I felt that it was rude to look away so I kept looking at him. “you.” Tao suddenly called my name. “If you keep looking at Xiumin, you might burn a hole in him.”

“What?” I ask.

“Wow, you’re already making you moves? Impressive,” Luhan added in.

“It’s not like that! Right, Xiumin?” I look over at Xiumin.

Xiumin blinked. “What are you talking about?”

“Tao said that I was looking at you,” I say.

“. . . I was looking at her, too.” Xiumin says calmly.

Tao looked shocked. “Are you two already in love?”

Xiumin looked at the ground. “ . . . No.” Xiumin denied it under his breath before closing his eyes sleepily.

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