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[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch. 15

I swallowed nervously. He can't do this to me. He's the dude. He should decide if it was a date or not...but...sigh. 

"I-is it?" I fiddled with my napkin and looked at his eyebrows so I didn't have to look at his eyes. Man, them eyebrows.

"Would it be weird...?" Crap. How do I respond to this?

"I don't...I mean, is it for you?" We stared at each other awkwardly in silence. The two of us never mentioned anything about dating before to each other, nevertheless how we felt, if he felt anything at all. My mind was racing at all the possibilities...and how everything could go wrong...but how everything could go right. I let out a low mumble, "I mean, it wouldn't be for me..."

"Me...either..." I let my eyes finally look at his face and saw he was smiling at me, scratching his head. Oh. My. God.

--

"Do you think they're together yet?!" Emily anxiously stared across the street at the kogi restaurant. Just then, Ma Ri and Yoon Ji walked into the small ice cream shop where Emily and Jongin were sharing a large sundae. 

"Oh, eonnie...what're you doing here?" Yoon Ji gave Emily a sickeningly sweet smile, taking the seat next to a confused Jongin. Ma Ri slid in next to Emily. 

"Ah, Jongin-oppa..." Ma Ri batted her eyelashes, shyly tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Why are you with our eonnie?"

Emily rolled her eyes, turning her attention back to the kogi restaurant. 

"It's Kai, and we're here...on a date" He looked at Emily, her eyes fixed on the window. 

"Mhmm...we're on a date," She said, absentmindedly. She gave up on trying to be nice to the girls, or even being mean. She just did as she pleased. 

"What...is that true, Jo- Kai-oppa?" Ma Ri looked at Jongin with wide eyes, nudging Yoon Ji with her elbow. 

"You can't date eonnie..." Yoon Ji glared at Emily, who sighed and looked back at her. 

"You don't have to pretend to be all nice and sweet; we all see right through you two." Emily took a bite of the melting ice cream, resting her elbows calmly on the table in front of her. 

"I don't know what you're talking about, eonnie." Ma Ri shot daggers at Emily with her eyes. 

"Be careful, too much ice cream can make you gain weight...we can't have that in our group." Yoon Ji smirked, looking at Jongin through the corner of her eye. 

Emily eyed the unfinished ice cream sadly, glancing up at Jongin and pouted. "Will you buy me ice cream later?" He chuckled and nodded, causing her to beam in happiness. They ignored the other two girls, leaving the shop, and causing their jaws to drop. They were never rejected.

--

"So...since this is a date...you're paying, right?" I blinked at him a few times, smiling sweetly. Muahaha. 

"Come on, what happened to women being all independent these days?" He teased, taking a sip of his water. I, of course, had raspberry iced tea. Who cares if the flavor is partially thanks to beaver anus? Not this girl! "You're a strange one, Summer."

"I am not!" I glared at him, mumbling under my breath. "How the hell do you freaking roll like a buffalo anyways..."

"What?"

"Nothing~"

We continued the night, enjoying our delicious meat and not having a care in the world. It was surprisingly a lot less nerve-racking than I thought it would be...I was on a date with Kris.

--

"Aish, I can't see in there..." Emily craned her neck up to the high window, hoping to catch a glimpse of Eomma and her future father-in-law. "Jongin-ah~"

"W-what?" He looked up from his phone to see Emily grinning evilly. He had to admit; her weird made her strangely...attractive. Not that he'd admit it. 

"Can you give me a lift? Please~?" He eyed her strangely.

"And why should I do that...?"

"So I can spy on my eomma~" She looked at him innocently, hands behind her back. 

"But-"

"Shh. Don't speak. Just do." She raised a finger to his lips, motioning to the window. He rolled his eyes, lacing his fingers together and bending down so she could step up. "Be happy I decided not to wear a skirt today~"

She stepped up, grabbing his shoulders for support, and peered inside at Summer. She was smiling and seemed to be enjoying herself.

--

"That's not fair! I wanted that one..." I glared at the chicken halfway in his mouth. "I ordered chicken for meeee...."

"I'm paying!" He munched on the chicken happily, but something caught his eye from the window. "Hey...is that...nevermind."

"Huh?" I turned to look, but he grabbed my face. Damn his stupid long arms and giant hands and dumb everything. I felt my face burning, but hopefully he couldn't. I had food in my mouth, so I probably looked dumber than him, and that was saying something.

He changed the subject, and we finally finished. I rubbed my bulging stomach in satisfaction while he got up to pay the bill. 

"Ok, let's go~" He held his hand out for me, leading me out of restaurant. I was about to let go, but he intertwined his fingers through mine, avoiding my gaze and looking straight ahead. 

--

"AH. THEY'RE COMING! QUICK; HIDE ME!" Emily let go of the window, losing her balance and tumbling onto Jongin. "EEEEEH."

Jongin covered her mouth with his hand and pulled her up, leading them into a side alley covered in shadows. "Shhhh..." 

"Mmffphmm" Emily grabbed onto Jongin's back, hoping Summer wouldn't see her.

"Oh, please. How would she even reach that window? She isn't that tall." I laughed at what Kris had told me. Emily. In a window. HA. 

"She was with Jongin! He could've like..helped her...I don't know..."

"You're crazy." We walked past a dark alley, and I could've sworn I saw eyes watching me from inside. Nah, I won't mention it. 

"Do you want ice cream? There's a shop across the street...or, you know, we could have something else for dessert..."

"Excuse me?"  I stared at him in disbelief. I mean, not that I'd mind, but...still. What. 

"Hey hey hey, get your mind out of the gutter!" His cheeks flushed and  his grip on my hand tightened, pulling me behind him. I caught up to him, happily poking fun at him the whole way home.

The twenty minute walk back was twenty minutes too short. I didn't want the night to end yet, but I knew we would both be super busy the next day. Stupid hallway; be longer... 

"Well...thanks for tonight...I guess..." I felt awkward. 

"Thank your 'daughter', eh." We smiled at each other, and I stalled by fiddling around with my keys. "Hey, Summer..."

"Wha-" I was interrupted by a soft sensation on my lips. It was warm, and sweet, and far too short. "...oh."

