It's Just A Picture (BL)
Chapter 52: And like an angel sent from above, Eunkyung stood up

Chapter 52: And like an angel sent from above, Eunkyung stood up

During lunch, I went down to the cafeteria for the first time. Well, more precisely, I was dragged down to the cafeteria by the crew.

We weren’t busy because the twins were absent and so the day was practically them goofing off and me editing pictures to perfection.

"No one’s here to send you a secret lunchbox, Dongwoo Oppa." One of them said and snickered. "So we have to take care of you till they come back."

Everyone was full of glee, but I couldn’t help but wonder if a rumor had spread because of the regular lunch boxes I received daily. Well, I hope not.

But even if it did, the crew members took it with light hearts. It was like they just didn’t care, and they would rather look at the person in front of them than what they would speculate in their minds.

It was my first time eating with a group like this. Chatting and having to watch a few bickering like they would do on a daily basis. Everyone laughs, eats, and talks about ways to improve lighting and such... We were a photoshoot crew, after all.

’It’s warm.’ I thought to myself, leaning my hand on my cheek to watch the others discuss. It was like I was observing them and although yes, it was simply because I couldn’t help but be mesmerized and still be full of disbelief.

This is my life now, huh?

"Uh, Hyung-nim, Doha called and I snapped out of my trance to notice everyone was looking at me. "Why aren’t you eating?" She asked and without knowing, I spilled out the truth from my lips.

"It’s because I’m filled with awe." I said and they looked at me strangely.

"What’s that?"

"What did he say? I couldn’t hear clearly."

"I think he said something about being in awe."

"What? That must be wrong. What’s there to be in awe about? We’re just a group of loud workers who know nothing but food." Another said and at that moment, I could no longer contain the joy in my heart and ended up laughing.

They watched me laugh to my heart’s content and when I was satisfied, I said,

"You guys are just too nice. Thank you."

My comment, as well as my action, made my crew members blush in embarrassment.

"If you put it like that, Hyung, I don’t think anyone can refuse." A guy said. His name was Dooshik. He asked a rather outspoken guy in the crew, in charge of the lighting and lifting most of the heavy stuff.

"And who said he was talking to you? You’re far from nice, Dooshik." The girl sitting next to him said. Her name was Hwayoung but most people simply call her Hwa.

I noticed she was always next to Dooshik and always had a smile on. She was the optimistic type.

"Hey, now, this Oppa just said those words from his heart. We shouldn’t fight and instead appreciate it." Eunkyung, another girl said. Compared to the others, she looked mature and competent.

I wasn’t saying the rest weren’t competent but her composed and orderly style was way different from the rest.

Well, she did always keep her hair in a ponytail to avoid distracting her when working so it left a good impression that she was very serious.

But what actually left a favorable impression on me more was on that day when Sungho’s incident happened.

After talking to Sungho, I went back to take my camera and the crew members silently stared at me. I was uncomfortable and afraid they would talk about me at that short moment I was there to get my camera.

But I was even more scared of their silent stares, wishing they would at least say something, anything aside from the matter that just happened. If they could, I would really appreciate it.

And like an angel sent from above, Eunkyung stood up and clapped her hands.

"Okay, who’s going to tell me the color that resonates well with a blue costume?" She asked, grabbing all the attention to herself. "If no one tells me, we’re going to have to look over the ’files’ again."

"Wouldn’t blue go with blue?" Doha answered and she shook her head.

"You seem to be looking some places else. Try again."

From there, they got into a discussion that completely diverted their attention from me. I was grateful.

"Dongwoo Hyung," Dooshik called, bringing my thoughts back. "Today seems to be a few days since our stars aren’t present. The director said we could leave early after packing up. Do you want to join us for coffee and snacks outside?"

This was a general invite as I could see the anticipation in all their eyes.

’Seemed they planned to ask me out like this for some time now.’ I thought. Well, it wouldn’t hurt. "I..."

My phone beeped and I had to excuse myself to see who sent me a message.

’Excuse me for a moment.’

I had honestly been anticipating the twins to call after waking but none of them called and texted. So seeing the message they sent, I came to understand why.

"Hyung, I’m hungry." With an awkward sticker beneath it, sent by Seojin. And another text, sent by Seojin which said,

"Hyung, when are you coming back? I woke up and didn’t see you like you promised."

’Didn’t they find my note? There’s food in the fridge. They just need to heat it and eat.’ I thought, subconsciously smiling.

I was in the process of replying to Seojun with a simple, ’How are you feeling now?’ but paused and erased the message.

If they just woke up then I’d say they slept quite heavily but what if their conditions got worse and they couldn’t get out of bed?

All sorts of thoughts ran through my head.

Honestly, this was a sign for me to head home but I didn’t want to rush it. I wanted to take my time, calm my nerves, collect my thoughts carefully, and glue my smiling mask to my face so I wouldn’t go to the twins and make a mistake or show them that I was affected by anything.

From now on, I planned to be indifferent, even if they did try to kiss me. It was their regular language so I couldn’t change that. All I had to do was change my own mindset.

No matter what they did, I wouldn’t be fazed.

That was what I hoped for at least.

"Dongwoo Oppa," Doha called and I looked up from my phone to see they were all staring at me. "Are you dating anyone?"

"Huh?" Where did that come from?