Deer Luhan, With Love

19

Chapter 19 – In Which Sehun Takes Me on a Date-Like Not-Quite-Date

Deer Luhan,

Do people assume it’s a date every time you go out just with Sehun?

Leigh

Happily wrapped up in our coats, with phones and wallets tucked into our pockets, Sehun and I decided it was best to make our escape from the dorm before anybody spotted us and pointed out that we were wearing matching socks.  As bad luck would have it, we opened the front door onto a returning Suho and Kris.

Kris clapped a hand over his mouth to smother his laughter and ducked away the instant he saw me, but I unfortunately didn’t have the same magical effects upon Suho.

“Where are you off to?” he demanded, eyeing my hand, which was clasped in Sehun’s gloved one.  Rather than letting go, Sehun just shoved both of our hands into his pocket, hoiking me closer to him.  Since neither Suho nor Kris knew I was a girl, I allowed myself to be happy about it and tried to fight off my blush.

“Out for a walk,” Sehun told the EXO leader nonchalantly.  “I think Luhan’s going mad.  He needs fresh air.”

“He needs to write Changmin an apology letter for KO-ing him,” Suho said, glaring at me.  “I don’t care if I’m younger than you, Luhan: you still kicked him in the face.”

I caught sight of Kris slumping down against the stairwell wall, practically crying with laughter.

“Hence why Luhan needs fresh air,” Sehun said.  “He doesn’t normally kick people in the face.  He’s tired of being cooped up and stressed about Baekhyun, and since he hasn’t really got out for a while, I thought I’d make sure he did.”

“That can come later,” Suho snapped.

A little annoyed that they were talking over me, I eyed Suho and decided to speak up.

“Suho, Changmin personally came to find me and asked me out for, and I quote, a date tomorrow morning.  For coffee.  I really don’t think he minds.”

“He’s been wandering around the company smashed off his face with a tampon up his nose,” Suho shot back at me.  “I don’t think he’s in a condition to know whether or not he minds!”

Kris reached out and grabbed Suho’s ankle, yanking him off his feet and into his arms as he continued to shake with hysterics.

“Suho, leave them be.  It’s hilarious.  If Changmin wants a coffee date with Luhan, let him have a coffee date with Luhan.”

“Yes, but what if he forgets and loses his sh*t?”

“I really don’t think Kyuhyun’s going to let him.”

Sehun looked from one leader to the other.  “Wait, Kyuhyun knows about this?”  His grin was practically ecstatic.  “Wonderful.  Luhan’s gonna die of embarrassment when it comes up on national TV.  It’s too good an opportunity for Kyuhyun to miss!”

I was about to start laughing myself when I realised that any rational person called Luhan would complain.

“Sehun!” I whined, tugging on his arm.  “That’s not fair!”

He smiled brightly at me, and it took a lot to keep my fake pout there instead of smiling back at him.

“Come on,” he said.  “Let’s go.”