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Robin’s POV

Just call him up, Robin. It’s not that hard. Just press the call button. I hover my finger over it but instead of pressing it, I throw my phone to the couch.

I came back from classes, deciding that today would be the day I tell my parents that I’m. . .you know. Let’s just say I’m slightly nervous. . .just a tad bit.

I remember how Suho told me to call him when I was ready to tell my parents but for some reason, I was scared to. I mean, what if he’s busy? He could be in the middle of rehearsal or worse. He could be in the middle of a live interview or something and then his phone could just go off. Why am I even nervous? It must be the nerves about telling my parents. I guess I’m just pretty anxious right now.

Come on, Robin. Get some balls and call the man. If he answers, okay, if he doesn’t, so be it. I walk to the couch to get my phone. I go back to his contact and quickly press the call button. I take a breath before pressing the phone towards my ear. It rang three times before a voice could be heard.

“Hello?”

“Um, hi. It’s Robin,” I say. Of course he knows it’s me. He has caller ID. God.

“Hey, Robin. Are you okay? You’re not hurt or anything are you?” he asks. I could hear the panic in his voice.

“No. I’m fine and the baby is fine,” I say, cringing at the word baby. I’m still not used to all of this.

“Okay, good. What’s up?”

“I was wondering if you were busy later. I’m planning to tell my parents the news today,” I say. The line goes quiet for a bit. I knew I shouldn't have called him. But then he starts speaking. 

“Yeah, I could do that. I’m at the company for about another half hour. I can come after if that’s alright with you,” he tells me.

“Yeah, that’d be great,” I tell him.

“Great. And don’t worry. Everything will be fine. We’ll tell them together and whatever happens, happens okay? You won't go through this alone.”

I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding before responding. “Okay. Thanks, Suho.”

“And Robin?”

“Yeah?”

“Thanks for calling. I’ll see you later.”

“Alright, see you later,” I say and we both hang up. I slump on the couch with a small smile on my face. He doesn’t seem to be too bad.

My parents then pop into my head and the smile quickly disappears. What am I even supposed to say to them? I lay against the back of the couch groaning.

This is going to be a long Skype session.

Baekhyun’s POV

I take a swig of my water as we take a five minute break. Suho hyung got a call and stepped outside. I assume it’s Robin since he stepped out.

I walk over to Xiumin hyung and sit next to him.

“What’s up, Baek?” he asks.

“Is your date with Michelle tonight?” I ask. I see him smile at the mention of her name. I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Yeah. I gotta get ready practice once practice is over,” he says.

“Are you picking her up from her place?" I ask. He turns to look at me with a raised eyebrow.

“Yeah. What’s with the questions?”

“You think I can take a ride with you?” I ask.

“For what reason?” Xiumin hyung asks.

“Well, Alex lives with Michelle and I kind of wanted to apologize. I’ve been trying to call and text her, but she hasn’t been responding back, not that I would expect her to anyways,” I say.

“What are you going to do if she doesn’t let you in?” He asks.

Í shrug. “I’ll call someone to come and get me.” I look to see him staring at me. “What?”

“What have you done with Byun Baekhyun?”

“What?”

“You’re here wanting to apologize to a girl. That’s a first,” he says.

I shrug. “She deserves it, though. I crossed the line with that comment I said to her.”

“You mean telling her you never banged a black chick before?”

“I feel bad, okay? I don’t even know why I said it. It just came out my mouth,” I honestly say. He stares at me for a moment before smirking.

“What’s with that look?” I ask.

He shakes his head before patting my shoulder. “Yeah, you can ride with me,” he says before standing up and walking away.

Am I missing something here? I shake my head but happy at I’ll have a chance to apologize to Alex. . .or at least I hope she’ll let me apologize.

Camille’s POV

I sigh as I finish wiping the table a customer just finished using. I go back and stand behind the counter, yawning as I do so. It’s been pretty busy today, especially with it being finals time and all. Not to mention I got a call from my dad’s neighbor again at two in the morning. He was yelling in the middle of the street. To say I’m tired would be an understatement.

I place the rag under the counter. As I bring my hand back up, it hits the edge of the counter. I bite my lip hard, trying to suppress myself from yelling. I grab my wrist with my right hand. I lift up my sleeve to make sure it didn’t start to bleed. I pull my sleeve back down once I see no blood.

I couldn’t help but think about Lay. I haven’t seen or heard from him since we ‘hung out’ and that was a few days ago. Honestly, I’m kind of glad. I don’t think I could face him since he knows about my. . .’stress reliever’.

