Lay, My One and Only

Chapter 19: Date

It was the middle of the movie and Yixing and I were both freaking out. The giant shark was attacking the sailors and swallowing them. I saw so much blood that I lost my appetite and stopped eating the popcorn. I hugged Yixing tight and he hugged my shoulder tight. We stayed like that until the end of the movie. I loved it so much. When the credits came on, Yixing and I were paralyzed. That movie was FREAKY. We looked at each other's frozen faces and laughed at each other. We unfroze and smiled.

" Not such a great idea..." I said. We were the last people to exit.

" Nah. It was. But it was LONG. It's..." he checked his phone. " It's like 5:30! It's probably sunset outside already!"

" Yeah," I said. We walked out. All that I could see was Yixing blushing. The sunset was fading away and it was almost night. I sat in the driver's seat again.

" I'm kinda hungry...are you?" he asked me. I pulled out of the parking lot.

" Yeah. I am. Any suggestions?" I asked. I reached the road.

" Hmm...hey wait! Can you pull over? I really need to check the trunk?" he asked. He seemed panicky.

I did as he said and pulled over.

" Why? What do you need? This is the second time!" I said. He AGAIN didn't say anything and ran to the trunk. Was there an issue? He AGAIN looked relieved and came back. I guess our stuff was in the trunk...so maybe he had something with him that was important..?

" Sorry...I had to. Do you Chinese food? I know a really great restaurant," he said. I looked at him. We hadn't started the car yet. I looked at him with a sarcastic face.

" Yixing...did you forget that I'm Chinese too?" I said. He looked at me and his eyes got bigger.

" Oh! Sorry! Yeah. It's pretty close to here. Just take a left from (...) road, then keep going straight for a mile or two, then make a right at (...) and it'll be on the right," he said. I thought about it.

" Oh, you mean China Gourmet? I've been there! I love it!"

" Oh really? Great!" he said. I got back onto the road and we reached the restaurant in like 5 minutes. There were a lot of people. There was so much that there was even a vallet parking. We parked in vallet and we went inside. We were wearing really casual street clothes while other people were wearing fancy clothes. We laughed about it and didn't care. Surprisingly, there weren't many people there.

" Hello...oh! Are you from EXO?" asked the greeter. Yixing smiled and nodded. " Great! I'm such a fan! Can I have a picture?"

Yixing took a selfie with her.

" Oh god this is amazing! You're one of my favorites! Here...there was supposed to be a wait but I'll give you a special seat. It's for only the special or important people who come here. Here, follow me..." said the greeter. She led us into a room. It was small, but very decorated. There were only 2 other tables there. They were filled with rich families, I guess. She sat us down. " Please...have a seat. Enjoy your meal. Your waiter will be here any moment..."

I smiled and looked at him. The other customers didn't pay attention to us. We were right by a window...looking out onto a river with trees. By now it was already dark, and it was about 6. We looked at the menus and I noticed from the corner of my eyes that Yixing kept peeking at me. Lol he's so cute. I didn't look at him because I knew that he would be shy about it.

" What are you getting?" I asked him.

" Hmm...let's get fried rice to start with..." he said. I nodded. " And we can split a platter of Orange Chicken and Mongolian Beef. "