BE PREPARED [part 7]

'yeap~ just park here, thanks.' keira pointed to the 12 storey apartment and junhyung carefully slid the car into the space infront of the building. she hopped off the car and turned around to say goodbye as junhyung scrolled down the car window. 

'thanks again junhyung~' she bowed her head

junhyung replied smiling, 'no problem~ one less thing for me to worry about.....you need me to walk you?'

'um...' keira turned to look at the main entrance only a few steps away, 'nah~ its okay~ you should probably be getting back anyways...' shrugging, she stepped back a little and waved, eye smiling.

as she turned to walk towards her apartment building, she began to regret...wishing that she'd said yes to him so they'd have a few more minutes together, and maybe if he wanted to, she could have invited him in, only just for a few more minutes. it wouldnt have hurt anyone. she liked hanging out with him, he always gave a good, calm feeling like she was protected and that she had a shoulder to rest on, plus, that she was worthy, for some reason. do i have a mental issue or something? its not like im NOT worthy or anything but for some reason, he makes me feel....special. realising that she was already standing infront of the door and also that she SHOULD invite him in, she quickly turned around to ask junhyung. okay~ its now or never. looking for his car, keira felt her heart sink. the space where he parked was empty. he left. sighing, keira dangled her keys and headed to her apartment room sulking. afterwards, even though she kept thinking about junhyung, the night and about the whole not-asking-him-in situation, it was easy for keira to go to sleep, she was very exhausted.

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'um...' keira turned to look at the main entrance only a few steps away, 'nah~ its okay~ you should probably be getting back anyways...' shrugging, she stepped back a little and waved, eye smiling. junhyung couldnt help but drop his smile a bit when she said no, but he quickly picked up himself up when he saw her eyes disappear behind that adorable eye smile.

there was something about this girl. she was real, and true. she seemed to have a bit of everything. chuckling, junhyung watched her walk slowly towards the apartment door. it looked as though she was thinking about something, or maybe she was tired. junhyung couldnt help but drive off. why is it so hard to see her walk away? what? ive only met her a day? could i really have fallen for her? annoyed that he might be thinking about this for the rest of the night, junhyung blasted the stereo, concentrating on only the road and the music.

'youve come back?' yoseob asked turning down the volume of the tv, he was the only one who turned to look at junhyung as he closed the front door. yoseob, gikwang and dujun were sitting on the couch watching a drama with the lights turned off. the living space was coloured by the lights projected from the tv.

before junhyung disappeared out of sight, dujun decided to put his curiosity to rest, 'yah~ why where you out for so long?'

stopping just out of the door frame junhyung answered, 'i met a friend~'

'who??' yoseob asked curiously, the same time gikwang turned to face junhyung, also curious.

'youll see tomorrow~' junhyung waved and walked off.

'gooood nighttt~~!' gikwang shouted after him.

'thats wierd...' yoseob turned back to the screen, 'junhyung doesnt have many friends...i wonder who it could be'

'dont stress your head out seob' dujun ruffled yoseobs hair and continued, 'he might have said that even though he was alone the whole time' dujun laughed and turned up the volume. chuckling at the comment gikwang hugged his cushion and focused on the drama.

looking at his reflection after cleaning up, junhyung sighed. 'stop thinking about HER!' he demanded. stomping to bed he took off his top, threw it on his chair and slid onto his bed. after rotating 360 degrees, he glared at the clock. 12:30. sighing again, he looked at the ceiling. 'if youre gonna think about her then you might as well think it ALL.' he said to himself, for the next two hours he kept his mind working, recalling the times he was with keira, her face, what she wore, what she said, how she moved, how she talked, her ideas, her history, everything. and then everything blurred as his thoughts became dreams. he fell asleep.

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'ahh..~~' junhyung groaned as he heard rustlings and bustlings around him. scrunching his face, he was annoyed with the noise and turned in his head to face the wall, pulling the cover over his head.

너에게 꼭 하고 싶은 한마디~

언제나 We always singing just for you~

고마워 늘 우리 곁을 지켜준~

'ah~...yah~ yoseob~...be quiet~~...' he croaked, shifting under his duvet

You.

You.

You.

It's you.

Thank you. 

Thank you.

