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I slowly back away from the door, subconsciously counting each person who enters... seven boys, eight members, one girl.

You've got to be kidding me.

They all introduce themselves to me, myself feeling smaller and smaller in their presence. They are all older than me apart from Jungkook who's my age, but that doesn't necessarily make me feel any better

"Uh, it's nice to meet you all... I'm Raejae, 97 liner,"

"Two maknaes then," Jin says, a sweet smile on his face.

"So we got Jungkook, Jimin, Jin hyung, and Taehyung as our singers, Yoongi hyung, J-Hope and I as the rappers... are you a rapper then?" Namjoon looks at me curiously.

I let out a small laugh, "No, I'm a singer... but I like to pretend that I can rap,"

Namjoon whispers an "ahh" sound, an awkward silence following. My fingers fiddle with each other behind my back in an attempt to keep myself calm. I've never been in a situation like this, let alone with seven handsome boys.

"Shall we go out to eat? Get to know each other?" Jin suggests, the others nodding their heads.

My gaze slowly falls upon my wallet, I know for a fact that I don't have that much money left. I also quit my job since the contract for this said that I had to be fully committed... I should really be careful with money.

"I think I should unpack tonight..." I trail off.

"You can do that when we get back!" Taehyung smiles widely at me.

A small sigh escapes my mouth, knowing all too well that it'd just be plain rude to decline. With that in mind, I nod my head in agreement and follow the boys out the door.

"This place looks nice," Jimin points to a sign with "Ms Gong's" written on it.

I immediately recognize the restaurant since I've been there many times before. This is the very place where I discovered my love for music, right at the dusty old piano in the back corner.

A bell goes off as we enter, Ms Gong smiling widely at us. I quickly hide behind the boys, not wanting her to make a scene or reveal any of my background.

I just want the boys to see me as normal.

"A-are you okay?" A small voice stutters, my eyes widening when I realize how I'm obviously crouching behind Jungkook.

"Oh, yeah-uh... Just fine, I'm fine, are you fine?" I cringe at my attempt to play it off.

"Raejae? Is that you?" Ms Gong's voice fills my ears.

I've been caught.

"Hello, Ms Gong," I try to smile, sending her a small wave.

"Oh! Sweetie I haven't seen you in forever! You aren't hurt, are you? I've been so worried about you, living on your own must be-"

"I'm doing great!" I quickly cut her off, the boys looking at me questionably.

"I'm glad," She hugs me tightly, "Could you please play me a song? I've missed your music,"