Baby Don't Stop

Chapter Two

Today is the day, the day that Ten thought would never ever happen in his life. Today, he was going on a date... With a girl.
Ten shakes his head at himself in the mirror. He was trying to decide what to wear. Maybe jeans, tshirt, and his favorite tattered leather jacket.
"What do you think?" Ten turns around and asks Taeyong who is lounging on the bed.
Taeyong looks up from the game on his phone. "You're going to wear that on a date? C'mon, Ten I have never seen you go out somewhere looking less than immaculate and you want to go out on a date in a pair of old ripped jeans, the shirt you slept in, and the jacket you wear literally everywhere? Nice joke. Now go change."
"You know that I don't want to go out on this date, I wanted to make myself less appealing." Ten tugs at some loose strings on his jacket.
"I understand that, but this date means a lot to Eunjin and since you agreed to it, you owe it to her to show her a good time." He goes over to the closet and pulls out a emerald green button down and some not so old jeans. He throws them at me, "Put these on and please, wear a different jacket." He falls back down on the bed and starts to play his game again. "I think I need to trail you more to make sure you behave than I do to get you out of the date."
Ten looks at him while he slips the jeans on. "You are still going to follow me?"
"I wasn't going to but now I might and if you don't give her a good date I'll come and embarrass you!" he threatens without looking up from his phone. "You won't be able to find me either. I am like smoke on the wind, untouchable." He waves one of his hands around in the air.
Ten laughes. Then Winwin comes into the room. "Ten, theres some girl at the door saying she knows you, should we let her in or is she a crazy fan?"
A little of both, he thinks to himself. "Let her in, I have a date with her."
Winwins face lights up, he grins before running down the hall. "Guys! Ten has got a date!"
Several heads poke out of rooms as Ten hurries to go put his shoes on. Taeyong follows him out.
"Hi Eunjin. Are you ready to go?" he asks quickly before she can take off her shoes.
"See you guys later, I am going for some snacks." Taeyong waves goodbye as he exits out the door.
Ten is putting on his shoes as fast as he can.
"Yeah," Eunjin says happily.
"Hi, I am Jaehyun," Jaehyun walks up to Eunjin and offers his hand. "I don't think we've met."
"Let's go," I give her a light push out the door before she can take Jaehyun's hand. As we walk to the elevator I don't see Taeyong waiting.
"So I was thinking that we could go to the movies and then maybe dinner afterwards."
"Sounds good," he steps into the elevator. "What move do you want to see?" he is curious what she was going to pick.
"Creatures of the Undead," she smiled sheepily while pulling her hair behind her ear.
Ten was shocked, that was a horror movie and he didn't think that she would want to watch something like that but she had surprised him.
As they walked out of the apartment building Ten immediately saw Taeyong slouched on the wall. He had a black hoodie over his face but his hair was currently dyed bright red so he was still pretty obvious. Ten gave him points for trying though.
He then realized Eunjin had been talking to him and he tried to pay attention all the way to the movie theaters. Occasionally answering her questions and such. He wanted her to know he wasn't interested, not to think that he was an ass.
Soon they had gotten tickets, popcorn and were sitting in the theater. The movie was starting. Ten faintly saw Taeyong sneak in with a large drink after the lights had dimed. He sat a couple rows behind them. Soon Ten knew why Eunjin had wanted to see a horror movie. It became quite apparent after the first jump scare when Eunjin had been frightened and wrapped her arms around his so tight they almost cut off his circulation. He gave her a pat on the head hoping it was like a release button. But it almost made her arms tighter. Ouch.
He turned to look back and saw Taeyong snickering at the scene below him, if not right out laughing.
Another jump scare and this time just one arm wasn't enough, she grabbed at Ten's hand and held it tight, burying her face in his shoulder. Ten had been dreading a chick flick but at this point it would have almost been better. At least his left arm would have blood flow.
He prayed for the moment the movie finished so he could move his arm freely again. If he had an arm at the end of the movie that is, at this rate it might just pop right off.
Soon the lights were turning back on and the end credits were rolling.
Ten looked down at his almost purpling fingers before he turned to Eunjin and asked "So, did you like the movie?"
She smiled up at him. "Yes I enjoyed it very much."
Yeah, he wasn't sure what his hand was feeling was enjoyment. But he wasn't going to tell her that. "Uh-huh, me too." He quickly stands up to free his hand. As she lets go he opens and closes it a couple times to try to reestablish blood flow. Ouch.
"Okay, and where are we going for dinner?" Ten questions. He knew Taeyong was listening to see where they were going too.
