It All Started With A Game (Shownu x Reader)

Chapter 5

"hey heyyy~ shouldn't we recreate our MonstaX family? Since it's somehow weird that she got to be our pet", Minhyuk came with an idea while I just have to suffer in the middle supporting their weight on me.

"that's a great idea", Hyungwon smiled.

"okay okay! Shownu-hyung is the appa, Kihyun-ii is our eomma, Pet will be our maknae dongsaeng(youngest sister), I.M will be our pet-!", Minhyuk's word got stopped by I.M who was confused. "why am I the pet?", he asked with widened eyes. Minhyuk grinned ear-to-ear, "of course you wouldn't want to be the maknae dongsaeng right? Anyway! Hyungwon-ii would be the dongsaeng, I would be the eldest hyung and Jooheon-ii would be the second eldest hyung".

"yah, you're forgetting someone", Wonho interrupted.

"ah! Wonho will be the halabeoji(grandfather)", Minhyuk continued with his evil grin painted on his lips. Wonho's jaw dropped, "I'm the halabeoji? Whyyyy????".

"yah jakkam!(wait)....why am I still the mother? There's a girl in our MonstaX family, shouldn't she be our mother?", Kihyun asked while looking at the three of us. Jooheon who was on my right side, "kkeurom(then), you don't want to be the mother? Soooooo.... you'll be the oldest sister".

"a sister hunh?".

"so does that makes me the maknae dongsaeng?", Hyungwon asked with a pure confused look on his face. Jooheon nodded with a smile, "well duh~ since pet is now our eomma... ah! Right! Since you're no longer our pet, we shouldn't call you by pet any more, we'll call you by 'eomma'".

"that's one drastic change", I said to myself while staring at nothing in particular. "look at the bright side~ you're being paired with Shownu-hyung because he's the appa", Minhyuk ushered me to look at Shownu who had a pink face for unknown reason.

I stare at him while he stared at me, I never really realized how cute he was until now, his blushing face is so adorable. I smiled and released myself from the two of them, "since I'm your MonstaX mother, you shouldn't do that~", I winked to them.

"ooww~~~", both of them cheered before Minhyuk smirked, "Shownu-hyung is lucky to have a wife like pet-! I mean eomma". Shownu's face was in flame, "yah Minhyuk-ii, a pretend wife!".

Minhyuk then grimaced playfully, "we know you like it". Shownu's eyes widened in horror but his eyes were still small to my eyes, he looks shocked but adorable at the same time. Seriously though, how come I just notice that he's awkwardly cute and adorable?

"come on guys...don't tease your appa~ it's eomma and appa's relationship~", I joked and they laughed out loud except for Shownu who was flustered. I went over to Shownu and pat his arm gently with a smile on my face, "don't take it too seriously Shownu-yah~ your face is already red".

He looked at me with a worried face, "are you....seriously okay with this?". I looked at him while furrowing my brows together, "are you trying to say that you don't want me to be your pretend wife?". His eyes widened by a fraction as he shook his hands in the air as an attempt to not make me think it as it is, "a-ani, of course I want to, but are you?".

"he just confessed didn't he?"-Minhyuk

"OHMYGOD! I didn't hear it wrong, didn't I?"-Jooheon

"that's unpredictable"-Wonho

"heol"-I.M

"I'm very sure we didn't heard it wrong"-Hyungwon

These guys.....they won't stop teasing their leader, won't they? I sighed silently to myself. I have to think of an idea to make them stop teasing him, but how?

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Naah, I'm broke! I have no idea

~Time Skip To 10pm~

The night was not that cold and as usual, there weren't a lot of people working out during night time so no fans were there. Seating on the swing, I stared at the 5 of them working out at the kid's playground doing random things that helped them having a fit body. I wonder who's missing.

I started counting them again.

"1....2......3.....4.......5...6.........who's missing?", I asked myself with eyes fill with concern, "Wonho's doing the push-up, Minhyuk-ii's playing tag with two pillars...Hyungwon is doing sit-up, Changkyun-ii is lifting weight.....Juheon-ii is running around in circles..Kihyun-ii is just lying on the ground.......Shownu!", I stood up instantly, "where's Shownu-!". "I'm here", a voice stopped me from my worrisome fit.

I quickly turned around behind me and was relief to see Shownu but then frowned as I slapped his chest, "yah! Next time don't run off like that!", I hit his chest again, "don't make me worry like that!", I continuously hit his chest but he stopped my hands by holding both of my wrist in his hands.

"I'm sorry", he apologized. I stare up at his eyes and glared at him, "if you ran off like that again, you know I won't forgive you". He smiled, "I know.... I won't do what you don't like".

두근 두근!(dugeun dugeun)

After hearing that my heart sped up, I quickly put my hand down from his hold and sat on the swing with a small frown, "where were you? Why aren't you working out with the others? Papa would be unhappy if you got kidnapped by fans! What will MonstaX be without Shownu?". He chuckled, "please.... ask me one by one", he went behind me and leaned forward to push me forward so that the swing would move.

"wh-where were you?", I asked with a soft voice as I tried to calm my rapid heartbeats. I could hear him smiling as he said, "I was working out behind you". I turned my head to the right so I could look at him by the corner of my eyes, "why behind me? You should be were I can see you".

"well...that's kind of one of the reasons why I worked out behind you", he continued while he gently pushed the swing. Turning my head back straight, I became more confused as to what he was talking about, "one of the reasons? Why... why don't you want me to see you? I have to! I have to make sure you're there with the others so that all of you are complete!".

He let out a soft sigh, "I don't want you to see me because....I... I was nervous".

That made me more confused than ever, nervous? Why is he so nervous.

"I've been trying my best not to be nervous since you treat us not more than a friend..... but this feeling of nervous would always be there everytime you're there around me", he continued his words with his soft deep voice. My breath hitched after hearing his words so I stood up to face him, "...are you.... do you....hate me?", just the thought of him hating me made my eyes teary.

He looked at me with widened eyes before he grabbed both of my arms, "I would never! Uljima(don't cry)". "I-if you're not angry at me...then why do you have to be nervous all the time?", I asked while furrowing my brows together.

He wiped the remaining tears with his thumb as he stared at me straight in the eyes, "I have my own reasons and it's not because I hate you or I don't like you.....heaven and hell prohibit me from doing so, you trust me don't you?", he suddenly locked his fingers with mine as he stared deep into my eyes.

I was speechless to his statement but nodded nonetheless...until something he did made my heart stop.

I never realized that he had brought my hand up to his face until he kissed the back of my hand gently and sweetly making fireworks starting off in my stomach. My face was obviously red due to the sweet kiss on my hand but that didn't stop me to wonder why he's doing this.

He smiled as he slowly parted his lips away from the back of my hand, "you'll understand it sooner".

#FLASHBACK END#

That was what he said a year ago, but I was too late and too oblivious to understand about his true feelings. I should've known sooner than this.