"So you're not coming with us?" I ask over the phone. "No, I really wanna go but my mom needs me. She's been a bit under the weather lately." I could hear Luhan's worry through the phone. "Tell her to drink a lot of orange juice. It's healthy for her. I'll come over tomorrow to see how she is." I walked over to the kitchen to get something to drink. "Thank you Kris. I'll call you later okay?" I smile even though he couldn't see it and I reply with a simple "yeah okay."  I look up at the clock. 4:30. I still had a few hours to kill before the festival. I went into the bathroom and locked myself in there for a few hours.

      Once I was finished, and completely satisfied, I left the bathroom and walked into the living room. "Oh, hi Ge-" Tao's sentence cut off once he seen my new hair cut and color. I had cut it shorter and it was now freshly bleached. I also styled is up experimentally. "Wow Gege, your hair!" He instantly got up from his spot on the floor and went over to me. He put his hands on my shoulders and went to his tiptoes to examine my hair thoroughly. He stumbled slightly, and my hands instinctively flew to his waist. He pulled back his face until his eyes met mine.      Badump.        His hands still on my shoulders while mine stood on his waist. We stood there for who knows how long, just getting lost in each others gazes. I felt my heart pounding against my chest and I could clearly here the rhythm in my ears. I wonder if he can hear it too? The right side of my chest felt like it was on fire for some reason, but I didn't let it bother me. I slowly trailed one of my hands up his body up to his face and rested it on his cheek. Tao smiled softly and placed one of his hands on top of mine.     Badump.       Do I like him? My heart does go faster whenever I see him lately. Do I find him cute? Yea, but I also find Luhan cute. But Tao is a whole new level of cute. Do I find him attractive? I could say he's attractive. Am I gay? I have only looked at women before. Am I going through a phase? Possible. A thousand more questions flooded my mind and a nauseating speed. I would have drifted off into my thoughts if Tao didn't rub his thumb against mine. "Gege." His smile became wider and my heart started to squeeze.     Badump. Badump. Badump.       "I-" A knock at the door boomed through the room, making Tao and I jump and separate. "I-I'll get it." I shook off the nervous feeling that was taking over me and walk over to the door. I open it to see Suho and Baekhyun. "Oh hyung, your hair looks nice." Baekhyun smiled while letting himself in. "Thanks." I step to the side and let Suho in then close the door. "So what brings you two here?" I turn to see Baekhyun fluffing Tao's hair. "Tao wanted to watch movies with Baekhyun, and I just tagged along." Suho answered. "Well Tao and I are going out." All three pairs of eyes hit my face in what I was guessing was confusion. "We're going out Gege?" Tao tilted his head cutely. "I wanted to take you out for a surprise but if you want to stay home, that's fine." I shrugged, acting like I didn't care, but I actually did. "No, I wanna go with my Gege." Tao ran