For you~

'huh?' he lifted his head out of the cover and opened an eye, 'aish~' stretching to turn off his phone alarm which was his duet with yoseob, Thanks To. he flopped back down, peaceful at last and got himself comfortable to sleep again.

'너에게 꼭 하고 싶은 한마디~ 언제나 We`re always singing just for you~ 고마워 늘 우리 곁을 지켜 준~'

'huh?' junhyung frowned, he remembered he turned off his alarm, plus he never used the snooze function, so why is the song playing again?

'You! You! Thank you~ For you~!'

even more frustrated because he doesnt know where the sound is coming from and also the fact that his sleep was disturbed again, junhyung cursed.

'yah~ junhyung' yoseob said after hearing him swear, '...how long are you going to sleep? dujun is waiting for us downstairs~ breakfast is ready AND we need to go in 30 minutes...hurry~!' he kneeled onto junhyung bed and shook him.

'aish~' sitting up and rubbing his eyes he asked, 'what time is it?'

'um...its nearly 11'

'ah~ jinja?' sighing, he waved yoseob off the bed and slid out.

sitting back down, yoseob questioned the zombified junhyung, 'when did you sleep last night?'

'i dunno...i had trouble sleeping...' junhyung replied as he walked into the bathroom to clean up.

'oh. well then, ill be heading back down~ see you later~!' bouncing up, yoseob wide stepped out of the room.

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ring~ ring~

'hello?' keira answered the phone as soon as she finished throwing on her orange star patterned grey cardigan.

'hello keira, its me, joonkun, manager of BEAST~?'

'oh, hello~!' keira walked into the kitchen waiting for him to continue

'how are you doing today?...'

'er...good...thanks' she was never good at small talk.

'anyways, ill be coming over in 20 minutes, so be ready before that...'

'okay....it there anything ill need to bring specifically?'

'well, i suppose, just your usual stuff and a change of clothes incase? i have to drop off the boys now...ill see you soon~'

'okay, thanks, bye~' hanging up, keira thought she heard something before manager joonkuni ended the conversation...something along the lines of, aish~ do you think its alright hyung? not bothering to wonder anymore about it she checked her messenger bag for her phone, lip balm, wallet, beanie, water bottle and extra tee and jeans. check. walking into her bedroom once more to make her bed, she headed out the door to wait for joonkun.

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'yaaah~ just leave it~ boss hired her for a reason guys~ shes MEANT to clean. whats the point of doing the work? shell have nothing to do then!!' dujun demanded dongwoon and gikwang to stop cleaning up.

'hyung~ we should atleast make it look less....worse....than how it is now~' gikwang suggested

'hyung~ its a bit embarrasing~' dongwoon picked up a cushion and plumped it up, putting it gently back onto the couch, it made no difference, only that dongwoon felt a bit better.

'aigoo~ these kids...whatever! get ready now~ were leaving~'

'ne!' dongwoon answered grabbing his bag near the door and headed outside.

sighing gikwang finished what he was halfway through doing and said to himself, 'why are they so sloppy? i feel sorry for this girl....aigoo~'

'gikwaaang~ come on~' he heard yoseob shout as he saw a figure skipped pass the living room and out the door. as gikwang followed, he heard junhyung ask dujun as they hopped into the van, 'aish~ hyung do you think its alright?'

getting in last, gikwang found out that junhyung was talking about the house, 'there is so much to clean~'

sighing dujun glared at junhyung, 'well, do you want to help her then?'

'heh heh' lifting his hands to surrender from dujuns vicious glare, 'just saying...'

the rest of the ride was quiet as dongwoon fell asleep, yoseob played with a hanger on his bag, dujun studied his lines, junhyung looked out the window, hyunseung listened to his earphones and gikwang chatted with manager joonkun.

'OH! hyung~ would she be going into our rooms?' gikwang asked all of a sudden

'mmm....i suppose so~ since shell have to tidy the whole house~'

'aigoo~ haha what a relief! atleast my room is clean...' he smiled and patted his chest

'WHAT?! shell be going into our rooms? as in...going THROUGH our rooms?' dujun bursted out shocked, waking up dongwoon and yoseob from their world.

