𝙁𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚 || 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙣

10. A Cinderella Tale

A/N:
Have you ever wondered why
all are so down bad for these 13 men
who didn't even know us personally but they do know we exist?🥴

Jihoon

"SHIT!!"

'I think I'm getting a bonner!'

I knew I fxcked up as soon as I heard what I said. I just cursed out loud, making all of them look at my direction. I quickly pulled the cushion from my left before they could see my bonner, harshly shoving it on my lap to hide my embarrassment away as my cheeks started burning up.

I was glad no one noticed it as they looked at me confused, well, except one. If you have guessed right, it is none other than Minghao who was laughing hysterically at my embarrassment. But I was glad he took the attention off me by this.

"I think we all should freshen up now. We don't want our new guest to get bored," Minghao suggested after he calmed down a bit while brushing away the tears that he had gotten while laughing. I seriously wanna curse his sharp eyes right now. But at least my anger on him was enough to get rid of my bonner which I really was glad of.

"Jihoonie, I'll be back in a few minutes," Soonyoung said, crouched down before me, giving me a cheeky smile, making me smile back. "Be sure to wait for me," he added.

'Damn, this much smile isn't good for my heart'

"I will," I replied, trying to calm my rapid beating heart. But this boy surely wasn't going to let me calm my heart. Cause the next thing he did literally left me speechless. He pecked my cheek so casually as if we had been doing this for-ever before getting up, turning on his heels to walk away and I was just sitting there dumbfounded with a pair of burning cheeks.

'What was that!'

"Soonyoung-ah, is that really you!"

Jun whistled as he jumped on Soonyoung, tickling him like a child before they both walked out of the room. Minghao smirked at me as he let loose his long mullet hair.

"That was a nice welcome gift. Don't you agree?"

He teased but I was beyond pissed at him, taking things personally which I knew I shouldn't. And yet here I was, "Nice my ass!" I countered which seemed to amuse him more.

"I'm liking you more than I thought," he commented as he pulled a confused looking Chan under his arm, dragging him along with him who was just a second ago trying his best to read between the lines of our conversation.

Samuel laughed a bit at his boyfriend's behavior before plopping down beside me.

"Sigh!"

"What was that for?" I couldn't help myself from asking.

"I wish me & my boyfriend were a tiny little bit romantic like you and Soonyoung hyung."

Boy, you'd got to be kidding me. Cause, I swear I had seen Chan most of the time peeking at him. Also, they both had been mouthing words to each other this entire time and you were telling me what now! Like, c'mon, "Soonyoung & me" were never a thing and you were telling me we were being romantic. Like how!!?

I swear if I wasn't pretending right now I would have knocked some senses in his damned head. But here I was, smiling shyly at his comment.

"I can tell Chan likes you a lot," I tried to assure him which seemed to work I guess. Cause, the corner of his lips turned upward at the comment as he jumped a bit to his side to look at me properly.

"I already know that," here came the cheeky reply, making his dimples appear.

'This brat!'

By the time, the others came I had already known quite a lot about them, mostly about all of their likings and some other information. Like, Soonyoung was popular and loved by everyone. Minghao liked meditation and tea (which I already had guessed). Jun could be a bit child like from time to time but he could get serious if it's about his family and Minghao.

As for Chan, he got bullied by his hyungs and had to call a senior from their uni "MOM". And Samuel wasn't from Korea and all he liked was dancing and singing. I could already tell this boy could sing really well, judging by his voice so far. It was just an intuition that grown on me as I produced songs for other artists.

"C'mon Jihoonie, we're getting coffees from our favorite cafe," Soonyoung said enthusiastically, pulling me along with him, sweeping me off my feet. I could hear giggles coming from Samuel & Minghao, seeing me getting manhandled so easily, making my ears redden more.

"Calm down, I ain't running away," I protested, trying to free myself from his grip which didn't seem to work. But he stopped in his track, coming closer to me, taking both of my hands on his, creasing them gently with his thumb, making me want to melt like soft cream.

"Even if you try to, I won't let you," he said breathlessly as he rested his forehead over mine, closing his eyes, inhaling the sweet scent of my shampoo. His raspy voice sent shiver down my spine, leaving goosebumps across my pale skin.

My whole body was on fire at this point. I could feel my skin burning under his warm hands and my heart was beating so rapidly that I feared he might hear it any moment now. I swear we looked like those characters from cheesy dramas where you see these kind of scenes happening in the hallway. Cause, it also was a damn hallway!!!!

"Are you sure you two wanna go to the cafe? Cause, bro, it's that way?"

Jun's, a bit confused, voice brought both of us back to our senses, making Soonyoung pull away but never leaving my hand. He shrugged his shoulder at his friend before pulling me along with him. I saw Jun smiling at us while shaking his head from the corner of my eye, making me blush even harder (if that was possible) as I quietly followed Soonyoung to his car.

Soonyoung opened the passenger door for me like a gentleman he was but I knew it all was just a pretentious, a front to fool his friends. My heart shrank at the thought as I slid at the passenger seat. I was going to close the door after me but it was hold tight by none other than Soonyoung himself.

"Are you not feeling well?" I could see him worrying over me in his eyes. His eyes were like a mirror to his emotion, so deep and clean.

'At least he worries over me'

"I'm all good," I tried to sound happy as I smiled at him but maybe he wasn't going to believe it so easily like others who always thought I was okay even when I wasn't.

"We don't need to go to the cafe if you don't want. I'll take you home if you want," he sounded so broken that I almost said yes. But how could I when I had the opportunity to spend more time with him.

"No, I need the coffee more than anyone. I literally live on caffeine." I joked which seemed to work as he laughed, making me laugh as well.

'Did I already said, his laugh is contagious!'

"That just means I'll have to make sure you don't just live on them," he joked ruffling my hair, making me pout a bit as he just messed my hair but I couldn't but laugh along with him.

'Just a few more minutes before things
turned the way they were just like
the Cinderella Tale'