The bell from the door rings, making me look up, only to see the person I least expected. I gulp before standing straight at the counter, as she approached me.

“Hey, what can I get you?” I try to ask with a normal voice.

“We need to talk.”

“Is something wrong? Is Robin alright? Is the baby hurt?” I ask as I begin to panic. Robin would’ve called me if something was wrong, right?

She shakes her head. “She’s fine and so is the baby."

"Is Michelle alright?” I ask, not too sure why she’s here to talk to me.

“Everyone’s fine so stop worrying. When are you free?” she asks.

I quirk up an eyebrow at her before eyeing the clock. I look back at her before saying, “I can go on my break now.” She nods before going to find a table. I go and tell the other worker that I’ll be on my break before taking the seat the opposite of her.

“So, Alex. What’s up?” I ask her.

She shrugs. “Nothing much. Just school really. Trying to make it through finals is all,” she says with an eye roll.

I nod in agreement, “I feel you. I’m starting to see why people drop out of school now,” I say with a chuckle.

She giggles while nodding her head. “So, what’s going on with you?” she asks.

“Just school and work. Nothing interesting here,” I say.

“Anything you need to tell me?” Alex asks.

“No?” I question.

“You sure? Nothing at all?” she asks again.

“What are you trying to get at here?” I ask.

“I got a call from someone yesterday,” she says.

“Okay,” I say, still not understanding what’s going one.

“He told me some pretty shocking things,” Alex says.

I stare at her before my eyes widen. “Are you trying to tell me a phone person called you?”

“WHAT? NO!” she yells, which receives looks from the customers. She turns and smiles before looking back at me.

“The hell is wrong with you? Why would a phone operator be calling me?” I shrug.

“Your mind, I swear,” I hear her mumble. “Anyways. Lay was the one who called me,” she says, making me go still.

“H-he did? Why did he do that?” I ask.

She looks at me. “I think you know why, Camille.”

“I can’t believe he told,” I scoff and mumble to myself. How could he do that?

“Why didn’t you tell anyone, Camille?” she asks.

“It’s nothing. I don’t even know why he called you,” I say.

“Cam, cutting is not nothing. Apparently, something serious is going on. Now Lay didn’t say much but he said you were going through some stuff. I know we haven’t been exactly the nicest towards each other lately but I still consider you as a one of my best friends. Do you know how scared I was when he told? I was freaking out,” she says.

I let out a breath and ran my hand through my hair. “Does anyone else know?”

She shakes her head. “I didn’t tell anyone. Does Robin even know?”

“No. No one knows. Well, Lay found out and evidently told you,” I say.

“How long have you been doing it?” she asks. I begin playing with the sleeves of my shirt.

“It doesn’t matter,” I say.

“Camille. How long?”

“Since my mom left,” I quietly say. I’m not even looking at her but I already know Alex’s mouth is wide open.

“Cam, that’s like five years. How has no one noticed? How has Robin not noticed?”

I shrug. “I’m good at hiding it, or I was.”

“Camille. You need to let someone in to help you. This isn’t healthy.”

“I’m dealing with it, Alex. I’m perfectly fine. It was a one time thing. I haven’t done it in a while, okay? Stuff has just been happening and I needed to just get away from everything,” I say.

“So you’re saying it won’t happen again?” she asks.

“No.”

“Then look me straight in the eyes and swear that you won’t cut again.”

I lift my head up and meet her eyes. “I swear I won’t cut again,” I say.

She lets out a breath. “I won’t tell anyone but if I hear you did it again, I won’t hesitate to tell them, especially your grandma.”

I just nod. Silence then came between us.

“I’m sorry,” I finally say. “I know you had your reasons for being upset and I know you tried to apologize. I just got really upset and I guess it brought back previous issues.”

“Momma problems?” she asks.

I nod. “Momma problems. Robin told me about your mom. I’m not going to say sorry ‘cause I know how annoying that can be. I will say that you turned out to be a pretty cool person without your mom there. You should be proud of yourself,” I say.

She looks at me before smiling. “Thanks. I really appreciate it. It’s nice to finally talk to someone who doesn’t pity or feel sorry for me. And same goes to you. We just gotta continue what we’ve been doing to prove them wrong, you know? It’ll all be worth it when we get to say, ‘I did all of this without you.’”

I smile. “That’d be nice.”

