"The last page turned is the perfect excuse to write a whole new book."
— Toni Sorenson

Su Min woke up some time later and discovered her head rested on Kai's shoulder, while his leaned against her own.

She froze momentarily, wondering how they came to be in that position. Was this his doing? Or did I somehow snuggle up to him? Did we slept like this the entire time? She thought as she dug through what she could remember after their goodnights.

Not wanting to waste any more time and risk being caught by Kai—if she did in fact initiate the cuddle—Su Min shook her thoughts aside and got to work. She carefully lifted his head and held onto it until it found its own balance. She then distanced herself and quietly sat across from him, letting her pair of brown lenses explore every part of his familiar face. Starting from his blemish-free forehead, her eyes traced the curves of his relaxed eyebrows, down to his closed, tired eyelids, pausing for a second before continuing their short journey to the tip of his nose, and finally settling on his baby soft lips.

She kept her gaze pinned on the pair while everything on her peripheral faded into a blur. She found herself mindlessly being drawn to them as if there was a strong force pulling her—an unexplainable attraction that she couldn’t grasp control over.

But as she leaned in closer, she heard EXO’s familiar voices and laughter becoming louder as they entered the recording studio. She immediately pulled back and covered her lips with both hands, finally realizing what she was just about to do. Startled by her subconscious desires, she vigorously patted her cheeks and snapped herself back to reality.

Tossing the embarrassment aside, Su Min turned back to Kai—this time with a different objective. "Kai" she called softly as she tapped his shoulder, but received no response.

Having remembered he was a rather difficult person to wake up, she called to him even louder and practically shook him awake.

After couple more tries, Kai finally opened his eyes, still as sleepy as ever. He flashed a charming smile the moment he caught a glimpse of her and whispered sweetly, "Good morning."

"Get up. They’re here." Su Min replied coldly, ignoring his greeting and the feeling it brought with it. They were in the process of becoming friends, so she shouldn't let his words affect her in any other way.

Without another word, the two of them sprang to their feet, headed for the door, and began banging on the metal barrier as hard as possible.

It didn't take long till one of the members unlocked the handle, and as soon as it swung open, she and Kai were met with Suho's surprised face followed by the rest.

"O—what are you two doing there?" Chen asked as he peaked in.

Su Min glanced up at Kai then brought her eyes back to EXO, not exactly sure of how to explain the situation, "Um…"

Just then, EXO's lead dancer cleared his throat. "Well…we—uh—In Su ahjussi was…" he began, struggling to form a complete sentence.

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