Your eyes opened to the sunrise. You haven't slept for long, obviously. You looked at Jung Ho who was sleeping soundly with his t-shirt up and you could see his lower abs. You covered his tummy. As you were doing that he opened his eyes slightly. He stretched and moaned as he did so. You went down to his ears.
"I think we have a sunrise to watch." You said.
His hand trailed up your hair and he massaged the back of your head softly and sweetly. You could tell he was still half asleep. You slowly moved away and stood up to witness the sunrise. You left him to sleep. He has a long day of getting ready to his award show. He'll be training so hard for the next couple of days. He'll be having interviews in between.
For those couple of days you'll be preparing the next Imperial games episode to be filmed in LA. You breathed in the air, eyes closed, heart pounding. You felt good, like you could conquer the world. You looked at your watch to find that it's 7:00 am. The sun shone in all its glory. Jung Ho should've been ready by now. You ran to him.
"Jung Ho." You said as you straightened his hair. "It's 7:00." you said a bit louder. They must be searching for him. "Jung Ho, baby! Wake up!" You said as shook him. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at you.
"Can we just stay here?" He said like a kid who was unwilling to go to school.
"C'mon!" You took his hand and helped him stand up.
"Fuck!" He said as he checked his phone. They're looking for me.
"You go down first." You said quickly.
"Why would I?" He asked frowning.
"So they don't know we were on a date." You said as a matter of fact.
"Kae, they all know we were on a date. It's no secret. We're not kids." He explained.
He sounded proud of the fact that he actually went out with you, he had to tell everyone. "Now, let's go down."
He held your hand and the other hand held your beddings. You walked after him. Feeling high, you smiled like a retard. You wanted this to be a secret but you feel elated knowing that he wants to show you off to the boys.
When you went into the elevator Jung Ho took you into a side hug. "When are you done with your work?"
"Today is a bit long for me. I don't know when I'll be done, really." You were going to those 2 sets and get to sync things with the game creator and the sound team. When you're done, you'll check the final project of their Japan concert. The video is to be perfected before being put on the Live app by the end of the week.
"Ugh, same." He said frustratingly as the elevator's door opened. "Maybe I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Maybe." You shrugged and smiled teasingly. As you went out Nak Yum was right in front of you.
"Okay, lovebirds!" He said smiling with his dimple showing. He pinched Jung Ho's cheeks, "we're late!"
Jung Ho moved to his room quickly to change and blew you a kiss as he went. You smiled at Nak Yum. He smiled back at you.
"How was the first date?" He asked. He was happy for Jung Ho because he's been struggling to find someone through all this.
"It was great! He's a sweetheart." You paused. "How's Eun Ae?" You asked curiously.
"In safe hands. Let's talk about that some time, okay?" He high-fived you and got into the elevator.
You went back to your room and sat on your bed and hugged your pillow. Ae Ra!!! You had to call her. You FaceTimed her and waited for all the curses that are to come.
"My slut's getting dick and she's too busy to reply to my fucking calls." Yep, that's Ae Ra no doubt.
"Your slut isn't getting dick." You corrected. "At least not yet." You stuck your tongue and mini danced.
"My gut is always right!" She screeched.
"Let me guess which one of them." She said as she tried thinking about it.
"Why would it be one of them, Ae Ra?"
"Because look at you!" She moved her hand around. "Who wouldn't want a piece if that!"
Ae Ra has always been this supportive. You never believed that you're anything above average. She always told you about how your neighbors would run to help you with things you hold or pretend that they don't have sugar when the store is at the end of the street. You know it was her, not you. She was never convinced, however.
"He's one of the Maknae line." She theorized. You raised your eyebrows and she knew that she was on the right track. "Don't tell me he's the youngest!" You laughed.
"Weell..."
"Ooohhhh!! Dating a younger man. She's getting fresh dick!" You could see her dancing as her phone shook. "Oooohhhh!"
She'll always been this explicit but you love her the way she is. "But how do you feel dating after all this time?" She started getting all serious with you. She's always been fun and games but what made her a life-long friend was her true love and care for you.
"It feels weird." You said as you fixed your phone to get up and get ready.
"You know how I swore that I'll never go back to dating. Not anyone?"
"I have been taking those new decisions lately. Starting this new job and opting for touring the world with Empire was all done in a haste." You said as you took off your clothes.
"It just feels like a new chapter for me. I like Jung Ho a lot. He seems mature for his age. Like, I mean, he's lived his life under the spotlight of course he ended up this mature."
You've missed those talks a lot and how you can spend hours talking to each other about anything.
"I am giving this a chance, you know. I won't invest in it that much. If it doesn't work out, it's fine. The hard part, Ae Ra, is the fact that I feel like I am guarding my walls against this unknown infiltrator. It feels like no matter how much I am not expecting anything out of this, I still feel like I am doing so much work protecting something when I haven't called for war, anyways."
"It must be hard for you after all what you've been through. I am glad all this is happening. You've been dwelling in the past for so long. This really does feel like a whole new chapter. I mean, yeah, your previous chapters will affect this one but here's a thing: it doesn't decide if your story ends or not." She eased your thoughts by saying those words. "Don't look back. Look at what's to come."
"I love you, Ae Ra." You shouted.
"I know!" She shouted back. You guys kept on talking for some time until you got ready. She told you about her new project. She's been working on a marketing campaign for an established make up brand. She's been really stressed because of that.
The day was long. It dragged till 2:00 am with you in your room watching the final edit of the Japan concert. You were taking notes and writing the feedback email as the video went by. They did a great job. The feedback email was mostly appreciation for their great effort in such a short notice. Sleep was already dragging you in but you had to reluctantly get up and go take your meds. You haven't seen the boys today. You only had an idea of what they were doing. Practice, interviews, and more practice. Sleep finally took over as it buried you in bed.