Chapter 5
Sweet Love
I entered the empty dance room.
Sehun, Lay, Kai and I will start discussing the routine I will make for my project. I had layout our practice schedules, we only have two weeks to prepared for the performance.
My enthusiasm and confidence are high. I'm still worried on what kind of song Kai will choose but I don't think too much about it. I've done impromptu dance routines. I got this. I'll deal with whatever he will bring to the table.
The door opened when I was about to finish stretching.
Kai walked in, looking more confident than before. I tried not to stare too much, his oozing sex appeal is preventing my brain from functioning properly.
"Hope you're ready for this." he said quietly almost like a whisper but I heard him loud and clear.
I walked towards him, even too close to him. I looked up at his eyes, I will kill that smug on his face.
"Bring it."
"You shouldn't have said that." he said with a mischievous smile.
Then I heard a song coming out of the speakers at the corners of the room.
Oooh baby let's get naked
Just so we can make sweet love
All these sensations
Got me going crazy for you
Inside on top of you
Grinding inside and out of you
Baby I know what to do
Baby I know what to do
So come on baby girl
Let's just take our clothes off
Just so we can make sweet love
He knew he won when all I can do is stare at him with open mouth. He got what he really wanted.
Holy crap! Not this sinful song again! Last time I heard this song I lost my virginity to a stranger. And that same stranger is standing right in front of me. Body so close I can practically feel the heat coming from him.
Then door opened again. Lay and Sehun entered.
I backed away from Kai immediately.
I silently thank them for saving me from a potential sin.
"Oh! Nice! Is this our song?" Sehun asks excitedly.
"U-uhm y-yeah." I tried to get a hold of myself.
"Sweet Love by Chris Brown. Good song choice. Do you have lots of female classmates in your Choreography Class?" Lay asks.
"M-most of us are g-girls actually." Why am I still stuttering?!
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he looks at Sehun and Kai.
Sehun had the same grin on his face nodding his head like crazy while Kai just chuckled at them. "Don't enjoy this too much."
"We're gonna have some fun, aren't we?" Sehun asks.
"Well that depends on Ms. Choreographer here." Kai said, looking at me with those challenging eyes again that I knew too well.
"Give me a minute." I said.
I'm still catching my breath from the intense stare off with Kai earlier. When I calmed myself I played the song one more time while the three started stretching.
So it's going to be a sexy dance.
I can work with that. Though I've never choreographed a sexy all male dance routine before.
We started with a few try. I had them played Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine who will be in front although Lay and Sehun already voted for Kai to be in front. Nonetheless Kai won so he's in the front with Sehun on the right and Lay on the left.
Our rehearsals continued throughout the week.
We can only work a few hours a day. It took up most of the first week in assembling the choreography and now that it's done we'll spend the next week on polishing and perfecting the dance.
Sehun's phone beeped when we're about to leave the dance room.
"Yeah! Boys night out! Chanyeol said meet with the gang at the new cafe."
"Ohhh I love the cakes there." says Lay excitedly.
"And their bubble teas are to die for!" Sehun says.
The two practically run towards the school grounds. I laughed watching them run to their precious food fantasy.
"You should come too."
I flinched. I didn't realized Kai is still at my side.
"It wouldn't be a boys night out if there's a girl in there, would it?"
"We have too many boys night out already. We're getting tired of each others faces. I'll be nice to have someone else once in a while." he said shyly. He's scratching the side of his jawline when he speaks.
So he's the shy Kai now.
Then a thought came in my mind.
"How about I bring some girls with me? You think they won't get mad if we crash your party?"
"Are you kidding? They might even kiss you if you do that." he said.
"I'll text them. It's the cafe at the 88th Ave., right?" I said. I brought out my phone and started picking who will I call.
I called five girls who I had same classes with but sadly they are all unavailable.
"Guess I can't join you guys tonight." I said sadly.
"Why?" Kai asks.
