After Hyungwon had a stern talking to from the author, as well as some time to himself, he seemed to have lowered the simmer of his sass to a more reasonable temperature.
Later that afternoon, more towards the evening than afternoon really, we all regrouped at a nearby restaurant for dinner.
As a group we looked absolutely freaking ridiculously, all of us in hats, sunglasses and baggy sweatshirts as to not have a repeat of the first time we went out to eat. The place we went to was known for a big room in the back of the restaurant that companies or large groups of people could rent out for private dinners or events, and of course it was already booked- we had hoped that it would be empty for us to use but alas, it was not. Hence the interesting...apparel choices from us.

As expected, tensions were high in the group since the discovery of IM and me in the janitors closet earlier today. Although Hyungwon was still more concerned about the fact that the two of us are apparently vampires. (Which I can safely say, we are not.)

The rest of the members thankfully were more concerned with real issues, like clearing I.M.s name after the fiasco with the reality show finale.

The 8 of us found a small booth in the back corner and ordered enough ramen for all of us. While we waited for our food- the important, non-vampire issues were confronted. "So- about I.M looking like a scum bag-" Hyungwon spoke up.

"Okay, okay- What Hyungwon means," I sighed " is that, we need to find a way to make I.M. seem like...well, what Hyungwon said, a scum bag. We need to clean up his image."

Everyone kind of just stared blankly at me for a moment until of all of the members, Jooheon spoke up.

"Well, why don't you just take it to social media- just post a picture of you and him about his awesome job acting on the show."

I paused for a moment, letting the idea sink in. Wow....that actually wasn't a bad idea! What the heck Jooheon, why have you been holding out on me?!? I did my best to keep my cool and not flip over Jooheon having a great idea.

"Sounds good to me- what do you guys think?"  Of course I asked the question at the wrong time because in that moment all of our Ramen was brought to the table by our waitress, so the guys were busy stuffing their faces instead of listening.

Well either way, I think it's a great idea. So, I texted I.M to meet me in the alleyway behind the restaurant when he was done eating so we could talk in private and walk back to starship together, a plan fully worked out.