"Ahem...well...goodnight!" He turned around quickly as I stood there, a little weak in the knees. 

--

"Hey, Emily. You can let go now..." Emily was still clinging onto Jongin, trying to keep herself from bursting. He looked down at her head, unable to see her face. She stared at her phone as it illuminated the dark alley, smiling at the short text she received from Summer.

"HE KISSED ME."

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[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch. 14

We walked back to my apartment, disregarding everything that happened earlier, and silently agreeing not to speak of it. Well, at least, I thought we did.

"H-hey...Summer," Kris grabbed my arm before I even took my keys out. "About this morning...uh..."

"W-we can just-"

"Eommaaaaaaaaaaa...oh, hi Kris-ge~" Mei Li skipped down the hall towards us, looking quickly between us and smiling. "I'm gonna go inside, bye!"

She smacked both of our shoulders before squeezing in between us and into the apartment, unlocking the door with superhuman speed. Damn. 

"Ahem...well...I have to go; we have a schedule today." Kris smiled awkwardly at me, rubbing his shoulder where Mei Li hit him. Ha, what a baby.

"Aiight, peace out Big Niggs." I stuck my two fingers up to form a peace sign, wiggling them up and down, then rushed inside to find Mei Li lounging on the couch waiting for me. "...The hell, Mei Li?!"

"I have a problem."

"So do I."

"Will you hold me?"

I laughed and walked over to the couch, plopping down next to her, then put my arm around her. She laid her head on my shoulder and we probably looked gay for each other. What if we were.

"What's up?" 

"I hate boys."

"That's nothing new."

"I just...I just can't." 

"What happened?"

"Nothing! That's the problem!"

"Wait, what?"

"I think...I can't....I don't even know."

"Start from the beginning."

"There's a guy."

"Mhmm."

"And there's another guy."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

I sighed. She wasn't really one to like more than one guy at once, so obviously it was a problem. What to do, what to do...?

"Who are these guys?"

"I'm embarrassed to say."

"Fine. Don't let me help you." I started to get up, but felt her pull my arm. 

"I-it's...Jongin-ah and Taemin-sunbae."

"Taemin-sunbae...? When did you even? What happened to Tao and Sehun...oh my god."

"I TOLD YOU I HAVE A PROBLEM." She buried her head into her hands, falling to her side, and did her weird air-kicking thing with her legs. 

"How do you even know Taemin-sunbae?!"

"Jongin-ah was teaching me this one dance move and then...then Taemin-sunbae came in and was all 'hi best friend and girl I've never met before!' and, like, he was so...good looking. Then he started dancing, and he was really nice, and, like, super adorable, and then I said I was thirsty so he left and bought me juice. Eomma, that's almost like buying me food. You know what that does! But then Jongin-ah is like...my friend...and you know, he's kinda hot, and like, he's all adorable and stuff, too, and his voice is all deep, and-"

"Woah, calm down!" I knelt down in front of her, holding her forehead down. "And...Sehun and Tao?"

"I think I was just infatuated with them two. I mean, look at them." I had to agree with her on that one.

"You barely know Taemin-sunbae..."

"I barely know anything, eomma."

"You know what I mean..."

"Ugh, let's just avoid them for now. What about ahj- I mean, Minho-sunbae? He's nice."

"What?"

"Nevermind."

"Anyways...what's your problem?"

"Kris almost...we...he almost kissed me." Now it was my turn to bury my face in my hands and pull down in frustration. 

"WHAT. WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING SOONER. MY PROBLEM CAN WAIT OH MY GOSH." Mei Li sat up at once, eagerly waiting for me to tell her the rest of the details. 

"W-well, it was at the coffee shop, but stupid Ahjussi interrupted, and I was kind of relieved because I don't know what I would've done, but at the same time, I was really pissed off because I wanted to kiss him, dammit." 

"A-ahjussi?"

"Minho-sunbae. He's an ahjussi."

"Summer. This is serious. That means...he likes you, too!" She put her hand on her chin, stroking an imaginary beard. "I know! Double date! Just leave it to me, eomma!"

"What-" Mei Li got up and sprinted to her room, shutting the door behind her with a bang. No stopping her now.

I spent the afternoon napping. It had been a while since I had gotten proper rest, and it was really refreshing...until I realized it was 5pm and I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. 

"Emilyyyy..." I stretched before making my way to her door. I knocked lightly and got no response. "I'm coming in..."

I slowly turned the knob and pushed the door open to find her gone. Again. This little shit, always disappearing on me. "The fu..."

I left her room and went to the kitchen, prepared to stuff my face with whatever we had in the fridge, but I spotted a sticky note on the refrigerator door.

"Eomma, if you're reading this, you're awake! Hopefully before 7...anyways. Meet me at the kogi place near our favorite ramen shop. DON'T BE LATE...and dress pretty, aiight? Love, Lil Niggs ♥"

Seven...that gave me two hours to get ready. What do you have planned, Mei Li?

I hurriedly braided my hair to the side and threw on a cute dress I had bought on a whim one time. I knew it would come in handy. My makeup didn't take too long and I preferred the more natural look, anyways. On my way out, I pulled on a thick cardigan and some flats, locking the door behind me. 

It took around twenty minutes to walk to the kogi place, so I popped in my headphones and checked the time - 6:30.

I stopped midstep when I saw a tall figure in front of the restaurant. Well, two tall figures, and a short one. The guys' backs were facing me, and Mei Li smiled when she saw me. You're going to die, Mei Li.

I walked slowly up to them, smiling awkwardly. We all followed the waiter inside to our table. It was kind of crowded, but it wasn't super noisy, which was nice. 

"Ah, I'm sorry, our only table for now is for two people..." The waiter gave us an apologetic look.

"It's ok...we'll eat something else. Have fun, eomma! Kris-ge!" Mei Li raised her arms to hug me, causing Kris to flinch. Aha. Ahaha. Loser.

"You owe me one, ok?" She said it quietly, making sure only I heard, and I swear I saw her tip the waiter on the way out with her...date? Partner in crime? I dunno.

"Uh...sorry about Mei Li. I was asleep all day..."

"She told me." Kris smirked before pulling out my chair for me. "Kind of weird that she was with him though, huh?"