"Because all of my friends are not available."
"But you are available and we are your friends too." he said.
I smiled. I think I like sweet and shy Kai. "Maybe next time." I said.
"Okay. Are you going home now?"
I nodded.
"Do you need a ride?" he asks.
"You have a car?" as I remembered he went out of the school by foot the day I confronted him about the dance.
"I don't always bring it with me but it's ridiculous to bring our cars with us when most of the time we are together. We just often use Kris' Wrangler Jeep and Suho's Jaguar."
We arrived at the parking lot. I stare in awe at Kai's car.
Standing right in front of me is a light blue almost white Lamborghini.
With the plate AA ٠ K1A ٠ IE
"This ...is yours?"
"No I just took this from the guy across the street. I told him I'll give it back after I gave you a ride home." he said playfully.
I rolled my eyes at him. He opened the door and I stepped inside. He brought the engine to life, it purred softly then he drove us out of school.
He had his eyes fix on the road, not starting up any conversations. He's being quiet like his usual self. The silence is not nerve wracking, it's actually nice and peaceful but I just remembered something.
We were also like this when we drove off out of the club. I got tensed. I looked out of the window and rolled it down. I suddenly needed fresh air.
"You okay?" he asks.
"Yeah. I'm good." I said, not looking at him. I'm afraid for a repeat of events.
"You look pale." he said.
"It's nothing. I'm just probably hungry."
"You're hungry? Then lets go grab some food first."
Before I can even protest Kai already turned the car at the next street.
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see."
His words got me even more tense than I already am.
"Will you please relax. I'm not taking you to a hotel room again." he said. There's amusement in his voice. "...well not without your permission, anyway."
I think that last part is not meant for my ears. He said it quietly but I heard him well.
Then his car stopped.
"Noona's Chicken." I read out the name of the restaurant in front of us.
"Yep. One of the three favorite places of mine. The food here is no joke."
We got off his car and entered the establishment. We were greeted by the strong aroma of delicious fried chicken. The smell alone is making me crave for the thing itself. We took a seat at a table for two.
The waitress took our order. Kai already came up with his order without reading the menu.
One of his three favorite places indeed.
I wonder where's the other two.
I ordered a simple plate of rice and fried chicken meal with drinks. The waitress gave us iced teas and went back to the kitchen.
Kai's back at being quiet again. He looks so shy. This Kai in front of me is so far, so different from the guy that I met at the club. How is that even possible?
"Do you have a twin?" I asked out of the blue.
My question surprised him. "None that I know of."
He looked like he got weirded out from my question. I realized it must be a pretty dumb question.
"Sorry. You just seem like ...different ...sometimes." I don't know how to describe it to him that won't get him offended.
He ran his right hand through his hair. Something that I noticed he always does. His hair caught my attention.
"What happened to your hair?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"First time I met you your blonde then the following day your hair's black."
He chuckled softly. "Oh, that. The guys love coloring their hair. We have this thing that we change our hair color every once in a while."
"How often?"
"Maybe once or twice per semester. Sometimes it depends on our mood. I got pink hair earlier this year." he answered.
Our food arrived. We dig in. Kai's right. The food here is out of this world.
"Don't you guys hair gets damaged from all the dying?" I asks him as we eat.
"We actually made a deal on that. If ever one of us gets our hair damaged, all of us will shave our head."
What?!
I spit out the iced tea I'm drinking.
He burst out laughing. "Your reactions tells me you're imagining the twelve of us bald."
He tried to cover his mouth with his hands but he can't resist laughing so loud. I just realized how deep and loud his laugh was. But on the contrary it's very pleasant to the ears. How is that possible?
"Seriously you guys should stop dying your hair. It's not healthy." I said with all seriousness.
He just laughed.
I sighed. He's not taking it seriously. These wolves are idiots.
"So you choose to dye your hair black now?"
"Oh it's not my choice. I won it."
