09 - SCANDAL!

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Donghae and Yuri arrived at the SMent building and it was still raining. Luckily, Eunhyuk was there waiting for them for he was worried about them. He called Donghae earlier to make sure that they were okay and decided to wait for them in front of the building.

Donghae parked the car and Eunhyuk approached them with an umbrella. Eunhyuk opened the door for Yuri and shared the umbrella with her. On the other hand, Eunhyuk gave another umbrella for Donghae to use.

“Gomawo Oppa.” Yuri thanked Eunhyuk who was holding the umbrella for both of them.
“No problem. But are you okay?” Eunhyuk asked while they were walking towards the building.
“Neh. It started raining so we are late.” Yuri informed Eunhyuk.
“Arasso. Let’s hurry up, I think everyone is there.” Eunhyuk suggested.

The two ran towards the building while they forgot Donghae who parked the car safely. He got out of the car and saw Eunhyuk and Yuri running leaving him behind.

“Aish! These two.” He walked coolly towards the building with the umbrella that Eunhyuk gave him.

Eunhyuk and Yuri went to the SMent Hall where the meetings are held. They opened the doors and all eyes were on them. Luckily, Lee Soo Man is not there yet.

“Yuri-ah, where have you been?” Sooyoung asked.
Yuri was about to reply when Eunhyuk replied, “She was with me.”

Everyone had this “Obviously” look printed on their faces. Yuri couldn’t help but chuckle at their reactions. Soon, everyone went back to what they were doing.

“Oppa, I’ll go now.” Yuri informed Eunhyuk and joined her members and Eunhyuk did the same thing.

Everyone was doing their own thing. Catching up with each other or just talking about something random. But Yuri wasn’t on the mood so she decided to sit beside Seohyun who was talking to Kyuhyun.

“Unnie, are you okay?” Seohyun asked, concerned.
“Yeah.” Yuri simply replied with a smile. She realized Kyuhyun’s presence and bowed. “Go ahead. Keep talking, don’t mind me.”

Yuri decided to take a short nap and decided to wear her sunglasses so that no one would notice her sleeping. After a good 15 minutes, Yuri woke up and everyone was already there except Lee Soo Man. She woke up and realized that EXO members were sitting beside her.

Baekhyun, who was sitting beside her, greeted her first. Then Kai and Chanyeol did the same thing. Yuri smiled at them.

“Yuri Noona, are you okay?” Baekhyun asked.
“Yeah. Why did you ask?” Yuri asked confused for this is the second time that someone asked her.
“You look a bit pale.” Baekhyun informed her.
“I do?” she asked.
“Yeah.” Kai replied.
“But don’t worry, you still look pretty Noona.” Chanyeol suddenly blurted out.

Yuri couldn’t help herself but laugh, while Kai playfully slapped Chanyeol’s arm for saying such thing.

“Pabo!” Kai was referring to Chanyeol.
“Wae? So you’re saying that Noona is not pretty?” Chanyeol asked surprise with a hint of a chuckle.

Kai didn’t know what to respond. “What are you talking about?!” was all he could reply.
“Tsk, stop acting like you don’t know what we’re talking about.” Chanyeol stated.
“No, it’s okay Kai. Don’t worry about it.” Yuri assured him.
“No, noona. You’re pretty.” Kai suddenly blurted out.

Yuri couldn’t help but laugh, “I feel like you said that because I’m here.”
“Ani.” Kai quickly replied.

On the other hand, Baekhyun and Chanyeol were laughing at Kai’s expression talking to Yuri.

“Are you okay?” Baekhyun asked Kai.
“You looked funny.” Chanyeol added.

Yuri chuckled at their conversations and decided to go to the SMent canteen.

“Noona, where are you going?” Baekhyun asked.
“I’ll buy water since you guys said I look pale.” Yuri replied.
“I’ll help you.” Baekhyun suggested.
“Ani. It’s okay, I’ll go by myself.” Yuri denied.
“No, I’ll go with you.” Baekhyun insisted.
“Are you sure?” Yuri asked.
“Ofcourse.” Baekhyun replied happily.

The two left to go to the canteen and Chanyeol and Kai were left talking about recent incident.

“You look so funny earlier.” Chanyeol teased Kai.
“Whatever!” Kai rolled his eyes.
“Wait! Seriously, do you think noona is pretty?” Chanyeol asked.
“Yeah. But I didn’t want to admit it to her. Look, what you made me do!” Kai replied.

Suddenly, Kris joined their conversation.

“Hey, where is Baekhyun going?” he asked while Baekhyun and Yuri are going out of the room.
“He’s helping Yuri Noona.” Kai replied.
“For what?” Kris immediately asked.
“To buy… wait, are you jealous?” Chanyeol asked in a teasing voice.
“Psch, ofcourse not.” Kris replied.
“I guess, Hyung is not good in lying.” Chanyeol teased.
“Wait, didn’t you admit that you think she is the prettiest in SNSD?” Kai suddenly remembered.
“I’ll leave you two alone. I only asked you a question and you put me in the hot seat.” Kris stated and started talking to Luhan once more.
“He definitely likes her.” Chanyeol and Kai said at the same time which caused laughter to the both of them.

At the canteen, Yuri bought water and Baekhyun decided to buy one as well.

“Let me hold it for you, Noona.” Baekhyun offered while they were walking towards the counter.

Yuri was taking out her money when Baekhyun suddenly paid for it.

“You didn’t have to.” Yuri stated.
“But I want to.” Baekhyun simply replied.
“Gomawo.” Yuri said with a bright smile.

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