Enjoy the Mayo!

I'm Not Old, I'm EXOtic!

"Stop right there!!" I cried to the taxi driver. Without a word, I dumped the bills in his open palms before rushing out the car door. 

Making sure EXO didn't know I had totally tailed them here, I hid behind the nearest tree. I held my breath though I'm sure they wouldn't have since we were a few feet apart. The members were still standing by their van, stretching and probably sharing their thoughts on the concert. D.O was no where to be seen. Maybe he went to film his drama. 

Pling! I quickly sneaked a peek in their direction before I unlocked my phone and eyed the text Ha Na sent. 

"Are you seriously going? What am I suppose to tell your parents??" 

I was about to type "Of course" with a smiley face for good measure when I paused, and stared my surroundings. The taxi driver had already sped off into the night, leaving me alone to face the dimly lit streets myself. Each building that lined the streets were closely attached, and were all equal in height. Just having to tilt my head up to see the highest floor made me want to run to the subway and take the fastest train home. But of course, it was too late now. I took a deep breath before continuing to send the message. 

When I stuck my head out to look at EXO again, they were starting to head towards a nearby building. It was an old beige apartment with windows that seemed to repeat as my eyes wandered up. These were their dorms? Being one of the most popular groups, I expected something more rich so I didn't realize it when I wrinkled my nose unconciously at the sight. 

EXO didn't seem to mind as they started to skip happily in, their manager trailing closely behind.

"Ah, wait!" Baekhyun suddenly stopped in his tracks. The other members followed suit.

"What's wrong?" Suho's eyes widened. He seemed genuinely concerned. As expected from the leader. 

"I'm hungry." 

The rest of the boys groaned in agreement. 

"Me too! I want rice." Lay exclaimed, his eyes drooping slightly. 

"I vote for fried chicken," Kai flashed a grin. The boys grew louder as they each shouted "Me too!"

"Chicken is not my style." Kris simply stated and crossed his arms, standing a foot away from the rest of the overly excited members.

"Psh, you're lying. You ate so much in the first Showtime episode we filmed." Baekhyun stopped raising his hand to wag his finger at him.

There was a moment of silence as the boys waited for Kris to finally respond, "Ok. Let's go."

The manager had to shush them as if they were pre schoolers to get their attention.

"Alright, we will quickly find a chicken place before we go back to our dorms and get some rest." 

Suho looked dumbfounded and suddenly said, "Wait. Hold on. Are we going to be doing anymore praticing after this concert?" 

The others quickly nodded and turned to their manager, anticipating his reply.

"No." He breathed and gave them a wide smile. "You will get a few weeks rest."

"Yayy!!!!" Lay's dimples broke out and started to wave his arms in the air. 

I smiled with them as they all danced and skipped around at the news. 

"Chicken!!!" Tao squealed and started to lead the way. 

I couldn't help but feel lonely as they wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders. It made me want to join them, but I stopped when I remembered my main reason for coming here. Dorms. I was here to see their dorms. And give a special gift to Luhan. I glanced inside the bag I had hanging on my wrist. I giggled at the idea of seeing Luhan's reaction when they come back to see this.

"Wait!" Someone suddenly shouted. 

He sounded out of breath and worried.

I wonder what was wrong. Did something happen to D.O? Perhaps a crazy fan caused problems at the concert. Or did they find out about me thanks to my reckless hiding? I gazed worriedly as another manager emerged from inside the dorm, holding something in his hand.

I couldn't make it out due to the lack of brightness. He skidded in his tracks as he stopped in front of Luhan. Oh no, Luhan... The rest looked confused as Luhan maintained a pokerface, not even making eye contact with the manager.

"You..."

The manager put his hands on his knees and started panting.

I bit my hand nervously. Was it a threatening note from a saesang? I remembered how Sehun recieved one not too long ago and ended up being upset about it for days. Even if Luhan was worried, it didn't show as he maintained a straight posture and a cold gaze toward my direction. He looked and acted so different from how he was on stage. Did something happen after the show? And why is he staring in my direction? Does he see me? Is that why?  I quickly gasped and ducked, squeezing my thighs together in case they were noticeable. 

"You..." 

The manager breathed loudly. I couldn't help but sneak a glance back towards them. The manager was retaining his balance using a nearby tree and Luhan had finally turned to face him. 
"You what?" Sehun urged the manager.

"You left your sunglasses, Luhan." The manager opened his fingers to reveal a flat object displayed upon his palms. 

I sighed as the boys all their teeth and punched Luhan lightly in the arm. 

"I thought it was from another saesang, man." Xiumin chuckled. 

"Remember the one who stole D.O's boxers?" Tao pointed out and sighed in relief knowing they were just sunglasses. 

