The Brightest Star in the Night Sky || 时代少年团

🖤CHAPTER 14💛

Saturday rolled around the corner and TNT began preparing for the party. There was loads of food; they wanted to challenge themselves by cooking the meal themselves. Chengxin and Jiaqi were preparing for the headache that was about to come their way seeing how the members were holding the pan.

"Let me do it," said Yaowen.

"No let me", said Yaxuan.

"NO LET ME".

"AYE SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU. I'm going to do it", said Haoxiang as he pulled the pan away. Meiqi chuckled at them, they were so childish. "Sorry, they're always like this", Jiaqi said while shaking his head. "What do you want to make?". Truth was, Meiqi didn't know how to cook anything... besides rice. She usually ordered takeout when she was on her own because cooking just one serving was too difficult. "Uh.. I don't really know how to cook."

"Great!!, we can teach you then", said Yaxuan with a big smile on his face. "You're teaching her how to burn the house down", replied Junlin. Jiaqi shook his head again, "Ignore them, it's fine. We can teach you".

"We as in Jiaqi and me because no one else in this house can cook", said Chengxin. This was the first time Meiqi had ever heard him crack a joke. Their interactions were always rather interesting. But maybe today was the day they would get closer. They began making dumplings, cooking noodles, and preparing for the other dishes. Meiqi was trying to fold the dough for dumplings, but it was looking rather not too great to say the least. She felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Do you want me to teach you?," Chengxin whispered. Meiqi looked around; everyone was busy with their own thing, so she doubted they would notice if she got help from Chengxin. She gave a slight nod, and Chengxin began showing her how to fold the dough and how much filling to put in. It was looking slightly better, but her hands didn't seem to be very coordinated when it came to making food. "Here, I'll just help you", said Chengxin as he reached over. His hands brushed against hers, and soon he was holding her hand, guiding Meiqi on how to mold the shape. Normally she would have pulled her hands back, but he seemed to not mind, and their interactions seemed more natural today. His hands were now cupping hers to help her mold the shape. Although Meiqi felt a little shy, she continued.

Soon enough, they had a load of dumplings and started to boil them." Not bad, not bad", said Chengxin grinning. He patted her head as a form of encouragement, Meiqi let out a smile. Probably the biggest smile she's given since she's gotten to TF Ent. The table was filled with dumplings, noodles, and meat; they began their meal.

"This pretty dumping is mine", claimed Yaxuan.

"No, it's mine", said Yaowen.

"No, it's definitely mine", said Junlin.

Meiqi smiled subtly, watching them made her happy. They were like brothers that she never had. Growing up as an only child made her miss out on the opportunity of having a sibling to argue with, so she enjoyed the moments she had with TNT. They finished up their meal, and Zhengyuan said, "Let's play games like Junlin suggested last time".

"What should we play?", asked Yaxuan.

"Let's play that pushing game, loser washes the dishes", said Zhengyuan.

"How do you expect Meiqi to beat us", exclaimed Chengxin. "No need to get so protective Ding ge", said Yaowen, smirking. "If she loses, then you can wash the dishes for her". Chengxin rolled his eyes, slightly embarrassed. Just wait till Meiqi's gone, they're gonna pay for it. They did their usual rock, paper, scissors and proceeded to play in descending order. 

It started with Yaxuan vs Yaowen, Yaowen won. Chengxin vs Jiaqi, Chengxin won. Junlin vs Meiqi, and surprisingly but not so surprisingly, Meiqi won. "How did you lose to Meiqi HAHAHA", Yaxuan said laughing, rolling on the floor. Zhengyuan and Haoxiang went last, and while playing, Zhengyuan unfortunately fell forward... into Haoxiang's crotch, causing an eruption of laughter from everyone. They were all on the verge of tears from laughing. Meiqi hadn't felt this happy in a long time; maybe joining TF Ent really was the right choice.

The last round came down to Meiqi vs Chengxin because she had somehow managed to beat Yaowen by fooling him, and he ended up falling forward. "Oooo this one's gonna be interesting. Who do you think's gonna win?", whispered Yaxuan to Jiaqi. "Knowing Chengxin, he's probably going to let Meiqi win. Either ways he's gonna need to do the dishes", said Jiaqi laughing. Yaxuan nodded.

"GO MEIQI GO MEIQI", they chanted. Haoxiang turned to Chengxin "Since you're going to do the dishes either ways, you might as well just give up right now". Chengxin shook his head, though he didn't know what he was going to do. He knew he should let Meiqi win, but he didn't want his members to continue teasing him. He decided to just go with the flow, they began pushing. Meiqi was surprisingly stronger than he had thought; though she looked small from appearance, her strength was much more. Meiqi was busy trying to focus on the game, but she couldn't help but notice Chengxin's muscles. Just as she was about to give up, Chengxin pulled back his hand, and she fell forward... ontop of Chengxin.

A/N: Timestamp 4:46 The scene with Zhengyuan and Haoxiang actually happened before. It's so funny, pls enjoy :,)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndDPHJH04pU&t=288s