Tao pulled back and studied her expression. Yilin just looked away, then she planted her palms on his chest and pushed him back.

“I..have to get to class.” She blurted before running off.

Yilin huffed as she took her seat beside Sehun.

“So…?” Kai leaned beside her.

“So what?” Yilin murmured.

“How’d it go?”

“How…what?”

“I know you and Zitao hyung talked, Na.” Kai nodded, Sehun chuckled.

“We..talked.”

“Oh, really, you two just talked? Why don’t you blush that way when we talk, huh?” Sehun poked her cheek.

Nayoung winced and swatted his hand away.

“Can you..two please just…go away?”

Jaekyung saw Yilin stepping out of the school’s building.

“Na!” She called out. Yilin turned to face the other girl.

“Unnie.” She grinned back.

“Are you heading to the warehouse?” Jaekyung asked.

“Aniya, I have swim practice, unnie. See you later!” She smiled.

Jaekyung just nodded as she watched the younger girl leave. Then she felt and arm snake around her waist.

“Call me bao bei next time and I’ll-”

Luhan just chukled and pressed his nose against the side of her head.

“What’s wrong about bao bei?” He grinned at her and led them to his car.

“It’s cheesy.”

“Well, that’s life, bao bei.”

“Really.” Jaekyung sighed.

Yilin was in the middle of taking a quick shower to clean herself when she heard loud thuds and low groans. She blinked. Then she realized, the sounds were coming from inside the locker room, quickly, she finished her bath and changed into a pair of jogging shorts and a loose hoodie.

She grabbed her bag and stepped out.

Then she paused.

There were three male students lying on the floor of the females’ locker room.

Then she felt someone take her bag from her.

“Huang Zitao!” Yilin almost jumped, she did not see him.

Then she glanced at the male students who were groaning in pain.

“They were trying to peek on you, I saw them entering the locker room.” He murmured. Yilin smiled.

“Thanks, ge.” She nodded, then she felt her cheeks flush.

“Let’s go, the guys are waiting.”

They stepped out of the building together, Yilin felt her stomach tie into knots.

Complicated little knots.

It cant be like this forever, Wu Yilin.

You have to ask him!

“So…you didn’t hang out with Saehee?”

“No, she had to go home early, her mom arrived.”

She nodded, Tao smiled, then he took her hand and made her arm wrap around his.

“You used to do that effortlessly.” He chuckled. Yilin tensed, but then she nodded.

“Still not telling me what wrong with you the past few days?” Tao asked.

“Hmm.”

Yilin’s brows furrowed, then she stopped walking.

“What did you mean about Myungsoo…and me.. being..”

“Mine?” Tao asked.

Yilin nodded.

“I’ve always like you, Na. Since high school, you have no idea how happy I was when you told us you’d be studying here.”

Since high school?

“I’m sorry, mei. I didn’t mean to-”

“No, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have treated you like that, I was being rude and unreasonable. Its just that…I found Saehee..annoying.”

Tao blinked.

“What?”

“You were always around her, and you even stopped fetching me from practice.” She grumbled, Tao smiled.

“You were jealous?” He poked her cheek. Yilin made a face at him.

“Wo xihuan ni(I like you), Wu Yilin. You cant escape now.”

“Who said anything about escaping?”

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