Soojin's POV

I woke up feeling dazed as my eyes slowly opened the next morning.

Why was I pushed against the couch? I looked up to see Chanyeol's face centimeters away from mine. He was sleeping peacefully, breathing at a slow, rhythmic pace. My head was rested on his chest, using his arm as a pillow. We were lying next to each other on the couch, with me on the inside and Chanyeol had an arm around me while the other was resting behind his head.

What the-- "AH!!" I shouted, jolting up into a seating position, involuntarily pushing Chanyeol off the couch.

"Ow!" he exclaimed, suddenly waking up. "What the hell!"

"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" I asked, immediately feeling guilty for pushing him off. Chanyeol slowly started to gain consciousness too, slowly absorbing what he had just woken up to, his eyes widening in shock as well. My cheeks started to blaze and I could feel my face getting bright red.

"Oh crap, did we fall asleep?" Chanyeol asked, scratching the back of his head sleepily.

"I thought you were going to watch the movie!" I shouted, pulling the blanket that we shared over me.

"You're the one that fell asleep! Why are you yelling at me!?!" he shouted back, starting to stand up.

"You could have woken me up!" I protested, my mind was going through all of these crazy thoughts. Did Chanyeol and I just..sleep together? On this tiny couch? And his arm was around me?! Oh my gosh. What the hell happened last night?!

"Well excuse me princess," he rolled his eyes. "Why are you freaking out, it's not a big deal."

I had never spent the night with a boy before, let alone sleep on the same bed - well couch. And I finally did and it was with fricken Park Chanyeol. I was so embarrassed and shy, I couldn't muster a response. I held the blanket tightly around me despite how hot I was starting to feel and didn't dare look up to meet his eyes.

"Dude, chill," Chanyeol said again, taking a seat next to me. "It's not a big deal."

Something about that sparked a feeling in me. My thoughts started to go miles a minute again. The only reason why I was reacting this way was because I have never done anything like this before. Sure, I had a lot of guy friends, and sure I may be a really tough girl. But when it came to the simplicity of a girl and boy, I was awkward and didn't know what to do in these kinds of situations.

If Chanyeol was telling me last night 'wasn't a big deal', what did that mean? Has he woken up next to girls before? Or worse...sleep with girls often? I tried to shake the awful thoughts from my head but they wouldn't leave so willingly. I never asked about Chanyeol's past with girls and his...level of experience. The thought never crossed my mind until now. If my cheeks weren't red already, they definitely were now.

I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't a , but at the same time, but heart dropped in disappointment thinking of the possibility.

And so what if he was a player in that field? Was it 'not a big deal' waking up next to me? It was a little hurtful really. After Shinji planting thoughts of Chanyeol possibly liking me more than a friend with her fate/destiny talk, I would be lying if I said it didn't start to sink in a little...wanting to believe in it a little...

I thought it was a huge deal. I was finally starting to put the pieces of my feelings for Chanyeol together last night and all of a sudden I get involved with a situation like this, it certainly didn't help or make things any easier. A part of me really - dare I say it? A part of me really...liked waking up next to Chanyeol.

I know why my body was reacting this way first thing in the morning, he made me feel a way no one has ever made me feel before. And I hated it. I refused to linger on the thought. I remember how comfortable I felt when I first opened my eyes, how safe and secure I felt with his arm around me...how he held onto me.

Lee Soojin! What are you thinking about right now?!

"Boy, you are really freaking out about this right now aren't you?" Chanyeol observed, staring at my face intently interrupting my thoughts. "You're as red as a tomato!"

I hit on the arm, hard. "Um, ow!" Chanyeol exclaimed, rubbing the spot I had hit.

"Shut up!" I scolded him. "We are to never speak of this again, do you understand me?"

Chanyeol laughed a little. "Oh my goodness, you're acting like we did something terrible." he said, amused at my innocence. "I thought you would just brush this sort of thing off. Unless..."

I started to get annoyed. How could I brush something like this off? "Unless what?"

Chanyeol leaned in as I leaned back to keep the distance between our faces. He gave me a michevious smile. "Unless you liked sleeping with me."

