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"She was so weird. You know hyung she suddenly started posing weirdly, it was so funny to watch!" Chan laughed explaining the incident to Hoshi who was quite earnestly listening to him. "Then she walked towards to the girls table and asked for their phone. May I see your phone?" He enacted the scene.

"What is he going on about?" Minghao asked as he walked out of the recording room. Jihoon shook his head at the duo. "The same story he had been going on for last three days." He replied. "Chan-ah you are up." He called out.

"Dae, hyung!" Chan quickly replied and went back to his tale. "I really thought she was a drunkard but she was nice for calling out those girls for clicking our pictures." He said smiling and nodding his head. "It would be fun if you had been there." He laughed.

"Then there would've been three drunkards there." Jihoon said rolling around in his chair, his thumb pointed towards recording room and his sharp gaze on Chan. Chan sheepishly smiled and hurried into recording room. "I am tired of hearing you talk about it for nth time."

"But hyung it was really fun ask Mingyu hyung and Vernon hyung." Chan argued, Jihoon waved his hand as whatever ignoring the little one's whine.

"I've heard it already and why were you even entertaining her in the first place. What if she was some fan or something?" Jihoon warned making Chan crack up.

"Fan? Pfff! Hyung, she thought the girls were taking picture of her!" He laughed in disbelief as he walked into recording room. "Her arrogance level was on whole new level. She could beat Hoshi hyung's level." He laughed.

"Yah! I'm not arrogant." Hoshi argued as Minghao snickered from the corner. "I am just that good." He said holding his chin up. Jihoon rolled around his chair and flicked his hand. "Mwo?" Hoshi asked teasingly knowing quite well that Jihoon was kicking him out. "What is that?" He enacted him with silly grin on his face. "Aa..aarso!" He quickly stood up when he noticed Jihoon's expression changing.

"You should learn when to stop Hoshi hyung." Minghao said suffering through his phone.

"I didn't do anything. I just defending myself? Can't I do that now?" Hoshi replied picking up his water bottle making his way out of Jihoon's lab. "Why am I always kicked out?" He pouted.

"Annyeong!" Minghao shouted rubbing salt on the wound as Hoshi waddled out. Pouting he had reached the resting room where Jeonghan, Mingyu, Vernon, Wonwoo and Joshua were gathered. "Hannie hyung..." He whined jumping right into Jeonghan arms who was lying on bean bag.

"Mwoya? What's with him?" Jeonghan asked looking at the hamster burying his head in his stomach.

"Jihoon hyung must have kicked him out." Mingyu said. His words were confirmed as Hoshi kicked his legs throwing tantrum. "Look at him." Mingyu shook his head clicking his tongue watching his older brother acting like a child.

"Aigo...my horangi. It's okay." Jeonghan cooed slapping his back.

"Ah! Ah! Apaa!" He cried wriggling his body out of Jeonghan's arms and scratching where he was hit. "Why am I always bullied?!" He cried dramatically.

"Why am I always bullied?!" Wonwoo cried copying him. "You always act out that's why." He continued getting back to  his usual 'void of any emotion' face. Joshua laughed slapping Wonwoo's arm. "He's always striving up trouble and then whines when gets scolded for it."

"But I didn't do anything apart from defending myself." Hoshi argued. "Chan called me arrogant and I just told him I am not arrogant I am just that good." He explained hearing various noises from the boys. "Mwo? Was I wrong to defend myself? Jihoon always does this to me!" Hoshi whined rolling over Jeonghan.

"Yet you are the only one who spends most time with him. I don't know how Jihoon-ah handles him." Wonwoo said.

"Yah, why are you so mean?!" Hoshi rolled over Jeonghan again before sitting up. "Why is he salty today?" He asked looking at others. Wonwoo rolled his eyes. "See?!" He exclaimed pointing his finger at him. 

"Leave him be." Mingyu shrugged his shoulders earning a huff from Hoshi. "But what were you doing at the studio?"

"Recording." Joshua answered for him. "Performance team had recording today." Mingyu mouth formed a 'oh' while nodding his head.

"Mingyu Hyung! Vernonii hyung!" The door was slammed opened. Everyone looked up in surprise and alert. "Hyung! Hyung! Hyung!" Chan entered excited jumping while hitting his foot on the chair.

"Mwoya? Mwoya? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Vernon worriedly asked. Chan shook his head with silly grin on his face.

"Aniya. I am fine but guess who I just saw?!" He excited jumped around looking at Mingyu and Vernon. "Aish! Look at me." He said before pulling a chair and sitting on it quite elegantly while dramatically pretending to flip his long imaginary hair. "Na yeppeo?" He spoke with high pitched voice staring at Vernon.

"Wahh..." Vernon started laughing smacking Hoshi's leg.

"Jinjja?" Mingyu asked sitting up straight. "When, where did you saw her?"

