Chapter 22:Party

There are going to be loads of people at this event, okay, Lu? Just stay close to me or the other Exo members and you’ll be fine.” Sehun pulled his thin black tie down while Baekhyun was finishing his eye makeup. Luhan nodded and took a sip out of his water bottle.

“Boss! Stop moving your eyes, I can’t apply your eyeliner properly if you carry on talking!” Baekhyun snapped as Sehun slowly opened his eyes and gave him a deadly side glare. The diva stiffened and laughed nervously. “Sorry, I’m used to doing Chanyeol’s makeup. He's a bit of a wimp...I’ll get on with it now.” Sehun closed his eyes again and felt something cold and liquid being pressed against his lash line.

“God, why did I agree to let you do this? If that thing gets in my eyeball, I am going to stab you.” He threatened. Luhan sat there, admiring Baekhyun’s makeup collection. For a ferocious mobster, Baekhyun had a nice gathering of colorful eye shadows and eyeliner pencils.

He remembered the diva's rant about the latest foundation shades and how they weren't light enough for his skin tone. When Luhan looked at the variety of bottles, they looked the exact same. Something about undertones, Baekhyun had explained, and with that, Luhan came to a very firm conclusion. Baekhyun was extremely picky with what he would spend his well-earned money on, and also knew a whole ton of crap.

The conversation behind him carried on after Baekhyun had warned him about being careful with the latest eyeliner that he had brought. Something about it being 'expensive' and 'one of a kind.'

“But you usually wear eyeliner, right? How do you do yours? Do you want a wing?” Baekhyun asked as he finished outlining Sehun’s right eye. The mafia boss opened his eyes and gave Baekhyun a weird look before lifting his hand and making a straight-line motion in the air.

“Well, unlike you and your math degree method, I usually just take the pencil and draw some random line on my eye. Isn’t that how everyone does it? And what the hell is a wing?” Baekhyun sighed and declared a “Doesn’t matter,” before working on Sehun's left eye instead. Everybody in the room was silent as Baekhyun glided the black stick over Sehun's eye.

His tongue stuck out as he focused- a habit, Chanyeol had said. He had said something about needing full concentration. It was almost finished when-

Chanyeol burst into the room, making Baekhyun’s hand jump violently; the liquid eyeliner going all across Sehun’s eyelid and almost dip into his eye.

“Oh! Sorry! I was looking for Tao!” The giant chirped and slammed the door behind him, and both Baekhyun and Luhan turned to the mafia boss, who’s left eye was now covered in black product. Sehun huffed in irritation before making a knife gesture.

“Stab.”

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"Whoa, Boss! You look good!" Chen gave Sehun a thumbs up before clicking his seatbelt in and pulling out his phone. The rest of half of the Exo members agreed, giving him compliments as Luhan simply stared.

"You could have worn something a little more casual, though. Do you only have the smartest of smart suits in that wardrobe of yours?" Kai poked fun at Sehun's very formal black suit before pointing to his own outfit- an oversized designer tie dye shirt and ripped jeans.

"Yeah! Stop being such a rotten egg, Boss!" Chanyeol laughed, his wolf hat tied around his chin. Sehun scoffed.

"Please. I'm a civilized egg, thank you very much. At least I don't dress like a nerd who doesn't have any friends having their first birthday party at five years old...” he grumbled as Kai started the ignition of his Range Rover and sped off.

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Exo walked through the entrance of the SHINee mansion, looking like celebrities as usual. People around them gaped in envy as Sehun walked forward and greeted Onew, the leader of SHINee.

Two grand staircases were sat on either side of the reception room, and a rather majestic waterfall statue sat in the middle of the room. The shining water cascaded down the stone figure in never ending streams. People filled the room, drinking alcohol and talking. There was also a large cloakroom at the back, where a couple entered it in a rush.

As Kai greeted Taemin, Luhan had learned something new about himself. He was claustrophobic. Extremely claustrophobic. Luhan hung onto Sehun's left arm as Onew turned to him. People were everywhere.

"You must be Xi Luhan, right?" The man turned to the cowering deer. He nodded as people rushed past him. "Ah! My name's Lee Jin-ki, better known as Onew." He reached out a hand, which Luhan accepted and shook gracefully.

"You got yourself a good one, Sehun-ssi. Very obedient." The word 'obedient' made Luhan's eyes water as a memory came flooding back to him.

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The last man finished with the deer's body before pulling on his clothes and turning to Lui. Luhan lay on the floor, tired and feeling pretty dead.

"He's a good one, Lui. Very obedient."

"Yes, I know. Take your leave; you've already paid me to use him. The next group needs to come in. I don't break my business deals."

