It's Not A Fate
[A-PINK ONE-SHOT REQUEST SHOP] It's Not A Fate
APINK girls were so nervous as they entered the practice room. Why? Because it’s not their usual practice room—ACUBE’s practice room—it’s SM’s. They heard some information that SM’s teachers were so scary, but that’s not the main reason of their nervous feelings. They’re gonna meet the 12 boys of EXO! That’s what made their heart beat so fast right now, especially Bomi.
Bomi had been a fan of EXO since the first time they released their—so many called—teasers and that girl’s eyes fell on Chanyeol right away. She liked the other boys of EXO-K too, mostly Baekhyun as the second. It’s not that she didn’t like the Chinese version of the group, she just didn’t use to their language.
The girls couldn’t help but looking around in awe as soon as they were inside the practice room.
“Hana, dul..” Chorong started, and continued with the others.
“Annyeonghaseyo, APINK imnida!” the 7 girls said in unison as they bowed together. Bomi could see 7 boys standing in front of them, instead of 12 guys. Where’s the others? she thought.
“The reason we gathered here right now is to practice your special stage together, all APINK members and some of EXO members,” said the dance teacher, Ms. Jung—as she introduced herself before—as if she was answering Bomi’s question.
Bomi looked at the boys closely, and fortunately found her prince charming standing at the end of the line. Chanyeol-sshi~ a wide smile crept up on her face as she called his name inside her heart.
“So, I’ll pair you two up right now. Listen carefully to what I say because I’m not the type of person who is willing to repeat what she said,” Ms. Jung said again. “Xiu Min with Chorong, Lay with Namjoo, Sehun with Hayoung..”
“Ah!”
“Maknae couple!” Bomi could hear Namjoo’s giggles and Hayoung’s surprised gasp.
“..Kai with Naeun, Kris with Yookyung,” Ms. Jung continued as she ignored the sound that the girls made. “Chanyeol with ….” Me, me, me.. it must be me, Bomi hoped quietly, “…Eunji and the last, Lu Han with Bomi.”
Oh, no, she thought. Why Eunji? Why not me?
“And the center will be Naeun-Kai, Bomi-Lu Han and Hayoung-Sehun. I trust you guys to be the center so don’t let me down. Oh, and Bomi-sshi,” she called.
“Neh?”
“I heard that you’re not in your best condition right now, I hope that it won’t be such a barrier for you to work hard,” Ms. Jung said.
“Neh, Ms. Jung. You can count on me,” Bomi replied while smiling.
—ㅎㅎ—
And so the practice went well that day until Bomi was getting very tired and because she’s in an unhealthy condition, she couldn’t concentrate much on the practice. She tried her best, but her body rejected to cooperate with her mind.
It was the break time between their practice and Bomi was really exhausted. Too exhausted even when the maknae came to her to do their daily jokes, she refused her. Even when her soul mate, Eunji, asked her to teach her some moves, she told her to learn it from Naeun instead.
Until a serious faced Lu Han came to her.
“Hey, can I talk to you for a second?” he asked. Bomi blinked a few times after the guy spoke. “Hello? I’m talking to you,” he said in annoyance.
“I know. It’s just, you can speak Korean?” Bomi asked innocently and blinked a few times more.
Lu Han didn’t answer. He was planning to scold her for not concentrating at the practice, but her innocent question just made him wanted to laugh.
“Of course I can. How do you think I communicate to the others if I can’t?” Lu Han rolled his eyes.
Bomi just mouthed an ‘O’ as answered.
“So, can I talk to you?” he asked for the second time.
“Yeah, sure.”
“Actually... uh, how to say this?” Lu Han scratched his back of the neck. “I need you to focus on the practice more. We don’t have much time left, the performance is the day after tomorrow as you already knew, so I beg you to concentrate on the moves more. You’re the center and you need to be perfect.”
“Y-yeah, I understand. I will do my best, believe me!” Bomi was speechless, no one beside her dance teacher had ever told her that, not even Chorong leader.
“Okay then,” Lu Han said and left her. Bomi rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out as soon as the boy’s back faced her.
