[COMPLETED] But...I love him

Chapter 7

The same repetitive routine happened again for the next two weeks other than the boys letting me train with them and they gave me tips for my audition. I was excited for this day as the members had to appear on an interview and of course I had to go with them and watch from behind the scenes.

That morning I woke up on time without being screamed at, In fact I had to wake San up myself. Turns out all you have to do is take his plushies away. Like many times before all 9 of us sat and ate breakfast together. Everything was normal until my phone started ringing, I looked at the caller ID and it was unknown.

I answered it and said "hello? who is this?" I could feel all of the members' eyes on me.

"How dare you take him away from me! He's mine!" The voice yelled over the phone.

The boys looked at me in confusion. "I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number." Immediately ending the call.

"Who was that?" Yeosang asked.

I just shrugged "I don't know, probably a wrong number." Soon after we all began eating our food again. We spoke about the events that were going to happen that day. The rules were that I had to stay with the manager at all times while they were shooting, I wasn't aloud to wonder about and if anyone asked, I worked for the company. Frankly, I thought the conditions were absurd.

Just as I had gotten out of my seat Yunho's gasp filled the room. I look back at him to see a shocked reaction on his face after looking at his phone. All eyes were on him. He turned his phone to face us, Yeosang instantly grabbed the phone and held it close to his face, Nothing but confusion on his face. Suddenly, his mouth became wide open.

"What is so shocking?" Wooyoung asked. Eventually, taking the phone out of his Hyung's hand. Woo young's attention shifted to Seonghwa, who was just as clueless as everyone else.

"You're in big trouble, Hyung." He said

Seonghwa was taken aback.

After having enough of the suspense I walked around the table so I stood behind Wooyoung and snatched the phone out of his hands.

On the screen was an article on dispatch. It read 'Ateez's Seonghwa is dating mystery girl.?' Followed by pictures of the pair of us. The first one was us running in the rain, he was holding my hand. The second one was him holding me in his arms and lastly, both of us at the bus stop, his hand touching my face. All of the pictures were a complete misunderstanding of the situation. I looked at Seonghwa who looked as innocent as ever and then I took a glance at my brother. He was staring at me. I couldn't tell whether he was mad, sad or disappointed.

"This isn't what it looks like..." I said as Seonghwa took a look for himself.

"Are you sure? Because it looks like you two had a pretty good time together. You look pretty comfortable." Yeosang said.

Seonghwa suddenly stood up, he has finally grasped what had been going on "Yeosang, I promise you." He said "nothing happened, this is just classic paparazzi spreading false rumours."

We tried to reason with him but the pictures spoke louder than our words. Our voices rattled the room, Hongjoong finally stood up and slammed his hand on the table. "Will you all just stop it! You are literally arguing over a few photos that clearly mean nothing to the people in it." He looked at Yeosang "You should trust your sister and Hyung. Your possessiveness over Y/N is clouding your judgement. So please stop arguing."

At that moment the manager walked through the door. He stood and looked at us all, the scene was chaotic. Finally he spoke. "We have to leave, why are you all wasting your time fighting? I could hear you from the hallway." We all immediately apologised to him, Me being the first to leave we all eventually got into the minibus.

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Seonghwa's P.O.V--

From the moment I opened that door to be greeted by her, My mind had been surrounded in it's own mess. I remember the moment when I first found out she was Yeosang's sister- a small part of me was devastated but I was relived at the same time. I told myself that I wasn't going to get close to her but from the time I walked into the practice room only to see nothing but grace and beauty. It made me nervous to think that she could make my heart skip a beat with no effort. As the days went by the more she opened up to me and the members, she was kind, loyal, funny and selfless, ultimately there are too many words to describe her.

Although, the last thing I wanted to do was betray Yeosang. When I first saw the articles I was distraught, the only thing going through my head was 'what must Yeosang think?' 'will he hate me?' 'How will I explain this?' I was his eldest Hyung and the last thing he wanted was me getting involved with his sister.

The journey to the interview was a nightmare, the silence was unbearable. I couldn't help but keep peaking at Yeosoon who was sitting at the front next to Yunho. I wanted to know how she was feeling, I felt mostly guilty towards her. I didn't want to wreck her relationship with her brother. I couldn't handle the tension anymore.

Unexpectedly Hongjoong spoke up. "We can't go on TV like this guys." All eyes were on him at that point. "I understand the situation but we need to get past it. 8 makes 1 team."

I looked at Yeosang who was glaring at his sister. Meanwhile she had her head rested on Yunho's shoulder, sleeping.

"You know I would never do anything to hurt you, Yeosang." I finally spoke up. He looked at me, a blank expression on his face. He looked back at his sister and took a deep breath.

"I know, Hyung." He said. "It's just that I don't ever want her to get hurt in any way again."

Again? Had she been in a bad relationship before? "She isn't as happy as she shows, On the inside she's struggling. And it hurts to know I can't do anything to help."

It was silent. None of us knew what to say. Although we had only known her for a couple of weeks at that point, each one of us had formed a type of bond with Yeosoon as if she was our own. Shock was what I felt when Yeosang revealed that. "She will never be alone with us." I said just loud enough for everyone to hear. "She's our family now."

I could feel Yeosang's eyes on me. He reached his hand across Hongjoong just to hold mine "Thank you." He whispered. I smiled back at him. I was confused as to why I felt guilty in that moment. Then I looked at the sleeping Yeosoon, Yunho was now asleep too. I couldn't help but smirk at the sight. She was cute.