We are One...For You

-YOUR POV-

Right now, you were on your way to class. You woke up later than usual because of what happened yesterday. Now you were running in the hallways. You know this is against the rules, but you had no choice since you didn’t want to be ate for class. ‘Ugh! This is all those people’s fault.’ You said to yourself. You were a few more meters away from your class when you hear a voice call you.

“HEY! YOU!” the voice said. Though curious, you just continued running and ignored the voice. ‘The person could be calling anyone besides me, right?’

“HEY YOU RUNNING! STOP!” the voice became stricter, so you had no choice but to stop. You took a deep breath to face the worst thing that’s gonna happen. You turned around. You were surprised to see Suho. ‘What’s his problem?!’

“What? Can’t you see I’m late!” you said to him bluntly.

“Ehem.” He coughed. “What I do see is you running in the hallways, which is against the rules.” He snickered.

Ugh! He’s right! And you hate it when he’s right. Why is this guy always there when you’re breaking rules? You are so in trouble. Now you were sure he’s not gonna let this one off the hook. You took a deep breath and prepared for the worst.

“But,I think I’m gonna set you free.” He said, which made your eyes widen in shock. Why is he doing this…again? But you didn’t really bother to ask all you want is to be out of this situation.

“Thanks.” You said happily while turning back to leave.

“But on one condition.” He continued, which made you stop. ‘Great.’ You sarcastically thought. You knew he was not gonna let you off the hook that fast.

“What is it?” you muttered.

“Promise you won’t avoid us anymore?” he smirked. Us? Does he mean Exo? Ugh! Those guys, seriously?

“Fine. Whatever. Now can I go?” you didn’t wait for his response anymore and just left. But then you felt someone grab your hand from the back and pull you back. Next thing you know, you and Suho’s face were now inches away. You can’t help but notice his milky white face and brown orbs. ‘Wow. Has he really been this charming?’ You asked yourself. ‘Wait. What am I thinking? This guy is crazy!’ you finally came in to your senses.

“Let me go!” you said while trying to wiggle free.

“I was serious. Don’t avoid us anymore ok?” he said while his face was moving closer towards yours. You can feel his breath on your face. ‘What?! How does he know?’

“What are you taking about?” you asked with a hint of suspiciousness so that it won’t be obvious.

“Come on Shin-hee. You think we haven’t noticed?” he looked into you in the yes.

‘Noticed? Noticed what? Are they stalking me?’ You were about to say something when you felt a presence pull your shoulder from behind. The pull was unexpected that you got carried away too much and lost balance. As you felt yourself slowly falling, someone grabbed your hand and pulled you up. You narrowed your eyes to see who was that lifesaver of yours. It took you a few seconds until you finally recognized who the person was –D.O.

“Ah Suho-hyung, you went too far.” He said with a blank expression. You were standing in front of the two.

“Sorry, I got carried away.” Suho just smiled, scratching his head.

“Ok. But don’t do it again.” he smiled while tapping Suho’s shoulder. “It’ll ruin your reputation for Pres.”

“Don’t worry.” He winked at him.

‘What do they mean by ‘went too far.’? Did they plan this all along? What are they trying to say?!’ you just stood there speechless with thousands of questions buzzing in your mind. But you finally became yourself again and slowly walked away from the two of them. You were facing away from them when…

“Shin-hee.” D.O. called you. ‘Ok. Now I’m in no escape!’

“What?” you turned around with a fake smile.

“Take these.” He said while handing you a bag of cookies. Those cookies again. Those soft, chewy –NO. Stop. You really want dig in those chewy sweets but it will really make you look weak and easy to tempt.

“Thanks but I’m good.” Turning your back so you won’t be tempted to grab the thing again like the last time.

“Too bad. I made these just for you.” he frowned. Uh! Now you were feeling guilty. You really don’t want him to waste the effort of baking those if you were just gonna turn it down. ‘Should I take it? But if I take it I would –Uh! This is hard.’ Your mind kept screaming. But finally you took the pack away from his hands again.

