"Chloé, stop crying. We will meet again but for now you need to follow your mom. I promise that I will contact you sometimes...". Leesu said as she saying goodbye to her niece.
Her family is now going back to London, their vacation is now over. It's one of the thing that Leesu wished she won't go through everytime her family flew to Korea to witness memorable events in her life. She's more than thankful that her family always make an effort for her to be with them even with just a short period of time.
"B-but... you're going to be alone again. I want to be with you because Grandma and Grandpa is not here with you". She feels like she's melting by the words of her niece.
"Don't worry about me because Momma Youngji is with me. Also, I have five other girls in the house. You met them". She said, talking about her other members.
"Remember Jay?-". Chloé nodded.
"He's also with me, so you don't have to worry about me". I said as I fixed her hair.
"Hmm... okay, but can you promise me one thing?". Leesu move closer while holding the child's little hands.
"You video call me if you're feeling alone, I'll try to make you feel that I'm with you-". Her eyes is attempting to get wet with those sweet words of her niece.
"Oh, you little kid. What did you guys feed her to be this smart?". She said, hugging the kid tight.
"Okay, I promise!". She let go the hug and make a pinky promise with the kid.
"So now, let your Aunt to go back to her job. We will be back again". Chloé's mom hold her child when Leesu get up, ready to leave Busan early.
She says goodbye to her siblings, most importantly to her parents who's always been worried ever since she started this jobs. After she successfully stopped her tears, she gets into their car. Her second brother will drop Leesu and her Aunt to KITX. Her Aunt decided to go home with her for her safety too.
"You better behave and don't do anything that will make Aunt's head ache-"
"I'm not the one who's the reason why Mom and Dad were always in the principal's office everyday when we were at school". She shrugged looking at her brother.
"If I could just kick you right now". Her brother closed his fist, Leesu just smile at him.
They go inside the terminal and headed to buy get their tickets. Leesu just fell asleep as soon as they got to their seats. She just chose to sleep rather than thinking about her family departure later. She sure she will not be in the mood when she got to the company to go back to work, might as well get enough sleep.
They finally arrived at Seoul. Her Imo's boyfriend picked them up and dropped her off to their dorm.
"Anybody home?". Leesu walked in their dorm with her small suitcase.
"You're home!". Eunchae welcome her.
"Oohh, I missed our home". She throw herself on their sofa and stared at the ceiling.
"You're gifts are inside". She added and pointed her suitcase but Eunchae is already opening it, she chuckled. She definitely missed her other members.
Leesu get ready to go to work after an hour of rest. They all headed to the company to start their work after their short vacation.
That's the end of their vacation, ready for the full schedule everyday.
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER...
"We just landed and we're going straight home. Do you want to take a walk?". Jay asked the lady on the other line.
"It's fine, you should just get some rest. Let's just do that on the other day". She replied, wiping her sweats.
"I'm good and still have lots of energy. I'll ask any members to go with us". He assured her but Leesu shook her head.
"You guys need to rest-"
"But I miss you. We haven't seen each other for almost 2 weeks. Come on, let's just take a walk at Hangang River". He convinced her. Leesu think for a second then finally agreed.
"Fine, I'll just change and then I'm going". She bid goodbye before they end the call.
Leesu get moving and change her clothes. They just finished the MV filming yesterday and now they are practicing hard for their comeback showcase. The whole day, they just keep practicing a couple of their choreography. And now, they just finished. They are now going to go home.
"Do you want to go to Han river?". She asked everyone.
"Ooh, it sounds fun! Count me in". Yunjin said.
"And we're with Jay and I don't know if how many will come with him, or just him". She added. The girls looked at each other, giving a playful smile.
"Come on! We're just going for a walk". She defended and laughed.
"I would love to go but I want to sleep~". Eunchae said as she wrapped her arms around Leesu.
"That's fine, we can all together sometime". Leesu said.
Only Yunjin is coming with her, the other girls also wanted to go home straight.
They arrived at Han River and proceed to where they supposed to meet up.
"Opss- what are you doing?!". Leesu dodged Jay who attempted to hug her as soon as he saw her.
"Pfft! We're in public, hyung". Jungwon laughed and quickly pulled Jay beside him.
"Only the two of you?". Leesu asked when she only saw Jungwon and Jake with Jay.
"Hmm, the others are too tired". Jake replied.
"Same here. The other girls wanted to go home after work". Leesu said as she clung her arm on Yunjin's arm.
"Should we get some ramen first?". Jungwon suggested, they all agreed.
They proceed to the store and also cooked there the ramen. After that, they find available table and started eating.
"Yah! What kind of picture is that?". Leesu hissed when Jay faced her the photo he took.
"You looked cute tho". Jay take back his phone.
They enjoyed eating ramyeon at Han River while chatting and laughing. Leesu make sure that Yunjin is not feeling left out. Her other members also have a not so close relationship but at least not an awkward one with her other friends.
They didn't stay for too long because she also want the boys to get their rest. They decided to go home after they take a few minutes of walking after they eat.
A much needed han river break after whole day of practice.
"I want to be with you more". Jay whispered on their way to the parking.
"We'll still see each other tomorrow at work". Leesu whispered back.
"Can't we just stay more?". She looked at him, he's pouting.
"Imo is staying late at her work, we can stay for a while at her place". She can't say it out loud but she wanted to spend more time with him too.
Jungwon and Jake decided they will go home straight to their dorm while Yunjin sticked with Leesu. They took a taxi and headed to her Aunt's place. She already told it about her aunt and she's totally fine with it.
When they arrived, Yunjin went to Leesu's room at her aunt's place to give some alone time the couple. As soon as Yunjin closed the door, Jay hugged Leesu.
"I've been wanting to do this at the han river... I miss you". Jay still not letting go the lady.
"I miss you too~". She replied as she hugged him tight.
"It will be too hard when we started to get on tour. I always miss you, love". Jay let go and look at her in the eyes.
"I love you-"
Just then, Jay placed his lips on her. Leesu froze because of unexpected action he did. Her stomach is feeling funny and her cheeks heat up. It takes a couple of seconds before he let go.
"You're blushing". Jay smile proudly and hold her hand, pulling her to sit on the sofa.
Leesu pulled herself together and sit beside him. He put a small pillow on her lap and lay down.
"Aahh, this is nice". Jay mumbled.
"Are you okay? You look tired". Leesu asked as she caressed his hair.
"A little but we have rest day tomorrow before we go continue with the comeback". He said and intertwined his hand with the other hand of her.
"You did well! I'm sure this comeback will be successful because of your guys' hard work". She said, continued to caress his hair.
"So, are you staying with your parents tomorrow?". She asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure they will ask about you more than they their only son". That made them laughed, on the other side, it's true.
"Nothing comes out of my mouth except "I miss Eloise", "I want to go back to korea", "I want to see her", that even the members just laughing at me". He complained.
"Is it my fault that you're clingy?". The lady snickered.
"Yeah, it's your fault". He sits up and look at her again.
"What?". Leesu started to get blushed again.
"What did you do to me, Eloise Leesu Harris?". Jay smile, still looking at her.
"I didn't do anything". She replied and shouldered him.
"Come here". Jay opened his arms. Leesu get in and lean on him.
"Why are you being so clingy?". She asked him, can't figured his action because this is their first time together to be that away from each other for a long time.
"I don't know too". Jay laughed as he hugged her from behind when she faced the TV but still leaning on him.