The Eyelash Wish - Starring B1A4's Baro

Chapter 23

My body rapidly shot up as the sound of a pounding alarm rang in my ears. My half-opened eyelids blink a few times and I used my clenched fists to gently rub them. I scan the room, realizing that I had woken up in B1A4's bedroom. I looked at the other beds finding the boys who went to the party the night before snuggled into their beds. Jinyoung's hand automatically slams the alarm, stopping the ringing. Beside me, I found Baro with his arm still wrapped around my waist. I smile suddenly crept onto my face without knowing.

"Whoa!" Gongchan gasped.

Wiping my smile away, I turned around to see Jinyoung, CNU, Gongchan and Sanduel eyeing Baro and my positions. I followed their gazes and suddenly slipped out of Baro's hold.

"What?" I spoke, exchanging their wide eyes back.

"Y--ou and B--baro?" Jinyoung stuttered.

I slowly turned my head to face Baro who began to wake up. His eyes fluttered open, realizing that we were both in the same bed. He wide-eyed me then noticed the boys' looks. Baro and I quickly broke apart, taking one side of the bunk each.

"W--we were watching a The Missing last night--"

"I got scared, so I asked Baro to--you know--secure me..."I finished off his hesitant explanation.

The boys exchanged nudges and giggles with eachother, earning death glares from Baro.

"Oh--really?" Jinyoung giggled, earning a pillow hit at him by Baro.

"You dirty minded fools!" Baro snapped at them, throwing another pillow down at no one in particular.

I looked at the alarm clock. It read,'6:45am'. "Why did we have to wake up so early?"

"You need to wash up before you leave for your parents to pick you up." Baro explained with a yawn.

"Whatever." I scoffed, shoving my head back into the pillows.

Baro pulled my arm up which lifed my back off the bed. "Hey, go wash up! It's an order!"

I groaned and stuck my tongue out at him while climbin down the bunk to go to the bathroom. Looking back before leaving the room, I realized that all the boys had already snoozed off in their beds. Smirking, I grabbed hold of the bedroom door's knob and slammed the door closed, earning soft gasps from the boys.

Entering the bathroom, I checked myself in the mirror.

'I can't believe they just saw me like this..' I thought, looking back at my reflection. My hair looked like a bird's nest, my face was oily, my eyes we're a little red from the lack of sleep and my lips were dry; all equals up to my usual morning face. Letting out a sigh, I turned on the tap and splashed some water on my face and then brushing my teeth. I quickly changed into a pair of shorts and a loose shirt with my hair tied uo in a messy bun.

Not long after, the melody of the doorbell went off. I ran to the bedroom to grab my stuff. I looked back before leaving the room to say goodbye. "Bye guys" I softly said as they all snored in bed.

I got no response at all. So I tried again in an even louder tone. "Bye guys!"

Their heads bobbed up with their hands waving in a tired manner; a few of them even humming as a response.I raised my eyebrows with annoyance and slammed the door shut before running to the front door to be sent back home by my parents.

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Going back home, I felt much happier and a whole lot more comfortable with the homely smell and the homely temperature that I was always used to. It had been a long, long time. My sweet arrival had been disturbed as mum reminded me about being tutored right after my holiday in Seoul.

Having a mum who's a teacher, I was given additional and professional tutoring for every single subject existing. Yes, there were times where I would go completely blank, but I didn't have a choice. Being a proper Asian, I had been trained to self motivate myself in whatever I had my eyes on completing. As the exams were coming up very soon, I had my nose right in the books.

Right in the middle of tutoring, mum brought up a conversation that I felt awkward talking about. "I hope nothing happened between you and Baro last night." she said in a serious tone.

I gave her a disgusted look and shook my head. "No mum! No!"

"O--okay, okay, just checking." Mum gave in with embarrassment shown in her eyes. "How are things rolling with you two?"

"I don't really know. We're getting closer and nothing bad is happening, so I guess we're on the right track." I replied, scribbling random things on my notebook filled with maths equations.

Mum responded with a slow nod, but I could tell she had a look of doubt somewhere. "Now, turn to page one hundred and thirty-six." Mum demanded, pointing at my Math Booklet.