So in the end, I was staying for the night. 

I followed Ha In as we walked to her room.  My heart was pounding and my hands were sweaty, I felt a knot in my stomach that reminded me to the first time I queued up to ride a roller coaster, but a thousand times more intense, it wasn’t particularly nice.

-Aaaaah feels so nice to finally get in bed! – I was startled by Ha In, who was already in bed, comfortably snuggling into her pillow.

-Did you have a hard day today? – I asked.

-Yeah well…probably not as hard as yours, but it has been kind of hectic – she answered, resting her weight in her forearm, facing me.

-How so?

-Hmmmm,  well, we have been sent a whole lot of projects, and the deadlines are drawing closer…I don’t mind writing the essays, but the whole research process is dreadful…

She dropped her head on the pillow with a sigh.

I laughed and sat down to brush the bangs out of her eyes.

-Just hang in there, it will be over soon, and I’m sure you’re doing a great job.

-Nah not really – she told me – to tell the truth my partner is doing most of the hard work.

-Good for you then – I laughed.

She stuck her tongue out at me but smiled.

-Aren’t you going to get in? – she then asked, and the smile froze on my face as I felt myself reddening.

-Um yeah sure! – I quickly got under the blankets, Ha In staring at me incredulously.

-What? -  I asked.

-Are you going to sleep on your jeans? – she asked, brows arched.

-Oh, right, well I don’t have my pyjama here – I justified myself.

-Right! – she stood up and ran to her closet – what do you usually wear? I think I may have some old Peniel clothes around here.

-I…erm….well usually we don’t wear clothes…they guys and I….just our underwear… - I cleared my throat uncomfortable as I noticed how Ha In blushed slightly.

-Really? I thought you just said those things for fanservice – she ran back to bed.

-Fanservice?

-Never mind- she shook her head – anyway if you normally wear your underwear then go ahead.

-Ah yeah!....alright – I answered awkwardly.

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I turned my back to him and shoved my face into the blanket.

Oh my goodness what on earth had I just said? What was going through my head? In my attempt of making things less awkward I had driven myself to this…

My face was burning and I was completely aware of how the bed was the only distance between me and a Minhyuk in the process of undressing.

The images from his Men’s Health Magazine photos flashed through my mind and I had to repress the impulse to smack them out of my head.