To say that the past week has been interesting has been the understatement of the year.

It’s been nine days since Kai’s discovery of what shouldn’t have been discovered until I should have told him, which should have a long time ago, but either way he hasn’t backed down on being… well, a brother in the situation that I’ve dumped him in.

Maybe a bit of an over protective brother, but saying that would only be the second biggest understatement of the year.

SMTown in Seoul went by smoothly and EXO has been appearing on a few different shows recently. I’ve tagged along because there’s honestly nothing else to do and it’s nice to see how much more comfortable they appear, compared to their first appearances so many months ago.

They’ve been practicing MAMA like usual but gradually less, more focusing on individual talents and strengthening speaking skills. Their singing coaches have been focusing on having the singers of the group covering songs of genres they haven’t tried yet; the dancers have been learning new moves and different styles and creating choreography for random songs. I’ve been spending a lot of time just watching them, which is always incredible but watching them learn to master something that they begin as novices to, it’s mesmerizing. Luhan’s been attempting trot, Baekhyun’s singing soul and the dancers have been taking popular songs and creating dances to them.

I think the most entertaining part so far was their dance for Call Me Maybe. I thought Kai was joking when he told me their manager wanted him, Luhan, Lay, Sehun and Xiumin to create some choreography for it…

He definitely wasn’t.

At least it looked like none of them were enjoying it, though.

“What kind of dances  is this helping them learn?” I asked the manager as they were practicing the stupid dance.

He shrugged. “It’s different from what they usually do, and it’ll help them loosen up a bit.” He chuckled, before shaking his head, lips forming a straight line, “And also to get back at Xiumin hiding my phone last week.”

Today’s a bit more important than all other days, though. My feet are carelessly dragging me through the halls, aimlessly taking me nowhere. I have nowhere to go, honestly. All the guys are busy and f(x) is off at some interview and Ara and Snoopy, Bae, Jaejin and the other trainees are all in class right now.

I wish I could barge in on EXO, right now. Their manager told them they have to go into a private conference room for about an hour, and I’m apparently not allowed.

Stupid rules are stupid.

Don’t they care about keeping me sane, I get so bored so easily.

I sigh dramatically and plop down in the middle of the hall, stretching my legs out across half the walkway.

I’m. So. Bored.

Might as well sleep a bit, honestly. I’ve rested my eyes in the hallway before and my self-consciousness isn’t as important as my lack of things to do.

I pull my legs in and cross my arms, lying my head down on them.

A few minutes pass and my lids begin to feel heavy when something taps at my shoe. I look up and see a smirking Taemin, who smiles down on me.

“Were you crying?” He laughs, holding out a hand to help me up. I roll my eyes, standing up without his help.

“I was drowning in my boredom,” I sulk and I follow after him as he walks down the hallway. “Where are you going?”

“Visiting EXO. Why aren’t you with them?” He asks me, as we climb the stairs up two floors.

I sigh, on my teeth. “Dunno. Some important conference or something.”

Taemin gawks at me, tsking. “’Some important conference?!’” He mimics, air quotes in overdramatic use, “You mean the so-not-important first discussion about their comeback?! Eunji! How can you not be excited for this?! It’s your brother’s first comeback!” He preaches and I stare at him, confused.

Their comeback?!

Kai didn’t tell me anything.

“I didn’t know… wait!” I screech, a sudden realization dawning over me. “They’re discussing their comeback right now?!”

“Yeah. They might be done now, I don’t know.”

“LET’S GO” I scream, dragging his wrist.

I need to hear about this comeback. I know that Kai won’t tell me because he knows I hate surprises and knowing that he knows about their comeback while I don’t… that’s my own odd form of pure torture. He will tease me and make fun of me for not knowing and if they’re blatantly talking about this comeback in broad conference room daylight… I need to hear this, or else no one will tell me about it.

And I have. To. Know.

I basically sprint my way to the conference room that Taemin shouts directions to as I yank him along. Ignoring all his protests of me slowing down, we finally arrive and my ear’s slammed against the door before Taemin can even catch his breath.

God DAMMIT.

SM and their soundproof rooms.

I groan and slide down against the wall beside the door, Taemin cheerfully plopping down beside me.

“Kai probably won’t tell you,” Taemin grins and I roll my eyes, blowing my bangs out of my face.

“Yeah, I know,” I mumble.

“Hm… maybe Sehun will!”

I cheer up immediately, sitting up straight. Sehun could tell me!

Would he though?

If he doesn’t know I don’t like secrets, then he might. I have to be very casual though, or else he’ll just try to irk me by not saying anything.

Yes! Okay. I will ask Sehun, instead of my douchey brother.

Wait.