He took the seat across from me and started scanning the menu. I shrugged. Maybe she got over her problem...?

"Duizhang!" I heard a familiar voice from behind me and turned to see Luhan smiling broadly at Kris. "O-oh, you're here, too, Xia Tian?"

His smile faltered a bit, and he looked a little sad. Was Mei Li right...? I bowed, trying my best to look normal. 

"Hey, Luhan. What brings you here?" Kris seemed unaffected. Maybe he was just too dumb to notice.

"Tao was hungry and blackmailed me into treating him...he's evil, I say!" Speak of the devil; Tao appeared out of nowhere and bowed to us, even though we were all past the formalities. How cute.

"Well, we're going to go find our table...see you later!" Luhan waved, and his eyes met mine for a brief moment. Sorry, Luhan...

"So," I looked up at Kris and I wanted to punch his stupid adorable face. "is this considered a date, then...?"

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[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch. 13

"What?" I shrugged and strutted past her. That's right. Strutted. I don't wanna know what you're thinking, Mei Li. 

"What do you mean 'what'? You know what I mean, eomma!" She followed me into the kitchen, bringing all the stuff from earlier. She dumped everything into the trash before snaking her sneaky little arm around mine. "Come ooooon, there's something going on. There has to be! I'll just call him myself..."

"No. No Mei Li. No."

"Fine! Then tell meeeeeeeee~" 

"Aish, there's nothing to tell!"

"Your face is red."

"No it's not. You're blind."

"Arassoooo." Hmph.

The next day, I woke up to find Emily gone. She was probably getting food...WITHOUT ME. Rude. Fine, I'll get my own breakfast.

I pulled on a sweater and beanie, not in the mood to look nice. My feet were already in my comfy mocassins, so I just left like that. I rolled my sweats up to my knees as soon I was outside though...it was pretty warm. The walk to the nearest coffee shop took about five minutes, but with my headphones in, I didn't really pay attention. 

"Hello, welcome~" I bowed to the girl behind the counter and looked at the menu. My head was bobbing to my music, when suddenly someone's hands covered my eyes. 

"Hey, if you don't wanna get hurt, just cooperate silently, aiight?" His voice blew into my now headphoneless ear, whispering kind of...seductively...? I grabbed his hands, prying them from my face, only to have him pin my arms around my back. "Ayooo, what's up, Summer?" 

"Creeeeeep." I glared at him, still unable to move. The coffee shop was empty, except for Minho-sunbae who was staring out the window, still pondering the meaning of life like the last time I saw him. Well, what help you are, sunbae. Someone cleared their throat and we both looked, well, down, to the short cashier, who looked a little afraid to speak up. "Let go-"

"Are you gonna buy me coffee?" Kris smiled innocently, leaning over my shoulder to look me in the face. Get off, get off, get off...

I rolled my eyes. "Let go of me and we'll see."

"But I'm comfortable here...you're the only one tall enough for me to lean on without making me seem gay!" 

"You. Are. ALL. Gay." 

"W-what...nu uh!" 

"Denial is the first step to acceptance, Kristopher."

"Stop calling me that, eh!"

"Fine. Kevin."

"I give up." He released my arms and I smiled. I guess I could be nice this one time...

"What do you want?" The cashier shrunk back a little as I got closer. I swear, she was like half my size. 

"Surprise me!"

I shrugged and ordered, and he left to go find a table or something. As I was waiting, I looked over, and found that Kris had joined Minho. Both of them were looking at something outside the window, their chins resting on their hands. I raised my eyebrow, but turned back when my name was called. I grabbed the hot paper cups and made my way over to the table, setting them down in front of the two. Kris looked up at me and smiled, scooting over to make room for me. My heart skipped a beat.

"Ah, hello sunbae...I didn't know if I should get you something...?" Minho looked at me and smirked, shaking his head.

"Ani, it's ok~ I'm leaving anyways. Have fun, kids!" We bowed our heads as Minho took his leave. Well. 

Our backs were turned to the rest of the shop, and we stared at the wall in front of us. 

"He said Taemin-sunbae is getting a weave today." I gave Kris a confused, slightly amused look. Taemin? With long hair? AHA.

"Well, I got you coffee. It's black because...I don't know. Here." I pulled a whole bunch of sugar packets and creamer from my pocket and handed it to him.

"Ah, thanks yeobo~"

"Excuse me?"

"What? I'm kidding~" Sigh. Of course. I took a sip of my favorite drink - a matcha green tea latte. "Hey, what's that? I wanna try~"

I sighed. "Fiine." I handed him the cup, freaking out a little bit. Indirect...kiss...yea. No. 

"That's...interesting. Green tea?"

"Yup." I took the cup back and chugged a little bit. 

"You have some..." I watched as his thumb reached up to my mouth, wiping off the tea. His hand lingered on my face for a few seconds, and I stared at him with wide eyes. As if our bodies were moving on their own, we leaned closer, and I shut my eyes. Oh. My. God.

My heart starting pumping profusely. I don't know how many seconds had passed; all that mattered was that I was awake. I wasn't dreaming. This was real.

"How could I forget my wallet - oh." We both jumped back at the sound of Minho's voice. "I am so...was I interrupting? Aigoooo, sorry!" 

He bowed and rushed away, looking as if he was holding back a laugh.  I mentally glared at him. He was like one of those annoying ahjussis that ruined everything...stupid Minho-ahjussi.

"Is it all off?" I looked at Kris through the corner of my eye, not daring to turn and face him all the way.

"Uh...yeah..." He scratched his head and leaned back in the seat. Freaking stupid dumb annoying ahjussiiiiiii. WHY. 

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[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch. 12

It had already been a week since the new girls came. We learned to tolerate them, but since they never listened to me, we never got any work done. Even EXO was starting to avoid the practice room when we were there. Occasionally, someone would come in to say hi, but they would make an excuse to leave when one of the she-devils tried talking to them. Emily, San Ah, and I continued working on our original piece, hopefully getting better each time. Manager-oppa would drop by every once in a while, which would cause Ma Ri and Yoon Ji to act like perfect angels, but as soon as he left, they would go back to whatever it was that they were doing. Sure, they could hold a tune, and they were never off beat when they danced, but their attitudes made everything go to waste. I guess they were here to be the "faces", since they looked like members of every other girl group ever. The three of us weren't bad, obviously, but since Emily and I were foreigners, we didn't have the typical "Korean" look, while, in my opinion, San Ah looked better than the two spawns of evil. She even had these cute dimples when she smiled, and her smile was adorable, too. Ugh, I wish it was just us three so she could be the maknae. 

