Tao was the only person who heard what she said but being the sensitive one, he decided to keep his mouth shut. “I think Chanyeol-hyung will be jealous though,” Kai joked, mindless of what he was saying. Chanyeol only laughed. “As if! She’s free to make other friends if she wants as long as she’s not going into trouble with them,” he said, secretly wanting to glare at Kai. But he loves Kai, so he was really able to hold it in.

“How many boyfriends have you had, Mil-ah?” Sehun asked. “Ah—Umm…” Milan avoided his gaze. She thought about it, counting.  “2? Oh yes, 2. But I don’t have anyone right now. It’s better to be single after all. I’m not looking for a relationship,” Milan answered. That shattered Chanyeol’s hope once again.

Is this little interview just going to crush his heart?

“Mil-ah! What do you even look in a man?” Baekhyun asked, winking at Chanyeol as if telling him that he’s giving him a chance. “Well, looking at the people I liked, I’d want a guy taller than me.”  Check. “Knows how to dance.” No check. “Has a sense of humour and can always make me smile.” Double check. “A tough dude, you know. Someone who can protect me and know what to do when I’m afraid or sad.” Hesitant check.

“But to put it in simpler terms, if I fell in love, that’s about it. There’re no requirements or anything because I can’t tell my heart what to do,” Milan smiled sincerely. “That’s really touching,” Suho nodded. “Almost made me cry,” Baekhyun said, wiping away his fake tears. “It’s like… it was so inspirational, you know,” Chanyeol said as he nodded like Suho.

“Hey, guys, I’m serious. My boyfriends weren’t really my ideal type you know,” Milan said as she looked down. “They were just… Cupid’s stupid, ya know?” Milan shook her head. “Let’s move on then! We don’t want to have a sad atmosphere!” Kris suddenly clapped. The game went on until lunch time when all the members had their own activities. Baekhyun and Suho were out to host. EXO-M had an interview. Leaving Kai, Sehun, KyungSoo and Chanyeol with Milan.

Chanyeol invited Milan into his room and was playing his guitar for her, making her laugh like the usual with his corny jokes. “What do you call a dark child when he’s out?” Chanyeol asked. “Let me guess, Kim Jong Out?” Chanyeol laughed as a response. “How did you know?” “That’s joke’s as old as your MAMA album, dufus,” Milan flicked his forehead.

Chanyeol rubbed his forehead. “Violent as always huh,” he said. “Anyways, you never mentioned anything about your exes before. Can you tell me more about them?” Chanyeol asked. Milan hesitated but ended up telling him because he was already pouting and Milan can’t resist that. “Okay, my first one was my first love and my childhood friend. Let’s just say we reunited after a few years of being apart and then we wrote things together and he always called me cute. He had this deep voice and he was the heartthrob of our batch but I caught him cheating on me so bam, we broke up.”

“The second one… I thought he was my last. He was funny and he loves to sing and make lyrics with me. But he had to move so we had to break up. I can’t handle a long distance relationship that good,” she frowned. But she didn’t seem like she’ll cry. “Will you love again though?” Chanyeol asked, looking at the strings of his guitar.

Milan bit her lower lip, clutching on her thighs. “I guess so. You can’t stop a beating heart after all,” she told him. Chanyeol suddenly caressed her cheek. “Oppa?” Milan reacted. “You had some chocolate on your face, pabo,” Chanyeol said as he wiped the ‘stain’ off Milan’s face. “Oh sorry. I’m a messy eater, obviously,” Milan said before smiling.

How Chanyeol wished that smile was only for him. “Pabo, don’t try flirting with girls, okay? Guys are wolves,” Chanyeol said as he strummed. “Don’t worry, oppa. That won’t happen while I’m working. Trust me and my number one dude is you, after all.” Chanyeol knew Milan was saying it like she was his friend but he hoped he had a chance to be with her.

“Are you trying to flatter oppa?” Chanyeol messed up her hair. “A bit,” Milan snickered. “Oh by the way, why do you like Luhan-hyung, Lay-hyung and Sehun that much? I see why you like Kai though,” Chanyeol faced her. Milan was kinda surprised by the sudden question. “I like how Luhan-oppa is so pretty and handsome at the same time. You can seriously see why he’s the visuals. He has a good voice I could never get tired of and um,” Milan avoided Chanyeol’s gaze.

“His lips and abs are the best,” she bit her lower lip, embarrassed by what she said. Chanyeol almost said out loud his body was better but he stopped himself. “ert,” Chanyeol said instead. “No, I’m not. The GIFs I find in Tumblr,” Milan covered her face with her hands. Her ears were getting red.

“A-Anyways…” Milan stuttered, trying to get herself together. “I think Lay-oppa would make the perfect boyfriend,” she continued and hearing that, Chanyeol almost wanted to strangle something. “Perfect? How so?” Chanyeol asked. “He is sweet and he has those cute dimples. He’s a great dancer and he composes songs too. He looks great while playing the piano and he has such a cute personality,” Milan said, smiling like the goofy fangirl she is.

“While Sehun-oppa, his eye smile got to me. My eye smile isn’t even that pretty. And he has such white skin I can only dream for. Like milky white skin from the heavens. He knows how to dance pretty well and plus, he’s the guy nearest to my age in EXO,” Milan said. “The nearer to my age, the better after all,” she added.

Chanyeol thought of BamBam automatically. That guy was only two years older than Milan while he was seven years older than her. He hated this. Why wasn’t he younger? Milan stood up then sat beside him. “Teach me more guitar, oppa,” Milan said. “I can’t do the other chords right,” she said, doing aegyo so Chanyeol can’t say no.

“You’ve only been in Korea for such a short time but you can do aegyo pretty well,” Chanyeol said as he handed his guitar. “Korean reality shows,” Milan said as she put the guitar to the right position. Chanyeol went behind Milan and held her hands, positioning her hands. “There, now strum,” Chanyeol said. Milan strummed. Chanyeol’s head was on Milan’s.

He can feel his heart beating faster and faster. ‘Calm yourself, Park Chanyeol,’ he scolded himself. “Oppa, how many girlfriends have you had?” Milan suddenly asked. Chanyeol was surprised. “It’s better if you don’t know, Mil-ah. You want to be my girlfriend?” Chanyeol teased. “As if, oppa. I told you I’m not gonna date. And you’re my bestfriend,” Milan looked up.

“I can’t afford to lose you.”