Ling's POV

I woke up to the sound of a quiet knocking on my door. I rolled out of bed dragging my body to the door and opened it.

"Ah, Ling!" It was Sehun and Baekhyun. 

I blinked at them. "What time is it?"

"Ah! Your shorts!" Baekhyun called and covered his eyes. "Sorry, I looked!"

Sehun held Baekhyun in a headlock and turned around. "Ling, hurry up and change, we have to go to schedule!"

"Huh?" I pulled down my shorts to cover more of my legs. "Are we filming today?"

Sehun turned to look at me and Baekhyun struggled to get out of his grip in front of him. "We're not filming, we just thought it'd be fun to bring you along."

I groaned but agreed. I slipped on the black EXO hoody over a loose tank top and pulled on my white jeans. I joined EXO and Luhan in the living room. Xiumin greeted me with a smile and came over to stand next to me. He coughed slightly into his sleeve and peered at me from behind his bangs. I felt my heart beat faster as his cheery face peered at me and I looked away.

I hope Xiumin was feeling better.

I followed EXO out the door and headed towards the black van. 

"Ling," I turned to look at Luhan who stood at the door with his hands in this pocket. "Tomorrow's my concert, it'd be great if you came."

I smiled weakly and waved at him. "I'll bring Borin along."

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Xiumin's POV

I felt better than I did yesterday, but a small cough still resided in the base of my throat. Sehun had warned the rest of the members that I was still sick and had told them to makes sure I stayed away from Ling. I frowned as I changed into the outfit that was required of me for the shoot. I left the change-room and joined the rest of EXO on the shoot. 

It didn't take long for the first set of shooting to be completed. By that time, it was already early afternoon. We took a break, the members sat around the set talking to our managers and the cameramen. A few minutes later, Ling burst through the doors with a bag full of groceries and snacks.

"Your fans recognized me!" Her face bloomed with excitement. "They asked me to bring all this food for you and these presents!"

Chen and Baekhyun rushed to her side and helped her with the bags. "Woah, there's so much bread in here!"

Ling approached me and passed me a bottle of honey tea. "I bought this for you, it'll make you feel better."

"Aish," Suho took Ling by the hand and dragged her away. "Ling, he's sick, you can't go near him!"

I frowned and took the tea from her outstretched hands. I watched as Suho took her to the other members where everyone crowded her. I was jealous of how close the other members have become with Ling, so much that I couldn't stand to watch. 

Lay walked over and passed me a face mask. "Hyung, you just focus on getting better now."

I nodded and drank the tea. It was sweet. I smiled thinking of Ling.

"The fans are treating her well now," Lay said between a mouthful of food. "Probably because of what we all put up on social media."

I turned to look at him curiously. "What did you guys put?"

"See hyung, this is why you need to have social media," He placed a hand on my leg. "We all put up a selfie saying that we didn't like the way the fans were treating Ling and we wished that everyone would get along."

I raised an eyebrow and chuckled. I couldn't help but feel a little left out. "Should I start up an Instagram again?"

"You know, Ling has an Instagram." Lay muttered smiling at me.

"Really? Should I?" I took out my phone and chuckled.

The director eventually called us together for the second half of the photoshoot. We lined up in front of the screen and posed the way we were directed to as Ling watched in the background. She made faces to help us laugh during the shoot. The crew absolutely adored her, letting her help with equipment set up and the director even letting her do a few shots that surprisingly came out really well. 

"Ah, you should become my apprentice Ling." The director said and ruffled her hair playfully. Ling bowed in embarrassment and continued to work with them. I smiled knowing that Ling has finally started to belong in our lives.

At the end of the event, I found Ling leaning over Sehun in his dressing room. I imagined Ling's lips locked with Sehun's and I stormed in, pulling Ling away from him. She let out a small squeal as Sehun let out a yelp.

Ling stood there dumbfounded and stared at me with a lipstick in her hand. "Xiumin?"

"Hey!" Sehun looked annoyingly at the mirror. There was a long lipstick mark across his face from when I pulled them apart. "Aish, hyung, she was doing my makeup!"

I stared at his face as Ling shook with laughter. "Sehun, this is a good look for you."

He glared at Ling and held me by the collar of my shirt. "Hyung, your turn!"

Sehun pushed me down on his chair and I watched as Ling doubled over with laughter. She walked over me and held my face gently, gliding the lipstick across my lips. Sehun grabbed her hand and made sure that it wasn't only my lips that she drew on. I struggled under Sehun's grip. "Hey, I'm still your hyung Sehun!"

Ling made us promise that we will go home the way we were with our lipstick all over our face, and with much hesitation from Sehun's part, we agreed. The three of us joined the others at the exit of the building where they burst out in laughter. Baekhyun fell to his knees from laughing so hard and Chanyeol joined him. Suho placed a hand on Ling's shoulders and high fived her. 

Before we went into the van, Ling took a selfie with the two of us. "I'm posting this."

"Ah, no, Ling!" Sehun whined and we followed her into the car.

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Luhan's POV

I lay on my bed and received a notification on my phone. Ling had uploaded a picture to her Instagram of a selfie with Sehun and Xiumin. The two of them had lipstick all over their face and Ling smiled between them vibrantly. I frowned as my eyes lingered on Xiumin. He and the other members have all gotten closer to Ling, so much so that it annoyed me.  All day yesterday, Xiumin and Ling were together and knowing Xiumin, there was no way that nothing happened during that time.

None of that matters, tomorrow I'm going to spend the day with her because of my concert.

I frowned thinking of what she said before she left. Ling still thinks I have feelings for Borin.

I hear the front door open and I decided to go and greet the EXO members. I watched as Chanyeol and Baekhyun howled in laughter and collided on the couch followed by the other members. Ling walked in with D.O and Kai, laughing at something they said and finally, Xiumin and Chen strolled through the door last. I stood at the foot of the stairs greeting each of the members until finally, Ling came up to me. She smiled and maneuvered her way around me without a word.

"Ling-" I begun, but Xiumin put a hand on my shoulder.

"Leave her alone."

I glared at him. He thinks he knows what's best for Ling just because he had spent more time with her lately. I shook him off and ran up the stairs to join Ling.

"Ling." I caught up with her just before she was going to go in her room. "I'm sorry."

She looked at me with a surprised look on her face. "For what?"

"I may have told you a lie about my feelings for Borin."

I watched as her eyes widened in surprise then almost immediately into a frown. "It doesn't matter."

I felt the color drain from my face as she turned around and entered her room without another word. I may have underestimated just how broken our relationship was.