Page 21 of GR8VITY

"Tell us what you just said when In Se asked you where you were last night," Seong tells him with his voice still dangerously low.

I take a seat across from him on the table next to In Se on the floor. It's how I can see it when Dav En swallows hard, not taking his eyes off Seong Su.

Fully awake now, he repeats, "I was with my girlfriend."

Seong Su sits back and crosses his arms over his chest. Dav En panics throwing his palms up in a stopping motion. "She was Kyung's girlfriend first. I just asked her, and she said yes."

I can feel my eyebrows practically rise into my hairline. Oh, this has the potential to get so messy. Worse than any scandal we could've cooked up on our own. This is going to end so bad if they start fighting. "So, you're dating his ex-girlfriend?"

The man's expression drops into one of confusion. "No way. I wouldn't do that."

"I'm confused," Yeon says, Seong Su agreeing with him.

"She's our girlfriend." Dav En finally looks to the rest of us for support. "You'll like her. She's really nice."

"And pretty?" In Se asks, leaning against the couch to gaze up at him hopefully.

Dav En's cheeks turn pink as he nods. "Really pretty."

Seong Su sighs and Yeon reaches over to pat his leg comfortingly. Our leader balls his hands into fists before hiding them under his arms. "She's dating both of you?"

Dav En nods and Seong glances over to me. "Go get Kyung."

I'm making my way around the couch when In Se asks Dav En if he's got a picture of her. The man grins like I've never seen before and pulls out his phone. I sneak a peek over his shoulder before he shows it to the others. My eyes lift quickly to Seong in surprise just as Dav En flips the phone around and In Se exclaims, "She's not Korean?"

Seong takes a deep breath that I can hear from where I stand as he reaches up to massage the bridge of his nose. Yeon pats his leg again and leaves his hand there. Probably to keep him from getting up to strangle Dav. I have to admit to myself as I walk to drag Kyung into the fire, Dav wasn't lying. She is very pretty. Beautiful even. Someone I'd have trouble myself approaching. Being an idol doesn't mean that we are emotionless and don't have the same fears of rejection as the rest of the world. The selfie of the two of them with her cheek pressed against his is sweet. They look like a cute couple. Even Seong Su would have trouble denying that. She's got an oval face with high cheekbones framed with dark brown hair. But it's her eyes that will draw a person in. The most vivid shade of green I've ever seen with blue mixed in. I'm wondering just how weird it'd be to ask to see more pictures as I make it to Kyung's door.

Deciding to play nice since he's about to catch hell, I grab his foot sticking out of his blanket and give it a few gentle tugs. "Hey, Kyung."

"Mmm," he murmurs, rolling over, his head popping up to one eye stare at me.

I almost laugh at his hair sticking out in all directions, but I contain it. "We need you in the living room."

He throws the blanket back and scoots out of bed quickly. "Why? What's wrong?"

I'm already walking away, so that I don't have to answer him. I don't have to look behind me to see if he's following either, because his footsteps are heavy with exhaustion. There's no telling what time they got home last night, or maybe even this morning.

As soon as we step around the corner, the room goes quiet before Seong tells Kyung, "Come have a seat, please."

He makes it as far as the point of being able to see Dav En's face, and whatever he sees there makes his posture change dramatically. Where he was stiff and his expression worried, he relaxes as he huffs out a small sound.

"I'm sorry," Dav En whispers as Kyung sits down next to him.

"Don't be," Kyung tells him, patting his friend's leg and turning to Seong. "I'd planned on telling everyone anyway. There's just never been a good time. We've been busier than normal."

"Literally would've taken five minutes," Seong snaps.

"I'm sorry," Kyung replies, falling to his knees and bowing to our leader before turning to the rest of us and apologizing again.

He gets back up next to Dav En before Seong Su closes his eyes with a small shake of his head and a sigh. "We don't know anything about her, Kyung. What if she's using you? And Dav En? What even is that? Sounds like a scandal in the making. Sabotage right before our next comeback. Is that what you think we need right now?"

To Kyung's credit, he doesn't back down from our leader for once. "I haven't had our team run a background check on her, but I approached her. Not the other way around. I'm certain she's not looking for fame or to ruin us. I'm a pretty good judge of character if you'll remember."

Of course, he's referring to the fact that as the second member to join our team, he helped Seong Su handpick the rest of us. Kyung has him there, too, because our team turned out to be pretty awesome.

Seong Su's lips purse as he clenches his jaw. "Invite her over for dinner. Let us meet her."

His tone leaves no room for argument, which I wouldn't do if I were them anyway. They're lucky our leader isn't choking them out right now for keeping a secret this big.