STAY By My Side

Chapter 11: Untangle the Knots

Oh my Gosh! I've been hyperventilating from Monday till now after listening to the repackage. Back Door was mind blowing. I don't even have words. Aah... Channie rocked that pink hair. Minho wrecked me so bad but Chan survived. 😂

Also for those who feel this story to be boring, please let me know. I'll try and speed it up a bit. Enough ranting now, let's see what Han and Hyunjin are doing on their walk.

Han's POV

"Seriously though? Felix did that?" I asked Hyunjin in between laughs. "Yeah and he said that he thought hitting me was a lot of fun," he rolled his eyes saying it. I kept on laughing. "Stop it Han. It's not even funny. It freaking hurt like hell," he said pouting. I thought he was so cute. Wait. Han, what's wrong with you? How can you think Hwang Hyunjin is cute. I snapped myself out of those thoughts on hearing Hyunjin. "Oh shit. Saesangs," he said before holding my hand and dragging me with him. "Hyunjin. Slow down. Maybe they are just normal fans," I said panting. "Ani. They have cameras in hand. And they were secretly clicking pics," he said looking around. "I guess we lost them," he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uhm... I think it's a little early to say that," I said looking behind him. "Huh?" he looked behind and cursed again. "What's wrong with these people? Can't they let us live in peace?" he said pulling his hood over his head. I did the same and we started running a bit faster. The streets were all so bright it's almost impossible to lead those saesangs away from us. After running around for a while, we realized it's a waste trying to get them off our trail. However, we kept running in hopes of escaping to safety. As fate would have it, we reached a dead end and going back now would be walking directly into the trap. I turned behind and saw the saesangs searching for us. I didn't know what to do. Just then Hyunjin pulled me into the nearest alley where the street lights are not working. It was so dark and narrow. And it kinda stank.

He pushed me to the wall and covered my mouth with his hand to make sure I don't scream due to the hit of the wall. He peeked out the alley to see if the saesangs were gone. He immediately ducked back in looking concerned. "They are cornering us. There's only one way we can escape," he looked at me intently. "What's that? I just want to get out of here in one piece," I said worried. We could hear their footsteps approaching us. Just then, Hyunjin smashed his body into me which made me look at him in shock. Taking this as an opportunity, he leaned in and kissed me. I was shocked at his sudden behavior and tried pushing him away. He took hold of both my hands and pinned them to the wall on either sides. I felt my heart beat pick up twice the pace, due to all the running and now him kissing. I felt butterflies in my stomach. I couldn't explain what I was feeling. It was new and weird but felt so warm at the same time.

Even though the kiss started as a slow one, it soon turned hungry. He kissed me more furiously. Like he wanted more. Just then I saw the saesangs come into the alley, so I started kissing him back. He bit my lower lip making me gasp in shock. Using this chance, he slid his tongue into my mouth. He started exploring every inch of my mouth with his tongue, like I'm some food he was savoring. The saesangs thought we were some desperate couple making out in the empty alley and went away. However, Hyunjin was still kissing me. I tried signaling him to stop but he was in a world of his own. After struggling for a while to get my hands out of his grip, I pushed him away. I started wiping my lips when he said "Mianhae, I couldn't see any other way." I got mad at him and said, "Yah! That was my first kiss, pabo!" Then he just stared at me for a minute before stomping out of the alley.

Minho's POV

"Jeongin-ah! Why did Chan hyung pick you up from school yesterday?" I asked picking his clothes from the bed. "I think he was searching for someone. I'm not sure hyung. Anyways, can you help me with this? I'm not able to understand," he asked making me forget about it for now. I helped him with his homework and then we both had some vocal practice. We left for our classes together.

After going back to the dorm, I saw Chan hyung cooking something. "Hyung, what are you making?" I asked taking some water from the refrigerator. "I'm just making some Bibimbap for all of us. No one was home and I thought you all will be hungry," he said without looking at me. I went behind him and hugged him. "You are so thoughtful. But who's going to think of you?" I said pouting. "You, hehe." My heart skipped a beat listening to his words. "Ani. I won't think of you. Do it yourself," I joked around with him. "Mean-ho!" he said getting back to cooking.

Chan's POV

Next morning, we all woke up very much excited. Last night when I told everyone about my plan for a picnic and how I've been ignoring the others, they were all quick to reprimand me for thinking like that but happy for planning the picnic. I guess we all needed this more than I thought. So now we were getting ready to go. We started in our cars at 9 AM. I was in one car with Minho, Hyunjin, Felix and our Manager hyung while the rest are behind us in another one. Me and Minho were talking casually while Hyunjin and Lix were playing something in the back. Minho and me thought it was weird that both Han and Hyunjin expressed wanting to travel separately. We knew they were enemies but recently it was getting better. At least, that's what we thought. But it seems to be getting bigger looking at how they never requested for a separate ride even while they were constantly bickering before.

We reached the picnic area in an hour. It's a nice, large open field with greenery around. No one was there to disturb us which was an added advantage. We helped our manager hyung with getting the things out of the car trunk. It took nearly an hour for us to set up everything. I saw Changbin and Felix acting all awkward around each other while setting up the picnic. Han and Hyunjin were not even ready to look at each other. Jeongin and Hyunjin were playing with the frisbee. Me and Minho were setting up the tents with the help of Seungmin and Han.

I was nailing the ground to tie the tent. I extended my hand to put the hammer on the ground when Minho, who happened to be going to the other side, hit his leg to my hand. As a result, he lost his balance. To prevent him from getting hurt, I laid down on the ground facing him, and he fell on top of me. He closed his eyes and crinkled his eyebrows fearing the pain. He slowly opened his eyes to see himself on top of me. I was lost. I was just staring at his eyes not realizing the surroundings. There was a slight pink tint on his cheeks maybe due to all the adrenaline of the fall. He was sweating profusely on a winter day. I brought my hand up to his face, moving the stray hair away from his eyes. "Minho, you are sweating." He broke eye contact with me and got up. I sat up and took his hand that was extended to help me up. We both dusted our pants off. "You should go rest, Minho. You are sweating already. Gwenchana?" I asked him worried. "Yeah. Just the sun," he said avoiding eye contact. "But it's a pretty chilly day today," I said confused. "Isn't it too humid though? That's probably why," he said and dashed off towards Felix. "Why is he behaving so weird?" I asked no one in particular. "Maybe he's just flustered," Han spoke from behind me. I turned towards him saying, "aaah, I get it. He's embarrassed due to the fall. Such a kid." He rolled his eyes, "Pabo hyung." He left me to my work. I didn't think much of his words and got back to the tent.

That's the end of the chapter for now guys. Please stream Back Door and give them the views they deserve. I'm gonna go listen to the whole album now. Bye!