“Where are you taking me?” the guy whined slightly, putting on his acting mask. He knew that he liked the attention she was giving him. He knew that he was looking forward to where ever she was taking him. Oh Sehun knew, but he wouldn’t show such interest in front of her as he let her drag him after her.

“A place,” Seohyun replied curtly as she led him through the empty hallway.

At this time, 4pm, the students had already been dismissed from school and had already headed home. Only a few stayed behind because they had to clean the rooms or they had to stay to finish a project with their classmates. As for Seohyun and Sehun, they had chosen to stay on their free will.

Well, at least Seohyun did. Sehun was just forced along the process.

“Oh, yeah, that wasn’t obvious at all,” Sehun rolled his eyes even though she couldn’t see him. Seeing how focused she was at wanting to reach their destination, Sehun couldn’t help but grin softly.

“We’re almost there,” she responded and ignored the sarcasm in his voice.

Seohyun knew that Sehun had always had a slight dislike towards her due to always forcing him to do things for her. Well, not technically force, but somewhat like that.

Just like that one time when Seohyun forced Sehun to go to the library with her just so that she wouldn’t be bored while studying, which does beat the purpose of studying anyways. And of course, there was that other time when she made him go buy pads for her at the store nearby the school when she was stuck in the girls’ bathroom and was too embarrassed to come out. We can’t forget about how she dragged Sehun to the park just so that she can swing silently. Actually, there are millions of times that were similar to these events, but Seohyun never quite felt bad about doing so. Maybe the first few times she had, but as she grew attached to him, she realized that since the day she met him, he never complained about being with her. She knew that he eventually grew used to her doing this to him, but even before he did, he never complained and this was the reason why she knew it was okay for her to do this to him; drag him around. Because Sehun’s actions towards her doing things like this told her it was okay even without having to hear him say it.

Of course, the many times when she dragged him to places, he never complained, but he sure doesn’t seem to be happy about it. Maybe neutral, but that was it. There would only be times when he would crack a few smiles and even laugh, but that was only sometimes. But that was okay. She was fine with his neutral expressions as long as he’s by her.

“We’re here!” she smiled brightly before opening the doors of the dance room and pulling Sehun inside before shutting the doors and locking it.

Sehun eyes her suspiciously. “What are you doing?”

“Locking it,” she mumbled, a blush coming across her face.

*Cute.* Sehun thought, wanting to flash the smile that she always brought to him, but refrained from doing so, because Seohyun would think it as weird. Sehun never really smile in front of people.

“I mean,” she tried to explain herself, avoiding the male’s eyes, “I have something I want to show you, but I don’t want anyone to disturb us if they were to do so.”

“And what would it be that you have to show me so bad?” he questioned. His tone wasn’t cold nor was it rude, but it sure didn’t sound bright. It was neutral. Just neutral. Like always.

“Um…” Seohyun took a deep breath before walking over to the guitar stand and the stool. “Well, not show, but I want you to listen to something.”

Sehun raised his brows from curiosity as Seohyun seated herself on the stool and picking up the guitar.

“You play guitar?” he asked.

“Somewhat,” she replied.

The short answers were starting to bother Sehun. This whole day, as Seohyun stuck to Sehun’s side, she hasn’t been talking a lot. She barely spoke, if you wanted him to be honest. She barely said anything and he was dying to know of why she was being this way. Maybe it had something to do with what she’s going to do.

“So you want me to listen to you play the guitar?” He wanted to get somewhere with her answers. Sure, her answers made perfect sense, but he wanted to know more. He wanted to get something out of her. Sehun wanted to know if she was okay.

“Um… Somewhat,” she said, using the same word.

Sehun sighed, wanting to just go over and hug the petite female. She seemed to have been out of it so lately and it made him want to ask, but he wasn’t going to. He can’t lose the mask just yet.

“Okay,” Sehun nodded. “Hurry. Play. Let’s get this over with.”

Seohyun sighed in defeat, her shoulders deflated. Was he really going to be a jerk at this time when she seemed to be having a war with herself? Seohyun still mustered up the courage to look up and over at him.

“You really have to pay attention to it,” she scolded him before fixing the guitar on her lap to its rightful position.

*I always do, Seohyun. You have no idea.* Sehun pursed a smile when Seohyun looked down at the guitar’s strings.

Seohyun gulped silently before she started plucking the strings one by one with a rhythm. She played it beautifully and by the time she received more confidence to play louder, Sehun was hooked. Truth be told, he was hooked the minute she told him to stay after school today, but still.