The day ended, and we trudged up one flight of stairs to Manager-oppa's office. Ma Ri and Yoon Ji insisted on leaving early, claiming they were tired and had to get beauty rest. Ha.

"Ah, come in girls! How are the new members?" The three of us looked at each other, unsure of whether we wanted to sugarcoat the truth or just tell him straight up. I mean, we knew we would have problems if they became permanent members, and as a team, we shouldn't have these kinds of problems, if any. 

"Well...as the leader for right now, I guess I should say something..." Emily and San Ah gave me encouraging looks. "Well, they're a bit...how do I say this?"

"They don't listen to Yeoreum. Or any of us, for that matter." San Ah crossed her arms. "I mean, they're always sweet when you come, or when EXO comes, but when it's just us five, they just do whatever they want and don't even try to get along with us. Seriously, oppa, we've tried..."

I put my hand on her shoulder; she seemed more frustrated than me, and her eyes started to water. She was super friendly, and people that were, well, like Ma Ri and Yoon Ji just pissed her off. 

"I think...they just want to be close to EXO..." Emily rubbed her arm. She didn't want to make it seem like it was a personal issue, even though it definitely was at this point, but I could see why she was hesitant to say it. "Not that it's a bad thing to get close to our coworkers, obviously...it's just, all they do when EXO is practicing is flirt and pretend to be perfect angels and I am so tired of it...ah, sorry..."

"I see..." Manager-oppa nodded his head. He was so wonderful and understanding. "Well, not that I don't trust you or your word, but it's only fair if we hear their side, right?"

We nodded. Of course.

"I'll talk to them soon, ok? Just keep working hard; I know you are all doing your best, and you three get along just fine. I trust you, but this is business, you understand?"

"Of course, oppa. Thanks for listening!" I bowed and the other two followed. We waved and headed out, thankful we could finally let out some steam and tell our manager the truth. 

It was dark outside when we left. The street lights barely illuminated the snowy streets, casting a weird eerie glow over everything. I stretched my arms and groaned. 

"Yah, Mei Li, I want to punch something." She laughed and nodded. San Ah laughed, too, even though she was against punching anything. She's a pacifist, after all. 

"Ahh!" Emily and I turned to San Ah, who had a pair of hands covering her eyes. "Aish, Kim Jong Dae!"

We both relaxed, then smirked at the silly couple. They were cute. 

"Hello~"  Chen grinned, his eyes almost closing all the way. He was so squishy sometimes.

"Hi~" Emily and I bowed. "Going on a date?"

"W-what...?" Chen's face flushed and he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm just walking her home! I'm a gentleman, ok?"

We all laughed at him and said our goodbyes to the lovebirds. San Ah lived in the opposite direction of us, so it was good she had Chen. Especially at night; Seoul could be a dangerous place, especially for a girl.

"Eomma~ I'm hungraaaaay." Emily rubbed her stomach and pulled out her phone. "Make Kris buy us food since you took care of him that one time!"

She held her phone out to me and it was already dialing his number. What the.

"Hello?" His voice came from the small speaker and I had no choice. "This is Emily, right...?"

"This is her phone, yes. And if you ever want to see her alive again, you will buy her and Summer some food." I had to hold back my laughter. You see, I have this strange ability to impersonate Bang Yongguk's voice from BAP, so I sounded like a man over the phone. A manly man.

"W-what?! Who is this??" I smiled at Emily who was quietly cracking up and kneeling down, holding her stomach. 

"That information is unnecessary. Bring enough food for Summer and Emily to their apartment in exactly half an hour....or else." With that, I hung up, and finally let out the burst of laughter I had been holding in. The two of us merrily walked back to our apartment, rapping Two Moons to each other in Korean and Mandarin. EXO didn't know we were performing this, but our version is most definitely better than theirs. MUAHAHA.

Once we were home, I slung my bag into my room and kicked my shoes off. Emily flopped onto the couch, facedown, and groaned from exhaustion. I slid down the wall into a sitting position, too lazy to move anywhere else, but a few minutes later, the door bell rang and someone started knocking like crazy.

"YAH I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE BUT LET THEM GO, EH." AHA. Oh, Kristopher, you silly duck.

"Did you bring the stuff?" I leaned against the door, bringing out my inner Yongguk again. 

"What...yeah, just let me in!" 

I laughed normally and opened the door, smirking at him. And apparently his little army of other EXO members. "What's up, guys?"

I heard Emily cackling from the couch, which she was still laying facedown on, and I let them in. 

"YOU." Kris held the bag of food away from me when I tried to grab it. "YOU MADE ME WORRIED, WHAT THE HELL?!" 

I pouted. "Ah, sorry, oppa~" I gave him the biggest puppy eyes I could manage, and his gaze finally softened. 

"Ayahh, you're so..." He lightly smacked my shoulder before handing me the bag. 

"Irresistable? Fabulous? Amazing? I know." I smirked and push/rolled Emily off the couch. She was still laughing, and trying to gasp for air. 

"Eomma...I...can't...breathe...AHAHAHAA" Kris playfully kicked her and sat next to me on the couch. I guess she wasn't able to stop laughing long enough to get off the floor. 

Kai, Sehun, and Tao were all here, too, unsure of how to react. Tao even brought his wushu stick. D'aww, they really were worried!

The five of us sat around Emily, who was laying on the floor, trying to catch her breath.

"You better move unless you wanna be used as a table, Lil Niggs."

"Whatevs, Medium-sized Niggs."

Kai, Sehun, and Tao gave us a confused look while Kris gave us a "what-the-f*ck-are-you-talking-about" face.

"What?" I gave him an innocent face. "It's cute, ok?"

