Ling's POV

I woke up to the smell of breakfast and wandered in my pajamas to the kitchen where Xiumin was making breakfast.

He turned to me holding a cup of coffee. "This is about the only thing I can make well."

He puffed his cheeks in embarrassment and passed the cup to me.

"It smells amazing," I smiled at him. "Thank you."

I took a sip just as Baekhyung, Chanyeol and Sehun came down the stairs.

"Woah!" Baekhyung called out. "Ling, you shorts! They're so-"

I blushed hard and tried to pull down my shorts.

Sehun smacked him on the head and held him in a choke hold. "What were you thinking hyung."

Baekhyung laughed and the two of them moved to the couch and crashed.

"Wow, hyung!" Chanyeol's mouth watered at the site of the food. "Is this all for us?"

Xiumin laughed and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, it's not that great."

He passed me a plate of eggs, toast and bacon and leaned on the counter as Chanyeol and Sehun helped themselves to breakfast.

"Where do you want to go today, let's go do something fun." He grinned and tilted his head.

I pinched his cheeks and giggled. "So cute." I blurted out.

He frowned and pushed my hand away. "Stop it."

I looked at him blankly kind of shocked.

"I'll meet you back here in 10 minutes for our outing okay?" He said without looking at me.

"Yeah, okay." I said hesitantly and watched him go back to his room.

I sat there in silence trying to comprehend what had happened. Sehun took Xiumin's place in front of me and looked me in the eye. "You shouldn't have said that."

"What? I didn't offend him." I groaned.

He flicked my forehead. "Aish this girl. You hurt his man pride."

I furrowed my brows and looked at him skeptically.

"You see, guys don't like being called cute." He stabbed a piece of bacon with his fork.

"Hey don't worry. He'll get over it." He said with his mouthful. "Go get changed, you have a date don't you?"

I blushed red and left quickly as Sehun chuckled behind me.

About five minutes later I walked out of my room only to walk right into Sehun. He put a finger to his lips and guided me back into my room.

"Wear this." He held up a pale blue blouse. "He bought this for you yesterday."

As Sehun stood facing the door with a towel wrapped over his eyes, I changed into a white tank top and put on the blouse. It was a perfect fit. There were holes at the shoulders and the medium length sleeves connected to the body of the shirt where it puffed out. It matched nicely with my denim shorts and the white sneakers that Luhan had given me.

"How do I look?" I uncovered Sehun's eyes and spun him around to face me.

He gave me the thumbs up. "Go get him." He winked at me and I smiled.

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Xiumin's POV

I sat on the couch with my sunglasses and snapback in my hand. I looked at my watch.

She's late. Is she upset that I pushed her hand away?

I used my phone as a mirror and checked my hair one last time. I ran my hand through it to make sure it stayed up. Tired of sitting, I stood up and began impatiently pacing the room. I had on a pair of black cargo shirt with a short sleeved white and green hoody, but now that I had more time, I felt more of a need to change.

I headed for my room again.

Maybe a different shirt? Should I just leave my hair down?

I tipped my head in frustration just as Ling walked down the stairs.

She was stunning from head to toe. The first thing I noticed was the blue blouse that I had bought for her the day before. She wore it extremely well. Her hair was down in small waves that surrounded her face. She combed it back with her fingers and she smiled making me blush.

"Ready?" She said coming closer.

"You look nice." I smiled and bowed my head.

"What is this, why are you so formal." She smiled cheekily at me and punched me in the shoulder.

We left after she helped me hide my identity. I had decided not to wear the face mask today because of how crowded I suspected the roads would be. Ling was worried but I insisted I without one.

The day went very well. We went to the movies, followed by lunch and made our final stop at the mall. Ling and I joked around at different shops and eventually found ourselves in a hat shop.

"You like hats don't you?" Ling ran ahead of me and tried on a top hat. She grabbed another one and placed it on my head.

"What is this." I laughed when I saw my reflection in the mirror.

We took several selfies together with different combinations of hats. Eventually, we felt the angry glaring of the shop owner and decided to leave before she kicked us out. When we left the mall with our coffee it was already dark.

"Should we go get dinner too then?" I asked looking at her from the corners of my eyes.

"Anything you want Oppa." She had made herself comfortable with calling me that word but my heart was certainly not. I felt it beat faster as we walked towards a small corner restaurant with her arms looped into mine.

"Could we get a room?" Ling asked after I told the waiters that it was only us two.

The waiter stared at us for a brief moment then nodded. "There's a room free for the night."

We made ourselves comfortable with the small room sitting side by side in front of a round table and looked at the menu. As soon as the waiter had left the room from delivering our orders Ling sprung onto me.

"Excuse me." She smiled and grabbed my glasses off my face. "It's very awkward not being able to see your eyes when I talk to you."

I stared at her surprised, my heart beating loudly.

"Imagine talking to some one who looks like this all day." She put on the glasses and my hat. Ling brought her face closer to mine to make a point. "Not very easy to talk to right?"

I laughed and took my hat back from her. "Sorry for putting you through that."

She shrugged and began to eat.

We walked home through a park. It was late and there was almost no one around. I put my arm around her holding her close.

"Are you scared?" She smiled at me. I shook my head and slipped off my glasses, I felt strange wearing sunglasses when it was dark.

She frowned at me. "You're going to get caught."

"Then I'm ready for the consequences."

"I'm not," she whined. "I'm telling you now, I would not be able to live with myself if you get kicked out of EXO."

She looked away. "There's already been so many members that left."

I hugged her closer. "Aw, you don't have to worry about me."

She pushed me away. "Oppa, you're taking this like a joke."

I stared at her in the darkness.

"You and the members get along really well, how can you be willing to just sacrifice that."

Because of you.

She crossed her arms at me and maintained a distance. My phone rang and she looked at me.

"Hello?"

Zhang-ge's voice bellowed through the speaker. "Give to Ling."

His Korean was horrible, but I passed the phone to her all the same. I listened to Ling chattering away in Mandarin and suddenly felt the urge to learn it as well.

"Xiumin," she finally said. "Luhan's in Korea."

"What really? Where?" I said taking the phone back from her.

She paused.

"The hospital."

I felt my heart sink into a deep dark hole.

Notes

//Author's Note:
Xiumin doesn't seem to be taking his responsibilities seriously as an EXO member. Could it be that he's willing to sacrifice it for Ling, or just that he's lonely in EXO because Luhan is no longer there?
Luhan's at a hospital in Korea? Now you shall see why him getting hurt was necessary.
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