"Oppa~... Ireona~..." A sweet voice resonated on Donghae's ear causing him to wake  from his slumber. "Ireona~. Breakfast is ready~." The voice once again said and Donghae smiled and slowly opened his still sleepy eyes. His vision shifted from blurry to a clear sight of Eunhyuk's face so close to his, grinning widely that it already looked creepy and caused him to gasp and jump off the bed at the same time. "Good morning oppa~." Eunhyuk greeted gayly. "Aish!" Donghae threw a pillow right straight at Eunhyuk's face when he began laughing like crazy with a combination of rhythmic claps. "You know what? You look so hilarious!"

"Shut up!"

"Okay, I'm sorry to disappoint you but it's 8 and you have to get up now or else you'll be dead. Wait. Don't tell me, you really thought it was Nana."

"Oh yeah, thanks for your kindness." Donghae said mockingly said while fixing his shirt.

"Sure."

- - -

"Good morning, beautiful!" Raina greeted at Nana who just arrive.

"What's with the not-so-usual greeting?" Nana laughed.

"What? So it's only Donghae who got the permission to call you 'beautiful'?"

"Uh...Sort of (?)..."

"Psh."

"Okay, so aren't you going to ask me how I did that night you left me alone to have fun by yourselves?" Lizzy sulked at her chair.

"Don't worry Lizzy we'll have a girl's night out anytime you want when turn 18." Nana assured.

"Promise?"

"Promise."

When their homeroom teacher came in, everyone went to their respective seats and the noisy room immediately fell silent. "Good morning class. Before anything else, I want to introduce to you your new classmate. Come in." Their teacher gestured to someone outside the room. Then a tall guy with blonde hair came in and stood proudly in front. "Annyeonghaseyo. I'm Kris Wu from China. Please take care of me." The guy named Kris said politely and bowed. He looked at the familiar girl sitting in the middle of the class and smirked. Lizzy widened her eyes in shock when Kris flashed his smirk. Her memory went back to the scene a couple of nights ago at the dark alley. It was the same smirk and definitely the same guy that she saw. 

Did he recognized me? She asked herself trying hard to hide her face.

"You can sit at the back." Kris strode to the vacant chair assigned to him. Unfortunately, the chair happens to be behind Lizzy. He sat comfortably with his elbows on the table. "What a coincidence, huh? Nice seeing you again" He said to Lizzy. Raina also heard what Kris said and got intrigued. "You know each other?" She asked the two but Kris just smirked and Lizzy just bit her lip and looked away not even planning to answer the question.

- - -

During break time, Leejoon invited Nana to have lunch together and Nana agreed. They ate separately from Raina and Lizzy who were eating on the next table near them. Nan and Leejoon ate their lunch intimately. They look really close, exchanging laughs once in a while and conversations which Raina and Lizzy couldn't figure out because of the noisy atmosphere in the cafeteria. And they also couldn't help but to get curious. When they came back on their room,  Raina immediately approached Nana. "Hey, Nana."

"Hm?"

"Is Leejoon courting you?"

"No." Nana shook her head.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. Where did you get that? We're just friends. And I'm sure I'm not his type. Why?"

"nothing. Forget it. I don't want to spoil the thrill." Raina simply said and went back to her seat leaving Nana curious and clueless.

- - -

Lizzy was assigned as the basketball team's manager for the mean time as the substitute of the real manager who took maternal leave. She went on the gymnasium's locker room to prepare the player's needs thinking that no one's inside. But she guessed it wrong. "Hey..." Someone said coming from behind the locker. She turned to look at the direction of the voice and saw a half- Kris with a towel hanged on his neck. She was so shocked and immediately covered her face and turned around in panic. "What are you doing?!" She stomped her feet and bit her lip. "Obviously, I'm changing."

"Can't you go somewhere an do your personal things where no one could see you?"

"Excuse me. May I remind you, you're the one who entered here without even knocking. And you're the one who carelessly intrudes on someone's personal things. That's not my fault." Kris retorted.

