I lay on my top bunk while all the guys run around the dorm, eating food and getting dressed for their Music Bank performance. I’d go eat with them but my mind is all over the world right now.

The door opens and I hold my breath, hoping whoever it is’ll leave soon. Multiple footsteps cause the floor to creak and I hear feet step on the ladder. My eyes shut and I ignore the shadow falling over me.

“Why are you lying here?” Kai pokes me.

I shrug, my eyes still shut. “I don’t know.”

“Did someone say something to you or something? You look depressed.”

I sit up and glare down at Luhan who’s sitting on his bed, looking up at me with hope in his eyes.

“No, I’m just confused about why… Tao seems so scary but then he suddenly changes and unexpectedly does something unexpectedly… unexpected.” I say, practically spitting every single word.

Luhan ignores my double meaning as his eyes peer into mine, looking as if he’s waiting for me to realize something.

I don’t know why I’m mad about this.

No, I do know.

I haven’t known Luhan three full days and he kisses me. The kiss with Sehun is different since it was accidental but Luhan kissed me, fully aware of what he was doing.

“Okay, well go to the living room now.”

I sigh. “But I’m comfy.”

“Go unless you want to watch Luhan and I get dressed.”

I immediately bolt out of the room, hopping onto the couch and laying down there.

Sigh.

The van arrives at 3:45 pm and we leave early so they have more time to rehearse. I sit with the manager and answer with short but polite replies to whatever he asks. He must notice because he keeps glancing cautiously at me the whole ride there. The rest of the van is pretty silent and I’m honestly surprised that no one has asked or said anything yet.

Wait.

Does that mean they’re going to ambush me or corner me later when I’m not expecting it?
Should I be on high guard now?

I don’t like this.

EXO has their own dressing room and it’s pretty big, bigger than I expected. Makes sense though, with 12 animals like these guys.

I look around as the guys get their hair done and pout. I feel kind of like a pet, following them everywhere but rarely finding something to entertain me that’s within a twenty foot radius of them.

I walk behind Kai who’s having his hair done by a noona and tap his shoulder, ignoring Luhan who’s sitting next to Kai, staring me down. “Kai, can I go walk around? Please…” I widen my eyes, pouting, and he chuckles.

“Yeah sure, just don’t get lost.” I thank him and leave the room, walking down the corridor.

I have no idea where I’m going.

There’s a couple TVs mounted to the walls showing who’s onstage, and it looks like U-KISS is doing a rehearsal. I immediately spot Kiseop’s red hair on the screen and continue walking.

Hm. Where to go, where to go…

Hey. That guy looks a lot like Taeyang, doesn’t he?

Ha, small world, since we’re at Music Bank, and he’s an idol and stuff.

WAIT A SECOND.

I spin around slowly walking backwards as I stare at Taeyang.

That’s Taeyang.

Well.

…

Well.

I kind of love him a little.

(A lottle.)

“Whoa- Watch out!” I turn around and crash into someone.

“I’m sorry! Oh- Kyuhyun-ssi!” I say, realizing that Super Junior’s maknae is standing in front of me.

“It’s fine. Eunji, right? Kai’s sister, you dared Sehun to dress up as a stripper?” He starts chuckling. “You know, I’m only here because Suho invited me to see them perform live, so I don’t have to actually be anywhere right now.” He raises his eyebrows. “Are you good at pulling pranks?”

I’m not good at pulling pranks.

I’m beast at pulling pranks.

I immediately nod my head viciously. “I’m the god of pranks.”

“Good. Want to prank your brother and his groupmates?”

“YES PLEASE.”

“Alright… Okay, come in here. I brought some of my groupmates along.” He ushers me into a dressing room and I see Donghae, Eunhyuk, Leeteuk and Sungmin sitting around a table. I immediately bow and wave.

“Hello! What’s your name again?” Sungmin asks politely.

“Eunji, Kai’s sister.” Eunhyuk informs him.

“Ah, you dared Sehun the other day, right?” I nod and he bursts out laughing.

“We have a lot of respect for you, Eunji. Having the guts to dare Sehun of all people to do that when you just got here? Impressive.” Leeteuk nods approvingly.

I’m impressing Super Junior.

Might as well scrape my eyes out with forks and feed them to pigeons since this doesn’t feel real anymore.

“We want to prank EXO, so help us think.” Kyuhyun pulls out a chair for me and I sit between Eunhyuk and Kyuhyun.

