its been two hours since keira arrived. she had already finished cleaning the entrance, organising the many numbers of shoes into the wardrobe adjacent to the front door. there were only a few pairs left outside because there wasnt enough space left. both the hallway and living room as been tidied and vacuumed and she had just finished washing all the dishes in the kitchen and laying them out on the wide counter to dry. the whole table space in the kitchen was covered with racks and towels for the sweating pots and pans.
pulling out her drink bottle from her bag she rested on the couch. even though she only cleaned a small portion of the house and was already slightly tired, it was actually very fun. it relieved her stress and also was good for her health since she is kind of exercising. resting her head on the behind her, she closed her eyes thinking about her accomplishments. even though it was only two spaces and a half. the amount of cleaning she did was four times what she had to do at home.
bzzz~ bzzz~
keeping her position, her hand reached for her phone in her pocket.
'hello?'
'are you still alive?'
keira looked at the screen of her phone, UNKNOWN, alerted now she glared at the tv and asked, 'who are you?'
'you cant recognise my voice?' the low cool voice asked
'umm....no?' sounding slightly annoyed
after hearing the voice chuckled quietly, it spoke clearly, 'and this is what happens even though we spent the night together?'
'j-junhyung?'
'ne~ who else would it be? haha...hows the house?'
'i love the house...' keira was suprised junhyung had her number, but come to think of it, he may have got it from Mr. Hong or joonkun. still dazed and feeling all fluttery inside she couldnt stop smiling.
'i know you love the house. who wouldnt?' he chuckled again, a low short sound that made keira shiver, it felt so good to hear, 'i mean...inside...'
'ooh~ um...shocking?' keira started laughing and junhyung followed, 'anyways....shouldnt you be busy junhyung?'
'nah~ were on a break right now~' he paused for a while then said, 'shouldnt i say the same for you?'
blushing keira didnt know what to say, did he know she was resting? 'well, im taking a break as well, your house isnt THAT easy to clean up...' looking around the living room she continued, 'i think i may have to come back often these days, i dont think ill be able to clean the entire house today....'
after another pause which felt as though it lasted for minutes, junhyung commented, 'well, thats good. ill get to see more of you then...'
thump~ thump~
keiras heart stopped a beat and fluttered again. what junhyung just said didnt sound like a general polite comment. it had another meaning...another purpose....why is he so good at doing this to her?
quickly carrying on after hearing nothing from keira junhyung concluded, 'i have to go now~ were starting again~ bye~'
slowly recovering from the sudden mix of thoughts and emotions, all she could come up with at the time was, 'um.yeah.bye.' thinking that junhyung would have hung up, keira kept the phone against her ear, her focus was more on what to do, then moving her hand, but then she heard junhyung talk again.
'bye...' it was only after three seconds of silence that he ended the call.
okay...that was interesting...taking a few more minutes to recover from her brain overthinking everything keira headed upstairs to clean up.
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'i cant wait to see what our house will look like!' yoseob jumped into the three hyungs conversation.
'dont expect too much yoseob~' dujun said calmly
'its going to take a while to clean everything...' hyunseung added.
'aigoo~!' dujun exclaimed after yoseob pouted and nodded, ''i still cant believe shell be going into our rooms!! scratching his head he continued to complain, 'what if she is one of THOSE fans who will create scandals or steal our things for her own stalkish ways? we hardly know anything about her...and boss lets her into our house just like that?'
hyunseung nodded, quietly thinking about what dujun had just said, as yoseob skipped away avoiding the negative and slightly unnerving thought. even though he hardly looked at keira ever since they were introduced and also that he never talked to her personally, it was still hard for him to agree with what dujun had said about her. but as soon as he joined dongwoon on the floor he dropped the whole thought about keira and girls because he was always slightly awkward around them. bored, he decided to play with dongwoons recently dyed brown hair.
'shes not like that.' junhyung stated, a bit offended.
suprised hyungseung asked, 'what do you mean?' after realising that it was junhyung who said it and also what he said.