“Why… Why do you think Sehun would tell me?” I ask hesitantly, trying not to sound too curious.

Taemin punches me lightly. “Well he’d be a pretty bad boyfriend if he kept secrets from you.”

My eyes widen at his bluntness in such an oddly casual way and I stare at his calm demeanor.

I didn’t tell him.

WHO TOLD HIM.

“Who told you?”

He taps his chin thoughtfully and it takes all my energy not to force the answer out of him.

“Oh. Kai. He was grumbling about something and I asked him what was wrong and he kept mumbling about how he didn’t want you and him to keep doing stuff together in front of him and then he said something about relationships and their stupidity and stupid love and… I don’t know. I just kinda pieced it together?” He sees the steam coming out of my face and covers his mouth. “I figured it out though! Don’t kill Kai. It’s fine, and anyways-“

Just then the door opens and out files Kris, then Chen, then Baekhyun and the rest of them and I ignore them all until Kai comes out and basically pop his eardrums right away.

“KAI tell me tell me TELL ME!” I beg and I can already see his face morphing into a sick look of smugness.

“No.” He replies simply, heading off down the hall. The rest of the guys chuckle and follow, and I groan, walking up and meeting Sehun’s pace.

“Hey, yeobo…” I say sweetly, taking his hand. He smiles at me and I ignore my vigorously beating heart, clearing my throat. “So, my sweet, lovely Sehunnie…”

“I can’t tell you about our comeback,” He says calmly and I frown, tightening my grip on his hand.

“Why not?!” I attempt to sound all cute and sweet and irritatingly bubbly like the girls in the dramas but I can tell I failed when Baekhyun and Tao laugh in front of us.

“Soo Man might kill us if we tell you,” Chanyeol adds, and frowns when he sees our fingers intertwined. “YAH you little punk, what are you doing with my girl?” Chanyeol demands, throwing an arm around my shoulders and pulling me away. I laugh as he leads me away to EXO’s practice room, taking me to my usual spot on the floor.

“Your floor spot awaits,” he says politely, bowing. I roll my eyes and they all go into the corner of the room, discussing something.

The rest of the day at SM passes uneventfully and we walk back to their dorms. I used my infinite calorie count card thing and got them all drinks, taking time during an extremely boring part of the day to choose a specific drink for each person.

I grabbed two cans of soda for Kai and I each and as we walk back, we’re both racing each other, guzzling down both cans. I don’t care if I seem not lady like. It’s worth it for the small moments that bring me back to my childhood.

I think the rest of the guys understand that, too. They all seem to cherish any moments they have with their parents and family. Whenever Kai and I bicker, they don’t seem to intervene because our bickering is just… natural, I guess. As weird as it sounds.

Kai wins and I sigh, patting my sloshy stomach. He goes ahead to tell Suho about his success and I turn around when someone pokes me.

“Don’t you get full from all that soda?” D.O asks and I shrug, thinking.

“Not really. I guess my stomach has adapted to a lot of soda, after always drinking it with him.”
Luhan chuckles. “You two are interesting to watch. Complete opposites but so similar in weird ways.”

We arrive inside about five minutes later and I fall over onto couch, Sehun sitting next to me. He wraps his arm around me and I lean my head on his shoulders, both of us laughing at the stupidity that SHINee seems to present when they’re on variety shows. Onew’s imitating Jonghyun yet again and Sehun makes Suho come in, showing us his imitation of Jonghyun, which I honestly think is better than Onew’s.

He leaves and Sehun sighs deeply, rubbing his eyes with his free hand. I look up at him from his shoulder and he smiles down at me, kissing my hair.

I love moments like these.

The small moments, where I know I’ll precious them later. When Sehun’s busier and when I won’t see him but I’ll know that he’s mine because of small moments like this, where it’s just us and he’s mine. I sound so selfish… but I have the right to be selfish. He’s too amazing to be my boyfriend and I feel grateful that he’s as sweet as he doesn’t seem to be.

“You should sleep,” I say, lightly tapping the obvious dark circles that have been growing over the past few days. “Is Call Me Maybe wearing you out?”

He chuckles, leaning his head on mine. “No, it’s just that Baekhyun and Chanyeol were loud last night again…”
“Oh, I heard them. Playing video games… again,” I sigh, suddenly feeling very sleepy. I close my eyes and can feel dull peace sinking over both of us until the doorbell rings.

“I’ll get it!” D.O shouts from the kitchen, and a minute later he appears around the corner.

“Uh, Eunji, you should come here,” He says, eyes wide and lost. I furrow my eyebrows but get up, much to Sehun’s adorable complaints.

I follow D.O’s point to the entry way and turning the corner, I gasp when I see who’s standing in the doorway.

“D...Dad?”

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