Heart Strings

Chapter 21

Chan was still gently holding Geoun's hand as they sat down on the couch.

"I'm so glad you came, but what happened to your plans?" Chan shyly let go of Geoun's hand while chuckling nervously.

"They got cut short. But I wanted to come by instead of going to the dorm. Where's Jisung and Changbin?"

"Jisung got hungry and we were out of snacks, so they went next door to stock up. They should be back any-"

Chan's words were cut off by the door swinging open and the two younger boys laughing while they walked in. As soon as Jisung saw Geoun, the biggest smile crossed his face and he ran to the older girl.

"Geounnie!" Jisung's arms wrapped around her and she giggled as all the food he was holding fell.

"Hi Jisung, hey Changbin," Geoun patted the younger's head and smiled at Changbin.

"I didn't think you'd be here, but it's nice to see you," Changbin smiled and put the snacks away before sitting at the laptop.

"So what's the plan for today?" Geoun sat cross-legged on the couch as Jisung finally let go of her.

"Well it's pretty much everybody working on their own verse and we'll come together in a bit." Changbin put his headphones on and began writing in a notebook.

"What he said, I'm gonna start working," Jisung smiled and then went into the recording room that was in front of the soundboard.

"Uh yeah. I was just gonna work off what you and I came up with that day at school," Chan smiled. He was still excited that Geoun had come by.

She smiled and nodded. "So do you need any help with the lyrics? I'm not exactly good at writing them," she nervously laughed and tucked her hair behind her ear.

"If you want to, or have any input, I'll gladly take it. I was thinking of writing it in english since that's a big part of my origin story."

"That'd be so amazing! And totally different from anything I've heard before," Geoun got excited and smiled widely.

Chan smiled and started writing in his notebook. It became pretty quiet aside form the occasional 'how does this sound' from Chan. Geoun would give her honest opinion and Chan took it as he started writing again. The rest of the time Geoun spent on her phone.

She excused herself and exited the studio when BamBam sent her an urgent text saying to call him. Once outside she called and he immediately answered.

G: Hey what's-

B: Yugyeom never showed. And he isn't answering his phone. We can't find him anywhere. I don't know what's going on. Are you somewhere safe?

G: Yeah, I'm with Chan and his friend's at their studio.

B: Good. Stay with him until you get back to the dorms. We have no idea what's going on with Yugyeom. But I don't think it's safe for you to be alone..

Silence.

All this simply because she rejected him? How fucking childish.

G: Okay. I'll stay with Chan until we get back. Thanks for the update.

B: Stay safe. I'll see you later.

G: Bye

Geoun hung up and let out a frustrated breath before re-entering the studio to find the three boys talking and passing around one notebook.

"Jisung this is amazing, it's going to be an awesome opener!" Changbin smiled at his younger friend and patted his head as he handed the notebook over to Chan who started analyzing the lyrics.