The beauty and the wolves (EXO fanfic)

Chapter 18: The Next Step

LAY'S POV

After Jin left to her room, the guys quickly told the others that I liked Jin. "Jjinjja?" asked Luhan. Suho reached over and pinched my cheek. "Aw, my son has a crush." said Suho. "Don't worry hyung, we'll do everything to make sure this works out." Promised Baekhyun. "You don't have to do that." I said. "But you guys looked so cute together with your matching beanies and shoes!"said Sehun. "Did you buy her that bunny she had?" asked Kai. I didn't say anything. "Aw, hyung!!!" exclaimed Chen. I sat on my bed hours later, thinking what they were going to do tomorrow.

The Next Morning

JIN'S POV

I awoke early the next day and I stretched my sore body. I looked at the bruises and they were all beginning to yellow, especially the ones around my ankles. It was very reassuring. I walked out dressed and found only D.O awake in the kitchen preparing food. "Do you need any help?" I asked. He jumped slightly and turned around from what he was doing, his eyes were wide open. "Oh, miannae. I didn't mean to scare you." I said. "Gwenchanna Jin." he said. "do you need any help? I asked again.

He nodded. "Sure." He gave me a knife to cut up vegetables. I was very clumsy and they turned into weird shapes. "Miannae." I said. He chuckled. "Gwenchanna." he said and put the vegetables into the pot. "Why don't you start with the rice. I nodded, there was no way I could mess this up. I measured the water and put in the rice and started the cooker. "That was fast." he said. He looked in the cooker and he frowned. "What is it?" I asked. "Did you wash the rice thoroughly?" he asked. My smile faltered. "Y-you're suppose the wash the rice?" I asked.

He shook his head smiling. He cleaned the rice and put it back in the cooker. I sat down frustrated. "I'm a girl who doesn't know how to cook! I'm pathetic." I said. He grabbed my hand and led me to the pot that was cooking. "Keep stirring this okay?" and he handed me a spoon to stir it with. I kept stirring and stirring and stirring. "You're really quiet you know." I said. "I didn't expect you to be like this." "I just get nervous around girls." he said. I tasted the soup and threw some more salt into it. "You don't have to nervous around me." I said. "just pretend I'm a guy." "I'm not sure that will work you're too pretty." he said.

I choked on a little soup. I laughed nervously. "Riiiiight." I said. "I'm serious." he said. "Thanks again for the doll."
"no problem." I said. Minutes passed by with just kitchen noises. "Do you like Lay?" he asked. I froze. "W-what?" I stammered. "Do you like Lay?" he asked again. "Of course, he's a good friend." I said. "I mean do you like him romantically?" He asked. "I-I don't know." I said. ".....maybe." He nodded. "He's a great guy." he said. "I know he is." I said. "just don't break his heart." he said. I smiled sadly. "Can't make any promises." I said.

Slowly one after another they all woke up. "Jin are you making us breakfast?" asked Tao. "I'm just helping D.O." I said. "I'm a horrible cook." "That can't be true." Said Sehun. He came up behind and hung onto me. "Is it ready yet?" he asked. "I'm not sure." I said. I held out the spoon to D.O so that he could have a taste. He nodded. "It's ready." He said. "Come on let's go sit down." Said Sehun. "I'll be right there. I'm just going to help D.O." I said. I helped D.O with serving the food and then looked to where I would sit, the only seat available was next to Lay.

Oh, gosh. I sat down and quietly listened to the loudness and chaos of Exo. "I was wondering if you weren't too busy if you want to practice on the piano with me." Whispered Lay. "Okay." I said. We left for S.M entertainment when the manager gathered all of the members together to talk. "Okay guys now that we've been training so hard for our comeback it's just about time for it to happen. Just one more week!" he said. "I want you all to keep training hard until then and then we'll talk about EXO-K's and M's promotions araesso?" he said.