the reason why

five

Chaeyoung's POV

"You done?"

"Yep." I took my last bite of my toasted bread.

"Hey, Seokmin asked me to tell you to have a dinner with him tonight."

"Out of nowhere?"

"Yeah."

Weird. Yeah, we've been close even though it's just because of that drunken night we had, but I don't know... I find it weird.

We're having our way to the place where we'll be having our script reading event. Can't wait to finally meet the "NamLee" couple! I've been a fan of them for so long. They really have a great chemistry and now, I'll be starring in the same drama as theirs. How good is that?

"Can't wait to see Nam Joo-hyuk. Oh my! I've been crushing on him for so long." Lauren squealed.

"Same! I can't wait to see the two of them. I love their chemistry." I looked at the city.

"Hey, can I tell you something?" Lauren asked, not removing her sight from the road.

"Sure."

"Call me weird or something, but I really miss those days when you're dating someone." She chuckled.

"Wae? That was out of context." I laughed.

"It's just... you're too cliché when you like someone and it's funny." We both laughed.

"Stop it, it's making me cringe."

"Anyways, I'm just curious about this Myoui Mina. Why do you hate her so much?"

Mina. Her again. I don't want to talk about her as much as I can, but I guess the universe won't let me go with my plans.

"Let's just say we have a bad past."

"Bad past? Like what? She bullied you?" She laughed.

"No one bullies me. I was the campus' girl crush back in the days!" I bragged.

Good old days. Girls and boys be looking at me, wanted to date me.

"Then what? She was your ex?" Lauren laughed.

Is she even my ex? I don't consider her as one, she never treated me as her girlfriend in the first place... then I'd do the same. I don't have any ex who's name is Myoui Mina.

"Nope. She wasn't." I grinned.

"Then what? Ex-fling? She stole your boyfriend?" She laughed.

"Stop asking questions about her. All I can say is I hate her because we have a bad past. Period." I laughed.

"Best friend for 7 years and you're keeping a secret from me. Nice." She scoffed.

"Stupid. It's just... I don't wanna talk about her." I playfully smacked her arm.

"Fine. But you better tell me the whole story next time. The truth, okay? THE. TRUTH."

"Arasseo, arasseo." I chuckled.

Such a persistent one. She'll forget it soon anyways, she easily forget things and I think it will help me right now.

As we arrived from the venue, cameras' flashes started to flicker on my direction. The staff guided me to my seat, which is beside IZ*ONE's Minju. Wow... she's really pretty.
(A/N: same, chae. SAME)

"Hi." I greeted.

"Hey." She greeted back.

We, the casts, never really had the chance to meet each other that's why we're still kinda awkward.