SEHUN'S DREAM

Sehun sat up with a gasp waking from his nightmare. He looked around frantically trying to find the girl he was dreaming about. He was in his own bed in the dorms. Suho was asleep on the other side of the room. It felt so real.

He knew that tonight, he won't be able to go back to sleep so he went out of the room quietly and dragged a blanket with him to the couch. No need to wake up Suho. Morning will come soon enough. They have enough things to do to keep them busy later.

For the past five months, he had been dreaming of her. This fantasy girl who seemed made for him. He never met her in real life so he was wondering why consistently dreamed of her. Slowly, in his dreams they became friends, then confidants, a month ago he realized he was falling in love with her. He fought hard against it. Why would he fall in love who doesn't exist?
But the heart wants what it wants. Not loving her was not possible. She's his soulmate. His heart was her from the very start.

Tonight, they got into a stupid argument. How was it possible to argue with someone in your dreams? Sehun grimaced as he recalled how he acted like a spoiled brat once again, expecting her to apologize and console him. In his dream, he walked away from her, surreptitiously checking to make sure she's following him.

That's when it happened. A big black car suddenly came out of nowhere and slammed into her sending her flying yards away. His breathing stopped when he saw her broken and bleeding. He was running towards her when he woke up. She needs to be alright. She needs to be.

He dozed off in a dreamless sleep. Exhaustion taking over his will. He was shaken awake by the other members a few hours later. They went to a scheduled appearance at a nearby university for a program called "Guerrilla Date." It was fun and noisy. He slipped into his role as the sexy maknae like a second skin. His smiles were genuinely friendly. He loved his EXO-Ls.

They stopped by a popular cafe on the way back to the company. Everyone wanted to try the new cronuts the place was advertising. The members were all seated in a large corner booth near the counter eating the warm pastry and drinking their choice of drinks when the door jingled and a pretty young girl walked in.

Sehun lost all color on his face. It's her, the girl he'd been dreaming about. She was walking with a slight limp and her right arm on a cast and sling. She's thinner than in his dreams but there was no mistaking it. It is her.

She smiled at the handsome barista and held up one finger. He smiled back and gave her a nod. Slowly she walked gracefully despite her limp, and seated herself on a small table near the window across from him.

The young barista brought over her steaming coffee in a delicate looking cup and saucer. He never even asked what she wanted. She gave him a brilliant and loving smile before touching his cheek briefly. Sehun wanted to punch the living daylights out of the younger man. He settled for glaring at his retreating back.

He turned back his gaze on her and was startled to see her looking directly back at him. There wasn't a hint of recognition in her eyes. She immediately dropped her gaze and inclined her head in a quick bow of respect before totally ignoring him. Her coffee held more interest for her than his handsome face. He felt a twinge of hurt in his chest but couldn't stop looking at her.

Pretty soon, all the members got up and started piling out the door to go to their next schedule. He was the last to leave his seat. His gaze lingered on her face as he walked out slowly, hoping for a connection, something, anything. But she never looked up.

He bugged his managers and the coordi Noonas to help him find out if she goes to the cafe again. He was pleased to find out that she goes there every morning around 9:30 for coffee and stays for half an hour each time.

Sehun started covertly coming in everyday just to see her. He missed her like crazy. His dreams of her stopped since that night he woke up from a nightmare. Suho was the first to notice his weird schedule. By all accounts he had never been a morning person. Yet everyday he was getting up early. He would be jittery from all the caffeine he consumed for the rest of the day. Suho started to come with him to find out what was so special about that particular cafe. They had other branches, some nearer the dorm yet he kept coming back here.

She came in again in the same manner today. She sat on her favorite spot and smiled at the young barista fondly. Sehun looked at her without blinking, his entire being focused only on her. Half an hour each day is all he gets. Just a little slice of heaven to keep him going.

Suho was mercilessly teasing him all the way back home. He was laughing at Sehun's obvious feelings for the girl. Tall, handsome and sexy. The maknae shouldn't have any problems in the love department. Yet Sehun couldn't even say hi to this girl. Suho couldn't wait to tell all the members about her.

From that day on, at least one other member would go with him to the cafe, making it less obvious that he went there everyday just to look at her.

He noticed everything about her. Her smile, her eyes, her gracefulness, how she started gaining some weight and started losing some of the gaunt, pale look she had when he first saw her in this place. He noticed that her limp was gone and that she kept massaging her wrist when she is tired from writing. She stubbornly kept on removing her wrist brace as soon as she sat down earning her a mild chiding glance from the young barista each time.

EXO had a concert in Japan for two consecutive days. They were there for four days. Despite his jet lag, he woke up early the following day and rushed back to the cafe. She never came. Neither did the handsome young barista.

Sehun went back for several more days hoping to finally see her. She came back on the fifth day arm in arm and all smiles with the young man he now seriously hate. She beelined for her place and the young man gave her a cup of coffee again. He also gave her a hug and a quick kiss on the forehead. Sehun looked down quickly before he ends up throwing something on the young man's head.

