Page 52 of GR8VITY

"One of those things?" Yoon Ji asks with the slight tilt of his head.

"Yep," she answers, and I can hear the smile in her voice. "How long do we have?"

Jae-un laughs next to me. "Are you asking how many more videos you can watch?"

She whips her head our direction, and I laugh when she replies, "Maybe."

Snatching the remote from me, Jae-un says, "I got you covered."

I go to protest because he's searching something instead of just hitting play on the next video and keeping us in order. As soon as the third letter drops, I keep quiet. I know where he's going with this, and I can't believe I didn't think about it. I smoosh my lips together to keep from laughing. She sat in a daze watching the one video where most of us had worn half shirts. Come to think of it, that's the one where she'd asked to stop for a glass of water. The thought does nothing to help me fight my laugh.

"Is this a video?" she asks perplexed.

"A performance," Jae-un answers.

Pulling her knees up to her chest, she wraps her arms around them and stares up at the screen. To be honest, I have never experienced someone watching our performances for the first time, so color me intrigued by her reaction. Her eyes move back and forth, unable to focus on one of us as we dance and sing our way across the stage. When we hit the part that is the reason Jae-un turned this particular one on, her lips part with a small gasp. Glancing over at Yoon Ji, he quickly looks at me over her shoulder from where he's been watching her reaction and grins. My eyes wander over to the couch behind him where Kyung and Seong Su sit, also observing her reaction. The former has his lips pursed slightly with a small smile while Seong Su has his hand over his mouth hiding. The video ends, and only then does her mouth close.

"Wow," she murmurs softly.

I lose my fight and start laughing. As does Jae-un before he asks, "Have a favorite song now?"

Her eyebrows are lifted as she looks over at him. "I was waiting until we made it all the way through, but I've got two picked out so far, yes. And, as hot as that was, it's not one of them. Even though I do love the sound of that one. Valiant effort, though. That was...highly enjoyable."

Kyung chuckles from the couch as does Dav En and Minsul somewhere behind us. We carry on for another hour or so. We've still got a few left to go when it's time to leave, so I promise her that we'll finish them later. Her two favorites still haven't changed. Both from our earlier albums. One because she loves our voices, and we all seem to get equal lyric time. The other because she likes the way we dance in it, which highly pleases Jae-un. And he likes to say I'm an attention hound. I can't wait to tease him for this later.

She's quiet as we pile into the van, even on the drive there when Dav En and Yoon Ji in the back with her try to open conversation. I catch her staring out the window, biting her bottom lip. I elbow Kyung and nod slightly back at her. The other three across from us have noticed, too. They've all been keeping an eye on her like I have.

Kyung turns as much as his seatbelt allows and reaches over the seat to take her hand. "You okay, sunshine?"

It's weird, because I can physically see her focus her thoughts on him before she speaks. "Yeah, why?"

"You're quiet," he says, bringing attention to the fact that it's quiet in the van so we can listen in.

Her brows draw down as she admits, "I think I needed that."

"Mmm?" he questions as Dav En looks at me.

Laying her other hand over theirs clasped together, she slowly says, "I've been listening to your music for weeks, and my brain just couldn't link the guys that I know to the idols singing in the songs. The videos today were amazing and helped, but seeing all of you on stage surrounded by your fans like that. It was a serious awakening."

I can see and hear Kyung's long sigh. "Is that a bad thing?"

In my peripheral, I can see Seong Su lean ever so slightly, I'm sure so that he can see her around Kyung.

"No way," she answers, making me feel like I can breathe again. "We've talked about this, Kyung. It's your job. It's not who you are. It's just seeing it firsthand like that made it more real. You guys are amazing, too. I can see why you have so many fans."

"If you think that's something, you should come to one of our shows," Yoon Ji suggests.

She turns to him, grinning. "Am I allowed to fangirl?"

"Yes," more than one voice answers her, mine included.

Kyung stays turned around talking to her the rest of the ride, but I don't listen to them. I get lost in my head thinking about seeing her in the audience at one of our next shows. It would be an amazing feeling to see her there. We're going to have to find a way to make it happen.

As we arrive on location and get inside to give our greetings and congratulations for celebrations, we all kind of stick together around a general location, which is one of the beginner walls. I love climbing, but I know that several of our members aren't big fans of it. Hence the easier wall.

Minsul has just started up when a voice calls out near the door speaking in English.

"Well, that wasn't a face I was expecting to see in here tonight."