Don't Fall In Love With Me

Chapter 10

“What did you do to him?”
 

I blankly blinked at Kai and Kyungsoo, confused as to why they were confronting me after school. They’d never really talk to me unless it had to do with a school assignment or if I accidentally bumped into them in the hall. One time when Kyungsoo and his family went on vacation, he had trusted me with feeding their dog and watering their lawn while they were gone. We all knew of each other pretty well but I wasn’t really on a regular talking basis with them.

“What are you guys talking about? You mean Baekhyun?” They nodded their heads. Of course he was the only plausible reason they would talk to me. “I didn’t do anything… Did something happen?”

I tried remembering if I had done anything offensive to him. After I asked him about Sohee he replied with an “Of course,” before being cut off by Mr. Cho. He called us back inside because he was demonstrating something important to the class. Baekhyun didn’t seem to be all that bothered by the question because he continued to talk to me like he normally did in both Chemistry and Calculus, so I didn’t really understand what could be going wrong.
 

“Well, he walked straight past us without a look in our direction. We even called out to him and followed him but he ignored us and went straight to the bus stop,” Kyungsoo said.
 

“He usually doesn’t go home until the last bus because he said he doesn’t like being at home,” Kai added. “I thought I told you to be careful with him.”
 

A crease formed between my eyebrows. “Why do you guys automatically assume that this is my fault?”
 

“You’re the only one that he avidly talks to besides us and our other friends. And we’re sure we didn’t do anything wrong because he was completely fine at lunch,” Kyungsoo replied.
 

“He tells you guys about me?” I asked, feeling my heart flutter.
 

“No,” Kai said bluntly, crushing my hopes. “He talks to lots of girls. But we notice that you’re the only one that he looks at differently, you know?”
 

No I don’t know, I thought, but I nod my head, taking in the information anyway. “I’ll talk to him,” I said as I notice the guys in the corner of my eyes waiting for me. I gave them a small smile before walking away.
 

“What was that about?” Xiumin asked as I approached them.

“They were just asking about Baekhyun,” I honestly replied.
 

“Is everything alright between you two?” Kris asked tentatively, carefully testing his own theory.
 

No, everything is horrible. “Of course, everything’s fine,” I lied, trying to put on a convincing smile.
 

It seemed like they bought it because everyone’s faces relaxed and Kris quickly changed the subject. “You need to come over later to help me get ready for my date tonight.”
 

“That’s tonight?” I was so enthralled with Baekhyun that I completely forgot about things going on with my friends.
 

“Today is Friday,” Luhan said as a matter of fact.
 

“Of course I can come over,” I said with a smile.
 

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“Are you sure that this outfit is okay?” Kris asked uncertainly.
 

“This is the 7th outfit you’ve tried on. And all of them were perfectly fine and this one is no different,” Lay said, clearly annoyed with Kris’s doubt.