Bathroom break

Natalie was an idiot, and she couldn't believe what just happened. After slapping the poor boy, she panicked and was not ready to face him, so she did what she could do at that moment, run.

She ran into the nearest bathroom and locked herself in one of the cubicles as she hopes she was sucked in by earth and doesn't need to explain why she just slapped one of their members without any explanation.

How the hell am I supposed to explain to Tyler? She thought as she rubbed her head. She was beginning to regret what she was doing, not a good impression on the members but satisfy result for the guy who broke her heart.

Impulsively she had been bottling up her frustration over the past year and she just somehow exploded.

"Natty… it's not your fault, alright!" she whispers inside the cubicle as she panics, "You just panic and then impulsively slap him! It's not liked his company going to sue me, right? Beside! It was his fault, not mine, being slapped was me being nice."

Natalie then proceeds to slump herself inside the place as she sighs.

"I better go back what if Jiwon is looking for me, I've got explaining to do, or should I just leave and call Jiwon to tell her I'm home and let her do all the talking!" Natalie screams her idea, "No. That's bad, I should just –"

"What about Tyler? Gosh, I'm an idiot, I can't just waltz in and apologize like this. He was so nice bringing Jiwon inside and me, gosh…" Natalie stood up from her place, "Right I need to at least apologize to him, and then I plan on not making an appearance, how about a 2-month hiatus?"

As she opens the cubicle and stops as someone is looking at her, she stumbles back. She was about to hit the back door before someone caught her.

"You are something. I'm glad you decided to at least apologize I'll give A+ for that," he chuckled, Natalie was staring at a pair of familiar chocolate eyes, he sets Nami aside and she looks around.

"Tyler, what the hell are you in the women's bathroom?" his eyebrows furrow before he laughs. He shook his head in disbelief but was also amused by the girl's reaction. As if he did something bad than what she had did.

"You should check where you're going, you know. This could be a bad situation." Natalie looks at him before she sprints outside the door looking at the sign her cheeks redden at the character of the male's bathroom, and she was ready to sprint out again before a hand pulled her in.

Yet again, she manages to stumble into his embrace, and she looks at him. Natalie swears that her cheeks are as red as a tomato right now, and it seems like Tyler Ren is enjoying it.

"Do you always run away from stuff like this?" he asked suddenly as he searched her eyes, and she looked away as she was blushing red, cute, he thought.

Natalie was out of Tyler Ren's hold as she stood her place, she was glancing at the door before she looks at him, when did he arrive?

"Did you –"

"Hear you when you decided to rant about my friend? You have a very colourful vocabulary. Mind if I use them sometimes?" Natalie couldn't help to groan at him as she sat down inside the bathroom, Tyler decided to sit beside her as he locks the door, and she looks up at him and he smiles.

"Don't worry –" he sat at the very end of the room –" you wanted privacy, I'm locking it so no one will come in," Natalie looked at him and chuckle.

"I'm so sorry… that was a bad impression on your friends," she started, "I – I just –"

"You don't have to explain, whatever happened to you and Jo is not a story I need to know, if you have a problem with him, I respect that," he started, "but I'm always ready to listen if you need someone to rant to."

Natalie couldn't help smiling at him, thankful he was very understanding.

"No… I guess it's fine, but can you not tell anyone until I'm ready?"

He nods his head and she sighs, "I'm sorry, Jeon Wonwoo was someone I know, he was someone special to me and I hope I was to him." Nami chuckle.

"He was someone I really look up to you could even say that I admire him more than just a friend, He was someone I like, well, someone I love," Tyler was silent as he heard her confession, "I really like him and as embarrassing as it is, I don't know how many times I've confessed to the guy, but he never bats a single eyelash."

"He was cold and very distance, to be honest, I was even jealous of you guys," Natalie smiles at Tyler Ren, who was equally intrigued by the sudden confession, "I don't know for how long you've known Jo - or what I like to call him Johnny. It doesn't matter because you could do what I couldn't do, you manage to make him smile wider, I didn't just slap him because he was there, I guess I was upset because he could smile like that now."

Tyler Ren begins to stand up, making Natalie look at him, and there he was crouching beside her, holding her tightly, "You're wrong, no human in these worlds is capable of not smiling, at some point, his smile must have been wider than you thought, you just didn't see it."

"Thanks, Ren," Nami started to stand up, trying to hide the evidence blush. She had never expected Joshua to suddenly hug on normal case, she would have punched the guy for even touching her, but I guess after the whole fiasco of almost leaving without an answer, she'll let it slip.

"Now, are you going to go run again like now, or are you going to face your problem with him?" Tyler asked and Natalie looked at him and sighed.

"I don't even know what I'm supposed to say Ren... oh – is it alright to call you that?" Natalie asked and Joshua laughed.

"Ren? Is that a nickname for me now?" He asked and Natalie couldn't help to close her mouth.

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine," he chuckles, "Ren has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Tyler's boring. But I do prefer being called babe or honey," He said, and he couldn't help to smile when he saw a little smile escape from Natalie's face.

Natalie looks at Tyler Ren, and she can't help to stay quiet before she lightly punches Tyler in the arms, "You wish."

"Kick his ass if you need to, Natty - is that alright to call you that now?" Joshua walks to the door opening it for her, and Natalie laughs.

"I guess you could call me that now."

"I'm glad."