EIGHTEEN

(Seorin's POV)

  Sehun got down from the car, unloaded my luggage from the trunk and took them over to the front door.

  "Um are you sure about this?" I asked uncertainly as Sehun started to open the door. "Did you even tell the others?"

  "I have it under control," he said pushing me inside and closing the door after us. "Hyung I'm home!" he called out.

  "Where did you go in such a hurry?" a voice asked and Suho poked his head out of the living room. "Oh hey Seorin!" his face broke into a smile. "What brings you here?" 

  Before I could answer another voice said, "Did someone say Seorin!" and Chen rushed out from a room followed by Xiumin. I smiled and waved as the others started to appear from various parts of the dorm. 

  "Seorin!!" Kai yelled and threw his arms around me, giving a me big bear hug. "Long time no see!"

  "I know," I said with a laugh and patted his back.

  "Alright, alright, hyung. Let her breathe," Sehun grumbled. Kai let me go and stuck out his tongue at Sehun.

  "Are you going somewhere?" aked Lay, nodding towards my suitcases. 

 "Um... sort of?" I said nervously and looked at Sehun. Is this even a good idea??

  "So this is the thing hyung," Sehun started and told what happened. "So I thought, maybe, she could, you know, stay with us?" he finished.

  Suho blinked. "You mean like in the dorm with us?" he asked.

  "Yeah. Can she?" Sehun asked somewhat anxiously.

  "Yes, can she hyung?" asked Baekhyun. "Please?"

  "I mean, it's fine with me if it's alright with her," Suho said.

  "I sense a big 'BUT' coming," interjected D.O.

 "But," continued Suho amidst a wave of groans "As much as I would have loved to let Seorin stay, there's things we have to consider. Like, you know, our fans and stuff." He sighed.

  "But hyung!" Chanyeol started protesting.

  "He's right," I interrupted "Just imagine what would happen if anyone finds out a girl is living with a bunch of guys? It'll be a scandal."

  "It won't be if no one finds out," said Sehun.

  I shook my head. "It's too risky. I'll just call my parents. Or maybe A-yeong." I turned around to grab my suitcases. "Thanks so much guys."

  "No," Sehun grabbed my hand. "Hyung please," he said to Suho. Him and the others had their eyebrows raised and weird smiles on their faces. I suddenly realised that Sehun was still holding my hand tightly. He must have realised it too, since he went red and let go quickly.

  "So, hyung, can she stay?" he asked again.

  "Can we keep her hyung, please??" implored Baekhyun with a cute pout.

  "She's not a dog Baek, to keep her," Xiumin said. "But yeah, can she stay?"

  Suho looked at their hopeful faces and my slightly uncertain one and sighed. "Fine. I'll have to ask our manager though," he said and went to get his phone.

  "He doesn't seem to want me here," I whispered to Sehun.

"Lol no," said Chen who overheard me. "He wants you stay just as much as we do. He's just being a cautious leader." 

  Presently, Suho came back with a smile. "You can stay, Seorin," he said "But our manager wanted us to know that if anything happens and he's sacked, he'll personally flay us alive. Starting with me."

  "Great!" Chanyeol said cheerfully. "Where shall Seorin sleep?"

  "She can have my place," Suho said with a secretive smile. "I can sleep on the couch."

  "No," Sehun said quickly "His side of the room is like a pigsty, we can't let you stay there," he said when I looked at him curiously.

  "Hey it's not that bad," Suho said mildly.

  "He's right," D.O agreed "It's worse. I don't know how Sehun puts up with him."

  "Oh," I said. Sehun is his roommate?

  "Your loss," Suho  said to Sehun and received a glare in return.

  "She can use the spare room," Xiumin said "Though we'll have to clean it up a bit."

  The spare room was in the far corner of the hallway. A cloud of dust flew up into the air when Suho pushed the door open.

  "Seems like we have a LOT of cleaning to do," he said with a sneeze. The small room was overflowing with odds and ends- from a broken bicycle to discarded furniture. There was bed in the corner and old boxes were piled haphazardly on it, their contents spilling to the floor.

  "Well it won't take long if we all help," said Lay "C'mon people, lets get to work."

  Together we waged war against the dusty room. "Oh my god, guys, do you remember this?!" Chen exclaimed, digging up an old board game. "We used to play this all the time during trainee days!"

  "Ahhh memories..." sighed Baekhyun.

  "It's my bear collection!" Kai cried, flinging aside an old sheet to reveal a pile of teddies.

  "That's a lot of bears," I observed.

  "It is," he agreed. "They're all from fans. I don't have the heart to throw them away."

  "He has a dozen or so in his room," piped in D.O. "He-" A sudden scream interrupted him.

  "Arghhhh!!!! Cockroach!!!!" screamed Chanyeol and started shaking his shirt violently and bolted from the room.

  "Where?! Where?!" Sehun  wailed and jumped onto the bed. "Hyunggg!!! Kill it!!!!"

  I looked at him in surprise. His usually blank, cold face was alive with emotion. Cheeks pink and eyes bright. He looked cute actually, and I suddenly felt very protective of him. I grabbed a broom and pushed the cockroach out of the door and into the hallway. There was another scream and Chanyeol rushed back inside.

  "Who knew the tallest members of Exo are afraid of a tiny cockroach?" I asked with a laugh.

  "Cockroaches are a creation of evil," Sehun grumbled, hastily getting down from the bed. "And you, need to forget it ever happened."

  "Never," I said wickedly.

  "Yah!" 

  "Alright, alright," Suho interrupted "Let's finish this 1st. You can argue later."

  Sehun glared at me once and I stuck my tongue out at him. In half an hour we had made the room habitable and put the useless junk in the porch to be thrown away. Then Suho came by with an armload of bedding.

  "Here. Hope this is ok," he said "Bathroom's down the hall."

  "Thanks," I said gratefully.

  "No biggie," he said with a smile "Good night!"

  I got ready for bed and snuggled up under the covers. There was a sudden knock on the door. Surprised, I sat up and switched on the bedside lamp.

  "Come in," I called and the door opened and Sehun poked his head in. His dark hair was ruffled softly, eyes bottomless in the dim lighting.

  "Um hey," he said, opening the door wider "You doing ok?"

  "Yeah," I said drawing up my legs. "It's quite comfy."

  "Oh. Glad to hear," he said "Um... I'm next door so if you need anything, just bang on the wall. I'll be right there."

  "Ok," I nodded

  "Um... sweet dreams," Sehun said and started closing the door.

  "Sehun?" 

  "Hmm?" 

  "Thank you," I said sincerely "You're always helping me out. Thank you."

    He looked at me for a moment, with those deep, dark eyes and gave me the gentlest of smiles. "Anytime"

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(A/N) I am so late I know. I'm so sorry. But hopefully I can update more faster now. Anyway thanks for waiting for me. Vote and comment people! Honestly, I love reading your comments. They always motivate me to write my best. Thanks for reading!