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Timeline: January 23, 2021

Scoups keeps on looking at his manager's sister. He couldn't help but look at her like he was struck by love.

Pretty… He thought to himself.

“Are you okay?” I asked, noticing that the girl beside him keeps on tugging her sweater.

“Uh…yeah, I'm fine.”

“So, you're Jaehyuk-hyung's sister,” I asked as we exited the elevator. She gave me a simple nod as her answer, making me go silent.

Our walk in the hallways had an awkward atmosphere between us, not knowing what to do or say to each other.

This is so awkward…

Before we could enter the practice room, I held her hand, which stopped her from opening the door towards SEVENTEEN’s practice room. She looked at me with curiosity written in her eyes.

“Is everything okay?” She asked me with an awkward smile.

“Yeah,” I said as I put my hand behind my neck and rubbed it. “Just wanted to make sure to inform you that…my group is kinda crazy? Haha…”

She let out a lovely laugh, making me look at her again. That laugh makes my chest feel so weird. Is this because I'm kinda nervous? Or because I still don't know how she will react upon seeing my group?

“HAHAHA…jeez, pardon me,” She chuckled with a cute smile. “I don't mind at all as long as they don't feel uncomfortable with my presence.”

I gave her a nod with a smile, leaving my dimples to appear. I opened the door towards our practice room and let her go in first. As I closed the door and went to her side, everyone inside the room had their eyes on us.

It's deadly silent…

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Heyoung stared at the unknown boys in front of her. She felt that the boys wanted to ask her some questions. She let out an awkward smile while nudging the boy beside her.

The boy felt the nudge of the girl, and he coughed to make the boys stop looking at them. And with that, the boys continued doing what they were doing before.

“Coups-ah, who's that?” The boy with medium-length hair approached them, making Heyoung stare at him.

“Jaehyuk-hyung's sister…” He looks at her, unsure about her name. “What's your name? I didn't get the chance to catch your name hahaha…”

“Ah…sorry I forgot to introduce myself earlier, my fault,” I said as I gave them my awkward smile. “I'm Lee Heyoung.”

“I'm Choi Seungcheol, the leader of the group called SEVENTEEN.” The boy who came with my brother said. “And you are?” I turned to the boy who had medium-length hair.

“Yoon Jeonghan.” He said.

“Let's go meet the others,” Seungcheol said to us.

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Heyoung is surrounded by 13 boys in the middle, while the boys are in a semi-circle form.

Scoups, being the general leader of the group, felt the discomfort of Heyoung. He signalled the boys to start the introduction.

SEVENTEEN formed a line in front of Heyoung.

“Say the name,” Scoups started, and then the rest followed. “SEVENTEEN!” All of them made a sign like it's their group hand gesture.

After saying their group's greetings, SEVENTEEN started their introduction one by one.

Heyoung started to feel comfortable around the boys as they made the atmosphere more chaotic. Feeling tired of standing to watch the chaos, I sat down near this giant mirror.

I sat down next to Wonwoo, Woozi, and Scoups(whom he preferred to let me call him).

“Heyoung-ahh, manager-hyung mentioned to us earlier that you just came back from London,” Joshua asked me as he handed some water to the guys beside me. I only give him a nod to his answer.

“Yep, I stayed in London to finish my pre-work,” I said while looking at Hoshi and Dino in front of me, both of whom are just annoying Seungkwan.

“Pre-work?” Scoups asked. “Uhh…I do some office work.” I replied.

“I returned to Seoul as soon as I finished my pre-work.” I said. “And now, Jaehyuk-oppa offered me a job here.” As soon as I said that, the boys instantly looked at me as if they were asking what kind of offer.

“Really!?”

“Job here in our company?”

“Actually, I don't know about that hahaha…” I awkwardly said while avoiding their stares, especially Scoups.

Before they could further ask, the door suddenly smashed open. Jaehyuk-oppa barged in with a frustrated face written, but it disappeared as he saw me.

“Heyoung-ahh, let's go to our lunch date,” Jaehyuk-oppa said with a soft smile and reached for my hand to help me stand up. “Sure, oppa.”

Jaehyuk-oppa led me towards the door, but before we could exit, he turned around and said, “Oh yeah, boys, thanks for accompanying my sister while I handle some business.”

As Jaehyuk-oppa exited first, I also turned around to the boys to bid farewell.

They are certainly chaotic, but it feels so weird around Scoups.