After feeling enough confidence, Seohyun parted her lips and began to sing softly.

“When I first saw you, your eyes were pretty
I fell for you at first sight, that was me
Every word you said was pretty,
my heart pounded
Your tied-up hair was pretty,
I fell for you in one moment
I like a man like you
My acting, my songs,
they are all changing
Why am I like this?

That’s you, that’s you,
that’s you, that’s you
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, it’s you
That’s you, that’s you, that’s you
It’s because of you

Your first confession was pretty
I fell for you at first sight, that was me
Even your footsteps were pretty,
my heart pounded
Your raised fingers were pretty,
I fell for you in one moment
I like a man like you
My acting, my songs,
they are all changing
Why am I like this?

That’s you, that’s you,
that’s you, that’s you
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, it’s you
That’s you, that’s you, that’s you
It’s because of you

That’s you, that’s you,
that’s you, that’s you
It’s you, it’s you, it’s you, it’s you
That’s you, that’s you, that’s you
It’s because of you.”

She slowly came to an end before letting out a relieved breath. *Gosh, that was so nerve-wracking!* Seohyun slowly looked up and cracked a small smile.

“So, what do you think?” she asked.

Sehun kept quiet for some seconds before questioning her question. “What do you want me to say?”

Seohyun’s smile faded immediately. “I told you to pay attention.”

“I did,” he admitted the truth. “I’m just not sure about what you want me to say about that.”

“You’re supposed to tell me if you liked it,” she rolled her eyes before grumpily setting the guitar down on the stand and slipping off the tall stool. All of that courage given to her for this. She wished she never showed him her singing or her guitar skills.

“Well, sure,” Sehun nodded slightly, “if that’s what you want to hear.”

Seohyun frowned. “I don’t want to hear that. I just want your honest opinion.”

“Hm…” Sehun thought about it before questioning her. “Let me ask you something. Whose song was that that you had just sung?”

Seohyun was caught off guard as she had not seen the question coming her way. Of course she wasn’t, because she was planning to tell him herself.

“And why did you specifically choose me to sing it to when you have tons of other friends you can get opinions from?” he continued.

The female pursed her lips. Why was he being so difficult? It was just a simple song that she wrote from the bottom of her heart for him. That was why she wanted him to hear it. Couldn’t he figure that all out by himself? He was smart. Why does he have to make it so difficult?

Seohyun’s frown deepened from her thoughts. “No one’s and never mind. You can go hang out with your friends now. That was all that I wanted to show you.”

She walked passed him and headed towards the door before Sehun’s voice stopped her.

“Let’s be honest, that one time when Luhan tied a mini ponytail on me, that was not pretty,” Sehun voiced as he turned around to face the female, whose back was facing him. “I looked quite ugly. And my first confession to you wasn’t pretty. I confessed that I hate killing bugs. Hm, pretty now?”

Seohyun felt a sudden blush come across her face again and she wasn’t sure of what to do anymore. She forcefully twirled around and glared at him.

“What are you talking about?” she managed out, surprised that she could even speak at this moment.

Sehun smirked, catching her by surprise once again. “That song. It was meant for me, wasn’t it?”

Seohyun’s eyes widen. How did he know? Of course, she had wanted him to know, but that was earlier when he hadn’t been acting like some jerk.

“So I’m correct,” he assured himself. “Now explain, how was my first confession pretty?”

“The song isn’t for you!” Seohyun shouted, flabbergasted. She simply didn’t want it to be for him anymore. This confession was turning out to be a total fail and she didn’t want to tell anyone in the future about this fail confession.

“Yes, it is,” Sehun calmly spoke.

“No, it isn’t,” Seohyun marked her words to which Sehun only laughed. *Ugh! How can he be laughing at this? Is he mocking me for confessing to him?*

“Yes. It. Is.” The male argued, confident in his answer.

Sehun was enjoying this quite a lot actually. He knew that Seohyun has been crushing on him since forever and truth be told, his feelings were mutual. The only thing was that Sehun never showed it. Of course, hearing her confess to him first was quite out of line as he never expected her to do so, but now that she has, he’s quite impressed. He’s never been confessed to in such a way before, through a song, that is.

Seohyun sighed in defeat, knowing that Sehun knows well that it was meant for him. “So what?” she challenged. “I meant to write it to insult you anyways.”

“Insult?” he raised his brows. Now where is she going with this?

“Yes, insult,” Seohyun stood her ground. “Clearly, I stated that you’re pretty. Your eyes are pretty. Your way of speaking is pretty. Your tied up hair is pretty. Your confession is pretty. Your footsteps are pretty. Your fingers are pretty. Everything about you is pretty! What I’m trying to say is that you’re a freaking girl, Sehun! Get that into your thick head!”