“Fine.” You groaned. You could see him flash a satisfying smile.

“Great. Bye now.” He waved his hand at you then left with Suho. And again, another awkward moment. You looked at your watch to see you were already 15 minutes late, so you skipped the class anyways.

It was your Science period. Right now you, with your class, were heading to the hall room. It was the time when the students will be grouped for research for the second semester. You were really nervous on who you will get teamed up with, but at least you were happy with the fact that you won’t get teamed up with Hyun-ok again.

Your class finally arrived there, and you saw the room filled with the sophomores of SM Academy. You looked around to see the places where you were gonna sit indicated by the plates. There was Class 1. You were surprised to see Sehun and Luhan waving at you. You just gave them a friendly smile. Then Class 3. There you see sitting beside each other –Chen, Lay, Suho and D.O who were weirdly staring at you.

You felt kind of freaked out so you quickly too a seat where Class 2 was supposed to be. You heard the different noises of girls squealing, guys yelling and chairs being dragged everywhere. ‘Gosh. Why can’t people be more quiet.’ You bear with the noise for a few minutes, until finally the professor arrived. Everyone scrammed to their places and stopped talking. ‘Oh now they became quiet.’ You rolled your eyes.

“Good afternoon everyone. If your name will get called, you stand up.” He said right away. Then he called 5 names. Each name, a student stands up.

“You will be on one group.” He said. Then continued. After calling 4 groups. You heard your name called.

“Seung Shin-hee.” The professor said, then you stood up slowly. ‘I wonder who these people are. Please not an Exo. Please not an Exo.’ You hoped.

“Zhang Yixing.” Your mind almost blew off o hearing the name. ‘NOOOOOO!’ you regretted hopelessly. But you looked on the bright side, ‘One Exo isn’t bad.’ You said to yourself. But your head felt pain again when you heard the next name.

“Kim Jongdae.” He continued. Then Chen stood up high-fiving Lay, obviously happy that they got teamed up. But not you. You almost hyperventilated, but you just stayed calm.

“Kim Minseok, and Oh Sehun. You guys are on one group.” Now it felt as if you have been shot right in the head. One Exo is bad enough, 4 more! You stood there jaw drop, your mind faraway from the present. Everyone was now staring at you, but you were just so shocked that you couldn’t move an inch. ‘Why is fate playing with me?’ you thought.

“Ehem. Ms. Seung, you can take your seat now.” Your professor addressed you, which made everyone’s eyes direct to you. You slowly sat down, but mind completely frozen. The grouping was almost over yet you were still sat there speechless. You felt someone tap your shoulder from behind. You turned around to see Kris.

“You alright? You were completely still the whole time. Which is weird.” He whispered at you.
He was right,you were completely acting weird. You finally came back to your old self.

“Yeah. I was just…surprised.” You stuttered. He was about to say something when the professor announced something loudly, which grabbed everyone’s attention.

“Ok people. I want you to go to your respective groups. Know each other more, then plan.” He formally said.

Not again! It’s happening all over again. You just slammed your face on the desk. Everyone was already going to their groups while you were just there, eyes widened. Then you sensed people walking towards you. ‘Great. It must be them.’ You rolled your eyes in sarcasm. You just didn’t move an inch.

“Uh, Shin-hee.” You heard a high voice, which you were guessing as Chen’s. You just ignored him anyways.

“You did hear what the professor say right?” he continued. ‘Yeah. But I don’t like this.’ You wanted to say.’

“Come on. Don’t do this. If you do, you’ll fail rethearch.” You hear Sehun’s lisp. ‘He’s right.’ You thought. You took a deep breath and turned your face towards them. There you saw the guys. Lay and Chen were standing beside each other. Xiumin was beside them. And Sehun was in front of you kneeling.

“Pleeeeath~” he begged you with puppy eyes. Uh! This guy. You sat properly which made him smile.

“Okay. Since the professor needs the papers next week. The earlier we work, the better.” Lay said. ‘Wow, he sure is serious.’ You thought. Right now, he wasn’t the guy who pinned you in the lockers a few months ago.

