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The sky began to darken in just a few hours after noon, it being winter and all. You woke up from your nap and yawned. You stretched and looked around sleepily, finding the living room empty and the rented cabin as silent as it were when the seven of you had come.

Though, as you opened the door to the kitchen, you found D.O., Sehun and Suho moving quickly across the floor as they pan-fried the dumplings. Your eyes widened at the amount of heated food on the kitchen counter. It ranged from bulgogi to a large pot of boiling kimchi, and was that a large pot of ramen noodles she saw?

Suho turned and caught sight of her, peering into the kitchen confusedly. He gave her a smile. "Had a good sleep?"

You nodded and stepped into the kitchen, resulting in the hardwood floors beneath your feet to crack uncomfortably. D.O. turned around at the sound and he smiled also.

"The rest of the boys are outside and getting the table ready, while Chanyeol is grilling the beef. Can you bring the rest of the meat out to him?" D.O. asked, and pointed to the raw plates of stacked meats on top of it. You nodded and took the two plates and started for the door.

It opened, and Sehun poked his head in. His eyes brimmed with happiness as he saw you, and he took one plate from your hands.

"Noona~" He beamed in greeting, before his eyes darted down to the raw steaks. "Waah!"

You ruffled his hair and went outside to the backyard, where you smelled the meat. Your stomach rumbled, and the rest of the wolves laughed at you. You set the plates down beside the grill and Sehun placed the plate he was holding down then snatched a steak off the grill and stuffed it into his mouth.

"AW! HAAWT!" Sehun gasped and opened his mouth to breathe the wintry air. Baekhyun rolled his eyes at the maknae's exaggerated gestures, cut a piece off a grilled steak, and placed it on your lips. You blinked at him, and he gave you a nod to say that you could eat it, and you opened your mouth and pulled the steak off the fork with your teeth.

"Good?" Chanyeol asked, and looked up from the grill to grin at you.

You chewed on the meat and after a few seconds, you quickly nodded and gave him a thumbs-up. "It's good, oppa!" You complemented and chuckled when he cheered at your positive response.

"Guys! We're done!" D.O.'s call interrupted your laughing session with Chanyeol and he quickly scooped the meat onto a plate and placed it on the picnic table.

"Finally!" Kai groaned and stood up from his seat. "You took so long!"

"Shut up and pass out the silverware or you'll have less to eat for dinner."

D.O.'s threat had Kai rushing into the house and around the dining table and placing the forks and spoons in each spot quickly. You locked eyes with D.O., whose face changed from a threatening one to an amused one, and he sent you a private wink.

You turned around so that you wouldn't burst out laughing, because seeing an obedient Kai was just something entirely else.

Only you, oppa.  You laughed so hard in your mind. The situation was practically hard to resist, you noted, as Baekhyun and Chanyeol had only locked eyes then started to howl and Sehun was clapping his hands and bent over from laughing so hard. Even Suho was chuckling.  Only you.

Dinner went by quickly, the atmosphere was homey and very light. The conversations were entertaining, especially w