Chapter 28: WHAT COMES NEXT. 

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"VVB my diamonds, 

I don't need 

no light to 

shine 

Bright."

-NCT: Regular- 

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| K I R U N |

This was it. The track meet. We had our own apartment complex near the Northern Campus of IUST. The entire dorm did so it was no big deal. It was owned by IUST where we were staying for the week. The boys and I shared one apartment while the girls were right beside us. This entire week was going to be a torture.

"You done showering?" called out Ahren to Kwan who was still in the bathroom. I am glad I had called dibs after Carwayn showered. This apartment had only one bathroom, one restroom, one freaking bedroom, a kitchen and a living room. I can work with it honestly. It is not like we haven't slept in smaller places than this before so we are all good.

"Yes"

I looked up from my One Piece comic book to see Kwan taking a seat in front of us. The rain was still drizzling and the sun was already down. It was past dinner time actually.

"I am hungry" muttered Kwan and I gave him a thumbs up.

"Same" said Carwayn, not looking up from his textbook. I don't get why the guy studies so much. But then again, he has been a straight A+ student since his first year in Law.

"We make something?" asked Aqua, walking into the living room. I looked up to him and smirked.

"Or we could just ask next door" I said. Kwan shifted to my side, Aqua walked to me and Carwayn kept studying. I heard Ahren yell from the bathroom, Do not begin without me.

"What is the deal with you two?" asked Kwan and I shrugged. Carwayn scoffed but still did not look up to us.

"I SAID TO WAIT FOR ME!" I sighed and placed my comic on the sofa.

"Let us wait for Ahren" I told them and the two groaned.

"Ahren, hurry your lazy ass up please!" yelled Kwan and I was taken back by his approach. Kwan was never the impatient one.

"Jeez. I just want to know" he muttered causing Aqua and I to laugh.

Ahren finally made an entrance, pulling his tees on top as he did so.

"Speak" he said, running his hand through his wet hair like some dog.

"Jeez." muttered Kwan, pulling him down to sit infront of him on the floor. Kwan then proceeded to dry the idiot's hair. Ah their relationship is what I would never understand.

"So what is exactly going on between you two?"

"I like her, she may like me. We are not official though. I need to ask her out formally" I said in the shortest manner possible.

"Ah...... why don't you just ask her if she likes you?" said Kwan.

"I think she does like you" replied Aqua, who was now drying Ahren's hair.

"Are we done?" asked Carwayn and the boys glared at him. I chuckled though. I knew he knew everything.

Let me tell you something about my best friends.

Carwayn Huxley is the cynic who somehow knows everything. Don't ask how. He looks stoic but he's actually not.

Baek-Hyun Kwan was the slow one who hardly got angry. He was the calm one. Except when he loses his cool, its a mess.

Laquan (Aqua) Zhang was the prudent one. One who thought of the future and he was a wise one. We know he'll never let us make stupid decisions.

Ahren Denzel was the baby of the group. He is the youngest and gets away with everything. He is the most cheerful one amongst us. He is also weird in many ways.

"Let's call and check what they have for dinner" suggested Aqua and we nodded.

"But before that, we need to work on Kirun's proposal. Let's face it, if this guy does it. Indah will probably reject him." stated Ahren and I hit his head in offence.

"Rude"

"But true" said Carwayn and I rolled my eyes.

Before I could call, Ahren was already on call with Lord knows which one.

"Yes Ayaka. Yes. We are hungry. Yes Ayaka. We have no food"

I looked over to Carwayn and smirked. His eyes were glued to the textbook but I knew he wasn't reading. He was listening. I knew that much about this cynic human.

"Oh okay. We will be right- Oh you guys....... will come? Sure. I mean all good I guess"

"What is is?" asked Kwan from behind him. Ahren hushed him before hanging up.

"They have food and they are coming over" he said and I shrugged. It was no biggie.

"Look for movies, we might as well watch movies"

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"What are we watching?" questioned Kanak, sitting on the rugged floor, pulling Daw down with her.

"Moana" I looked over to Ahren with wide eyes. Why are we watching that?!

"Excuse me what?!" I glanced over to Asteria entering the scene.

"Moana"

"PLEASE NO!" Yelled Indah and Asteria together, causing me to flinch.

"Jeez why?" questioned Kwan, standing beside Indah.

"Kanak will talk through the entire movie" replied Indah, gesturing to Kanak. I raised an eyebrow. I was in the kitchen actually with Carwayn and Ayaka.

"She means Kanak knows the entire movie by heart. She watched it so many times" explained Ayaka to me and Carwayn and I looked back to the girls. Indah caught my eyes and smirked at me. I turned to the Carwayn.

"I will be back" He raised an eyebrow at my words but nonetheless nodded. Ayaka walked out before me and I followed her out. I walked towards the balcony where I saw the gray haired human standing.

"Hey" I say as I pull her to me. She smiled up at me.

"Hey"

"What are you doing out here? Kinda cold" I told her and she shrugged in my arms.

"I like the night air anyway"

"Sure you do." I teased her, placing a kiss on her cheeks. She chuckled.

"I am yet to tell the girls" She said after a moment of silence. I nodded. Just then something flicked in my head about what the boys had said. I probably should do this.

"Indah...... can I ask you something?" She shuffled in my arms and faced up to me. Now we were face to face.

"Yeah" she said, giddily smiling at me. Is she high on something?

"Uh- umm-be honest okay?" She nodded at me.

"Do you, even in the slightest, have feelings for me?"

| Snippet. |

Indah Giseng had always had black hair as she knew. Until she saw what she would look like if her hair color became platinum blonde. It was some application in one of her friends phone that showed her the picture and she fell in love with the color since then. She was 14 years old.

After years of convincing (3 years actually), her parents let her change the color in her senior year when she turned 18. With the best hairstylist her mother knew, her hair color changed.

She remembered the first day she walked into her high school, a prestigious Oikawa High School. Their uniform was a white long sleeve plain shirt, black, gray and white plaid skirt that fell to her knees, black tie and a black coat with their school logo and her identity badge on it.

Considering she was the good girl of the school, everyone was surprised to see her hair color changed. That day, Indah Giseng knew she made an impact on the stereotypes in her school and she was hella proud of it.

So proud that she kept the hair color for years, giving it touch ups over time despite her mothers nagging to let the color fade out. Being different is nice but breaking stereotypes is nicer.

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Anyong. Anyone knows Oikawa? 

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