Chapter 2: Chan POV

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*Time skip to 2014*

*ENGLISH IN BOLD KOREAN IN NORMAL*

I was grabbing some food from the cafeteria when I saw a boy sitting alone at one of the tables. I confidently walked up to him.

"Hello," I said, "Do you mind if I sit here?"

"Of course not, take a seat." He smiled. He looked so adorable, cute little chubby cheeks and curious-looking eyes- like a squirrel!

"I'm Chris, but people usually call me Chan." I extended my hand for a shake.

"I'm Jisung, pleasure to meet you." He took a spoonful of rice and happily ate it.

"I haven't seen you around before, when'd you arrive?" I asked him.

"Oh, just today actually. You?"

"Couple of years ago."

He looked at me in awe. "Woah! Seriously?!"

I laughed at his reaction and nodded. "Mhmm. So did two of my other friends. You know Bambam, he's debuted with Got7."

"Oh wow! No way! So I assume you're my Hyung then?"

"Probably. I'm 18 this year."

"Ah, I'm only 15- well turning." Jisung smiled.

"I figured, but didn't wanna say anything in case I was wrong."

"That's okay."

"Chan!" I heard my name called. I turned to see Aera walking towards us.

"Is it okay if she sits with us?"

"Of course!" Jisung eyes sparkled, I guess the thought of more friends was pretty exciting.

"Hi!" Aera said, "I'm Aera."

"Jisung." They shook hands.

"Oh by the way Chan, Bambam has a free day on Sunday, he asked if we are too. And I'm sure he won't mind if you come along too Jisung, even though we just met you, we have a whole week to get acquainted." Aera grinned. Jisung smiled back, definitely a little shy.

"Ooh, sounds fun, I haven't seen Hyung since he debuted," I replied.

"Oof." My friends' eyes widened at the news. "Didn't you- oh wait you went back to Australia that time."

"Yeah."

"Australia?" Jisung asked, clearly confused.

"Oh yeah, Chan and I are from Australia," Aera explained.

"Seriously?!"

"Yeah."

"Woaaahhh! That's so cool! Can you speak to me in English for a bit please, I know a fair bit, but I want to strengthen it." Jisung looked like he just met an idol (though he probably would have by now, considering where we were).

"Of course. Hi, how are you?" I said.

"I'm fine thank you, and you?" Jisung in a pretty decent American accent, which seemed to surprise Aera as well as me.

"Woah, your English is very impressive."

"Thank you. I like your accent, it's very nice."

"Thank you." The two of us gushed.

"So are you guys debuting soon?" Jisung asked, switching back to Korean.

"Umm, we're not sure." Aera bit her lip uncertainly. "It's been four years...but I'm not really sure."

"Oh."

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