Sehun was stuck with lights as he couldn’t think. What did he just hear?

Seohyun cleared . “That’s why I wanted you to hear the song.” She rolled her eyes and looked away in anger only to feel guilt. *I didn’t want it to turn out this way. What if he hates me after telling him that?*

“I love the song a lot,” Sehun suddenly perked up, earning a wide-eyed Seohyun in front of him. *Bingo.* He smiled pleasantly, no longer implying joke to his tone. “And I really do mean it. I just want to let you know that as long as it is me for you, it’s also you for me.”

The female’s jaw dropped. *Wait-- He-- What-- Sehun just-- What?!*

Seeing this, Sehun couldn’t help but laugh once more before moving towards her, who was like a statue standing in place. He reached for her hand without break eye contact with her.

“Be my girlfriend,” he commanded, of course with lightness. He brought her hands up to his lips and kissed her knuckles gently. Her eyes never left hers. “Won’t you answer me?”

Seohyun quickly gulped and averted eyes. “W-when… No, why-- No, that’s not it either. I mean, what--”

“Are you rejecting me?” Sehun gave a pout.

“Are you mocking me?” she questioned him instead and she was serious about her question. A minute ago, he was as if he couldn’t stand being in the room anymore, and now here he was, saying the most absurd things she’s ever heard.

Sehun shrugged but shook his head. “I’m not, actually. I’m just speaking from the bottom of my heart. So, will you accept me?”

“That’s not fair,” Seohyun frowned. Even though she was still shaken up with the butterflies that were madly fluttering in her stomach, she tried to ignore it. “I confessed first. I’m supposed to ask you that.”

“But you didn’t,” Sehun grinned. “So instead, I did it for you and also for me.”

“You didn’t even give me the chance,” she tried to argue but Sehun only shook his head with laughter.

“You were going to walk out without even asking me. You missed your chance anyways, so I decided to take my chance for me.” Sehun brought her hands down and pulled her closer to him by putting her arms around his waist as he leaned forward and embraced her tightly. He was in no shape to joke anymore. He wanted this. Both for Seohyun and for him. “And I’m serious about this. I’m serious about wanting you to be my girlfriend.”

Seohyun became speechless as she has never been this close to him before. Only once before, about a year ago when he was comforting her as she cried about her family problems back at home. After that, they didn’t have such contact.

“I know it may seem to be so out of the blue,” he admitted, “Especially when I never really showed how I felt towards you. Everyone always knew me as the neutral Oh Sehun who doesn’t show anything other than his coldness and his neutral self. He’s mean. He’s boring. He’s always so about himself. Maybe that’s why I never showed you what I feel for you. I didn’t want you to be entitled with the name of the girl the cold and boring Sehun likes. And even if it wasn’t for that, it was still hard for me to tell you because I’m never the type to do confessions. Honestly, I think they’re awkward and useless. I mean, why can’t the two people who like each other just like each other and admit it in their heart and leave it at that. If they show it, then the other will know. There’s no need for words as long as you show it…”

Seohyun stayed still in his arms, listening to him carefully. She was quite shocked that he had so much to say. He’s never really talked that much before in such a short amount of time. And adding on, Sehun made sense and he was sincere about the subject.

“I didn’t think that I needed words to tell you how I feel,” Sehun continued with a sigh. “I thought showing you that I cared was enough, but I guess it wasn’t because I recently heard from some people that you think I dislike being around you?”

The female stiffened. *Who did he hear that from?! I swear I didn’t tell anyone other than Yuri-- Ugh! Yuri! You’re so dead tomorrow!*

Sehun chuckled upon feeling her tense up. “The truth is that I don’t dislike being around you. I love being around you. Ever wonder why I never complain? Because I saw no reason to. I like being around you. Hearing about that you thought I didn’t like being with you, it upset me in a way. I wondered if I had done anything wrong to make you think that then I was told by a friend that it was because I always seem so bored when I’m with you. You want to know why I’m always like that, so quiet? Because I’m always amused and I never know what to say. You do some amazingly dangerous and weird things that I always question if you just want to be with me or do you want me to get into trouble. But you know what? I like it. I like you.”

The blood rushed to her cheeks and she squeezed Sehun with her arms, wanting to shake off her nervousness. He sure was getting cheesy and this was a side of Sehun that Seohyun’s never seen before.

