I woke up and stretched out my back from lying on the hard ground for so long. I looked around for the bucket hat that fell off my head and quickly put it on. Jay and Heeseung were still out cold from last night, so I just left them and went inside where I found the others eating.
"And there's the sleeping beast" K teased as I sat down. My eyes were still barely open. "When are the others arriving?" I asked.
"Ah, I think they arrived really early this morning. They're right now downstairs getting tested and changing into other clothes. We're picking roommates later so we need to gather our stuff soon. And wake up Jay and Heeseung" K said and I just nodded.
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Me and K were in our room gathering everything into our bags and quickly straightening the room for everyone. "Let's go" K said and handed me my bag as we left the room. Before we gathered downstairs with everyone, I quickly ran to the kitchen and grabbed my gimbap and threw it into my bag before following K downstairs.
Sunghoon swung open the doors as everyone from Ground was sitting on the floors with their bags waiting for us. "Oh sh-!" I heard someone yell as everyone spun their heads towards us.
"Hello!" Jungwon said as we all gave each other a hug. "Ni-Ki kun! It's been too long" I said as I immediately hugged him.
"E-Chan! It's nice to see you again" He smiled and gave me a big hug back.
"Emily!" I heard someone yell. I turned around to see Sungchul behind me with his arms wide open. "Sungchul!" I exclaimed and gave him a big hug.
"Finally we can hug again! Youngbin told me you loved the bracelet we made you"
"I still wear it! My lucky charm" I smiled and showed him my wrist that still had the bracelet on it.
"Me and you should be roommates again. I heard there is a room of three, so maybe Youngbin could join us as well"
"Hmm. That's a good idea, where's Youngbin?" I looked around the room before spotting Youngbin with Jake and Jungwon. I immediately ran over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist.
"Young! Bin!" I exclaimed and looked up at him, giving him a smile. He looked back down at me and gave me a smile.
"You should join me and Sungchul in the three person room" I suggested as he started nodding. "I already had that in mind"
"Emily-ah!" Hanbin came over to me with a big smile. "Hanbin! I've missed you" I gave him a hug before letting go and giving Nicholas a hug who followed Hanbin. "I've missed you too Nicholas"
I felt a tap on my shoulder and quickly turned around to see EJ and Seon behind me. "Emily, it's been a few days," Seon said and gave me a smile. "Ah Seon, nice to see you again" I gave him a small hug before pulling away and giving EJ a small hug as well.
It was still so awkward with them because of what they told me, but I couldn't let them know that. After I hugged them I gave them an awkward smile before walking over to Sunoo and Jaebeom. "Sunoo!" I cheered and gave him a hug.
"We're finally back together again! We missed you" Jaebeom said and gave me a hug after Sunoo.
"Emily-ah" Taeyong said from beside me before I gave him a hug. "Taeyong, it's been too long"
"We've been missing you in Ground. We haven't had a full leader since you left"
"I bet you guys did just fine" I let go of Taeyong and he patted me on the shoulder. "Who's hat and hoodie?" He asked as I gave a quick glance of my clothes.
"Ah, last night we went outside and watched the stars with each other. Jay made me wear his hoodie because it got cold and he said I could wear his hat as well"
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"Aw, how cute. It's funny because the hoodie is to your mid thigh" He laughed. I felt myself get flustered as I covered my cheeks. "Oh come on, he's just a friend"
"I never said he was more than that, I just said it's funny how his hoodie is so big and it's cute. Maybe you like him?"
I felt myself start turning red. "No! No way at all! I don't like anyone" I started panicking as Jaebeom, Sunoo and Taeyong laughed.
"Calm down, people are starting to look at you weirdly," Jaebeom said as he laid his hands on my shoulders.
"Whatever, i'll see you three later" I huffed and walked over to Geonu. "You ate all the food didn't you?" He joked as we gave each other a hug.
"I know it's only been a few days, but it was weird without you" I said as he pulled out of the hug.
We all gathered around into a circle as the staff led us to this desk area so we could discuss roommates. I sat at a desk beside Sungchul and Youngbin stood near us as we discussed the three bed dorm. In that room there was a bunk bed and a regular bed, none of us wanted to sleep on a bunk bed so we decided to do rock, paper, scissors.
"Kai bai bo!" Youngbin shouted as I pulled out rock, Youngbin did scissors and Sungchul did rock.
"Okay, Sungchul let's go" I said in English as Youngbin backed away. "Kai bai bo!" I shouted and did scissors and Sungchul did rock. "I win!" Sungchul teased.
"Bunk buddies" I said and gave a high-five to Youngbin as we picked up our bags and headed to our room.
Sungchul swung the door wide open for us. Inside were our bunk beds and single bed. Youngbin and Sungchul walked in first as I heard the door behind me open. I turned around to see who was going to be sleeping in front of us and it was Ni-Ki and Jake.
"Sweet! We're nearby" I exclaimed as they turned to me and smiled. "Yeah! We can sneak out every night and eat snacks" Jake said as they walked into their room and I walked into mine.
Youngbin was already climbing on top of the bunk bend and Sungchul was making himself comfy on his solo bed. I set my bag underneath my bed and laid down. While just laying there, I remembered my gimbap.
"Oh! You guys want a snack?" I asked as Youngbin popped his head down from the top.
I pulled out my gimbap and showed it to them. "We went to 7-11 yesterday and I got this for us to eat together"
"Sweet!" Sungchul exclaimed and grabbed one before Youngbin grabbed on as well.
"I'll save these two for later, I ate some with Jay last night" I said and laid the bag of snacks back into my bag.
"So, do you like Jay?" Sungchul asked as he and Youngbin ate their gimbap. "Nah, I don't like anyone at the moment"
"Really? You're surrounded by 22 guys and you don't like any of them?" Sungchul tilted his head in confusion.
"Is that how you see me? I mean I've had small feelings, but never thought of dating any of you"
"Who? Tell me who!"
"I can't tell you now! Maybe later" I huffed and turned away from him.
"It was Youngbin wasn't it?" He smiled as I could feel my face heating up a bit. "I knew it! It is Youngbin!" He started exclaiming as he teased me and Youngbin.
"Come on Sungchul! Hurry up and eat so we can go to lessons" I huffed and turned back to the window beside my bed.
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After Sungchul and Youngbin finished their gimbap, we finally left to go to lessons. Of course, since they eat super slow, we were super late and the last ones to arrive. The dance instructor gave us an earful about being on time before allowing us to gather with everyone.
