Chapter 6

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"Sugohaettda!" Hansol shouted at Ten, telling him he did well and worked hard in their dance practice.

A staff walked towards Ten who's panting while sitting, "Jal haettda!" He said and tapped Ten's shoulder. (You did well.)

Taeyong sat beside Ten, panting too. "Wah! That was a tough choreography!" He exclaimed.

"There are more tough choreographies and styles to be learned, Taeyong-ie." Jaewon, who was their choreographer for today, stated as he pass by their back.

Ten smiled at Jaewon while wiping his sweat on his face with a white towel, "I'll work harder."

"Good." Jaewon said.

"Aaaahhh~!" That was Doyoung who was stretching his arms, "I'm so hungry. Shall we go and eat now?"

"Let's go. I'm starving too." Johnny said while standing and tapping his tummy.

"Let's go to Hongdae!" Jaehyun said cutely.

"What time is it?" Ten asked.

Taeil looked at his wrist watch, "It's seven minutes after six pm."

Ten immediately stood and stormed out of the room.

"Where is he going?" Taeyong asked. They just shrugged. The seven boys in the room were left with a question mark on their faces. That's new from Ten. Leaving them without any clue about where he is going.

Ten is leaning on a wall outside a practice room. Star, who is currently singing, is all that he is listening to. He's smiling alone from the outside of the room and whispered, "You're really an angel."

Star finished singing the song of Kyuhyun, "At Gwanghwanun". She sat beside Hime afterwards.

"Well done, Cheonsa." the voice trainer, Woorim, said.

"Trainer-nim!" Chahyun raised her hand. Woorim nodded at her, giving her the permission to speak. "We are all calling her Star now."

"Oh really? Is that your stage name?"

"They say so." Star answered while smiling and a shrug.

"Whoa. You're really excelling in our training, huh. That's why you already got a stage name at this early. I think you will be added to the rookie groups immediately too. Keep up the good work!" Woorim said that made Star blush.

"You know you'll have many nicknames listed in your profile, Star." Seomin said.

"Think so." She answered, partially laughing. She already had a lot of names. Cheonsa, Angel, Byul and now, Star. She would be okay with the last one now since almost all of them are already calling her with that name.

"That would be all for today. You may now go." Woorim said then stood and fixed herself. She the went out of the room.

"Where would you like to eat? My treat." Chahyun asked.

"Wow. Rich kid." Hime joked.

"I WANT TO EAT A LOT TODAY!" Seomin shouted in excitement with a little creepy tone.

"Aigoo." Chahyun said frantically because of their stares and they all laughed.

After packing their things, they went out. Star was startled as he saw Ten who was patiently waiting for her. That made her froze.

"U-uhm..." Ten said, looking for the words to say.

"Shall we leave you two?" Seomin asked teasingly.

"Aye wait, is there something between them?" Hime asked innocently.

"There's nothing. What are you girls saying?" Star said, avoiding Ten's gazes.

"Annyeonghaseyo, sunbaenim!" Chahyun greeted Ten then bowed.

"You don't have to call me 'senior'. I'm still a trainee." He said while cutely scratching his nape.

"So adorable..." Star said unconsciously in her mind. "Aigoo, Star." She added as she realized what she has said.

She still hasn't forget what happened at school before. She don't know what to think, to believe, to do. She don't know what is happening to her whenever she sees him. She feels embarassment and at the same time, mad because of his foolish act. But all of those were erased as soon as she sees him smile.

"Uhm, I just want to invite you to Hongdae tonight. Will you come with us?" Ten asked.

"What? Why? Where? When? Who? Which? How?" Chahyun asked continuously. "Ouch! Yah, Seomin!" Seomin just hit her head for being stupid with her questions.

"Yah! Respect your elder. Don't shout at me like that!" Seomin said, then faced Ten. "Sure. But why with us? You know, you're in a higher level of training. You're already popular. We are not yet friends, maybe just acquaintances. We are not close because you know, we are newbies and you're senior trainees. We kinda have different worlds." Seomin said. Star is just silently watching them having their conversations.

Ten answered, "Don't think that way please. We are classmates, remember? Plus we are training under the same company. There's nothing wrong. In fact, we can be more close if you will come with us in Hongdae. So, shall we?"

"Leggo! As long as Chahyun unnie is going to treat me." Hime said while holding Chahyun's arms. Chahyun just laughed at her.

"I'm okay with it. How about you, Star?" Seomin said. They all looked at Star.

"M-Me? Uhm..." she looked at Ten who's smiling pretty at her.

"Aw. How am I gonna resist that smile?" She asked herself.

"Ok. Let's go."

