"How could you not swoon at him?" Ara asked, nearly shaking i's shoulders as they walked to the elevator.
i shrugged. "Because he's our manager. There's no reason for to swoon at him."
Yeri chuckled in amusent. "Don't be surprised anymore, Ara," she said. "i didn't even feel attracted to June when he was ntoring us."
Jeemin and Mina looked at i with wide eyes.
"You didn't?" Jeemin asked. "How can you even resist his charm?"
"He's like a brother to ," i honestly said.
Ara smirked. "Well, if he was my brother—"
"Don't even go there," i said, glaring at her friend.
Ara laughed loudly. "I didn't even get to finish what I was saying!"
i groaned. "You didn't even have to finish it for to understand."
"Fine, fine," Ara said. "Anyway. Enough about June. We don't have a chance with him anyway! He's too big of a star to even think of having a relationship with."
"Instead, let's talk about Manager Lei! Do you think he has a wife?"
"I don't see a ring on his finger," Mina smirked.
"Yes!" Ara said, raising her fist high in the air.
The girls chuckled in amusent as they observed their youngest mber.
Although they hadn't built that close of a connection just yet, they already knew that Ara was going to be a handful.
"You agree that he's handso, right?" Ara asked, holding onto i's arm. "He slightly reminds of June."
"He does not," i snapped before she could stop himself.
The girls stopped, and they looked at i with wide eyes.
"Well, that was an aggressive opposition," Mina muttered. "And you say that you're not attracted to June."
"You really need to stop with that romantic agenda. The public is already fueling it," she muttered.
i sighed and raked her fingers through her hair.
"You really need to stop with that romantic agenda. The public is already fueling it," she muttered.
"Anyway," i continued. "I don't think they're similar. June is much more...natural," she said.
"Natural?" Yeri asked. "Are you saying that Manager Lei got a lot of plastic surgery or sothing?"
i sighed and shook her head. "That's not what I'm saying."
"It's just that—I feel sothing pretty weird about Manager Lei," she muttered.
Ara sighed and shook her head. "Didn't you feel the sa way for June during the start of Rising Stars? Manager Lei is fine!"
"Yeah," Yeri chid. "Your guards are just up most of the ti, so you have a hard ti letting people in."
Mina frowned in confusion. "You seem okay with his presence, though," she chid.
"I am okay with it," i sighed.
"He's just...too kind," she concluded.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Jeemin asked. "I would rather have a kind manager than Mr. Ong."
The girls enthusiastically nodded in agreent.
"Oh, we're here," Ara said when they saw their team na on the door.
Ara gasped loudly when she saw that EVE's door was just right in front of their door.
"Omo," Ara said. "We'll be blessed with eye candies every morning!"
The other girls shook their heads in amusent.
Then, Jeemin opened the door, expecting to see only their manager inside.
So, imagine their shock when they saw the eight mbers of EVE, along with their manager, holding party poppers with a banner that said—'QUIT SOLITAIRE! STAN LUNAIRE!'
In the middle was Zeth, who was holding onto a cake.
Mina, being their leader, bowed as soon as her surprise wore off.
"What's this, seniors?" she asked. "You shouldn't have."
Zeth chuckled as he placed the cake on the table. "Oh, co on now. Our dorm was pretty lonely when BOYMYSTIC left. This is the least we could do."
"And stop calling us 'seniors' already," Ren said. "It's not like we didn't train together."
Mina scratched the back of her head, feeling shy.
"The other girls, too," Sehun said with a kind smile. "You guys can call all of us normally, alright? Don't hesitate to ask for our help too. We'll make sure to aid you when we're free."
Lei excitedly clapped, causing June to narrow his eyes in suspicion.
"Isn't it fortunate that you guys have such kind co-workers?" he asked.
"Oh, stop it," Jay said. "We're the ones lucky since LUNAIRE has such a kind manager," he teased.
The others agreed, praising Lei for helping the girls with their move.
June, on the other hand, still didn't know what to feel.
'This must be what Elmo felt whenever Rocco's around,' he thought.
"Well, what are you guys still doing standing there?" Akira asked.
"Let's eat the cake!" he exclaid.
The girls excitedly nodded and joined EVE on the floor, where Lei was already cutting the cake into equal pieces.
"Zeth bought this with his own money, which is a big surprise since he's usually stingy," Ren said, earning chuckles from the big group.
"So, dig in! This will probably be one of the last tis where he's going to treat you guys."
Zeth rolled his eyes. "Don't listen to him," he said.
Lei distributed the plates, and since June was pretty hungry, he quickly took a bite.
The sweet taste instantly invaded his senses.
However, he frowned despite his sweet tooth.
"Pineapple," he muttered.
Then, he turned to i, who was about to eat so of the cake too.
June quickly sprung into action, and he slapped her hand, causing the cake to plop to the ground.
The others looked at him with wide eyes, unable to speak for a mont.
"What...was that, June?" Jay asked after a while.
June sighed. "That was close," he said. "It wasn't obvious at first sight, but the cake has pineapple."
i frowned.
"You're allergic to pineapple, right?" June asked.
i slowly nodded in agreent.
"Oh," Zeth said, feeling guilty. "I wasn't aware that you had a pineapple allergy."
"If I had known, then I would have chosen a different one."
i shook her head with a small smile.
"It's alright," she said. "It's not a common allergy."
"Yeah," Akira chid, scratching the back of his head. "I didn't even know that it existed."
"Hmm," i humd.
They were engulfed with silence once more before Lei spoke, capturing everyone's attention.
"Why is it that you know about her pineapple allergy, then?"
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