I pushed him back roughly, ready to give him a piece of my mind when Suho walked down the stairs.

"What's with all the morning ruckus?' he asked sleepily. He looked at the two of us. I was still sitting on the couch, with the blanket over my legs, Chanyeol was sitting on the opposite end of the couch where he landed after I pushed him away to create distance. Suho's eyes started to get wider as he grew more awake.

"Did you guys..?!" he started, pointing at us, wide-eyed.

"No!" I said quickly. "Nothing happened!"

"We accidentally fell asleep during the movie," Chanyeol told Suho nonchalantly, getting up. I gave the back of his head the biggest death glare I could. You idiot! I said not to say anything!

"Um...okay?" Suho responded, confused at our opposite reactions.

"I'm going to wake everyone else up," Chanyeol told us and walked up the stairs.

"Um..." Suho started.

"I'm going to kill him," I sneered as I threw the blanket on the couch, storming up the stairs, leaving a very confused, very amused Suho behind.

*****

Chanyeol's POV

I quickly went to my room and leaned my back on the closed door, putting a hand over my chest where I found a loudly thumping heat underneath.

What the hell happened last night?! My mind went crazy, thinking about how in the world I could have woken up next to Soojin this morning.

I thought back to when I first opened my eyes this morning. It was comforable, the most comfortable I've woken up in a long time. I looked to my right and saw an untroubled, sleeping Soojin laying next to me, her head and right hand resting on my chest. I stopped breathing the moment I reigstered what was happening. My body heat spiked up and I didn't know what to do.

The first thought that ran through my head was how in the world this could have happened. The last thing I remember was Soojin's head resting on my shoulder and that I tried to concentrate on the movie before I started to feel more tired myself.

The second thought that ran through my head was Soojin. She was so close, so calm and peaceful looking. I should have woken her up, or at least tried to leave without waking her up because let's face it - she's going to freak if she finds us like this. And she did. To be honest, I loved waking up next to her. I loved having her in my arms. I wished I could wake up next to her like that every day.

She started to shuffle in her small space of the couch and I sensed that she was going to wake up. So without thinking, I shut my eyes and pretended to be asleep. Slowly, I counted the seconds. 1...2...3... I would open my eyes again if nothing happened after 100 seconds. By the time I got to 34, I was roughly pushed off the couch after a shriek escaped from Soojin's mouth.

Now here I was, running away and hiding from the first girl that I have ever woken up next to that wasn't my mom or my sister. No matter how much I tried to control my breathing and calm down the crazy feelings going on inside my body, my heart kept beating strong.

*****

"YOOOO~" Baek exclaimed as the eight of us left the house to head towards the slopes again. "Suho told me was happened! YOU DOG!"

I glared at Suho. I should have known that it wasn't going to be kept a secret. There were no secrets between the six of us - both a good thing and god dreadful one.

"Shut up." I threatened him in a low tone, shoving my gloves on.

"Our plan worked!" Kai exclaimed, highfiving Sehun.

"What are you talking about?" D.O asked.

"You know how you, Suho hyung and Baek hyung went to bed? And it was just the four of us left?" Sehun started to explain, laughing uncontrollably. "Kai and I thought it would be a good idea to leave the scene so the two could be alone."

"We knew you needed a push, but we never knew that it would end up with you two sleeping together!" Kai cackled, holding onto Sehun for support.

The five boys laughed in glee. Except me, I was getting more furious.

"Can you guys just quit it?!" I shouted. Luckily Soojin was far enough to not hear it, teaching Shinji how to ski. "There is nothing going on between Soojin and me. She makes it very clear that she doesn't want anything to do with me. I don't even think she likes being friends with me!"

My friends all widen their eyes at the same time, sharing the same twinkle.

"Are you saying..." Suho started to ask. "That you do want something to do with Soojin?!"

"What?" I exclaimed, starting to get flustered, feeling as if I got caught. Caught for what? I had nothing to hide. "No, stop twisting my words!"

