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“Where did Xiumin go?” you poked your head inside Tao and Xiumin’s room.
“How should I know?” Tao replied without even looking at you.
“Well, he lives in the same room as you so you should know.”
He looked at you,” Well I don’t. Now could you please leave? I’m doing something important here,” he said rolling his eyes.
“Fine,” you stomped your feet and left.
“What’s wrong? Why are you so angry?” Kris asked you as you were leaving.
“Why else would I be mad?” you snickered.
“Ohh Tao again?”
“Yeah.”
Kris shook his head. The two of you really need to talk this out.
“It’s not my fault he was drinking underage, that’s his fault.”
“Yeah, but you told on him.”
“I did the right thing. I wanted to protect…”
“What? Protect?” Kris asked cutting you off. He was smiling as if he knew about your feelings.
“No, I mean he shouldn’t be doing these things at this age you know,” you said. You were nervous now.
“Listen I should leave. I’ll see you later okay?” you said and left.
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“Hey Luhan could you pass me the rice please?” you asked. You were having dinner with the Exo M members and the managers. This was a special kick off dinner for their tour that was coming up.
“Umm Hun, do you really think you should eating anymore?” Tao exclaimed.
“Yes, because I don’t want to turn into a human skeleton like you,” you snickered.
“Human skeleton? That’s the best you could come up with?” he raised his eyebrows.
“Okay that does it. Tao, ______, get up.” Kris got up and ordered.
Both of you obediently got up. Kris took both of you by hand and dragged you guys in Tao’s bedroom.
“Now stay in here and resolve whatever issues you guys are having,” he said while closing the door.
“What is your problem?” Tao yelled.
“My problem? What is your problem? Ever since that incident you haven’t talked to me properly for once. It’s been 3 months Tao. Get over it and stop crying like a little baby.”
He scoffed. “Okay so I am the one crying like a little baby huh?” he said advancing towards you.
You took a step back, he was too close to you now.
“What are you doing?” you asked, panicking.
“What do you think I am doing?” he said still coming closer.
He stopped only inches away from you pinning you to the door behind you and whispered,” Stop interfering in my personal life. Is that what you like to do? Being a nosy little girl? You have annoyed me so much over the past few months. Do you know what the managers did to me. I had to sleep on the floor for 3 weeks dammit. I couldn’t appear on a show, I couldn’t perform for a week.
You looked away.
“Look at me when I’m talking to you,” he shouted.
“I don’t need your consideration and I certainly don’t need you to tell me what to do so it’s better that you stop coming here now.”
His words were so cutting. You didn’t know Tao hated you so much. You began crying and pushed him back. “I hate you Tao, I really really hate you,” you said grinding your teeth.
“If this is what you really want then alright you will never see me again,” you said and banged the door behind you.
Everybody was looking at you as you came out. “I hate him,” you said to Kris looking him straight in the eye then you looked at the manager and said,” I quit. I won’t be coming to work from Monday.”
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Tao came running after you but you were gone.
“Did she really leave?” he asked with a worried look on his face.
“I’m afraid so,” Chen replied apologetically.
“Oh what have I done? What have I done?” Tao said pulling his hair.
“Maybe you should fix it,” the manager said angrily. “If she doesn’t come to work on Monday, you’ll be in big trouble.”
“That’s not the problem,” Tao said,” the problem is… that.. I love her.”
Everybody but Kris was surprised.
“Then why are you still here. Go and get her,” Lay said without looking up.
“Yeah I should,” Tao said running towards the door.
“Wait, Tao take an umbrella,” Xiumin called after him but it was too late.
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“Ohh shucks, I didn’t get an umbrella,” he said as he left the building. “Wait, _______ didn’t have an umbrella either. Ohh where will she go in this rain.”
He started running after you. He turned around the corner and found you walking. You had an umbrella. Tao ran towards you and stopped in front of you. He smiled,” you brought an umbrella?”
“Yeah, I’m not dumb like you.” You replied with a disgusted look. “What are you doing here,” you said pulling him under your umbrella. The two of you were standing awfully close to each other.
