"Hi! It's me Wonwoo!" Wonwoo whispered excitedly as he removed his hand from her mouth. Inha was breathing rapidly because of the sudden jump scare Wonwoo gave her. She finally met his eyes that were glowing with a triumphant mischievous glint after he managed to surprise her. However as she was still catching her breath, Wonwoo grew concerned and lowered his face to search her eyes for any discomfort. He still held her hand that he had grabbed to pull her towards him and was now drawing small circles to ease her.
"You okay?" He asked her, his voice in a whisper, for which she nodded. "I am sorry for scaring you, I just wanted to surprise you before you meet the others" he said still looking into her eyes.
"I am fine Wonwoo-ssi. Just a little startled" she said assuring him. She noticed him holding her hand and blushed at the contact and Wonwoo let go of her hand as he suddenly grew awkward and conscious.
"Thank you for coming to our concert" he said awkwardly not knowing what to say to her. "You could have told me before, I could have arranged VIP passes for you."
"I came with a friend Wonwoo-ssi. So it's okay." She assured him once more. "Also Wonwoo-ssi" she drawled not knowing how to aplogize for not contacting him. "My... my phone broke and that's why I couldn't contact you" she finally admitted to him. "I am sorry. I saw your message but I couldn't reply back"
"It's okay Inha-ssi. I was worried but I thought you might have been busy. So it's okay" he smiled and assured her back. Inha smiled back at him as she took his handsome features in. She was seeing him wear his glasses for the first time in person and he looked like a totally different person than the one she knew.
"Can you give me your number?" It was her turn to ask his number and she felt extremely shy when she gave her old phone to him.
"There you go!" He said and gave back her phone. "Now would you like to meet my members and friends?"
"Yes" she said and was about to follow him along the steel structure maze under the stage which led to their green room when she stopped him by clutching onto the edge of his t-shirt.
"Yes Inha-ssi?" he said looking back at her once more. He found her with her head low as she still held his t-shirt in her fist. "Is everything okay?" He asked her as she looked like she was about to cry.
"Actually, my stepmom broke my phone deliberately" she admitted to him, her voice in a hoarse whisper. Wonwoo took a sharp breath as he finally heard what really happened.
"Why?" He asked, his tone laced with irritation and anger now that he knows about her stepmom, thanks to her cousin Mianho who indulged him with the dark family history concerning Inha and her stepmother.
"I... I don't know" Inha lied because what happened that day was just too painful to share with him."I just wanted you to know the real reason so that you wouldn't think that I ignored you deliberately"
"Inha" he dropped the honorifics for the first time as he held her by the face so that he could look into her eyes once more. "It's okay!" He assured her again as a lone tear escaped from her eyes. "It's okay!" He whispered, wiping away the tear that fell down her cheek. He wondered what more sadness made up the emotions behind her tears as he looked at her with so much love and concern, but didn't want to press now. He was just glad that she opened up to him even if it was an extremely small opening.
"Don't cry. What matters now is that you are with me and I am happy about that." He said as he now held her hands and made her follow him towards the green room.
"Let's go. The others are waiting to meet you"
"Okay"
The moment Wonwoo entered the green room with Inha, everyone stopped doing whatever they were doing and looked up at the couple. There was a questionable silence hanging in the air as Inha cowered behind Wonwoo's large frame as she didn't know what to do. That's when a girl wearing a black Hijab and a black hoodie came towards them, smiling!
"So we meet again! I see you found your way without any trouble?" She said and Inha realised that she was the same girl who slipped the note into her hand earlier. Inha noticed that Ayat had features of an Arab who spoke perfect Korean and was pleasantly surprised.
"Thank you Ayat! For helping her reach backstage!" Wonwoo said looking at her gratefully.
"Thank you" Inha also said slightly bowing down in greeting.
"It's nothing! Anything for our Wonwoo and his girl" the hijabi said and hugged Inha. Inha was overwhelmed as she wasn't used to receiving affection from strangers but she wasn't complaining. They were all Wonwoo's friends and she immediately realised that they pose no harm to her.
"Ayat here is our chief creative producer. She basically does everything for SEVENTEEN these days" Wonwoo said and introduced her to Inha.
Ayat just smiled at the couple and that's when another girl came rushing towards them and hugged Inha, taking her by surprise. She had jet black hair that went down in waves and had her hair in a messy bun. She also wore a crew hoodie that many people in the room were wearing.
"You must be Inha! My name is Lim Sarang. I am Ayat-ssi's secretary" the woman said.
"And my wife. You missed that important part honey" a male voice said from behind them and everyone laughed at that comment.
"Inha, this is Sarang. Seungcheol Hyung's wife. Seungcheol hyung is our leader" Wonwoo introduced them to Inha.
"Annyeonghaseyo" Inha politely replied and greeted them all with a bow.
"Hyung, introduce everyone to your fiancee" someone whined from behind them. Wonwoo then introduced all the members and the rest of the inner circle of crew and managers to Inha. She politely greeted everyone and tried her best to remember their names.
However, being a psychology student, she was quick to decipher people's gaze and emotions. She noticed how Jeonghan kept looking at a female crew member constantly and how she was giving him a shy look back. Inha later came to know that she was their stylist Kim Taehee.
She also met with another girl who sat silently in a corner who Wonwoo introduced as Junhui's wife Fei Ling. Inha noticed that she looked sad and didn't speak much and Junhui didn't even bother to check on his wife. She wondered what their story could be as she sat down next to Fei when Sarang came back.
"I can't wait for you to get married to Wonwoo!" She said happily. "So far it's just FeiFei and I who are married to members in the group, so it gets really lonely you know!" She sighed and Inha just smiled at that. Inha thought about the contrast between FeiFei and Sarang. One looked extremely sad and hurt to be in the same room as her husband whereas Sarang was a happy pill.
"I can't wait too" she mumbled under her breath while looking at her fiance who was busy chatting away with the rest of the members. She didn't know what she was getting into, but she didn't mind exploring his tribe of people and becoming friends with them and maybe extend her help if someone needs them or even take their help if she is going through something bad. She smiled having these thoughts wondering how her future would turn out to be.
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A/N
Hi there guys! Sorry for the delay in updates. I hope you like this chapter although I had a few difficulties writing it. I am so bad in writing dialogues lol! So constructive feedback is welcome!
Do vote and comment if you liked this chapter! Thank you so much for your support throughout.
P.S: Did I just foreshadow three books after this one? Yes I did! Let me know if you are interested to read Seungcheol's, Jeonghan's and Jun's story!
Bye! TC!
Love,
Aara!
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