Chapter 27

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Star is just silently hugging herself while sitting on the floor of the rooftop and watching the stars twinkle.

"Don't worry. I'll include your sister in my prayers." She said then looked at Yuta and gave him an assuring smile. "I know she will recover soon."

Yuta gave her a timid smile, "I hope so."

Earlier, Yuta told her his problem. After their training, Yuta checked her phone and he received a lot of messages from her mother. Her mother said that his younger sister is in the hospital because of some sort of food poisoning and she's very sick. He went to the rooftop to be alone and contacted his family but they're not answering. That's when Star entered the scene.

"I'm certain, she will."

Yuta sighed and looked at the stars, "Thanks."

"For what?" Star asked.

"For comforting me despite that... we aren't that close. I'm about to go crazy just a few minutes ago. I was thinking of flying to Japan."

Star smiled and nodded, "If you want to fly, call me."

Yuta's forehead knotted, "Huh?"

"I can be a shooting star! I can give you a ride." Then she raised her fist and acted flying like Superman.

"Yah." Yuta laughed at her, "You're trying to be silly."

"My mother said I am silly eversince I started to talk. Because I first talked to our pet dog and my first word was a dog's bark."

Yuta laughed at her, "Are you a beagle-like person?"

"I think so. Not until I entered the company. I lost my self-esteem because of the pressure here. But I'm a quite good mood maker in our class."

"Where did you inherited that ability of yours?"

She looked at Yuta and narrowed her eyes, "I think I got it from our dog." Yuta laughed out loud and even hit her weakly. "Yah, you're enjoying too much."

"Wah. Daebak." Then he covered his mouth, trying to calm his self. He's holding his tummy that is now being abused by him who laughs a lot.

Star's phone vibrated and it was Ten who is calling him.

"O-oh, excuse me for a while." She stood and went to a farther place and answered the call, "Yoboseyo?"

"Are you already on your way home?"

"Uhm, not yet. We're still waiting for Chahyun. How about you?"

"I saw Chahyun earlier and I think she's on her way to the practice room." Star bit her lips as she hear him mention Chahyun. "We're about to go but we can't find Yuta hyung."

"Ah." She looked at Yuta who's waiting for her, "Okay, take care."

"I'll text you when we got home. Take care too."

"Aight." Then they hang up the call. Star walked back to Yuta's place.

"Who's that?" He asked out of curiosity.

"Uhm. A friend from here. And he said your friends are looking for you. You better go back."

Yuta stood and wagged her body to remove the dusts on his clothes. Star just laughed at him.

"Thank you again."

"No problem. And if ever you need company, I'm willing. But I guess you don't need me that much. You have a lot of good friends around you. Don't hesitate to call them, okay? They know you better than me. They can help you better than me. I know they're always ready to listen to you."

Yuta nodded while smiling, "Yeah right. Thanks. Aren't you going too?"

Star nodded, "I'll stay just a bit more here. Go." Then she signaled him to go.

Star watched him go and then hugged herself and looked at the sky filled with stars. She smiled and then started to walk out of the rooftop.

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While staring on the ceiling on her bed, she remembered to open her Rookies Entertainment app and immediately went to Ten's schedule to sign for it. He stared at his picture for seconds and thought of how lucky she is having him. She remembered how he danced earlier and it tingles her.

"Yah, world. This is my handsome and talented boyfriend." She whispered while touching his face on the picture.

She then decided to download pictures of him. She browsed the internet and even saw predebut pictures of him. She judged him so hard with his funny predebut pictures but it was meant as a joke. Then her smile faded when he saw few pictures of him with girls.

"Oh my what's this?" She asked in dismay. "Is he somewhat a playboy before? What the..."

She put her palm on her face and again stared at the picture.

"Yah, calm down. This was before." She convinced herself really hard and decided to believe her foolishness.

But when she scrolled up, she saw another picture of him with the same girls.

"YAH!"

Then a notification popped out and it was a message from Ten. She aggresively pressed the notif and read the message.

'I know you don't have trainings for tomorrow. I'll fetch you in school. Let's have a date before I become busy next week.'

Star grind her teeth but then smiled with the thought of having a date with him.

"Argh. I can't win on you." She said in dismay and sighed.

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"Yah, Star. Let's go?" Seomin asked her.

"Nah. I have to go somewhere."

"With your uniform?"

"I guess so. Be home safe, okay? Text me when you reach home."

Seomin nodded at her and held Chahyun's wrist and pulled her away. Star went to a waiting shed where Ten told her to wait. She's so excited that she can't control her emotions anymore. But she can still manage it.

A guy in cap, mouth mask and jacket sat beside her. She moved to the right to keep distance between them because he definitely looks like a bad guy who would snatch anything from her anytime. But the stranger held her wrist and she started to get nervous. She pulled her hands back but he was strong and he even moved closer to her.

"Yah, Star."

Star froze when he finally spoke. "T-Ten?"

"Who else?"

Star sighed in relief, "Yah. I thought you were a thief or what."

"Tss." He let go of her wrist, "I have to put on a disguise."

"I know." She said then frowned.

"Why are you wearing that face?" Then he stretched her cheeks for her lips to form a smile.

"Because I can't see your face."

Ten nodded, "Sorry. For now, let's buy you a dress first."

"Do I have to change clothes?"

"What will people think if they saw a student and a thief holding hands at a park?"

Star's cheeks blushed and she lowered her head to hide it. She just nodded and just stood up.

"Let's go."

"There's no bus yet." Then he pulled her back to make her sit. He just laughed at her.

They just went to a simple dress shop near Namsan where they decided to go. Star put on a simple red tee and a denim-like leggings and wore a mouth mask too in case an avid fan of Ten will recognize him and her face won't trend. She also wore a thick jacket because it's cold. She just folded her uniform and put it on her back pack. Good thing she's already wearing sandals that she got on her locker.

"Let's go!" Ten walked first and Star followed her.

"Where will we go first?" She asked while walking beside Ten with the same pace.

"Let's ride the cable car first."

Star just nodded and happily walked. But she was surprise to feel Ten's hand wrapping her left hand. She looked at their holding hands and then at Ten. She can feel her cheeks burning so she just lowered her head again.

"Do you know how many times I wanted to hold your hand like this?" He whispered at her.

"Oh my gosh, Ten. Stop it or I'll turn into a broke woman here in no time!" She said trying to shake off her overwhelming emotions. Ten just laughed at her but his laugh also made her heart skip a beat. It's strange but his laugh has a charm. He pressed her hand and intertwined it. He raised their intertwined hands and spoke, "They perfectly fit for each other."

"Yah! Stop it or I will bite you." She said while hitting his arms weakly. Good thing she's wearing a mouth mask to cover her tomato like cheeks.

"Where? On my lips?"

"Oh my God! You're hopeless!" Then she pulled her hand and ran towards the stairs leaving Ten who's enjoying laughing at her. But actually, he also have reddish cheeks right now. You can tell it through seeing his reddish ears.

He ran to follow Star on the stairs and as soon as he reached her, he grabbed her hand and intertwined it again. "I missed you."

"We're just away from each other for not less than a minute." She said while containing her self.

"I already missed you."

"Ugh. Insane."

"Because of you."

Star just giggled and hugged his arms while climbing the stairs.

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