"Oh my gosh," Baek started to get giddy, hitting D.O on his arm repeatedly from enthusiasm. "I think Chanyeol is starting to realize his feelings for Soojin!"

All five boys smiled widely, looking my way for a response. I grunted, grabbed my snowboard and stomped away. I was annoyed, frustrated and incredibly mad. Not because the boys were teasing me. Not because they were giving me a hard time.

But beacuse...maybe, just maybe. I think they might be right.

*****

Soojin's POV

"Stop trying to teach me how to ski! This is not important right now!" Shinji sternly said, folding her arms.

"We're at a ski resort and you don't know how to ski. How can you say this isn't important right now?" I challenged. It was a mistake telling her what had happened this morning between me and Chanyeol. I knew she wouldn't leave the issue alone, but I just had to tell someone about it. It was killing me on the inside and I was started to overthink the situation. I needed someone to rationalize my thoughts and make me feel better, but I should have known to tell anyone else about my Chanyeol-related-problems than to Shinji.

"Yes! That is exactly what I'm saying!" she cried. "Why don't you just admit it! There is something going on between you and Chanyeol oppa!"

My heart sparked a little at the thought, but automatically Minji came into mind. There wasn't something going on between me and Chanyeol. How could there? He has Minji...

"Will you just let it go?" I sighed, starting to get tired already. We've only been out in the snow for a few hours but after the rush of emotions this morning, I was drained.

"Never!" she shouted. "I will never give up on you two! I'm going to keep pushing this on you until it happens. I need to be there to say 'I told you so'!"

I shook my head and couldn't help but to muster a weak laugh. Even though what she was saying was absolutely ridiculous, her enthusiasm was precious.

"Sorry to disappoint Shinji," I told her. "But accept it now before I'm the one to tell you I told you so."

She walked over and put her hands on my shoulders with a serious expression. It scared me because I've never seen her glare at me before like this before. I suddenly felt a whole new aura around Shinji and it freaked me out.

"Lee Soojin, listen to me because I'm only going to say this once. I don't know why you're trying to fight your feelings about this whole thing. It's okay to like him. No one is going to get in the way, there's nothing to be scared of. I know you have feelings for Chanyeol oppa, and you do too. You're just too stubborn to admit it. I understand that you two had a really rough beginning and sure you two still fight 24/7, but who doesn't? If you two truly could care less about each other, then you wouldn't be fighting and bickering like you do all the time. You only let the important people in your life make you feel that way. Chanyeol oppa is important to you. The sooner you realize it, the better, smoother and faster everything else will just unfold."

I started at her in awe. Who knew Shinji had such a way with words?

"Just think about it okay? Don't be so stubborn and high and mighty for a second will you? Just think about Chanyeol oppa and what he means to you. Just think about how you feel. Think about what your heart is trying to tell you." she smiled, sliding her hands off my shoulders.

"You need to stop watching kdramas." I told her flatly.

She gave a soft laugh. "You'd be surprised to see how much you can learn."

*****

The rest of the week went by the same. The eight of us had a blast, making memories that would last us a lifetime. Shinji finally learned how to ski...sort of. Regardless, it was an accomplishment and the last night of our vacation, we decided to have a big bbq party.

Chanyeol and I avoided each other as much as possible. We were never found standing near each other and we didn't exchange a single word. I don't know about him, but I even tried to not look his way. Shinji's words echoed in the back of my mind the whole week, but I didn't want to deal with it. I kept the thoughts in the back of my mind for now.

Everyone else noticed and tried to get Chanyeol and me to interact, but I was really good at avoiding all the tricks they threw at me. Needing to "go to the bathroom" or having to "call my parents" right when I sensed that I was going to be pulled into a trap.

But during our final night, they caught me off guard. Everyone was in the living room, playing video games and chatting while I was in the kitchen playing with my phone when D.O walked in.

"Soojin, can you go grocery shopping tonight?" D.O asked, leaning on the countertop.

"Um sure, when do you want to go?" I answered without looking up.

D.O smiled widely. "Oh, not with me."

I froze, suddenly realizing what he had done. "Chanyeol is driving." he told me.

