That Week of Hearts (EXO - Luhan and Kai Fanfiction)

Break Down

"Hey, I'm home!" I shout as I walk into my house.

I take off my shoes and drape my jacket over a chair in the living room.  I look around the room which feels unusually empty before spotting a note on the coffee table.

Had an emergency trip.  Your father and I will be in Busan for a few days.  Call us if you need anything.

-Mom

Another one of their emergency trips.  Sometimes it really sucks that my parents are renown lawyers in Korea.  They travel all the time and I rarely get to see them.  When I was younger and couldn't take care of myself, they hired so many different babysitters that I couldn't even keep track of who was who.  And to make it worse, they were all weird!  Seriously!  Who keeps a security pineapple as if their life depends on it?!  

I sit down on the couch suddenly exhausted from the day's events.  Luhan.  Why?  I know I shouldn't like him.  He has plenty of other girls that he could choose from.  Why would he ever want to choose me?  I still don't even get why he was trying to set up Claire and Kai.  There has to be some reason.  Especially because they don't even like each other.  I mean, Claire has had a crush on Baekhyun forever and I guess Kai likes me...  Luhan doesn't know that.  Does he?  

A knock on the door interrupts my thoughts.  My head turns towards the door.  Who could that be?  

I stand up and walk over to the door, taking a quick look through the peephole before opening the door.  Bad habit, I know.  Probably shouldn't be opening the door for unexpected guests.  With my luck, it'll probably be another babysitter who has a security watermelon. 

My eyes widen to a black haired boy with an apologetic smile. 

"Kai? What are you doing here?" 

"Oh... I uh... um wanted to ask you something...?" 

I crease my forehead.  He wants to make our situation even more complicated?  Even better...

"Uh huh... Do you want to come in?" I say, gesturing for him to walk into the house.

He smiles and takes his shoes off, putting on one of the pairs of slippers before walking inside the house.  I walk back to the couch and sit down.  He comes and sits next to me, rather closely now that I think about it.  

He clears his throat.  "I just wanted to make sure you were okay after today?"

I look down at the carpet, tracing the pattern with my eyes to try and distract me from the uncomfortable feeling of Kai sitting too close and asking stupid questions.  Well, actually, I guess it can't much more weird than Kai telling me he likes me. 

"Yeah, I'm fine..." 

Fine.  I hate that word.  The word filled with lies.  I get the feeling that Kai probably knows that too.  But whatever.  

"Oh... well that's good then!"

I continue to avoid making eye contact with him.  He's trying to be optimistic and make things less awkward.  And he's doing a horrible job. 

I kind of regret the whole, "it would be nice to know that Kai was still on the market" thing.  Because I don't want him to like me.  I want Luhan to like me.  But no, he doesn't actually like me.  He's just pretending to like me for who knows why.  I hate boys. 

"So...did you think about what I said?" Kai asks cautiously.

Think about what he said?  Hell, I barely had time to process what he said.  

~~~~~ Flashback

"Look, I know that you like Luhan, but I--"

"Wait, you know that I like Luhan?" I ask.

"Yeah, but...I like you too."

~~~~~ 

I'm such an idiot.  Of course he "knew" I liked Luhan.  I was "dating" him.  

"Yeah, I did..." 

He smiles at me and his face brightens, urging me to continue speaking.

I bite my lip.  What am I supposed to say?  No, Kai, I don't like you.  I like your best friend.  And you probably know that because we're "dating."  Wait a second... He chooses to tell me after Luhan and I start "dating?"  Seriously?  What is this?  Some sappy drama?  Boys must have the worst sense of time.  

"So..." he urges.

I turn and look him in the eyes.  His smile disappears from his face as soon as he sees my emotionless expression.  

"I--"

Before I am able to finsih my sentence, I feel Kai's lips moving against mine.  My eyes widen as I jump back and cover my mouth with my hands.  

"Oh my god I'm so sorry!"

And suddenly, I break down.  Tears uncontrollably and involuntarily stream down my cheeks.  I bury my face into my hands.  I hear questions in my head.  "What are you going to do?"  "What's next?"  "Does he even like you?"  I shut my eyes trying to block out the constant questions when I feel Kai's arm wrap around my shoulder and pull me into his chest. 

"I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to.. Shh... Shh," he gently whispers into my ear. 

He continues to comfort me as I cry into his chest and eventually fall into a deep sleep.

~~~~~

Okay, seriously, did you guys see that teaser for Growl?!?! The full song isn't even out and I can't stop listening to the teaser! AGH! WHAT IS IT DOING TO ME?!