Matchmaker: BOOK I [Y/N X KAI]

✨Chapter 16 ✨

Kyungsoo takes place in the middle of the stage. Setting up the mic, he faces the crowd in front of him. "What's up friends, family and any random person who decided to crash the wedding? Are you ready to rock?!" he addresses the crowd and they cheer enthusiastically.

"Woo! Go, Kyungsoo!" I join the cheer on top of my lungs and immediately start to cough. You need to hold the energy out there, Niki.

"I'd like to dedicate this song to my wife. Chaen, you mean the world to me. This one's for you. I love you!" he says on the mic.

Isn't this the most adorable thing ever?

"I love you too, Kyungsoo!" Chaeyeon yells from the crowd with teary eyes. Aww, bless them.

The song starts. And with the full complement of the band behind the lyrics, it sounds insane.

I get literal goosebumps when Kyungsoo begins to sing. He has such an amazing voice! The band harmonizes with him flawlessly. A solid ten out of ten.

The band plays long into the night to uproarious applause.

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The next morning, I've got a latte in me and I'm on a dress shopping duty at Piyuu's boutique. Aria's here, which is awesome. And so is Nini, which is..not awesome.

"Morning, beautiful!" Aria says as she excitedly rushes towards me.

"Good morning, you too!" I give her a hug and then turn my most scathing glare on Nini.

"Mr. Kim," I hiss out.

He barely suppresses a frown, the corner of his mouth twitching in irritation. I'm pretty sure that this guy finds even my breathing very annoying.

"I'm glad you decided to dress appropriately for the occasion at least," he mutters.

Was that a compliment?

Man, when I told him he's bad at giving compliments, he should've believed me and worked on his skills.

"Thank you, I guess?" I say.

"You didn’t forget I came here to keep an eye on you, or did you?" he stares directly at me.

"Of course, I didn’t forget that. But it's good to know that if by any chance I did forget, you’d be sure to remind me every second like we remind kindergarten children their homework," I make a fake smile face. He stares at me blandly. Ugh, I guess my sarcasm wasn’t really appreciated here.

"Oo..kay. Play nice, you two," Aria breaks in between our heated gazes.

Piyuu approaches with impeccable timing and greets the three of us with a bright smile.

"Hello everyone! Welcome to my boutique house again. I've, uh, picked a few things out for you to try on, Aria. I set them up in the back room there in the corner. I hope you like them," she gestured to the back room by pointing her fingers and bows.

"Wow.. How're you always so on top of things?" I wiggle my eyebrows at her smiling gently.

"Oh, I'm definitely not. But I knew that you guys were coming in today and..I mean, I've got a ton of customers coming in today so I needed to make sure that everything was running smoothly and perfectly," she says again with her signature Did I mess up face.

I'm just going to let that slide. I'm legimately afraid that she'll have a heart attack if I continue teasing her furthermore.

"I'm sure she'll love whatever you picked out. You’ve got some great style, Piyuu," I assure her.

"It's true! I'm so excited to see everything you picked out for me!" Aria says with her same energetic tone.

Nini chuckles, "She was practically bouncing in her seat the entire way here. She's so damn excited."

"Oh wow..that's..so nice to know," Piyuu says taken aback by surprise. I don't think she's too used to people complimenting her, which is kind of a shame considering how amazing she is.

"Thank you so much guys! Not all of my clients are as kind as you are. I really appreciate it," she says. Told ya.

"That's pretty sad. Why wouldn’t anyone appreciate you? I certainly appreciate your professionalism, Piyuu. I wish some people could be as professional as you are," Nini hisses and gives an ice glance. Pun intended, huh? I'll shove this passive aggressive shit on your face one day, Kim Jongin.

"I'm so sorry for you, Piyuu. You see, some clients can be super rude but that's probably because they suck ass. Don't let their useless comments ruin your work spirit. You're amazing with or without anyone's approval," I roll my eyes at Nini, giving him back the passive aggressive stare.

"Well..it's..alright! I'm fine guys, really. Don't worry about me. Um, let me show you around?" she says and guides us to the back room towards the rack of dresses she's set up.

"I'll leave you to look through this. Unless you need me for anything else?" she asks.

I shake my head, "We'll be fine. I'll come get you if we need anything."

Which, hopefully we won’t. I try to give Piyuu an assuring look before she leaves.

"Wow! Look at all of these! They're all so gorgeous!" Aria twirls with one of the dresses like it’s her dancing partner and almost bumps into Nini.

"Aria, focus," Nini reminds. Aria looks around to get a good look at all the dresses.

"This one's flowy, but that one is all sleek and that one..well, I don't even know what that one actually is!" she prances over to me next and holds the dress up in front of me. She beams like a kid at Christmas.

"What's your favourite style?" she asks.

"I'm not the one getting married. It doesn’t really matter what I think!" I tell her.

"Come on! Humor me, I'm the bride!" she gives me her iconic puppy eyes.

I chuckle, "Okay, my favourite kind of dress is something that's classic and simple. I tend to like dresses that are understated and simple. They always look so classy!" I say.

✨To Be Continued✨