'shes not that kind of person...' junhyung repeated looking into the space between hyunseung and dujun. he recalled all the moments he was with keira, none of the things she did were even close to 'those' fans dujun had mentioned.
dujun stared at junhyung speechless for a moment but before he was able to say anything the photographer shouted, 'okay~! we're done now guys...you can go now~ thank you for your hard work!!'
jumping quickly into his leader role, dujun turned around, smiled and bowed saying, 'ah~~ no~ thank you for your hard work~!' but before he continued his conversation with junhyung, he turned back around to find himself looking at only hyunseung. 'where is junhyung?'
replying slightly bored yet confused, hyunseung replied, 'he just walked off'
'aish~ jinja, this boy...' dujun sighed putting his hands on his hips.
coming out of the changing rooms, gikwang farewelled the two on the floor then walked passed dujun and hyungseung, 'hyungs...i have to go now~ ill see you guys tonight!!'
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'huh...' keira opened the second room upstairs, 'this must be...?' looking at a collage on the wall, mostly filled with hyunseungs selcas, 'hyunseungs room.' very sure of herself, she began picking up the piles of clothing scattered all over the floor and threw them into her huge basket. after changing and making hyunseungs bed, she went to vacuuming and tidying his makeup table.
'well....thats a lot better' keira commented on the finished room and put her hands on her hips smiling widely.
picking up her cleaning gear, she heard a rustling in the room next door. frozen to listen to the sound she realised that there was someone else in the house. it shouldnt be BEAST, they should all be on their schedule...OHMYGOD...a robber? as she ran thousands of thoughts through her head, keira armed herself with the vaccuum extension, which was a long metal tube, and tiptoed out of the room into the hallway. the door to the room which was at the very end of the hallway, where the intruder was in was slightly open. peering through the gap she saw a shadow move. gripping the tube tighter she slowly pushed the door a little then bursted in. all of sudden the figure walked infront of her from behind the door.
‘yah!’ she swung the tube like a samurai with his katana and the end of the extension landed right under the persons chin, above the collarbone, her movement halting at his neck.
‘woah~!’ the boy grunted lifting his hands up, ‘becareful there~’ the boy stared at keira.
keira stared at the boy.
...
...
shaking his head a bit to stop what he was thinking about, he clear his throat.
‘w-who are you?' keira demanded at this handsome boy, slightly flustered at his gorgeous face she had to blink a few times to check if she was seeing right, ‘why are you here?!’
to be honest, never in keiras life, has she ever seen a guy that made her go, 'OH..MY...GOODNESS...' and drop her jaw. well, she has actually never even seen handsome guys ever in her life. but it feels as though all that waiting and wishing, that, finally, her wishes were answered. not slowly one by one, instead it seems the boys shell meet supposedly later on were all put together, in the same time and place into her life. sure, she gawked and felt her soul fly when she first saw junhyung and then the others in the studio. but this guy. this guy. is....perfect....WAIT...WHAT?! i dont even KNOW this guy and im saying he is PERFECT?! he is an INTRUDER...A THIEF! maybe even a STALKER! and im all goo-goo eyes for him? PATHETIC KEIRA!
‘um...I live here...’ the boy responded gobsmacked, oh...he lives here...huh? HE...lives...HERE?? then he started laughing a cute yet hearty laugh, probably at keiras expression, ‘you must be keira….right?’ the boys eyes turned into little crescents as he smiled, ‘im gikwang, a member of BEAST’ he secured his hands around the end of the vacuum extension and slowly pushed it down as keira stood there embarrassed, shocked, stiff and unresponsive. ‘im sorry to have scared you. I just came to pick up a few things. I have to head back to the studio to record soon...if you don’t mind...’ eyeing the tube and taking it off keiras hands, he put it down slowly against his bed.
‘i-im so s-sorry~’ keira finally found her tongue though she was stuttering. shaking her head and frowning.
‘haha~ its okay~ I should have mentioned that I was coming here and told you or something hehe’ scratching his head. 'we havent met before aye?' he chuckled and held out his hand, 'let me introduce formally...im Lee Gikwang of BEAST...hehe'
keira focused hard on this boys face, true...he still had make up on. eyeliner above his large eyes, foundation on his already perfect skin. keira quickly took out her hand and looked at where his hand was so she could complete the shake. as soon as their hands touched gikwang stopped smiling. keira flick her head up to look at gikwang. during that split second they touched a fire burned through both of them. both their hands were warm. but as soon as they joined something clicked. as they remained in that position for as long as they were frozen, time ticked by.
thumpthumpthumpthump~
what is this?...this feeling? ive....ive never felt this way before....well...only once and that was when i first kissed my ex-girlfriend...the hairs on my neck are standing up, my heart is beating fast, i...i cant move my hand. who is this person? she looks just as confused and shocked as i am. her eyes...