“Y-you said you think it’s useless and awkward to confess using words,” she pointed out. “So why are you telling me this?”

“Because the girl I like would be too dense to understand that I truly like her if I don’t tell her through words,” he answered her question with a soft smile as he returned the tight squeeze. “I need to assure you that I really do like you… And I like the song you wrote for me. But now I’m confused, is the song really written to insult me?”

 Seohyun pulled back and hit his arms. “It’s not!”

Sehun chuckled. “So now you admit it?”

She averted eyes, feeling embarrassed in front of him. This new side of Sehun was so new to Seohyun.

“Hm, maybe I should write you a song as well,” Sehun thought. “Maybe then, we’ll be known as the melodic couple.”

“C-couple?” she mumbled. *A melodic couple…? I like the sound of that.*

“Yeah, a couple.” Sehun nodded. “But a unique couple. A melodic couple. You’ll be my melody and I’ll be your harmony. Together, we’ll make the best music.”

Seohyun blinked. *Where is he getting all of these ideas?!* “Um…”

“Don’t like the sound of it?” he wondered with curious eyes. “Hm, okay. I’ll respect that you don’t like it then--”

“No, I do!” Seohyun cut in. “I mean, which girl doesn’t?”

“This girl doesn’t,” Sehun said flatly as he pointed at himself.

She immediately caught the joking eyes of his and laughed. He was referring to earlier when she had told him that the song she had written was to insult him and tell him that he was a girl.

“Of course you don’t,” she smiled.

Sehun broke into a grin before reaching for her hand. “Be my girl,” he spoke softly now with deep sincerity.

Seohyun’s smile has also softened by millions and she pursed her lips to suppress it from becoming too wide. She looked down at their interlaced hands and she nodded shyly.

The response she gave him filled him with joy and he pulled her in for another hug, and this time, it was one with no words, because like Sehun had stated, love needs no words. Action is all that is needed.

The two stayed like that for what seemed like years before pulling apart.

“Just because of today, don’t be shy towards me in the future,” Sehun requested with a flop-sided grin.

The female scoffed. “Who said I will? Of course I won’t be shy towards you. I know how much harder it’ll be for you if I become shy.”

“You remembered about what I told you?” Sehun was astonished. He didn’t think she’d remember.

“Of course I do,” she admitted with a gentle smile. “Shy people makes you uncomfortable and it suffocates you because them having to be so closed up makes you feel as if you’re also closed up in a prison.”

He looked at her in awe. “Is that why you’re always so bold as to force me do things for you and with you?”

Seohyun laughed. “Yeah. I wanted to be with you, so I have to be bold and just do things my way.”

The male grinned in appreciation. *Your boldness was exactly what made me fall for you from the beginning.* He tugged on her hand. “Come on. I’ll walk you home.”

Seohyun didn’t reject the idea and immediately lit up a bright smile. “Will you really?”

“Of course,” he replied with a nonchalant tone. “I always do, don’t I?”

“Well, you do,” she admitted the truth, “but it was because I always made you do it and you just grew to doing it out of being so used to it. You never actually voluntarily done it before.”

“All this time when I walked you home, it was because I wanted to,” he assured her. “But today, I want to walk you home as your boyfriend.”

“You really have gotten cheesy,” she laughed, seeing the blush that came upon the male’s face. “Okay then, let’s go. I’m ready to go home.”

“So eager to go home,” Sehun muttered before leading her out of the room.

“Am not!” she denied, letting out a round of laughter. “I just want to walk home with my boyfriend.”

“Sure,” he chuckled as they walked side by side.

That day was marked deep into their hearts and they never grew apart. Sehun and Seohyun were always side by side, sticking to each other wherever they went. Though they had mini arguments here and there, they always made up within the next day or so.  They were the couple that everyone wished they could be. They were the couple that everyone looked up to. They were the couple that always held on strong together. And they were the couple that would present each other with a new song on every one of their anniversary. They were that couple. The Melodic Couple.

Author's Note:

I hope you guys liked this oneshot. I know it's not the best and I have a lot more to learn about writing to improve my writing skills. Hopefully this one shot filled you guys with happiness & of course, thank you for reading this! Comments & Upvoting are always appreciated. MUCH appreciated, that is! Again, thank you for reading & of course, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :)

Message to HerLovelyWinterRose:

Especially because this one shot was written for you, I REALLY hope you liked it! I'm sorry if you didn't! I tried my best to put something together using what you said in the form. I tried going for fluff, although I'm not quite sure if it was enough. Even so, I'm glad that I had the opportunity to be your secret santa this year. I wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy new year! :)