Chapter 18

AN: I published this immediately because I think the previous chapter is dull. ㅋㅋㅋ It seems like I am promoting Rookies Entertainment too hahaha.

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Star is already on her bed. She's playing her phone with the Rookies Entertainment app. She just signed there as the training ended.

She tapped the 'Reward' button and a picture of Ten came out. She smiled while staring at his face.

"How could you be that handsome?" She started her monologue.

In her head, she's been praising his visual characteristics. He have a pointed nose, pretty eyes, pretty lips, and his face itself is good. If he was just in her front, she'll probably caress his cheeks.

She continued staring at his picture for more minutes and didn't think of turning her phone off.

"What are you doing to me?" She asked Ten in his picture.

"What's happening to me? I've been thinking about you lately. You're running nonstop in my head. You always make me crazy."

She calmed herself as her thoughts are messing up with her again. She also didn't notice that her heart is beating fastly as well.

"I think my heart is malfunctioning." She smiled but she doesn't feel like smiling, "As well as my mind."

"This can't be love, right?"

Her phone vibrated and a notification popped out.

"Ugh. Great. You just ruined the momentum." She whispered and opened the message.

'Still up?'

'No. It's down.' She replied illogically.

'What? You ok?'

'Yep. How's your schedule?'

'We wrapped up at 7 pm and had lunch. I fell asleep while on the car so I wasn't able to text you.'

'I see.' She remembered that he had a photoshoot today.'Hey, can you tell me how does it feel to be inlove?'

'Why? Are you in love?'

'I won't know if you won't tell.'

She sighed and patiently waited for a reply. But he's taking too long. Then he finally replied and she was shocked with his long explanation.

'Inlove. It's when you're thinking about that guy more often. You feel different when he's around and experience unexplainable things like unusual heartbeats, blushing, electric shock when your skin touches his, you've been thinking of him up until your sleep, you do things because of him, you're concerned of him, you lose your confidence when he's around, sometimes you can't look at him directly, you become nervous when he's near, things like that. These are just few, these are only for first timers.'

'Wow, you know a lot.'

'Been there. Hahaha!'

'Hey, can you tell me the first letter of your name?'

'What? I don't want to.'

She frowned and typed harshly, 'Then I won't reply anymore.' It was half meant and half a joke. She just became curious about his true identity.

'You can't resist me, I know.'

"Wow. He's full of himself!" She exclaimed.

'C'mon, describe yourself more.'

'I already told you before, I'm someone who you know. You might guess who I am.'

'That's my point. I'm guessing who you are for the whole time I'm texting you. C'mon, describe yourself.'

He did not reply but Star is still patiently waiting. After a few minutes, she received a text from him. She smiled as she opened the message and then frowned as she read the text.

'I am handsome.'

"This guy is really something!" She nagged.

'The first letter of your name?'

It took her a long time again waiting for a reply and good thing he did.

'T.'

She stared for that letter for a moment. There's a name shouting in her head but she don't want to believe it.

"It can be Taeyong or Taeil tho." She whispered then laughed.

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Seomin, Chahyun and Star are walking on the hallway of their school. They saw a crowd nearby and went to it to see what's happening.

"Wow! Jiyong is really great! He ranked first again!" Someone exclaimed.

"Oh no. Where's my name?"

"I can't see. Excuse me please!"

"Omo. Let me out of here!"

"Oh my! I'm sixtieth! I'm sixtieth!"

Seomin gasped as she listened to the crowd. "I think this one's the result of our third quarter!"

"Ah right. I ranked seventeenth last time. Oh my, did my hardships work?" Chahyun exclaimed.

"I became serious this quarter so please give me a good grade!" Star prayed.

They went inside the crowd and after a few pulls and pushes, they got to see the list of the top 100 students of the school.

"Where's my name?" Star whispered as she is scanning her name from the top 51-100 students.

"Yah! Star!" Chahyun suddenly shouted then hit Star's shoulder hardly.

"Ouch! Hey, what's your problem?"

Chahyun grinned at her then pointed to the list, "You made it to the top 10!"

Star's eyes widened as she saw her name. She ranked tenth in their whole batch.

"Oh my goodness! Kyaaaaaaah!" She began screaming in happiness and even hit Seomin's shoulder.

"Omo. I ranked fourth this time!" Chahyun exclaimed. "Congratulations to me! Waaaah!" Then she hugged Seomin.

"Wow. You guys did great. I can't see my name. I think I failed making it to the top 100. Again."

"You can't!" Star pouted, "Let's search for her name. Ppalli!"

They searched and searched and finally saw Seomin's name.

