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“Come in.” Sehun said, directing his words towards Luhan. “Let’s just get your tutoring over with. Bring all your books and materials over in 5 minutes, or I’ll take back my words.”

With that, Sehun walked back into the depths of his room. Luhan, after blinking a few seconds, smiled. Maybe he’d really get to study one on one with Sehun after all.

THE POWER OF BLACKMAIL! He’d have to do this more often.

“I’m coming!” Luhan called out loudly, unable to erase the grin that had formed on his face.

He quickly ran to his desk and grabbed all the books he could fit into his arms, before taking off to Sehun’s bedroom. The door slammed shut after Luhan entered.

“I wonder if Luhan has cleared things up with Sehun yet,” Mr. Xi said from downstairs.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure Luhan and Sehun can handle it themselves.” Mrs. Oh chuckled, as she reached for another scoop of rice.

Chapter 20:

“You haven’t even memorized these formulas?”

“Well, I tried to, but...”

“How about the quadratic formula, at least? Negative b plus or minus radical-”

Luhan interrupted as he began to slowly rub his temples.

“I have no idea.”

“Quadratic formula, distance formula, midpoint formula, parent functions, square roots...anything at all?”

Luhan shook his head no.

“Then what exactly DO you know?” Sehun asked, irritated and ready to flip his desk over.

Luhan pondered Sehun’s question for a few seconds while Sehun sat there taking a few deep breaths. He had never believed in meditation, but at this point, it wouldn’t hurt to try. He was almost sure that Luhan had a black hole in his head that consumed and in everything he had learned almost immediately after learning it. Sehun never believed Audrey Hepburn when she said, “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says that it’s possible!”, but with Luhan in front of him, he started to believe in her words.

It’s been a while since he has been this ticked off, but he definitely had many reasons to justify his behavior. He had been way too patient with Luhan for the past hour, explaining even the most basic foundations of math and reteaching everything they have learned within the past few years. In fact, Sehun had to teach so much that they haven’t even started on the material Luhan needed to know for the semester test.

Luhan’s face suddenly lit up. Sehun waited expectantly.

“Can you name all of the EXO members?” He exclaimed with a grin. "I can!"

Sehun threw a judging look in Luhan’s direction.

“Name the who? Sul? Soju? Are you drinking, or are you planning on becoming a bartender? Pick one.”

Luhan giggled. Sehun was definitely old-fashioned when it came to the latest K-Pop trends.

“I knew you wouldn’t know them. They’re a totally hot and handsome boy group that debuted like, 2 years ago. 2 of their members left though, and it’s super sad because we love them so much...can you believe it? One of them even looks like me!”

Sehun stared at Luhan blankly.

They’re hot and they’re handsome, but one of them looks like Luhan. Both logically and psychologically, that statement does not make any sense.

“Shut up, I know what you’re thinking.” Luhan said, eager to intercept Sehun’s thoughts.

He was 99.9% sure that Sehun was insulting him in his head again and he wasn’t really fond of being badmouthed in someone else’s thoughts. Sehun merely shrugged at Luhan's statement; he didn't say anything out loud so he surely wasn't in the wrong.

“Anyway,” Luhan said before Sehun could reprimand him for his lack of proper manners, “There are 12 members! Well, 10, but I haven’t gotten over the loss yet, so...I’ll name them for you!”

“Sehun...” He began to count with his fingers. “...Suho, Chanyeol, Kai, Kris, Xiumin, Kyungsoo, Chen, Luhan, Lay, Tao, and Baekhyun!”

“Why do all of those names sound familiar...” Sehun muttered as he leaned back in his chair. “You’re not joking with me, are you?”

His eyes narrowed and Luhan couldn’t help but reference Sehun’s eyes to those of a stereotypical Asian. It was a small habit of his. He cleared his throat to get rid of the stray thoughts floating through his mind.

“Of course not! I’m knowledgeable in the ‘good-looking people’ field, you know.”

Sehun raised an eyebrow.

“Then am I at the top of your list by any chance?”

Luhan’s eyes widened at his words.

“W-what? N-no way, what are you talking about?”

