~Block B Seven Minutes in Heaven~

~Lee Taeil, you're up~

"Yun-Ri~~" Jihoon sang, "Pick or I'll pick for you!"

"Jihoon, please. You sound like a creepy stalker," Yukwon laughed, and Jiho chortled, patting the other's back.

Jihoon ignored them, continuing to annoy me, "Come on!"

He grabbed my hand and thrust it in the bag, leaving me no choice but to grab something randomly and squirm out of his grip.

"There. Happy?" I laughed and looked at the cylinder in my hand, "Gold Fish Aquarium's Fresh Water Fish Food."  I read, tilting my head to the side. 

"Ah~ Taeilie! You're up!" Kyung teased, pushing the older male to the front. 

"Why do you still have that? You didn't own any fish for years," Minhyuk chuckled, poking Taeil's shoulder.

"Let's not even get started with that aquarium he still owns and still keeps clean," Zico patted the other's head.

"Both are just in case I did get any fish..." Taeil laughed as I handed him his item, "You can never be too sure, you know. I mean what if---" .

"He said he'll get one when he finally gets a girl friend," Jaehyo teased, laughing at his hyung. 

"Oh, that'll be soon..." Kyung scoffed, smirking.

"Whatever. I'll get some fish soon enough~" Taeil stuck out his tongue, "A gold fish, some guppies---"

"Yeah, yeah. Point taken, continue this conversation in the closet, okay hyung?" Jaehyo laughed and gave him a playful push towards the dark room. 

"I bet Ri would love to hear all about your fish," Yukwon smirked, gesturing me to go after Taeil, winking at him, "Wouldn't you, Yun-Ri?" 

I hid a laugh behind my hand, receiving a frown from Taeil. I coughed and tried to act serious, "Come on, guys, fish can be pretty interesting." 

"Mhhm... Sure, sure." Kyung gave us one last push and shut the door.

I stumbled forward slightly and 

"Good luck, Yun-Ri noona~" Jihoon yelled and then laughs could be heard.

"Thank you!" I called back, laughing.

"Aish, that kid," Taeil laughed and played with the container in his hands, tossing it from one hand to the other, "Am I really that boring?" He pouted cutely.

"Well, You're not that boring," I teased, poking his shoulder.

He raised his eyebrows and pretended to act offended, placing his hand on his chest, "That hurts."

"I thought you wanted me to be honest~" I stuck out my tongue and then smiled, patting his shoulder, "Don't worry I'm not exactly the most exciting person, either."

"True," He teased, nodding.

I took the container from his hands and played with it, opening it and closing it.

"Taeil?" I asked, frowning.

"Yes?" He smiled, raising an eyebrow.

"Why is this almost empty if you didn't have any fish for the past two years?" I looked inside the container, picking up some of it and flicking some of the flakes in his direction. "Please don't tell me you really did eat this stuff like Kyung said you did..." I smirked, closing it back up.

"I used to just put in the aquarium when I was bored then Yukwon accidently spilled some in Jiho's bottle of water the other day as one of his pranks," Taeil laughed to himself, reliving the memory. "Wait--- What?" He snapped, realizing my last comment, "Kyung said I did what?" His eyes widened and he almost got some of the fish flakes I tossed in his gaping mouth.

"He is going to kill me for saying that now...." I burst out laughing at the sight of his cute surprised/angry face.

"When did he say that? Why did he say that? That---" He shook his head, glaring at the door. "That greasy idiot.... Always bullying me even though I am his hyung!" 

I tried to stifle a laugh as I pouted, "Aww~ Poor Taeil oppa... " I chuckled lightly and pulled him into a hug. It had not been my first time hugging him but I was surprised by how muscular he felt now and even though he was the shortest of the group, he was still taller than me by a few inches, the strength of his arms as he hugged me back. I wondered why I had only noticed these small details that I had not noticed before. I pulled away, maintaining a smile as my heart started to beat a little faster than usual.

He pouted as I did so and then chuckled, running a hand through his messy hair, "Yepp, poor Taeil..."

I laughed and pretended to have found interest in the ceiling as I could feel the awkward atmosphere growing denser.

I could see him look up as well, following my gaze, still silent. 

I prayed for him to say something to break the silence, glancing back down at him, he was biting his lip slightly in a manner that made my heart speed up even more. I tear my eyes away from him and look back up.

I could hear him move towards me and before I knew it his warm hands cupped my face. I looked into his eyes, a question perched on my lips but before I could breathe a words, his soft lips grazed mine slowly. I bit my lip as he pulled away unable to look away from him as our eyes remained in contact. His hands suddenly let go of my face and he moved backwards, his face flushed.

"Ah, sorry. I--- I mean--- Yukwon said that I should---" He exhaled and broke our eye-contact to look down at the floor.

I was still confused, my hand traced my bottom lip, "Wha-- Taeil?" 

He ran his hand through his hair again, "I'm sorry--- I just-- I though you knew---"

Unexpectedly, as if my body moved on it's own, I leaned in towards him, pressing my lips on his.

He was momentarily surprised by the turn of events but shrugged it off and held my face in his hands, kissing back warmly.

We pulled away soon enough, both of us red in the face from blushing and I fumbled with my hands embarassedly.

He scratched his neck and then looked up at me, "I really like you, Yun-Ri." He chuckled lightly, taking my hands in his.

I looked at him and smiled, "That's usually something said before you kiss..." I laughed.

"Well, I had to break the awkwardness somehow! You were just staring at the ceiling, not helping me!" He laughed, sticking out his tongue.

"Ah~ Whatever," I laugh, "And what did you mean by 'Yukwon said that I should' ?" 

"Oh, that..." He shook his head slightly, "It slipped out of my mouth one day, remember that day after we went to the park? I told Yuwkon and being the "expert" he was, he decided to give me "advice"." He laughed and nodded.

"Well, it worked so far, didn't it?" I nod as well, laughing.

"I guess it has," He grinned.

"LAST MINUTE! YOU CAN STOP TALKING ABOUT FISH NOW!" Kyung hollered, undoubtedly smirking.

Taeil rolled his eyes at his younger band members, "They seriously underrate me too much..." 

I noticed I still had the container clutched tightly in my hands and I dropped it in his palms, "I can now say that you surely didn't eat that stuff."

"Hmm?" He frowned slightly.

"I didn't know how fish food tastes but you didn't taste like that~" I say, poking him teasingly, we both laugh and he pecks my lips again, catching me off guard.

The door is flung open by Zico, who seemed curious about what his hyung was doing leaning so close to the girl with him.

"Good going, Taeil hyung!" Yukwon yelled, thumping his back as we left the closet. 

"Woah, hyung~ Impressive." Jihoon grinned.

Taeil brushed off the comments and took my hand, leading me out of the room of loud, rowdy guys and into the living room.

"Ah~ Finally some peace and quiet," He sighed, smiling as we exited the dorm, "So is it time to finally go buy fish for my tank?"