“You’re really in a bad mood, aren’t you? You called me by my name.” Yixing said to Sehun.

            “You want me to call you by your name, right? Why are you complaining?” Sehun said.

            “Why are you getting all grumpy at me? I wasn’t the one who hurt you, Sehun. I’m your cowriter and your visitor here, remember? So don’t use that tone on me because I was just sympathizing on you. I’m not your enemy.” Yixing picked up his glass and drank from it. “Phew! It was tiring explaining.”

            Sehun is just staring at him as if he can’t believe in what he just heard. Then he leaned against his seat and smiled. Sehun even planned on hiding it because he covered his mouth and coughed forcefully. He didn’t even look at him for a short period of time. On his part, he was surprised Sehun could actually smile like that. It seems like he wasn’t in a bad mood anymore and he even saw Sehun’s eyes shine. Yixing smiled in return.

            It was nice to see him act like a human again.

            “So you know how to smile, huh? I thought smiling is not in your vocabulary.”

            “What do you think of me? A robot?”

            “Yes.”

            “Pay for your dinner.”

            “Woah. You can’t take a joke. I mean, you are a person who is great at smiling. Look at that smile, it’s beautiful! You can even do a toothpaste commercial. That is what you call a million-dollar smile.”

            “Just eat, will you?” Sehun placed more food on his plate. “Here. It’s hard to reheat this.”

            “Wow! You really worked hard for this dish, huh.”

            Sehun didn’t answer. Maybe because he just want him to eat in peace. But because he believe that smart people ask questions, he asked Sehun.

            “You are not… following your girlfriend?” Sehun halted on bringing the food in his mouth. “It seems like she really loves you. And if you’ll follow her and apologize, I’m sure that she’ll forgive you.”

            “Let’s just not talk about Eunbin.”

            “But—”

            “I said that’s enough.”

            “But I was feeling bad for her.” Sehun looked at him with wonder. “I am the reason why you two have broken up.”

            “Don’t flatter yourself too much, Yixing. It’s not your fault.”

            “But—”

            “It’s my fault. I forgot that Eunbin is coming over.”

            “If that’s the case then you should really follow her. Apologize to her. Your relationship will be worthless if you let her go that easily.” Yixing even tapped his chopsticks on his bowl for emphasis. “Fight for your love! You shouldn’t give up—”

            “I don’t love her.”

            “I really want to punch you!” It was Yixing’s turn to lean back against his seat and stare at Sehun. “If you don’t love her, why did she become your girlfriend?”

            “It’s none of your business.”

            Ouch. This guy has a point. He kicked Sehun under the table.

            “Ouch!” Sehun protested. “Why did you do that for?”

            “Because you’re such a jerk. If you don’t feel anything for the woman then you shouldn’t have made her your girlfriend so that you can’t hurt someone. Oh gosh, to think that I even thought on sympathizing on you for Eunbin hitting you earlier. You deserved to be hit in the first place. And not because you fed me and I was full it doesn’t mean that you can be grumpy on me.” Yixing took his wallet and placed 10000 won on the table. “Here’s my payment.” He was about to stand up when he realized something. He took the 10000 won and replaced it with 5000 won. “It’s just 5000 won in a restaurant. Good bye.” He pointed to the food.

            After drinking his water, he headed towards the exit. If Sehun thinks that he is like his lovers who easily give up on him, well he is wrong. First, he is not Sehun’s lover. Second, he really hated when a person hurts someone, whether purposely or not. That was called “unfair” in his book. He is already in front of the gate when he stopped and took a deep breath.

            “Ugly.” He heard Sehun called him.

            He turned and glared at Sehun. “You’re ugly too.”

            Sehun smiled. He felt that his pride crumbled when he saw that smile. Plus, that cute eye smile that seems to lighten up the entire street. His anger melted like an ice cream under the sun.

            “I will bring you to your condominium. It’s difficult to look for a public transportation here. And besides, it’s already late for you to take a bus.”

            “Aren’t you going to apologize?”

            “You already kicked me earlier.” Sehun opened the car door for him. “It’s enough.”

            “I’m not yet satisfied.”

            “It’s not my problem anymore.”

            Yixing placed a hand on his waist. Sehun can’t really stop being cranky.

            “Look, you and Eunbin already threw punches and kicks on me.” Sehun sighed. “Give me a break.”

            Then he remembered Eunbin’s hard slap on Sehun earlier. He took a step to look at Sehun’s cheek. But then Sehun turned to him so he backed off and got into the passenger seat instead. He didn’t know why he felt shy when Sehun immediately turned to him. Maybe he felt shy. When Sehun closed the passenger door, he get inside the car too. After a few minutes, they are already on the road. He can’t say anything because he can still feel that unusual feeling earlier.

            “You’re quiet.” Sehun said. “What’s the matter this time?”

            “Nothing.” Yixing bravely looked at Sehun. Then he saw his perfect profile, and he became aware of the strange thumping of his heart.

            Yixing shook his head. Aaah! What is this? He slapped himself so that he will be awake from whatever he is feeling right now. Which is effective by the way. But his face hurts.

            “Later, put a cold compress on your face that Eunbin slapped.” Yixing said. “It might have a bruise.”

            Sehun didn’t answer. Yixing didn’t look at Sehun so he ddoesnt know if he takes his words seriously or not. And what’s making him confused is his reaction to Sehun earlier.

            Why did he suddenly felt weird earlier when he glanced at Sehun? And the most weird thing is it just happens in the characters in the book that he is writing. Why does it happen to him now?

