Nita's POV

Well, the tacos went over well. So well, she had put more food on the stove for the others. Siwon, Taecyeon, Kai, and Guk Bang finished what she had made in minutes. They must have been hungry. Now she was in the kitchen cleaning up, setting the last plate in the drying rack, she dried her hands on a towel, and headed to the living room.
They were all in the living room, talking. G and the guys had come home and joined the conversation. She made her way to them.
"You guys hungry," she asked looking at the new arrivals.
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"Well, that answers that," she turned around, to go back to the kitchen, "come on, you guys can eat and talk in the kitchen."
"What did you make," V asked catching up to her and slinging his arm over her shoulder.
"Salsa Verde Chicken Tacos," Siwon said, moving V's arm off of her. Nita didn't really care, V was like an annoying little brother, she loved no matter how weird he was.
"How long have you guys been here," Daesung asked, he had been talking to Guk Bang about workout regiments. They seemed to have a good thing going.
"They've been here for about two hours now. We decided to have dinner here, since it was so late and I already had dinner made," Nita answered, "plus, more the merrier," she finished, smiling to herself.
"You had to finish the shoot today, right," G asked.
"Yea, it took longer than I thought. I figured it would have ended a bit early since I had finished my individuals early, but these guys were running late," she said bobbing her head towards the others.
"You look tired," G commented.
The comment surprised Nita, she didn't think anyone could see it. She was tried, but how could she refuse such company. "I'm fine, strong as an ox," she said, smiling at him, mentally thanking him for his concern.
"Here, why don't you go to bed. We'll make sure to clean up after we get done eating. I promise," G said guiding her body towards the stairs.
When she looked around, she wasn't the only one surprised by it. G looked worried and now the others looked at her closely too. She wanted to cover her face.
"He's right," said TopCat, "you look like you're about to fall over any minute."
Did she really, she wanted to look in a mirror. They were both pushing her in the direction of the stairs now.
"Okay, okay, I'm going. I need to take care of something before I go to bed. Can I do that," she asked with a pointed glare.
They both looked at her, "I need to talk to Siwon," she said, they all looked at him and her, and waited expectantly, "alone," she added, shaking her head. She looked at Siwon, "Can I talk to you upstairs," she said. He nodded and walked towards her, they both headed towards the stairs together.
"You sure you want me to come up there with you," he asked her. He made it sound like she hated him. She didn't blame him, the way she had been behaving didn't say anything else.
"I'm sure, unless you don't want to be alone with me," she said, hoping that wasn't the case.
He was looking at her and she tripped. Figures, she thought, I would fall going up the stairs. He reached out to catch her, "Thank you," she said smiling, "we need to talk." They had made it to her bedroom door.
"About," he asked. Nita was sure Siwon knew what she was talking about, but didn't want to acknowledge it.
She looked at him, her look clearly saying 'are-you-serious', "I'm sorry for overreacting," she said walking into the room and closing the door after he came in.
"Why are you apologizing," Siwon asked, looking perplexed.
"I'm apologizing because I need too. You were going to tell me that night, but I figured it out before you could say anything. That's why you were nervous that night too. I noticed, but didn't connect the dots until much later. I would have apologized sooner, but I didn't get the chance too. Anytime I called, you had a job and then I got busy with everything the guys were doing. I'm sorry I didn't let you explain and for overreacting. If you hadn't read it, then you never would have helped me," she finished, she hoped it sounded sincere, because she really did mean it.
Siwon just stood there. "So you really did call the guys asking about me," he asked.
Now Nita was the one sporting the questioning look, "You didn't think I could do that," she asked.
"That's not it. The guys would tell me that you called, I just figured they were messing around with me because I had told them we had an argument. I thought they were joking," he said.
Nita was confused, why would they tease him about her calling? "So are we good," she asked, a yawn escaping her mouth.
"No, we aren't," he said, "I'm sorry too, I should've told you that I read it from the start."
"Okay, so now are we good," she asked. Siwon smiled and pulled her in for a hug. She smiled and hugged him back.
"I missed spending time with you," he said, she smiled at him.
"Da du," she answered back, "Kaja I'm not tried anymore, let's go and hang out with the rest of them." Nita headed back out her door and down the stairs.
Making her way to the living room, the others looked at her, "what's wrong," asked G, looking up with a surprised look on his face.
"Nothing, just don't feel like sleeping right now," Nita relied smiling, "figured I'd chill with you guys for a little bit."
"So what you guys talking about," she asked planting herself on the center cushion, they all gave her a look.
"We were talking about first loves," Guk Bang said looking at her with a cute smile on his face. She couldn't help but melt a little. Nita smiled back at him.
"We were wondering if you had a first love," Kai asked.
Nita gave him a 'are-you-serious' look, "everyone has a first love, I have my mystery man," she answered, another smile coming on, just thinking about that one day in San Francisco.
"Mystery man," Guk Bang and G asked in unison, looking at her with raised eyebrows.
