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🗒 :: chapter ten ┊͙
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Their past meeting was cut short, and with the photoshoot commencing and getting into the flow that was needed, Aera became extremely busy, and she didn't have time to actually go up; to Jaehyun and agree, like she was originally planning on doing. 

Instead, the time moved closer and closer towards midnight, passing the mark as the shoot for that day came to a close. It was later than they had originally planned on ending, and despite it only being an hour it created a whole new sense of it being late. 

And so, Aera was pretty much convinced that due to the lateness, Jaehyun would just want to return to his dorms for the night, possibly having a schedule the next day before he returned to the rented apartment for the second night of the photoshoot.

So she didn't bother him about it, not even looking his way as she moved back into the room where they had changed, taking the clothes that they had worn for the shoot (they had changed back into the outfits they came in) and folding them up, placing items in garment bags and hanging them on the racks of clothing that had been brought up there. 

Arms folded across her chest, wooly cardigan keeping her warm in the not-so-heated room, Aera watched as the makeup artists packed up. She would be the last one to leave, and it was her job to make sure that nothing had been taken and that everything was ready for the next day - where she would come back to the apartment just like that day and prepare for the second part of the shoot. 

It was a draining though, but Aera had never been so excited to be on a shoot. And on top of all that, Mrs Choi had entrusted her with the management of the shoot, as requested by the company themselves.

And because of that, Aera felt more excited than stressed, ready to face the next day. However, what had been extremely demanding was the couple of days that she spent preparing for it. And talking of preparation, a sigh escaped her lips as she though of the other meetings she had to attend that next day. 

Taemin and SuperM were the nearest, and Aera couldn't believe that she was working with idols like the ones she would be. People who she had never even really imagined she would be meeting. 

A shadow fell over her face, shaking her out of the pleasant reverie that she had fallen into, thinking about the various upcoming photoshoots. She blinked multiple times, looking up at what had caused this shadow. 

Jaehyun stood over her, and he smiled. "I'm about to leave - willing to take up my offer? I can't really think of any other way to repay you for helping me that night." He said - seeming a little less flustered than earlier, a confident smirk of a smile on his lips.

"Sorry I didn't say anything earlier." Aera began, and Jaehyun just shook his head - it didn't matter. "But I would happily come with you." She said, and Jaehyun smiled. 

"I'll just tell my manager and we can go-" Jaehyun said, but Aera quickly stopped him from walking away. 

"I have to lock up, make sure everything's where it should be and ready for tomorrow. I can't come in as early as I did today so I have to make sure it's fine." Aera quickly told him, and the idol nodded, understanding. 

"So you'll be the last out?" Jaehyun asked, and Aera nodded. "I'm guessing it'll be at least half an hour - but I can wait." 

"If that's ok with you." The stylist looked worried for the slightly hint of a second, before being comforted by Jaehyun's quick nod, telling her that it was fine. "If you're sure." Aera confirmed for the second time, and he nodded. 

"I can wait. I don't mind - especially because you had to deal with the girl, as well as helping me." Jaehyun said, and Aera frowned. 

"You don't have to repay me, you know." She began. "Any good person should and would have done the same. You don't need to do anything, really." 

"But I want to do something." Jaehyun replied, and Aera felt her cheeks flare up in a blush.

And so that was that, they would be spending together after the photoshoot, and whilst initially they thought it would just be a one off thing, focused mainly on Jaehyun repaying her for her actions towards him and the sasaeng, it would be so much more.

And come to mean so much to them.

𝘪 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶

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