If I Can't Have You... (An EXO fan fiction)

Chapter Eighteen

"What...is it?", I asked.

He kept looking at me with a poker face.

"You can let go of me now.", he said. My eyes quickly steered to his hand and I let him go immediately. I bet there were nail prints on his flesh right now.

"S...sorry. I didn't realize I was holding onto you that hard.", I kept my head down.

"It's okay.", he laughed it off.

"Why are you up so early?", I asked him. How could he wake up earlier than Xiumin, who's usually the early bird?

"Ah...I couldn't sleep the whole night. So I kept tossing and turning until morning. Plus I wasn't that sleepy.", he could've lied to me, but his facial expressions looked worn out.

"What's bothering you? C'mon, you can tell me.", I thrusted my shoulders forward to show interest in him and what he had to say.

"N...nothing's bothering me...", he looked away, but his body gestures showed that he wanted me to keep prying.

"It's okay, just tell me!", I lightly pushed his shoulder. He let out a long breath.

"Well...my friend is having a problem.", he started.

"Who's the friend?"

"He's someone you don't know, I mean outside of the members.", he inhaled, "so my friend has someone he likes, but he's quite a timid coward. He couldn't express his feelings well. But one thing he knows for sure, he liked having that special someone around.", he looked at me sincerely.

"He doesn't know if the girl feels the same or not. He doesn't care because he thinks she's too good for him.", he chuckled, "so yeah, he's in a dilemma right now."

"So what do you say to your friend to comfort him?", I asked.

"I'm not sure. He really wants the girl to know how he feels, but he's afraid. Not because of how the girl feels towards him, but because he doesn't want the girl to be with someone else.", and he looked at me. I could feel his gaze into my soul. If there was a heart monitor attached to me right now, the beeping sound would increase rapidly.

He reached for me hand and he caressed it with his fingers. He didn't try to hold it, he just drew traces on my palm, and every touch felt like electricity.

"Ah...sorry. I didn't mean to touch you like that.", he realized and he stopped touching me. But that touch lingered on my skin.

The orthopedic arrived just in time to break the awkwardness between us. He cleared his throat before drawing the curtain around my bed.

"Hello, Do Kyung Soo-ssi. What can I do for you today?", he smiled to Kyungsoo and me.

"Ah, hello Doctor Baek. I didn't know you'd be here this early.", he got up from his seat and bowed and shook hands with the doctor.

"Yes, I switched my night shift to the morning shift.", he glanced at me, "is this your girlfriend?". That question struck me like lightning.

"Ah, doctor, it's not like that.", Kyungsoo waved both of his hands as he chuckled. ô

"Ah, it must be your girlfriend, both of you are blushing.", he laughed out loud at his own triumph. I quickly yelled at my own brain to tone down my complexion. I looked at Kyungsoo and he was rubbing the back of his head with that silly grin pasted on his face.

"Ah, she sprained her ankle, doctor.", Kyungsoo averted the topic.

The doctor examined my ankle. He lifted it and he twirled it slightly and he bended it upwards and downwards and I winced hard at all the movements he made towards my ankle. I tried to tone down the moaning and shrieking.