7th✯

                                    

                                          
7th✯
                          


                          
I stood on my toes, trying to see if any familiar red head was close. 
                          
So I stupidly told Jeonghan where I was and at all costs, I must make sure the boys doesn't meet him especially Yoon Sanha. In case my stupid brother might blurt out some unimportant details about me to any of them, I needed to know why he asked me not to tell Sanha we were cousins. 
                          
I checked my phone for the time. It's been ten minutes since our call. Could it be possible he was stuck in traffic? I hoped that was the case and that he decided to go home and have a talk there, where it was actually safe from unwanted ears like the boys from Astro.
                          
"Yoon Aerim," a very familiar—almost unwanted at this rate—voice called out to me. 
                          
Oh no. Closing my eyes and hoping everything would turn out for the best, I turned around with a force smile to face my brother. "Oppa! Funny thing, right? You see—"
                          
Jeonghan angrily pointed at the poster behind me. "This is his entertainment, isn't it?"
                          
I followed the direction of his finger and noticed the huge and very obvious Astro poster stuck on the wall. Maybe I should have asked one of the boys to remove that even for ten or five minutes. It would have saved a lot of trouble. 
                          
"What are you up to these days, Yoon Aerim? You're skipping school for those," Jeonghan pointed at the poster again, "boys? What's there to gain?"
                          
"Technically, oppa, if you just let me talk, even for a moment—"
                          
"This won't do. I better call Mom and tell her that you're skipping school because of some boy craze," Jeonghan said, taking his phone out of the pocket of his jeans. 
                          
I quickly snatched the phone away from his hands and extended a hand in front of me to stop him from coming any closer. "You can't!"
                          
"And why's that?" Jeonghan asked with gritted teeth. He took a step closer to snatch his phone back but I only took a big stride back. "Give that back, Yoon Aerim. If you don't, I might as well get you grounded."
                          
"Oppa, you're not listening to me." I gave him a disappointed face as I shoved his phone into my pocket. "You're not even giving me a chance to talk."
                          
Jeonghan stared into my eyes for three more seconds before he placed his hands on his hips and looked at the floor. "Arasso, arasso! What is it? What's going on for real?"
                          
I looked around, hoping there was no sign of any of the six boys. Pushing Jeonghan down the low steps, I whispered, "Not here. Let's discuss it in the convenient store nearby."
                          


                          
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Jeonghan sat down on the seats provided after buying some chips in the convenient store. I threw him a weird look and he asked me, "What? I'm hungry."
                          
Shaking my head, I told myself to forget about the chips because that wasn't my aim right now. I finally started, "You remember about the act I told you about?"
                          
"Ah... That pretend boyfriend thing?" Jeonghan asked as he ate some chips. 
                          
"Yes," I replied with a small sigh. "Yeah, so, I didn't go to school yesterday either because—"
                          
"Mwo?! You didn't go yesterday, either? Aish, Yoon Aerim, I'll seriously—"
                          
I took a handful of chips and stuffed it into his mouth. Pressing a finger against my lips, I hissed, "Shh! I'm not done talking!" Since he wasn't able to talk because his mouth was full of chips, I took the opportunity to continue, "Anyway, so we had a brief meeting about it yesterday. Today, we filmed the first ever episode. I'm going to have to continue like this for... I don't know how long. Hey, at least I get paid."