...............
*silent sudden gasp*
his hand...it feels so smooth yet secure. they feel so perfect against mine. his eyes. his nose. his lips...his mouth...it was open, i think he is just as shocked as i am...did he feel it too? this warm, fluttery feeling...the igniting burn...? i feel like ive known him, like i have been in love with him my whole life, but it took me till now to find him.
'umm...' clearing his throat again, and slowly moving his hand away, glancing once more at keira he looked at the clock, ‘oh!...I have to go now or else ill be late...um....yeah...im sorry again if I scared you....er....nice to meet you keira~!’ he said politely bowing, he picked up his bag and walked out the door. stopping halfway he turned around, 'so ill see you around then...' holding his smile for a few seconds, he jogged down the hallway. standing there numb, keira could hear the garage door open, and then after a few minutes, close. leaving her in complete silence. the emptiness of the house seemed to make the past few minutes just a dream. an imagination.
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beep~ beep~
taking up his phone from his pocket junhyung looked at the screen.
1 new message
clicking it, he chuckled.
-text start- yah~ yong junhyung! where did you go? i wanted to go get ice cream but you left. dujun said i cant go if im going alone...none of the others wanted to come...im sad...anyways...where are you? can we meet? -text end-
replying back with the name of where they were to meet. junhyung changed his direction and started walking to the cafe hang out Green Mug. finding a place quiet and private he sat down near the corner where one wall was painted deep green and the other was glass. he sat there people watching, busy wondering about what other peoples lives we like, their troubles, their work, their love.
'umm...junhyung?'
someone was waving infront of his face. turning around he realised yoseob had already arrived.
'ah~ youre fast~' junhyung smiled.
'of course!! i LOVE the Green Mug!!' yoseob bounced
'yes...you love everything...' junhyung mocked, then smiled, 'so...whats up?'
dropping his smile and looking down at his hands, this boy could change moods in split seconds, yoseob finally replied, 'i should be saying that to you...'
sighing, junhyung looked out the window again, he didnt want to tell anyone. not even yoseob. its not that its personal or anything, the boys told each other EVERYTHING...it was hard to stop another member talking about themselves even though everyone doesnt want to hear. it was just that, he didnt even know what was happening to him. he doesnt know how to explain.
'i noticed youve been very...um...lets say...different....everytime...keira is brought up' yoseob suggested slowly.
'yes, i suppose so'
'you like her?'
'i dunno'
'i dont think the others have noticed...' yoseob flicked his eyes to and from junhyung and his hands to check if he was annoyed but when he noticed junhyungs face never changed, he continued, 'dujun is busy worrying about his drama, hyunseung is busy focusing on our dance choreography, gikwang is busy going everywhere and dongwoon...is dongwoon...who were you REALLY with last night?'
'i think you know already, yoseob' junhyung finally looked at yoseob with a battling look. he doesnt know what to do. but since yoseob knows, he might as well go along with it.
'ah~ junhyung...i REALLY dont know-' yoseob stopped immediately, 'keira??'
junhyung conitnued his look on yoseob
'you-you were with keira? last night?' yoseob asked shocked. he seriously did not know that they were that close already, 'waah~ jinja~...' leaning back into his chair he put his thoughts together, 'wow~ you guys were closer than i thought' he nodded to himself.
'i only met her that day she was introduced to us. but it feels as though ive known her for months. i dont know what i feel because ive never felt this way...i dont know IF i like her THAT way...but this morning, when dujun was talking about her like that i got defensive. she not like that yoseob. you should know that.....shes....wonderful' junhyung hesitated with the last word. hes never in his life used that word before. it felt so wierd and awkward for him to hear his own voice say such a word.
eyes wide open, a large smile slowly formed on yoseobs lips, 'aah~~ our cool, yong junhyung is in love~~~' yoseob began wiggling in his chair, it was so hard for him to contain himself, finally he was able to see this moment happen and finally one of the members found a girl.