“Well, since you like me that much and there’s a member in that group that has the same name as me...” Sehun gave Luhan a look as if he knew everything Luhan was thinking.

Luhan thought Sehun’s eyes seemed to sparkle for a second, and he bit his lip to avoid any further embarrassment that dared to escape from his mouth. It was hard to deny the fact that Sehun’s eyes were enticing, and he refrained from staring at them for too long. Besides, he had subconsciously zoned out on what Sehun was saying, so there was no way he could formulate a reply. He quickly glanced at the clock that was hung up on the wall of Sehun’s bedroom. It read 12:00AM. He almost breathed a sigh of relief as he found a way out of this small emotional crisis.

“It’s late. I’m leaving. We’ll continue the tutoring tomorrow.” Luhan said hastily as he grabbed his pencil from the table. Without a drop of hesitation, he rushed out of the room.

Sehun did not even have time to respond to him. One second Luhan had been talking, but the next second he had disappeared and slammed the door close behind him.

“Ugh, what a weird kid.” Sehun groaned as he got up from the chair he had been sitting on for the past hour and a half. "I didn't even finish my sentence."

He stretched his arms and his back and felt his tense muscles loosen up. Just before he could head to the bathroom to brush his teeth, he noticed a notebook he wasn’t too familiar with on the floor by his desk. His mind flashed back to when Luhan rushed out of the room, and remembered that the idiot only brought his pencil back with him.

“Aigoo, as I thought, he's stupid too...” Sehun sighed as he bent down to pick up the notebook. “I wonder what his notes look like, though..”

He opened it up and flipped through several pages, curious as to what Luhan wrote in his notebook everyday. There was a few minutes of silence as Sehun flipped through the notebook, page by page, gradually flipping faster.

Food...food...doodles...unreadable handwriting...gosh, he tried to stay awake in class by taking notes, but ended up scribbling. Hmm...wait, what is this?

Sehun flipped and flipped and flipped until he got to the most recent page Luhan had written on. All of the pages he had flipped through were full of scribbles and hearts and...well, lines filled with daydreams -- put emphasis on the word "daydreams".

오세훈 + 루한 = 💕 [Oh Sehun + Luhan = 💕]

오루한 , ㅋㅋㅋ.

Hunhan! ^^~

Sehun couldn’t believe the nonsense he was reading. How could a boy waste all of his time every day in every class, writing “Luhan + Sehun” all over his notes? On top of that, Luhan even replaced his last name with “Oh.” If that wasn’t enough, then maybe combining both of their names to create “Hunhan” was the best thing he’s seen all night. He couldn’t help but chuckle.

I can’t believe he was so careless and left this precious notebook of his in my room. He might panic and come back to get it later. Just how embarrassed will he be when he comes back to take his notebook? Hah.

Sehun smiled as he imagined how exaggerated Luhan’s reaction would be to him flipping through his notebook. He placed the notebook on his nightstand and gave it a little pat. This notebook would definitely be an interesting surprise.

Meanwhile, the digital clock next to Luhan’s notebook read 12:07 am. It was late, and the next day was still a school day. Sehun picked up the clock and set an alarm for 6:30 am the next morning, a precaution he makes sure to take all the time, just in case his body clock malfunctions on him.

“Ah, time to sleep.” He murmured to himself.

Sehun moved to turn off the lights and then climbed under the warmth of his covers. He let out a sigh as he felt the comfort of his bed, and gradually, he closed his eyes. A smile slowly made it's way onto his lips as he felt a small tinge of excitement. That idiot would probably make a move soon. He would just have to wait for everything to begin.

~*~

Luhan could feel his legs getting weak as he closed his bedroom door. He immediately collapsed onto the white carpet floor when he knew that no one could see him. His chest rose up and down rapidly and, at the moment, the speed of his breathing almost equally matched the rate of his heart beating.

Control. Breathe in. Breathe out. Control is what you need. Self-control, Luhan. Self-control.

