C-Clown - Yeah

“He`s unbelievable” Mei rolled her eyes for the fifth time after checking her phone for what seemed like the tenth time. He hadn`t called, he hadn`t bothered texting her and neither had he dropped by. It was clearly his fault why they argued in the beginning and now he wasn`t willing to even send her an ‘I am sorry’ message, or simply drop by to see how she was doing. She wasn`t asking for much, but he gave her so little her demands began growing and her patience becoming very little.

When she was thinking about 'him’ it was clearly her boyfriend she was talking about; Kris Wu. He hadn`t been nothing else than a self-centered jerk after they began dating. They had recently begun dating, it had only been 4 months but Mei was already fed up. He wasn`t the way he used to be anymore. Every time she asked for something ‘extra’ as in terms of pushing her swing when they were at the park he would simply eye her and throw a comment of some kind. But his usual comment would be; “It`s not my style” Which she was fed up hearing.

What was his style anyways? He wasn`t willing to do anything for her or with her lately, well not anything but those small gestures that would warm her heart. The smaller things were the ones that really counted, they were the ones that showed how much he appreciated her. Yet again she wasn`t asking for much, but he wasn`t willing to do anything anyways.

She began thinking back at the time they had spent together. When she was freezing instead of handing her his jacket, he scolded her for not bringing any. If her feet were sore he would only give her an ironic grin telling he was right when he told her not to wear those high heels. If she felt like crying because of a certain problem, instead of lending his shoulder he would yell at her for not facing the problem. “Crying never solves anything” Was his usual saying whenever she was sad. Wasn`t a human allowed to cry? Why was he being so inconsiderate?

On top of that he rarely said ‘I love you’ to her. She was always the one who took the initiative to say those three words. He would usually hum in response or simply say ‘me too’ not saying the actual words back. “What`s the use?” She mumbled under her breath. They were better as friends. Their sarcastic comments, and his way of behaving didn`t hurt as much before. Because they were friends, and it was their usual way to bond, but she believed he would change when they became a couple. Well, not change dramatically but become a little more caring, a little more of a boyfriend material.

Before she could fall even deeper in her thoughts her phone vibrated violently and her face lit up like a Christmas tree. “He finally gave in!” She grinned picking up quickly without looking at the caller-id.

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“Call her” Luhan nodded his head towards Kris’ phone that was thrown on the sofa they were sitting on. Kris’ brow arched at him for commanding him around. It wasn`t usual that Luhan the most innocent among his friends would tell him what to do. “I am serious” His voice went up a notch while Kris only tilted his head back resting his head against the cushion he had placed behind his head.

“There`s no use” Minseok another one of his friends sighed leaning over to Luhan, but he wasn`t giving up.

“Yah! I know you heard me”

“I did. I am just pretending I didn`t” Kris simply pointed out with his eyes closed and his arms now folded.

“Geez. I can`t believe a nice girl like Mei is actually tolerating you” Luhan huffed his cheeks turning red from fury. He was there during their argument and knew quite well Kris was at fault. He made Mei upset out of nowhere and decided it was fine to just let her leave; because it was simply not his style to pursue her.

“You mean how can a nice girl like Mei get a boy like me?” One of Kris’ eyes popped open and he noticed Jongdae snorting lowly for himself in the corner. “What? Did I say something funny?” Both of his eyes were properly open now peering over at Jongdae who`s brow cocked.

“You`re hilarious, you should be a comedian” He pointed out while laughing out loud. Kris rolled his eyes at his bad sense of humor, because he wasn`t trying to be funny. He was telling the truth. Mei was lucky to have him. They went great together only because he was in the picture. She was the little girl with her doe innocent eyes, while he was the tall protective one. They looked like a couple snatched out of a romance drama.

“You really think that cool image will last long?” Zitao pointed out plopping on the empty seat next to him. “As soon as a better guy -no my bad…nicer guy comes around she`ll forget you in an instant” Kris brow cocked at how confident Zitao was when he said those words.

“We`ve been together for 4 months, she can`t simply forget them in a blink of an eye”

“4 months in hell” Yixing mumbled lowly for himself placed on the floor lying on his stomach.

“What did you say?” Kris perked his ears and straightened his posture leaning closer to Yixing. Their eyes met for a brief moment and Yixing quickly ducked his eyes. “I thought so” Kris spat back leaning against the cushion once again.

“I am telling you she`ll leave if you-“

“Fine!” Kris shouted out in rage grabbing his phone and dialing her number. “If it`ll make you shut up I`ll call” He huffed and the boys grinned. His bored expression suddenly became confused. Her phone was busy, but he didn`t care he believed she was calling one of her friends and cried about what happened.

Kris stuffed his phone inside his pocket and settled his arms behind his head and leaned back. The boys looked at each other confused and leaned closer to him. “Why aren`t you calling?”

