You Can Paint Me

Chapter 5

"So Chris, where were you?", Hyunjin asked abruptly.

"Ah, you know, important stuff. Captain's stuff.", Chris replied proudly, stretching his arms behind his head, as if he had accomplished an herculean task.

As soon as he said that, I heard Changbin snorting from the other end of the table.

"If by 'captain' s stuff', you mean helping the janitor clean the gym and picking up balls, then sure. Whatever floats your boat, Cap.", Minho commented sarcastically.

"Oh, stop teasing him, you made him blush.", Felix exclaimed with a mischievous smile, "How cute.", he added teasingly in a whisper.

I slightly widened my eyes when I saw Chris awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck with an obvious pinkish shade on his ears.

Okay.

I don't know whether I should be shocked because he helped a poor man with his job or because he can actually blush like a normal human being.

"Haha, very funny.", Chris commented sarcastically, his eyes averting somewhere behind me. "well, whilst you guys are making fun of my humane side, there is a team over there that is in need of its captain's great abilities and insight", he pointed his hand at the table at the other end of the cafeteria where a bunch of buffed guys were, practically, summoning him to go over to them.

"Don't miss me too much, shortcake", he gave me a last glance while smirking, before leaving the table. Being well aware that he got on my nerves for the hundredth time today, due to his use of this stupid nickname.

I must have looked like a fuming tea pot because I felt Ava nudging me to calm down.

"Don't take him too seriously", Changbin gave me an almost apologetic smile, clearly disapproving his captain's behavior.

"He's just teasing you", Felix reassured.

"It's just that it has been only a few hours with him and he have tried every possibly way to get on my nerves. And, the annoying thing is that he has succeeded every time." I blurted out frustrated, "I don't know how to make him stop bothering me."

And for fork's sake, how do I make him stop using that stupid nickname?

I swear I'm not gonna eat strawberry shortcake for a very long time.

He mentally trumatised me.

"Liv, sorry to disappoint you but once Chris finds something amusing, he rarely lets it go. Just do what we've been doing this whole time and ignore him." Hyunjin shrugged his shoulders while I bumped my head on the table out of desperation.

"Thank you very much. Like I haven't been doing this already." I mumbled.

"The thing is, though, that Olivia might have a better chance at making him stop, than we ever did. He doesn't mind us anymore. He's gotten too comfy. But with Olivia.....", Minho looked like he came up with a plan.

"Can't you stop thinking wickedly for even a minute?", Seungmin sighed exasperatedly.

"Let the man speak!", Jisung seemed to invested in Minho's plan.

"What do you mean?", I questioned curiously.

"What would you say if I told you that there is a way to get under his skin?", Minho looked at me mischievously.

"I'm listening.", I rested my head on my hand, focusing my attention on him.

"Olivia, you don't know korean...do you?", he smirked.

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"And why don't you guys try to get a scholarship?", Jeongin addressed to Mia and I, curiously.

For the past half an hour we have been passing our time disgusing various topics.