so he's mister popular ; jihoon

Chapter ✧ 13

— ji eun's pov —

I was amazed by their performance. They were all synchronized, and they weren't lip syncing at all! It was now their last pose, and I noticed that Jihoon glanced at me for a split second and smiled at the camera focused at them. What was that all about?

Then he messaged me again to go back to their dressing room. I knocked before entering. Jihoon was the only one inside.

"You guys did great!" I told him with a smile on my face. "Did I?" He asked hoping for a positive answer for that. "Yes you did." He really did.

"Thanks Jessica." He smiled at me. "For what?" I chuckled. "Everything," he replies, looking deeply into my eyes.

Then the members started to come in, and I backed away from Jihoon. Junkyu glanced at me, then to Jihoon, and looked away. He didn't looked happy at all. I thought he enjoyed the performance? He looked happy while performing.

JIHOON'S POV

"So who's this girl?" Hyunsuk asked with a smile on his face. He was looking at me like he knows what's going on.

"Everyone. This is Ji Eun," I said, and she waved her hands at them and bowed.

"Aye what's up Ji Eun" Hyunsuk said.
"Nice to meet you noona!" I glanced at Haruto who just said that. I smirked at him and shook my head. Trying to be close with his friend's sister huh?

"Nice to meet you too!" Jessica said with a smile on her face. Her face was flushed, and she looked really cute. I couldn't deny that fact.

"You guys did great," she said and everyone cheered.

Suddenly someone knocked at our room. All of us panicked, and we immediately pushed her down to the small space of the makeup table. The members covered her there, and we pretended like she wasn't there when our manager went inside.

"You were on fire! Yasz! Keep up the good work, and yeah let me get my bag there." Our manager was about to get her bag on the makeup table, and I signaled Doyoung to give it to her before she gets near that table.

"Heeere you go! All nice and clean," Doyoung flashed her a smile as he hands our manager the bag.

"Oh, thank you, Doyoung. See you all. Later," She said and finally left. We all sighed, and I looked at Junkyu who wasn't looking fine at all.

"Who are you texting Haruto?" Yoshi asked. "Nobody" He answered.

Yedam took Haruto's phone, he attempted to take it back, but it was too late.

"Kim Hanli," Yedam read. Oh, he's doomed.

"Hanli?" Jessica asked. "You mean my sister Hanli?" She adds to the question.

Haruto couldn't meet Jessica's eyes, so he kept his phone in his pocket.

"I think Ji Eun has to go now," I said. Jessica nods in response. She turns to leave when I stopped her.

"I'll escort you," I told her. The members started to smirk, and said. "Oooooooo." I rolled my eyes at them, and opened the door for her.

We were finally at the exit of the backstage door, and she waved goodbye to me. "Stay safe," I told her and she nodded.

I was smiling when she left. I turned around, and almost had a heart attack. It was Yeji standing at the other side of the hall.

"You're seriously into her?" She asked me. I was silent. "Look who's talking about breaking the rules. This is worse than ours!" She shouted and left me there. I sighed, and walked back to our room where I found Junkyu standing at the door.

"Why did you bring her here?" He asked immediately when I arrived.

"It's a gift," I answered with a smile on my face. He scoffed. "Don't give me that answer. I know you like her." He looked pretty serious while talking, and it was provoking me.

"Now you know the answer," I said. I was about to go inside, but he stopped me.

"Stay away from her." The tone in his voice was serious. His eyes was giving me the cold stare, and it pissed me off. He's not like this at all.

"What's wrong with you? You're acting just like Yeji." I shook his hand away from my wrist, but he pushed my shoulder. Now I'm mad.

"What's your problem, bro?" I asked him. My voice was loud that it echoed a bit. The door opened, and there was Hyunsuk looking at both of us.

"Stop making a scene and change," he commanded.

Junkyu wouldn't stop making an eye contact. Even though he was already being pulled by Jeongwoo.

"Stay away," he says pointing at me. Isn't he friends with Jessica? Why is he making me stay away?

Don't tell me...