We are One...For You

Weeks passed. And before you know it, only a day before the Annual School Summer Dance starts. You just groaned in annoyance at the thought of it. Days passed and you still haven’t even planned on what to wear. Heck you don’t even have anyone to take you there. Well, there are but you just won’t accept them. For the days that passed, the guys were indirectly nagging you about taking you to the dance. How? They always bring the topic up whenever they can, which you avoided as much as possible.

“Ugh! It’s just too goddamn confusing!” you whim as you slowly put down the scissors and colored paper you were holding.

Right now, you were busy cutting flower templates. Classes were actually suspended as preparation for tomorrow’s dance. Yet, everyone was required to attend half of the day and help for it. You feel like regretting coming to school since you weren’t even going to do anything important at all. Add the fact that you weren’t interested in the dance anyways.

“What is?” Kris asked with a worried face.

“Uhm, nothing.” You lied. You don’t want anyone to worry about your own problems anymore, this just adds another problem.

“Come on Shin-Hee, we know you’re a bad liar.” Kai rolled his eyes which you immediately responded with a do-i-look-like-i-care? look.

“Just tell us.” Xiumin moved closer beside you. You eventually gave in because of the continuous nagging the guys were doing.

“Fine! I just don’t have anything to wear yet for you know…the dance.” You admitted, each word getting softer. You looked down so you won’t get to see their epic reactions.

“Really? That’s it?” Chanyeol rubbed his head. You were actually expecting a more teasing reaction.

“No problem. Meet us at the gates.” He continued.

You eyed the 6 guys in front of you suspiciously. ‘What are you all up to?’ They just looked at each other and chuckled. You were dead curious on what they have planned. Finally after what seemed like days of waiting, all of you were dismissed. You immediately headed out of the school gates to see what kind of surprise awaited you. But before you could even take a step outside, the mean girls passed in front of you to block your way.

“Well, well. If it isn’t Exo clinger Shin Hee?” Hyun-Ae said in an arrogant tone. The two girls behind her followed with a laugh.

“Look.” You rolled your eyes. “I have enough problems for today, and don’t tell me your just gonna add another.”

“Oh, I’m not gonna give you a problem.” She turned around to get a flyer from the stacks Sook-Joo was holding. “I just want you to know I’m running as Summer Dance Princess. So please do vote for me.” She said with obviously a fake smile.

You rolled your eyes and took the flyer, and bumped your way out. The girls just froze in disbelief of what you just did.

“Don’t worry. She’ll be gone in no time.” You heard her laugh evilly. You could actually feel a cold stare piercing to you, but you just ignored it anyways. You just didn’t mind what the stupid girl said and just made your way to the gates.

Finally arriving at your destination without any hindrances. You looked around to see that there was absolutely nothing peculiar going on. It was just the empty streets, no people around. Just you outside of school.

“Ugh! Why did I get fooled?!” you mentally cursed the guys behind this. Of course they weren’t serious about helping. Judging by the looks of their derp faces, it was just one big prank. You rolled your eyes and just decided to head home.

Turning into the next corner, you heard something fast speeding towards your direction. You turned around to see a black limo heading your way. To your surprise, it stopped in front of you. Two men in black suits came out from it, then they quickly approached you and held both of your arms. You tried to break free from their grips, but they were just too strong for you. The other guy covered your mouth with his huge hands, thus preventing any noises to come out from your mouth. Next thing you know, you were being pushed towards the black car.

You tried your best to scream and ask for help but it was just no use. You were shoved inside forcefully. Your vision blurred for a while because of the forceful impact. But you were pretty sure you could see men in front of you. A lot of them.

“Please. D-don’t k-kill me.” You stuttered in fright. You weren’t so sure, but you actually heard laughter coming from the men in front of you. Now you were scared. There was no escape on this. You just hoped for the worse and buried your face on the leather seat.

“And why would we kill you?” you heard a really familiar voice speak from inside the car. It sounded like Chen’s high voice but that would be impossible in the situation you’re in.