“I came to apologize,” he said pulling a smile. “I didn’t mean any of those things.”
“Well it sure looked like you did.” You replied rolling your eyes.
“No, I swear I didn’t. I was wrong. I should have listened to you. What you did was the right thing.” He said and looked away then looked back at you.
“There’s something I’ve been meaning to say to you for a while but then that episode between me and you happened and I was mad and …just..,” he stopped and looked away.
“What is it?” you asked with concern. He looked back at you, now looking straight into your eyes.
“________, I love you!”
“What?” you cried in surprise.
“It’s been more than a year now so I’m pretty sure its love and not a mere infatuation or crush.”
You looked away to hide your smile. He held your face and made you look at him.
“I don’t know if you share the same feelings for me but I wanted to tell you this so you won’t go away. Believe me that’s the last thing I would want.”
You couldn’t control yourself and you started smiling.
“I’ve liked you too Tao. For a while actually.” You said looking down.
Tao too the umbrella from your hand and threw it behind him. He held your face, leaned in and kissed you. You couldn’t believe it. Tao was kissing you. He really was. You were kissing him too. You really were. He slid his hand to the back of your neck and you did the same. It was beautiful. You had never imagined your first kiss to be in the rain, like this, with him. The two of you were soaking now.
“Now, let’s go home?” he said pulling back and holding your hand.
“I’d love too,” you said and smiled back.
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Aaaaaaaa, it was so hard writing this one because I didn’t know how to make Tao look mean. He has such a soft heart but anyways I hope you like it anon :)
** Special appearance: Luhan**
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“Is he always so quiet?” you asked Luhan.
“I’m afraid so,” he replied.
“I like that,” you said and shot him one of your cheesy smiles.
“He’s a total opposite of you. You’re so playful and he’s always serious.” Luhan remarked.
You got closer to Luhan, stopping only inches away from his ears, “Even better,” you whispered.
It was that moment that you knew; Lay was the person you wanted to be with.
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One year later
“So what are we doing tonight?,” you asked Lay on the phone.
“Anything you want,” he replied.
“You always say that. You don’t ever plan anything. ? Just surprise me tonight okay?,” you say trying to drop hints.
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You knock on his front door, hoping that he remembered. You had your finger crossed. Lay opened the door and let you in. “Hey, what took you so long?” he asked.
“I was choosing the right dress to wear,” you said, smiling. “So what are we doing tonight?”
“I rented this really cool movie. We could watch that,” he said.
You were disappointed. Really, really disappointed, but you didn’t want to look week. Lay was always so strong. So good at hiding his feelings. He had never bothered you with his personal problem even though you wanted him to do that once in a while. He was a perfect boyfriend. He gave you anything you asked for. He never even got annoyed at your requests. The only problem was, he never said he loved you. He cared about you a lot and you knew that but sometimes you needed that satisfaction by hearing it from him. You guys had had these conversations before. And every time he had promised to be more expressive but, he just did not know how to. From his point of view he thought he was doing a good job. It were his efforts that made you fall in love with him more and more every day.
“______, “ he said waving at you.
“Huh..!” you said shaking your head and putting it back on his chest.
“What are you thinking?” he asked with his soft voice.
“Nothing, just watching the movie.” You replied.
“Okay,” he said and went back to watching the movie. You wanted him to not just stop there. You wanted him to ask you again but he didn’t bother. The two of you continued to watch the movie in silence.
“______” he called your name again.
“Yes Lay,” you replied.
Lay got up and pulled a small box out of his pocket. It was a wrapped in a lovely green paper with a golden ribbon tied to it. He offered it to you.
“What’s this?” you asked.
“You didn’t think I’d forget your birthday now would I?” he said smiling. It was such an emotional moment. You wanted to cry and sure enough a tear rolled down your cheek. He wiped it, “Go ahead and open it.”
You did as he said. It was a necklace. A beautiful gold necklace with the letter ‘L’ hanging to it.
“Just so everybody knows that you’re mine,” he said. You expected him to lean in and kiss you and make the moment perfect but it was Lay, he didn’t do stuff that normal boyfriends did. Nevertheless this was more than enough for you. More than you had ever expected.