She gets up and I do the same. “Well, I need to go cram for this final tomorrow. But you should come and eat lunch with us tomorrow. It’s not the same without you there. And I miss being able to fangirl about Professor Lee. They just judge me and think I’m crazy. Besides, I don’t want to have to listen to the mushy details about Alex’s date.”

“She has a date?” She nods.

“It’s tonight with Xuimin.”

“Oh, I thought she didn’t like him,” I say.

“You and me both. Who the heck knows. So, I’ll see you tomorrow?” Alex asks.

I nod and smile. “See you tomorrow.”

She smiles before hugging me. “Great,” she says before pulling back. “Don’t work too hard. And if you need someone to talk to, I’m here, Cam. Even if it’s at 4am, I’ll pick up the phone, okay?”

“Alright. Thanks,” I tell her.

She smiles once again before leaving. I sigh and run my hand through my hair again. If only it were that easy. If only I could actually keep that promise. 

Too bad I knew I wouldn't be able to. 

Michelle’s POV

“How about this one?” I ask as I turn around, showing them my outfit.

“For the hundredth time, Michelle, you look fine. You looked fine in the last ten outfits. Just pick one will you?” Alex exclaims.

“Agreed. You do know yall are just going to the movies, right? It’s going to be dark in the theater, he won’t be looking at you anyways,” Robin says.

“Good point,” Alex says.

“Geez. I ask yall for some help and this is what I get?” I ask.

“Yes. We’ve been here for two hours. I have a final to study for in case you’ve forgotten,” Alex says.

“You sure this outfit is okay?” I ask again.

“Yes. It’s fine. You look nice. It’s casual enough but not too fancy where it looks like you’re trying too hard. . .which you obviously are,” she says, the latter part quietly.

“I heard that you know. But thanks,” I say.

“Great! Now I can go study,” Alex says, jumping off my bed.

Robin moans. “Guess that means I have to tell my parents. Why am I doing this again?”

“Because you got drunk and had drunken with a kpop star,” Alex says.

I look back at her. “I thought you had a final to study for?”

“Just telling it like it is,” Alex says before leaving my room.

“Hey, it’ll be fine. And isn’t Suho gonna be with you?” I ask her.

She nods.

“You know. He seems like a pretty decent guy. So far anyways. I mean, he’s owned up to his mistakes and apologized. He’s even going to be with you when you tell your parents the news. A lot of guys nowadays would’ve run and never look back if they had the chance,” I say.

“Yeah, I know. I just don’t want to hurt his career or image any, you know? I mean, what idol wants to have a baby at the prime of their career? I sure wouldn’t,” Robin says.

“Hey, don’t think like that It’s his responsibility, too. Remember that it takes two to tango. Now, everything will be fine. Call me if you need me,” I tell her.

“Yeah. I’ll definitely call you so you can yell at me how I ruined your date. No thank you,” she says.

“Aw. You know me so well,” I say before laughing.

“Whatever. Just go have fun on your date,” she says as she pushes me out of my room.

We come to the living room, only to see an angry looking Alex standing at the door, along with a Xiumin and a Baekhyun.

“Hey,” I say.

“Hey Michelle. You look great by the way,” he says with a smile.

I smile back. “Thanks.”

“We should probably leave now so we can make the movie on time,” Xiumin says.

Before I could even open my mouth, Alex starts talking. “I hope he’s going to need third wheeling with yall,” Alex says.

“Uh, I actually came here to talk to you, Alex, if you let me,” Baekhyun says.

“What? Got more racist comments to say to me?” she says back.

“Umm, how about you two go ahead. I’ll watch after them,” Robin says with a smile.

“Don’t you have your Skype sessions with your parents?” I ask her.

“Yeah. But Suho says he’ll call when he’s at my apartment. Plus, someone needs to be here so she doesn’t kill him.”

“Hey should just leave so none of us have to worry about me killing him,” Alex says.

“You sure?” I ask Robin.

“Yes, just go. You two have fun!” Robin says as she pushes me and Xiumin out the door, with me barely able to get my jacket.

“Sorry about that. Baek wanted to come so he could apologize.”

I shake my head. “It’s alright. And I'm glad. She was pretty mad about the whole thing. Hopefully they’ll be alright after tonight,” I say.

“Ready my lady?” he asks as he holds his arm out.

I giggle. “Why of course kind sir,” I say as I put my hand at the crook of his arm.

I was more than ready for this date. I was beyond excited. Hopefully it all goes well.

Kinda a short chapter but I hope you guys liked it! I got a few weeks off from break so hopefully I'll be able to update more!

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