Luhan didn't seem to notice the reactions and took the glasses from the manager who was still struggling for air.

"Of course. Luhan needs to wear sunglasses even in the dark." Baekhyun teased and nudged Luhan. He gave a knowing look and Luhan glared back at him in return. 

"I need these." He softly replied and placed them on his eyes. I couldn't help but note how gorgeous Luhan looked in them with the snapback and Air Jordans. 

"I ran...all the way here..from the 16th floor.." The manager cried. He stretched his back and frowned at the other manager. "In case I was late." 

The latter sighed and patted his shoulder. 

Wait...the 16th floor? I unknowingly placed my hand to my open mouth. Is that where their dorm is? That high and he didn't use the elevator? He definitely had to be Luhan's personal butler or something for him to risk his life to climb those stairs. Of course. Luhan has to be worth that much. Even more, maybe. 

"Ah..let's go! We're late already!" Suho clapped his hands and slapped Sehun and Lay in the back lightly. "We need to eat chicken!"

"Yes! Faster, let's go!" Kai chirped.

They soon piled inside the car with the first manager and drove off into the distance. The personal butler wiped his forehead and trudged back in. He seemed to even struggle with the door as he let out a groan when he pulled it. 

When I was certain there was no one else there, I stepped out of the shadows and took out my phone to read Ha Na's message.

Ha Na: What did you get him?

I smiled and replied, "I'll tell you later. kekeke." 

Ha Na: Tell me what you find in Kai's drawers okay? 

I gave a disgusted look in seeing her text. What was she expecting to find? Stashed photos of her selcas? Fried chicken? 

"Whatever." I wrote as I ran over to the entrance of the building. 

What was more important was seeing EXO's dorm for the first time. Even though this may seem like a easy topic to find results to, there were no pictures of the interior found online as they were constantly moving out. And then there is also the issue with the tight security. 

I scanned the inside, making sure there were no guards, before heading in. 

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16th floor. I felt bad for the poor manager who had to climb those stairs just to deliver the glasses on time. Now that this was mentioned, I do notice how Luhan had on sunglasses in most of the pictures I saved of him. Was it to cover his helpless sleepy eyes? Or was it to look cool? I grinned bashfully, imagining his cool pose as he waved to the cameras in his sunglasses. I snapped out of it and turned the other way before Luhan's manager could make eye contact with me. 

"Excuse me...." 

Oops. Too late.

I secretly hated myself at this moment and wacked my head lightly. Why? Oh god, he's going to think I'm a saesang and I''m going to get arrested now. I can't believe I went this far just to get back down at this point. Why didn't I risk my life and take the stairs instead?

"Ahjumma..?" 

I stopped hitting myself. Ahjumma? Me? 

Then I remembered. Right! I was a middle aged lady now. I straightened my slightly crooked back, remembering the real motive of why I chose to come here in the first place. They wouldn't suspect me as a saesang thanks to my new appearance. I held my breath and whirled around to face him.

He looked confused as he anticipated for what I was going to say.

I cleared my throat, before declaring, "Room service!" 

Was that the term? 

"Excuse me?" He looked confused. 

I hesitated and tried not to shake. "Ah, I'm the new housekeeper for EXO." 

"W-What?" He stammered. "Housekeeper? I thought there were only mana-" 

"Managers? Aigoo, maids, honey, are not the same as managers." I forced a laugh and placed my hand on his shoulder.

"B-But. Are you sure you are their housemaid? I don't remember them having one.." He cocked his head to the right and rubbed his neck.

"Ah..cham. Then do this handsome fellow want to sweep the floors and wipe the tables? Aigoo, look at that sweat." I glanced worriedly at the beads of sweat trickling along the side of his face. He nervously wiped it. 

"Well, you are right. Though I should probably call them to make sur-"

"You don't believe ahjumma?" I crossed my arms, annoyed. 

"No! No! I just thought you- Ugh, fine. 15 minutes, I guess." He gave up and led me to the door.

Room 16C, huh? I congratulated myself inwardly for my fantastic ahjumma roleplay. I guess the years of hearing Grandma complaining about my infatuation with EXO finally came to good use. 

I even wiped some of the sweat off his forehead with my sleeve for good measure as he unlocked the door. 

"Th-Thanks." He replied timidly. 

I winked and hurried inside.