"You can be Big Niggs." Emily nodded in approval at Kris, who was on the verge of laughter. She finally sat up and scooted in between me and Sehun. He looked at her before turning away quickly, and I could've sworn I saw his face redden a little. Hehe. 

Luckily, I told Kris to bring enough for me and Emily, which meant there was enough for all six of us to get a pretty good portion of food. I like how he knows what such fatasses we are.

We finished eating and sat around for a few hours, getting in some good quality bonding time. It was nice seeing Emily finally getting comfortable with other people besides me, San Ah, Manager-oppa, and Kris. Haha. 

The boys eventually left, and I stood at the door to make sure they made it out ok. I mean, it was only to the hallway, but still. 

"You better not do that again, Summer."

"Do what?" I fluttered my eyelashes at Kris, who gave me a stern look.

"Seriously, don't. I was worried..." 

"Aw, you care about us~" I tried to act as normal as possible, but my heart was starting to give me away.

"Wha- of course I do!" He put his giant palms on my cheeks and held my face so I had to look at him. "Promise?"

"Fine, promise..." We stood there for a few seconds, his ridiculously large hands almost covering my entire face. I blinked and tried to look away, but he held my gaze the entire time. It seemed like he was searching me for something, his eyes digging straight into my soul. Wow, that was corny. "Uhh. I think they're waiting..."

I pointed at the other three, who were watching us with weird expressions. "Come on, Duizhang!"

He let go of my face and messed up my hair, finally waving goodbye. I waved back until they made it to the elevator and out of sight. I felt small hands on my face and felt myself being dragged back in. 

"So, Summer." Emily gave me a knowing smirk. Aish.

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[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch.11

It was windy. It was cold. It was cold AND windy. My hair whipped around in all directions and I felt like a freaking lion. A man lion. I wrapped my arms around myself and tried to warm myself up, but it didn't work very well. The Buttface was right behind me, trying to warm himself up, too. Do I dare suggest it? Would it be weird...? I mean, I've held onto people before...and we do have reason to. It's not like I'm gonna do it just for the heck of it...kinda...mostly...ish

We walked towards SM; the nearer it got, the happier I became. Buildings meant heaters and no wind. Emily was still nowhere to be found, so I was stuck with him. Eh, not that I really minded...

"EOMMA. THERE YOU ARE!" Emily came running down the stairs out of breath.  "We...have...new...people...oh, hi, you.”

It’s been a while since San Ah came, and we were comfortable with just the three of us. I was always kind of nervous when dealing with new people – you never know who you can trust these days. The adding of new members just added to the growing reality that we would probably be debuting soon.

“Ah, I forgot I had to be here earlier...see you guys later!” Kris waved to us and headed upstairs. I took a deep breath and finally relaxed.

“Wait, how many new people…?” I started walking down to our manager’s office with Emily. “What happened to one at a time…”

“There’s only like two…but they’re only potentials. Don’t tell anyone, but us two get the final say depending on if we get along with them or not~” Emily grinned and pushed the door open for me. “I haven’t met them yet, but, well, you’ll see.”

“Hi girls! Come in, come in~” Manager-oppa beckoned for us to take a seat in front of his desk. “So, Summer, I don’t know if Emily told you, but we might add two more girls to your group. I think they’re in the practice room already. You two can head on over and I’ll find out where San Ah is, ok?”

We nodded and got up to leave. “Oh! One more thing; if you girls keep up the good work, you might be able to get your own practice room and stop sharing with the boys!”

“See you later, Manager-oppa!” We bowed and left, chatting away as we made our way to the elevators. The hallway was awkwardly quiet until we reached the practice room and heard girlish laughter from within.

“Wait…they’re kinda…uhh, how do I say this?” Emily stopped me a few feet away from the door. “Well, they look a little bitchy, if you know what I mean.”

I sighed. “Really? I don’t like this.” I already dealt with enough annoying people back in high school, and even in college when we were dorming. It made me irritated and stressed and I didn’t want to have to face more problems in my life when it was just starting to get better. The two of us headed to the door; Emily held it open for me before following me in. I knew she wasn’t really looking forward to it either.

Inside, we were faced with two short, stick-thin girls that were hard to tell apart. They both had long, jet-black hair that went down to their midbacks, and parted in the middle. When they saw us through the mirror, they turned around, expressionless. They didn’t even bow.

“Uh, hello…I’m Yeoreum. This is Mei Li.” We both bowed and extended our hands, only to have them hang in midair awkwardly before dropping them back to our sides. I gave a side glance to Emily and she was biting her lip.

“We know who you are. But, just because you were here first, it doesn’t mean we have to listen to you. We’re going to show you how real idols are supposed to be, so just let us do our thing and we’ll leave you alone, ok?” The one on the right had her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. The other one stood a little behind her with her hands on her hips. I looked at Emily and she was clearly getting irritated. We weren’t easily offended when we were together, since we knew we had each others’ backs, but that didn’t mean we didn’t get a little pissed off from time to time. This was one of those times.

“Oh, but you see, Yeoreum here has already been appointed as leader. And, seeing as I was shown both of your profiles, we are both older than you, so shouldn’t you show some respect?”

They rolled their eyes and turned back to face the mirror. They weren’t even really doing anything besides inspecting their faces and posing. Real idols? Ha!

I was a bit dumbfounded at the rudeness of the girls, but Emily and I decided to just move on and practice our routine that we had come up with. San Ah joined us shortly and the girls didn’t seem to acknowledge her presence. Emily knew their names, but I didn’t care. They needed some sense slapped into them if they wanted to be part of NSOA.

The three of us went over some moves before turning on the music, and we sometimes felt the stares of the other girls. Fed up, I plugged in my iPod and blasted the song. We repeated the dance a few times, perfecting each move. It was going to be performed at some point, according to our manager, so we knew everything had to be just right.

After an hour of practice, we collapsed on the floor, sweaty and ridiculously thirsty. I chugged my bottle of water in no time, and frowned at the lack of liquid when it was done. The three of us quietly discussed what to do next; Emily and I had filled in San Ah on what had happened earlier, and she already didn’t like them much either. Even though we were close friends now and around the same age, she knew I was leader, and she knew when she had to listen to me. How else would we get things done if someone didn’t step in? We leaned against a back wall, wiping our sweat and catching our breath. Suddenly, some of the EXO members came in and the two spawns of Satan changed completely.

