I beat myself mentally and buried my face in the pillow for minutes. I swear my face is red as a tomato. I could never bring my foot a step out of my room. No. Never. That would be very shameful on my part.

I tried to count to 10 to calm myself. But my headache was not helping either

“Oi~Hyebin-ah! Dinner’s ready!” I heard Joon call.

Flay that guy alive. I don’t care. I’m dying of embarrassment anyway. Oh, mother of embarrassed girls, take me now. TAKE ME.

~~~

“Hyung, it’s been an hour since she locked herself up in her room. Do you think she’s okay?” Tao turned to Joon worriedly.

“Nah, Don’t worry about her. She’s fine. She’s just ashamed.” Joon waved his hand in a manner of telling the others not to worry about you.

“Let me check on her.” Xiumin miraculously stood up from his seat in the dining table.

“Oh, where’s her room located?” Xiumin stopped on his heel, twisting his body to face Joon.

“Farthest one on the right hall upstairs.” Joon casually replied, slurping the kimchi spaghetti that Kyungsoo prepared.

“Maybe I should come with him…” Kris muttered and stood up from his seat too.

Oblivious that the two EXO members were coming to your room, you were trying your best to get into comfortable yet presentable clothing, as your head pounded. 

~~~

I wore an over-sized gray hoodie and sweat pants. I find them really warm and comfy. With my cold, I felt like the air is chillier than it should be. It would be nice to have some of that left over stew to warm my insides and calm my protesting stomach.

I wonder what Joon made for dinner…

“Ah, shoot! Hyebin stop it. Stomach, shut up!” I muttered to myself and patted my belly. I curled up in my bed and huddled under the covers. Ah~ so warm…

But I’m also very hungry. I stared at my stomach and held it with both my hands. I pouted at it and made a circling motion –caressing it.

“Hyebin-ah?” I heard a familiar voice outside my door. It was followed by three knocks that made me jump up from my bed.

“Hyebin-ah? Are you asleep?” That was Xiumin’s voice.

“Eottoke? Eottoke?? Eottoke???....” I whispered in panic and jumped back to my bed, hiding under my thick blanket and covering my face with my palms.

“Look, we didn’t see anything a while ago. We totally forgot it. You were not running around the house with only a towel wrapped around yo-“ Xiumin said but was cut off when something—someone’s hand particularly—muffled his voice.  

The scene of me—running right in front of them with a towel replayed viciously in my mind. I slapped my cheeks lightly repeatedly and buried my face deeper in the pillow. My temperature seems to rise more than ever. I really mean it now. Mother of all ashamed girls, TAKE MEEEEEE.

“Err…” A deep voice started to say. The sound made my insides tingle. My stomach was suddenly filled with butterflies and I felt my cheeks flaming.

“If you’re hungry, don’t be shy to get out and get some dinner. Joon cooked a really good seafood stew and Kyungsoo made his signature kimchi spaghetti.” Kris’s voice was like a drug. It was …addicting, enchanting, charming, magnetic, electrifying, spazz-making, stupendous and… well, let’s just sum it up to : MIND-BLOWINGLY AWESOOOOME.

I almost failed to savour the shining image of a tasty and hot pot of that jigae.

Just then, I heard some shuffling—the door-knob turning and the door creaking open.

“Oh! Hyung… it’s unlocked!” I heard Xiumin whisper.

No. No. No. nonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono NO.

Light and careful footsteps were heard creeping near my bed. I felt like I should be sweating bullets but not a single sweat came out. I think my cold’s getting worse… I feel really cold right now.

“oh. Are these her undies?” I heard xiumin pulling out a drawer.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO. LIGHTNING WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU MOST???

“Ooooh~~ strawberries!!” Xiumin chided.

GUNNER???? BULLET???? WHERE ART THOU???????

“Uwa~~~ bears!!!”

“I wonder why there are no bun printed . I would buy one if there was…”

“XIUMIN! CLOSE THAT DRAWER NOW.”

That voice again <3 Kris, thank you. I shall be down on my knees kissing your feet. But, the situation won’t allow it.

“Aww.” I imagined Xiumin pouting. He was grumbling about how kill joy Kris was. Bun, you erted pedo bun. It is not a joy for a person to see another’s undies.

I heard a shuffle—that must be my drawer closing.

“I think she’s sleeping! Kwiyeopta~~~ I want to remove her blanket to see her face. Then I’ll take a picture!” Xiumin whispered enthusiastically to the dragon.

