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Its 12:00 AM, and yay! I'm not dead. 

Sorry it took such a long time to update, i've been so busy ):

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I hope you enjoy this chapter!!

Just as you had thought, Minseok didn’t contact you for the next month. By now it was October 11^th. Maybe he was already in LA for that KCON thing? You thought to yourself. You jump out of your bed and walk to the bathroom to take a shower. Before you do, you remember to check your weight. You stepped onto the scale and after a few seconds, it read ’55 kg’. You stared at the scale and smiled, thanks to spending time with Minseok, all of his training and making you walk everywhere has helped you lose weight. You then turn to your mirror and squish your cheeks. Everything from your stomach, to your legs, to your arms, have all shrunk…except for your cheeks. “Oh well, maybe this can be my trademark facial feature,” you giggle to yourself.

Just as you stepped out of your nice and long shower, you heard your phone ring. You quickly wrapped a towel around your, still wet, body ran to it and read the caller ID out loud.

“M-M-Minseok!?”  

You were both shocked and happy to see his name finally show up on your phone after waiting for so long. You fidgeted with the buttons as you were finally able to answer the call.

“H-hello?” you asked, still anxious to hear his voice once again.

“U-uh… Hyunjae-ah? He stuttered, and your face beamed. You were so happy to finally be able to hear his voice again after a whole month.

“Yes, this is Hyunjae, is this Minseok?” You asked, you had completely forgotten the sound of his voice.

“Yes! Oh Hyunjae, I’ve missed you so much. I’m so sorry I haven’t kept in contact with you. Ugh, I knew this would happen. I’ve just been so busy with KCON coming and everythi—“

“Minseok,” You cut him off midsentence, “It’s okay, trust me,” you smiled.

“O-okay…”  He paused for a few moments, “I want to make it up to you, Hyunjae.”

“W-what?” You asked, “But don’t you have KCON?”

“We leave for it tomorrow, just please Hyunjae,” It sounded like he was begging you, and of course you couldn’t say no to this.

“Fine…” you grumbled.

“Great! I’ll pick you up tonight at 7 okay? And make sure to have an empty stomach.”

“O-okay,” you sighed. You were both nervous and excited, but you didn’t know how to express these feelings openly.

“Alright I’ll see you then,” and with that, Minseok hung up.

You looked at your phone, it had just turned 1 PM, so you had a lot of time to spare. You decided to get dressed in casual attire and dress up better at a later time. Once all that was done, you sat back on your bed. You looked around for something to do in the mean time and the magazines from last month had caught your eye. You walked over to your desk and put your hand on the big pile of magazines Minseok had gotten for you when you had a fever. You smiled and picked an EXO-M magazine up. You flipped through the pages until a certain someone caught your eye.

“Oooh~”

You stared at a picture of none other than Minseok himself. You had to admit he looked quite handsome in this photo.

“Well… I shouldn’t let this handsome photo just stay in this magazine now should I?” And with that you carefully ripped the page out, grab a little piece of tape, and stick the page onto a cabinet near your desk. You stared at it and giggled.

After getting bored, you got up and made your way downstairs to find Hyeran making some lunch with your brother sitting at the table, talking to her.

“Hello guys,” You smiled as you sat next to your brother.

“Hey Jaejae,” your brother said, ruffling up your hair.

“Hey there!” Hyeran turned to you, “Want some lunch?” She asked.

“Sure!” You grinned, you knew Hyeran’s cooking was the best.

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After eating and talking with the two of them for a few hours, you decided to go back upstairs and get ready.  By now it was about 4 in the afternoon, still giving you a few hours to get ready. You grabbed one of the new outfits you had bought; a short sleeved white button up with black plus signed patterns all over. You also took out black jeans and a black leather jacket.

You tied up your hair into a ponytail and you were all done. You looked at your phone, still 2 more hours to go. You decided to browse the internet, nothing much, just looking up new music that had recently come out. 

When it was about 6:30 PM, you began to search for things about EXO. Although you adored their songs, you weren’t completely familiar with them. After visiting a few sites, you “just so happened” to see some facts about Minseok.