"Huh?"
"In terms of choosing the hair color, the 12 of us will fight to get the decent ones." he said, wiping off the tears at the corner of his eyes.
"Fight?"
Kai puts his elbow at the table and showed me his fist.
What the hell?! They're fighting fist to fist just for hair color?!
Kai formed his fingers into a V sign then he opened his palm completely.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors?" I said, figuring it out.
"Yep. We're very fond of that game." he explained.
"Oh." that sounds pretty fun.
"You should have seen your face."
I rolled my eyes at him.
"Kai?!"
Our heads turn to the voice.
It's the wolves.
"Yo dude Kai's here." Kris calls to the rest of them, getting their attention.
"Ohh ho! Nini has a date!" says Chanyeol.
"Busted!" says Baekhyun.
All 11 of them rushed to our small table and they hit Kai in all parts they can reach. I was shocked because all of their hits looks really hard. Kai's yelling at them in protest but he's also laughing so I don't know if they're just playing or if it's real.
They took the liberty to rearrange the table and add up 3 more tables to ours making it the longest table in the resto. I looked at the waitress, she doesn't seem to mind. It's probably a usual thing whenever the guys are here.
"Hi Krystal." they greeted me. They all looked at me teasingly. I hope I'm not blushing.
"This is not a date." I said, clearing things out before any assumptions.
"Ouch! Already at the F zone, bro?" Chen whose seating beside Kai puts his arm around Kai's shoulders.
"We're not dating. What are you guys doing here anyway?" Kai said while trying to push Chen away from him.
"We want chicken. Why? Aren't we allowed to eat here?" says Tao.
"He doesn't want us to see his date with Krystal, that's why." says Sehun.
"So you choose to eat chicken when I'm not with you but you refuse to eat chicken if I'm around? I need to find new friends." says Kai.
We laughed at his disappointed face.
"Love you too, bro!" they all hugged him. Some even kissed him in the cheeks like Chanyeol, Baekhyun, and Chen.
Wow, their bromance is off the roof. These dudes are not afraid to show affection to one another. They are literally goals.
"Blame it on Kris. He lost on our bet at the cafe and since he don't eat chicken it's his punishment to finish a bucket of fried chicken tonight." says Baekhyun.
"You don't eat chicken?" I looked at Kris, surprised. He nodded.
"Seriously?"
"It's not my style, you know." he answered in a very cool way.
The guys laughed at him.
"He's weird that way." Kai said, explaining to me.
They got quiet when they heard Kai talk to me.
"What?"
"It's the first time I saw you two talk to each other." says Suho. The others nodded in agreement.
"Come to think of it. Even in practice, Kai rarely talks to Krystal.I don't remember any conversation the two of them had." says Lay.
"That's why seeing them here dating is really a shock to me." says Sehun.
"We're not dating." Kai and I said at the same time.
"Oh! Even the way they think are the same now." says Luhan.
"From complete strangers to potential lovers, what a love story!" says Chanyeol. He almost screamed it at the resto.
Kai shook his head and choose to just ignore his friends who are now making a small role play of us dating. He looked down at his half eaten food. Is it just me or he's being extra shy because of the teasing?
The waitress arrived and took their order. They are serious about feeding Kris a whole bucket of fried chicken. They ordered him one then the rest have their meals too.
"What bet did you lose anyway?" I asked.
"Flirting game!" they all said in unison.
"And he failed? Wow, that's a surprise. I got lots of classmates who are crushing on him. Male and female alike." I said.
And it's true. In fact in my two weeks at SAA I got to learn that these 12 wolves in front of me are the most popular in the school. Lots of the students admire them for their talent and some also consider themselves as their fans and would like to date them.
"Not this girl though." says Kris. He's shaking his head like he's really disappointed. "She looks cute and all but it turns out my charm has no effect on her."
"He had no idea but we actually knew she will reject him." says Baekhyun
"That's why we choose her." says Chen.