"What?-..."Lizzy attempted to say something as she turned around but something stopped midway that left her with wide eyes and stunned. Not until the players came and entered the locker room. As soon as they came in, Lizzy took her bag and left, leaving the boys curious as to why she didn't even smiled back at them when they greeted 'Hi'. She ran as far as she can in hopes that it would suppress her pounding heart but it didn't. She was trying to catch her breath when her fingers touched her lips still having the lingering feeling caused by what happened a while ago.

[FLASHBACK]

"What?-...." Lizzy attempted to say something as she turned around but she didn't expect Kris to be standing right behind her. More to the fact that Kris leaned forward and kissed her. She was stunned with wide eyes and stiff, she couldn't even twitch a finger. Kris was about to move his lips to deepen the kiss but the other basketball players suddenly came in. SO Kris was forced to withdraw and they just stared at each other's eyes for the remaining moment before Lizzy ran away. Good thing that the players didn't saw what happened because of the pile of lockers in the room.

[END OF FLASHBACK]

- - -

"Donghae, someone's looking for you." A staff of the drama series Miss Panda and Hedgehog told Donghae who's preparing for the next scene. "Who?"

"She said her name's Nana." After hearing the name of the person he's been wanting to see the whole time, Donghae got excited and immediately went out of his tent to meet Nana. She was standing under the tree behind the set's parameter waving at him. "Hey, beautiful. What are you doing here?"

"Nothing. I just want to visit you and give you this." Nana presented a dinner box. "I cooked it. I just want to make sure you eat healthy meals even you're at work."

"Wow, thanks! That's so sweet of you beautiful." Donghae felt so touched and gladly took the dinner box. "But if you'll do this everyday, I might get used to it."

"Then get used to it. I wouldn't really mind cooking for you everyday."

Donghae could feel his cheeks were about to explode in happiness so he just pinched Nana's nose to distract her from seeing his shy face and burning cheeks. A staff called his attention gesturing him that they'll continue taping after 5 minutes. "I have to go back." He said to Nana. "Okay. I'll just watch here."

Other staffs really didn't mind Donghae talking to Nana and laughing intimately except for someone. "Who is she?" Seungah, Donghae's leading lady curiously asked referring to Nana. "Oh, it's Nana. A hoobae friend."

"Mm." Seungah nodded. "You mean, a 'special' hoobae friend." She emphasizingly assumed.

"Uh....yeah..."

"Hm. Let me guess. You like her but she doesn't know. Am I right?"

"How did you say so?"

"Oh, come on. It was so obvious. Your eyes and the way you look at her says so."

"Oh..." Donghae simply said feeling shy while rubbing his nape. Seungah just chuckled at his reaction. "So are you ready for the next scene?" She said trying to change the topic and be professional. "Next scene?"

"Yeah. Don't tell me, you haven't read the script yet."

"I did but-... You mean the kissing scene?"

"Exactly."

"But-..." Donghae wants to say something but stopped midway and looked back at Nana who caught him and waved back smiling gladly at him. He smiled back but honestly, if he would be asked, he wouldn't want Nana to be watching him kiss other girl even if it's just for work. That'd be awkward. "Well, she looks fine with it. Just think of me as her. I'm sure you have fantasies of kissing  her, don't you?"

"Errm..." Donghae just rubbed his nape awkwardly.

"Well, I fell like kissing my boyfriend right now but he's not here. So you better do good, okay?" Donghae just chuckled mockingly at Seungah who seems to be belittling his kissing abilities. Not soon after, they've started taping Donghae and Seungah's kissing scene. Nana was so excited even if she doesn't know what's going to happen next.

Seungah was crying and so as Donghae. Both of them were emotional. And then Donghae stood up and hugged Seungah. During that time, Nana was closely paying attention to the scene in front of her. Then Donghae pulled away from the hug and leaned forward and kissed Seungah. That scene suddenly happened into a slow motion. in Nana's eyes. The way Donghae pressed his lips against Seungah was so beautiful. She didn't even noticed her hands were already touching her lips. She's in a complete daze on the kissing scene until the director yelled "Cut!", that's the only time she came back to her senses like she was woken up from a dream.

