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It was a harmless little comment from Zoey really.
"Look at that! Jinu always gives Rumi gifts and flowers. Why couldn't you be more like that Mystery?
She didn't even sound like she was whining. For others, it was just another gag from Zoey. For Mystery, it became a new mission.
The next day, Rumi quietly sat on the couch while watching a gameshow with the whole group. Mystery comes out of nowhere, extending a new set of flowers towards her. It was similar to what Jinu had given her from the day before.
She was speechless at the gesture, trying to figure out this guy's intention while Jinu who was sitting beside her this whole time frowned at his direction.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
The commotion captured the attention of everyone present.
Mystery replied calmly. "I don't know either hyung. This is what Zoey wanted"
Then all eyes snapped at her direction. Zoey had that look- one that said 'Please leave me out of this'
"No that is not what I meant..." she tried to save face, already hiding herself from embarrassment before pointing Mystery accusingly "He took it too literally!"
Jinu’s eyes twitched. And Rumi absolutely lost it. She burst into bright, unrestrained laughter, clutching her flowers as she leaned slightly into her triggered boyfriend.
"I don't think that's what she meant Mystery" Rumi smiles at him.
He turned his head curiously. "It's not?"
"I think she meant that you should give her flowers the way Jinu does with me everytime."
"Oh"
A pause.
"Oh that makes more sense"
He turned and started to walk away again.
Zoey grabbed his sleeve instantly. “Where do you think you’re going?!”
"I'll acquire another set of flowers for you"
"You really don't have to do that now."
But he already vanished, as quickly as he had appeared. The teasing started not even a second later.
Mira leans over to ask “How do you even deal with that?”
Baby chimed in, half-amused, half-baffled. “I’ve seen statues with more personality.”
Zoey of course was quick to defend him. "Leave him alone, he's cute and learning!"
Rumi watched, a small smile adorning her lips "They compliment each other well. It’s always so chaotic with them, I don’t even know where they get the energy for all that”
"He doesn't talk a lot but he needs to match Zoey's ‘bright and shiny’ energy in some way." Jinu hummed thoughtfully beside her, looking smug as if he wasn’t about to throw a bandmate out from the hundredth floor of Huntrix tower.
She grimaced, already feeling exhausted at the thought. "I might not be cut out for bright and shiny."
The man beside her chuckles "We can be dull and lifeless together"
"That, we are"
“Good,” he said, resting her head against her again. “Because I like us exactly like this.”