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"Aww~ it's really nice in here!" Chahyun exclaimed as her eyes roamed around the youngster street of Hongdae.

"This is my first time here." Hime said, basically because she came from Japan.

"Whoa! Look at that! I think it's delicious there! Chahyun, I wanna eat there!" Seomin held Chahyun's wrist and ran with her, "Treat me there!"

"Wait! Wait for me!" Hime chased after them and the three ladies entered the restaurant.

Star is smiling from behind who enjoys watching them run. Ten walked towards her and stood beside her while staring at her. Adoration is clearly visible in his eyes and smile. He can weirdly feel an eerie feeling all over his body. He feels light and delighted whenever he sees Star. He don't know why.

Meanwhile, Star noticed Ten's presence. Her blood rushed to her face and her cheeks went red. She equally recompense his gazes. But she immediately composed herself before they would fell in staring at each other.

"Uhm, T-Ten?"

Ten blinked twice and went back to reality. "A-ah..." he smiled, "Where are they?"

"They already left." She said shyly, trying to put her eyes off him.

"Oh. So they left us alone?"

"I thought we will be with your co-trainees?"

"Did I say something like that?" He asked with a question on his face. But the truth is, he can remember his self saying it while they were walking along the streets of Hongdae.

"Yes, you did. Don't tell me you can't remember it? Memory gap at an early age?" She said teasingly while laughing..

"Nah. I did not mention anything like that. So, we're going alone." Ten started walking, with a smile that shouts 'I'm alone with her, yey!'.

"Hey, wait!" Star ran towards Ten and joined him strolling. "Aren't we going to follow my friends."

"Sorry but I seldom eat at that restaurant." He said, trying hardly to hide his smile of success. He don't know why, but he really likes to be with her.

They continued walking but Star was uneasy. "But... if we will leave them, I won't be with them. I can't go home alone! I'm not yet familiar with this place."

"I will send you home safely." He smiled brightly at him.

Star stopped walking, while Ten continued. She was again stunned with his smile.

"Yah, Star!" Ten called. Star looked at Ten and realized that Ten had gone far so she ran towards him and they walked together.

They became silent. Star is containing herself. She's agitated. She's not comfortable with him alone. She feels an eerie feeling that disturbs her."I should haven't run." She thought. Making herself believe that it was because she ran.

"So you're not mad at me anymore?" Ten started a conversation.

Star glanced at him then shifted her eyes back to their pathway, "Oh, that. Forget it. And... uhm..." her hands balled into fist, trying to remove her uneasy feeling, "I'm sorry about that. I shouted at you. It's embarassing." Then she lowered her head.

"It's okay. It's my fault though." Ten said smiled, still facing the road, "Hey, I like the foods in there! Their makchang (large intestine) is the best! You better try it!"

Ten held her wrist and pulled her into the restaurant that he likes.

They sat on a vacant table and Ten immediately called the waitress nearby.

"Two servings of makchang, two ciders, two rice and soup please." Ten said. The waitress immediately went to the counter.

Ten is happily looking at Star who's currently playing her phone. She don't know what to do so she just looked for something to play with.

Ten grabbed his phone from his pocket and put on the camera. And then he took a picture of Star but there was a flash of light from the phone and a sound of a capturing camera. Star looked at him with widened eyes and caught him with his phone.

"Yah. Did you take a photo of me?" She asked.

"No." He said without looking nervous at all about his act.

"May I see," she reached for Ten's phone but Ten stretched his arms so that Star won't be able to even put her fingertips on it.

"I did nothing." Ten said while laughing.

"Then why are you acting like that? Let me have it. Come on!" She continued stretching to reach his phone, not knowing she's getting close to Ten.

"I don't like."

"I don't care. Just give me that phone. I might look terrible there!" Well, that's all that she worries about.

Ten is enjoying the scene. Her, close to him. Her face, close to his. He smiled weirdly. He's like intoxicated.

Star noticed that Ten is crazily smiling. She stopped and looked at him. But she's too near to him to look at his face fully. She focused on his eyes. And her eyes widened when she realized that if she would reach more, their cheeks might just touch each other.

She froze. She can't move. It's like her brain were tangled. She can't think properly. She can probably smell his fragrance. And her face turned red.

"Ten hyung!"

They both hastily looked at the guy who called Ten.

"Whoa! Ten, what are you doing here? And who is she?" Doyoung asked.

Star glanced at Ten and immediately sat then again, lowered her head.

"So you left us for a date?" Hansol asked teasingly. The seven other members of the elder SR15B were present.

Ten frowned, looking upset for the joke. But the truth is he's thinking this way:

"Yep. And you just ruined my date."

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