“Hmmm…” you hummed as you scrolled down the list of facts.

One fact in particular caught your eye.

“His ideal type of woman is hug-able and can give comfort to others,” you read aloud.

You read this little fact over and over again, you couldn’t help but think, am I like this? Should I be like this? Is he expecting me to be like this!? You ruffled your hair, messing it up, causing you to have to tie it back up.

As you kept looking at the facts, you heard a knock on your door. You quickly closed the laptop and asked who it was.

“Yes?” You asked, trying to sound as normal as possible, but in reality you were quite excited. It was 6:50 now, and you knew your little date was in just a few minutes.

“It’s your brother, Mr. Fatty is downstairs waiting for you,” He spoke, and you could hear him walk back downstairs.

You exhaled and walked out of your room and down the stairs. You didn’t want to make eye contact with Minseok just yet so you pretended to fix your shirt.

“Hyunjae~” You couldn’t resist the sound of his voice and you looked up to meet your eyes with his.

You smiled. “Hello Minseok,” you wrapped your arms around his neck and gave him the biggest hug you had ever given him.

Minseok’s eyes widened as he wrapped his arms around your waist, but then it hit him—

“Hey, have you been reading my Profile Facts?” He asked.

You immediately pulled back, though your hands still wrapped around his neck, and his hands wrapped around your waist.

“N-n-no, why would you think that?” You blushed, and turned away.

Minseok tipped your chin up to face him once again, “Because, I don’t think it is that easy to figure out that I love girls who like to give hugs. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever received a hug from you,” He smirked, causing you to become even redder.

“Ahem.” The two of you heard. Both of you turned to see your brother standing there, tapping his foot and having his arms crossed as he watched the two of you in your unusual position.

“O-oh, oops,” You said as you pulled away from Minseok, once again awkwardly fixing your shirt as he fixed his.

“S-shall we get going?” He asked grabbing your hand and avoiding all eye contact with your brother as he walked you out the door.

When the two of you got into the car, Minseok let out the biggest sigh of relief, “Wow, that was close,” he turned to you, “What were you thinking? Of course your brother would be watching us at all times,” He chuckled.

“Sorry,” You sheepishly said, “So, where are we going?”

“Hm? Just a little spot I love to hang out at,” Minseok added, starting the car.

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The car ride was a bit awkward, you decided to ask him about KCON. He told you that it was a one day convention in California. It was a huge event for all the KPOP fans who decided to go. EXO-M was one of the groups asked to give autographs as well as perform there too.  He also added that there will be a live performance online at around 12:00 PM Korea time, so it would be easy for you to watch. You told him you were absolutely going to watch him, especially because he mentioned that it was forbidden for them to use any kind of lip syncing.

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The two of you eventually arrived in the parking lot of a completely empty park. It was cold, and you were getting scared of all the weird people that may be lurking here.

“M-Minseok…” you shivered, “W-why are we here?” You wrapped your arms around yourself and chattered your teeth, but was soon halted by something warm on your shoulders. A Jacket. Minseok’s jacket to be exact. You looked up at him, and he smiled down at you.

“You don’t want to catch a cold again, now do you?” He took your hand in his and led you up a trail. You noticed that he had been carrying something else in his other hand. It looked like…a basket?

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After a few minutes of walking, the two of you reached your destination.

“Another hill?” You say aloud and turn to Minseok, “Do you enjoy bringing me to hills?” You chuckled.

He stuck his tongue out at you as he placed the basket on the grass. He opened it and took out a blanket. After spreading it on the floor he took out containers of some sort followed by a couple of candles.

“What is this?” You asked as you sat down next to Minseok, who began to light the candles.

“A dinner picnic,” Minseok smiled at you as he opened the containers, one by one, revealing the most delicious looking foods.

Your eyes gleamed at the sight of all this, “Wow…” You gasped.

“I told you I was a good cook!” Minseok grinned, handing you a plate and utensils.

