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“So, you get bored easily?” he asks, lathering shampoo into my hair.

“Sometimes,” I tell him before leaning in to rinse and letting him start with the conditioner. “I think it’s more that I know how precious time is, and I kind of want to try everything. If that makes sense.”

“Mmm,” he agrees, letting me rinse again.

I turn to face him to do his right before he asks, “You’re not going to get bored with us and move on like everything else, right?”

His worried expression makes my heart actually ache. I wrap my arms around him and pull him toward me, the water collecting between us. “Of course I’m not. Why would you think that?”

“I’m just scared,” he admits, “because I’m starting to really like you.”

The same heart that was aching moments ago, now does a little pitter patter in my chest. “I like you, too, Yoon Ji. I’m not going anywhere.”

“Good,” he states, leaning down to kiss me again.

We finish our shower, washing each other, almost getting lost in the other’s body again, and talking about our love for the sport. When we step out of his room a little while later to head off in search of chicken, I’m in borrowed clothes from him and we’re hand in hand. Time to make my stomach feel as full as my heart does.

TRACK 13

HIGHER

IN SE

I really shouldn't have listened in last night to Yoon Ji and Liz, but it's not like I could help it really. I just went to take a shower. They were the ones who didn't shut his side of the bathroom door. Well, it's definitely all my fault that I stayed in my room and overheard them on purpose while they were in the shower. I could've gone ahead and got dinner. Curiosity killed the cat, or whatever that saying is. My chest had gone a little tight when he'd asked her if she was planning on getting bored and leaving us. She didn't hesitate to tell him no, but along with my fear of being alone, I've also got a fear of people leaving me.

The most important thing in the world to me is family, and our members are my family. It's a strange feeling to let someone else in like we have with her. In the back of my mind, it's just one more person that could leave one day. However, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep my distance. I was caught in the trap from the very first moment, and I don't mean when I met her. I mean when I saw that picture of her and Kyung and saw how happy my brother was. Everything else has just fallen into place.

Walking out into the kitchen the next morning, my thoughts are literally being broadcast by the sight of her and Yoon Ji having breakfast together at our bar counter. They're smiling and laughing about something. Both look up and share that smile with me as I walk in. Yoon Ji is one of my best friends, and just like with Kyung, I love seeing him happy.

"Where is everyone else?" I ask, moving to where I'm standing across from them so I can lean down on the counter.

She glances at Yoon Ji as he answers, "They had to go to the studio. Said there were some parts they had to re-record, but we were good to not go."

I shrug. "Okay then." Glancing at Liz, I get a wicked idea in my head since she's here and we've got free time. "Want to watch some TV?"

"Sure," she agrees easily.

A couple hours later, that's how our members find the three of us. In pillow chairs on the floor in front of the massive television watching our music videos in chronological order.

"What's going on here?" Jae-un asks as they walk in.

"Shhh," she tells him while holding up her hand.

Yoon Ji and I chuckle together before he quietly tells him. "She's been like this since we started."

I nod, grinning, because it's true. She has said barely anything. Only made us pause once so that she could get up to get a drink of water. The others walk in about the time that we're explaining and hear her shh him. They all find seats around us.

Seong Su waits until the video ends and asks me to pause the next one before it starts. We all glance at him as he says, "Our juniors are celebrating their comeback and one of their birthdays at the rock climbing outdoors place tonight. They've extended an invitation to us if we want to go."

"Yeah," Dav En says immediately.

Yoon Ji glances at me and then Liz between us before twisting to look at Seong Su. "Can Liz come, too?"

He shrugs. "I don't see why not. They've rented the place out for them. Just be prepared to answer questions, because you know they'll have them."

"If she even wants to go, Yoon Ji," Kyung says, giving her the choice.

"Sure," she answers. "I love rock climbing."