Luhan's eyes widened as another group of at least fourteen men burst into the room.

"Very obedient indeed."

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"What's wrong with you?" Sehun pulled him to the corner of the room, ignoring the...entertainers that tapped on his shoulders as he pushed by them hurriedly.

"I-I...I don't know!" Luhan choked as people knocked into him. Sehun sighed and stood there.

"You started blanking out and crying right there on the spot! Do you know how bad that makes me look? My partner starting a massive scene in the middle of the entire event? Barely two minutes after we arrive?" The mafia boss snapped, and Luhan dropped his gaze.

"I j-just... I don't know anymore! I keep on getting flashbacks and I don't want you to be mad at me but you are and now I feel like crap and I want to go home and I just don't know what to do and I’m sorry!" He rambled as Sehun raised his eyebrows up slightly.

"Please try and keep it together! I can't handle your current state and have to meet everybody here at the same time!" He said under his breath, making Luhan nod slightly.

He could do it. Get through this party, and go home and sleep. The deer sighed. This wasn't going to be easy.

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The party was anything but easy to handle. The constant push of bodies against his made the deer frightened as he searched for a member of Exo to go to. Sehun had left him with Baekyeol, but Luhan had wondered off from the couple in search of the bathroom.

By the time Luhan had finished and had come out of the bathroom, the deer couldn’t see anybody that he knew around and started to panic. People around him greeted him as Sehun’s boyfriend, but Luhan could barely hear them. He slipped past a group of middle-aged women, who cooed at his rather feminine appearance and reached to pat his head and touch his fluffy hair. It reminded him of the men who had touched him. The deer yelped and rushed forwards before spotting Suho and Yixing chatting casually next to the bar. He sighed in relief and rushed towards the two.

“Hey, Luhan. Are you alright?” Suho asked as Luhan huffed and puffed, on the brink of tears. “Come on. We’ll go and find Sehun, okay? You’ll be alright.” Yixing patted the deer’s shoulder as Suho got up. Luhan sat on Suho’s old stool as the doctor of Exo tried to engage in conversation.

“What happened?” Yixing asked as the music got turned up louder and Luhan could just about make out Chen and Xiumin dancing together in the center of the crowds of people, having a fun time. He didn’t want to spoil it for everyone who was having a good time at the party.

“Nothing. Just…um…needed some air. Yeah. That’s it! Air…” Luhan stuttered. He was also a terrible liar. The deer would pause his sentences a lot and second-guess himself out loud. Yixing nodded slowly, raising a slender eyebrow at Luhan’s rather pathetic excuse before a hand grasped Luhan’s shoulder.

“We’re leaving,” Sehun spoke harshly as Yixing nodded towards Luhan, who sighed.

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The hunhan couple was sat in the back of Kai’s car, “Lu? I’m serious now. Talk.” Sehun glared at the deer, who pulled away slightly. The mafia boss raised an eyebrow at the action. “Tell me, Lu. I don’t have all year.”

Luhan didn’t respond. Maybe out of fear that Sehun would be fed up with this same exact situation, or maybe that Sehun would leave him after finding out what was bugging him. Sehun’s eyebrows furrowed together at the middle in mild irritation.

“You really don’t want to talk about it to me, huh?” his tone was laced with a little hurt as Luhan played with his fingernails and sighed. The Chinese boy’s vision got blurry, and he realized that he was crying. The tear droplets fell as Sehun’s expression softened upon seeing the tears.

“I’m scared, Sehun-ah. Whenever someone who I don’t know comes near me and touches me…I get frightened and I think that they’re going to do something to me…” He whimpered as Sehun patted the space next to him and Luhan shuffled into the area, still sobbing uncontrollably. “I’m sorry…I’m sorry that this keeps happening, but I can’t help it and-“

He was cut off by a pair of warm lips that pressed against his own, which made him silent and speechless as Sehun carried on kissing him. He felt a hot tongue pressing against his teeth and opened his mouth a little, letting their tongues dance together slightly. The deer moaned as the mafia boss smirked into the kiss. Sehun pulled away after a few more seconds and Luhan whined at the loss.

“You don’t have to be sorry, I understand. Well. Actually, no I don’t, but that none of the stuff you’re scared of is going to happen, alright?” Luhan smiled softly as he pulled Sehun over his body by the tie with a dainty hand. “I don’t think I understand…can you explain it to me one more time?” His tone came off as playful and innocent, but Sehun knew better than that.

“Well yeah, I can…but it might take all night…” He rasped as he felt graceful hands his shirt slowly.

“That’s fine for me. Take all the time you need to explain to me…”