You Can Paint Me

Chapter 37

"Guys, I really can't thank you enough for everything you did for me tonight.", I said soflty, while taking the last bite out of my shortcake piece.
A breathy chuckle escaped from everyone's lips, as they had heard me saying the words 'Thank you' way too many times for the past hour.
I'm well aware myself that I have repeated that plenty of times already, but I just cannot find another way to express how grateful I was to them.

"Yes, Liv, we know. You have said that 28 times already.", Seungmin shook his head with a smile.

"I know... The cake was delicious too, thanks.", I smiled sheepishly and placed the empty plate on the counter. After that, I turned my heels and walked over the living room, where most of the group was scattered around, doing their own stuff. I took a seat beside Mia, who was comfortably sitting on the leather couch with the three cats around her.

"Yes... It was very delicious.", a sarcastic tone came from Mia's voice, as she momentarily glared at Minho for the nth time today. With each cat on her side and another one on her lap, she was gently petting each one of the furry balls, while they did nothing but purr unstoppably at the girl's touch.
"At least I have the cats to keep me company. By the way...whose cats are these?", she asked, genuinely curious to know who made this great choice of owning this amazing animal kind, according to Mia.

No one responded at the girl's question, being too busy messing with the decorations of the room and being loud as usual.
At some point, Minho walked away from the chaos and passed by the couch, where Mia was sitting.
"I'm their daddy.", the boy said with a smirk and walked over the TV, seemingly unplugging some cables.

Mia choked on dry air, either from the shock she got for knowing that Minho was the owner of  the cats, or from the mischievous 'daddy' remark he made.
"W-what do you mean? When did you bring them here?", the girl's face was beyond surprised, as her widened eyes focused on the busy boy, but never did she stop petting the cats.

Minho stopped what his was doing and slowly turned his body to face Mia, with an amused look.
"Do you remember that 'FRAGILE' box I told you to keep earlier today, but you refused?", Minho made his way closer to the dumbfounded girl, while realisation started to hit her really hard.

"You mean...", Mia gulped, watching how the brunette boy kept his brows arched in amusement.
"The hairy babies were inside that box..?", if she could turn back time, she most likely would. Regret washed over her facial features, as she started recalling the incident that occurred in the parking lot earlier this day and a small pout formed on her lips.
I could practically listen to her inner thoughts, she was screaming profanities at her own self, feeling too stupid for refusing to keep that box beside her for the second time today. She probably thought to herself to never say no to whatever Minho asked of her, so she wouldn't be regretful afterwards.

"It's alright, kitten, don't be all pouty.", Minho genlty grabbed Mia's chin, while the girl was still in shock. His hooded lids looked down on Mia's big eyes and he smirked proudly.
"I saved you the best cake slice, didn't I?", his said with a teasing manner, never forgetting about the moment when Mia was in complete despair for not getting any of what she was ordering earlier.

Mia scoffed and snapped her head away from Minho's grip.
"Yeah, after bringing me to my limits..", she muttered bitterly and the boy chuckled satisfyingly, while picking up his pace again and disappearing in the darkness of the corridor.

They still haven't turned on all the lights in this house yet... I don't know whether they are too lazy to do so, or they just want us to get the creeps for not being able to see clearly in here.

"Where is he going?", Mia asked a second later, as her eyes remained to the corridor, but there was no one there anymore.

"To bring the game.", Jisung said agonisingly, a huge grin was plastered on his lips as his eyebrows wiggled.