 - - -

"That was so great!" The director and the staffs were so amazing. And the actors were so fantastic." Nana commented energetically. "And you really did great oppa. You've really become an actor!" She said more excitingly raising a two thumbs up for Donghae who was trying to keep his concentration on the road while driving. But he couldn't help but to grin widely at the cute and sweet creature next to him. "And that kissing scene was daebak!" Nana continued.

"Y-You like it?"

"Yeah."

"Why?"

Donghae's curiosity has hit him again. "Why do you like it?"

"Hm. Well, it looks good. The way you kissed your leading lady  was so beautiful and sincere. I could really feel the love. And also the director like it." Nana honestly explained. As for Donghae, of course, he's flattered that Nana appreciates his acting performance. But he just doesn't understand why Nana likes it when in fact he's kissing another girl. He felt like, he wants her to at least get jealous about that fact but instead she likes it. So he didn't say anything and just stayed silent. "Is there anything wrong about what I said?"

"Huh? Uh...nothing. Maybe I'm just tired." Nana nodded, understanding Donghae's alibi.

- - -

"Yah! Will you stop walking back and forth like a cat that can't deliver birth? You're making me dizzy." Heechul complained at Donghae who has been walking back and forth in the living room like he has something to vent but hesitating. Siwon dragged Donghae to make him sit on the couch. "Stay put there. And if you have something to vent, just spill it out, okay? You're making us dizzy. You just can't walk back and forth in the living room like that all day. That won't do anything."

"Aish!" Donghae cursed, scratching his head not really knowing what to do anymore with his thoughts. "How could she like it seeing me kiss other girl?" Tell me, does that even make sense?" Donghae finally spilled his thoughts out.

"What? You've kissed another girl?" Ryeowook asked in shock.

"It was for a drama. Nothing personal."

"And Nana was on the taping and she saw it?" Siwon followed up.

"Yeah. And can you believe it? She told me that she likes it. She likes the kissing scene and  don't really get it."

"Well, it's acting. For an actor to be able to do a kissing scene with someone whom you don't really love, you need an emotional motivation." Siwon tried to explain with his never-gets-old hand gestures. "Who were you thinking during that time you're kissing Seungah?"

"Nana." Donghae directly answered.

"How?"

"Well, I imagined Seungah as Nana and tried to visualize her soft pink lips that she usually bites when she's shy or something. Donghae explained in detail. 

"Exactly. Literally, it was Seungah that you're kissing. But in your heart and mind, it was Nana. So basically, the outcome looked good because you thought you're kissing Nana whom you actually like. She saw it and she likes it. Do you get what I mean?" Dongahe slowly nodded his head as a smile also bloomed on his lips when the logic of the situation is slowly sinking into him.

- - -

A couple of weeks have passed and the month have changed. Finally, Lizzy's birthday has arrived. Nana asked Donghae to fetch her from her apartment. "Let's go?" Donghae asked as soon as Nana came out of her building's apartment. Nana nodded in response then they immediately headed to Tous Le Jours.

"Look who's here." Eunhyuk said  when the two arrived. "Are you two finally on a date now?" He carelessly teased. And Donghae immediately eyed him to stop teasing and remind him whatever he needs to remember. "Huh?" Nana cluelessly asked back at Eunhyuk. Good thing, she didn't caught Eunhyuk's question. "Uh..erm.. I mean, you two look great today. Yeah, and you're blooming." He said in compliment.

"Thanks."

"What brings you here, by the way?"

"I just want to visit and say hi and see how the business is going."

"And what do you think?"

"Well, it looks pretty prosperous." Nana said obviously seeing how many people were dining at TLJ. "Ah, and I'm also going to buy a birthday cake for my friend Lizzy. It's her 18th birthday today."

"Good timing! I have something great for you."

"Really?"

"Of course."

"Well, I hope it's not that expensive, isn't it?"