Just then, Chanyeol came into the kitchen with keys jingling. "Alright, let's go man," he said, avoiding eye contact with me just like we've been doing the past few days.

"I'm not going, Baek and I are doing laundry. Soojin is going to go with you. Bye!" he told Chanyeol, running away before he had to deal with the consequences. We stood there awkwardly, not really sure how to handle the situation.

"Um.." Chanyeol scratched the back of his head. "You can stay, I can go by myself." He started to make his way to the front door.

"Wait!" I shouted after him. I know it was awkward, but I didn't want to be a jerk and make him go grocery shopping for eight people by himself. Even though we kind of weren't on speaking terms right now because of what happened that day, doesn't mean I couldn't tough it out for a couple of hours...right? "I'll go with you. Let me just grab my jacket."

*****

Chanyeol's POV

The car ride to the grocery store was uncomfortably quiet and I thought I was going to go insane. Ever since the boys put the nonsense thought about liking Soojin into my head, I couldn't look at her or talk to her the way I used to. Every time we were in the same room, I found myself getting nervous, my heart racing and I couldn't talk to her like I usually would have, let alone even look at her.

I kept both of my hands on the wheel awkwardly, facing forward, sitting straight. I looked to my right, trying to take a peek at Soojin. She was in the same position, hands folded on her laps, looking out the window as we drove in the cold winter afternoon. A few more minutes passed and I just couldn't take it anymore. The more I thought about it, the more stupid I thought this whole thing was, not to mention the silence was driving me nuts. But as much as I wanted to break the ice and say something, I didn't know if it was a good idea. I realized that what happened between me and Soojin was sort of a big deal for her, or at least she made it seem that way. It was a line that shouldn't have been crossed and I didn't want to cross any more.

I kept my mouth shut as I pulled into the parking lot of the super market. We both got out and walked inside.

"Do you know what we need?" Soojin asked, shocking me. It was the first time she spoke to me in days and I felt a warm twinge in my heart. I missed hearing her voice. I missed interacting with her. Even though we saw each other every day all day fo the past few days, I still missed her. I looked at her thrown off guard. She didn't look uncomfortable or troubled. She looked like Soojin, the same carefree, hard-headed, stubborn girl I met a few months ago.

"Um, yeah," I told her, taking the list out of my pocket that D.O gave me. "How do you want to do this?"

She grabbed the list from my hand and skimmed through the items. "What do you mean how do you want to do it, we gotta walk around the market and find what's on the list." She looked at me like I just asked the dumbest question ever. Okay, maybe it was a little dumb.

I grabbed a cart as we started to walk our route throughout the grocery store. Soojin grabbed some fruits, checking to see the ripeness of each fruit to make sure she got the best ones. I stood behind the cart, just watching, observing. Yeah okay, I felt a little creepy staring, but only a little. Soojin looked like the super market was a familiar place to her, walking through the aisles, seeming to already know where everything was. I rarely ever go to the super market. There's never a need for me to.

"Awh, it's so nice to see young couples go grocery shopping together," an older woman said as she passed by.

"It's a great way to know wheteher or not you two are made for each other!" another lady said, giving a big smile to Soojin.

"They look so good together!" the two ladies walked past us, continuing to giggle.

"Um..." Soojin cleared uncomfortably. "Can you read to me what's next on the list?" I looked at the list and crossed some of the new items she added into the cart, my ears geting red.

"Dessert." I read.

"What kind?" Soojin asked.

I shrugged. "It just says dessert."

"Okay..." Soojin said, looking around the shop for nothing in particular. "What do you want for dessert?"

I shrugged again. "What do you want for dessert?"

Soojin pondered for a second until something came into her mind. "How about ice cream?"" she suggested, looking for the frozen aisle.

"Ice cream?" I exclaimed. "In this freezing cold weather?"

"Yeah, why not?" she said nonchalantly. "There's nothing wrong with that."

I shook my head while pushing the cart forward. "It's cold outside and you want to eat ice cream? Why don't we get something everyone would enjoy, like cake."

