The Monster Under The Bed

7. Rude Awakening

"I'm hungry," Zitao comments, sipping on his new can of beer.

She sighs. It seemed he had a pretty high tolerance,as this was his fifth can. She stops fixing her hair, and takes it out of his hand.

"You shouldn't drink this," she tells him firmly, pouring it down the drain.

"Hey!" he whines, trying to unsuccessfully stop her, "Why'd you do that?"

She throws the can into the trash.

"Because it's not good for you," she replies, "You'll end up getting drunk and doing something stupid, probably get a hangover, and, if you continue for a while, develop a beer belly. Trust me, you don't want that."

He pouts while she finishes getting ready for her date with Kyuhyun.

Chen had surprisingly been a huge help when it came to choosing out something appropriate. The dress she had on was a crimson red and hit her mid-thigh, fanning out a bit toward the bottom. The rest of it clung to her figure comfortably. She had brushed out her blonde hair and let it sit in its natural state around her shoulders. Her face was painted naturally, courtesy of Baekhyun, who had come home after Chen and Xiumin to eat. Her wrist and neck were decorated with a matching set of lightweight gold chains that Chen had also given her.

She finishes touching herself up and takes a deep breath.

"You look beautiful."

Both she and Zitao scream a bit and whirl around to see Kyuhyun standing at the entrance to their shared bathroom. He was dressed in a black suit and a white dress shirt.

"How'd you get in here?" she asks, calming down a bit.

"I can walk through walls, I go where I want cupcake," Kyuhyun answers smuggly.

"Not in my room, not without my permission," she hisses, then quickly composes herself.

The aggressive nature of the boys was rubbing off on her too much. She rubs her temples.

"Please, just, wait outside. I'll be out in a few minutes," she asks. He persues his lips in thought, then nods and leaves, this time taking the door.

"Can you walk through walls too Autumn?" Zitao asks, flopping gracefully on his bed.

"Probably," she replies distractedly, fixing her makeup.

"Why are you trying so hard when you don't even want to go?"

She shrugs off the boy's question.

"I don't know, girls are weird like that. We just want to look nice I guess."

"Nice rather than comfortable?"

"Sometimes."

She turns and sees him making a face. In response, she smiles at him. He got on her nerves every once and a while, but he was still one of the cutest people ever.

"I'm going to go now," she informs, ruffling his messed up hair and walking toward the door.

"And no more alcohol," she warns, pointing her finger at him before leaving.

Kyuhyun was waiting at the bottom of the stairs with Leeteuk. The conversation they were having seemed to be serious, as neither of them paid attention to her until she cleared her throat. Both of their sharp gazes snap to her.

"Is there something wrong?" she asks, shifting uncomfortably.

Kyuhyun smiles. There was definitely something behind it, she just couldn't figure out what.