10.Confession

(Y/N's POV)

   Time stood still. The only thing moving was my hammering heart as I sat there, stock still, with the feel of Chanyeol's lips on mine.

   Omg Chanyeol is kissing me! Park Chanyeol. Of EXO. Kissing ME! My brain screamed over and over again. 

   After what felt like an eternity, but was probably a few seconds, Chanyeol pulled away, his face looking like a tomato. I could only imagine the colour of my face.

  "Uh, mianhe for doing that without your permission," Chanyeol said "I don't know what came over me".

  I didn't say anything. I couldn't trust myself to speak. I was sure that if I opened my mouth, I would scream in excitement. "You're not mad at me are you?" he asked anxiously "Please don't be mad at me".

   "Ahni...I'm not mad at you," I said "I-I was just surprised."  The ride was over. The Ferris wheel slowly came to standstill and we got out of the car.

  "Good," Chanyeol said with a relieved smile. But he turned to me, his eyes serious again.

   "I've wanted to tell you this for a long time," he said gazing deep into my eyes. "Saranghae."

   My heart started beating like crazy again. Chanyeol confessed to me!!!  What do I say?! Do I love him back? Yes. But is this even possible? He is famous and I'm just an ordinary girl. Ugh...why am I so confused?

  "So... do you want to go out with me?" Chanyeol asked, pulling me away from my frenzied thoughts.

   "I-I don't know," I stammered. "I need some time to think" 

  "Sure. You don't need to answer me right now," he said. We started walking side by side through the nearly deserted amusement park. I snuck a glance at Chanyeol. He was walking casually, hands in the pockets but I could see the lines of tension in his features. He was anxious about my answer.

   My feelings about his confession were muddled. Of course I was ecstatic about him asking me out, but another, insecure part of me was reluctant to believe this was all true. The memory of Min Jun and the bitter feeling of being tossed aside like a broken toy was still fresh within me. 

  Chanyeol was part of a famous boy band and I did love him, but would he really have a serious relationship with me? I knew he was a good person and wouldn't play around with my feelings, but I had thought that about Min Jun too. I sighed.

  We had come to an area with food stalls and I saw Chanyeol looking at all the sweets with longing. Sometimes he was so childlike that I forgot he was older than me. "Go buy some if you want," I said with a laugh and he headed straight for the candy stall, while I took a seat on a nearby bench.

  Even if I did say yes to him, there would be another problem. His fans. If the news of our relationship ever got out, there would be a lot of problems. And if he was not serious about me, well, it would end worse for me than it would for him. Was I ready to take that risk?

  I was still pondering about all this when I realized that Chanyeol was not back yet. I looked around and spotted him still at the candy stall. He was leaning against the counter and was talking with the girl there. The girl was batting her eyelashes and laughing at everything he said. Was he seriously flirting with a candy counter girl right after he confessed to me?! I thought incredulously. And right in front of me?! Not on my watch!

  I strode across to the stall just in time to hear the girl say "So...can I have your number?"

  That did it. "Excuse me, but you really shouldn't flirt while on duty. Specially with other people's boyfriends. I'm pretty sure that's not what they pay you for. So, if you'd excuse us.." I said coolly and dragged Chanyeol away.

  "Other people's boyfriends huh?" he asked, smiling like an idiot. "So I'm someone's boyfriend now?"

  They say you only live once...maybe this will be worth the risk.

 "I guess you are," I said reaching out and interlocking my fingers with his. "I guess you are..."

(Chanyeol's POV)

 The next day I woke up late and realized I was late for practice. As I hurriedly got ready, I kept savouring  what had happened last night. It was like my body was acting on its own when I had leaned in to kiss her. And she had totally fallen for my trick. For an extra tip, the girl at the candy counter had agreed to flirt with me and (Y/N) had fallen head-first into the trap. I smiled to myself at the memory of (Y/N) telling the girl not to flirt with "other people's boyfriends"

   When I finally made it to our practice room I was pretty late so I expected the members to be already practicing. To my surprise they were all seated and looking at their phones. When I entered they all looked up at me. An odd feeling of foreboding came over me.

  "Um what's up?" I asked.

 "Did you check your phone this morning?" inquired Kris hyung.

 "Uh no. The battery was dead so I left it at home on charge," I said "Wae?"

  "You might want to see this," said Suho hyung handing me his phone. Curious, I looked at the phone and found some grainy photos of a couple walking through an amusement park holding hands.

  "Is this me and (Y/N)?!" I asked "Who took these?"

 "We are not exactly sure but we think that's your sasaeng at work" said Xiumin hyung nodding towards the photos.  "Those are circulating all over social media"

  "Oh no. This is bad. What do we do?" I asked panicking. "And what about (Y/N)? She'll get endless hate and threats!"

  "Calm down. There's no way of identifying (Y/N) from these grainy pictures so she's safe for now." Suho hyung said.

  I looked at the faces of my fellows members around me. They all looked supportive and sympathetic but I knew this affected them as much as it affected me. Not even an year had passed after our debut and I had brought a scandal upon them. I didn't even get to have a girlfriend for one day before it all blew up in my face.

  "Stop looking like its the end of the world. We'll figure something out," Lay hyung said comfortingly "All we can do right now is hope it'll all die down after sometime."

  "He's right. So lets stop thinking too much and get on with our practice," Kris hyung said getting up and pulling some of the younger members towards the dance floor. I joined them but I couldn't push aside the weight of guilt and fear crushing me. 

  Please don't let my fans get angry and start hating (Y/N) or other EXO members... I prayed. They don't deserve it.

 But... neither did I...

 But we were what our fans wanted us to be, so I didn't have any say in it. I would be nothing without my fans. Like Lay hyung said, the only thing I could do was wait and hope it'll blow over. We idols didn't have any other choice.

(A/N) Hello people. Sorry for the late update, typos and boring chapter...