Coincidence (EXO)

26: Melting

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Sarang asked me. I was sitting outside next to the table with big dark circles under my eyes while clutching to my stomach. I was hiding under Kai's beanie that I stole this morning because I was too lazy to comb my hair. "Didn't you get enough sleep last night?"

"Not really."

"What did he do to you last night?" she joked and winked. "You seem like you're in a lot of pain," she continued. I gave her a glare and she sealed her lips while trying not to laugh.

"Your not-so-innocent-mind is wrong. I'm just tired, please don't take it the wrong way," I said while rubbing my stomach. The butterflies started to fly around mixing with an ache, bringing me a mixture of joy and pain when I thought about last night.

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Flashback.

"Aren't you coming to sleep?" Kai asked me while lying down with his elbow supporting his head. He looked at me while I was looking for something in my backpack. I didn't really need anything; I was just trying to stall myself from lying next to him in the tent.

"No, I'm not tired yet," I lied. This whole day was a complete disaster. It started with missing the bus and having to take the train, almost drowning and accidently giving Kai a smooch on the lips from that Pocky game. Of course I was exhausted, physically and mentally. "What time is it?" I asked him. He looked at the watch on his wrist before answering.

"Twelve a.m. Sharp," he said. I nodded my head and sat next to him while texting Hana. He was lying with his back on the ground while looking at me. "Who are you texting?"

"Hana," I answered without looking at him. I noticed his little surprised reaction from my answer. Usually I don't answer him at all and tell him to quit caring.

"What's going on between her and Luhan?" Kai asked while looking in the air.

"You ask them. I don't know."

"What's going on between you and me then?" he asked like it was normal, still looking in the air. My grip around my phone tightened and I stared at it before looking at him. He had to tilt his head backwards to meet my eyes, making him arch his back a little. He looked hot since his collarbones showed off and I love when guys have nice collarbones. The scenes from today started to play in my head. That nasty feeling in my stomach came back and I started to blush unknowingly.

"It was an accident, I didn't mean to kiss you," I replied fast and nervously fiddled around with my phone again.

"What are you talking about? I'm talking about this partner-triathlon thing," he said and furrowed his eyebrows while playing with his finger. He caught me off guard and sat right up. His confused expression changed to a smirk and he looked to his left. "You called that Pocky-kiss a kiss?" He turned his head to look at me. He suddenly crawled closer to me and started inching his face closer to mine.

Is he going to show me a real kiss?

I widened my eyes, I wanted to move away but I couldn't. Something was telling me to stay still and respond to the kiss he's about to give me. He stared at me before shifting his gaze to my lips. I looked at his when the tent zipper suddenly opened. I automatically pushed Kai away and he automatically acted like he had been lying a meter away from me since forever. Mr. Seung's head popped in and he smiled.

"So I just wanted to say goodnight before I go to sleep. Good night kids! And be nice to each other," he said and looked at me before looking at Kai.

"Goodnight leader!" me and Kai said in the most fakest tone ever.

"Sweet dreams," I said and smiled widely. Kai waved goodbye to him before he zipped the tent zipper back up. I knew that the two of us had to put up a good act or else we would be busted because I was blushing like mad. When I heard Mr. Seung's zipper close, Kai shifted his gaze at me.