Soojin turned to face me and gave me a sour look. "I don't like cake."

"Are you serious?" I asked in shock. Who doesn't like cake?!

She shook her head. "Yeah, I don't know. I never liked cake. Or cupcakes. Or cookies. I'm not a big fan of baked goods."

"Are. You. Kidding. Me?!" This new piece of information was shocking. "How are you alive right now?!"

"There's nothing wrong with that! I don't know, I just don't really eat a lot of sweet things I guess." she turned, starting to get embarrassed.

"Well, I vote against getting ice cream for dessert." I told her sternly.

I think she might have heard the challenge in my voice because she turned back around to face me with a hard look. "Well, I vote against getting cake for dessert." she responded.

I couldn't help but to smile because just then, things were starting to feel back to normal and it felt great.

*****

"That was quick," Shinji said disappointedly as Soojin and I arrived back at the cabin.

"Yeah, you sure you got everything on my list?" D.O asked suspiciously, grabbing some bags out of Soojin's hands.

"I think we got more than what was on the list," Soojin said, putting some shopping bags on the counter. "What have you guys been up to while we were gone?"

"The usual: napping, TV, games." Suho answered, coming over to help. "Kai, Sehun and Baek went to the slopes."

"It's already 5pm! We should get started on preparing dinner!" Shinji exlcaimed after looking at the clock. "I'll help."

Soojin went up to change as I put the rest of the shoppings bag on the counter.

"I'm still going to kill you for what you did today," I mumbled to D.O. He chuckled slightly and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Come on man, you two haven't been talking for days. We had to do something about it." he said, hoping to lighten the mood.

"How did it go anyways?" Suho asked hopefully.

I shrugged. "We got ice cream cake."

*****

Soojin's POV

"Yehet!" Sehun cheered as we all sat around the table for dinner. "Ohorat! He he he! Ho ho ho!"

"Shut up and eat man," Kai laughed, hitting Sehun on the shoulder.

"Yah, yah!" Suho scolded them. "Make sure you thank D.O and Shinji, they did a lot of the cooking today!"

Kei and Sehun jokingy bowed to D.O. "Thank you Mr. D.O" they both said, sitting back down in hysterical laughter.

It was the last dinner of our vacation, and boy, was it a huge dinner. We had Korean BBQ, noodles, vegetables, soups, and bowls upon bowls of rice. The conversation was loud and the atmosphere was absolutely intoxicating. Anyone who was watching might have thought we were actually intoxicated. The laughing never ended and the bonding between the eight of us solidified.

"It's time for 'Snowpiercer'!" Baek shouted excitedly, running over to the TV to turn the movie on.

"Already?" Kai groaned.

"What do you mean? It's midnight!" Baek exclaimed. "By the time the movie is over, we probably won't get into bed until 3am!"

"Forget that, let's just pull an all-nighter!" Sehun suggested.

"I'm down," Suho agreed. "We might as well. It's our last night so why not? And to be completely honest, if I don't sleep now, I'm probably going to have a really hard time waking up tomorrow."

"Um, hello? How about me?" D.O protested. "I am not pulling an all-nighter and driving 5 hours back home. You crazy?"

"Yeah, seriously," Chanyeol chimed in, taking a seat on the couch. "I barely stayed awake on the way here. No thanks to you Baek."

He laughed. "Sorry dude, but you had Soojin to keep you company!"

I quickly looked at the television screen, suddenly interested in watchin Baekhyun set up the move to avoid eye contact with Chanyeol. I could feel his eyes on me, but my eyes never left the blue standby television screen.

"Dang, this is kind of sad," Suho started, taking a seat nex to Chanyeol.

"What is?" I asked. We were having an aweseome final night, why the sudden debbie downer?

"We're seniors," Suho frowned. "This is probably the last time we'll go on this trip."

I forgot that this was Suho, Baekhyun and Chanyeol's last year of school. They were going to be college students soon. I felt a lump in my throat. It really to think about them leaving me already. I felt like one year was too short of a period of time. It was almost unfair really. Here I am, the new girl who became friends with these people so quickly, so easily. Only to see half of them leaving in a few more months.