Luhan laid on the floor for what seemed like hours until he was able to calm himself down. His body had developed a natural reaction of excitement and anticipation every time he laid his eyes on Sehun, and Luhan could feel it coming the moment he locked eyes with him. It has been a while since he had found the time and luxury to observe Sehun close up, and now that he has, he’s already begun to regret it. It was almost as if all of his hormones that had been stored away for the past three years had come back to bite him. Maybe this was the side effect of liking one person for too long. Luhan groaned as he pulled himself up from the floor. He looked around him for a couple of seconds, blankly staring at random objects in the room, before he spotted his backpack.

I guess I’ll just pack up my backpack and then go to sleep. It’s too late to do anything else, anyway. Sehun basically has taken over all of my time tonight...

He threw a glare in his teddy bear's direction -- not that his teddy bear helped much. Without further delay, as Luhan was starting to feel the fatigue creeping up on him, he grabbed several folders and binders along with the few textbooks he was required to bring to school everyday. He stuffed them all into his backpack and performed an attendance check for all of his materials to make sure he wasn’t missing anything.

“History, science, Korean, English, M-”

Where was math? With a puzzled expression on his face, Luhan began to recount his binders and folders, wondering if he had stupidly miscounted his school supplies. History, science, Korean, English, ... After several recounts, he had come to the conclusion that his math binder was missing. He shuffled through his papers and piles of papers located in various locations around his room, but it was nowhere to be seen.

Where else could it be....?

Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in Luhan's head.

NO. There is NO way. It can’t be. I couldn’t have left it in Sehun’s room. Oh my god. Nope. NOPE. Ughhh....it IS in Sehun’s room. There's no where else it could be. He was tutoring me in math for the whole evening! But..that notebook is full of...OH MY GOD. ...goodbye to Xi Luhan...RIP.

Luhan began pacing around the room, back and forth, back and forth. All of his precious and most top-secret doodles were located in that binder! He rarely let any of his friends take a look at his doodles, but if Sehun were to see them...Luhan couldn’t even bear the thought of that happening. He would be so embarrassed that he would just want to jump in a hole and hide there forever.

Luhan, calm down. Calm down. There is a chance that Sehun did not open your notebook.

Having tried the method of deep breathing several times tonight, Luhan was finding that this strategy helped immensely in calming himself down, whether it be emotionally or...rather physically. It wasn’t time for him to be panicking, but it was time for him to stay optimistic and focus on getting his math binder back.

Luhan reached over to the outer pocket of his backpack and fished out his cellphone. He would need it as a guide for light. He zipped the pocket back up and let out a puff of air he had unconsciously gathered in his cheeks. Before he could change his mind, he slowly turned the doorknob and peeked outside. The coast was clear. He stealthily tip-toed out of his room and into the dark hallway, leaving his bedroom door open for easy re-entry. The nightlight plugged into an outlet in the middle of the hallway was the only source of light available to Luhan, since the others had long gone to sleep. The floorboard made a sudden creak and Luhan froze where he was, too paranoid to make another move. A few seconds had passed and after judging that no one else was awake, he his phone and used the flashlight.

It’s now or never.

Luhan switched off his flashlight when he reached Sehun’s door. The house was dead quiet and Luhan could only hear himself breathing as he nervously twisted the knob to Sehun’s room. The door made a small creaking noise as it slowly swung open and Luhan swore his heart was about to jump out of his chest. Luckily, it was so quiet that he could probably hear a pin drop (although he would not want to, since it would suggest that someone was awake).

As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, it seemed that Sehun was still fast asleep. Luhan scanned the vicinity of the room and spotted his notebook after a minute or so. It was placed right next to the bed where Sehun was sleeping and Luhan inwardly wanted to cry. First of all, there was a high possibility that Sehun had opened the notebook, since it was placed on his nightstand, and second of all, the notebook just had to be right next to Sehun. How was he supposed to get it without waking Sehun up?

Aish, whatever. It’s now or never, it's all or nothing. I need that darn notebook anyway =-=.

He got on his knees and slowly began crawling towards the side of Sehun’s bed. Stride by stride, he slowly inched himself to the nightstand and reached out to grab the notebook from the surface. Sehun suddenly stirred in bed and Luhan retreated from the nightstand, flattening himself on the floor as if the carpet would help camouflage him. A minute later, Sehun returned to peace and quiet and Luhan resumed his plan of retrieval. He reached out for the notebook and tried a second time. This time, he was able to grab onto the notebook and pull it down with him to the ground.