            Oh no…

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            Yixing wonders why Jihye was not the one who brought him his order. Usually, she is the one who brings his coffee and she usually talks to him when there are few customers at the café.

            “Where is your manager?” Yixing queries.

            “She’s in her office, sir. She’s talking with a guy named… Yonghwa, I think?”

            Well that’s new. Jihye is talking to a guy. In her office. He never saw his friend bring someone in her office. Let alone a guy. Yixing waited for Jihye so he could ask about the guy. But for now, he just thinks about everything that happened last night at Sehun’s house.

            He’s still daydreaming when someone tapped his shoulder. He saw Jihye grinning at him like she’s gone crazy or something. “I heard some news.”

            “News?”

            “Yeah, My crew saw you last night with that handsome guy who brought you cake and coffee last week.” Jihye’s eyebrow wriggled. “Is he your inspiration right now?”

            “What? Are you hallucinating or something? Oh, speaking of inspiration. Who is that Yonghwa guy—” Yixing tried to divert the conversation.

            “Nice try, Yixing but nope. You don’t succeed. Anyway, this is the only time that there’s an interesting thing that happened to my favorite romance novelist. Come on, tell me the whole story. What happened to you and Mr. I-am-always-bored face? Are you two together? When are you planning to get married? How many children do you want to have?”

            “His name is Sehun, okay?” Yixing sipped his drink. “And he’s not my boyfriend. He and his girlfriend just broke up.”

            “If that’s the case, then why are you together last night?”

            “He just brought me home because I had dinner at his house last night.” Jihye giggled. And he just sighed. “You’re really hopeless, Jihye.”

            “Well, isn’t that nice? He just broke up with his girlfriend and you’re already seeing each other. You really can’t wait to be officially together, right?”

            “Whatever. Why am I even talking to you? You’re crazy.”

            “Are you in love with him?”

            “No.”

            “Okay. But do you like him?”

            Yixing just laughed while disagreeing to Jihye. Then the woman left because there is a new customer. And he needs to return in writing his novel.          

            “You like him, don’t you?” Jihye said before she can even reach the counter. “Just admit it already! Don’t worry, you’re not the only one who likes Mr. I-am-always-bored face. I like him too. You should always share the good stuff.”

            “You’re really crazy!”

            “Just admit that you like him so that I will just leave him to you.”

            Yixing turned to Jihye. “I don’t like him! Okay?”

            “Why not? He’s handsome. Not to mention, rich too. And most especially, he has so many handsome friends!”

            “And he’s cranky too. Likes to tease me. And I’m ugly for him. And most especially, he has so many girlfriends!”

            “Hey, ugly. Why are you noisy?”

            Because of his shock, he immediately turned to the one who talked behind him. It was Sehun. The result is, his coffee spilled on him. Good thing that it is not hot. But Sehun’s shirt is really wet and the brown stain is obvious on his dress shirt.

            “Oh! I’m sorry!”

            The crew immediately gave him tissues to wipe Sehun’s hands and some drops of coffee on his face. Sehun just let him wipe the coffee but he can see that the man is already in bad mood based on how his forehead knotted. It was no use patting the coffee stain.

            “Sorry…” Yixing gave Sehun an apologetic smile. “It’s your fault. Why did you startled me?”

            “So, it’s my fault now?” Sehun took the box of tissues from him and tried to save his shirt. He sighed.

            “Do you have a spare shirt with you, Sir?” Jihye asked. Being a good manager that she is, she approached them.

            “Yes, I have a spare shirt in my car.” Sehun turned to Yixing with a knotted forehead and it made him guilty.

            “I said I’m sorry…”

            “Yixing, since your condominium unit is just in front of the café,” Jihye said. “Let Sir change his clothes on your bathroom. Our washroom here is under renovation so…”

            He had a distinct feeling that Jihye was just trying to manipulate them. That crazy woman…

            “Ugly.”

            He turned to Sehun. “You’re ugly too.”

            “Why are you still standing there?”

            “Nothing. I just want to belly dance.”

            “Funny.” Sehun then took his hand and hustled him out of the coffee shop.

            Yixing can still hear Jihye’s shriek together with her crew. But he doesn’t pay that much attention to it because he is occupied with that unknown sensation that is brought by his and Sehun’s clasped hands. Especially when Sehun still holds his hand when he opened his car trunk to get the space shirt and locked it.

            And Sehun is also the one who leads him to his condominium building. And he is definitely sure that whoever is seeing them is thinking that they are in a relationship because they entered the said building, holding each other’s hand.

            “Ugly.” Sehun said. “Where is your elevator?”

            “Why didn’t you know? You already came here, right?”

            “I took the stairs then.”

            “Why did you take the stairs?”

            “It’s for me to know and for you to find out. Now, where’s your elevator? You have to make it quick because I’m starting to feel sticky.”

             Yixing tugged at their clasped hands to lead him to the elevator while thinking how Sehun managed to go to his unit in such a short time when his unit is located on the fifth floor. And he doesn’t saw any signs of tiredness on Sehun at that time. Yixing just looked on their hanads when he felt Sehun stopped.

            “What?”

            “We just passed by the elevator.”

            He looked at where Sehun is pointing at. He’s right. They went back. “You’re right.”

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Hello... 🎶 it's me...🎶 How are you, guys? Again, I want to apologize for not updating for so long. Anyway, I will try to finish another chapter so by the end of the week, I can post another chapter. Thank you guys for waiting! :)