“Shin Hee ah? What’s wrong with you?” now you were anxious. You looked up to see if it was really the guys. And no mistake, it was them. But not all of them, all the Exo guys from the other classes that is –Luhan, Sehun, Chen, Kyungsoo, Suho and Lay.

“What the heck?!” you yelled. “What the hell is happening?!” you so demanded an explanation.

“What?” they all said in chorus, a smile forming in each of their lips.

“You think this is funny?!” you showed them a bruise which has formed from pushing you to the car.

“Oh. The guys might have been a bit too harsh.” Suho said with a hint of guilt. You just face palmed. ‘A bit? Seriously?’ You could almost faint in disbelief.

“Were sorry about that. But Kris-hyung and the others asked us to pick you up and help you out.” Lay frowned. You just shot him a death glare.

“How is kidnapping me, ‘picking up’ and shoving me, ‘helping out?!”you retorted. You weren’t just gonna let them slip away from this.

“Arasso. Sorry Shin-Hee.” They all said in chorus. Your heart was kind of taken away from the sincere apology. You just can’t get angry with these guys anymore for who knows what reason. You just took a sigh of relief. On the verge of thinking you were going to get kidnapped, it turned out to be the guys helping you out. So not the best plan they came up with. After a short silence, you finally wondered about something.

“Anyways, where are we going?” you asked. The guys just looked at each other then smiled. No response. You eyed them suspiciously.

“You’ll just know when we get there.” Luhan assured. But you were dying of curiosity.

“Please.” You said in the cutest way possible. You saw their eyes glow on the sight of your aegyo. You only get to do this during desperate times. Such as these, desperate times call for desperate measures. “Pleeeeeeeeease oppa.” You even did puppy eyes. Now they gulped in frustration.

“I can’t take it anymore! Shin Hee your going–“ before Sehun could even finish, Kyungsoo covered the younger one’s mouth.

“The guy can’t resist. Don’t tell!” he screamed, which made everyone come back to your senses.

“Haha. Good job though. But still not telling.” Chen laughed. You just gave everyone cold piercing stares until they finally managed to calm down the maknae. After minutes, the car stopped. Signalling the arrival of your destination. The door immediately opened, and a pitch black darkness met your sight.

“Wait. I think we’re not supposed to be here.” You said confused. How could they end up in this dark alley/street/room or whatever it is.

“No were here.” Then all of a sudden, Suho pushed you outside and youended up being in the darkness. Then seeing absolutely nothing, you heard the muffle sound of the car slowly fade which marked that it left.

“Hey! Don’t leave me!” you screamed which echoed back. So you thought you were inside a room, but whether it was beg or small you couldn’t tell. All you were thinking about is on how to leave the godforsaken place. Then all of a sudden, you heard the sound of lights turning on coming from afar. The sound grew louder as you slowly gained visual of your surroundings. It took time before you could clearly see everything around you because of the sudden lightings. And that’s where you saw one of the most shocking yet surprising thing in your life.

Different clothes of all colors were hanged on steel racks. Sundresses, elegant dress, jeans, tees, you name them all. Shoes of different sizes and styles were placed in a glass case. Headdresses of different designs were found above metal cabinets. Jewelry were displayed in glass cases as well. It was like you were inside a shopping mall. Except you were alone. ‘So this is the help that they meant.’ You finally discovered. But it suddenly came to your mind on how they could plan this sort of arrangement.

“What did they even do to get these?” you whispered softly to yourself as you brushed your arm lightly with the soft fabric of the dresses. You wandered around the wide room and looked at the articles to your heart’s content.

“You can pick whatever you want.” You hear someone laugh lightly. You looked around to see no one. It was only indeed you on the room. You looked up to notice a speaker attached to the corner of the room, as well as a camera. You snickered. They were watching all along, you just laughed at the thought. But pretended you didn’t know it at least. Then your eyes wandered back to the things in front of you. ‘Let the shopping begin.’

