When the night appears, you found yourself sitting around in a circle to join your brother, Baekhyun along with his fellow friends, Suho, Kyungsoo, Chanyeol –of course-, Kai & Sehun playing Seven Minutes in Heaven. Sure, this wasn't exactly the most exciting way to spend a night but it was something you can do at least than wasting your time chilling on the couch & watching the lame reruns of the same shows.
Now, it’s finally your turn. But your mind was zoning out since you were thinking what will happen if the bottle stopped right in front of Chanyeol. You surely didn’t want to stick yourself with him in the closet even though it was only for seven minutes.
‘It’d probably turn up into a hell inside there.’ You thought.
“Your turn, ____-ah. Hurry up & spin the bottle. Or.. would you rather to choose Chanyeol hyung & ‘play’ with him? Kai spoke up as he seems to be noticed you’re not quite in your right mind right now. He smirked as he saw you gave him a death glare. Sometimes, that Kai kid could be annoying.
“Do you really wish to earn a black eye from me, you dork?” You snapped at Kai while still giving him a glare. You rolled your eyes as Kai’s lips curled up to form a goofy grin at you.
You secretly glanced to Chanyeol’s way & to your surprise, he was smiling sweetly at you. His teeth sparkled like the stars above when his thin lips pulled that adorably childish but somehow cute smile of his which you noticed for the first time. You don’t even know why but you suddenly felt butterflies in your stomach as you stared at him.
“OUCH!”
Chanyeol flicked your head hardly. You were surprised due to his sudden action, you said –almost screaming-, “What the hell was that for, you jerk?” You smacked his arm lightly in return while your other hand was rubbing your forehead gently at the spot Chanyeol flicked. “Hurry up, Missy.” He stated in reply with a small chuckle. Shooting him a glare in return & shaking your head to erase your silly thoughts, you looked once more his way before flicking your wrist to set the bottle in a spin. You watched as the bottle spun and spun and spun. In a few seconds it did spin, it slowed its movement landing on each person slowly until it finally landed on the person you hoped wasn’t going to play with you; the person who always annoy & irritate you; the person you hated the most –Park Chanyeol.
You mentally slapped your face while hoping you saw it wrongly. You gazed up to meet Chanyeol’s stare. He, unlike you, was still smiling adorably; showing his shiny teeth you adored. Then, you heard a slight ‘woo’ from your left side & saw the SeKai was grinning cheekily at you which made you really want to kick their asses since you found it freakingly annoying & irritating. Soon, the others were joining them while waving at you as Chanyeol offered you his hand which suddenly made your heart fluttering & was beating uncontrollably. You tried to calm yourself down while hesitating to reach your hand & grabbed Chanyeol’s hand. But despite your ego, you pushed his hands away & stood up before heading towards the closet, leaving Chanyeol alone, feeling dumbfounded.
** **
As the both of you entered the closet, you immediately spoke, “I’m not in the mood so jus-“ You were cut by Chanyeol, hushing while placing his finger on the top of your lips, asking you to keep quiet. You looked at him confusedly in the dark while his finger was still on your lips. You can barely hear his soft sigh as he turned on the closet light, slowly removing his finger from your lips.
Silence filled the air as neither of you have the courage to start a conversation. You don’t know why but your heart was still beating as fast as it can, you still felt nervous being in this crowded closet along with the guy you hated the most, Chanyeol. You tried as you can to avoid any eye contact with Chanyeol as you noticed he was staring at you. You wondered actually, why is he acting like this? He’s not the usual Park Chanyeol anymore since yesterday you met him; acting all kind towards you despite being an annoying grown up.
Chanyeol cleared his throat a few times as if he wanted to attract your attention. You softly let out a sigh, saying coldly, “What?”
Instead of answering, he grinned at you while eyeing you from head to toe. “What?” You asked again for the second time. “I must’ve been a stupid for not realizing how beautiful you are.” Chanyeol blurted while giving you the sweet smile of his that could even melt your heart. You wanted to smile back but instead, you scoffed in reply while rolling your eyes. But honestly, deep inside, you felt happy; pleased after hearing what he just said.
“Well, I was wondering though. Why are you always being like this towards me? Don’t you think at least you should kindly smile at me instead of giving that stupid glares?” Chanyeol spoke in a low tone but you can barely hear what he said. You opened your mouth to answer but those words you wanted to say won’t come out so you shut it & shrugged instead.
Chanyeol let out a slight chuckle before adding, “Honestly, I don’t know why you hated me that much. And … I don’t know why … just why I like you this much either.” Your eyes widened as you heard him ‘confessing’.
“I just love to see you get mad, not to mention hearing your screams & shouts at me.” He stopped while staring at you straight into your pair of round eyes. He leaned in closer which made your heart thumping even faster.
“And sometimes … I just want … to shut your lips … using mine. D-don’t you get it?” Chanyeol stuttered as he tried to find his courage to finally tell you his true feelings he’s been hiding.
"S-so.. you want to kiss me?" You bravely replied. "Yeah." Chanyeol nodded; his voice sounds pretty normal now, and without waiting for you to reply, he grabbed your chin, and leaned down, and kissed you softly.
Eyes widening even more, you just sat there; doing nothing but froze in your current spot. You didn't know what to do, as it was the guy you hated the most here kissing your lips. ...but then again, you realized you did have feelings for Chanyeol. Though, you'd never admit that out loud. Mustering up the courage to do what you never thought you'd ever do in your life & for the first time, you close your eyes and began to kiss Chanyeol back.
"Yah! I didn't send both of you in here to be kissing, go & get a room!” You heard a shout. It’s obviously your brother, Baekhyun. Chanyeol immediately broke the kiss. Both of you turned your head & saw the others were standing right in front of the closet with their mouth widened. Surely, they were shocked. You slightly grinned at Baekhyun when you noticed the seven precious minutes was over. Chanyeol grabbed your hand & led you out of the closet.
“Told ya they liked each other!” shouted Kai. Kyungsoo & Suho were taken aback by what he just said. “Shit! I owe Kai lots of money.” Suho exclaimed which made you laughed.
“Okay guys, settle down. Baek-ah, can I ‘borrow’ your sister for a while?” Chanyeol spoke while his hand was still holding yours tightly. Baekhyun patted Chanyeol’s shoulder & nodded in reply. Chanyeol turned to face you & winked before he led the way out of the house.
** **
“What’re we supposed to do now, Yeol-ah?” You asked as you followed him. Chanyeol looked at you while pouting, “You should call me ‘Oppa’ instead.” He said. You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion, you asked, “And … Why the hell was I supposed to call you that?” Chanyeol opened his mouth to speak, “We’re a couple so you shall call me by that. Don’t you think so, babe?” He poked your nose.
You wrinkled your nose while beaming, “Alright, Oppa.” You said the word ‘Oppa’ louder while giving Chanyeol a smile. “So .. What’re we supposed to do right now, Oppa?” You asked him the same question again since he didn’t gave you an answer to that question. “Well … We could go on a date.” He said, grinning. You gave him a slight nod before Chanyeol planted a quick peck onto the top of your head. Holding your hands tightly, the both of you headed to nowhere for the first date.
This is what Chanyeol wanted from the beginning. And finally, you realized he was that ‘someone’ for you despite the bickerings & stuffs.
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