“It`s busy” He pointed out quickly and Zitao smirked.

“She`s probably busy with another boy already” Kris glared his way, he did not like that idea at all. He wasn`t good with showing feelings, but thinking about Mei and other boys it made him boil inside. Even though he wasn`t good with telling her how much he loved her, he still did. Deep down somewhere there was a soft spot just for her, he just had a hard time showing it.

“I dare you to say that again” Kris threatened and Zitao rolled his eyes in response.

“Always trying to show how tough you are. Loosen up a bit it would help your relationship with Mei” He tipped but Kris wasn`t up for getting tips. He knew what he was doing. He knew sooner or later his phone would beep and he would receive a text from Mei. It was always like that. She always gave in, in the end.

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“You finally realized your mistake! It was about time you called!” Mei shouted when she picked up her phone only to get response from a rather confused person.

“Huh? This is Mei, right? Mei Lin?” The caller questioned and Mei`s brows furrowed.

“Yes? Who is this?” She was now sure this voice did not belong to her boyfriend.

“It`s Barom” She could hear him grin and she knew she had heard that name before. Since she had been too drown in her thoughts and occupied with Kris she wasn`t in her right state of mind.

“Barom” She repeated trying to see if saying the name out loud would make her recognize this particular caller.

“It`s only been a year. Come on, you can`t forget me that easily” Mei`s eyes rounded immediately, how could she be so ignorant?

“Oh my god, Barom-ah!” She heard him chuckle since he was now sure she knew who he was. “You`re back!” She shouted out of glee. Her childhood friend had left to the states for a year so he could study overseas. He wanted to know how it was to be an exchange student. Now his studies were finally over which meant he was back by her side.

“Yeah, well I came back yesterday. But I was too drained to give a call or text that I was back. But today I want to meet you. No scratch that we have to meet” He emphasized the word ‘have’ and she giggled. When she thought about it, it was perfect timing to meet him. Kris didn`t seem to care if she was dead or alive so she didn`t have to inform him who she was with or who she was about to meet.

“Okay. We`ll meet at our regular place in 30 minutes. I just need to change”

“Hey, there`s no need. You`re cute in whatever you wear, just bring yourself as you are” Mei couldn`t help but smile widely. It had been a while since the last time she had heard a compliment about her natural beauty. When it came to Kris he would never point it out himself, she had to pull it out of him by asking questions.

“Stop being cheesy and I`ll be there in 30 minutes. See you” Mei hung up being the happiest girl finally meeting her childhood friend after so long.

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It had been 4 hours already and Kris hadn`t gotten one single call from Mei or even a lousy text message. He was still trying to keep his cool when deep down he was growing anxious. *Is everything alright with her? Is she that mad? Did I make her that upset with my comment?* His thoughts went left and right which was why he was constantly losing against his friends, on the game which he would usually be the best at. He had been spending his time at Luhan`s house for the past 4 hours not wanting to go home since he knew it would be boring. But now home felt a lot better. At least there he could get off some steam and really show how concerned he was for Mei.

“I think I`ll be leaving” He threw the controller on the sofa and got up from his spot hearing a snort in the back.

“Sore loser” Minseok pointed out and Kris ignored him and walked out of the apartment not caring to bid goodbye to his friends.

As soon as he made it to his car his hand pulled out his phone swiftly when he felt it vibrate against his thigh. He grumbled when he noticed it was a text from his mother about remembering to drink hot milk before going to bed tonight. All because of him complaining about not getting a goodnight sleep lately. He texted an ‘okay’ back and pushed the phone back inside his pocket.

He was driving on the road but needed to halt because of the traffic lights that were now red. His fingers began tapping against the steering wheel. Even the music that was drowning out his thoughts at the moment wasn`t helping much; Mei was still roaming his mind. As soon as those lights turned green he drove towards her place when he had actually planned to head over to his own apartment and go straight to bed.

He parked his car in front of her one story house and debated whether or not to leave his car. One part of him was telling him to let go of his stubbornness and walk over to that door and knock while the other was disagreeing. “It`s Mei goddammit. What if something terrible has happened to her?” With that thought striking his mind he jolted out of the car.

His pace increased with every step and soon his hand balled into a fist and knocked on her front door. He waited for a few seconds and when he didn`t get any response he grew anxious, but those feelings disappeared with the wind when he heard her voice.

“What do you want?” Kris his heels his eyes turned rounder than the moon.

“Were you here the whole time?” She eyed him for a couple of seconds and walked past him unlocking the front door.

“No, I spent my time with a friend”

“A friend?” He repeated with a snicker. “And you didn`t care to give me a message informing me about it?” He followed her inside the house since she didn`t refuse. She pulled her bag off her and placed it on the sofa and finally turned to loo