“Oh my! I didn’t know boys were coming…I should’ve prepared!” The one from earlier giggled with her hand oh so delicately placed above her mouth. They bowed and introduced themselves while the three of us in back just rolled our eyes and looked down at our phones. It was probably really funny from another perspective how in sync we were at that moment.

I lazily let my legs stretch out onto the floor and tilted my head back so I could rest my neck. I felt someone sit on the other side of me, but I didn’t feel like looking over so I just nudged Emily, who was next to me.

“Hi Roo-han~” Emily let the “R” roll off her tongue. I don’t get why she does that. She can pronounce L’s perfectly fine. Anyways.

“Hello~” Luhan grinned and fist bumped Mei Li. When did she become BFFs with everyone?! “Xia Tian! Are you, uh, busy later…?”

I turned to face him, and his cheeks were slightly pink. Aww, how cute. “I don’t think so; what’s up?” I smiled and brought my legs back up.

“Ah, uh, well…I was wondering if you wanted to hang out, or something…yeah.” I felt Emily staring at me through the corner of her eye. She was probably smirking.

“Sure! Let’s watch that new zombie movie…” I had been trying to convince Emily to come with me, but she refused and said she would start hitting me if she got dragged into the theater.

Luhan hesitated but nodded. “Sounds good! It’s a- see you later!” He got up and joined Sehun on the other side of the room.

“He’s in love with you. I feel it in my bones.” Emily spoke in a matter-of-fact kind of voice, and in English, her eyes never leaving her phone.  She was obsessed with Temple Run 2 and was determined to unlock every single thing. Luhan? In love with...me? “…stupid monkey…”

The girls, Ma Ri and Yoon Ji as I soon learned, continued to giggle and attempt to flirt with EXO, but seeing as us three on the floor were covered in sweat and exhausted while they spent the last few hours primping, failed miserably. We were fairly good friends with the EXO boys, and we were comfortable with each other, so the addition of the two new girls who made no effort in getting to know their own potential members showed their true nature. I had to keep myself in check and make sure I wasn’t making faces or rolling my eyes every time they opened their mouths. Eventually, the Buttface made his way over after practicing by himself and slid down the wall next to me. He had avoided Ma Ri and Yoon Ji by having headphones in.

“They seem…nice…”

I scoffed.

“I take that as a no.” He smirked and ruffled my hair. “They won’t last long like that, so no worries, yeah?”

“I swear, if I hear one of them giggle again, I’m ripping their vocal cords out and stuffing them up their noses.” I put my face in my hands out of frustration.

“You’re very pleasant. The epitome of a lady.” I felt the laughter in his voice and couldn't help but smile myself. I guess that was one thing I liked about him – he made me smile. Especially when I needed it the most.

--

Somewhere on the other side of the room, a smile faltered. He saw them from the corner of his eye; the way she lit up when he was near. The way he was so casually close to her. Jealousy sprung up from deep within, and he had to hold onto the doorknob to stop himself from marching over there. It was a good thing so many people were present…he didn't know what he would've done if he were alone with him.

[amortaentia]

[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch.10

Why did it have to be him of all people? I can't like someone...normal? Who's not my friend? Everything could go wrong. Hell, everything will go wrong. I peeked into the living room, his sleeping form laying peacefully on the couch. Why, why, WHY. 

His chest rose and fell with his breathing, while I, on the other hand, could barely inhale at all. My chest was still pounding with the realization. How could my previous infatuation with the guy turn into this?! He's my best friend! Well, best guy friend! All the what-if's and why-not's competed in my mind and I just let myself slide to the floor. If only I could go through this without him being in the same general area as me. 

I heard my phone go off from my bag in the living room; damn. I hurried to turn it off, planning to leave as quickly as I could from the general vicinity of the couch, but once I saw his eyelids flutter open, I knew I couldn't. 

He rubbed his eyes and stretched his arms out, only to stuff them back into the blanket. He bundled the comforter closer to his body and fidgeted in attempt to find a more comfortable position.

"...sorry; go back to sleep~" I tried my best to make my voice sound normal, but my erratic heartbeat and lack of breathing from earlier made it crack in the middle.

"Ha, you sound like you're going through puberty..." He smiled sleepily.

"...Shut it!" I grabbed a pillow that had fallen on the floor and smacked his head. 

"Hey! I'm sick, remember?"

"And I'm being nice by letting you stay!" I was relieved his face was covered by the pillow; it meant he couldn't see me. I turned to leave, and actually leave this time, but I felt something soft hit my shoulder. "H-hey... that's rude!"

I turned, expecting the pillow to be on the floor, but saw a mess of dirty blonde hair instead. Kris was bent down, head on my shoulder, and a trail of blankets behind him.

"You're warm..." He mumbled. I could feel the heat from his fever and him shaking from the cold. "Can you stay?"

"I-" He stuck his arms around my waist and pulled the blankets over me, too, in the process. I shut up; anything I said to stop him would be pointless. I felt myself being pulled down, back to the couch, and he held me while I slowly suffocated from heat and embarrassment. After a few moments, I heard his breathing turn into a soft snore, meaning he was finally asleep again. His arms were still around me and I couldn't move without disturbing him. "Y-yah...Wu Yi..."

I felt his face snuggle into my shoulder, and he merely mumbled a small "mhmm". I raised my arms to pull the blanket off of me, making sure to keep them on him, only to reveal a smirking Emily on the other side of the room. I shot her a glare and she just raised a finger to her lips, pulling her phone out of her pocket. What the- don't take a...too late.

She pressed the shutter button a few times, probably capturing my high level of embarrassment on film from multiple angles, before skipping happily away into her room. If only the Buttface had her immune system. 

Since I had nothing better to do, I let myself drift into light sleep, which faded into a deeper one in moments. Eventually, he loosened his grip on me, but I was too tired to do anything and I just lay there. If anything, I'll just blame him later...