'maybe~ if you dont want her to then i can tell her~...' joonkun replied as he turned a corner, 'im picking her up later anyways'

junhyung quickly looked at joonkun waiting for him to talk more about keira but then realising he wasnt going to continue he tried to calm dujun down.

'yah~ dujun, i thought you said since shes being paid to do this, she should do all the work?' junhyung smirked but also looked slightly worried because his room wasnt really in the best condition.

'okay okay guys~ focus~...were here~' stopping the car he waited for gikwang to slid open the door for them to get off, 'good luck and fighting!' turning around to look at the boys as they disappeared.

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'um...manager joonkun?' keira turned to him curious

'just call me oppa, or joonkun' he glanced over and smiled before he turned back to focus on the road

'um...joonkun' she continued, smiling sheepishly. she knew it was normal for girls to call guys who were older, oppa, but it always seemed so unlike her...cute was not something she is fond of, ever since she saw a few episodes of a random drama she flicked onto and also some music videos, she was turned off by the whiny use of oppa by cute, girly girls. 'do you mind telling me why we are at the supermarket?'

'well, youll need things to clean up right? brooms, brushes, towels, soap, sponges, etc~?'

'ah~ i see...' nodding she began making a mental checklist on what she may need.

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'ah~' joonkun struggled with the pile of products in the trolley as they headed back to the car, 'i seriously did not know you needed this much stuff~!'

'haha...well, since you said its a...BIG....house, then well need the best things to clean up and organise. i just got a few containers because they were cheap and FULL OF QUALITY~' keira beamed, shes never been into such a big supermarket before, it felt more like a warehouse. the main place she went to was the small convenience store a few blocks from her apartment.

'well...you do know you have to pay for half of this sutf...' joonkun shrugged and smiled trying not to bring down keiras mood

'yeap~ i dont mind~ atleast ill be able to complete things faster and it will take a bit less energy~' she patted the pile, shrugging, and began loading everything into the van.

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'um...keira?' the car stopped infront of a dark painted, steel gate. keira looked at joonkun curiously from reading one of the sponge packets. 'i just want to warn you before you go in. expect the unexpected.' sighing, he continued, 'i should get to the point to save time. the house is a mess.' keria looked at joonkuns mouth as he emphasised his point. 'like seriously...youll have a lot of work ahead of you...take you time if you need to~ but youll probably be coming here very often. there MAY a possibilty that you may have to come here everyday for some small things....just maybe...but you dont need to worry about that right now~ since you have this weekend to clean up...Mr Hong as put your going to school as priority so this wont interfere with that~' he smiled and drove into the driveway when the gate opened.

keira ended up gawking again but this time, at the house. she had ALWAYS wanted to see, and BE in such a house like this. one of her major interests is architecture and interior design. she loved the modern, dark, yet see through concept fo the house. the balance between glass and the concrete and wood.

'you should go into the house first, take a look around, check out each room and space~' keira followed joonkun as she looked around at the structure of the house. unlocking the door he headed back to the car, 'ill go get the things~ dont worry~ you go first~'

turning away from him she looked into the house, 'ohmygoodness...' keira was shocked from the state of what was INSIDE the house. slowly stepping in, trying not to trample on the shoes roughly placed on the side of the wall, she began to laugh. she could see the boys tried to clean up a little after themselves, but failed. walking further into the house, she looked at the living room, someone had obviously tried to revive the cushions, there were bottles left on the table and plates piled 'neatly' in the middle. the consoles were scattered on the floor and someones jacket was left on the armrest. when she saw the kitchen she began observe the cabinets, the space and the used pots, pans, cups and bowls around the sink. for the next 30 minutes keira scanned the mess and also took note of the storage spaces there were. we done she headed back to the entrance.

'okay~ it everything alright?' looking at keira nodding he finished, 'well i have to go now, if there is anything you need just call me, ill text you my number and there are all the things you got~ good luck~ and work hard~' joonkun hesitated for a moment, scared to leave keira alone with the mission she had awaiting her, but decided to smile, wave and slowly walk away.

keira watched the black van disappear as the gate closed. shutting the door behind her, she leaned against it for a few seconds. she felt her pocket vibrate. checking her phone she saw manager joonkun sent her his number, sighing in relief. picked up her strength, she pushed up her cardigan sleeves and began her job.


*jinja = really
*ne = yes