- Ten's pov-
Gosh this is sooo tiring. Thank god everything is finished now. We just arrived at our dorm and i can see everyone feeling the same as me.
All of us has no more energy to argue or even do anything. Not even lucas...the big guys was already half asleep while walking.
Everyone went upstairs to their respective room. Its only 3 in the evening so i guess they want to have a rest first.
I was the last one to go upstairs since i went to the kitchen for some water first...or so i thought. When i almost take the first stair kun pat my shoulder.
"Hey... I'm gonna go see the manager for a while okay? If anything happen just call me" he say. I was about to stop him since we all have a tiring schedule and here he is being called by the manager?
What the heck did manager-nim want? But then i think again, kun will never agree if i told him not to go anyway. So the faster he go see the manager...the faster he came back home.
"Okay..."
He smiled at me and went out through the front door. I sigh and went upstairs to our shared room.
~5 hours later~
I'm done taking a bath after a short nap just now... So i went down to see what's everyone doing.
I walk down the staircase and sees everyone watching movie at the living room.
"Yall have a movie marathon without even inviting me. Auch I'm hurt" I fake gasp and put my hand on my heart.
All of them whipped their head toward my direction and just laugh at me without even caring. Humph meaniee:((
"Ge you were sleeping just now. How are we going to invite you for the movie?" Even xiaojun laugh at me.
"And plus, you're scary when people wakes you up. Kun-ge is the only one that won't be scared of you."
Wait...yangyang was right tho. When people wakes me up the first thing i see is kun's face. And automatically all my anger feel like its have been washed away.
"Talking about kun... he's not home yet?" I asked the boys. Its already 8 and he's still not here. I'm starting to get worried.
"No. We've been here since 6 and didn't see him coming in."
Suddenly the front door was opened and reveal kun with red eyes and nose. Speaking of the devil. He walked in and close the door quietly while looking down obviously thinking something. All of us was being quiet since kun is acting a little bit unusual. I think he's not even aware of our presence. I was still standing in front of the staircase tho.
He was about to go upstairs when suddenly he stopped after realizing that there were a pair of foot which was mine and lift his head.
I stare at him and he stares at me.
"You okay?" I asked. He nods.
"Have you eaten?" He nods again.
"Why aren't you talking?" He didn't respond this time. What happen to him? Suddenly i remembered that he told me he went to see our manager just now. What the heck did manager-nim do to him?
"Kun talk to me." I hold his shoulders but he just shake his head violently and walk pass me going into our room since i heard the door closed but i didn't hear it lock. Good.
"I'll go talk to him." I looked at the others and they nod.
I start walking up the stairs and straight to my room door. I don't even knock and walk inside seeing kun standing while facing the wall opposite of the door direction. His hands open and close repeatedly. He's hiding something. He bottled up everything and I'm not letting that pass. I closed the door behind me.
"Kun tell me what happened" No respond.
"Stop being stubborn and spill it out. This is not who you are!" I raised my voice a little while crossing my arms hoping that he'll burst it out.
"You don't know who i am..." His voice cracked. He's been crying wasn't he. That's why he won't answer my question earlier in front of everyone.
"Tell me who you are then!" I tried to sound more annoyed and act like i didn't care so that kun will get annoyed as well. I think it work because as soon as i said that he spunned around.
"Fine! You wanna know who i am?! I'm a weak failure that think he can be the GREAT LEADER when he can't even take in a bunch of critics and yells from his own boss and then weep at the company's rooftop! I'm not even worth to live!"
As he yells his lungs out I'm trying to process everything he said. Our manager...FUCKING YELL AND CRITICS MY PRECIOUS KUN?!
By now i think my eyes were already big and wide and wait i shouldn't blabbered kun is crying oh my god. I was about to open my mouth to say something when kun walk pass me heading for the door but nu-uh I'm not letting you run away again. Before one of his hand even reach the door knob I grab his other hand.
"Kun wait"
He stopped. But he's still facing the door. I turn him around slowly but he won't look at me finding the floor is more interesting. He's holding back his sobs. I can see some of the salty water dropped on the floor.
"Look at me" he shakes his head and start to sob slowly.
"Baby"
"sweetheart"
"cutie pie"
"Love, look at me" He's still won't look at me. But hey at least he stopped crying.
I moved my hands from his wrist cupping his face slowly and lift his head up. Now that i can see his face clearly i noticed he must've been crying for hours.
I smiled softly at him while wiping his tears. I stared into his eyes and start talking.
