"Hi!!" The boys all shouted in unison.

"Um, hi." Was all I could choke out.

Why did I suddenly get so nervous? The two guys without shirts laughed and slipped some tees over their heads before speaking.

"Sorry," The one said, "It's hot as hell in here."

It took me a minute to feel the searing hot flames in the air. "Yeah." I said, "Why don't you open the windows?"

The boys shrugged. "We don't want to rip them open and break 'em. They're all glued shut or something."

I laughed, "Where's your room key?"

All of the boys laughed while the shortest stood and reached into a drawer. "Why do you want our key, hmm?" There was a teasing sound in his voice and a wiggle in his brow. I laughed too.

"Oh, nothing drastic." I said, "Just to walk in and kill you in your sleep.  C'mon hand it over."

Reluctantly he tossed it to me and I caught it. I spun to the window and reached up to insert the key in a hidden slot on the frame. Turning it , there click of the gears before my hand took the key out and opening the window with ease.

All the boys looked at me with shock. I gave the key back.

"Seriously?" One in the back yelled, "All we had to do is put in the key? I never felt so stupid in my life!" Everyone laughed again.

The short one turned back to me and stuck out a hand, "My name's Pr-" He coughed and stuttered, "Sorry, it's Jimin."

I took his hand shyly and shook it. "Clara."

The guy with the blonde hair spoke next, "RapMonster,"

The man who yelled earlier, with the same colored hair as Jungkook piped up,
"I'm Jin!"

Another person with a reddish-brown tinted hair gave me a peace sign with his fingers, "Suga.' He said, "Swag." I laughed at that.

Sharp-jaw in the back claimed himself as J-Hope and the person that constantly muttered, " Money, money, money." Or whatever was V. He must really be into money.

"So," Jimin said, looking at Jungkook. "Why'd you bring a girl to your room? He winked and I swear heat flamed in my cheeks. Jungkook also turned red and somewhat stuttered.

"N-nothing l-l-like that." He said, "She's my friend. I thought Y-you might've wanted to meet her." The guys laughed as Jin punched them all.

"Yah!" He said, "Don't be so mean to the maknae!"

I raised an eyebrow and turned to Jungkook. "What does Maknae mean?" Again I was stared at. RapMon stood up and strode over to me.

"How do you not know what maknae means? You look Korean."

I shook my head at him. A lot of people say I look like a lot of other races that I am not. Spanish, Hmong, Lao, I've heard it all. Mum says I got my looks from it from dads side. Apparently he has some Chinese heritage. But I don't look like either of my parents. In fact, I don't look like anyone in my family. Mom has blonde waves and green eyes and dad has brown and brown. None of my grandparents, or any family member I can remember has black curls or blue eyes. It was a mystery.

"Not that I know of," I replied, "And besides, do you know any asians that have blue eyes? Not to be racist or anything."

Everyone exchanged glances before tearing away.

"We actually knew an asian with blue eyes. And that person was a full blooded asian too, no other races were mixed in."
RapMon stated silently. As he said this, everyone went silent with a thick sense of sorrow.

"Um..Maknae means the youngest. I'm the youngest of the group of us." Jungkook said. The boys nodded in agreement. I felt the tension grow, it was not comfortable.

"Okay."

Jungkook passed the guys their coffees while I sat in a desk chair. I took out my phone and sent a text to Lexie explaining the class schedule change. She responded with a fast 'ok'. Then she logged off.

The guys resumed their card game.

"Hey Clara," Jungkook said out of nowhere, "You said you were turning sixteen. When's your birthday?"

I tapped my nails against the chair, "Two days, Friday night."

The guys quieted down for a second.

"Cool!" Jungkook said, "Friday birthday's are awesome!"

I smiled slightly, "Yeah."

After watching a few rounds of 'Go Fish'. I bid my goodbyes and left for my own dorm.

"Come on over any time you want Clara!" They called behind me. I grinned and shouted back,

"Alright! You asked for it!" I could hear them howling in laughter all the way down the hall. My phone went of in a sudden burst of pings. I glanced down at my seven new contacts.

It looks like I did made new friends after all.

Once I got back to my room I kicked off my boots and plopped down at the desk with my drawing. I wonder what RapMon meant by, "We once knew an asian with blue eyes," DId that mean their friend of whatever is deceased? Now I feel bad.

With a pencil, I added some shading into a few places. Between a couple lines and a few corners. I watched my drawing come to live before my eyes, a smile on my lips.

With my eyes still glued to the paper, the room flew into a beautiful, lush garden with large hedges and various​ plants that lit up the area with their beauty. There was thousands of flowers.

     I was running, but I seemed even shorter and wore a light, frilly white and pink dress. I spun around to face a boy as small as me. Probably the same age. He had dark black/brown hair and big warm brown eyes. His skin was as colorless as a cloud, but he was no less beautiful. He wore a simple white button up with black slacks. I smiled at him, "Catch me Kookie Oppa!" He grinned and ran after me. Our squeals of joy filled the air.

"Oh for heaven's sake Clara!" Lexie groaned, shoving me out of the chair and from the dreamstate. "If you're so tired, go to bed! It's late anyways." I glanced at the clock. It was ten something.

That dream..was a new one. I've never seen that boy in my dreams, it was usually just me, or, well, no-named girl I portrayed and the big-guy. Her father? And she used the word Jungkook taught me too, oppa. Doesn't that mean older brother? Or friend? Maybe he was just a friend that wanted to play, or maybe he was her older brother. And she probably only said, 'oppa' because it was a new word fresh in my mind that I have thought about a lot. It had to have merged into my dreamstate as I was getting into it.

"Yeah, sorry. I zoned out I guess." I shrugged. Lexie shook her head as she threw her things to the floor.

"I see." She murmured, "So, what'cha do all afternoon?"

Smiling, I turned to her, "Met the transfer kids and made some friends."

"Not surprising, fresh meat probably got attracted to you at first sight. I mean, you're gorgeous! Not to mention friendly. You've got tons of friends."

I laughed, "I got you, Amelia, Chase and Toby."

"Yeah!" She yelled, "Exactly! That's a bunch. You could have the whole school after you if you simply tried."

"Nah, I'm good. I got seven more friends today, I think that's enough already."

"Wow, seven transfers?" Lexie gasped in awe.

"Yup." I said, "And I think I'm friends with them all."

Lexie high-fived me before grabbing her clothes and rushing to the showers. I changed into soft leggings and a tee shirt and laid in my bed.  I closed my eyes and waited for sleep that never came. Instead under my eyelids I saw myself staring into the eyes of Jungkook and the gang.

I smiled.