Soo Mi's POV

"I was thinking about just going for it and asking Eunha out."

As soon as these words left Tae's mouth, my pencil slid neatly across the picture I was drawing in my sketchbook, causing me to groan internally. It has been an hour or so since I got my book back from Haewon unnie by threatening to call Hobi Oppa's Eomma and tell her about this. She had sent the book back through Joonie Oppa and Jinnie Oppa, who was coming back from a meeting with one of the choreographers.

Jungkook started, "Right choice, hyung. I think she is perfect for you. What do you think, noona?"

I was about to give a befitting reply for the teasing tone in his voice when Yoongi Oppa replied instead, "Why are you asking her, Jungkook? It's Tae's life; it's he who should decide! So I don't see a point in asking Soo Mi about it." I nodded in approval before turning back to redoing the destroyed parts of my drawing.

"But I want to know what her thoughts are, hyung," I decided that not looking up would be the best decision when I heard the pout in Tae's voice, "Almost everything I've done in my life has been approved by Petal. Because she is one of the most special people in my life. Because she is my best friend!" I flinched a bit.

Guess who just got friend-zoned.

"You can go kill her for all I care, Tae," I said in the most nonchalant tone I could muster, "But honestly, as Yoongi Oppa said, I should have no say in this. It's your life after all. As our Sarang wisely put it, 'people change when someone comes into their life', so you can go on. I don't like her, but whatever." The last part was quite incoherent but I think most of them heard by the way they laughed.

I looked up and saw Tae staring at the floor with a contemplative expression. He wouldn't date her, I thought, would he? My heart tugged painfully at this, and I exhaled heavily, going into thinking mode as well.

What if he did?

What would I do?

Before I could overthink anymore, my phone started ringing. My face brightened immediately noticing the caller ID. I took the call.

"Eomma Kim! How are you doing?" I heard her laugh a bit on the other end before she said, "I'm doing very well, child, thanks to God and your crush on my son."

My face dropped a bit at this but I asked, "How's Appa Kim?"

"I'm doing great, Soo Mi-ah! How are you?" I heard Appa Kim yell from near Eomma. Tae's family was so hyper all the time that all it took was only a few words with them to cheer someone up. I chuckled before answering with an 'I'm fine'.

"Child," Eomma Kim started, "I had to listen to Tae ranting about a certain 'Eunha' for almost an hour last night. Anything I should know about?"

I sighed, biting my lip, before smiling to not make it obvious, "Nothing much. He's trying to go on a date with her, that's all." I laughed a bit, making sure that it didn't appear forced, "He's so crazy over her that (it hurts) it's too cute for us."

There was silence for some time, before Eomma Kim continued in a quieter tone, "Are you okay, Mi?"

I felt a lump in my throat, but I smiled, "Of course Eomma."

She hummed before saying, "You better be. I'll talk to you later, yes? Tae's Appa seems to need some help here."

"Okay, Eomma. Bye!"I smiled at the phone as I hung up, and turned to Tae, "Your Eomma is truly amazing. She is like-"

"N-noona?"

All of us turned simultaneously towards the door, where stood a quite tall raven-haired boy.

I gasped before ushering him in, "Binnie! It's been weeks since we talked!"

I swung an arm around his shoulders, before introducing him to the others, "Guys, this is Choi Soobin. He is one of our trainees. He's great at singing. You should hear him-" "Noona stop!" The said guy whined with a blush on his face before bowing towards the seated people, "H-hello sunbaenims."

A chorus of 'hello's echoed around the room before Jin Oppa remarked, "I've heard him practicing. You're really good, Soobin!" I smiled at the eldest's affectionate behavior. Binnie, being the shy little bean he is, blushed again, muttering a 'thanks'.

"So," I turned to him again, "Did you eat? I think it's the trainees' lunchtime, isn't it?" When I didn't get a response, I softly placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Binnie?" I approached cautiously, "What's wrong?" I saw Jin Oppa stand up, looking worried as well, out of the corner of my eye.

When Soobin finally looked up, his eyes were filled with tears, "H-he called us fat, a-and p-put us on a diet, noona. H-he told us t-that we didn't m-mean anything to the company, a-and t-that we should j-just g-go die in-instead of being a b-burden to-" I pulled him into a hug, as the rest of the guys stood up as well, looking angered.

"Who?" Joonie Oppa asked in a muted tone, a signal that he was indeed angry and disappointed.

"The t-trainees' dance instructor, H-hanbin-ssi," Soobin sobbed into my shirt.

Namjoon Oppa pulled out his phone and moved to a corner of the room, Jinnie Oppa in tow. The rest started comforting the crying boy, as I fished out my phone. I put the phone to my ear.

"Yeonjun?" I spoke into the phone and noticed Bin perk up at the mention of the oldest in their trainee group.

(A/N: Please note that the only trainees from TXT at the moment in the Company are Taehyun, Yeonjun, and Soobin.)

"Yes, noona?" He asked, sounding slightly scared of my tone.

"Haven't you guys been eating anything? Soobin's right beside me, so don't even think about lying."

I heard a broken sigh before Jun said, "Y-yes noona. H-hanbin-ssi t-told us-"

"Told you what, Jun?" I asked, "That you were worthless and needed to die? That you didn't need food to survive? What are you, robots? Just because someone said that doesn't mean it's true! You can't just starve yourselves!"

Tae wrapped an arm around my shoulder to calm me down, and I continued in a softer tone, "Jun, he and Taehyun are your dongsaengs. You're supposed to be the one to take care of them!"

I sighed when I heard a sob from the other line, "Hey, I'm not mad okay?"

"Hyung! Are you okay? Why are you crying?! Oh my god please don't scare me!" I heard Taehyun shouting from near Jun.

"Jun, give the phone to Hyunnie?" As soon as the phone was handed over to Taehyun, he started, "Noona! What happened?!"

"Hyun, your hyungs told me all about the nonsense your dance instructor told you." Silence. "Please don't take it to heart. Even though you are the youngest, I trust you. Take your hyungs to the cafeteria and get all of you something to eat. None of you are fat; you're unhealthily skinny. You'd do it for me?"

There was silence for a moment before Taehyun continued in a more determined tone, "Of course noona. And noona," He started before I could hang up, "Thank you."

I smiled, "It's okay. Eat well, hm?" and hung up.

I turned to Tae, my tongue poking my inner cheek angrily, "Now that that is over, we have someone to deal with."

A/N: Hope you like the chapter. Remember to love yourself and stay happy, no matter what. PM me if you need someone to talk to. Borahae!