--

The next morning, I groggily turned onto my other side, having slept on that one for so long. I felt something warm next to me, which was comforting from the rest of the room's cold temperature, and inched closer to it. It was probably my original spot and its collected body heat, anyways. I attempted to fall back asleep, but my eyes shot open when I heard someone snort before sniffling and snoring again. In front of me, I faced a faded picture of Charizard on a bright orange background. My eyes slowly traveled up, finally meeting the closed ones of the one who dragged me to the couch the day before. Shocked, I backed up, immediately regretting it when I slammed into the floor. I cursed under my breath, praying I didn't wake him up, and rubbed my now throbbing butt. As I got up, I glanced down worriedly, and saw that he was still sound asleep. Good. I rearranged the blankets and tucked him in, hoping he wouldn't notice I left.

"You won't remember this, right...?" I whispered quietly to him after sticking some more pillows around him and under his head. I walked into the kitchen, stretching my sore limbs and rubbing my stomach. The fridge was greatly understocked and I sighed at the lack of food. Maybe Emily will get me something...

I walked in to her room to find her gone. What the... Girl. I'm too lazy to get my own breakfast.

I flopped onto her bed and groaned. Maybe if I stayed here long enough, she would eventually appear with something to eat in her hands...

"Summerrrrr..." I heard a groan from the couch. THIS GUY. "Summer, I'm hungry..."

I dragged myself back to the living room and saw that he was sitting up on the couch, cross-legged, and the blanket on his head and the rest of his body, creating some weird deformed cocoon. "Then let's get something to eat..."

"I don't wanna move." He fell over to his side, making sure his legs stayed inside the blankets. "Make me breakfast~"

"You little- if you can stand up to drag me to the-" I stopped and my cheeks flushed. Good thing all the lights were off and it was still kind of dark. "Nevermind."

"Drag you where...?" He got up slowly and looked at me, confused. "Did I...oh."

"I said nevermind! Forget it!" I started pulling shoes on and looking for a sweater in the closet. 

"S-sorry..." He sounded embarrassed. SERVES HIM RIGHT. "Wait, I'll come with you!"

"In that?" I pointed at my shirt and too-short-for-his-giant-man-legs sweats.

"Didn't you wash my clothes...?"

"Oh yeah...fine. Wait here." I went into the laundry room and pulled his clothes out of the dryer. Heh, they smell all girly like me and Emily. I handed them to him, assuming he would go to the bathroom, but he just changed. Right in front of me. What in the world. "Hey! Why do you-"

"What? I KNOW YOU LIKE IT." He stuck his tongue out at me before pulling his sweater on. "Besides, you could've left."

My jaw dropped a little. Who does he think he is?!

"Well. You're paying now." I threw a sweatshirt at him and opened the door, preparing myself to face the cold once we got outside.

"Hey, wait up!" He nearly ran up to me and stuck his arm around my shoulders. "Thanks for, uh, keeping me warm..."

I elbowed his side and said nothing. That didn't happen. Nope. 

((^ who does he think he is)) ((no one is sexier than me ok)) ((emily is da sexiest)) ((unf)) 

[amortaentia]

[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch.9

Eventually I fell asleep, too. I had to agree with Emily...the floor was pretty comfy. But that didn't last long. After what felt like a few minutes, the sun rose and I groaned from the sudden brightness. I slowly opened one eye to see that I had been cuddling with someone all night long. Their arm was slung across my shoulders, almost to my neck. Sigh.

I turned around and scooted out of her way, rolling towards the couch. What Emily doesn't know won't hurt her, hehehe.

"Hey...hey, Summer..." I stopped rolling and looked up.

"What?" 

"I need..."

"Water?"

"No, I need..." He coughed and put the back of his hand against his forehead. "...cashews."

"...Cashews. You need cashews." I FCKING LOVE CASHEWS.

"My mom always gives me cashews when I'm sick..." He reached forward and grabbed my hand, his voice raspy with cooties. "PLEEEAAAAASE."

"You, sir, are strange." I took my hand out of his grasp and put it on his forehead; it was way hotter than it was last night. I picked up my blanket from the floor and tossed it on him, tempted to tuck him in. For someone 188 centimeters tall, he looked really tiny bundled up on my living room couch. "Stay here until I get back!"

I wrapped Emily's blankets tighter around her and wrapped her like a burrito before rolling her in front of Kris. "Make sure she stays put, too!"

The walk to the convenience store wasn't far; in fact, it was only about five minutes away. I strolled up and down the aisles, picking up some things for me, too. Ooh, banana milk. Emily would like that.

After grabbing a few bags of cashews, a case of milk, more medicine, and some candy for myself, I paid and started to head home. It was weird how I was like an actual eomma right now. 

I finally reached my apartment and was about to open the door when I heard a loud sound coming from inside. Worried, I threw the door open and found Emily rubbing her eyes, looking around confused. Kris was wrapped in his blankets, but he had fallen on top her. Yet he was still knocked out. 

"Em! You ok?!"

"He's a lot heavier than he looks, eomma." Emily started poking him, but when that didn't do anything, she resorted to shaking his shoulders. "I think he got worse..."

I put my bag of stuff down and rushed to their sides. He had fallen on her legs, but she couldn't get out from under him. Sweat was collecting on his forehead and his breathing was pretty hoarse. The two us started to push him off Emily's legs, then we unwrapped him to find that his clothes were drenched in sweat. 

"Uh. I'm gonna leave you to deal with that~" She left to take a shower and I looked down at the sweaty pile of man laying in front of me. 

"Kriiiiiiiis...wake up~" I prodded his forehead. He was shivering, but being wet probably wasn't a good a idea. I guess a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. After finding a clean towel and wiping off his face and arms, I started to pull his sweater off. Damn. "Hey, Em, throw me a clean shirt...preferably one that'll fit this guy..."

"Wouldn't you just prefer him without one?" If I had something to throw at her, I would. After a few seconds of her digging through the closet, she threw one of my oversized t-shirts to me. She would. 

I grudgingly patted the rest of him dry as quickly as I could before attempting to get the shirt on him. 

"Hmm...eh? Why am I on the floor?" His eyes slowly fluttered open and he looked back at me while I awkwardly held his arms above his head. "...why am I shirtless...?"

