Ren got scolded by manager-hyung when he got back. He kept asking where Ren went, but Ren refused to tell him. Aron had also wondered where the little maknae had gone in the middle of the night. When manager-hyung got off Ren’s back and Aron asked him, Ren answered he went to the mall. Aron didn’t really believe him but realized that Ren probably did not want to tell so he didn’t pester Ren about it.

There was less than a week left in the United States. Aron just wanted to get out of that country as soon as possible. He wanted to forget about all the sadness he experienced there. He didn’t know if he’d be able to tolerate another week.

They had a public appearance and a fansigning that day. It ended at around dinnertime, and manager-hyung said he’d order room service. Without warning, Ren took Aron’s hand saying he needed to tell him something in private. Aron followed Ren into the elevator.

“Ren, where are you taking me?” Aron asked.

“Look hyung, I like you.”

“What?” Aron said, confused at the random words coming out of Ren’s mouth.

“I like you so I want you to be happy.”

“Thank you?” Aron said, narrowing his eyes. He didn’t understand what the maknae was getting at.

“And also, if you hate me for doing this, I want to let you know that it was Baekhyun-hyung that made me do it.”

“Baekhyun? From EXO?”

“Yeah. He made me.”

“Ren, what are you saying?”

The elevator stopped on some random floor and Ren pulled him through the corridors. He stopped at a door and opened it, signaling for Aron to go inside. Aron obediently entered in curiousity, and Ren swiftly shut the door and locked it.

It’s her, Aron thought as a million thoughts ran through his head when he saw her for the first time since she broke his heart. He didn’t pay attention to that fact he was in a hotel supply closet, or the fact Minki had gone through the trouble of setting up a table with romantic candlelight, or the fact there was food on the table, or even the fact that their evil maknae had just locked him in a small space with her.

“You…” Aron managed to stutter when he saw her. She brought back so many bad memories. He turned to the door and knocked he door furiously. “Ren, let me out please.”

“No hyung. This is stupid how sad both of you are when both of you are obviously in love and this problem could be easily solved if you guys talk it out. So talk it out.”

“Ren, this is different than last time. When you locked me with her last time, I liked her and she liked me…”

“You still like each other hyung. Trust me hyung, she loves you. Yesterday, she proved it to me. She loves you, and you love her. Just open your heart a little bit and listen to what she has to say. Give her a chance, and I hope you guys will reconcile. I love you hyung.”

“Ren!”

“Just listen to her Goddammit. Oh, and apologies for the lack of luxury. I know a hotel supply closet of towels isn’t that much of a romantic place to have your y times in but it was the only thing I could lock from the outside in this building. Have fun hyung. I’ll come back tomorrow morning.”

Aron heard Ren’s footsteps walking away and Aron sighed as he looked over to the table in the middle of room. He sat down in the chair and silently began to eat without looking up at the girl sitting in front of him.

“Aron,” she said, and he looked up at her, keeping a poker face, trying to hide how much he was smitten with her, and also how much he was angry with her. “I’m sorry.”

“I thought you’d say something more meaningful then ‘I’m sorry,’” Aron said and he continued eating.

Sandy sighed and then began, “I want you to forgive me. You don’t have to come back to me. You don’t even have to like me or be my friend. Just please forgive me for what I did to you. You don’t know how much it hurts to know I broke your heart. Please forgive me Aron. Please, know that I am truly sorry and I have been so depressed...”

“That doesn’t make it better!” Aron responded bitterly. “But whatever, I’ll forgive you.”

“What will make it better then?” Sandy asked.

“A time machine.”

“If I could, I would. I would go back and never betray you like that again.”

“No, a time machine to go back to that time I met you in Korea. If I knew then what I know now, I would stay away from you. You are like a plague, Sandy. Everything you touch is disaster for me. You made me fall in love with you, and that’s anything but good. You broke Nu’est apart. You depressed me. You broke my heart. You broke Baekho’s heart. Because of you, Minhyun was almost by a e. Because of you, Nu’est has been involved in more scandals than any group in Korea. Because of you, everything is all wrong!”

Sandy looked truly hurt by what Aron was saying. “I’m sorry. I really don’t know what else to say,” she said and wiped her eyes. He hated to see her cry, and suddenly he felt guilty to have said such words to her. She continued: “I’m such a burden to everyone around me. I should just die,” she said before she broke into tears and buried her face in her hands.

“No… Sandy no. You shouldn’t feel like that,” Aron exclaimed to her, feeling guilty that he actually made her think she should die.

“Well I do feel like that, Aron,” she said. “I’m a burden to everyone. Everything would have been so much easier if I didn’t exist.”

