Heartthrob Snob // D.O.

Chapter 24: So close

“We felt really sad, too,” Sehun said, frowning.

“It was all so sudden as well,” Kai added, pursing his lips.

The three of them thought about what Kai said and all agreed, but they did not dwell on the thought long as one of EXO-M’s member came to join them. Lay was the most curious in EXO-M about Eunmi and so he walked up to the three, before tapping the back of Kai’s shoulder.

“Oh, Lay!” Kai said.

“Olay~” Eunmi giggled.

The three boys looked at her surprised and blinked their eyes a couple of time. A giggle soon escaped her lips and she bowed down, apologising to them.

“So, this is Eunmi-ah?” Lay asked.

“You’ve heard of me?” she furrowed her eyebrows.

Kai and Sehun switched their attentions to Lay and waited for his answer.

“No, Manager Hyung said your name earlier,” Lay continued.

The maknaes burst out laughter, hitting each other’s shoulder and not even realising that they were making derp faces. Eunmi could not help but to giggle again because Lay was cuter that she had expected. Her heart raced because, after all, she was still a fan.

When Kai and Sehun had calmed down, they linked their arms with Eunmi again and proceeded to continue the tour. Lay scratched the back of his head and felt awkward just standing there. He paced back and forth, deciding on whether to join them or to go back, but he chose the second option.

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After the tour of the dorm, Kai, Sehun and Eunmi returned to the living room and everyone’s attentions were on them. D.O watched as Eunmi made her way to the empty space on the couch beside Manager Hyung. He could not stop staring at her; he could not keep his eyes off of her. It seemed as if the weeks he has not seen her has made him attracted to her more.

His heart raced and his palms sweat upon seeing her again. D.O was about to walk up to her, but Kai spoke and so he was forced to remain in his seat.

“Guys, meet Eunmi,” Kai began, and then pointing to EXO-M members, he introduced them. “This is Luhan, Tao, Chen, Xiumin, Lay and Kris. You already know them, but they don’t know you so… yeah…”

“She knows us?” Luhan asked.

“Yeah, she’s our fan!” Sehun exclaimed.

“That’s weird,” Kris muttered.

“So D.O was living with a fan?” Xiumin asked and the rest of EXO-M cringed at the thought. They could not imagine living with a fan, perhaps it was because of the thought that they could have been sasaeng fans.

“And so what?” D.O asked back, rather coldly.

“I’m just saying—”

“Don’t say anything,” D.O interrupted.

Everyone went quiet and Eunmi felt even more awkward and out of place. Manager Hyung huffed out in irritation, before clapping his hands together and walking to the middle of the room, grabbing the boys’ attentions.

“Let’s not fight about small things, shall we? You just saw each other. Anyway, talking about your comeback, you have an interview tomorrow with Sukira Kiss The Radio. Ryeowook is really excited to see you all again.”

“When are we going to practice?” asked Suho.

“Practice starts after your interview. President Lee really wants you boys to make a really good comeback with Overdose,” their hyung answered.

“Overdose?” Eunmi asked. She thought that she was only thinking it, but it came out, audible to everyone.

“You’ll have to wait and see,” Baekhyun winked.

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Time at the EXO dorm went by too quickly and it was now time for Eunmi to head back home. She was about to exit, but Manager Hyung told her to wait because he had to use the men’s room really quickly. While hyung made his way there, D.O finally saw the opportunity and approached her.

“Eunmi,” he called to her. She turned around and her breath hitched, not knowing what to do.

“Uh, hey,” she laughed nervously.

“How’ve you been?” he asked.

“Good, I’m good. You?” she asked.

“I’ve been good, too.”

They looked around in awkwardness, with each trying to think of questions to keep the conversation flowing, although it was really D.O who had to do it because he was the one who approached her.

“I’m just going to come out and say it,” he began. “Eunmi, I miss you, okay? I really, really do.”

She was surprised at what he said and was not even expecting him to say such a thing. Even though she was thinking this way, her heart skipped a beat and she felt warm inside. Her face was feeling hot and so, she looked at the ground immediately, but D.O thought she did this because she did not wish to hear it.

His heart sank and he rubbed the back of his neck, wishing he had not said it in the first place. When she lifted her head up, their eyes met and the aura was noiseless; peaceful, and then slowly, D.O began to lean closer to Eunmi.

Without breaking eye contact, he stared into her eyes and then at her lips. Eunmi wanted to avoid his gaze and to step backwards to distance herself, but her body was not cooperating with her and instead she stood still on her spot.

When their faces were only centimetres apart from each other, D.O tilted his head to the side and closed his eyes. Eunmi knew what was coming and so she did the same, except she had shut her eyes tighter than he had. He was coming closer and closer, but…

“Okay, let’s go.”

Both of them heard Manager Hyung’s voice from the hallway and so, D.O pulled away and Eunmi was finally able to control her body as she stepped back. Their hearts were beating so fast, too fast to be exact, that it was kind of hard for them to breathe. Eunmi gulped and wondered what just happened while D.O was cursing himself in his mind.

When Manager Hyung came, he smiled and tapped D.O on the arm, before he let Eunmi exit first. D.O watched as they left and he placed his hand over his chest, where his heart is. He shook his head and asked himself what on earth he was doing.

I think you just made things more awkward. Great job, Kyungsoo, great job, he thought to himself.

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I think I used the word 'awkward' too many times in this, HAHAHA. But, omg~ 

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