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JIHOON + EUNBYUL = JIBYUL
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You grinned to yourself as Jihoon furrowed his brow at your words, not understanding the speed at which you spoke English with Hyunsuk. He knew you were talking about him, but he didn't know what exactly you were saying.
That was the only upper hand you had over Jihoon. You at least understood some Korean, but Jihoon was still studying the basics of English.
"Jun is so adorable sometimes when he's mad," you said, giggling in your seat as the said boy squinted his eyes from across the room.
"Ah, don't say stuff like that," Hyunsuk replied in Korean, pretending to cringe, making the other leader more confused.
The two of you watched Jihoon call over Junkyu, instructing him to listen in your conversation and translate it to him. Hyunsuk gestured to use a heavier accent, and you agreed, grinning like an idiot.
"Why not? Just look at him trying to find out what we are saying!" Your Australian accent was more prominent, making Haruto and Asahi pause from their walk back to their rooms to look at you.
But one glance at your mischievous eyes told them you were up to teasing Jihoon once again.
"This is the same trick Jihoon used that got you into studying Korean harder." Hyunsuk laughed, enjoying the confusion he put the younger through.
Junkyu could not capture any word, and it was the last straw for Jihoon.
"Yah, what are you guys saying about me? I don't understand anything at all." He stomped up to the two of you, playfully glaring. "Was it something bad?" Jihoon furrowed his brows as he looked at the two of you.
"Byul was telling how cute you were," Jaehyuk answered, not looking up from his phone. After being around you for five years, Jaehyuk understood your English even with the heavy Australian accent. "They were messing with you," he added, making the older mad.
"Argh! I was worried about nothing?!"
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The staff guided you to the backstage along with the other girls in your team. They wanted you to sit along with the other trainees and give reactions for the ongoing performance. The current performance was half of TREASURE GOLDEN DIAMOND performing Rumor, and you were excited as you waited for your friends to perform on stage.
As a staff member stopped you to inform on what to do, all the chairs at the back got occupied with the girls, leaving one space next to the TREASURE B trainees. Throwing your shyness aside, you walked up to the male who sat next to the empty seat.
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" You politely bowed as the male did the same, shaking his head in reply.
"Oh, no, it isn't. You can sit here." He gave an eye smile as he answered, and you gratefully nodded, smiling back as you sat next to him. "I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but you are Park Eunbyul, right?" The male inquired, and your eyes widened slightly at the question.
"Y-Yes," you spoke, nodding. "How did you know?"
"Jaehyuk always monitors your performances, and he talks about you too," he replied before introducing himself. "I'm Park Jihoon, by the way. I monitored your stage before too, and it was really great."
"Thank you, Jihoon-ssi." You smiled. "You look really cool. The choker suits you," you paused as you wondered if you were using the correct words, speaking warily.
Jihoon gave another infamous smile of his. "Your Korean is good, don't worry," he assured.
After monitoring one performance, Jihoon stood up, getting ready to leave for his performance of Going Crazy. You smiled in encouragement, clapping cutely and showing a thumbs-up gesture, making the older smile as well.
"I'll root for you! Park Jihoon-ssi, fighting!"
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"Haru-kun! Can you go over these lyrics with Hyunsuk oppa?"
"Asahi-kun, I sent the demo track to you. Did you get it?"
"Yedee oppa, we have vocal lessons in an hour!"
Park Jihoon listened to you call the boys using honorifics, quite close after three months of being added into TREASURE. You were close with him too, except you didn't use honorifics with him.
Well, you called him with honor ... but not with the kind he wanted you to.
"Jihoon-ssi." The male held back an eye-roll at the way you addressed him, completely bummed. "The others said they are free for a dance practice at 3pm? Are you free too?" She asked, not paying attention to how Jihoon covered his face.
"Who are they?"
"Doyoung oppa, Yoshi-kun, Shiho-kun, and Hyunsuk oppa."
"And who am I?"
You tilted your head in confusion, wondering if the older was going through what they called an 'identity crisis'. "You are Park Jihoon, who else?" You answered cheerfully, shocked when you saw a frown on his face.
"What am I to you?" He clarified the question, making you raise your brows.
"What are you trying to ask me, Jihoon-ssi?" You muttered, scratching the back of your head.
Jihoon sighed, looking up to meet your gaze. "Everyone else is an oppa to you, except me. Why do you still call me Jihoon-ssi? It's been three months, we are supposed to be close." Though he frowned, a small smile came on your face.
"You could've told me! The others told me to call them oppa because we were close, but you never did, so I assumed we were still getting to know each other," you answered.
"Oh ..." Jihoon awkwardly avoided your gaze, his face turning red from the embarrassment. "Well, that's my bad, then. If you feel you are comfortable with me, then you can call me oppa. If not, then we can continue working on getting closer."
"I will try my best to get to know more about you, Jihoon oppa."
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