compilation of one shots

Kai one shot: trauma

angsty

getting this job a year ago because my best friend recommended it to me, i wasn't expecting it to turn out like this. being a makeup artist for exo would have been everyone's dream, heck why shouldn't it be mine? but here I am dreading getting to work. It has been two weeks since my dad passed and the last thing I wanted was to look at him today. When I look at kai i alway get this weird mix of emotions, hate, anger, sadness, a bit of adoration at the same time. but there was just something i couldn't get out of my head. how he always seemed like such a flirt with everyone and it drove me nuts. He always tries to make smalltalk with me and sometimes it's fine and then he flirts and I don't know what to do. I work for him. and seeing no difference from other girls he flirts with i just got the impression that that's how he is and try to put my feelings aside, but today i might snap at him if he tries anything.

Getting into work I try to calm my nerves since I don't want to seem unprofessional or anything but people might already know about my dad so I don't want to bring it up and end up crying. As I put my makeup on the shelves and get ready for their dressing rehearsal I hear them all coming in one by one. "hi maria, long time no see." Suho says to me as he waves at me and I give him a weak smile and nod. the others wave at me, then kai sees me. he smirks then almost runs up to me. "I thought you had died or something, where have you and your pretty face been." he says with big croissant eyes. He might not have meant it like that but that hurt me more than it probably should have. "thought i had died? THOUGHT I HAD DIED? what the hell kai, you know nothing." I smashed the gloves I was wearing onto the table and ran out as the thought of him just saying something so casual to me made my heart burst from sadness. "not even 30 seconds could you keep her in here kai. What is the matter with you?" Kyungsoo said to him. "what? i didn't do anything." he says, throwing his hands up looking confused and hurt. "We haven't told you yet but her father passed away two weeks ago so she went home and fixed all she could, she is only here so she isn't alone with her thoughts as she now has no one." Xiumin said, looking sad at kai. "Why didn't you tell me? how was i supposed to know that?" he quickly says as he runs out. the others sigh.

"Maria?! Where are you? please i am so sorry, i didn't mean anything i said. Maria, please, I swear I didn't know, no one told me anything. please." I can hear him shout from every corner he runs to at the studio, as I sit in a stall at the girls bathroom, crying. as a sound escapes my lips as I try to breathe in I hear footsteps. stop outside of the toilets. "Maria?" he says. then just bust open the door. "Maria, are you in here?" I opened the door. "what the fuck are you doing in the girls toilet Kai." I ask him, looking at him angrily. "dont fucking care, let me in." he says as he walks over to the stall. "what no." I say as I try to close the door before he sees my puffy face. but his hand stops it from closing, and he pushes it open lightly. I turned around because I couldn't look at him like this. "I know I said something that was triggering to you. and I am so sorry. but I swear to god I didn't know." he starts. I don't say anything as more tears fall down my cheeks. if i had known then i would have come to you with comfort and not a stupid joke." he says as he sounds genuinely sad. "how would you comfort me kai. all you do is flirt with everything with a pulse.'' I snapped. "Oh. I was just trying to help you. no need to be bitter. and I don't flirt with everything." he says then takes a break. "I would have helped you by saying that I know what you are going through," he said. my eyes snap up. "What. how?" i say. still not looking at him. "I also lost my dad a few years ago, it was the roughest thing i have ever gone through, but I had many people around me to help me heal, and i know that you don't really have that so I want to offer you a shoulder, a punching bag or just an ear. whatever you need." he says. still not moving from the door. "I turn around now to look at him with my tearfilled eyes. "Really? I didn't know that." I say through sobs. He looks sad down on the ground. "yeah." he says. "thank- you for saying that. actually." I said to him, He looks up at me and gives me a little smile. "always. Now what do you need?" he says as he opens the door a little more for me to go out as he hands me some paper. "Maybe just an ear for now, but I will definitely keep you on your word about the punching bag thing." I say with a little smile. "Fine with me. just one thing. grab a drink with me after this. either its a date or not. depending on what you want to do." he says. crossing his arms. "fine." I say with a little giggle as I dry my tears and we head out.