eyeliner, bluelock .ᐟ

07

she opened the door to her apartment room, breathing in deep before facing the four boys infront of her. she got changed into nagi's jacket— or hoodie, and shorts. she knows she looks like a mess because her hair was all over the place .

“you look like shit, you know that”sae said, his tone with a bit of teasing. she only looked up at him and scoffed. “what the fuck, sae”she rolled her eyes and went to the side to let them in.

she smiled at reo, nagi and tabito and gave sae a side eye before slumping down her couch. “what you got me, mikage?”reo just gave her a small smile and showed his paper bag full of food she likes.

“a bunch of food you like”he softly chuckled and gave her the bag. “and a few medicine to help you sober up completely”

she grabbed the bag and grabbed her food, and smiled as she looked up to reo. “you're always the best”reo had a faint blush and just smiled.

“so your headache, is it bad?”tabito chimed in as he sat down beside her, the back of his palms coming in contact to her neck and forehead to check her temperature. “you still have fever”

she sighed and dropped the food to her thighs. “it's slowly breaking my head in two”she closed her eyes and did that for a minute before opening them up again.

“you seem to have a liking to my hoodie, kiki”nagi quietly said, and grabbed the sleeves of his hoodie which is too big for her. “yep, can i keep this?”

nagi looked at her and smiled, he raised his hand and tuck a few stray strands of hair off her face. “yeah, you can”well that made her insides swarm with butterflies and her cheeks go red.

she nervously laughed and looked away from nagi, as her eyes landed on sae's. nagi just had a small smirk on his face as he played with her hair. “when did you came home, sae?”

the boy just stood there, both hands inside his pocket as he stared down at her. “when that roach added me to the chat”

“ah, it's been a while then”

“...yup”

an awkward silence engulfed the whole living room. tabito, finally bothered by the awkward silence, spoke up.

“take your medicines, okay? i'll have to bounce first because i have practice today...”he slowly stood up and patted her head.

“make sure you do, okay?”he leaned down and kissed her head making her face flushed and got momentarily frozen in her position and stared at his body as he turned to the front door to leave.

reo, nagi and sae just snickered and waved at tabito goodbye. “that guy sure doesn't care, huh”reo said as he went to sit next to her, nagi on the opposite of her and sae standing infront of her.

“hey sae, ”nagi called, making the said boy look at him. “what?”he said as he crossed his arms. “aren't you worried about paparazzi?”

that made sae frozen for a bit, his eyes widened as he completely forgot he's a prodigy and a famous guy.

“shit, i forgot”he whispered and ran his fingers through his hair. “shit, paparazzi also took photos of me carrying her last night and they got the most weirdest articles ever”

he started to pace infront of them, making aki frozen for the second time on the couch. “w-wait...”she stuttered making sae stop his pacing and look at her, concern and guilt in his eyes.

“does that means... my name and you is together in an article?”she questioned, ”what the fuck”she added and angrily took a bite of her food.

“YOUR FANS MIGHT KILL ME!”she shouted making the boys flinch. that made reo react quickly. “hey hey hey! don't say that!”

“but it's true! his fans are next level motherfuckers!”she cursed and looked at sae. “you better fix this”

sae locked gazes with her, and he can already tell she's gonna hate him again, more, he broke his gaze and ran his fingers through his messed up hair now.

“i know, i know... i'll... i'll fix it, okay?”he softly said, making aki a little bit guilty for shouting earlier, but her pride go the better of her.

“you definitely should”she rolled her eyes at him and crossed her arms, as if karma came in like a boomerang, she winced in pain as her head was now throbbing double.

“hey you alright? you should definitely eat more so you can drink your medicine”nagi had his hands on her back to calm her down.

“i'll cook something healthy, and you'll eat it okay? wait up”reo stood up and went to the kitchen. sae took the opportunity to sit on the spot reo sat on and quickly sat down next to her.

his hands hesitantly grabbing her hands, and caress his thumb over her hands in a soothing manner. “reo's gonna cook something for you, so please hang on”

she only nodded and she frowned because of her throbbing pain in the head, alongside her ugly fever and the side effects of drinking too much.

“i can still feel my throat and stomach getting hot”she then touched her throat and under her— nagi's hoodie to her stomach.

“it's that bad, huh?”nagi continued to rub circles on her back, as she nodded. after a few minutes, reo called her at the dining table.

“kiki, come eat so you can drink your medicine!”

she made her way to the table, with the guidance of sei and sae. she sat down as she muttered a small ‘thanks’ to all three of them and looked at the food reo made.

a smile crept on her face as she faced reo, “you're the best, reo. i love you”she then ate the food he prepared, not seeing the blush that spread on his cheeks.

“y-yeah, you're welcome”the three boys just sat next to her and across her, and just watched her eat. after eating, she took the medicine from reo's hands and drank it.

“i think i need to rest more...”she said and put the dishes aside. nagi nodded and helped her get up, “yeah, c'mon i'll help you to your bed”he had his hands on her waist for support.

as nagi led her to her bedroom, sae and reo were left in the kitchen. “how are you gonna fix it, sae?”reo asked and looked at sae.

“debunk their claims... that she's just, a friend, someone i know since elementary”sae said, and sighed. he avoided reo's gaze and he felt that guilt spreading inside him again.

“well that could be good, you better debunk it now or later. don't wait until people are outside her door, in her school, in her work, harassing her for answers”

“yeah... yeah i know. i don't want that for her”

as they saw nagi coming out with a smile, they stood up. “what happened?”reo asked and walked close to nagi. “nah, she kissed me on the cheeks”nagi chuckled, he raised his hands and touched his left cheek where she kissed him.

he can still feel her lips lingering on his cheeks, making his face go red. that made both boys wide-eyed. “ah... ”reo bite back the urge to frown, so he managed to give him a half smile.

“good for you, sei”

sae just stood there, wondering if he could get a kiss from aki too. but he knew he wouldn't be getting it, not when he got her in trouble.

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07 – end

🎀 – happy birthday to my military boy, lee taeyong 🐾🎀🐈💗🌸🌷 95.07.01