The sound of the buzzer at the door made Leansei walk towards it with anxious in his eyes. Meanwhile, six of them were busy talking with each other in the living room, racous voices within the small condo of Kean.
Leansei dithered about whether he would open it or not. He keenly stared at the door knob and at the bag where the gun was located. He was hesitating since all Kean's friends were here, and the last thing he wanted to do was get his friends involved.
Another buzzer went off, causing him to flinch and shilly-shally.
' Get the damn door, Sei! '
Xerchin heard the buzzer again and was confusedly looking at Leansei, who was standing in front of the door, hesitating to open it. He walked towards it and opened the door himself.
Leansei came back to the reality that the door was open. The sound of a loud pump into his heart and, at the same time, relief that it was the driver of Vcheroi's sons.
"Here, Sir. The clothes, uniform, bag, and other necessities--" He stopped when he saw him but reacted quickly as he bowed his head to pay respect to him. That made Leansei immediately wave his hand in embarrassment.
"You don't have to do that." Leansei said with a raw smile.
"You can go now." Xerchin said, with an expressionless face and a cold tone of voice.
When the door was shut, he felt at ease that the idiot men didn't follow him back, or much rather, they didn't know his condo. He is at least relieved that he is somehow the same as his friends are.
' Act normal! I can't be a coward at any time. I'm not that obvious, am I? ' Leansei said in his mind, talking to himself like an idiot.
Xerchin stopped and vacillated about whether he should talk to him or not, but he descried his actions after coming back. He felt that he was hiding something that drove him crazy.
Leansei was busy thinking that he had just noticed that Xerchin was just standing in front of him without talking or even walking, but instead his ears were red as if they were pinched by several pegs.
He was startled when Xerchin suddenly turned around him with diverting eyes and his ears were red as a tomato. Leansei couldn't help but chuckle as Xerchin stared at him in surprise since he'd never seen him this way.
"W-why did you chuckle?" Xerchin asked,
"Because you look like a guilty chipmunk."
"C-chipmunk??"
Six of them stopped and looked at the door as they saw Xerchin and Leansei, who were talking, because it felt like they hadn't talked for ages. They looked at each other with their smitten faces and continued arguing about who would sleep on the couch or beside Leansei.
Leansei stopped, came back to his usual face, and walked past him.
"Hey.." Xerchin said with a low tone of voice. It was low enough to hear. He stopped and glanced back at him. "Did something happen?" Leansei halted as he thought that he was not that obvious enough, but Xerchin can still tell which is which.
"No, I guess everything is fine." Leansei said,
"Lets buy snacks!" Corshe said with a loud voice that made Leansei walk towards them, but all he could see was the smirking faces of his friends.
' Why are they looking at me like that? '
"I can cook--" He was stopped by Corshe as he put his index finger into Leansei's lips, making him unable to speak further.
"No! Either we will buy food or someone else will cook!" Corshe said excitedly.
"Since you suggest it, why not do it on your own?" Beidhen said while gently rubbing the small pillow while laying down on the mat with his arm supporting his head. Corshe glared at him.
"Well genius, why don't you give us money for you to have a contribution?" Corshe said
"You two stop. I'll buy it outside. " Xeilin said, but Rell glanced at him.
"No, he can't." Rell said something that made Perial look at him confusedly.
"I'll be the one to buy it--" Rell and Leansei immediately disagree.
"You're famous and probably it's not safe for you since you are also a girl. Just stay here with Rell. I'll be the one to buy anything you all want." Leansei said.
"But you looked messy earlier." Corshe said, with a worried look.
"I'm sure my dear brother will go with him." Beidhen said with an annoying smirk as Xerchin nodded his head while holding a key in his hand.
"Well then I'll go with you." Revin said. They were about to stand up, but Beidhen's smirk faded away as he gently held the edge of Revin's shirt.
"He'll stay," Beidhen said.
She looked at each of them with a confused look. She had no idea what was going on. She glances at Rell, who is tapping into his phone, and looks at Leansei, who is talking with Corshe.
"Okay, that settled. Me, Gavin and Xerchin will buy the snacks." Corshe said while fixing his round glasses.
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Three of them were quiet inside the car as Leansei was sitting in the passenger seat, requested by Corshe, who was blushing in front of his phone.
' Is he really getting along with the owner? I wanted to talk to him, but I still have no courage. Especially now that I am in this kind of state. '
Leansei felt like it had been ages since the last time he smelled the familiar scent of the car. He just now realized that the driver came earlier to give them their clothes, car key, school uniform, and bags.
He glanced at him, who was intently looking at the road while his one left arm was holding the steering wheel. He looks so dashing, he looks like he came from a fictional character. His hair was messy, the perfect nose was standing out, the jaw that anyone could fall for and those mercurial blue eyes that could pierce anyone's heart.
' His fiance must be lucky to have him. Maybe I was just overdramatic. It's too embarrassing to remember, but I still don't know what I felt towards him. Maybe I just misunderstood his friendly style. '
"Are you still mad at me?"