"No problem. I'll give you discount." Eunhyuk emphasized as if  trying to convey another message to someone other than Nana.

"Great!"

Eunhyuk immediately took the two-layered cake for Nana and designed it appropriately for the event. "Thank you so much!" Nana said bowing in gratitude to Eunhyuk. She left first before Donghae who stayed back for a while to give Eunhyuk the payment for the discounted amount on the cake. "Aish. Chincha."

 - - -

Nana brought the cake to training and celebrated Lizzy's birthday with their co-trainees. It was already around 9 when Lizzy came back home. She's walking up the streets going to her apartment with a smile on her face her 18th birthday celebration was full of fun and enjoyment. . She stopped midway around 10 steps away from her apartment's door when she noticed someone standing and waiting at her doorsteps. The tall guy who happened to be Kris turned around to look at her. Lizzy came closer before speaking. "WHat are you doing here?"

"I just want to give you this." Kris revealed a small pouch and handed it to Lizzy. "I heard today's your 18th birthday. I just want to greet you and give you my gift. Happy Birthday!"

"Thanks. But why are you suddenly being so nice?"

"I'm not being nice. I've never been rude to you."

Lizzy didn't say anything in response to Kris' statement because he's right in a matter of fact. "I want to apologize for kissing you last time. I shouldn't have done that. Consider my gift as a peace offering."

"There's really no need to be apologetic."

"Then why are you avoiding me these past few weeks?"

"How could you expect me to approach you after that? That'd be embarrassing."

"Aren't you going to open the gift?"

Lizzy opened the pouch and revealed a pair of panda hair clips. "H-How did you know?"

"That you like pandas?"

"Yeah."

"I just noticed that you usually use black and white stuffs. So..."

Lizzy smiled and felt touched. "...can we be friends now?" Kris carefully asked.

"I think so."

- - -

Nana and other trainees were having their monthly field training today. And it happened that they're on the same building where Donghae and other SUJU members were having their scheduled work.

*ring*

"Yoboseyo?" Nana picked up her phone.

"Are you busy?" Donghae asked on the other line.

"Hm. Not really. Wae?"

"Can you come down here? I have something to tell you."

After five minutes, Nana arrived at SUJU's dressing room. "Where are the others? She asked noticing that Donghae was left alone in the room.

"They went somewhere else I didn't know. Come on, sit down here." He said tapping the space next to him on the couch without taking off his eyes on the TV.

"So what do you want to tell me?"

"Well, I'm going to tell you to stay here and accompany me while they're still gone."

"What? You called me down here just to accompany you?" Nana asked in disbelief.

"Uh-huh. Oppa is a lonely person. So stay here for a while, ne?" Donghae said trying to do and aegyo with all the pout on his face.

"Stop it. You're not cute." Nana tried to pretend like she's not amused but she still ended up laughing.

"But it made you stay." Donghae reasoned out.

"Okay, fine. You win. I'll stay here until the other members comes back."

They sat on the couch while watching TV. Ten minutes have passed and Donghae have completely dozed to sleep at Nana's shoulder. Nana didn't mind because she knows he might be tired from work. So she minimized the volume of the TV to not disturb him. She kept her attention on what she's watching but she didn't fail to catch Donghae's indistinct mumbles of "Beautiful..." and "I love you..." in his sleep.

- - -

Donghae creased his forehead when consciousness woke him from slumber. When he woke up, he realized that he's lying on the couch alone and the boys were already back but Nana was nowhere to be found. "How long have I been sleeping?" He asked Shindong.

"About an hour I think."

"How about Nana, where is she?"

"She left as soon as I got back here. She made you a coffee before leaving." Shindong gestured at the cup of coffee on the tea table with a sticky note pasted on the cup.

The note says: Having a sweet dream, ne? keke~ She must be really beautiful. =)

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a/n: I was just so bored during my 2 hour Rizal class. So to keep my concentration and to not doze off during class, this is what I'm doing. Trying to finish this chap. Well, this is the outcome of being bored in class. keke~. How about you, are you enjoying your summer vacation~?