The Best Child

Chapter 6

Dinner that night went by fast, with the occasional knowing glance my way from Kyungsoo and Jongin, but other than that, nothing much happened. I felt Luhan's eyes looking at me almost the entire time, and I couldn't help but continuously blush. We finished dinner quickly, thanked them, and Luhan went back upstairs, and I went into the kitchen to put our dishes in there. As soon as I stepped in there, Kyungsoo immediately turned my way and grinned, like he knew something I didn't.

"Luhan's kinda cute, wouldn't you say?" he said, lifting his voice a little at the end.

"W-what? Why... why do you say that?" I said, and as soon as I heard my voice stutter, and felt my ears getting warmer by the second, I knew that I was screwed.

"Oh, come on. I know the look that he was giving you, and the fact that you never looked back at him, you only blushed, told me so many things that words could never say themselves," Kyungsoo said as I started to hand him the dishes.

"Well... he is..." I said, feeling the blush in my ears.

I heard Kyungsoo laugh at this, and as I turned back to retire to my bedroom for the night, he said, "Wait, Sehun."

I turned back to face him, shooting him a slightly confused look, and he just smiled and said, "Whatever happens, we'll always love you. If anything happens between you and him, don't worry about what the others say about you. Just do what makes YOU happy, and don't worry about the rest."

I smiled and muttered a quiet 'thank you' before running up the stairs to my room.

When I stepped through the door, I found that Luhan had already made himself at home and buried himself under the fluffy blankets on my bed. I walked over and picked up my pajamas and stuff off the end of the bed and made my way towards the attached bathroom.

I changed quickly, and slid into bed next to Luhan, and he must have fallen asleep while he was waiting for me. I smiled, and picked up my book off of the bedside table, turned on the lamp, and read for a little while.

About ten minutes into my book, I felt Luhan's arms slowly make their way around my waist. I looked over to him, and his eyes were on me, curiosity filling the brown orbs.

"What," he yawned (and I swear I felt my heart skip a beat), "what're you reading?"

I closed the cover, leaving my thumb on my page to mark it, and showed it to him.

"Eleven Minutes by... Paulo Coelho? I think I've read it before, for some class thing a while ago..." he said, still half asleep. He laid his head in my lap, arms still around my waist, and I continued reading.

Without thinking, I started to play with his hair, letting chunks of it fall back onto his face. It was calming, me running my fingers through his hair. And honestly, I think he liked me doing it too, because he kept nuzzling his nose into my thigh, all the while, a huge grin spread on his face.

I gave up on reading after a while, and gave in to Luhan. I put my bookmark in my book and set it down, turned the light off, and buried myself under the blankets next to Luhan. He laid his forehead against the back of my head, and his hold on my waist tightened a fraction.

He leaned over and kissed my cheek and whispered an 'I love you' into my ear before laying back onto his side behind me. I returned the gesture, and drifted off to sleep, still in Luhan's embrace.

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I woke up to Luhan squealing, and I sat up, panicking. Relief washed over me as I saw that he was just screeching about Vivi and how cute he was.