'YAH!' junhyung shouted, then quietening down, 'dont say that! its probably just a crush...its not...love yet...' but the thought of him falling in love made him feel happy for some reason. not that he WAS in love...but that he may have found someone.
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yawning, keira stretched as she walked down the stairs. she has finished nearly 3/5 of the house. looking at her watch, it was 7pm already. as soon as her mind processed the time, her stomach rumbled. groaning, she headed over to the kitchen and took out some ramen. as she boiled the water she went over to the living room and turned on the tv. she flicked through the channels and stopped on the music program. i wonder if BEAST will be on. sitting there waiting she memorised a few group names and songs, singing along to those she found catchy. very slowly, keira began sliding sideways, down onto the couch. her eyes became heavy and the music playing became muffly.
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'yobusayo?' yoseob answered his phone, 'ah~ dujunie~....um...ne....ne....araso...ne.
'you guys go~ im a bit tired.'
'are you going home?' yoseob pouted
'yeah~ ill see you tomorrow then~ bye.' standing up from his chair junhyung walked off. yoseob kept his eyes on him the whole time till junhyung got into his car, started it and drove off.
sighing and bowing his head yoseob whispered, 'aigoo~ i have a feeling that some things are going to happen soon.'
parking his car into the garage, junhyung walked into the house. the lights were on. curious and cautious he walked boldly up the stairs checking out each room. dujun, hyunseung and gikwangs rooms were spotless. ah~ right~ keira. heading back down the stairs walking past the living room and into the kitchen he stopped halfway. thinking whether something was wrong with his eyes or what, he realised the tv was on and that there was a figure on the couch. frozen, he observed. this persons face was hidden facing the back rest of the couch. slowly stepping forward junhyung turned the body towards him gently. his heart stopped a beat and fluttered. keira.
after turning off the tv. junhyung gently lifted her up. one arm under her neck, the other under her legs and carried her to his room. realising his room wasnt cleaned yet, he blushed. his room was horrible. mental check. clean room up straight after. he decided to carry her upstairs into gikwangs room since hes hardly at home. stepping lightly up the stairs and through the hallway, he used his leg to push the door open. walking around the bed to the otherside, he carefully laid keira down and pulled the duvet from under her to cover her body, freezing halfway when she moved a little. finally, he sighed, looking down at her. she was so peaceful. so beautiful. bending down he inched his face closer to hers....and brushed away the hair on her face. smiling when he saw her smile, he tip toed out the room and shut the door.
content with the way his room looked after he chucked everything around and put his dirty clothes in a neat pile, he was exhausted and got ready for bed. it wasnt hard for him to sleep tonight, especially since keira was under the same room as him. like a baby would have been the suitable name to describe how he slept.
'ah~ home sweet home! its been awhile!' gikwang sighed as he unlocked the front door. he has come home recently, he was home this morning, but he never stayed over and the case with this morning was that he came back at 10am after a short snooze at the studio and realised that the boys were already awake, so he didnt go to sleep. he dropped his bag as he walked through the living room into the kitchen.
'oh! RAMEN!!' he smiled and picked up the bowl, 'oh! boiled water!' he touched the boiler which was still hot, 'kekeke, thank you, hyung~' gikwang chuckled and began pouring the water.
eating it happily as he leaned against the kitchen counter, he realised that the living room and kitchen was really clean, 'ah~ jinja...keira is really good~' feeling full, he washed the bowl since the sink was empty and things could actually be washed. he headed up to his room. slumping and feeling his eyes droop, he opened his door. keeping the light turned off, he glided to the bathroom and cleaned himself up. makeup off and sweat off.
'finally~' gikwang yawned. lifting up the duvet he slipped in the right side of the bed and fell straight asleep.
feeling the bed move a little, keira was wakened slightly but kept her eyes closed and shrugged. this bed is so comfortable. falling slowly back to sleep, she turned around to face the other side, somehow knowing that she wasnt alone, her arm automatically wrapped themselves around something warm, and muscly. sighing because it felt good she was back, fast asleep.
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