The way which the wind blows

Your POV
“I’m sorry darling. I really am. It’s so inconvenient that both your dad and I are stuck at work.” Says my mum. I sigh, deeply and loudly enough so my mum can hear and know that it is an inconvenience. “What am I meant to do?” I ask. “Everyone is leaving and I can’t stay at school forever. What time will you finish?” I stand in the usual pick up stop and watch people leave the school. “I don’t know. Today was so busy and I am really behind in work. Your dad has a lot of paperwork as well…so I don’t know how long we’ll be.” She says. “Do I have to stay at school? Can’t I walk home or something?” I ask, massaging the bridge of my nose with my thumb and index finger. I’ve never stayed back at school for very long. Maybe five to ten minutes, but I don’t know how long I’ll stay back today. It’s embarrassing staying back with all the teachers walking around and staring at you. “No! You cannot walk home! Its too far and it is dangerous.” Someone taps my shoulder from behind. “You can come over to my house.” Sehun says shyly. “It’s not too far from here and your mum can pick you up when ever…” I crack a smile at him. “Mum can I go over to my friend’s house?” I ask. “Who?” “My friend Sehun.” “Ohhh one of those cute boys?” my mum giggles. “MUM! That’s weird. But can I go? You can pick me up anytime.” I say. “Sure honey.” She answers in a cheery tone. A bit too cheery for my liking. It’s almost like she wants me and Sehun to hang out, alone. I say bye to my mum and hang up. I turn to Sehun. “How did you know what we were talking about?” I ask. “To be honest…” he blushes. “I was standing behind you for a while.” he shoves his hands in the side pockets of his school pants. There were two ways to think of it. One, it could be sweet. Or two, it could be creepy. I decide to go with…creepy. “That’s a bit creepy.” I say. He runs his hand through his blond hair. “I-I know. It’s just, it’s just…” I don’t let him finish his sentence before I loop my arms around his. “Let’s go.” I say. “It’s getting cold and windy. Like there’s going to be a storm.” I figured I would be nervous if someone was asking me why I was listening on their conversation for a long time. I let him off because he’s cute.

Of course I had to jinx it. Grey clouds blocked the setting sun and the wind became stronger. “A bit more. We’re almost there.” Sehun says. I cling to his arm tighter. Damn it was cold. Even through my school jumper and jacket the cold bit at me. We arrive at Sehun’s big house, he takes his house keys from his pocket and struggled to put them into the key hole. His fingers are stiff from the cold. He finally manages to open the door and we rush in. He turns on the heaters in his house and we settle on the couch together. “Lucky you came with me. It looks like there is going to be a storm, just like you predicted.” Says Sehun. I nod and snuggle closer to him. “I hope you don’t mind. I don’t like the cold.” “No it’s OK.” He replies. I sit tucked under his arm and my head rests on his chest. I can clearly hear his heart beat, like a drum demanding to be heard. I guess Sehun became uncomfortable with the silence so he turned on the T.V. He flicked through the channels but there was nothing satisfactory to watch. Suddenly, there is a thunder clap and the T.V. turns off. The house darkens and turns cold. “Damn. The power is out.” Mutters Sehun. “I have a torch in my room. Wait here.” He says and runs up the stairs. I don’t understand why he told me to wait here. It’s not like I’m going anywhere.

Sehun’s POV
It’s gotten dark really fast. I turn the on the flashlight on my phone and search for more torches and candles. How are we going to eat tonight? “Do you know how long your parents will be until they get home?” I ask (Y/N). She sits on my bed with the blanket pulled up to her chin. She shakes her head. “My mum didn’t say and depending on how bad the storm is, they might have to stay indoors until it subsides. It may be too dangerous to drive.” She shrugs her shoulders. I light another candle and set in on my bedside table. Now I have three candles in my room, a torch and the flashlight on my phone. I really should be more prepared for situations like this. “I’ll have a look in my parent’s room for more candles and torches.” I say. I find one more candle, but it is used and small. And it is a scented candle, that apparently smells like bathrooms according to (Y/N). I chuckle at her comment. “Do you mind what we eat tonight?” I ask her. “I don’t have a manual cooker so we can’t cook tonight. I can ask the boys to bring over some take away food.” “Ohh! Pizza!” she exclaims with a smile. “Pizza it is.” I call Chanyeol because he lives nearest to me. “Heyyo, Chanyeol. Where are you at the moment?” “I’m at home. Why? What’s up Sehun?” “The power is out at my house and we don’t have anything to eat. Could you or one of the boys bring over some pizza for us?” I ask. Chanyeol makes a noise on the other end of the phone. “Who is ‘we’ and ‘us’?” he asks. “(Y/N) is at my house.” I say, praying that he doesn’t say anything idiotic. “OOOOOOO! I girl! What is she doing there? Do you guys have some alone time plans? Wink wink.” He laughs. “I want to punch you right now.” I sigh. He laughs even harder. “OK I’ll bring pizza over. Wait. Wait a moment.” His voice suddenly becomes distant as he shouts to his brother. “Eyyyy! Kwonyeol! Can you drive me to Sehun’s house?!” His brother shouts something inaudible back and Chanyeol’s voice returns to normal. “I’ll be right over.” He says before hanging up.

I blink into the dark, illuminated by tiny sparks of flame. How did this happen? All of a sudden, (Y/N) is lying next to me, she lies next to me with her hand resting on my chest, my left arm is a pillow for her head and I am fiddling with her hair. How did this position even come to place? I don’t remember ever changing positions to lie like this. I look at the tiny flames in my room. Now that I think about it, this is classic romance. Candles, room, boy and girl, lying next to each other, in a bed. I blush. Even though the room is mostly dark, I pray that she can’t see my red cheeks. Where is Chanyeol? He was meant to be here ages ago. His house isn’t that far and the pizza shop isn’t far either. I grunt. “What’s wrong?” asks (Y/N) softly. I can feel her head lift up from my arm. “I forgot to tell Chanyeol to bring more candles and torches.” She places her head back on my arm and I continue to feel her soft hair between my fingers. “As long as he brings the pizza I’m OK with eating in the dark.” She gives a little laugh and I too chuckle a little. There is a knock at the front door. “That must be Chanyeol.” I say. To be honest, I don’t want to leave from this position. I want to stay here with (Y/N), forever. Like time is frozen. The knocks urge me to open the front door. I sigh. “I have to go down and get that.” I say and get up form the bed.

The rest of the Exo members are also in my house. “Chanyeol, I only wanted pizza and lights. Not Exo.” I say. “Hey what is with you and not locking your door?” scolds Luhan. “I was joking around saying ‘Oh lets check if it’s open again.’ And it actually opened. Lock your doors.” “Why didn’t you guys just come in? Why did you make me come downstairs?” I moan. “He sounds irritated. Maybe he was doing something with (Y/N).” hoots Chanyeol. “Shut up.” I say. “Besides, all eleven members bought candles and torches. See how thoughtful we are?” laughs Kai. They all hand me at least one light. “Thanks guys.” I say. I suddenly realize that Tao and Wu Fan are holding three pizza boxes each. “Wow. How much pizza did you buy?” I ask. “We can’t finish that.” “If you’re referring to only you and (Y/N) of course you can’t. That’s why Exo is here.” Says Baekhyun with a devilish smile. “Oh no. You guys are staying?” I groan. “The power was off at my house too. It would be more fun here.” Says Yixing and he jumps onto the couch. I can’t help but smile. Although I want alone time with (Y/N), it’s nice to have the guys around the empty house from time to time.

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