—ㅎㅎ—
The practice time was over and the people started to pack their things and ready to get home, except for one person, Lu Han. His face was showing the different expression from his usual beautiful-lovely faced boy. It’s dark and gloomy.
As Bomi walked out from the practice room with Chorong beside her, Lu Han came to her and suddenly took Bomi’s hand and dragged her to the center of the room.
“You, stay here.”
“But…”
“Don’t say anything, just stay here,” he said cutting her words. Lu Han looked like he was really mad right now and Bomi noticed this. So she stayed quiet as he told her.
As soon as the others left her alone—it seemed like they knew that Bomi needed more practice time with Lu Han, so they left the two alone—Lu Han went to the door and closed it. He went to the radio tape and played the CD once again.
“Practice your moves ‘till I see you doing it right,” he said simply.
Bomi sighed and rolled her eyes. She started to do the moves that they learned today. She remembered all the moves, but her body just didn’t want to move as she wanted to. She kept making a mistake whether she’s too slow or a little too fast or had no energy in her moves at all.
Lu Han couldn’t help it anymore. He turned off the tape that made Bomi to look at him, and he walked to her with stoned face and these scary eyes. Lu Han even had to remind himself to not to be too harsh to girls.
“Yah, you!” he yelled. Bomi jumped hearing the yelled. “Can you do it right at least for once?”
“I’m sorry. I tried my best, but my body won’t move as I want,” Bomi tried to explain while she stepped back from the ‘scary’ Lu Han.
She already felt dizzy, but now her headache got worst and she lost her balance. She stumbled on her own feet and fell down. Bomi was ready to feel her back of the head hit the cold floor, but a hand suddenly pulled her and she ended up being hugged by Lu Han.
“You pabo, be careful when you walked!” he yelled, still hugging her.
“I’m sorry..” Bomi said weakly and pulled away from the hug. She was shocked both from Lu Han’s hug and yelled. And she stepped back again, trying to leave the ‘weird’ man alone. But once again, Bomi lost her balance and stumbled on her own feet. And for the second time Lu Han pulled her into his arms.
“Yah, pabo. I told you to be careful..”
“I don’t know Chinese guy can curse Korean word so well,” Bomi suddenly spoke up her mind. Lu Han laughed at her innocent confession while Bomi just blinked at him.
“Let’s take a rest for a while now,” he said and pulled her hand to sit down. Bomi just sat down, while Lu Han went to grab a bottle of mineral water. He gave it to her as he sat down in front of her.
“Thanks,” Bomi opened the bottle cap and drunk the water. Lu Han nodded and just sat there, staring at her with his big eyes.
Her illness was spreading. Bomi started to feel exhausted, more than before, and her sweat was dripping down from her forehead. She shivered in cold even though the practice room was kind of hot that time.
Fortunately, Lu Han noticed. He walked up to her and put his back of hand on her forehead, feeling it. It’s hot, so hot.
“You’re sick,” he said, more like to himself. Lu Han rushed out to the door to find some medicine for Bomi.
“What’s wrong?” asked Bomi, as she saw Lu Han stopped his track right in front of the door.
“It’s locked.”
“What?”
“The door was locked!” Lu Han tried to open the door once again, but failed.
Bomi was shocked, even more than before. Her small eyes opened widely, reaching its biggest form it could make. She got up and walked to the boy, who was busy trying to open the door, in a rush. There’s no way she would get trapped in here, not when she’s sick, not with Lu Han.
“Yah! What are you doing? Sit down and don’t even try to get up!” Lu Han yelled to her again when he heard Bomi’s heavy step.
“But we’re locked!” Bomi yelled back this time. After being yelled for so many times, she couldn’t handle it anymore.
“But you’re sick! Shut up and leave this to me. You go get some rest.”
He’s worried, Bomi thought. She couldn’t say anything in reply, and she knew she shouldn’t say anything to him. He’s busy enough with his schedules, and he must be tired from the practice, but he’s here to help her fixing her moves. She just realized that Lu Han was just helping her, with no bad intentions—even though he yelled so many times at her.
