Story Of My Life (In A Relationship With EXO Lay ✅)

2 | Why Am I Following You?

That evening, I went to the store to buy groceries. Xiu nagged me throughout the journey about her friends and how her birthday was coming up. That she wanted me join her party, meet her friends and blah blah. I almost threw her out of the taxi, but controlled myself. She was a nice kid. As much as I wanted to hate her, I didn't. But she was annoying, I would still say that.

"I'm happy that I've a sister now." Xiu held my arm as we entered into the store. The bell over our heads chimed, signalling our entrance. We split to hurry through the quest. She went to buy grocery while I went to buy essentials.

"Hey," A Soft voice greeted, and I would have thought that it was someone else talking to someone else, but that voice was vaguely familiar. I looked up and was taken aback to see Yixing there. He was in his casual clothes, not the Mr perfect from the school having perfect hairstyle and all that shit. He looked normal.

"Fuck off." I went to pick up the stock for my upcoming periods. I placed a lot of packets in the cart, and moved along. Yixing followed. He eyed my cart and then looked away. Did his ears just turn red? "Periods are normal douche. No need to go all shy." I rolled my eyes.

"I would like to buy you something. As an apology. Anything you would like to have." Yixing smiled. He had cute smile, showing his dimples. I almost smacked his face for making me think that.

"You're a student. I don't want to be an ass. I'm worse, not worst." I placed a few packs of noodles in the cart, and looked at him. "I'll ask you for something when you're capable of giving it to me."

"Until then you won't forgive me for my bad behavior?"

He was persistent. "I'm not the forgiving type. I could forget though." I eyed him skeptically as his smile broadened. It seemed like I amused him. I smiled back, found a chocolate on the shelf, and smacked his head. "Go away."

"I can treat you to dinner."

"You can do, give me whatever you want when you get money." I opened my invisible make up box, pretending to put on my lipstick, using my middle finger. "Until then, goodbye." With that I turned to go to the counter. I looked over my shoulder to see him grinning.

"Fei." His gentle eyes scanned me. "Are you going to live in this town for a few years?"

"I don't know." I frowned. "Why ask?"

"I would like to meet you again when I make some money to treat you." Yixing scratched his neck, and I stilled. Something happened that moment. I felt happy. Wishful. That someone thought this through. To come back to me. For me. Then immediately shook off the thought.

"Goodbye, lover boy."

Yixing changed school.

We had one bad and one good meeting and he was nowhere to be seen the next day. Some said he shifted to some big city to be close to the production houses or whatever this entertainment industry was called, while some just assumed that he was a tv personality who left his education to star in a big tv show. No one really knew where he left to.

I could say that I was hurt, but soon the worst period was over. I moved on with my life. The spring turned to summer to monsoon to autumn to winter. The cycle repeated itself and I found myself in one of the auditions conducted by SM entertainment with my step sister. She wanted to become an idol and dragged me there. I had no desire to fill out the form, but I didn't have to. My sweet sister did it and before I knew it, I was asked to come on the stage.

"You're good singer, just go!" Xiu wasn't impressed with the glare I sent in her direction when I was asked for the second time. She pushed me forward, and gave me a thumbs up. We both auditioned. Pa wasn't happy when he came to know about it.

He scolded me the most since I was the bad influence in his eyes. I gave him a middle finger in my imagination and only bobbled my head, not paying attention. I told him that I won't be joining SM even if I cleared the audition. That was if I cleared. My step mum was watching tv, and Xiu was using her computer. It was a technique to get out of the scolding. I wouldn't even blame the little devil. Who would like this kind of emotional abuse?

"I'm waiting for the day you leave my house, you worthless shit!"

"I'm sick of you!"

"When are you going to turn 18 and leave us the fuck alone? You're pathetic. Do you actually think that you can grab my attention doing this?"

"Worthless." "Bitch." "Burden."

I would give it to him, his vocabulary was getting colorful. I felt numb though. I've always felt like this. Numb. Out of my environment. As I was staring at his face, my mind went to the duck sound I had heard yesterday through a video. I imagined Pa screaming at me, a piece of violin in the background, ducks splashing the water. I almost burst out laughing, and looked away to control myself. My eyes went to the screen of Xiu's computer. She was using YouTube, VPN did wonders.

A familiar figure caught my eyes and suddenly I felt my heart beating again in my chest. Like I was reborn. My surroundings settled again. I was aware now. Pa's voice hit me with a full blow. Mum's favorite TV show started rolling down again. There he was, Zhang Yixing. On the YouTube video. Someone had made a video on possible members of the next boy band SM would be launching. Yixing wasn't a rookie. I didn't even want to know how this person got this information. He was becoming an idol. He was a trainee. That was sure though.

He got disappeared in 2008 because he was selected in the SM entertainment. And just after a year and half, people had assumptions about how he's going to debute. I received an official letter from the SM that I had passed the audition a few weeks later. I knew Pa won't let me go, so I did all the work myself. I got a fake scholarship from a university in Seoul that didn't exist. My internet buggies did their magic.

A couple of dollars, and I had fake letter of admission, documents in my hands. I signed the admittance to SM entertainment form myself. I had Xiu talk to the agency as my mother. I took admission in a university in Seoul when I moved there from China. Xiu promised that she won't tell anyone about me being a trainee.

In return, I promised her that I won't tell Pa that she knew my secret if my cover was blown off after sometime. She only hugged me and asked me to take care. I didn't even know why I was taking such a big step. I knew it was to see Yixing, but why? We hardly spend time together. Then why?

It just felt right at the moment. No idea why. But, this was how life should be, right? Impulsive, courageous. Or maybe I was making excuses for my mental behavior. I thought I would meet Yixing magically after I get admitted to the SM, but I was wrong. I didn't meet him that fast. I was alone. School was exhausting. Training was tiring. I didn't know anyone. It felt like I came from one hell to enjoy another one. Much lonelier one.

It wasn't until much later on, I met Yixing when he was a little busy.

Busy making out with someone.