“You’re not thinking of doing anything stupid, are you?”

Sandy smiled then suddenly, “I’m happy you care enough about me to want me to live.”

“What the Sandy, of course I want you to live. Did you think I hate you?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I don’t hate you. And you want my forgiveness, right? You have it. I forgive you Sandy, okay? Now please don’t do anything stupid and please don’t think about your life like this.”

Sandy nodded.

There was an awkward silence and Aron silently went back to eating his food. Suddenly, Aron felt like . He realized what he said about wanting to go back in time and never meet her again was a bit cruel, and he realized that he hadn’t really forgiven her sincerely, and so she probably didn’t feel any better about than she did in the beginning.

All of these thoughts were suddenly unimportant as one very important thought replaced them and he panicked.

“,” he said out loud.

“What?” Sandy asked.

“Do you have a phone?” Aron asked her.

She nodded.

“Call someone to get us out of here as soon as possible.”

“Why?”

“I need to pee,” Aron admitted.

“Oh,” Sandy said and she took out her phone and she dialed a number. She put it down then and broke it to him that there was no service in this claustrophobic closet.

“,” Aron cussed again.

Sandy began moving around the closet trying to get service, but to no avail. Aron began knocking on the door with hopes that someone would notice from outside. Nothing.

Aron couldn’t hold it in anymore. He crouched down in an attempt to hold his bladder for a little longer as he began contemplating how to overcome this dilemma. The storage room was filled with towels and nothing else. He had no choice. He grabbed a towel and threw it in the corner and relieved himself there. Sandy politely turned her head.

Once he was done, he saw that Sandy was trying her best to hold back a smile as she looked at the ceiling.

“What are you thinking?” he asked her. He was quite embarrassed that he had to do that in front of her, but he tried not to show it.

“It’s nothing,” she said, but she was still smiling.

“It obviously is something,”Aron raised his eyebrows at her, curious as to what she found so funny.

She flushed in pink and then said, “it’s just that… well… hearing you pee made me want to pee as well.

Aron burst out laughing and Sandy followed. It was a funny situation they were in admittedly, and none of them could hold back. The laughter died away awkwardly when they realized they were laughing together as if they were close.

He liked hearing her laugh. He liked having such moments with her. He thanked the Lord that his bladder betrayed him and decided to want to release, because it brought about this moment that Aron found wonderful.

“Sandy,” he said to her, still smiling in amusement at their little dilemma. She looked up at him, obviously suffering as she tried to hold everything in. “Let’s be friends.”

She smiled at him. “Thank you,” she said, looking truly happy at Aron’s request.

“Now, we have to find you a bathroom,” Aron said chuckling and he began knocking on the closet door yelling for some help. It took a few minutes, until a hotel employee finally unlocked the door and Sandy stormed out to one of the public bathrooms.

Aron cleaned up where he had made his mess and of course he was burdened with the task of telling the horrified hotel employee what happened. When Sandy had returned from the bathroom, both of them had to be taken to hotel security and were charged for ‘vandalism’. When they were released they both still found the situation exceedingly funny and couldn’t stop laughing.

Aron found the moments amazing. Seeing her have so much fun with him and him having so much fun with her. He wished they could stay like this forever.

“I think I should get going home,” Sandy said when the laughter died out.

Sandy’s stomach began to growl. Aron loved Sandy’s stomach. It always speaks out when it’s hungry. “You didn’t eat the dinner that Minki set up for us,” Aron stated, “we should at least go get dinner. Sandy, care to join me for dinner?” Aron asked politely and Sandy nodded. They ended up walking from the hotel towards a nearby Mexican fast food outlet.

They talked like they were friends, laughed when Sandy got taco sauce on her top and when Aron’s burrito got all messy and fell apart. They had a good time, completely forgetting about the awkwardness that had existed between them before. Sandy’s smile had brightened up and Aron felt so much happier than he had been.

When they were done, Aron walked her to her car in the hotel parking lot.

“I had a lot of fun Sandy,” Aron said to her.

“Me too, really,” Sandy said.

“Friends?” Aron asked holding out his hand to shake her hand.

She took it and shook it with a bright smile. Aron couldn’t resist his urge to hug her and that is what he did. She hugged him back without hesitation and they stayed like this for a minute before Aron pulled away slightly just enough to catch her eye. His eyes flickered towards her lips and it just came naturally when he pressed his own lips against hers.

He felt her smile underneath his lips as she kissed him back passionately.

Thank you, my Cupid.

Woot. Sorry for the late update people, but I hope this was satisfying enough :)

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