“Hi baby! What brought you here? This is a surprise” Kyuhyun leaned in to peck Seohyun’s cheek. The woman didn’t answer and just looked at him intently. It made Kyuhyun flinch.               “Let’s go inside” Kyuhyun keyed in his passcode and he opened the door for Seohyun. She went inside with her arms still crossed on her chest.               “Where were you last night?” They were know standing in the hallway to the Kyuhyun’s living room.               “I told you I was in a meeting with the old man” Kyuhyun swallowed thickly, he’s not liking the direction where this conversation was going. By the look in Seohyun’s usually bright and cheerful face, he knew something’s up.               “I’m giving you one last chance to take that back” Seohyun looked at him straight in the eye. Kyuhyun felt a sudden headache. She knew he was lying and he had to think fast. He just can’t just say to her that he went to have dinner with his cooking tutor and even spent the night with him in a motel room.               Oh and he kissed him too while he was asleep and he doesn’t regret even for just one bit.              “Sit down first” Kyuhyun slightly nudged Seohyun to sit down on the sofa but the woman didn’t budge.              “Are you cheating on me?” There was a pained expression on her face.               Bull’s eye…              Kyuhyun thought that hit pretty hard. Her words felt like she sent him to hell. He felt like he was a little mouse trapped against the wall.              “Strippers…I went to a strip club”            “What?! It’s even worse than I thought!!! You’re cheating on me with hookers?! That’s so low!”               Kyuhyun had a momentary mental picture of Ryeowook dressed as hooker.               “Oh God…he’d be so hot dressed in black lace”                Kyuhyun mentally slapped himself afterwards. A really hard slap. Seohyun felt weak in the knees and she sat on the sofa finally.                “Listen…please listen to me first” Kyuhyun was now raking his hair with his right hand in frustration. He needed to get out of this situation…fast.                “I went to a strip club to talk to some strippers. We are planning to give grandpa a private show. That old man is erted. He enjoy these kinds of stuff. I wanted to save his face by sparing you this information…but I think you need to know the truth.”                 Kyuhyun felt acid churning on his throat. If lies tasted like anything…this must be it.                 “What? Why last night of all nights?! You know we will be having dinner!” Seohyun’s tears were now streaming down his face.                 “No..no..baby please don’t cry” Kyuhyun was now kneeling in front of her, holding her face and wiping her cheeks with his thumb.                 “That..is really my fault. I honestly forgot that we will be having dinner. I’m so sorry…I’m really sorry” Kyuhyun thought that of all the things that he said to his girlfriend tonight, that was the only truth. He honestly forgot about her. He happily forgot about her and he went on his way having his rendezvous with Ryeowook.                  Guilt crept inside him as Seohyun sobbing continued.                 “I’m sorry baby…I really am…”               “You...you should have…texted me…I shouldn’t have waited for you…” Seohyun muttered in between sobs.                  Kyuhyun hugged her tight. How to deal with this situation? His mind was turning into a mush. Confusion came in a daily basis inside his brain lately.                 “I’ll make it up to you…let me make it up to you…” Kyuhyun cupped the other’s face again looking on her eyes intently. Her eyes were all red and puffy.                  Kyuhyun had seen Seohyun cry many times before but this was the first time that he thought she looked ugly.                  Kyuhyun thought he was doomed…really really doomed. ----------------------------                    Kyuhyun was staring at his phone for the past fifteen minutes. He scrolled up and down his contacts list, slowly scrolling at the names starting with R, and then swiping the surface of the phone locking his keypad again. His phone that was resting on the top of his office table seemed to be taunting him. He was pulling his hair, literally,as he stared at it for a few more minutes. Anyone who would walk into him would think that he completely lost his marbles                                 “Yeoboseyo?”                   “Thing!!!” Kyuhyun immediately smiled when he heard him call by his pet name. He found being called “Thing” strangely endearing now.                   “Ryeowook-shii…uhmmm…uhmmmm” Kyuhyun wanted to chew his own tongue. Was it really this hard to say it?                   “Yes?” The chef inquired cheerfully on the other line.                 “I think we had to cancel our lessons today…I had a few things to finish here at work. I’m kinda swamped.”                   “Oh…that’s quite unfortunate…” Ryeowook tried really hard not to sound so disappointed.                    “Yeah…would it be fine to reschedule tomorrow night?” Kyuhyun was not so happy to cancel his lessons that night too. He had to be honest to himself once and for all. After kissing Ryeowook, the latter never really left his mind. His thoughts were completely filled with Ryeowook related stuff, his face,his eyes,his nose,his cooking,his really nice smelling hair,his high pitched voice,his bubbly and annoying personality,his easy laugh, his warm skin and his thin kissable lips. Kyuhyun thought he’d go crazy if he won’t see him again soon.                     But there were things that he had to do, such as fulfilling his promise to take his girlfriend out to dinner for a week because he stood her up in exchange of strippers (a really cute chef).                    “Oh..it’s alright…see you tomorrow then.” Ryeowook replied.                    “Thanks Ryeowook…” Kyuhyun wanted to tell him “I really do want to see you now…not even later tonight…i want to see you NOW” but he bit his tongue.                     “No problem Thing! Don’t forget to eat dinner!” Ryeowook worried if he was a bit too chirpy, obviously masking his heavy heart.                     “Yup you too…eat well! Take care when you go home. Bye” Kyuhyun hung up. He thought hard, when did he really start caring for Ryeowook this much.   ------------                     “This is so good!” Seohyun was sampling the unagi sushi plated nicely in front of her.                      “Oh…that’s nice! Do you like it here?” Kyuhyun smiled as he watched his girlfriend enjoy the food. They decided to check out the new Japanese restaurant near his office for dinner.                      “Yeah! I like it here but I like it more that you’re here with me. I feel like forgiving you already!” Seohyun beamed at the man in front of him. They were seated in one of those private dining areas in the restaurant.                      “I’m really sorry for what happened last week.” Kyuhyun reached to hold Seohyun’s hand. He always thought that her hands were pretty. He stared at them for quite a few seconds. He had a sudden realisation.                       Seohyun’s fingers were too long.They don’t fit quite well against his hand.                       His phone suddenly beeped. There was an incoming message.                      “You might be so busy at work right now but don’t forget to eat alright? Grab anything! Even a simple sandwich will do…food makes you concentrate a lot better! See you tomorrow thing!”                       Kyuhyun didn’t notice that his lips were already forming a smile while reading the text message. It didn’t escape Seohyun’s watchful eyes.                      “Who is it?” The woman inquired with a hint of suspicion. What or rather who can make Kyuhyun smile like that?                      “Oh…it was just Heechul hyung. He sent a really corny joke” Kyuhyun feigned a chuckle to avoid the topic as fast as possible.                      “Why don’t you share his joke to me? I might find it funny too!’ Seohyun smiled at Kyuhyun knowingly.                      “Why is she being like this? Am I too obvious?” Kyuhyu squirmed at his seat a bit.                      “Will you excuse me for a while? I need to go to the restroom” Kyuhyun thought this was his last card to put a halt to Seohyun’s questioning   ----------                       Ryeowook was tidying up in the kitchen when he heard his phone ring. He dashed to towards the kitchen counter to get his phone but then it stopped ringing.                       Missed Call: Thing                      “