"What did you do to the poor girl anyway?"
"Nothing! I just winked at her. I thought she liked me too because she went to our table but all she did was pour my bubble tea on me. Really, I should be the one pitied here. If I see her again I'll ask for money. She owe me my favorite shirt and my drink." says a pissed Kris.
"Clearly she's not impressed to your charms." I said.
"Show her Kris! Show her how you did it! Show her! Show her!" says Chanyeol.
"Yeah let's see if she'll reject you too." says Luhan.
"Of course she'll reject me. She got hots for Kai." says Kris.
"Just do it." I said ignoring his last comment.
"Fine." he said. He puts his elbow at the table and drinks up from his glass of orange juice he winked then he said something I didn't catch.
"Huh?"
Everyone burst out laughing. Chanyeol, Sehun and Tao are even on the floor laughing hard.
"See! Imma outta here." Kris stood up from his chair but the food had arrived. Luhan and Xuimin forced him back to his seat.
"Just eat chicken dude." says Chen.
"Don't worry it will not reject you." says Baekhyun.
All of them are not even trying to hide their laughter. I tried too but failed.
Everybody started eating. Chanyeol and Baekhyun kept retelling what took place at the cafe. Kris had started eating his bucket of fried chicken. At first he looked disgusted but after a few bites he started enjoying it. The rest are happily eating their food and I did too. I looked over at Kai whose still seating opposite me, he's eating his food while chatting with D.O. and Sehun.
He laughs whenever one of them will tell a joke. I don't know why but I feel like I'm monitoring his every move, his every reaction and I can't help but be amused at how simple and innocent he seems. Where did that sexy demon went off to? Is it still him? Seriously I think something is wrong with him. How can a person be adorable for a minute then became a beast within seconds? How?
I was lost in my thoughts when I heard my name.
"...yeah and Krystal can be the judge." says Xiumin.
"Sorry?"
"We'll do a wink challenge to see whose better at winking. You'll be the judge, okay?" he explains.
"Is this to make Kris feel better?" I asked.
"Yes. You up for it?" Suho asks.
"Game!" I said excitedly.
"Let's start with Kai!" Chen says excitedly.
"No!" almost all of them shouted.
"Let's do Kai last." Luhan said in a teasing way. Others joined in teasing us.
"Geez..." I rolled my eyes. These guys are impossible.
"Let's start with the alpha leader- Suho!" Chanyeol shouts.
Everyboy clapped and cheered for Suho. I was right then, Suho is indeed their leader. Suho picked up his glass of water and looked at me. Then while drinking he winked.
That was smooth.
D.O. clapped while Sehun acted like vomiting.
"What do you think?" Baekhyun asks me.
"I'll do the evaluation later."
They agreed. Next is Baekhyun. He winked in a cute way with a peace sign. We laughed at how cute he is. Next is D.O. He bow down and practiced his winking first and when he's ready he looked up at me and winked 3 times.
"He's good." says Kai.
Funyy thing is D.O. looked serious when he did it but he turned cute.
Next up is Sehun who I caught practicing when D.O. was doing his.
"I remember you winked at the last part of our wolf performance." says Lay.
"Do it like the way you did it back then." says Kai.
I noticed that Kai is into this game. Maybe because he's surrounded by his friends. I think he's like this when he's with them. He laughs with them and interacts with them naturally. It's beautiful to watch.
I heard them cheering once again. Opps, I didn't noticed Sehun already showed me his wink. They are saying it's really cool but I missed most of it. I don't want to ask him again for another go so I just pretended I saw it.
We moved to the next one which is Chanyeol.
Chanyeol looked at me then winked while running his hands on each side of his head. The guys laughed at him because it looks like he's just fixing his hair. Kai and Sehun's laugh is the loudest.
Next is Luhan. He looked at me and without any drama he winked like it's the very normal thing in the world.
He's done in like 2 seconds.
