, the guys are just coming over to see you." he informed, following her into the kitchen where she got a glass of water while he sat on one of the stools.
he loudly laughed again at her gapping expression, when the doorbell rang catching both of their attentions. woozi grinned at ryun's sudden panicked expression and mused, "they're early," and got up to open the door.
ryun quickly swallowed the last of her glass and put it in the sink. she rushed to the couch and sat down, turning on the tv to a random channel and pretended like she'd not known of their coming. she looked from the entryway to the tv until she heard several pairs of feet coming her way and quickly pretended to relax and watch the tv program.
"ryun-noona," she hummed muting the tv and turning around to face the twelve young men including jihoon, "my members; guys, ryun-noona." he gestured between them making her internally roll her eyes at all the formalities. she wished he would drop the honorific. she was a month older than him for fucks sake!
smiling their leader seungcheol stepped forward and bowed, "it's nice to see you again ryun-ah. i'm sorry we came early, our manager had a family emergency." getting up to greet him back properly, she waved him off.
"call me hei-ran, and really, it's no problem. i should be the one who's sorry. you all came out here to see me and i couldn't even be dressed properly. i don't even have anything prepared for you to drink." she smiled, mentally scolding herself for being so forgetful and lazy. she didn't notice woozi's annoyed face beside her, nor the snickering of hoshi and joshua.
vernon was quick to pipe in, "i think you look cute ryun-noona, you look exactly the same without makeup. i can call you ryun-noona right?" ryun's cheeks and ear tips instantly went red at the compliment, and she nodded quickly and stuttered out a thank you while the rest of the boys burst out laughing.
"hey man, that's my fiancé your taking to. only i can make her red like that!" woozi exclaimed walking up beside her, he draped an arm across her shoulders and pulled her closer in what looked like a protective stance. the others played along and pretended to be afraid and back off all while continuing to giggle their heads off.
it was a cute sight to behold and ryun couldn't stop herself from joining in on the laughter, targeted at her or not she couldn't deny that the seventeen members were hilarious to be around.
"would you guys like anything to eat or drink?" she asked once the laughter had calmed down and they moved from standing to sitting on the couches with vernon and dino having to sit in the floor.
taking the time to think before responding, joshua answered for them all, "yes please, we didn't get the chance to before we came." he frantically shook his head and smiled politely when asked if they'd like anything particular, "oh no. anything's fine really, we can order out if need be. we'll pay."
"please you're guest and family," she waved him off with a wink, making everybody smile at the unexpected 'family' part. "we'll make something here. do you guys like cheese?" her last question left everyone in the room confused but regardless they shook their heads yes. ryun's smile widened as she grabbed the pale man's hand beside her and pulled him up, "then is mac and cheese good?" the men nodded enthusiastically, honestly happy with anything as long as it was hot and would fill their stomachs.
"eh-wha?" woozi threw a confused look over his shoulder as ryun pulled him into the kitchen with her while the rest of his members shrugged laughing.
"aigoo, how cute," jun gushed to the others once ryun and woozi had disappeared. they all nodded, mingyu saying jokingly, "our little ooji-hyung's in love, i never thought i'd see the day," and pretended to wipe away a stray tear. the action caused the other members to burst into fits of laughter again.
"seriously," seokmin once he'd sobered up cleared his throat, "hei-ran-noona is so nice, i'm glad hyung got paired with her."
"me too, we've only met hei-ran-ssi through passing. it's nice to sit down and actually meet our jihoonie's fake fiancé." jeonghan agreed, his tone slightly teasing at the end, everybody chuckled.
they all continued to converse quietly while ryun and jihoon cooked, periodically one of them came to check on the members, bringing them drinks and making sure they knew they could watch the tv. though they worked as quickly as possible, it took fourty-five minutes until the food done and they had gotten plates ready for everyone.
"dinner, come and get it boys!" she exclaimed coming into the dining room with jihoon behind her. she thanked minghao who offered to bring the rest of the plates and offered her his chair. once everybody got their plate there was a chorus of 'thank you's' before jihoon took the seat to her right and everybody dug in.
"damn this is really great hyung, noona. thank you." the youngest, dino, complimented. the others made sounds of agreement and nodded along. ryun smiled sweetly and assured them they didn't need to thank her. she made eye contact with jihoon and they shared a cute giggle at their complete focus on the food and nothing else.
