A Wind Of Change [1] || EXO ✓

009: Hit The Lotto

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A/N: Recommended reading in dark mode.

Hazel stood beside Kai in silence.

Kai massaged his temples as Baekhyun spurred him with words of much needed encouragement.

"You okay?" Baekhyun asked, passing her a worried glance.

"I'm fine," Hazel mumbled with head hung low. I'm fine. A simple phrase to say when in reality it held a very complex meaning behind it. Hazel was one of those people who in their brink of death would state that they were fine. Of course, she had no voice to say otherwise for she was well aware of having brought this upon herself. What was she thinking? Why had she followed him? True that she had wanted to help. However, judging from Kai's irked temperament and distressed face she knew better than to believe that she had done anything but help.

Hollers and cheers resounded from rows of people standing on either side of the pavement with Kai and DK standing in the middle of the road next to their respective motorcycles, both men eyeing each other with a menacing smile. On the other hand, Hazel stood there, still trying to wrap her head around the whole 'deal'.

Kai fastened his helmet, then perched on his monstrous looking black motorcycle while his opponent, DK, swung his legs around his fierce red Aprillia V4. A certain purple-haired got onto the seat behind him. Smugly cocking up her pierced eyebrows at Hazel, she put on her helmet before wrapping her arms around DK from behind.

"Girl!" Baekhyun called out to Hazel from the crowd. He mouthed something incomprehensible and she stared back at him blankly.

"Get moving chick!" groaned a frustrated spectator.

"Sitting or not?" Kai glared at her, impatiently.

"Wh-What?" She was to sit behind him? She wondered in confusion at the weird 'law'. Was it really necessary to race with the stake behind? She shook her head, shaking off the thoughts and prepared her mind to sit behind him. She was in no position to question them. Best attire to have worn on a day like this, she mentally scoffed.

Kai noticed her biting her bottom lip and awkwardly clutching onto the seams of her flared mini skirt. Sitting sideways for such an intense race was out of question. However, he was also aware that one careless lift of her leg would grant a chance for the crowd to capture obscenities. Keeping this in mind, he cautiously tilted the bike to her side, lowering it to its maximum so that she wouldn't have to lift her leg up too high to perch upon the bulky motorbike.

Right then, she grabbed the opportunity and gratefully climbed atop his bike while gripping his shoulders with shaky hands tightly for support. She settled on the narrow, high pillion rider's seat (which almost felt like sitting on the edge of a dangerous cliff) in such a way that there was enough void between his back and her chest. She knew that she was acting absurdly at this point but given her coy nature, she found it impossible to hug him confidently from behind like DK's partner.