Ling's POV

I look terrible.

I frowned in the mirror and pulled at my puffy eyes. Crying at night really does not do good on my appearance. With a sigh, I opened the door to my room only to be surprised by Xiumin. He stood with his eyes wide, a small smile on his lips and his hand up, ready to knock on my door. We stared at each other for a few seconds and he broke into a smile showing his front teeth.

"Morning," he tilted his head at me and took me by the hand. He pulled me into the living room where all of the EXO members sat waiting for me with Luhan. He looked worriedly at my direction then looked away almost instantly. My heart tugged painfully but remembering the words I had said yesterday, I held back my feelings.

"We're on break today!" Baekhyun said excitedly fixing his hair. 

"The director said we have enough footage for the week," Kai beamed at me. "Good work Ling!"

My heart lightened and I smiled back at them. "So, what's the plan today then? How's your schedules?"

They looked at each other and exchanged smiles. "Oh, Ling, it's horrible." Sehun whined and linked his arm into mine.

Suho joined in. "Yeah Ling, our schedules are jam-packed today!"

I furrowed my brows and looked at them unconvinced. "Really!"

D.O chuckled. "We have to bring this girl to an amusement park, it's not going to be fun at all."

I crossed my arms as Lay snuck up behind me and placed a blindfold over my eyes.

"Wait, what are you doing!" I tried to pry it off my eyes.

Xiumin grabbed my hands. "Don't worry, I'm here."

I froze and felt my face heat up. Xiumin was always there for me when I needed, Xiumin and-

"Woah!" I felt Sehun's long arms scoop me up and carry me out the door. The sun was blinding even through the blindfolds. "Put me down, I can walk by myself!"

The EXO members made sure that my blindfold stayed on the whole ride to the amusement park. When we got there, they made a big deal out of it by serenading as I stepped out of the car. My blindfolds came off and blinding sunlight hit my eyes taking away my vision for a split second.

We had arrived at a relatively small amusement park and it was almost empty because it was the middle of the week. Chen grabbed me by the hand and led me through the park to the fountain where we all took a picture together. After being dismissed by their manager, the EXO members ran loose and took me around to see all the attractions. 

Around lunch, I walked with Xiumin, D.O and Chanyeol around the park deciding where to play next. With much hesitation on my part, we decided to go through the haunted house. It took Xiumin and Chanyeol quite a bit of effort to force me through the entrance and once inside, I clung on to Xiumin like my life dependent on it. I don't deal well with scary things and with my past experiences with haunted houses, I was not excited at all. In front of me, Xiumin smiled and held my hand in his. His grip was gentle yet firm and I felt my heart speed up uncontrollably. Whether Xiumin was the cause of it or not, I couldn't tell.

After being scared by several ghosts and zombies, we reached a dimly lighted hallway. Somewhere along the way I had let go of Xiumin's hand and I found myself alone in the hallway. I knew for a fact that as soon as I walk forward, something was going to pop out and chase me. I prepared to sprint across the hallway.

I was right, a figure popped out from behind me and chased me down and I shrieked in fright. Feeling my sanity leave my body I hid in the nearest room and shut the door behind me. My heart was beating loudly and my mind was a mess. I calmed myself by taking long deep breaths.

Where was Xiumin, Chanyeol, and D.O? How am I going to survive in here by myself? I should've never agreed to this!

I fixed my hair which was wet with cold sweat against my face and peered out the door. The hallway was quiet and deserted. The one dim lightbulb on the ceiling hung by a wire and rocked ominously. I crept out to the hallway once again and moved towards the next area. It was completely dark and I couldn't see a thing. I held out my hand and tried to make my way through the room with my anxiety skyrocketing.

Someone grabbed me out of nowhere and I felt my breath get caught in my throat. Before I even had the chance to scream, a hand covered my mouth. The person pinned me against the wall and I felt my whole body freeze. Cold sweat dripped down my back and I squeezed my eyes shut preparing for the worst. The person pressed their warm forehead against mine.

Slowly, they leaned in closer to my face until finally, their lips pressed against mine.

There was no aggression to the kiss. The person rested one hand on my waist and the other in my hair pulling my hips closer to their body. Amidst all the confusion, I opened my eyes to see who it was but the darkness masked the person completely. With my hands still hanging uselessly at my sides, we kissed passionately for what seemed like forever his lips enveloping mine. Eventually, we parted with his forehead on mine and our hot breaths fused into one around our face. The figure pulled me into a tight hug and tangled his fingers in my hair. 

I felt my face burn and my heart racing a mile per minute. His strong arms locked me in his hug as my mind was intoxicated with the lingering feeling of the kiss. 

Finally, he let go and disappeared into the darkness without a word, leaving me in the dark room with a tangled mess of thoughts and emotions, not knowing what had just happened.