~ present time ~

there was a sudden knock on the door that interrupted the silence. everyone looked at the clock, and y/n was terrified.

"oh? it is not even twelve yet." minhyuk noted.

"maybe y-you should not answer the door then," she nervously spoke. the boys looked at her with a confused expression.

"what if that is your dad?" kihyun asked, standing up from the couch. he walked to the door and looked through the peephole. "yup, it is your dad."

he opened the door and saw hyungwon. hyungwon bowed and walked into the dorm, finding his daughter sitting on the couch between minhyuk and changkyun.

"so, how was breakfast?" hyungwon asked, leaning on the wall on the side of him.

"delicious!" y/n exclaimed.

"honestly, it made our day." changkyun added on.

"that is good to hear. now y/n, shall we go home?"

y/n nodded and stood up from the couch. the boys followed the two until they were in the doorway.

"thank you for breakfast, it was nice eating with you guys!" she thanked them all, hugging them individually. y/n then walked out of the dorm with her dad.

"thank you for keeping her safe." hyungwon quietly whispered and bowed, then following his daughter. the boys bowed back, closing the door.

"hello hyungnim!" a voice called from somewhere. hyungwon and y/n looked up to see kwangji holding garbage bags.

"hello, park kwangji." hyungwon waved. "taking out the trash i see?"

"yes, it was my turn to take it out today," kwangji replied, running down the stairs to catch up with the two. he then turned to y/n, his smile dropping. "oh, hello y/n."

"hello." y/n bowed, slowly starting to walk behind her father.

"it was nice seeing you two, i need to take this out." kwangji said, bowing to the both of them one more time, then going the opposite direction. hyungwon and y/n waved and walked out of the building.

"why did you come ten minutes early?" y/n asked her father out of curiosity, as he started the car.

"the meeting ended early. i decided to pick you up after your mom and i had a little breakfast date together. why, did you want to stay longer?"

y/n was relieved that her father came to pick her up early after kwangji texted her. "i don't know, i was just wondering. that group is fun to talk with though,"

"honestly, they are my favorite out of the two groups."

"really?"

"yes, although i tell group a that they are always doing good, i can see group b's potential as an actual idol group. what do you think?"

"i mean i guess i agree. when i watched them dance yesterday, they almost danced the whole combination."

"hmm, impressive. i see you also have some interest. maybe you can do me a favor?"

"what is it?"

"since we have the same opinion on them, i will let you hang out with them more often. you report to me what good you see, and those reports might increase their chance of debuting."

her eyes widened; she was happy that her father has the same thoughts as her.

"r-really?"

"really. do not say a single word. got that?"

"yes, dad."

y/n was happy; she did not felt this thrilled about hanging out with people in such a long time. she was somehow confused at the same time; she did not know if they were her friends, or they were people that liked to hang out with her. not wanting to get her hopes up, she kept the positive thoughts in her head. she finally had friends.