Sehun's POV

I heard footsteps following after me but did not turn to see who it was. I shut myself in my room without giving a chance for the person to follow in.

They knocked on the door. "Sehun, open up."

It was Ling. I looked up feeling irritated.

Why hadn't Xiumin brought back Luhan rather than this girl? Why was she here anyways?

"Sehun, please open up," she continued. "Don't do this."

I scowled in the darkness.

Next she's probably going to tell me all the words I want to hear. Yes, I know how comforting people works.

"You know you're really a jerk for saying those things to Xiumin."

I glared at the door.

What?

"I get that you're angry but come on, don't be so immature about it."

She was not helping.

"I guess that's what you get for being the youngest."

I swung open the door in anger. "What did you say?"

She slipped passed me and into my room. I held back my anger and closed the door.

"You planned that."

She turned on the light and smiled. "Oh, believe me, I meant everything I said."

I frowned.

"Let's run through this in Xiumin's perspective okay?"

I sat angrily on my bed and said nothing.

"Xiumin wants to see Luhan, he doesn't care if he breaks the rules, he's ready for the consequences." She paused. "Do you think he would've told you the youngest member to break the rules?"

I thought about it.

"If let's say something went wrong on the way and you got caught. Who do you think is going to be more disadvantaged? The older guy or the younger?"

I looked at Ling. Her eyes were soft and her brows were furrowed.

She made some good points.

"I could've prepared myself for the consequences." I reasoned with myself.

"Xiumin couldn't," she didn't hesitate. "I doubt he would've forgiven himself if something bad had happened."

I felt guilt rush throughout body like a bolt of lightning. I stood and gave Ling a hug. "Thank you."

She stared at me blankly when I let go and I couldn't help but smile.

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Xiumin's POV

I didn't know what was worst. The fact that Sehun and I were fighting, or the fact that Ling went to him rather than me. I sat in the living room with the other members giving me words of comfort. I could never tell if what they say we're genuine or just out of respect because I'm the oldest. I kept glancing in the direction of Sehun's room hoping Ling would return at any time now.

Few minutes later, Sehun rushed out followed by Ling. He walked straight up to me and bowed his head.

"Hyung, I'm sorry," He said. "I was wrong."

Everyone just stared at him then at Ling.

"Wow, what did you say to him!" Baekhyung laughed. "Incredible."

She shrugged and grinned happily.

"Hyung, forgive me?" Sehun hung his head in shame.

I pulled him in and gave him a bear hug. "Of course."

"So tell us, did u get to see Luhan?" Chanyeol asked excitedly.

I nodded and sat down on the couch again. Everyone sat down and looked intensely at me. Ling sat next to Sehun, the two of them looked closer than before making me wonder what had happened in his room.

"He's doing really well in China actually," I explained. "Healthier and a lot happier."

"He asked about all of you, asking how you were and stuff."

"Oh!" Ling cut in. "He has a concert in Korea, that's the main reason why I'm here actually."

Sehun looked at Ling. "Really?"

She nodded and explained how she met him at the coffee shop.

"Ah, Zhang-ge's coffee shop, of course, he loves it there."

"Ling's staying here until Luhan comes to Korea," I explained.

"Then we can get Luhan to come over," Chen shouted.

Lay nodded in agreement. "We'll make sure we're not caught."

Sehun's face lit up and agreed.

The next morning I woke up to find Ling in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Good morning!" She glanced at me and smiled. "How was your sleep?"

"It was great."

Sehun walked down downstairs still in his pajamas and stood next to Ling.

They exchanged looks and laughed. "Go wash your face Sehun, you look like a mess." She ran her finger through his hair and pushed it away from his eyes.

I frowned at the feeling at the pit of my stomach.

First Luhan, now Sehun. Why won't you look at me?

When Sehun left to wash his face, I took the opportunity to help her with breakfast.

"Thanks for the dinner last night, it was delicious."

She beamed at me. "Glad you liked it."

"Tomorrow, I don't have a schedule, how about going somewhere with me?"

She turned and looked at me. To my surprise, her cheeks were red. "Sure."

My heart skipped a beat and I let out a sigh of relief. She poked my cheeks and I turned to look at her.

She giggled. "Xiumin, you're so cute."

I laughed feeling a bit embarrassed, but somewhere in the back of my head, I didn't like her calling me that.

Sehun returned and together the three of us cooked for the rest of the members. We ate and once again left and headed for our schedules. I locked eyes with her for a brief second before leaving and she smiled.

"Oppa, fighting!"

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Ling's POV

The minute they left the house I began to clean again. The boys were friendly and funny but they were undoubtedly the messiest people I have ever met. I picked up a shoe in the middle of the stair way and began to search for its pair. I found myself wondering into the old rooms of Luhan and completely forgot about the shoe. I looked around at the unfurnished bed, the clean desk and the photos hung on the walls. They were mostly cute selfies with the members. Behind a group picture of all the EXO members, a red strip of ribbon was hanging out. I pulled on it and a stack of folded paper fell out. I kneeled and looked through them.

They were letters dating back to before he debuted, letters that went back and forth from him to his friends in China. A picture of Luhan and a girl slipped out of the last picture. I picked it up and examined it. His hair was blonde which meant that it was taken after their debut.

Borin?

I recognized the girl as a friend of mine during my time as an exchange student in Korea. I hastily pulled out my phone to look at her pictures on social media.

It is! This is Borin!

I scowled at the photo and stuffed it into my pocket. My heart thumped loudly as I left the room.
Jealously pulled at my heart as I thought about Borin and Luhan together. I shook it off and continued cleaning.

At around 2 PM (shout out to my all-time favorite group), Sehun returned to the dorm with bags of clothes and sat on the couch.

"Ling, come here." He motioned me towards him.

"We all decided to buy some clothes for your stay here." He pointed at the bags. "They are all here, they wanted to see if you could guess who got you what."

I stared at him and turned as if I have not seen him.

"Hey," he stood up. "Do you know how hard it was to get these clothes? We had to sacrifice our break, go under cover and walk into female stores. We had to-"

"Alright alright." I turned and returned to his side on the couch.

I looked at all the bags. "These weren't expensive were they?"

Sehun smiled. "No, we don't want to burden you. Hold on, before you start."

He took off his ring and gave it to me. "It's the one I gave you that time at the fan signing. Keep it."

Sehun dropped it into my hand. "How about we go and get our hair done tomorrow?"

Notes

//Author's Note:
Ling has been asked to hang out by two of the EXO members, however doesn't seem see that they might be asking her out because she is blinded by her feelings for Luhan. Who is she going to say yes to?

So guys, what's this I hear about Luhan rejoining EXO. Please calm down, he's in Korea only coz he's on vacation. Give the poor deer a break. What do you think about the possibility though ... of Luhan, Kris, and Tao returning to EXO? Pretty unlikely or nah?

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