"Uh. This has an explanation..." I dropped his arms and quickly got up, throwing the shirt at him. Hopefully he couldn't tell how embarrassed I was. "I'm gonna throw your clothes in the wash. Want new pants, too?"

"Wha- yeah, sure..." He pulled my stupid Charizard shirt over his head after sitting up and hugging himself. "It's really cold in here, you know."

"Says the one who was sweating like there was no tomorrow." Emily's blanket was still on the floor, so I handed it to him. She seemed to be in much better shape than him.

I went into my room and found a pair of sweats. Hopefully they weren't too short. When I went back into the living room, he had already taken his pants off and stood there in his boxers. His sweaty clothes were folded in a pile on the couch and he had hung the dry blanket over his shoulders. 

"Do you have any medicine? My head is killing me..." He sat on the couch, leaning his head back against a pillow he had propped up. 

"In there with your stupid cashews." I pointed to the plastic bag on the floor and tossed the sweats to him. "Sorry if they're too short. You're a giant."

"You're the best, you know that right?" He smiled at me before reaching for the bag. Oh God, that smile. 

"Of course; I'm fabulous, you got that?" I smirked and flipped my hair, then left to get him water and food. He owed me big time.

"Eeeeeeee~ banana miiiiilk!" Emily grabbed her stash then ran away with it when I came back. "Thanks eomma~"

"I still don't get why-"

"Neither do I, don't worry." I sat next to him on the couch after putting the glass of water and plate of food on the coffee table in front of us. "Feeling any better?"

"Thanks to you~" He playfully punched my shoulder before putting his attention to the food. I didn't realize I was holding my breath and had to be careful to not breathe in too loudly. 

"You owe me. I'm technically not supposed to have people over, you know."

"But I'm Kris! I'm special, right~?" He grinned and batted his eyelids.

"No, not really." I dodged his sudden attack with a pillow and laughed. "Fine, you're slightly more special than others, ok?"

"I'll repay you, don't worry~" He continued to eat, and finally took his medicine. After checking his temperature one more time, I let him lay on the couch to rest some more. I turned to leave, but felt him grab my wrist. "Seriously, thanks."

I nodded my head and smiled as he drifted back to sleep. My heart was pounding in my chest and I had to lean against a wall to calm myself. Breathe, Summer. Breathe.

I put my hand on my chest, hoping to slow my heartbeat back to a normal pace, but it just seemed to get faster. There was definitely no denying it now - I like that stupid buttface, Wu Yi Fan.

[amortaentia]

[FF] Truth or Dare? Ch.8

-I am Kreeeees from EXO M-

LOLJK.

--

Emily walked over to pick up the scarf then held it up to her and San Ah's noses. 

"It even smeeells like him." The two of them dramatically inhaled and pretended to swoon. I smacked my head on the floor. "San Ah~ It smells like maple leaves~"

"And Canadian bacon!" The two of them laughed hysterically before throwing the scarf back to me and going to the corner to practice. I WILL GET MY REVENGE.

We practiced long into the night, barely having time to rest. At some point, EXO had come in to practice, too, so all fifteen of us had to make the room work. It got really hot and sweaty and smelly and gross.

"Ew, you smell. Get away from me." Emily scrunched her nose as Tao walked near her, and he only got closer as she tried to push him away. I still didn't get how they were this close. Whatevs.

I reached into my bag and looked for my towel, but it was gone. What. I dug through it until I reached the bottom, then started going through Emily's bag, but it was nowhere to be found. 

"Ayo, looking for this?" My towel was being dangled in front of my face. I tried to grab it, but stupid Kris kept pulling it out of the way. Then he did the unthinkable - HE WIPED HIS GROSS SMELLY SWEAT ON IT. I'm gonna need to wash this towel at least fifty times.

"Hey, give it!" I made another attempt to grab it, but he just hung it around his neck.

"Nah, maybe later." Then, he coughed into his arm. Germs. Cooties. Ew.

"Fine, I'll just use your scarf." 

"My scarf that smells like...what was it? Maple leaves and-"

"Oh my God. Shut up." I turned and tried to escape, but the Buttface kept following me. I saw him in the mirror. WHY.

"Why were you guys smelling my-"

"THEY were smelling it. Not me!" He coughed again, this time it was a little worse. "You ok?"

"I think I'm getting sick. I blame your daughter." Emily was laying down on the side with her arm slung over her face.

"Eh? When did she get sick?" I put my hand on his forehead, and sure enough, he was burning up. "Aigoo, my poor baby has a fever~"

He gave me a very judgmental look before smirking and putting his hand on the top of my head. "You're weird." 

We all finished practicing a few hours later, and most of us were laying on the floor exhausted. Emily had left early because she wasn't feeling well, and San Ah went somewhere with Chen, so I was pretty much alone. What good friends they were.

"You going home?" Kris put his arm around my shoulders in a semi-headlock and lead me to the door. "I'll walk you~"

"I feel like I don't have a choice..." I rubbed my eyes and yawned; it was already two in the morning. 

We reached the front doors of the building, and when we stepped outside, a gust of cold air made us both shiver. I felt his arm tighten, but I didn't say anything. I probably shouldn't be reading too much into this. 

When we reached my apartment, it had started snowing, and the temperature was in the negatives. 

"You wanna come in? Both you and Emily are sick, so we can just have a cold party." I held the door open.

"Ehh...mhmm..." He dragged his feet when he got in and plopped on the couch. Emily was laying on the floor under a blanket with several pillows. Ah, floor heaters. 

I sighed; now I had to take care of two kids. I walked over to the kitchen and fished through my drawers for medicine and cough drops. When I went back to the living room, he was asleep, but shivering. I put the medicine on the table and went to my room, gathered my blankets, placing one on him and wrapping the other around myself. 

"Hey, take this before you sleep..." I poked his forehead and he mumbled, pulling the blanket over his head. I tried to poke him a few more times, but he didn't budge. Then it hit me. I took my sock off my foot and rubbed his cheek with my toe. Ha. Haha.

"Heyyy...." he groaned and grabbed my foot. "Woah, your feet are really soft..."

"W-what." I giggled and handed him the medicine with some water. "Hurry up and sleep, Buttface!"