CHAPTER 041: Blankets And Low Temperatures     Kris is at school. Well, of course he's at school. Where else would he be?    Except that you're mad at him. Even if he hasn't done anything to you.    Today there is a substitute filling in for Mr. Nam since apparently the teacher had caught a cold. You don't really blame Mr. Nam. Everyone is freezing at school and you're wearing more layers of clothing than anyone else around you. You love the cold and you're excited for it to snow; however, just like everyone else, you're freezing your off.    That is, except for Kris, who's only wearing a hoody and you wonder what's wrong with him.           "Back in Canada," he begins to explain since Eunsul asks, "I used to do some really weird dares with my friend Josh. He would dare me to go outside and make snow angels and we would do this every time it snowed. I guess I'm just used to it now."    You frown at him. That doesn't seem safe. And is it just you, or does Kris have a lot of reckless teenager stories.    Eunsul laughs from her desk, where she's wrapped in a blanket like a burrito, "Oh my god! I did that once!"    You're not even surprise.            "One time I even jumped into an almost frozen lake," she states. You gape at her. "My s almost fell off," she laughs. "But they gave me 100 bucks so it was worth it."   Kris high fives her.    You think they're both idiots and so you look away, only to see that Chanyeol has completely knocked out on his desk, eyes closed, mouth drooling and snoring.    Yuri is also at her desk and she so happens to be sleeping too, only that she has brought her own blanket just like Eunsul. She also reminds you of a burrito.    The substitute teacher is reading at his desk, but he also looks like he's going to fall asleep any second now.    Everyone in the class is doing whatever they want. The boys are huddled up in a pile on the floor by the door. Tao seems to be the one in the center, with the rest of the boys just throwing themselves on top. Sehun and Jongin had called Eunsul to come over but the girl had rejected the offer since, and quote, "None of you are Yixing. Get Yixing in there and I'll be there in a milli second."    So of course Yixing  wasn't there, and so Eunsul wasn't part of the pile.    The girl had not put on make up that morning and instead just had a hot shower and put her hair in a bun, wearing her school uniform but also topping her outfit with about three layers of sweaters and putting on a pair of warm sweatpants underneath her school skirt.    You had not done the same; luckily, you had at least brought a sweater and a big puffy jacket, topped with a red scarf.    Everyone looked like a marshmallow from so many clothes layers.    Eunsul thinks Kyungsoo looks the cutest.    The girl doses off after a while, turning into a sleeping burrito. Kris is left without a talking buddy and is forced to interact with you.    He coughs. "How was your sleep?"    You shrug, "Pretty good, I guess."    Kris doesn't say anything else to that. He turns away from you and instead begins to look out the window, trying to distract himself. You want to punch him in the face. And then maybe ask him about this Victoria chick he used to like and apparently even kissed.             "Yifan," you call out.    Eunsul grumbles in her sleep at your voice.    Kris turns to look at you, cheeks red and lips  puffy, "what?"            "Luhan told me about a friend of yours," you say, playing with your fingers.    Kris raises a brow, "What friend?"           "Victoria," you snap your eyes up at him.    Kris jumps at the way you look at him and at how fast you turn your head at him. He gulps because you're looking at him with fire in your eyes.           "What?" He squeaks out.   You glare at him, "Victoria? Doesn't sound familiar?"    Oh, Kris thinks, I'm hella familiar. However, he doesn't want to enclose personal details with you and so he says, "Nope, doesn't ring a bell."    You scoff, "Really? Then how about this? You kissed her in freshman year back in China."    Kris tenses and then he sighs, "Did Luhan tell you?"    You don't respond, which is everything he needed as a confirmation.            "I didn't like Victoria. She kissed me for fun over a dare and even then it was just a mistake. She wasn't suppose to kiss me. You don't need to be jealous. I don't like her."    You turn red. "I'm not jealous!"    Then you realize something: Kris seems to kiss a lot. However, it's always a mistake, apparently.   You hiss. You shake your head, looking angry. "I can't believe you would do that."   Kris frowns, "Do what?"            "Kiss her," you hiss.    Eunsul mumbles something in her sleep.    Kris frown deepens, "I'm sorry, I already explained the situation to you. Also, why does that matter to you?"            "It doesn't," you say, "I'm just saying. It's kind of stupid that you would kiss her when you weren't gonna be her girlfriend."   Kris gets what you mean and he feels highly emotional. He feels like you're playing with fire all of a sudden. He scoffs, "She liked someone else."    Your brows furrow at his words and you look down at your fingers, feelings kind of sad. "Maybe if you had made a move, she would have liked you instead and wouldn't be so confused about her feelings."    