Eujin stands up as well, "I was thinking of going to that new BBQ place that just opened near your apartment. It looked nice. Plus there is a park and maybe we could go for a walk after." She did that thing again where she brushed back her hair to behind her ear and smiled. Maybe that was something other guys fell for but for Ten it just wasn't working.
"Okay, we should get going," he quickly left the theater with Eunjin trailing right behind him.
God, could he keep this up for much longer? He already felt winded. It was only dinner, he just had to get through dinner and that would be that.
Max 2 hours, he could do that. He looked at his watch as he walked. He just had to make it to 10pm.
Again he realized he hadn't been paying attention to Eunjin but this time she had noticed and was looking at him.
"I am sorry, what were you saying?" he looked down at her.
"We're here," she replied.
"Ah," he looked in front of them, sure enough they were standing right in front. He quickly opened the door to let her in first before following behind. They choose a spot over in the side. Ten sees Taeyong take a seat at a table directly behind him. Hopefully Taeyong was more inconspicuous to Eunjin than he was to Ten. Like smoke in the wind his ass.
He tried and probably failed to make small talk with Eunjin while they waited for their food. While they were waiting he had some soju and probably drank too much. When the food arrived Ten scarfed it down as fast as he could. He could feel his tongue loosen as he drank.
He then had to sit and wait for Eunjin to finish. He looked around a bit and got a little distracted. Drank some more alcohol. He could feel the fuzziness of his brain that ment he was thoroughly buzzed.
"Did you have fun?" Eunjin asks.
"Uh Yeah I had fun." He reassures her with a sloppy smile.
"So do you think you like me enough to go on a second date?" she smiled back.
"No." Ten said shortly. He set down his drink. "Definitely not." He looked up at her and saw tears in her eyes. Oh no not the tears. But if he wasn't honest with her right now there would only be more tears. Hers and his. Time to tell the truth.
"I still don't like you like you want me to like you. Plain and simple." He shrugged his shoulders. Suddenly he felt a sharp kick from behind him. Taeyong had kicked him. But taeyong wasn't going to be the one who had to live with the guilt if he let this go on.
Then he watched almost in slow motion as Eunjin reached for her glass and and tossed its contents right in Ten's face. He probably deserved that. He then watched her cover her face and run out sobbing.
Ten sputtered as the liquid dripped down his face. "Well, that went well."
Taeyong turned around then, "Well? You call that going well? The poor girl threw her drink at you then felt the need to run out of here crying. I would not call that going well." He put quotations around the word 'well'. "What has gotten into you. I've never seen you like this."
Ten stands up before Taeyong is finished talking and heads over to the register to pay for the meal. Taeyong got up and followed him.
He needed some fresh air. Maybe that would help clear his head after all the alcohol. He doesn't wait for Taeyong as he starts walking toward the park. Ten can still hear Taeyong berating him.
"I still don't get why you wouldn't go out with her, she was pretty, she had a fair face, she seemed nice the whole date. What is so wrong with her that you didn't like?"
Ten had had enough of this. He was going to tell Taeyong exactly what was wrong. He got to the park and immediately rounded on Taeyong. Stopping him dead in his tracks about a meter back.
"You want to know what she doesn't have? You want to know what was wrong with her? Let me tell you then." Ten steps closer. He didn't care anymore, why should he be the one in the wrong here? He liked boys and there was nothing he could do to change that. But it had to be his fault he didn't like Eunjin. He took a step closer to Taeyong. "I," one more step. "Don't," another step. "Like," step. "Girls," last step but this time Taeyong took a step back. " I. Like. Boys. And Eunjin isn't a boy. That is the one thing that stops me from liking her."
After the words tumbled out of his mouth he realized what he had said. He quickly covered it with his hands. "Oh God. I have said more than I ever meant to say."
Taeyong is just staring at him his mouth agape. "So you're gay?"

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Eunjin ran crying to the park. She couldn't believe he had been so mean to her. She gave him a wonderful date. But he still told her no! How could he? She sat down on a bench to cry some more. But soon she could hear someone talking. It sounded like Ten. Had he come to apologize? She quickly got up and headed towards the voice.
But ten wasn't alone. Taeyong was with him. She stayed back behind a tree and decided to listen on. Ten was angry at Taeyong. He was taking steps closer to him. She strained to hear what he was saying. "I. Like. Boys. And Eunjin isn't a boy. That is the one thing that stops me from liking her." She gasped in disbelief. She had to get away now. This news was to much.