He grinned. It was basically a mission accomplished. With a big smile on his face, he opened the book and flipped through the first few pages. To his surprise, they were empty. After being so sure that he had accomplished his mission, he gasped out loud when he realized the notebook was not his.

“What are you doing?” Sehun asked groggily from his bed. He sounded very sleepy, but man, Sehun definitely knew how to act.

Luhan got up from the floor halfway, only to fall back down as he saw Sehun rise up from his sleeping position.

“Y-you were awake?!” Luhan said in an incredulous manner. He half-whispered, hoping not to wake the parents up.

“Well, I wasn’t awake 10 minutes ago, but I definitely woke up when I heard someone sneak into my room at almost 1 in the morning.”

“S-sorry!” Luhan said immediately. “I...I was only here to get my notebook, I’ll take my leave now!”

Luhan made a move to scramble from Sehun’s room before he could embarrass himself further, but Sehun managed to grab onto his wrist before he could make his escape. Now I just need to have a little fun with him...what should I say? Maybe I should take a line or two from the dramas my mom watches every night...

“Yah, Xi Luhan, do you take me as a robot or something?” Sehun asked with a straight face. "How can you just come and go as you please at such a late hour?"

“W-what?” Luhan stuttered as he turned to face Sehun.

Sehun forcefully pulled Luhan’s wrist toward him and Luhan jerked forward, landing on Sehun’s bed. After he landed on the bed, he incidentally pressed a few buttons on his smartphone. The flashlight again, and acted as a dim light for both Luhan and Sehun to see each other.

“I said...”

Sehun paused in the middle of his sentence as he swiftly changed positions. He was now on top of Luhan, and he firmly repeated his words once more.

“...Do you think I’m a robot without feelings?”

“I..I don’t know what you’re t-talking about. G-get off of me! I just came to get my notebook back." Luhan said, half in shock and half in fear. He’s never seen Sehun this way before and every single thing Sehun has done so far made him disoriented and confused.

“No, I’m not going to get off of you. You could've waited until tomorrow to get your notebook back if you wanted to. But why didn't you?" Sehun said as he grabbed ahold of both of Luhan’s wrists to keep him from struggling. “Haven’t you ever considered the fact that I am also a teenage guy?”

He paused and chuckled for effect -- though really, he was thoroughly enjoying his role as the wild hot-blooded teenager.

“I have hormones too, you know. I feel the same things that other guys do at our age.”

Sehun leaned in until he was only inches away from Luhan’s face. Luhan shuddered at the close proximity and couldn’t think straight as he felt Sehun’s breath lightly ghosting on top of his lips.

“It’s past midnight and you’ve entered my room without permission. It’s almost as if you’ve voluntarily entered a tiger’s den.” Sehun whispered. “A tiger that might eat you up at any second.”

Luhan began to lose all judgement and reason as he stared into Sehun’s eyes and periodically glanced at Sehun’s faint tinted lips. Sehun his lips once and Luhan almost felt that he had done so on purpose. His lips shined with temptation as a result of the minimal light Luhan's phone had produced in the room. Surrounding the both of them was darkness, but Luhan could feel Sehun’s warmth and could also feel the provocative meaning behind Sehun’s words.

"Have you ever read the story of Jekyll and Hyde?" Sehun said with a low tone. "My life is like the man in that story. I'm harsh, cold, and conservative during the day. But you've never seen me past midnight, have you?"

Luhan slowly shook his head no.

"Let me tell you a secret." Sehun whispered in Luhan's ear. "I get hot and passionate at night. Would you like to experience it once? You would be the first one to see my full transformation."

Luhan felt goosebumps begin to form on his arms as he became fully aware of how warm his body was beginning to feel. He swallowed as he caught sight of Sehun's protruding collarbone, exposed from his lowly buttoned shirt. There was nowhere else Luhan could look as Sehun continued to whisper soft and lulling words. He never saw Sehun in this kind of light before and this new side of Sehun affected Luhan more and more as time passed. Sehun sometimes appeared in Luhan's fantasies as a rebellious bad guy and it hurt to admit that he kind of liked those fantasies.