Kris looks at you, "She's dating someone else now and she acts like she loves him. Besides, me and her don't have a future together."    You feel your fingers curl against the edge of your sweater.             "Hana," he says.    You look at him, "Yeah?"            "What are we doing?"   You don't know what that means but either way, you also wonder that sometimes.    You decide to break the awkward atmosphere. You smile at him, "This is the most we've spoken in a while."    Kris can't help but smile too, "It is..." But his eyes dart to Chanyeol and his sleeping form before he looks back at you. "You're never home anymore."    You shrug, "Didn't think anyone would notice."           "I noticed," Kris mumbles.    You open your your mouth to say anything but the lunch bell rings and everyone sleeping, including Chanyeol and Eunsul, snap their heads up.    Kris stares at you and he looks like he wants to keep talking to you but he knows that's not happening soon.    Chanyeol walks over to you, stretching his long body at the same time as Eunsul.           "Let's go to lunch," he says, hugging you like a giant baby.    Kris watches from the side lines and feels great displeasure at the sight.    Eunsul sees him and pouts. "It's okay, Canada," she says, hugging him by the side like you are doing to Chanyeol.  At that moment, Kris thinks she's a great friend.    They both watch you leave with Chanyeol. The boy's nose on your neck, searching for warmth.    Kris feels his mood drop but Eunsul hugs him tighter. "Don't be sad, Canada. If all great things were easy to get, they wouldn't be worth fighting for."    Kris doesn't know what the hell she means at first but when it does, he can't even deny it anymore. He's so used to it- the teasing and the shipping from all of you- that now he just goes along with it.        **********************       Yixing looks conflicted when he sees Eunsul and Kris walk into the cafeteria together. He doesn't say anything though and instead sips on his juice box, watching them both from afar and waiting for the girl to notice him. Eunsul never looks at him  and instead she just sits down and comforts a serious faced Kris. The boy doesn't look sad or anything, he just looks bored and a little angry- Yixing thinks it's the eyebrows- and so he doesn't understand why Eunsul is "comforting him".              "Why are you doing that?" Sehun mumbles behind a thick scarf.    Eunsul pats Kris on the head, "Don't worry about it. I'm just helping Kris deal with his feelings. Don't mind me."    Suho looks at Yixing and smiles when the boy is just looking at his food, taking slow bites.             "I heard Mr. Nam is sick so he couldn't be in class," Jongdae says.    Kyungsoo nods, "He is. Probably won't be here tomorrow either."    Minseok sneezes before he speaks, "Our teacher won't be here either. He's also sick. Maybe me and the boys can sneak into your class later."    Eunsul smiles, "That would be awesome!"    Everyone expects her to mention Yixing just then; maybe talk about how they can be together for the day, but the girl only goes back to cooing at Kris like a baby.    The tall boy rolls his eyes at her. He can't really tell her off. It's not like he's heartbroken.            "Where's Hana?" Jongin asks, feeding Baekhyun a cookie because the boy refuses to take his hands out of his sweater pockets since he's so cold.    Eunsul sighs, "Sitting over there." She points with her lips at you and Chanyeol, sitting together at a table in a corner. You're eating a pudding as Chanyeol seeps into milk, sneezing all of a sudden until you move back by instinct.            "Does chanyeol always gets sick when it's cold?" Luhan mumbles. The boy has been quiet lately, his body shivering and pressing as close as possible to Tao, who's also looking for body heat from him.             "Wouldn't blame him," Sehun says. "It's cold as . Luckily for him, he has a girlfriend and warms up the body."    Eunsul glances at Kris. Kris, on the other hand, just looks down at the table. What is he suppose to say to that? Sure, it bothers him but he has no right to comment. It annoys him. Eunsul hugs him and pats him on the back. For the first time, Kris actually wants to be comforted.           "It's cold in the cafeteria," Yixing suddenly says. "I'm going back to class since it's warmer in there. Lu, you coming?"    Luhan shakes his head, "I'll meet you there later."    Yixing sighs but either way he nods in understanding. "Alrighty." And then he's walking out of the cafeteria.    When he's out of eyesight, Eunsul smacks her hands against the table. "Did you guys hear what he said?"    Sehun sips on some milk, "What?"            "He said alrighty," she gasps. "That's the cutest thing I've ever heard. Plus he sounded kind of sad."   Suho frowns, "Why are you smiling when you say that?"    Eunsul stands up, wrapped up in her baby blue blanket. "I'm smiling because that means my plan worked! Goodbye Kris," she says, "I don't need you anymore." She then waves at everyone and exits the cafeteria.    Kris gapes at her retrieving form, "Was I just used?"    The boys nod. Kris shakes his head. "And here I thought she was actually comforting me as a friend."     ***********************       Eunsul finds Yixing sitting on his