Heartthrob Snob // D.O.

Chapter 3: It was a dream

“You! What are you doing here?” D.O asks Eunmi.

“Uh… um… I-I live here… hehe,” she replies, half daydreaming.

D.O still could not believe that his mother want him to stay at this place, especially with her. They stand there for a few minutes in utter and awkward silence. He is still trying to comprehend the fact that his mother would know someone from such a low class.

“Hyung,” Eunmi says, her voice firm.

“What did you say?” D.O raises a brow.

“Hyung!” She shouts.

D.O shakes his head as his eyes slowly opens. He shifts his gaze from one member to the other; all who are staring at him in an uncanny way.

“Are you alright?” Baekhyun asks him.

“It was just a dream,” he murmurs. “Just an awful dream.”

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Baekhyun asks again.

“Baek, I need to talk to you,” D.O informs, then taking his friend’s wrist to head out the practice room. Once they were out, D.O lets go and Baekhyun crosses his arms.

“What’s going on?”

D.O gulps, “I think I’m broke, Baek.”

Baekhyun’s eyes shoot wide open as he unfolds his arms and walks slowly towards his friend.

“Are you sure about that?” He asks D.O, an obvious concern in his voice.

D.O was about to answer when their manager appears.

“D.O-ya, President Lee wants to talk to you,” Manager hyung informs.

A sudden chill goes down D.O’s spine. Why does he want to talk to me? Am I being cut loose from the company? He thinks.

“Can Baek come with me?”

The manager stares at D.O for a while and then sighs, “Sure.”

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They arrive in front of a big mahogany door; the president sure likes to be fancy.

“Come in!” A voice on the other side of the door answers.

The three slowly enters the office, and when they get inside, the President welcomes them with a rather unwelcoming glare.

“Sit down,” President Lee says. D.O, Baekhyun and Manager hyung all do as they are told.

“I was sure that I said it is only D.O I wanted to speak to.” He switches his gaze to Baekhyun, “Why is Baekhyun here?”

“He’s my friend, I wanted him to come,” D.O quickly answers.

President Lee takes a deep sigh as he pushes his spectacles up his nose bridge. “Very well then, I hope you won’t mind me saying things in front of Baekhyun that concerns you.”

“No, go on,” D.O says.

“I have been informed by my secretary that your family is… having problems at this moment. How should I say this? I believe that your father’s company is having terrible management with the stocks and their sells have been going down. You may have to… move out of the dorm for the time being.”

D.O is shocked but Baekhyun is more shocked. He stands up, flabbergasted. “What?! D.O can’t move out, he’s an idol.”

“Yes, but—”

“Our families pay so that we can live at the dorm, Baek,” D.O interrupts President Lee into explaining.

“What?” Baekhyun sits back down.