"Awh come on hyung!" Kai cried. "You still have a semester left! Don't go brining the mood down for us tonight!"

"Yeah, seriously," Sehun agreed, leaning ihis chin on Kai's shoulder. "And besides, this is definitely not the last trip we're going to make. This annual trip is tradition. I'll drag you here if I have to."

Suho laughed, grateful for the positive words from his dongsengs. "Hey, this is my resort! If I'm not here, you guys can't come either!"

Chanyeol rolled his eyes. "Please, we all know even you can't stop us from coming."

Baek took a seat on the other side of Chanyeol. "Can you believe it? We're seniors..."

"I don't want to think about college yet." Chanyeol dismissed. "It's too early."

"I agree, let's not think about anymore." Suho agreed, leaning back into Chanyeol's shoulder with his eyes closed.

"I love you guys," Baekhyun said, trying to grab the two fellow seniors into an embrace.

"Awh, come on man!" Chanyeol laughed, half-heartedly pushing Baekhyun off. D.O, Kai and Sehun got up from their seats to join the group hug. It was a really sweet sight to see. These boys have known each other thier whole lives and they truly planned to keep it that way. I have never believed in true friendship or the whole "best friends for life", but these boys proved me wrong. They showed me that there was such thing as friendship for life and gave me hope that I could have something like that too.

"Don't just sit there and watch, come here!" Baekhyun exclaimed to Shinji and me. My eyes grew in shock. Me? I looked over at Shinji who was just as surprised. The boys were having their own little moment and for the first time, they wanted to include the two of us in that moment. It was absolutely touching, but I felt so out of place. Like I was intruding on something that they spent years to build. It just didn't feel right.

"Get them!" Sehun cried.

Suddenly, the six boys broke their embrace and started to come after Shinji and me. It happened so quickly. One moment the boys were on the couch, the next moment, they were surrounding me and Shinji on the floor.

"Guys...I...can't...breathe!" I tried to gasp for air, starting to feel seriousl claustrophobic. I don't know who had their arms around me, but I was completely immersed under their bodies. I heard Shinji's muffles under the boys weight as well. It was traumatizing, but absolutely moving at the same time. Quiet honestly, I was almost in the verge of tears. Never in my life have I felt so wanted, so important to others. It was a new feeling to me and I knew it was a rare feeling to have in general. How did I get so lucky? As much as I despised the decision in moving to Korea, I think it might have been one of the best decision I have ever made. Comes to show that even the best things can come out of what may seem like the end of the world.

Soon, I was able to inhale a lungful of oxygen as the boys laughed.

"Well, enough of the sappy-gooey-lovey-dovey stuff." Baekhyun announced. "It's 'Snowpiercer' time!"

"Wait!" I interuppted, standing up. "Can the movie just hold on for a few more minutes?"

"Huh?" Baek asked confused.

"I'll be right back!" I exclaimed as I excitedly ran upstairs to my room. This is the perfect timing.

*****

Chanyeol's POV

We were all confused as to why Soojin had run upstairs, giving each other looks asking if anyone knew what she was up to. Soon, she came back into the living room with boxes and gift bags. Anyone could see that they were Christmas presents.

"Soojin!" Suho exclaimed. "What is that?"

"Well, I know Christmas is next weekend," she started, setting all the gifts in the center of the floor. "And I don't know if I'll have the chance to see you guys, so I thought I should give them to you here."

"Soojin!" Baek started. "You didn't have to get us presents!"

"No we look like the bad guys," I mumbled. My heart instantly felt warm at her kind gesture. It was totally unexpected and very sentimental.

"We never give presents for each other!" Kai exclaimed.

"Oh really?" Soojin was surprised at this, biting her lip. "Well, I'll remember that for next time. Don't take it as a burden, alright?"

"Soojin-ah!" Shinji cried, wrapping her around around Soojin. "If I knew you were going to do this, I would have brought your present with me too!"

Soojin laughed and patted her arm, "Next time."

We all looked at each other, frowning. We were all very grateful, but more than that we felt bad. None of us had prepared anything for Soojin.

