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⭑ I observe him quietly as he picks up different pieces of jewellery and watches them closely. Go-eun noona puts on a chain around my neck and closes it nodding off to herself as she finds it good enough before looking around for more accessories.

"Hmm what else?" I hear her mumble as she looks around her eyes finally landing in another chain and bracelet that Seonghwa is holding. Not saying anything she just grabs both of them from his hand making him frown which leads me to chuckle lightly at the face he makes. He notices and looks at me smirking. Oh fuck. I quickly look away from him breaking our short eye contact and try to focus on the chains noona is adding to my outfit. I see the bracelet in her hand and it's so beautiful. Silver but it had some sort of beads in between which are red.

"Goeun-ah!!" I hear our stylist call her making her yell back a 'yes' and then sigh before giving me a small smile.

"Sorry Hongjoong-shii this might take a while. Here, you can put the bracelet on and wait I'll try not take too long. Sorry!" She scurried off to the other side of the room and I see a panicking Mingi waiting of her with the other staff members.

Not paying much attention Seonghwa who's infront of me I try to hook one end of the bracelet around my wrist and fumble tiny with the clasp trying to fasten it with my other hand. It's real struggle, I even end up twisting my wrist in weird angles but I wouldn't latch. I let out a frustrated sigh and my eyes moves up to see Seonghwa's black orbs staring at me and a smile playing on his lips in the amusement of seeing me struggle with the bracelet.

"Are you going to keep smiling like that or will you help me?" I huff in annoyance making him laugh lightly and then nod.

His fingers brush against my skin and I slightly shruh a bit surprised at how cold they are. They find their way through, gently combining the clasp and the hook together and then adjusting the bracelet.

"Well here you go" he finally speaks moving his face up to look at me. "Now you owe me a kiss."

I scoff at him trying to control my smile but I end up failing as I can feel it forming slightly.

"Nuh uh Park Seonghwa you've had more than three already for today" I remind him but he rolls his eyes at me and lets out a little 'tsk' sound.

"Wow this is how you repay my kindness Kim Hongjoong? Tsk well it's okay i forgive you only because you look insanely pretty in this outfit."

I mimic his actions and roll my eyes back at him before quickly leaning in for a short kiss on his lips completely catching him off-guard because his eyes widen at my sudden move. I laugh at his face before looking back to see goeun noona still a bit busy. Gosh this outfit is getting a bit icky now it's heavy. I pout forms on my face as I look at her but wait I can just got to her myself to get a quick review from her and then change right? I turn my head around to see him still standing on the same spot just staring at thin air. My hands move infront his face as I wave them to pull him out of the trance and laugh before going off to noona.

. It's tomorrow. The day I've waited for all this time is tomorrow. Our debut showcase is tomorrow and I can't help but feel so anxious that stomach churns at the thought of it and I feel nauseous. I feel excited about it too but as the leader my worries overshadow all that excitement. After having to postpone the debut before due to my injury I did see some hateful tweets about myself and they made me sick to the core. I'm worried they might react in a bad way now calling me someone who ruined the group's original debut date. My eyes start to feel a bit glossy but I quickly wipe them with the soft blue sleeves of my hoodie. I have to stay strong. It will be okay.

"Hongjoong!" I gasp as I hear a loud voice call out my name and look beside me to see Yunho.

"You good?" He asks me and I see the concerned look on his face. I give him a small smile and nod to assure him that I'm alright.

"Don't be nervous hyung. We'll do great tomorrow!" He grabs my hands locking his fingers tightly with mine and giving me a huge grin.

"Thanks yunnie" I lay my head in his shoulder and close my eyes to get some sleep because I haven't slept since yesterday. I wouldn't be able to today either— I'm too nervous for that. However I need to get every bit of it right now even if it's little because I need myself to be perfect for tomorrow. We've gone to a few variety shows already and pre-recorded them, I hope the fans will enjoy seeing us.

I stir in after a what only felt like a few minutes of sleep feeling someone grabbing me by my arms and pulling me towards themselves. My body is met by another as my head rest onto an arm and face touching someone's broad chest. I try opening any eyes and squirming under the hold but I hear a voice speak to me telling me to go back to sleep.

"Hush joongie go back to sleep" after a few minutes I'm met by a soft surface which I can tell is my mattress and a pillow providing me comfort under my head and neck.

"H..hwa?" I call his name making him stop on his tracks and turn around to look at me. I slowly sit up and stretch my arm out hand towards him.

"Please s..sleep with...me tonight. I wouldn't be able to sleep properly I k..know it."

I hear him sigh and then move towards me quietly. He gently pushes me back to lay down by my chest and then lays down beside me. I close my eyes knowing I'm not alone and then I feel the sheets being pulled on top of me and I'm guessing him too since he's the one pulling them on me.

"Sleep now joong" I hear him whisper into my ear and then I turn around slowly hug him. I'm not sure why I feel so clingy right now but I need his touch so bad. I sense at how his body tenses up for a few seconds but then he relaxes and hugs me back.

"Are you very anxious for tomorrow?" He asks in a low voice making me nod almost immediately enough to give him my answer.

"Don't be. It'll be alright, I'm going to be right by your side so you have nothing to worry about."  I let out a small hmm and nod again making him chuckle which makes me give in to a smile as well.

"Alright then time to sleep. You seem tired."  I keep my eyes closed, my head resting on his chest as I inhale his undeniably addictive scent. I feel the warmth of this touch reciprocating on my body due his touch on me. His soothing voice has calmed me enough to make me fall asleep. The last thing I'm able to keep up with is a warm and sweet kiss on my forehead and a small "Goodnight" to me.

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