“So let’s decide where to work.” Chen sad brightly. Then in less than 5 seconds, Sehun finally thought of someplace.

“Let’s work at Umin-hyung’s!” he suggested happily. But then Xiumin reacted.

“No! Not our place!” he protested. “We, uh…live far from school.” He continued.

“But don’t you live–“ but before Sehun could continue, Xiumin bumped his shoulder.

“Ow!” he said while rubbing his shoulder. Xiumin just smiled innocently. You found it weird on how both of them were acting. As if, they were hiding something.

“Ok? Let’s do it at my place then.” Lay broke the awkward silence. You saw Xiumin exhale a breath of relieve.

“Ok this weekend then.” Chen agreed. You really didn’t care on when and where. All you want is for this to be over and done with. And finally after minutes, it was finally break. You saw the rest of the Exo guys walk towards your group. Great! Now all of them.

“Lucky people.” Chanyeol gave Chen, Lay, Xiumin and Sehun each a glare. ‘What’s so lucky about this?’ You thought.

“Come on now guys. It’s already time to move on.” Kris said while looking at the time.

“But can we stay for–“ but before Sehun could continue Luhan grabbed his arm and pulled him out.

“Let’s just go.” Luhan said bluntly. Then they all left.

‘Ok? That was weird.’ You thought. Everyone stormed out of the room, while you waited for them to just go out until you were finally alone in the room. You took your stuff and went outside. You were now in the hallways walking to the next room.

You were already nearing your destination, when something caught your attention. You saw a piano in the empty music room. Driven by awe, you entered the room. There was still a few minutes before classes start, and a little playing can’t hurt anyone, right? You tiptoed inside and stared at the piano. Then you sat and started playing the tunes of your favourite song: Miracles in December.

Boiji anneun neol chajeuryeogo aesseuda
deulliji anneun neol deureuryeo aesseuda

You sang while playing. You were about to sing the next lines when you hear someone on the corner, clapping. It was Baekhyun.

-BAEKHYUN’S POV-

I was on my way to the next class with the guys when I remembered I forgot my notebook in the music room. I always liked hanging there when I have the time and play some tunes with the piano. It was where I get my moment of peace. I entered the empty music room and started looking for my notebook. It wasn’t there on the last place I left it, so the teacher must have placed it on the stock room.

I squeezed myself into the small music stock room to find that notebook. After a few minutes of hopeless searching, I heard the deep beautiful sound of the piano playing. Thinking it was only my imagination, I decided to ignore it. But I heard the sounds again, but this time the tunes were playing a really familiar song. I went outside the stock room and saw her. She was there singing with her beautiful voice along with the piano. My heart stopped for a second on hearing her voice. Then I clapped slowly, so that she’ll know I was there.

“Amazing.” I said casually. I can see her shocked expression covering her face.

“What are you doing here?” she asked me.

“The question is…What are you doing here?” I corrected her. She bit her lip. She didn’t know what to answer. ‘Ok, maybe I was a bit too rude.’

“Play that song again.” I smiled at her. Her face kind of brightened up. She slowly sat back again and I sat beside her. She played the tunes of the chorus. Then I sang.

Neul nabakke mollasseotdeon igijeogin naega yeah
ne mamdo mollajwotdeon musimhan naega

She continued playing and she sang with me:
Ireohgedo dallajyeotdaneun ge najocha mitgiji anha
Ne sarangeun ireohge gyesog nal umjigyeo

That voice again. I just want to listen to it everytime. It was like a missing piece in my heart. It rings through my ears. She just make me feel better.

“I better go.” She said while slowly standing up and leaving. I was so speechless I couldn’t respond to what she just said. My mind was full of her. Now I know how they feel.

Notes

And that was Chapter 9. Sorry if I haven't updated in a while. Schoolwork is just killing me. -_-
Thanks to those who viewed and subscribed to the story. :) To make it up, i'll try double updated.