"I can't accept your gift, sorry." I told her. "It's not fair to you. I didn't get you anything."

She grabbed a box and shoved it to my chest. "Just shut up." she smiled as she went to the pile to hand out the rest of the gits. Everyone took the gift and slowly started to unwrap their gift with a heavy heart.

Soon, shouts of glee, surprise and laughter filled the room.

"Yehet!" Sehun exclaimed, waving a gift certificate to his favorite bubble tea place in the air.

"Are you serious?!" Kai cheered happily, showing Sehun his new flatrim.

"No way!" D.O exclaimed. "How did you know I needed new headphones?"

"Soojin, you didn't have to..." Suho said, looking down at his own brand new flatrim.

"Really, you didn't have to." Baekhyun said flatly while still smiling widely, showing the rest of us his book on how to pick up girls. We all laughed and pointed. The present was perfect. They all were. You can see it in everyone's eyes how grateful they all were. They weren't expensive presents, nor were they anything that grand. But it had a meaning behind it, it was specficically tailored to each person. It shouwed how much Soojin paid attention and how much she cared and how much effort she put into getting us these gits. And that, I thought was the biggest gift she could have given us.

I looked down at my unopened present, nervous at what could be inside.

"Dude, open it!" Baekhyun encouraged and he and Suho were flipping through the pages of his book, laughing.

I looked at Soojin, who was also watching me with nervous eyes. She quickly looked away to give me the privacy in opening my gift. I swallowed the saliva in my mouth as I slowly opened the carefully wrapped box. Inside, I found the one thing I needed the most: a music composition notebook.

I slowly picked up the leatherbound notebook and flipped through the fresh, high quality pages of ledger lines, waiting to be filled with handwritten notes. The notebook I had now was just starting to run out of pages and it was beat to the pulp with some sheets falling out. I couldn't tear my eyes off this new one, it was perfect.

"I noticed that you needed a new one," Soojin chimed in, snapping me out of my admiration for my new notebook.

"How?" I asked. Yes, she knew I wrote music. Yes, she knew that it was important to me. But she never actually saw my notebook.

"Um..." she started to say, getting shy. "Remember when we first met? Outside of school? When I dropped all of my books?"

The memory came back to me as if it was yesterday. She had accidentally bumped into me and I had given her a really hard time about it. I knew she didn't meananything by it, but I was not in good mood. I felt a pang of guilt thinking back to that day. I slowly nodded with sad eyes.

"Well, when I picked up your stuff, I noticed that it was a music book and how tattered and beat it was." she started to explain, getting embarrassed. "Then I learned that you are an adamant song writer so I just thought..."

My heart got warmer and it beated faster. I felt my ears getting red and I also suddenly felt a little shy.

"It's the same one I use so...it's not a big deal really." Soojin said, slowly getting more and more embarrassed.

"Whoa! Fancy!" Baek commented, grabbing the book from my hands. "Ooh! This is nice! Much better than the piece of crap you have now!"

I grabbed the book back, giving him a glare. "Watch it will you?"

"Ooh, touchy," Baek laughed, raising his hands in defense.

I brushed a hand over the black leather cover and looked at Soojin with gratitude filled eyes. "Thank you Soojin. Really."

"Um, you're welcome," she replied, still embarrassed.

"Soojin, you fricken rock!" Kai exclaimed, sporting his new accessory.

"I'm going to get you a present too, wait until we get back to Seoul!" Suho offered.

Soojin waved her hands in front of her. "No, no! I will not accept any presents. Please!" she pleaded.

"Don't be ridiculous," D.O said sternly. "We can't just accept these without giving something in return."

"Seriously, you guys better not get me anything or I'm going to get really mad," Soojin threatened seriously. "You guys can buy me food or something."

"Food it is!" Baekhyun shouted, holding a finger in the air.

After a few minutes, everyone finally settled down for the movie. Shinji and Soojin were sitting on the floor this time, while Suho, Baek, Kai and I were on the big couch and Sehun and D.O were sitting on the single couches. This time, all eight of us were able to get through the movie without a problem.

