[EXO FANFIC FOR TAO] Coincidences

Part 5

He had actually gone as far as to give you Chinese homework. You work on it now, looking at his handwriting. It's more of a scrawl, really. It's morning now, about 10 AM, and the sun is shining through the big window in your room. The sunlight is warm and the world feels so perfect at this moment. Even if you were doing homework. 

Not that it really felt like homework. It felt more like a joke, than anything. But you enjoyed doing it for some reason. A "certain person" had used this notebook before, used this very panda pencil before you, had used the eraser that you held in your left hand. That made it all the more special. A smile started to creep up on your face, but you didn't try to stop it.

See, you've already given in.

But it is still kinda scary to say it in your head. It sounds so impossible, like something you try to reach for but is just too short of hand. Your phone, which is right next to you on your desk, rings and you hear your newly downloaded "MAMA" ringtone. It is a bit embarrassing for you to be fangirling like this again, so you keep your phone on vibrate around Tao. 

"Incoming Call from: TAO"

You smile and press the green button. "I'm doing the homework you gave me, what do you want?" You said jokingly. You hear a "tch" from the other end of the line.

"Would you like to go see a movie with me?" He asks you. It's a perfectly innocent question since you told him that you've never seen a Chinese film before, only Chinese variety shows and the like. But even so, your heart starts to race. You take a few seconds to calm down.

"Yeah. Sure. I'd love to." You reply. You're suddenly very nervous. Would you be able to pull off a normal act?

"Do you want to go with the other members? Or just, uh, us?" He seems to say this nervously too. You wonder why he even asks. Who had planned this trip? You tell him either choice is fine and he tells you that, to be honest, Lay and Luhan wanted to see a movie that had just come out. You tell him that's perfectly fine. He sounds relieved and tells you that he'll pay for the movie tickets and that he will come in the evening. Around 6, he says. He apologizes for not being able to hang out with you longer, but they have to rehearse. 

"When did you wake up today?" You ask him.

"Oh..uh...5?" He answers. You feel really worried all of a sudden. You ask him if it's okay to be going out and watching a movie. Maybe he should be sleeping then? But he tells you that it's fine, and that he wants to watch the movie too. 

"Okay...Then I'll see you later..." You feel unsure.  He says goodbye as well and you hang up. 

After you finish the "homework", you make a last minute decision to go get some coffee. You felt you could really use some. And maybe you'd buy one for Tao too. But I don't know what kind he likes... You think to yourself. So you scratch the thought. 

It's not too hard to find the a McDonald's some streets away (you had decided that you didn't care how long the walk was; you missed coffee) and you order an iced coffee. You drink it on your walk back and you take a small detour. It really is such a nice day outside.

6 PM just won't come fast enough, so when you return home, you jump into the wonderful world of the internet. Tumblr and official sites aid you in your never ending search for more EXO news. Their fans, unofficially named "EXOtics", all seem to be wondering about the same thing. When's EXO's comeback? And then you start to wonder too. You remember your old EXO phase and what you seem to be doing now. You've watched all the music videos, and the teasers, and countless interviews and such. But you knew you'd get bored of it all eventually. When would there be something new to obsess over?