Spread Your Wings.....Of Darkness?

Chapter 4: Spider?

So after I got the wings to go away, I dried my hair off more, cleaned up the little bit of blood that had dripped onto the floor, and left the bathroom.

I walked into the living room with messed up hair and a towel around my neck to see Minho and Jonghyun watching TV from their seat on the couch. Key, Taemin, and Onew nowhere in sight.

Minho became aware of my presence and looked over, his eyes widened even more as he shot up and came out to me with a worried look on his face.

"Are you alright?" He asked, his face just a mere few inches from mine. "Yes, now do you remember my personal bubble?" I asked him. He ignored me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders, hugging me tightly.

"Uhm...Minho...?" I stuttered, tensing up. I had not expected him to be like this. If he knew about what just happened, I would probably have hugged him right back. But he didn't know and he wouldn't know. Not for a while anyway if I ever decided to let him know.

"Minho...Personal bubble." I reminded him. He loosened his grip before letting go completely and looked me in the eye, "What happened?" He asked. I shrugged, as if it were nothing, "Nothing happened. It was a usual shower."

"Don't tell me it was a normal shower. You were screaming!" He exclaimed, looking genuinely concerned. I almost gave in and told him right then and there. But I bit my tongue and stayed calm. I didn't want him to know.

"I promise you, it was a normal shower. Would I lie to you?" I asked innocently, trying to look as innocent as I sounded. I was a horrible liar and he knew it. But it was worth a shot.

"Yes, you would. Now tell me, why were you screaming?!" He demanded. Gosh, this was so out of character for him. I suppose I had worried him with the screaming. As I looked over his shoulder at Jonghyun, even he looked a bit worried as he watched our conversation unfold from the couch.

Again, I almost gave in. Did I mention I was terrible at keeping secrets? But a lie quickly formed on my tongue, "I saw a spider, alright?! It was really big and it scared me so bad! I didn't think I'd be able to kill it with barely anything big enough in there, let alone with nothing but a towel on. I didn't want to get near the thing to grab something to kill it with either," Somewhere in the middle of my rant/lie, I started imagining the giant spider and actually shuddered, "I'm sorry I worried you, I was just too scared to do anything! I'm sorry, I'm sorry," I repeated that over and over. Because I was genuinely sorry for worrying him and I was even more sorry for lying to him...But he didn't have to know that part.

I wasn't sure why he hadn't shut me up before, I sounded like an idiot, but he had listened to me the whole way through and only stopped me when I repeatedly apologized. I felt stupid. I felt a little weak too, but since it was a lie I got over it and continued my acting performance...Again, I feel really guilty about that.

"It's alright, it's alright," He cooed, "Calm down, it's okay." He wrapped his arms around me like he had before, but more gentle, probably recalling my immense fear of spiders. I hugged him back, relieved he had bought it. He always saw through my lies. Maybe I'd gotten better at this...

We pulled away but he left his hands on my shoulders, "Did you end up killing it?" He asked. I shook my head, "I don't think it stayed in there though."

"Well let's go see if we can find it and kill it, arasseo?" He patted my shoulder and made his way to the bathroom. If I knew Minho, he was not gonna let this go until he found that spider and it was dead. Would I have to get a real spider just to make him let it go?

I rubbed the back of my neck as I considered this and looked over to the couch as Jonghyun. He still looked a bit worried, but he also looked suspicious...He was staring at me as if he were internally judging me.

"What?" I asked him. He seemed to come out of his daze but still looked at me suspiciously, "So you saw a spider?" He asked, ignoring my question. I nodded warily. He stood up and took a few steps closer, "Are you sure you're not hiding something?" He whispered, though I'm not sure why....

I tensed, 'Stay calm, Luna, stay calm.'

"I'm positive. Why would you think I was hiding something?" I asked him, relaxing my muscles. "I don't know...Something isn't right with you." He took another step closer.

"Jjong, everything is fine. Wouldn't you rather be paying attention to the TV than me?" I asked him. He picked the remote up off the couch, turned off the couch, gave me one last suspicious look and left the dorm.

O-kayy. That was definitely weird. Why is everyone acting so out of character lately?

I sighed and went back to the bathroom to help Minho look for the 'spider'. This was going to be a long night...