Chans Story ( Book 1 Stray Kids In America) COMPLETE

Chapter 5

*Mid September*

There's a knock at the door.
" Come in."I say as I put my other earring in.
I hear someone clearing their throat and a sound of the door shutting.
" I brought you something," he says as I walk out of my bathroom. We decided to keep the date causal, I'm wearing a dark green blouse, jeans, and brown boots.
He has flowers behind his back and something else.
" You haven't told me your favorite flower yet, so I picked out a fall boutique. It kinda goes with your shirt," he laughs a little nervously.
He's in a long black sleeve shirt with flames down the sleeves , black jeans, and a black beanie on.
I smile and take the flowers from him and put them in a glass jar.
" Thank you , you ready to go?" I say, his smile gets bigger.
" I have another surprise for you." he hands me a cd, and it says, " channies mix tape for liv. " The mix tape had little doodle and drawings on it.
" Oh my god, how did you know I listened to cds ?" I say shocked, I can see his smile get even bigger.
" I saw your stereo when I brought you home last," he said. I put the cd on top of my stereo, and we walked out the door.
"So I was hoping I could drive your car this time," I say, smiling. He stopped walking and looked confused.
" im just joking .... are you okay? You look... pale. " his forehead was sweaty, and his face was milky white.
" haha yeah I'm fine." he opened the passenger side door for me, and I got in. I could see him put on a face mask.
He got in and started the car.
" Uhh, what's up with the mask?" I say, really confused.
" Nothing, I'm just not feeling like myself today." I can see his mask lift up like he smiled.
" Well, we don't have to go out if you're not feeling well," I say, concerned.
" Nah..... I fine ." He says, driving out of my parking space.
He keeps his hands on the wheel and his body close to the driver side door as if at any time he's ready to jump out of the car to tuck and roll. For second, I thought about smelling myself, but I know I don't stink, so what's up with him?.
I try to stay focused on watching people, but every 10 seconds, I can't help but look at him. He looks good. Really good, well, besides from his forehead that's still dripping wet .
We park in front of a sub shop, and he gets out really fast. He stops and starts coughing.
I open my door and get out.
" Are you sick?" I ask
" im okay, don't worry about me." He says he opens the door to the shop for me, and I walk in.
I can hear him sneeze, but I don't say anything.
" 2 Italian subs normal with two bags of chips and a fountain drink," I say fast, getting out my card.
The guy blinked at me and nodded. He started to make our subs fast, I looked back at chan, and he was holding the door open for an old couple.
I grab the sub bag and drink after paying and walk towards him.
" Come on, let's go," I say
" What? " he says, confused. He sneezes again, and I walk with him outside.
" keys ?" I say after I put the sandwiches in the back seat.
" Where are we going?" He says, getting annoyed.
" Back to my place, you're clearly sick and need to rest," I say calmly
"Noooo .... I had a plan, I don't want this cold to ruin our first date. " he looks so sad, but he got in the car anyway.
The whole ride back, he kept saying sorry and wouldn't take his mask off.
I open the door and walk in.
" I can go home if you don't want me--" I cut him off.
" You leaving would make me really sad." I take his hand to come in, and I close the door after him.
" I've never been in your apartment before..... it's really small. " he says, looking around.
" haha yeah well this is New york," I say, taking my shoes off.
" sooo do you want to eat on your bed?" There were no tables or chairs, just my bed a bathroom, a kitchen and cabinets next to my bed, and a TV. He puts the subs on the kitchen counter.
" Yeah, plates are in the upper right cupboard," I say, walking into the bathroom and shutting the door.
I stand in the middle of my bathroom, trying not to hyperventilate
There's a guy in my house....... a guy that I really like ........ A guy I'm really attracted to........ I'm fucked!.
I grab a box of tissues from my sink and walk out of my bathroom. He took his face mask off and his beanie off , his curly brown hair swaying while he walked to my bed with plates of food.
I try not to stare , so I force myself to say something
" Umm, these are for you....... do you need any medicine?" I say sounding stupid.
" Nah, I think I'm okay," he says, eating a chip. I hand him the tissue box and walk over to my TV.
I put on an anime that I've been watching lately and sit down on the chair next to my bed.
"You're not going to sit on your bed?" He says, blowing his nose
" I want you to be comfortable." I bite into my sub, and he sits down on my bed watching the TV.
We eat in silence for a little bit, but then I hear a thud and chans asleep with the sandwich all over his plate and jeans .
I try not to laugh, I pick up our plates from the bed and put them in the fridge.
" hey chan " I whisper, I see his dark, sleepy eyes open and look at me.
" hmmmm?" He says closing them agian.
" You dropped your sandwich on you," I say, not whispering this time.
" Oh shit " he says, looking down at his jeans, and there are pepperoni and salami on his back jeans. They are soaked in oil now from the deli meat.
" Do you need pants to wear?" I ask while he picks the meat off of his pants.
" I doubt you have pants I can wear.... I have big hips. " I roll my eyes and look through my closet, I used to have old clothes stored somewhere.
" I found something, haha." I hold up a pair of pink hello kitty pajama pants.
He covers his face and shakes his head. While he's in the bathroom changing, I clean all the lettuce and crumbs from the bed.
I hear the door open and see him with a smile on his face.
" You look good," I say, trying not to laugh. The pants are a little tight. You could see his legs.
" Sadly, this isn't the most embarrassing thing I've done,"
He gets into my bed and pats the other side
" Get in," he says, a little shy
" You sure ?" He nods, and I climb in and put the blanket over us .
" How do you feel?" I say about to touch his forehead. He grabs my hand and kisses it.
" Really good".