See You In My Dreams (Stray Kids X Reader) [COMPLETED]

Ch. 33: It's Worth A Try

"Stay. Away. From the pool area. Stay. Away. From the pool area. Stay. Away-"

"How many times more are you gonna keep repeating that chant of yours?" Minho suddenly asks, and you turn your gaze towards him, dropping your hands which had been pressing at your temples as you were trying to "incorporate" that rule into your mind.

"Shouldn't you just agree, though?" you ask him. "I know you saved me, but that doesn't mean I'm just going to let you disturb me while I try to set a rule into my mind to keep myself safe."

Minho just looks at you with an unamused expression before he shrugs then turns back to his notebook which he had been studying from.

At the moment, you are in the clinic, now having changed back into your uniform and now sitting on the bed with the blanket covering your legs. Beside the bed you are on, Minho sits on a chair, reviewing his notes as quietly as he can, occassionally stopping only to say something that would just naturally annoy you. Like just now.

"If you knew the pool area was such a dangerous place for you, then why'd you still go ahead and challenge Juyeon to a swimming match then?" he then asks, and you just furrow your brows at him before letting out a sigh and lowering your head.

"I didn't think that she would cheat, though. I mean, after what hap-" You quickly stop yourself from continuing, and your eyes widen as you realize you had almost exposed Juyeon's past to Minho, but as you look towards him, he doesn't seem to be fazed at all. And you wonder... "Why isn't he asking? Does he already know?"

Then you remember what he had told you yesterday afternoon when he say you crying.

"Why? Do you want me to ask?"

"Right," you just think to yourself as the memory passes. "It's better not to mention it so he doesn't ask any further." You then let your gaze wander around the room since you're really just starting to become bored just sitting there with your only companion just sitting quietly reading his notes.

Ah, of course. Did I mention semestral tests were just around the corner?

"You must be really intent on keeping your elite title, huh?" you ask Minho, causing him to look away from his notes just to glance towards you once again.

"And? Are you?" he asks as he lowers his hand holding his notebook.

You just shrug as a response. "I guess...? Youngmin isn't, though," you randomly mumble the last sentence, and Minho's brows furrow.

"'Youngmin'? Is that one of your elite friends?" he asks, and you're suddenly reminded.

Of course, you're not close with Minho.

"Ah, yes," you say with a nervous smile as you turn to him. "I almost forgot that you wouldn't know who he is."

The room then becomes silent, and you continue looking around the room until your eyes eventually land on the door.

"They're taking quite a long time to come," you say out loud, referring to your friends. You flinch, however, when Minho suddenly snaps his notebook closed and you turn to him to suddenly see him toss his notebook to the table beside him before he gets closer to you, his hand on the bed and his face just inches from yours as he looks into your eyes. Your eyes widen, and you furrow your brows as you look back at him. "Minho... What do you think you're doing? You're not trying to hit on me again this time, are you?"

A sudden smirk forms on the boy's face before he speaks. "You've been talking a lot since we got here, I could never even review properly. Don't you think..." He moves closer, making you even more nervous. "...I deserve a compensation for that, at least?"