"Wow! You're the hundredth!" Chahyun exclaimed.

"You still made it! Haha!" Star tapped Seomin's back who looks happy to see her name. She failed last time but now, she defeated the other students and finally made it to the top 100.

After looking at their grades, they went home and proceeded to the company. They still have trainings to attend for today.

"It's dance lesson for today, right?" Star asked.

"Yep." Seomin said happily, still thinking of the good news she had earlier.

"Ugh. My thighs hurt." Chahyun said while punching her right thigh.

"Oh. Good luck." Star said then laughed.

"Not my fault." Seomin shook her head while grinning.

"You guys really are my friends. Tsk." She frowned and headed to the dance studio. The two followed her while laughing.

As they reached the studio, they froze as they saw  familiar faces in the room.

"Yah, is it really dance lesson time?" Chahyun asked.

Seomin checked her small notebook to check for it, "Yeah. I can't be wrong."

"Then why..."

"Annyeonghaseyo!" The boys greeted them.

"Come in!" Yuta said while smiling brightly.

"The other studios were being used right now so we have to share rooms." Johnny explained.

"Aaaahhh..." Chahyun and Seomin said and they both nodded.

"Unnie! Here!" Hime said from a corner.

They walked towards her except for Star who's looking straight to the floor. She can't move and again, she's trembling.

'Is he here? Can he see me?' She asked in her mind.

She closed her eyes and heaved a sigh and walked to Hime's place without looking at anyone except for the girls.

"Why does it have to be like this?" Star whispered.

"What? Are you saying something?" Seomin asked her.

"Ah, none." She just smiled at her.

She silently sat on the floor and fixed her eyes to her shoes.

'Sucks. I haven't seen him yet I feel like this again.' She said and scolded herself for being paranoid again, thinking of the possible things to happen.

She felt a vibration from her pocket and it was her phone. She received a message from him and it was only a simple 'Hi'.

She quickly looked for Ten and she saw him chatting with Yuta and Johnny. Beside him was Taeyong who's holding his phone.

"It can't be..."

She replied 'hi' and she watched Ten. He just continuously chatted with the others. But there's Taeyong who checked his phone.

She didn't receive a reply and it's killing her. She badly wants to know who exactly is the stranger she's talking to.

"Why is Sejoon hyung not yet around?" Taeil asked.

"He's busy." Hansol answered.

"When will we start?" Doyoung asked.

"Dunno." Jaehyun said then stood up, "Let's just start stretching then let's practice our dances."

The Rookies stood up and did stretching. Then they practiced their dances like Bassbot, 0701 and Super Moon.

She often look at Ten and at some times, their eyes meet. Ten once smiled at her but she just looked away from him. She's too shy to smile back.

After practicing, Sejoon entered the room.

"Looks like you have practiced on your own."

"Ne!" They answered.

"I'm sorry, we just had a meeting. You can take this time as a break. I'm going." Than he quickly left.

"YES! LET'S ALL REST!" Ten exclaimed.

The room was filled with the trainees' uproar for the sudden break.

Most of them left the room to go somewhere. And it was only Ten, Taeyong, Jaehyun, Seomin and Star left.

"Let's go." Ten went out of the room first. Jaehyun and Taeyong are still fixing their things.

Star followed Ten with her phone in her hands. She went out of the room and looked for him. He's still not that far so she ran towards him.

"Ten, wait!" She called him. Ten faced him and he was shock.

"Hey, what are you doing?" He asked in surprise.

"I just... want to know something."

Ten's forehead knotted, "What about? Or maybe let's talk about it later. Intolerable eyes are around. They might misunderstand us again." He said in a soft voice.

Star opened her phone without listening to what Ten said. She immediately dialled the number of him and it's ringing. But there's no rings from Ten. Her forehead knotted in confusion.

The call was answered and her heart skipped a beat.

"Yo-yoboseyo?" He answered.

She can't speak. The person she's expecting to own the number is in her front, staring at her and he's only standing. Beans of sweat formed on her forehead. She's breathing hardly.

"Who are you?" She whispered while looking directly on Ten's eyes. Ten looks confused right now while watching her.

"Taeyong-ah, let's go!" She heard from the other line. That sounds like Jaehyun.

She immediately ran back to the dance studio with her heart beating fast. She felt her knees melting but she still continued. She's trembling in nervousness.

She opened the door of the studio and found Taeyong with his phone placed on his right ear.

"This is Taeyong." Taeyong said that Star heard from the phone too.

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AN: I saw a comment about Chanwoo. I didn't mean that he was iKon's Chanwoo. I just thought of this name as Star's younger brother. I'm sorry.