After the movie ended, everyone debated on whether to pull an all-nighter or to try to get a few hours of sleep.

"I think D.O and Chanyeol definitely should go to sleep since they're driving." Suho said. "Unless you want someone else to drive."

"I'm okay with driving, but I probably should go to bed now if I am. It's 3:30am." D.O said looking at the clock.

"I'm not tired though," I stated. "Besides, we don't have to leave that early tomorrow. We can probably make do leaving after an early lunch or something."

"True," Baek agreed. "I'm in no hurry to get home."

"Me neither," Soojin chimed in, laying on the floor with Shinji.

*****

After a couple more hours of random chatting, we all decided to go to bed. It was a long day and we used much more energy that we had. One by one, we all said good night, retreating to our bedrooms for a goo night's rest.

I stopped in Soojin and Shinji's room, poking my head in the door. "Hey guys."

"Hi Chanyeol oppa!" Shinji replied. "You going to bed soon?"

I nodded, letting myself in. "Yeah, soon."

"What can we do for you?" she asked, looking up at me. She was on the shorter side, the top of her head reaching below my shoulders. It was cute, in a little sister-ish kind of way.

"I was actually wondering if I could talk to Soojin?" I said. Soojin shot her head up from the book she was reading and gave me her full attention.

"Oh!" Shinji let out a gasp. "Well, I'm going to go wash up now anyways so.." she told me, leaving the room with her toiletries.

I stood in the middle of the room awkwardly, not really sure where I wanted to go with this. Soojin was in bed and I had the biggest urge to lie next to her and to tell Shinji to sleep in my room. But I knew that wasn't something I could flat out say casually. Or ever for that matter.

"So, what's up?" Soojin asked, place the book face down on her lap.

"Um," I scratched the back of my head nervously. This whole nervous thing was new to me and I hate it. "I just wanted to thank you again, for the Christmas present."

"Oh is that all?" Soojin let out a sigh of relief. "You look like you were about to tell me some terrible news or something." she joked.

I could feel my ears starting to get warm from her teasing. It wasn't easy for me to thank her like this. The gift she gave me meant more to me than she probably would ever know.

"Really though, thank you." I told her again, looking up to her eyes. "I will use it well."

Soojin reached over to the nightstand and picked up a similar leatherbound book. "See? We match." she laughed, flipping through her own note-filled pages. "This is my favorite brand, so I'm glad you like it."

I nodded and smiled. "It's just what I was looking for."

"Maybe we can write together sometime," Soojin suggested, a rosy color starting to rise in her cheeks.

"I'm free all winter break," I told her, secretly hoping that we would get to see each other more after we got back to Seoul.

She thought about this for a second before giving me a bright smile. "Your place or mine?

A/N:

i'm sorry for taking such a long time to update! (and a quite lame one at that T-T)
i've been super duper busy and been trying to make time to write and stuff
but i'm starting to hit a writer's block, probably cause my mind is going crazy with all the other crap i have to do, booo~
i'm going to try to give you guys a much better update tomorrow, so please bear with me
again, i'm sorry this chapter kind of ..i know T_T

let me try and make it up to you with my gifs LOL

although i today..
subscribe, comment, upvote. i'll love you forever <3

kyungsoo was funny as per usual and i don't think i've ever seen him laugh so much/freely before!
asigh, so adorbs~



my baby was playing wif my heart this episode, with his long note and cute rap mistake..urgh..
you're playing wth my #1 spot again you little shiet...

i wish so bad to be kai in this gif...like seriously..
jongdae, won't be hug me like that? T_T

and my readers already know that i'm a total , so you guys probably saw this one coming LOL
if you did, it's official. we're friends. <3

and for some reason, i find this to be totally attractive...
it's something so random and simple..but i don't know...
maybe cause it looks like he has fantastic form? or maybe it's the way he slides forward?
i don't know, but minseok is a total keeper too :)

i shall update with a better chapter tomorrow! promise! going to work on it right now!
even though i have schoolworks, oops hehe

much love, thatxmusic