"You didn't think I would always be a goody two-shoes, did you?" Sehun smiled. "Because I'm sure you've thought of me like this before, in your dreams."

Before Luhan could process the situation, Sehun began to lean in, closer and closer, to the point in which Luhan could almost feel Sehun’s lips lightly grazing his own.

"I'm sure you've dreamed of more than this." Sehun murmured as he closed in, one centimeter away from Luhan's lips.

Luhan tightly closed his eyes and used all his might to turn his head sideways so he would not kiss Sehun.

“What are you doing?” Sehun asked, genuinely surprised with Luhan's choice of action. He would've stopped the kiss himself if Luhan hadn't. "I thought you wanted to do this with me for the past few years. Did you change your mind?"

Sehun's voice was laced with a tone of amusement as he pulled away, but Luhan failed to catch it. It was dark and Luhan could not clearly see Sehun’s facial expression.

“I..I think that we should take it slow!” Luhan blurted out. “W-we’re going too fast, a-and I think we should take our relationship a bit slower and get to know each other better first!”

Sehun let go of Luhan’s arms and stayed in the same position for a few moments. There was a long pause of silence before Luhan could feel Sehun shaking.

“S-Sehun? Are you okay?” Luhan asked, confused. "You're not upset or anything, are you? I didn't mean to offend you..."

It wasn’t long before Luhan could register the reason why Sehun was shaking. Sehun was laughing. In fact, laughing was not enough to describe Sehun, as Sehun was almost brought to tears from laughing too much.

“Y-you actually took me seriously?” Sehun managed to choke out. “I was just warning you because you came into my room without my permission, but you actually thought...no, actually, what did you think I was going to do to you? Make love to you?”

Luhan, who had finally realized the situation, felt his face heating up with both embarrassment and anger. He had given in to his hormones and instincts and had easily fallen into the trap of the tiger’s den. His desires had been too much for him, and Luhan had quickly jumped into unreasonable conclusions. Even Luhan could say nothing to explain his own behavior.

“I-I...you jerk! You obviously knew I liked you, and you still tried to seduce me like that!” Luhan exclaimed as he pushed Sehun off of him and jumped to his feet.

Sehun shrugged as he sat upright and leaned against the headboard.

“I didn’t try to seduce you. I was trying to warn you, but you evidently took it the wrong way.”

Luhan was about to burst into flames of anger, and decided to use this anger to hide the massive pain he began to feel in his chest.

“How could you even do something like that to me? I’ve liked you for 4 years now!” Luhan said, biting his lip to keep himself from releasing the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes.

Luhan turned to march out of Sehun’s room, but Sehun managed to stop him one more time.

“Aren’t you forgetting this?”

Luhan turned around and saw Sehun waving around his math binder. He had pulled it out from under his pillow on the bed.

He stomped up to him, pulled the math binder out of Sehun’s hands, and ran out of Sehun’s room, tears beginning to fall. By the time he reached his own room, he had already broken down into a sea of tears. The only way he could comfort himself was to sob in the depths of his covers and lash out at his stuffed teddy bear.

It’s all Sehun’s fault. It’s all Sehun’s fault.

~*~

A/N:

[Perfect OST for the ending: Kris Wu - There Is A Place]

So...any comments on this chapter? TAT I stayed up to write this for you guys all in one shot, so I hope you guys enjoyed it at least :O. I haven’t edited this yet, judging by the time right now (12:47AM, my eyes are about to die), so I hope there are no major mistakes! Welcome to the new subbies, and much love to all of my readers!! <3

Edit: I totally came back and edited a lot of things, so...gosh, I wish I had a way to tell the people who have already read this LOL. Sehun's a bit more provocative and Luhan...well, he's unsavable so far. XD And BTW, your comments are like lifesavers; they give me bursts of energy when I need it xD Thanks for all the support & I'll continue to reply to each and every one of your comments :) I can't believe I even made it past 300 subscribers. Conclusion: you people are amazing, hahahaha. Much love <3