"Mystery man," Nita stated, "I met him in San Francisco, when my family and I had vacationed there."
"We want the story," V said to her. Nita looked around, the others nodded their agreement.
"Ahhhh," she said, "where do I start," she asked, the question was more for herself then the others, but she got an array of different responses.
"From the beginning?" Kai said.
"Wherever you want," Daesung said.
"Just tell us," V said.
"I'm curious, so where ever you want," G said
"Da du," Guk Bang said.
Nita looked around the room again and noticed all the guys were getting comfortable on the couch. Looking like little children getting ready to listen to their favorite fairy tale. Nita smiled to herself, and she wasn't worried about telling this story, it was, after all, her happiest one.
Her gaze traveled the room and she looked at the ceiling taking her mind back to that time.
"Well, we were on vacation in San Francisco for the summer. We had spent the beginning of the week site seeing with the whole family. About two days before we were going back home, my mother and I had an argument, about how I never told anyone where I was going or what I was doing. So as an act of rebellion, the following morning, I got dressed and walked out of the hotel. Hailing a cab I had decided to spend the day at Fishermen's Wharf. The morning was nice, with the cool air coming in from the sea. I had spent most of the morning walking up and down the walkway along the shore, it was very relaxing. Around the afternoon, I made my way into this big exhibit. In the building they had displays of old school trains and the creepy fortune tellers in glass boxes. I had spent a good amount of time circling around and noticing different things as I moved around. On my fourth time around I noticed this guy, looking at one of the creepy fortune tellers and digging through his pockets looking for change to use in the machine. I had already pulled a fortune for that machine and still had some change left over, so I tapped him on the shoulder and handed him the change. Smiling he had thanked me and I went back to looking at the other displays. Before I knew it, he'd come looking for me. We had instantly clicked, we started talking about the day, what we were doing in San Francsico, without me realizing it we were talking about our personal lives. I remember asking him why he loved music so much, and he said, I quote, 'music is my life, I don't know what I'd do without it.' I couldn't help but envy him a bit. He knew exactly what he wanted out life, and there I was, someone who didn't even know what she was having for dinner."
There was so much more to that story then what she had said. It hadn't just been the conversation that left an impression on her. The impression that was left by him, had to do with how he had made her feel. She had felt special in the hours she'd spent with her mystery man. She didn't go into the details, but she'd never forget.
"So what's his name?" Taecyeon asked, bring her back to reality.
"I don't remember," she answered honestly.
"What did he look like, you have a picture or something," Guk Bang asked excitedly.
"Nope, don't remember what he looks like and no picture either," she answered. The 'OMG' looks around the room were picture worthy. So many memes could be created with the looks on their faces.
"So your saying, you don't remember his name or what he looks like, then what's the point of thinking about him," Daesung asked.
"It's not about remembering what a person looked like or what their name was. It's about remembering how they made us feel when we were with them," she answered back. It was one of the reasons why she often thought about her mystery man.
"So how did he make you feel," Kai asked, grinning mischievously. The question wasn't unfamiliar. It was usually the next question people asked after she said the 'feel' part.
"That is a secret I will take to the grave," Nita answered with equal mischievousness.
"Seriously though, what's so special about him, that you still think of him," T asked, curiosity shining on his face. Nita looked at him, he really did look curious.
"It's something I can't explain. We connected. Two complete strangers . . . .I really can't explain it," she tried to answer as best she could but it wasn't working. She just couldn't find the right words.
"Okay, subject change. Are you free on a weekend any time soon," Guk Bang asked.
It had caught Nita off guard. "I can clear up my schedule, why," she asked. Was Guk Bang asking her out? Her heart did a funny little summersault.
"Maybe you'd like to come to 'AllCell' sometime," he asked. Was he asking her out? As cute as he was she was just his fan.
"AllCell," Nita asked, not understanding what they were talking about.
"AllCell is an all celebs club, it's the one place we can go to hang out and have fun," T answered the unasked question.
"I'm not a celeb," Nita stated. If it was an all celebs club, she wouldn't be permitted in. Logically it made sense. So why bring it up?
"You know your fair share of celebs," Siwon chimed in. "I was thinking about asking you to come with us, but the chance was taken for me. You could come with any of us."
Nita thought about for a minute. It had been a while since she had gone out just to have some fun. Maybe she could meet some new friends, preferably the female variety. Sometimes a girl just needed another girl to talk too. She missed Tonya and her girls. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to video chat with them. They wouldn't know where she was, but they would be relieved knowing she was okay.
"Sure, why not. I could use a night out," she said, trying to figure out what to wear for her night out.
"Who are you going to go with," Taecyeon asked.
"Ya, who else is she going to go with?," Seungri protested, "She lives with us, so she'll come with us," he finished firmly.
"That would be the best bet," Nita added, "plus no one has to drive here to pick me up. I have a ride to and from the place."
"So it's set then. You'll come to AllCell this coming weekend," Siwon stated. Nita smiled, she was getting excited about this outing.
She couldn't wait for it.

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