Suho noticed his reaction though and attempted to distract him by giving lame jokes. When Sehun kept on ignoring him, he settled for taking selcas. An idea suddenly popped in Sehun's head and with a quick whisper to Suho, he managed to get a selca that now had her sipping coffee in the background.

He took one selca a day. He now had an album full of her pretty face. Today was white day. He was gathering the courage to go over and talk to her and give her a box of chocolates.
He sat down again to position himself for a selca that again included her. He was disappointed to realize hat she moved away from her seat, probably to go to the bathrooms. Sehun shrugged and smiled for the phone's camera while holding up his fingers for a V-pose. He dropped his phone when he suddenly realized that she was now smiling with her chin just an inch over his left shoulder mirroring his V-pose with her left hand and grinning happily at the camera.

She picked up his phone and handed it back to him. She grinned at him and waited patiently for him to speak. He handed her a box of chocolates. While she was smiling as she opened the gift he gave her, he snapped a quick picture. She was smiling directly at the camera.

Despite his embarrassment, he quickly introduced himself. She nodded and told him her name is Soo Hee. They started talking comfortably after that. Sehun was relieved to find out that the young barista was her younger brother and not her boyfriend, she teased him and called him her handsome stalker.

He found out she was in a car accident a year ago. It was a hit-and-run. She was found broken and bleeding on the sidewalk by a man living across the street who had taken a look when he heard glass breaking. She was in a coma for five months. Sehun shuddered when he realized that that's how long he had been meeting her in his dreams.

Soo Hee, had been coming here for breakfast everyday after her physical therapy at the university hospital. Sehun had been coming everyday to be with his soulmate.

They started sitting together from that day on. Sehun was usually the first to arrive. Sometimes he would go up to the counter and chat with her brother, sometimes he would bring a script to read. A couple of times, Kai came along despite his objections, the damn perfectionist wanted to keep discussing their dual stage performance until the actual hour of the performance.

Sehun finally got Soo Hee's phone number and he would call or text message her whenever he was out of the country for a concert. He found out that she collects magnets with names of cities around the world. He started bringing it back for her instead of the plushies which she didn't seem to like much.

He found out later that she had so much around her hospital bed when she first woke up from her coma that she feels uncomfortable around them. Especially the penguin plushies. She joked that when she first woke up, she was having difficulties moving her arm and a penguin plushy fell on her face nearly suffocating her to death.

Sehun made a mental note never to introduce her to Kyungsoo. She'll have nightmares.

He was happy just to be with her, even if they never speak a single word, he's happy just to be there with her. He was reading the script for a new drama he was hoping to be in when his large hands accidentally covered her small ones as he reached for a pastry. He was trying to apologize and withdraw his hand when she turned her hand over palms up and simply laced her fingers between his. She didn't let go the entire time they were in the cafe.

Sehun would hold her hand everyday as soon as she sat down. She would smile and touch his cheek. He started scooting his seat closer to her everyday until finally one day she just laughed outright at his subtle moves and sat down on his lap. She kissed his cheek tenderly then blew him raspberries.

Although she doesn't limp anymore, she still gets tired easily and couldn't walk for too long. He started driving himself to the cafe everyday and took her out to drive around the streets of Seoul when he found out that she like to get around town but couldn't.

He introduced her to Vivi, his pet dog. Her and Vivi got along so well Vivi started staying with her when he's busy then just simply because Vivi likes being spoiled rotten. She called Vivi her baby. Sehun teased that it should be him she calls "baby". Soo Hee laughed and called him "Yeobo'" before giving him a quick smack..... full on the lips.

He went around the rest of the day, through various events, grinning like an idiot. Later, Sehun planned an elaborate date of steak an wine dinner with matching string quartet playing soft music in the background. Soo Hee looked intimidated and uncomfortable. They ended up eating ramyeon and sausage from a convenience store along Han river. That night Sehun finally told Soo Hee he loved her. Soo Hee smiled and whispered that she loved him too.

They had been dating and in-love for months. Sehun walked around feeling giddy and happy all day but despite best effort to preserve Soo Hee's privacy and keep her identity hidden from the public, crazy ssaesangs found out about their relationship.

Sehun and Soo Hee were walking hand-in-hand, crossing the street towards Sehun's parked car after a movie date when out of nowhere a car suddenly appeared and instead of slowing down, began speeding up uncaring of the couple directly on its path. They were thrown several yards away and ran over by the car at least once before it left for a high speed chase with the police. The driver was eventually caught and deemed unfit for trial and was instead locked up in an asylum for the criminally insane.

On the accident site, Sehun took the brunt of the impact. Blood was pouring out from a large gash in his head, his breathing, agonal but his arms were still around Soo Hee. She was crying and screaming for help.

Sehun died in her arms, in her grief Soo Hee wanted to die as well but could not afford to do so. Today, Sehun and her were just celebrating after finding out she was pregnant.

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