"Just now. I was in elevator; I saw her pass by." Chan replied giddily.

"Who are you guys talking about?" Joshua asking glancing at the trio who had smiles on their face.

"The lady we met when we went out for dinner that day." Vernon answered his question. "But really? Was that her?" He asked turning towards Chan who vigorously nodded his head. "Well, she did say that you she worked in a big company." He muttered.

"Should we go look for her?" Chan asked excitedly looking at his older brothers. Mingyu shook his head. "How are you going to do that? You just saw her pass by."

"It might not be her Chan-ah. You have been going on and on about that woman so you must have mistaken another woman for her." Jeonghan said.

"Yes!" Hoshi who was quite suddenly sat awake pointing his finger at Chan. "You were talking about her before in studio which got me kicked out!" He accused narrowing his eyes at the little one whose response was roll of his eyes. "Yah!" Hoshi scolded jumping over Jeonghan's legs running after the younger one.

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"Hmmm...As if!" She snorted wiping her face with back of her hand. "Tujhe kya lagte hai, muhje kuch kaam dhanda nahi hai jo mein yaha bande dekhti rahu? (What do you think that I don't have any work or what to chase guys around here?)"

"Ha toh phir? (Yes, why not?) You know you have been staying in Korea for so long yet I haven't seen you getting with those handsome guys." Her friend said through the ear bud. "Yaar, kaash mein waha hoti... (Wish, I would've been there...)" Her friend whined making her snort again almost spit out the food in her mouth.

"Yeah right. I don't give a shit about guys right now. I want, no I fucking deserve a promotion." She replied stuffing the last bite of rice in her face before collecting her plate. She was on her lunch break, after attending a long tiring meeting which included some numbers and hard words that she had never heard before. Only good thing about her job was the canteen.

"Oh, right! You mentioned about getting transferred to an entertainment company? Must be nice, to get to look at pretty and handsome faces all day." She could hear the delight in her friend's voice.

"Pretty and handsome faces, my ass." She cursed earning few looks. "Is this the only thing your pea sized brain can think of?" She said giving a tight-lipped smile to onlookers.

"Pea sized? The fuck? Tere se jyada hai mera IQ, tatti! (My IQ is higher than yours, piece of shit!)" Her friend shouted almost bursting her ear. She rolled her eyes dumping her tray and made her way back to the counter.

"Can I get a black coffee? Gamsahabnida." She thanked the lady who took her order. "Right, Miss Bigshot Lawyer." She continued her conversation. "There's one thing, I don't get. You've got everything. Looks, brain, money yet why is that you are always whining? Yaar, you are so lucky you get to stay in Korea..." She teased enacting her friend. "Just grab a flight and come here, watch as many as pretty and handsome faces you want."

"It's not that easy. I don't have everything. The most important thing is missing that is time. I don't have time; you know I was in Canada yesterday and now I am back in Mumbai. Gosh, what a drastic change of climate..." She thanked the lady for the coffee as her friend went on and on about how busy her schedule is and tiring it is for her to travel from one country to another.

"I am so busy; I am so that...yet you have time to whine." She interrupted her friends whining while making her way back to her table. "I say, instead of whining why don't you take a break?"

"If I could then I would!" Her friend shouted in frustration making her regret her choice of wearing ear buds. "If could, I would straight away take a flight to South Korea right now. Do you remember we used talk about moving to Korea and spend our rest of lives feeding our eyes with those handsome faces? Well, you are living the dream!!!" Her friend screamed making her cringe. "I want that! I want that!"

"Well, I want money and a fucking promotion! But we can't have everything we want, can we?" She retorted her voice slightly rising. "Fuck life." She sighed angrily sipping her coffee.

"Yes, fuck life." Her friend said from other side. "Yeah, by the way, do you remember the guy I was talking to?" Her friend asked changing the topic.

"No, I don't." She flatly replied back earning a curse from her friend. "What? How am I supposed to remember the guys you talk to? There's new guy every week, how would I know who are you talking about?"

"You are such an overexaggerating bitch." Her friend cursed making her roll her eyes. "Aree that Thailand wala guy. (That guy from Thailand.)"

"Yeah, what about him?"

"Well...I might have-you know..." A smirk formed on her face knowing quite well her friend had done the dirty.

"Girjanandini! Naam aur karma aapke milte nahi!" She laughed teasing her friend.

"Shut up and stop calling me that!"

"What? Girjanandini? It's such a pretty name." She could hear her friend groaning from frustration making her tease her more. "Vaise? How was it? Getting it on with a Thai? He looked quite handsome from the picture you sent."

"Of course. He's an actor. And well...he was good, quite skillful-" She was in middle of getting the details of her friend's wild night when someone interrupted clearing their throat aggressively and placed their tray of food with loud clang; annoyed she looked up.

"Annyeong." A familiar face greeted giving her a little wave.