"I need you to listen to me carefully okay? Firstly, you are not weak. You're like the strongest person I've ever met. You take in all of the scolding from our manager and bear with it all alone. That's tough you know. Second, you're not a failure. You carried all the responsibility and take care of us real well like your own child...which we all are. In fact you ARE a great leader that everyone ever wanted to be! So don't you dare think that you're not worth it when you actually do. Especially to us wayv. We can't live properly without you"
I finished my speech and end up having kun burst to tears again. He sobbed real loud this time letting all of it go. I pulled him into a tight hug and caress his hair. He continue to cry on my shoulder and hug me back.
"There there. Let it all out"
- the other side of the door -
5 boys trying to press their ears onto the door to hear everything that was happening on the inside. But they only get to catch the sound of kun sobbing loudly.
They all felt guilty and tried to think of something to repay kun. Suddenly the maknae bright up and whisper something to all of them. Their face brighten up as well and hurried down to the kitchen.
- meanwhile inside the bedroom -
(Still Ten's pov)
Kun cries had slow down and come to the phase that I can't even hear anything. So i loosen up my hold to ask if he's already okay just to see his sleeping face.
I smiled again. He must've been tired for crying too long. I carried him up and lay him down on our shared bed. I took a peek at my phone to see what time is it and its already late so i decided to join kun and drift off to sleep as well.
- The next morning -
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
I was awoken by my phone ringing like crazy. Damn who the heck spam me early in the morning. Its only 7 jeez.
My donkey
Ten
Ten
Ten
Li YongQin
Chittapon leechaiyapornkul
TENNN!
What do you want hendery
Oh you're up
Good!
Actually...
We may or may not have heard everything last night. So we decided to give kun-ge a surprise downstairs.
So please text me when you and kun-ge were about to come down so we can get ready
Fine. But make sure your surprise is not troublesome. He had enough trouble already.
Yes. We promise!
I close my phone and sigh. I hope its not really troublesome. I look beside me where kun is still sleeping. I decided to take a bath first and then wakes him up. I slowly lift up his arms that have been hugging me and walk to the bathroom.
After i take the short and refreshing bath, i wear my cloth and dried my hair. I go to sit at the edge of the bed and sigh. He must've been so tired since its already 8 and he's not up yet. Usually he'll wake up at six everyday. I shook kun slowly.
"Kunkun wakey wakey~" He stirred and whine before he goes back to sleep. Damn that's cute I almost melt right then and there.
"Baby you have to wake up" i caress his hair. He whine again and hug my waist snuggling to it.
"Go take a bath. Then we'll have breakfast together. Okay?" I said softly. He seems cuddly today. He nodded and let go of my waist waking up from his laying position. He rubbed his eyes cutely and go to the bathroom.
After i heard the door closed and the shower turns on, i reach my phone and text hendery saying kun is getting ready and we're going down in a few minutes. He replied with a simple okay. Then i heard the bathroom door open revealing kun with only towels walking to our wardrobe.
I just watch him getting ready. He wears a pastel pink hoodie that was big leaving him with sweater paws looking so soft.
"Come on" i was about to open the door when i feel a soft tug on my sleeve. I turn around to see kun all shy and cute. Damn i like this side of him being so soft instead of the strict-mother side of kun. I get his signal and move his grip from my sleeve to my hand.
So we walk out of our room and went downstairs hand in hand. The first floor was dark and not even a single light can be seen. I saw kun wearing kunfused face but tighten his hand around me. As soon as we step the last stair the light switch on.
"SURPRISE! ! ! ! !"
5 bodies jump out from behind the counter in the kitchen. Winwin being in the middle holding a cake writing 'Kun-ge is the BEST!' while the others do some weird poses. I smiled as i looked around seeing everything being decorated so beautifully. There were balloons, cookies, chocolates, sweets, brownies and many more sugary.
I looked at kun and sees he started to get teary.
"But guys i-"
"Nu-uh! We are not accepting those 'I'm on diet' or 'I can't eat too many sweets' excuses. Today you must forget all of that and just enjoy!" Kun was cutted off by yangyang.
Finally kun burst to tears and try to wipe his eyes to stop it violently but i stop his hand and put it down. I cupped his face and wipe the tears gently. I kiss both of his eyes and finally peck his lips. We stared at each other for a while. Me smiling like an idiot while kun smiled shyly while blushing.
"GROUP HUG ! !"
We ended up hugging each other with kun in the middle and eats those cake and sugary until evening. I'm happy that kun was happy today. He didn't stop smiling. I'm really glad.