“All of EXO? Even after you ki-“ I get the courage to slam down on Eunhyuk’s foot with mine under the table and he bolts up in his seat, stuttering. “-i-i-i-cked Sehun in the balls figuratively, speaking, uh, when you dared him to do that? Never mind.” He adds, ignoring his groupmates stares.

Kyuhyun turns to me. “Okay… Do you have any ideas, Eunji?”

“Well, I have one… er, do you guys have a makeup unnie or someone who’s not working right now?”

I sit in the chair as a makeup artist dabs at my face with what feels like paint, and the guys watch on, admiringly.

“They’ll definitely believe it.” Donghae nods.

“Hopefully,” I mumble, trying not to move my lips as she paints over the corner of my bottom lip. She adds a few more taps with her brush and begins putting away her pots and brushes. “There we go. Looks like fresh blood and bruises.” She nods, smiling.

“Thank you so much!” She leaves the room and I look at the guys. “Does it look okay?”

“If you weren’t smiling, I’d think you were dropped off a cliff.” Kyuhyun admits and I grin.

“Good, so let’s go over it one more time so we know who does what.” I can’t help but grin even wider.

“I really hope this fools them.”

Kyuhyun holds out his hand and I high five it. “They definitely will.”

EXO performs after TaeTiSeo and I watch it from a TV on the wall. When their performance ends, I peek around the corner near their dressing room and watch as they walk down the hall, looking exhausted, pouring into their dressing room and shutting the door behind them. Okay. Here it goes.

I nod at Eunhyuk and allow him to pick me up, bridal style. Just as expected, my brain is screaming at me to cry and scream in joy but I swallow it and breathe deeply. He holds on tightly so that I don’t fall and I look around him at Kyuhyun, Donghae, Leeteuk and Sungmin, who immediately pull worried expressions over their faces.

“Ready?” I whisper, and they all nod. I immediately fall limp in his arms and muster all I can not to break into giggles.

I can feel him chuckle and I open my eyes and glare. He drops the smile and frowns, looking worried. I smile and close my eyes again, falling dead.

He rounds the corner and rushes, the wind whipping by us as he practically sprints towards the door, making sure to be loud enough so EXO hears him running from the other side. The other Super Junior members run obnoxiously loud too, pretty much slamming their feet against the ground with each step.

Kyuhyun steps ahead and grabs the door handle and I in a breath. He shoves the door open loudly and I feel Eunhyuk step forward.

“Kai? WHERE’S KAI?!” Eunhyuk screams, his voice slightly wobbling. I want to open my eyes so bad and laugh loudly but I swallow it down and listen to the pounding footsteps around the room.

“KAI, COME HERE NOW!” Eunhyuk barks.

“WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!” Kai screeches.

“Kyuhyun found her at the bottom of the stairs, she probably fell o-or t-tripped.”

Shadows fall over me.

“PUT HER ON THE COUCH!” Kai yells and Eunhyuk moves, probably towards a couch.

“S-She needs a pillow-“

“JUST USE LUHAN’S LAP!”

What?

Really.

 Seriously?

I just don’t understand logic behind anything anymore.

Eunhyuk places me down gently on the couch, my head landing on what must be Luhan’s lap. I feel the biggest urge to get up, laugh, cry, I don’t know, just do something to get my head off of his lap. But we planned on me playing dead until one of them checks my heartbeat so I could scream in their face.

Something trails along my face, brushing my bangs away and tucking them behind my ear.

Is… Is Luhan touching my face?

Fingers skim my cheeks, slightly touching my lip before tracing the profile of my face.

What the hell Luhan, get your fingers off of my face right now.

I tune out the screaming going on in the room and focus on my heartbeat, attempting to steady it as Luhan’s fingers make no sign of leaving my face, tracing my jaw and cheeks again now.

I swear.

He may have no balls by the end of the day if he doesn’t stop.

Suddenly a familiar voice screeches, footsteps sprinting their way towards me.
“I-I thought I saw Eunhyuk carrying her, I-I had to see if it was really her… O-Oh my g-god. Eun… Eunji, please don’t do this…” His voice trails off quietly as his hand grips mine and I immediately spring up off of Luhan’s lap onto the couch. I ignore all eyes that turn my way, including Kai’s shouts of happiness and Luhan’s quiet growl as I focus solely on the boy kneeling in front of me.

“D...Daehyun?” I mumble, and he softly grins.

“Hey pooh bear.”