Heart Strings

Chapter 14

Chan parked his car on the street in front of the house and he and Geoun walked up to the front door. They knocked on the door and BamBam opened it with a smile then pulled them inside.

"Come on come on! We're just getting started!" BamBam led the two into the living room where an assortment of food was laying on a table and soft music played in the background. Geoun saw all of her roommates there and waved to anyone who saw her.

But she didn't see the one person she was looking for.

"Hey Bam."

The taller boy turned to face Geoun.

"Where's Yugyeom? He wanted to talk to me about something."

"Oh, he's in the basement shooting pool with Jackson, Jaebum, and Youngjae. Want me to show you? I don't think you went down there last time," BamBam hooked arms with Geoun and led her down a hallway as she smiled and waved bye to Chan.

The descending staircase into the basement was dark and scary, and if BamBam hadn't been there, Geoun definitely wouldn't have gone by herself. At the bottom of the stairs was a door that opened up into a well lit basement where Geoun recognized Jackson's rapping playing through the speakers.

All eyes turned to Geoun and BamBam when the door opened and the guys greeted Geoun.

Yugyeom approached Geoun and BamBam with a small smile on his face.

"Hey Geoun, uh. C-could we go somewhere and talk?" His voice was quiet and wavered a bit which let Geoun know he was nervous. And that made her nervous.

"Yeah, you lead," Geoun stepped out of the way and let Yugyeom lead her back up the scary stairs and out a backdoor to a patio where a fire pit was lit. The music from the living room was muffled, but still audible so there wasn't any awkward silence.

The two sat in chairs opposite each other and neither spoke at first.

"So, um. You're uh. Probably wondering why I wanted to talk to you," Yugyeom coughed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Um. Fuck. Sorry, I'm nervous."

"Really? I couldn't tell," the giggle in Geoun's voice calmed Yugyeom's nerves. And he smiled at her.

"I've never done this before, so sorry if I suck but um. I don't know if you've noticed, but I uh. Well. I li-"

"What's poppin?!"

The patio door slid open and Chungha walked out followed by everyone else. There was a variety of plates being carried and Geoun spotted some chocolate and graham crackers and got excited at the idea of s'mores!

"We decided to make some s'mores before settling with a movie, y'all want some?" Mark sat down next to Yugyeom and Jennie sat on Mark's knee.

Yugyeom looked kind of pissed and Geoun felt bad, but she was also relieved to be interrupted because she knew what Yugyeom wanted to say and she didn't quite know how to respond yet.

When Yugyeom got up and left, Geoun felt even worse, but decided to let him cool off. She spotted Chan towards the back talking to Jackson and headed towards them.

"Hey!"

"Hey Geoun! How's it going?" Jackson smiled at the short girl.

"I've been better, not gonna lie," she gave a nervous chuckle and looked down.

"Aw I'm sorry I wi- Chungha careful!" Jackson rushed off to pull Chungha away from the fire since she'd gotten too close.

"So uh. What did Yugyeom want?" Chan acted as casual as he could even though he was dying to know.