Bomi obeyed him with no protests in return. She went back to her previous place and sat down, watching the boy still trying to do his best at opening the door. She saw him stopped and looked down, then she heard a sighing sound coming from him.
“It won’t open. I’m sorry,” Lu Han sighed and turned back to walked to her place. He sat down beside her and looked down.
Bomi started to cough, and it’s getting harder any time she coughed. She felt her body became weak and her eyes became heavy. She did not want to sleep, not in this condition—locked in the practice room with a boy beside her.
“Are you okay?” Lu Han said worriedly as he knelt down in front of her to check her condition. By the time Lu Han put his hand on her forehead, the lights in the practice room suddenly went out. There’s a sound of some steps outside the door—Lu Han did his best to call whoever it is outside and help them get out, but the soundproof room seemed wouldn’t allow the person outside to hear his voice—and getting more quiet just a few seconds after it was heard. Then there’s no sound heard at all.
“I-I’m scared..” Bomi spoke. Too low considering her body’s condition right now. “…of dark.”
Lu Han felt really guilty. Now the girl was both sick and scared, and it was his entire fault. He shouldn’t have told her to keep practicing, but sent her back to her dorm instead. At least the girl might be resting right now if he did so. But he didn’t. Lu Han just actually forced her to practice and practice, instead of resting her weak body.
“I’m sorry,” he said for the second time. Bomi didn’t reply it, she’s already busy trying to calm down herself from her Achluophobia—fear of the darkness.
Lu Han went to grab his jacket and put it into Bomi’s shivering body. He then hugged her shoulder and let her head to rest in his shoulder.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here.. I’m sorry,” he said as he pats her head softly. “Try to get some sleep, you need rest.”
Bomi nodded weakly and soon drifted off to her dream land.
—ㅎㅎ—
The stage performance was a big success!
A Pink girls were walking down the stairs to their backstage room followed by EXO guys. A smile could be seen on every members face as they were finally pulling off a success performance with a little bit incidents on the stage—well, Bomi suddenly forgot her part for some seconds, but luckily Lu Han could cover it up for her and then.. DANG! That part was actually the best part out of all the moves, because they just did it unintentionally.
Bomi was so scared as she arrived at the backstage. She scared of what Lu Han might do to her because of her little mistakes up on the stage—Lu Han was such a perfectionist, Bomi thought.
“Good job everyone!” Chorong exclaimed as she started to high-five the rest of 13 people one by one. Soon, all of the A Pink girls followed her and started to high-five the boys, including Bomi.
Lu Han was standing at the end of the line, beside the maknae, Sehun, and just finished high-fiving Chorong. And as the line keep on going, Bomi was getting nearer to him. She stopped on her track when she’s just done high-fiving Sehun and being pushed by Hayoung who was at behind her to move on with the line.
She looked away and planned to just pass him, but the boy actually grabbed her wrist and pulled her back right when she was about leaving him.
“Yah, where are you going?”
“Err.... to grab a drink?” Bomi tried to find an excuse. Lu Han still didn’t let her go, he pulled her hand once more to make her look at him. At his eyes.
“What?” she asked.
“What for what? You did a good job, silly,” Lu Han chuckled and hit her head softly.
Bomi blinked as the reply. Lu Han didn’t mad at her?
“You’re not mad at—”
“IT’S THE COUPLE!” Namjoo’s yelled could be heard everywhere in the room, making everybody to look at her. She faked a gasp while pointing at Lu Han and Bomi’s direction. Soon, Hayoung joined her and pretending to be surprised.
“Nice job,” Kris winked teasingly at Lu Han—who was still holding Bomi’s hand.
"Shut up!" Bomi hushed the two maknaes while Lu Han was busy stopping s from mocking at him. Lu Han suddenly pulled Bomi's hand and dragged her somewhere to avoided the crowd.
"I wonder whether they're actually a couple already or not," Chorong said, representing some people’s thought.
“Who knows?” Kai replied.
“I bet they are,” Eunji smirked.
“Yeah..” Yookyung nodded, followed by the others.