D.O.

My eyes snapped open and wide like Kyungsoo’s. NO. XIUMIN, YOU BUN.

I felt my covers gently drifting away from my face when I heard a loud slapping sound just above me.

“OW! KRIS! THAT FREAKIN HURTS!” I heard Xiumin complain.

“Let’s go before we wake her up.”

“Come on! Just one picture! Just one picture~~~~” I could picture Xiumin doing an aegyo right at this very moment.

Kris please, no. Stay strong. Don’t soften up to his cuteness. Pleeeeeaaaaaseeeeee. For the sake of an ashamed girl. (Which is me, sadly.)

“No. Let’s go.” Kris stated firmly. His voice was commanding… and powerful. It was… superior. I guess that’s why he was called a dragon. He was powerful and mighty. KRISUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS~~

My feels.

“Ah! OW. KRIS! KRIS! Duizhaaaaaaaaaang!!! You don’t need to pull me by the ear! After all, I’m still older than you!”

“Shhh! You’re gonna wake her up!” Kris whispered.

“Stop pulling my ear!”

“No.”

“OH YEAH?!”

Then… BOOM.

My blanket was taken off.

I gasped loudly and my eyes blinked at the sight before my eyes. Kris’s jaw was hanging and his eyes were almost—almost as big as D.O.’s. On the contrary, Xiumin was grinning like a complete . He snapped a photo of me.

NO.

Xiumin. One day. TODAY. I’LL BURN YOUR BUN CHEEKS IN THE OVEN.

I stood up slowly—all this time my eyes were glaring at Xiumin.

“Er…um… we just thought it would be bad for your health if you skip your dinner…hehe…” Xiumin spoke in a small voice. His hands were behind him, protecting his cellphone that contained an xxxxxx photo.

I freakin haven’t brushed my hair. And my face was a complete…mess. It was so red but my nose shone the reddest. And my eyes—my Tao-like bags….

“Run.” Kris gulped and bolted for the door.

Xiumin did the same. I ran after the both of them. The hall upstairs was filled with heavy footsteps and panting.

“KRIS! SHE’S GOING TO CATCH ME! HELP!”

“THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, XIUMIN!”

Kris ran down the stairs and so did Xiumin. We rounded the living room and took a few circles around the sofa. We were measuring each other’s , moves around the coffee table and I didn’t decrease my glare.

“I mwill mbake myou!!!!”

… it was my first attempt of speaking…

It didn’t sound like a threat.

It sounded… hoarse. And muffled. I sounded like a duck.

“Puhahahahahahahahahhahahahaha!” Xiumin bursted out laughing and rolled like a buffalo on the floor.

I mentally smacked my head for attempting to speak.

“Hyebin , are you perhaps… Do you perhaps have a cold?” Kris questioned. He bit his lower lip to prevent himself from laughing but it appeared effortlessly y that I could drool.

I covered my face with my palms and nodded slowly.

WHERE ARE YOU MOTHER OF ASHAMED GIRLS? TAKE MEEEEEEEEE.

“Then a nice hot stew would help. Come let’s eat.” I can sense a smile in his voice. I bet he was inches away from bursting into laughter too. Xiumin’s laugh is still echoing in the living room and I bet in less than 30 seconds , other EXO members would see my shameful state.

“I-I’m mnot hmungwy” I lied and muttered in the same muffled voice.

“PFFFFFFFFFFFF…..HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA” Xiumin bursted into another fit of laughter.

Then, I heard a deep vibrating sound—Kris is chuckling.

I started to run back to my room when my stomach made a sound that was really at the right timing. I cursed under my breath when I bumped into something –a human being.

“I guess somebody’s hungry~”

I looked up to see Tao grinning at me.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me along.

HE’S HOLDING MY HAND. TAO IS HOLDING MY HAND. MY PANDA IS HOLDING MY HAND. HWANG ZI TAO IS HOLDING MY HAND.

FEEELS. GOSH. KYA. KYA. KYA. KYA. KYA. KYAAAAAAAAA~

“Ah  wai-“ I started to speak but I was reminded of my weird voice that I didn’t continue what I was supposed to say.

Soon, we arrived at the dining area wherein 9 other members of EXO looked at me with an anxious and awkward expression. I bet all the money in my wallet—which is sadly only 3,000 won—that they all saw me in a towel a while ago and that horrible image is currently replaying multiple times in their brains..

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A/N: 

Annyeong ^^ I hope you all had a happy weekend.

-faye_lee