Leansei immediately glanced away towards the windshield when he realized he was staring too much. He thought of it. Since then, they have never had a serious or solemn conversation. He tried to forget about it or try not to care about it.
But recalling it again is still like a few needles stabbing into his chest multiple times.
"I don't have any right to get mad at the first place." Leansei said, with a low tone of voice.
"But.. this may not be the formal or right way, but I'm really sorry." Xerchin said, with a gloomy look in his eyes.
He could feel that Xerchin was sincere and the apology that he shouldn't have gotten in the first place. Leansei thought that he should be the one to apologize since he was the one who misinterpreted his actions.
"I also am." Leansei spoke as Xerchin looked at him, surprised and perplexed.
"What--" Leansei cut him off.
"There's the shop." Leansei said and immediately climbed off the car when it was parked in the parking lot. Corshe quickly walked beside him.
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It took several minutes before they finished picking snacks and ingredients. Leansei pushed the cart, but Xerchin insisted that he should be the one to push it and he and Corshe would decide what to buy.
Xerchin insisted on paying for everything they bought after waiting in line at the cashier. Corshe was nonetheless dismissive of it since he was busy eating ice cream that Xerchin bought for them.
It was weird enough when Leansei was about to pick up the multiple bags, but Xerchin took all the plastic bags into his arms and the other one was carrying multiple plastic bags.
When they got home, all six of them were washed up already and arguing like children.
"Finally, you're home. I can't stand these people. They are too loud and childish! " Perial said as she ran towards the kitchen where Xerchin was emptying all the bags.
"Who is childish? You mean him?" Revin said while pointing at Rell.
"Me? How come? Why not say it to that idiot beside you?" Rell said, glaring at Beidhen.
"Me? I'm too handsome to be an idiot and childish." Beidhen said, being full of himself.
"I agree," Corshe said. Beidhen immediately sat right up and gave him a thumbs up for standing for him.
"Right? right? I know you're my bud---"
"I agree that both of you are stupid and childish." Corshe said with a smile on his face. Beidhen frowned at him just like Rell who shook his head in unbelievable.
"You three, my eardrums were about to burst out from your loud mouths." Xeilin said, who just came out of the bathroom with a towel on his head.
Leansei was stunned that he had never seen Xeilin with this kind of look, who was sparkling with an overly sexy and attractive look. He usually sees him in formal attire and looks.
Rell looked away and shut his mouth. While Corshe was praising Xeilin for being too fresh and good looking.
"You three should wash up now. I'll cook." Xeilin said with a smile on his face.
"I'll help him!" Perial said while eating the chips.
"Hey, don't eat anything yet!" Rell said.
"Why not? Its edible! "
"I thought you were on a diet?"
"Who said that??!"
Leansei shook his head and went inside the room to get his towel. Someone knocked on his door, so he walked towards it and was surprised when he saw Xerchin with reddening ears again.
"Corshe was using the other bathroom. Can I use yours?" Xerchin asked,
"Ohh.. S-sure go ahead." Leansei said, and opened the door for him and went to the closet to choose some cheap clothes that he could find.
Leansei still felt the loud pump in his chest and the sound of the flashing of the shower had gone too far out of the line. He shook his head and walked up to the terrace.
' Kean.. can't I stay a little longer? I know I'm being selfish, but just a little longer and I promise I'll give it back to you. '
A few minutes later, Xerchin came out of the bathroom with a towel around his neck with damp hair. The amazing scent of him, his black shirt with grey shorts. It was too much, and if his fans saw this, they might have a heart attack.
' How was he born as good-looking and dashing as this? '
Once again, the loud beat in his heart was like bouncing off of his chest. It was so loud as if anyone 2 meters away from him could hear his heart beating this fast. Leansei immediately went to the bathroom and gave a deep exhale to calm his heart.
' I feel like I'm going to die.' Leansei said as he walked to the wide mirror in the sink, and he just realized how red his cheeks were. He shook his head as if the feeling could fade away, but Xerchin's look earlier couldn't get it out of his head.
He took off his clothes and eyeglasses as he walked to the shower and opened it as the cold yet warm water was running down to his body. He was comforted by the heat he was feeling inside. Nonetheless, I somehow forgot that the event happened a while ago.
He pressed his hand against the wall and looked down, seeing his feet and the running water draining from the floor. He was in deep thought. That made him stare down for a few minutes.
He closed his eyes and started showering. He put on his towel and wrapped it around his waist and walked towards the mirror that was covered with moisture. He wiped it and he just now realized what Kean looked like without eyeglasses.
Kean had dark ash grey hair with a cute yet attractive good looking face. The lips were kissable, the nose was not that sharp, but it was perfect and the body was skinny.
' Our eyes look the same.. no actually we look similar. Or maybe I'm just confused about how I really look since I got used to being Kean. '
Leansei inhaled deeply as he looked at his eyes intently.
' Arghh.. what's wrong with me?'
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