It was even smaller than what I had imagined it to be. I thought at first, the exterior was lacking, but after seeing the inside,  the outside was definitely more extravagant. For one thing, they left all their clothes on a rack in what I assume is the living room. There were also a pile of shoes lined in racks by the door though it was full and most of them were piled messily around the racks. The floor was wooden and immaculate. As I stepped inner and inner, I thought about how my footsteps were probably lining up with one of the member's footprints. The essentials were there, such as the kitchen and bathroom. To the right were probably where their bedrooms are located. There weren't many furniture except for a dining table, couch, and a TV on the opposite side. Other that that, most of the space was occupied by random junk. A box of spicy ramen is stacked next to the fridge. A soccer ball had apparently rolled its way underneath the table. I tried not to trip over any of the boxes lying around as I made my way over to the bedrooms. There were 4 rooms, so about 3 people shared a room probably. Each door was closed so I hesitated, standing by the first one. All the doors left no hints to who resided in each room although Tao definitely sleeps in the first one since a polaroid he took is taped to the door. I decided to take a guess and head to the half open one, assuming the manager forgot to close the door after hurrying to get Luhan's glasses. 

A large bunkbed and a single bed to the other side of the wall took up most of the space. A guitar was propped to the bunkbed. Was it Lay or Chanyeol's? I noticed a stuffed Koala hat laying on the top bed. Wasn't this the same hat Luhan bought for Showtime? I did a little triumph pump fist in the air as I started to climb the bunk ladder. The bedspread was a nice shade of blue with a matching white blanket and pillow to pair with it. I the soft comforter and wished to sleep in it, exhausted from today's events. However, wouldn't this make me Goldilocks and Luhan, who's going to be Papa Bear, discover me napping and kick me out? No, this won't do. I quickly climbed back and down and couldn't help but pass by seeing the bottom bunk bed with a familiar looking pillow beside the others. This one definitely stuck out thanks to the Kai's beautiful face in the middle along with the polkadotted bow glued to the side. Yes, this was Ha Na's doing, all right.

I smiled at the thought of Ha Na freaking out when I tell her Kai actually accepted her gift and even sleeps with it at night.

Right when I was about to place my gift on the dresser table, I suddenly remembered. Ha Na had wanted me to look in his drawers for him! 

I sighed and slowly opened one of the drawers to the right. Though they were probably just boxers inside, it still felt weird to know that Kai opens this very drawer and wears the underwear. I was right. Just boxers. I dug around, opening every single drawer. What was I expecting anyways? Of course it would just be nightwear. I moved towards the right, and opened that drawer as well. The size of the boxers looked different. Was this another person's? Could it be Luhan? I gasped and looked at the size. Large? No way. I blushed as I strained to remember how Luhan's looked like. Nah, this couldn't be him. My hands fluttered nervously over to the top one, where the hats and caps were stored. But, these were definitely Luhan's hats. So this section is definitely Luhan's. I shook my head and bent down again to the boxer drawer. My fingers flipped through each one, going quicker with each boxer I see. I can't believe it. Luhan wears a size large? Did even saesangs know about this? I stopped picking at each one, respecting his privacy and just looking through one last one, when I noticed how...pink it was. Yes, pink. It wasn't like solid pink either. I hurriedly went back to the boxer and pulled it out. 

 

 

 

HELLO KITTY?

This was Hello Kitty, right? Definitely with the infamous red bow and whiskers. I pulled out more underneath it and believe it or not, they were more Hello Kitty. There were many different designs, ranging from an abundance of Hello Kitty heads to just the word "Hello Kitty". 

I couldn't help it. I was horrified yet I let out a snicker in response. 

Luhan wears girly underwear? Was this the new definition of manly?

I couldn't control it as my laughter grew louder and louder.

Whipping out my phone, with the most pink boxer in my other hand, I tapped the camera icon.

I smiled, my eyes staring at the hello kitty boxers as I dangled it in the air, and snapped a photo.

And I guess I didn't notice someone walked in as a frightening voice suddenly yelled in Chinese, "What are you doing??"

I jumped, my back facing him though I'm sure he saw the boxers in my hands.

What do I do? Part of me wanted to spin around and laugh hysterically at the boxers he wears yet the other half wanted to dart out through that window. If I do want to leave a good impression, I would have to do just that then. I took a deep breath when I realized why I came here in the first place. Oh shoot. My gift. It was sitting on the drawer, still concealed due to the bag. 

"Who are you?" He demanded. I shuddered. Was this really Luhan? The one who always bared an angelic smile on stage? Or was he just that mad I had discovered his secret? I dropped the boxers in a panic.

"Sorry!" I replied in the least possible Chinese I know. 

The next few seconds happened really quickly as I grabbed the container out of my bag and threw it in his arms. 

 "Enjoy the mayo!" I singsonged to him as I rushed to the window and used all the strength the ahjumma in me had to pull it up just a little.

Wheezing, I jumped out the window into the cold breezy night.

 

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