Cursed

Ch. 3

"You should have warned her about that, Suho." Xiumin sighed, following after him.

"Sorry about that. I forgot that he does this." Suho said, smiling at me.

"Sure you did. Your enjoying this, aren't you." I said, and he smiled even wider.

"Your blushing, you know." He laughed, and I wished I could hide my face. He shook his head, and nodded at Xiumin.

I couldn't really see what was going on, but one moment Tao was sound asleep, peaceful, and the next his body went all rigid. His grip on me tightened, and I let out a little yelp.

Tao froze, and looked me right in the face. His eyes grew wide and he quickly let go of me. Suho helped me up, and I stood behind him, putting him between Tao and I.

"Sorry." He said quietly, sitting up.

"Breakfast is ready. It's getting cold. So hurry up and get a shirt on." Xiumin said, and shook his head, smiling. Apparently both Suho and him found this amusing.

"Okay." He said, and went to climb out of bed. I quickly left the room, I had already been in there too long. I made my way downstairs and to the dining room, I didn't even wait for Suho or Xiumin to walk with me.

I entered, opening the doors too forcefully, and all the guys looked at me. I saw that they were already eating, and I muttered an apology and made my way to one of the empty chairs. After I sat down, I noticed that there were three chairs to my left. Great, all three of them were going to sit by me.

Just as I turned to face forward again, the dinning room doors opened. Xiumin came in first, smiling. Next was Suho, who looked like he was going to burst out in laughter. Then Tao was last. He was looking at the ground the whole time, so I could see his face. Was he mad at me for going into his room?

One he was closer to the table, he glanced up to find a seat. By then, Xiumin and Suho had taken the two seats further away from me. Tao saw the empty seat, then looked over at me. Our eyes meet, and we both looked away, Tao clearing his throat awkwardly, and I placed my face in my hands.

All across the table, snickers and laughs sounded. Great, they were really enjoying seeing us all flustered.

Chen, who happened to be sitting right next to me, leaned over and whispered to me. He was one of the few who didn't laugh. "So, what happened between you and Tao?" He asked. All I could do was sigh in reply.

Chen gave me a sympathetic smile, and then returned to the food on his plate. Just then, Tao sat down beside me.

I tried not to look over at him, but he tapped me on the arm. I looked up at him, a little nervous. I was surprised to see that he was blushing, his cheeks a light pink.

"Sorry about all that." He whispered. Everyone else was talking normally, so I barely heard him over all the noise. "I was still half sleep, so I didn't even realize what I was doing." He continued.

"It's okay." I whispered back, and I could see him relax a little. In turn, I became a little more comfortable as well.

After a couple minutes of silence between us, Tao spoke up. "Are you mad at me?" He asked, and I looked over at him in shock. Why would I be mad at him?

"No, why would I be?" I asked, shaking my head.

"Well, you ran out of my room before I could apologize properly." He sighed.

"I'm not mad. Don't worry." I reassured him. We continued to eat, but I wasn't really hungry anymore. I glanced over at him, then set down my fork. "How about you?" I whispered.