Settled #3       

January 8, 2019

"Kai, can you please hurry up? We're already late! We should of left ten minutes ago!" I glanced at the glistening white watch on my wrist as I impatiently tapped my foot.

"Just a minute babe!" A husky voice echoed from our closet. I sighed and took a seat on our shared bed as I waited for Kai to get ready. What was even taking him so long? Usually he wouldn't even bother with his hair; he would just get dressed and be out the door in five minutes. It was a rare thing that I would be ready before him. It wasn't even like we were going anywhere fancy; he didn't need to dress up to see the guys.
 

The door opened swiftly with a click and I glanced up. I couldn't help but smile as I looked him over. He was dressed in a navy blue plaid button up shirt, fitted black jeans, and to top it off a black snapback worn casually backwards to hide his messy hair.
 

"Hey look we match again!" Kai pointed out, pointing at my outfit. I was wearing heels with a casual navy blue skater dress with a black ribbon tied around my torso to accentuate my waist.
 

"This is another sign that we're meant to be, we are always subconsciously matching our clothes."
 

I rolled my eyes but smiled regardless. Grabbing my bag, I started towards the door, "Come on!"
 

"Man it's been forever since we've all hung out," Kai sighed, "Everyone is so busy nowadays." His grip on the steering wheel tightened as his furrowed his brows. He had traded in his cherry red convertible for something much for practical and less flamboyant, a sleek black Mercedes.
 

"Yeah, but I'm happy that they're finally doing the things they want."

Kai snorted, "Yeah sure but they're honestly all too busy to even date. I'm kinda tired of them mopping about being single."
 

"I think they've dated enough girls in high school to last them the next twenty years." I laughed nostalgically. Speaking of the boys…
 

Kyungsoo had finished college with a music and composition degree. Since then he has won several song writing competitions and was now working for a large company producing songs for their artists. He was making a hefty amount of money but he lost a lot of free time in exchange. (But he still came running whenever I needed him.)
 

Baekhyun on the other hand didn't seem to have any talent in composing or song writing. Instead he pursued software engineering. (I laughed when he told me the switch as he failed miserably in high school math.) He never gave up singing though; he still did it as a hobby, occasionally performing at open mics at clubs during the weekends.
 

Chanyeol didn't have a smooth time in college; he seemed to be switching majors every other week, not knowing what he wanted to do. After a few years of trial and error he finally realized he wanted to be a veterinarian. (Though he was still in school as of now.)
 

Joonmyeon followed his father's footsteps and became a professor, more specifically in Physics. (And might I say, he looked like he was born to wear sweaters and collared shirts.)
 

And finally we have Sehun, who grew up a lot. Like Chanyeol, Sehun was never really an enthusiast when it came to school and it took a long time before he could come up with something he'd be happy doing. Crazy enough, the boy became a hot shot model. It was not really a surprise, with his height and dashingly good looks. He too made a lot of money, but we hardly saw him. We would often get pictures from him in Milan, New York, and London. The boy never seemed to be settled down in a place for too long, which frankly fits his fidgety personality.
 

And although everyone seemed to have their own life to worry about, so I was happy for all of them, truly happy. I came to accept the fact that we’ve all gone our separate ways and I should be thankful that we were all able to come together once in a while. (It would be more often if Sehun wasn’t busy running around!)

Today we all decided to go hang out at Sehun’s place for old times’ sake. Although he’d left his parent’s home and was now staying at a huge apartment complex down in the fancier parts of town. But the cozy feeling was still there. (Though there was a lack of amazing home cooked meals.)

Coincidentally, today also happened to be the one year anniversary of Kai and I getting back together. Although I insisted that we used this day as our new anniversary, he refused to acknowledge it, saying we never broke up therefore we will still use our original date: September 4, 2012.  Following this date would mean we’ve been together for over six years now. And so today was just another day, no gifts or congratulations.

After a twenty five minute drive, we finally reached Sehun’s apartment. Kai smoothly parked in across the street and opened the door for me. Putting my hand into his, we excitedly made our way up to the fifteenth floor where our friends were waiting for us.

“Baby doll!” Joonmyeon chimed as he opened the door enthusiastically. He immediately pulled me into a hug as he showered me with compliments. I rolled my eyes as he continued to tell me how well I’ve grown up and how proud he was of me.

“You do realize that we had lunch together like two weeks ago right?” I raised at eyebrow, clearly amused by his dramatic outburst. He just ignored me as he continued to squeeze me tighter.

“Hey, my turn!” Kyungsoo ripped me out of Joonmyeon’s embrace and pulled me into his. I only wrapped my arms around his torso for half a second before I was pulled away and pushed into another study chest.  

“I’ve missed you so much!” I looked up and saw Sehun staring down at me. His hair was now a light blonde color and had grown out a bunch since I’ve last seen him. I couldn’t help but to be blown away by how handsome and professional he looked. I threw him a smile as I told him I’ve missed him too. It had been over two months since.

“My turn!” Baekhyun cried running over from the couch, “I’ve missed you so much!” He faked a sob as he the back of my head.

“Baek, we saw each other two weeks ago with Joonmyeon, you were there.” I reminded him, patting his back. He cried out a “So?” and continued to hug me. Two seconds later I felt another pair of arms wrap around me and warmth hitting my back. A chin was rested on the top of my head and I knew it was Chanyeol.

“How you doing there Mr. Park?” I giggled as I turned around, burying my face into his chest.

“I wouldn’t do that i