Violet

I didn’t sit with Kai at lunch. It’d be too sudden, I’m not ready for another round of rumors from the kids around so I sit with Kim and few other girls from my class. There’s about 5 of us now and Kim is talking about our homework with Ji Min and Min Ah while the rest of us is silently eating the dishes in front of us. Suddenly, I feel someone kissing the top of my head from the back and I see the three girls sitting in front of me stifle a gasp.

I quickly turn around in my seat and find Kai looking down at me.

“He..llo.” I stutter. Damn it, he always have this effect on me. Why? He then smiles at me.

“Hello yourself.” He replies. I’m pretty sure he’s going to ask me to sit with him, but the fact I’m already eating and there’s about 3 random girls sitting with me, obviously looking at us now making it’s quite awkward between me and Kai. I now notice all the stare and glance other kids start to give in our direction and I find my stomach curling in a knot because of that. Perks of dating Kim Jong In ; the attention.

“How was your day?” He asks me.

“So far so good.” I say. He nods at me. Then that’s it, he also realize the attention we’re getting from the kids in the café, and I can tell that for once, he knows how uncomfortable I am with all of this. He smiles at me weakly, almost like apologizing for this unwated spotlight.

“Alright then, I’ll see you later.” He tells me while patting my head and then he winks at me before he turns around and walk away. I heave a sigh and then I turn around again, only to find my classmates are now smiling at me.

“You guys got back together.” Ji Min says, not asking. I nod shyly and they all giggle.

“Cool, we’re happy for you.” Min Ah says. Kim clears .

“Alright girls, give Violet a break. Let’s continue eating.” She says and the girls follow. My phone then rings. I take it out from pocket, and see Kai’s name flashing on the screen. It’s a text message. I look at Kai that is currently sitting on his usual table, not far from mine. He’s pouting at me and I find my eyes automatically rolling at him. I open the text message.

From : Love

Message : I want to eat lunch with you :(

I smile and then I type him a reply.

To : Love

Message : Sorry to break this to you, darling, but we don’t get everything we want in life.

I put my phone on the table and lift my head to look at him. He’s now gone, not anymore in his seat, I look around and see he’s standing in front of the counter, picking his lunch now. I resume eating and few minutes after that my phone rings again.

From : Love

Message : Ouch, truth bites.

To : Love

Message : It sure does. Eat.

From : Love

Message : So bossy. Anyway, you’re staying at school after the practice?

To : Love

Message : I do, I need to do some studying.

From : Love

Message : Okay then. Laters, baby.

I didn’t bother to reply. That dude, is driving me crazy.

After school ends, I make my way to the debate practice. Our next competition will be held this Friday. Today is Tuesday, we only have about 3 days to go. When I arrive, Kris, Bo Na and Young Do is already there. I greet them and straight away begin our training for the day.

It’s getting intense, the training, I can tell. Kris is now more aggressive when he’s arguing, Bo Na seems to have more to talk about, 8 minutes session is too short for her now. Young Do is torn in choosing his best points because he comes out with too many point he got confused on which to put forward. For me? Well I don’t know, I’ve always been on the speaker line. Not so much on brainstorming on ideas, that seems to be Young Do and Kris’ work. That evening we finish training a little bit late. Usually we call it a day at 5 p.m but the clock shows it’s 5:23 p.m now. I look at my phone and widen my eyes when I see the screen.

7 misscalls.

2 text messages.

And it’s all from Kai. I walk out from the class hurriedly, and that’s when I hear Kris’ voice calling for me. We’re outside of the practice room now while Young Do and Bo Na is still gathering their belongings inside.

“I heard you got back with Kai.” Kris says. “I’m happy for you guys.” He smiles at me. That smiles though, so beautiful and so warm. I nod at him.

“Yeah I did. Thank you, it’s partly because you convinced me that day.” I tell him.

“Glad I could help. Alright then, go run to your prince now.” He waives his hand at me now, I couldn’t help but to giggle and waive back.

“Bye Kris, I’ll see you tomorrow.” I say while jogging lightly to find Kai. In my heart I’m praying for Kris. Oh lord, that dude deserves an angel. He’s so sweet and kind, I hope one day he’d find the right girl.

As soon as I step into the hallway where my locker is situated, I see a familiar figure leaning against my locker. Kai.

“Hello.” I tell him and then he straighten up his posture. His hair is messy and his school tie is now gone. The top button of his school t-shirt is undone, revealing a bit of his tanned wide chest. On one of his shoulder, hang his school bag. He looks like a mess, a good mess. No wait, screw that, a good fantastic hot mess.

“You’re late.” He says and I heave a sigh. People say patience is virtue, well that people clearly never met Kai yet. The last thing he ever want to experience is waiting for somebody or having somebody ignoring him. He just likes attention.

“I know, I’m sorry, we got carried away with the training. Our competition is on Friday.” I reply and I can see his gaze soften. He steps aside to allow me to open my locker. I grab the books I need for my revision, close my locker and then I look at him.

“Shall we go now?” I ask him. He intertwines our finger and then he drags me with him.

It’s not my lucky day, the library is packed. All the tables are preoccupied with students. I see Kim, but the table she’s currently at is also full with other people. I decide to not bother her and step out from the library.

“Where do we go then?” Kai asks me. I shrug at him and pout lightly. We cannot go and sit at some random class to study, all the classes are locked right after the school hour end.

“You want to go home? Study there?” He asks. Ah, that’s actually not a bad idea.

“My place?” I ask him. He shrugs at me now.

“I don’t mind.” He says. It’s almost 6 now, my parents will return shortly, bringing Kai home is going to be awkward.

“Your place.” I tell him and then he nods at me.

“Alright then, let’s get going.”

I watch Kai as he punches the password to his penthouse and frowns when I see different numbers. It’s not 1437 anymore now, it’s 1795.

“You change your password.” I tell him right after the elevator is closed.

“Yeah, I’m not comfortable having the boys knowing my password anymore now. They used to come and go as they please, but lately I wish to have all the privacy to myself. I’m still furious on the fact Sehun found out about my last password.” He speaks.

“You never asked him how he found out?” I ask.

“All he says is, ‘Bro, this is Sehun, I know everything.' That kid is annoying I swear I could be punching his face in no time.” Kai says while immitating the way Sehun speaks and I couldn’t help but to smile at him. Oh and of course I feel guilty as well, I contributed in the discovery of his password that night. Should I tell Kai or should I not?

“And may I ask why 1795?” I ask him.

“You really don’t know? C’mon sweetheart, you’re not that obtuse.” Kai tells me. I’m trying to think of something. That combination sounds familiar tho. By that time, we’ve already made it to the top and the door of the elevator is opened before us.

We steps in and then he tur