HOURS LATER

You were lying down on your bed, exhausted. Just recollecting the happenings from earlier. You looked to side to see white shopping bags with gold prints on it. You sighed and looked back. First of all, you were led by the guys to a dark room, which turned out to be a fashion store. Secondly, you were told to pick up whatever you want, in which you did reminding yourself that you don’t have anything to wear for the dance yet. Lastly, after the exhausting 3-hour deciding, you made your way out via door that just opened by itself. You started regretting the idea of accepting the guys’ offer. They really did so much for you that you weren’t able to pay back.

You hear your phone ringing. You extended your arm to the cabinet next to you and saw Baekhyun calling you. Though dead tired, you managed to unlock the thing and drew it closer to your face so you could talk to them.

“What?” you groaned in annoyance.

“Evening Shin Hee!” you hear the different voices say in chorus, which made you smile.

“Oh. Hey.” You talked softly.

“So did our help work?” a voice which sounded like Kris’ asked. You put your phone in loudspeaker.

“Yeah. Very helpful. Thanks!” you said in the nicest way possible. “But how did you manage to do it all in a short time?” you asked.

“Oh. Chanyeol’s mom owns that fashion store.” You assumed to be Tao who was talking.

“Really?” you said worried. “I may have bothered the business. I am so sorry. I shouldn’t have–“

“It was alright. She’s on early vacation anyway.” A cheerful Chanyeol cuts your apology.

“Oh ok. Good.” You took a sigh of relief. It was nice to know you weren’t bothering their family business. “But I still need to pay for–“

“Don’t worry we got it!” you hear a group of them broke in. You just giggled. They so know you too much.

“But at least let me pay back for all the things you did.” You insisted. It was already your time to at least do something for them.

“Well…there is one thing.” The soothing seductive voice of Kai answered. “Save me a dance tomorrow night.” He finished.

“No. Save ME a dance!” Xiumin’s soft yet clear voice joined in.

“No me!”

“Me!”

“Save it for me!”

Now you couldn’t figure out who’s voice was who. Your mind just twisted and turned of the annoying noise coming out from your phone. ‘Come on Shin Hee, think!’ you forced our brain to come up with a quick solution. Then before they could even completely cut the heads of one another, you finally managed to say something.

“I’LL SAVE ALL OF YOU A DANCE!” you shouted through the phone. “Just don’t kill each other.” You panicked. Then you hear the noise slowly fade out, much to your relief.
“Oh ok. Sounds cool.” Luhan said neutrally.

“We can’t wait to see you tomorrow night!” you hear Chanyeol’s voice all giddy and excited.

“Oh me too.” You replied while smiling. “But about you guys.”

“How sweet. Goodnight!” Kyungsoo said.

“Sleep tight!” Lay’s ever familiar voice bid.

“Don’t let the bed bugs bite!” A mixture of Chen’s, Baekhyun’s and Chanyeol’s voice shouted, enough to be heard downstairs since they were on loudspeaker. You heard your mom’s light footsteps on its way to your room.

“Shhhhhhh. Ok goodnight!” you immediately ended the call. Just in time for your mother to open the door to your room.

“Mom.” You flashed an innocent smile and hid your phone at your back.

“I heard someone else here. Were you talking to someone?” your mother eyed you suspiciously. This time, your phone vibrated on your hand which made your palm tickle. But you resisted the urge to laugh.

“No one here except me umma.” You said neutrally. Then your mother looked at you suspiciously again. The phone continued vibrating more than 5 times already, but you still managed to maintain your calm blank expression to her. After a few seconds, she finally gave in.

“Okay dear. Good night. You have a big night tomorrow.” She then bid you and closed the door. Seeing she was out of sight already, you took out your phone immediately and 12 messages greeted you.

I love you, Goodnight. Each of the messages said, coming from the 12 guys themselves. You took the message neutrally. Not too happy or annoyed about it. Just in a friendly way. But for some reason, a smile made its way on the corner of your lips. You held your hand to your chest to feel your heart beating like crazy. You’ve never felt this way before. It was a feeling like no other. It seems to be connected towards Exo. You closed your eyes. Never in your life did you feel so special.

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