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“Look at it. Isn’t it beautiful?” you said showing off your necklace to Luhan.
“Here I got you something too,” he said giving you a bag. “Don’t open it yet. Just go home and look at it okay?”
“But I wanna look at it now,” you made your classic puppy dog face.
“Listen I want to tell you something,” Luhan said with a serious tone.
“Sure, go ahead.”
“We’ve been friends for 3 years now. But recently, there’s this weird feeling inside of me. I don’t know what to call it. I know you’re perfectly happy with Lay and he is my brother too but this feeling won’t go away. Maybe it’s just infatuation and it might go away with time. We tell each other everything so I wanted to tell you this,” he hesitated a bit,” I think I’ve started liking you.”
Nothing was making sense until he said the last line. You were dumbfounded. Both of you stared at each other for a while then you finally spoke putting your hand on his cheek
“Aww Luhan, honey I am so sorry but you know I’m with Lay. I just hope it’s just an infatuation and it really does go away with time. Maybe, maybe we can find you a girl so to get your mind off of this?” you said looking at him for an answer. You suddenly saw Lay standing at the door. You had no idea how long he’d been there but he looked hurt. He advanced towards the both of you, took your hand and dragged you along.
“I am so sorry Lay, “Luhan yelled from behind but Lay was too furious to respond.
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He hadn’t looked at you for one second all the way home. He opened the door hastily, went to his room and made you sit on the bed. The two of you sat in silence. You were really scared. You didn’t want to lose him. Then suddenly he turned around and hugged you tightly. He was crying. Your heart sank. That was the last thing you ever wanted to do; make him cry.
“Lay I am so..”
“I’m sorry,” he cut you off.
You were surprised. Was he alright? Why was he apologizing?
“I’m sorry for never being around when you wanted to hang out so you had to hang out with Luhan. I am sorry for never being expressive. I’m sorry for not showing you off to the world. I am sorry for not letting people know that you are mine and mine only and I am so so sorry for never telling you how much I love you. All the things you do for me; I can never repay them. You used to be so full of life and ever since I came into your life you try so hard every day to act more mature. Just so you can please me. I don’t want you to do that anymore. I want you to be yourself and there’s no way yo can do that round me. But, but I don’t want to let go off you either.” He buried his face in his hands. “I am so confused right now. Luhan is such an amazing guy. He probably can make you more happy than I can but,” he looked up at you,” But I love you ____________, I really do.”
You wiped his tears and hugged him. “Please don’t say that. It hurts me when you cry. I do all of this because I want to be with you. I know you’re the one Lay. You really are. Whatever you do for me is more than enough. I can live with that as long as I know that you love me. Luhan is my best friend. I can never think of him this way. You want you know why? Because I love you, always have and always will” you said pulled away, now looking straight into his eyes.
He leaned in and kissed you. This wasn’t a norm for you guys so the kiss meant a lot more to you than just a simple touching of the lips. You kissed him back. You could tell how passionate it was and it made you want to cry with joy. You put your head on his shoulder and he held your hand in his, using his other hand to define the structure of your fingers. His touch made your whole body tremble. It felt good.
“It’s a good think Luhan confessed,” you said smiling,” It brought the two of us closer. And It finally made you say what I had been longing to hear.”
Lay laughed. “Yeah, a good thing it was.” He said and kissed you on your neck.
“You’re not mad at him are you?” you asked hesitating.
“Of course not. It’s not really his fault. Besides I know he will move on soon. He’s been into similar episodes before. “
“And me?”
“What about you?”
“Are you mad at me?” you asked looking straight into his pure eyes.
He leaned in and whispered, “ Is it really your fault that you’re so irresistible?” he said with a witty smile.
You couldn’t stop yourself and you pressed your lips against his. He kissed you back. You could feel him smile and that made you happy. You were very happy. You felt like a princess.
Your heart whispered to you, ‘Told you he was the one.’
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Ahhhhhh I just love this one. I <3 Lay so much .I kind of drifted off from the plot but I really like the way this came out. Hope you like it anon :)