You laughed and grabbed some food. You took a big bite of the pasta that was cooked for you and was surprised at how good it tasted.

“Y-you like it?” Minseok asked hesitantly.

“Do I like it? Minseok, I love it! This is amazing!” You exclaimed, causing a big smile on Minseok’s face to form.

“I’m so glad you like it!” He clasped his hands together, “This is my repayment for making you wait, so eat up, okay?”

You nodded, unable to speak with all the food stuffed in your mouth. Minseok ruffled your hair and began to eat his food.

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Hours passed, and the two of you began to grow silent.

“Well… I hope you have fun in America for a few days,” You smiled, looking up at the stars.

“Heh, I guess it’ll be fun. We only get to stay there for a day before we leave,” Minseok looked up too.

Suddenly though, he turned his head towards you, “Oh! I forgot—“he said as he began to rummage through his bag.

“Close your eyes and hold your hand out,” he ordered you, and you obeyed.

After a few moments of silence, you felt Minseok come closer followed by a sudden cold feeling in your hand

He closed your hand around the object and finally spoke, “3, 2, 1, open…”

You opened your eyes and opened your hand. Looking down to the object that was now in your hand, you placed your other hand on it and looked up at Minseok, now just a few inches away from you.

“A locket?” You asked him, and he nodded in response. You opened the circular shaped locket and in it was a picture of Minseok all wrapped up in a cloak, you couldn’t help but giggle at it.

Minseok gave a chuckle to your response, “It was a picture from the first day of our ‘MAMA’ music video shooting. It was one of my favorite experiences, so I took the picture and shrunk it down to locket size.”

You stared at the picture, and looked back up at Minseok, “But why would you give me this?”

He grinned, “So you won’t miss me when I’m gone, of course! I’ll always be right there~”

You giggled once more, “You’re such a dork, now help me put this on,” you said, ruffling his hair.

“Fine,” he grumbled, leaning in towards you. He wrapped his arms around your neck, and tilted his head to the side to get a better view at the necklace chain.

You gulped. He was a bit too close for your comfort. As he began to pull away, he stopped to notice your, now red, face. You tensed up due to Minseok’s closeness, his face just centimeters away from yours. You noticed him peer down at your lips. D-does he want a good-bye kiss!? You thought to yourself.

“M-m-m-m-maybe n-next time,” you stuttered, slowly pushing Minseok away.

“What the hell are you talking about?” He asked, confused, “I’m trying to point out that you have pasta sauce on your face,” Minseok took his thumb and ran it against your mouth, wiping off the sauce.

You looked at him, embarrassed about what you had thought he was asking for. “O-oh…”

He smiled, oblivious as to what you were thinking, “Let’s go home, okay?” He asked, standing up and holding out a hand to help you stand.

You nodded, taking it and standing up.

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Minseok led you up to your door and you turned to him, it was time to say good-bye. He was only going to be gone for a day. There was nothing to worry about.

You wrapped your arms around him and pulled him into a hug, “Have a safe flight, okay?” You rested your chin on his chest and looked up at him; your hands still around his body, “And don’t forget to get me a souvenir. Oh! And don’t let the fans trample you or take your clothes, and don’t forget to brush your teeth before you speak and also—“

“Okay, okay,” Minseok cut you off midsentence and looked down at you, pushing a few strand of hair away from your face, “I’m fine, Hyunjae. You’re just my friend, not my mother,” He smiled.

You nodded and gave him one last hug before he left. You walked inside and closed the door behind you. You stood there for a few seconds, silent, before slouching against the door.

“You’re just my friend.”

Oh boy, did those words hit you hard. You pulled your knees to your chin and wrapped your arms around them.

“Maybe he didn’t mean it like that?” You asked yourself. You knew you shouldn’t let it bother you this much. You already knew for a fact Minseok probably only thinks of you as a friend, and you just wished it wasn’t like that.

Yaaay! end of chapter haha~

I'll try to do an update tomorrow, but i'm not keeping any promises O;

For now enjoy Minseok's weirdness. <3