Kris stood up. "I'll do it again." he said.
Chanyeol stood up too and pulled his phone out and set it on also did the same and the others started covering their faces trying to hide their laughter but seriously failing. Kris ignored them. Like Suho, Kris picked up his glass of orange juice, drink from it then said something that I didn't understand again then winked.
We burst out laughing. Second attempt fail. Kris refuse to surrender. He drank from his cup once more and said something again. This time I'm positive he is just saying gibberish. It's not even real words!
Third attempt- absolute failure.
Luhan and Tao forced him to go back to his seat before he embarrass himself even more. It took a while before the laughing died down. It is seriously funny, my jaw is starting to hurt from all the laughing.
Next is Tao. I thought he was just fixing his hair and getting ready but he looked at me then winked. He's done even before I realized he did it.
Oh that's smoother.
Lay's next. He looked at me then winked.
He looked handsome with that wink and deep dimple. So far I think Lay's wink is the best.
Chen followed. Chanyeol requested for a slow mo wink and Chen happily obliged. He looked at me then winked. I got amazed, it really looked like it was played slow motion.
Xiumin's next.
Xiumin looked at me, puts his fingers at the end of his left brow then winked playing with his brows.
That is slick.
We clapped and cheered. Then they all became quiet. They focused on Kai with similar grins on their faces.
"You're up loverboy." says Chanyeol with a wink.
I thought Kai will refuse but I got shocked when he turned serious and looked into my eyes then winked effortlessly.
The guys groan in disappointment. They call him killjoy and asked him to do it again handsomely but Kai told them it's enough.
I hope I'm not blushing because I can feel my face heating up. 11 gorgeous guys demonstrated their killer winks at me and I didn't even blush but when Kai winked at me ...
No, I refuse to believe my creeping blush is because of Kai...
"So who won?" Baekhyun asks, pulling me back to reality.
I knew the answer even before I think of it but ...
"Lay."
"Ooooohhhhhh..." they all said in unison looking at Kai.
Kris stood up and slams his snap back at the table. "Rejected thrice! This is not my day!"
We all laughed at his frustrations. I tried to leave Kai out of my view. His friends are still teasing him, Chanyeol, Chen and Sehun keeps on whispering something on his ears. I had a feeling it has something to do with me but I'd rather not ask about it.
Our fun continues. We finished our food and cheered for Kris on his 'punishment' down to the last bite. He succeeded finishing the bucket but he immediately throw up at the washroom.
A bucket of chicken is too much for him. Heck it's to much to anybody well, except Kai (they told me he had a different appetite when it comes to chicken.)
I had so much fun. To be honest, this is the first time I laughed so hard after moving to Seoul. I missed my friends back home and I'm starting to get homesick. This dinner with the wolves made me forget about my homesickness. I'm really grateful I got to spend some time with them.
Jinree's right. They're a crazy bunch.
Crazy, fun, talented bunch.
After what felt like millions of teasing, Kai and I managed to say goodbye to the guys and hop on his car to give me ride home.
I think the food and tiredness is kicking in, I'm starting to get sleepy.
"You can sleep for a few minutes if you want." says Kai.
"No I'm fine. I can manage."
He chuckled. "Are you still afraid I might bring you somewhere else?"
What the?! Is the sexy demon back?!
"No." I said. "Besides, how would you know my house if I will sleep?"
"Some genius invented Google Map and I'm friends with him." he said.
And now he's being a smart ass? Damn that sexy demon inside of him.
I'm too sleepy to argue with him. I looked for his music player and press play. Heal The World by Michael Jackson started playing.
I got surprised by his music choice but I'm too lazy to say it out loud. I find myself enjoying the song while we are driving through the highway.
Slowly I felt my eyelids fall involuntarily and I have no power to stop them. Kai said something but I didn't catch it. All I remember are his chuckles and that sexy smirk he had in his lips as I close my eyes completely.
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