—ㅎㅎ—
“Why are you dragging me here?” Bomi asked, feeling her arm was getting hurt as Lu Han dragged her quite hard. He didn’t answer and kept dragging her instead.
Soon, they arrived at a park. Isolated and quiet enough so that no one could see nor hear them. Slowly, Lu Han released his grip from her arm. He turned away, facing her and stared at her face.
“Bomi-ya,” he called her softly, making the girl to look up and looked at him. “I’m sorry.”
“Sorry for what?”
“Making your condition worst than before,” he shrugged.
“Ah, that’s okay. It’s not your fault,” Bomi replied and shrugged as well.
“No, it is my fault. And I’m sorry for that,” Lu Han insisted.
“I said it’s not your fault, okay?”
Lu Han did not answer. Both of them remain silent and the awkward atmosphere grew wider and wider. Until Lu Han made a noise.
“Uh.. I’m sorry,” he said again. Bomi rolled her eyes, getting annoyed by his non-stop ‘sorry’ word.
“I said that’s o—”
“For making you fall for me.”
“…….”
Bomi felt her cheeks getting hot as red color started to spread up on both of her cheeks. She felt this tingling feeling on her stomach too, as if there were some butterflies dancing swiftly inside.
“I’m not!” she denied and turned her body away so her back was facing him.
“Are you sure? Cause I can see that actually you’re really fall for me,” Lu Han grinned.
“Whatever,” Bomi scoffed.
“Hey, I’m just kidding. Turn around,” he chuckled.
“No.”
“Come on.”
“Never.”
“Fine. You just showed me that you really do fall for me, babe,” Lu Han chuckled again, teasing her.
“Aish!”
Forced, Bomi turned her body around while her head was still looking down, trying to hide her tomato face as best as she could. Lu Han smiled and cupped her face up, making her to look at him. He chuckled when he saw her blushing face.
“So cute,” Lu Han pecked her nose.
“YAH! WHO TOLD YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT TO ME?” Bomi was ready to kick him, showing him her Taekwondo skills that she always proud of, but the boy could easily avoided it. And that made Bomi lost her balance and ready to fall, if Lu Han was not quick enough to catch her.
“Be careful, Bomi-ya. I don’t want the girl I love to get hurt,” Lu Han said.
Nobody said anything afterwards. The awkward atmosphere came again, dancing around between the two as if they were its favorite prey from now.
“What?” Bomi asked bluntly. She still couldn’t believe what she just heard from the guy’s mouth.
Lu Han helped her stand up, then bent down on his knee while his right hand took Bomi’s hand and squeezed it lightly. He looked up to meet her eyes and cleared his throat. Bomi could feel her heart beat was getting faster and faster and faster as if it wanted to jump out from her chest.
“Yoon Bomi,” he started. “I like you since the first time I saw you on stage. I like you even when before I was debuted. And I like you more since the first time we met. You’re funny, you’re dumb, but you’re cute and innocent.”
Bomi tried to open to say something, but Lu Han didn’t let her say anything before he finished his words.
“Would you be mine?” Lu Han asked.
Even without herself knowing, the girl nodded her head. A big smile crept up on his face when he saw the girl he treasures the most agreed to be his. He stood up and warmly hugged her; taking out something from his pocket and put it down on her neck.
“Perfect,” he smiled as he saw her figure in front of him.
Bomi looked down on her neck and saw a very pretty necklace with a silver heart pendant and a ruby stone in the middle of it. She couldn’t help but asking, “What is this for? This is too expensive.”
“So you could always remember that you’re mine,” Lu Han gave her a wink then kissed her forehead softly.
“Maybe it’s a fate, when we were locked on the building that night,” Bomi thought. She felt really happy right now, even she didn’t know what made her so.
“Oh, about that. I’m sorry again,” Lu Han scratched the back of his neck.
“For what?”
“I told the cleaning man to lock us there in the room, because I thought maybe you would run away for me or something.” Bomi blinked a few times, trying to understand what Lu Han just said. “But I didn’t ask him to turn off the lights, really.”
“So…. It’s not a fate?” she asked.
“No, it’s not a fate,” Lu Han said and planted a soft kiss on her lips.
THE END
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