EXO TABLE 

“Question twenty two. Who’s my favourite Disney character?”

“Mmm Oh I know this one! Olaf! It's Olaf!”

“Wrong! drink drink drink...”

“Drink drink! drink! drink! drink!”

With the others chanting and you perched comfortably on Kai’s lap, he holds the shot glass to your lips and watches with amusement as you screw up you face and drink the bitter liquid down. 

With you around he couldn’t stop smiling. It doesn't hurt that you’re hot but more than that you're also genuine and funny without trying to be. Even his members seemed to be smitten with you. 

“Ahhh Seriously,” you hiccup “Oppa, how come my answers are always wrong?” you ask Baekhyun.

He refills the glass, chuckling. “Because you’re not drunk enough for them to be right yet.” 

You puff your cheeks out. “Yoooooou Hugs and Kisses are supposed to be teaching me how to handle liquor not getting me wasted.”

“We're building up your tolerance.” Sehun explains. “Wait- what are Hugs and Kisses?” he asks looking at the others.

“Isn’t it a play on our band name?” Chanyeol suggests, barking with laughter.
 
Kai smiles as the other members keel over with amusement.

This girl is too cute...

“Hugs and Kisses? Mmoookay it's actually Hugs and Kisses not Hugs and Kisses but hey, we live in a pro-choice world so why not,” you say nonsensically shaking out your foggy head.

Kai rests his chin on your shoulder, his nose in your hair. “You feeling okay?” he chuckles. “You wanna stop the lesson?”

You shake your head vigorously then turn to him. “I love you so much. Be my baby daddy,” you whisper.

Kai raises a brow. "Say what now?" 

"I said. Pass me another shot!" you cry and the others hoot, clapping.

“Ahaha this is fun!” says Suho rubbing his hands together. “Linney ready for the next question?”

You pump your fist in the air. “Let's get it!” you cry then hiccup loudly making the members laugh. 

“Hyung she’s awesome!” Sehun exclaims turning to Kai. “Can we keep her? Pleeaasee!” 

Kai wraps his arms around your waist tighter. “Sounds good to me. We’d have to hide her from Manager Hong though”

“No problem, she can hide in my room.” Chanyeol winks suggestively. 

“You wish,” Kai tsks then looks at you. “Linney if you had to pick a member to stay with who would it be?” he asks hopefully. 

“It’s a secret,” you whisper to him loudly. “Actually I’d pick Kai cos he's my favourite but don’t tell him.”

The members groan with disappointment. All but Kai who could hardly contain his grin.

Downing another shot you smile dazedly and sway on the spot, threatening to fall off his lap but Suho and Kai save you. 

“Ookay I think you might've had enough to drink now.” Suho observes.

Baekhyun nods. “Twenty three shots for a first go is pretty good Linney.” 

“So I can-" Hiccup, "-stop now then?” you ask. You turn to look at Kai. “Oppa I can really stop now?” 

He smiles. “Yes you should stop now. Just let us do the rest of the drinking now. You did well.” 

“Truly?”

He nods and plops a quick kiss on your cheek. “Truly.”

Touching the area he kissed with happiness, you turn your body to the side and wrap your arms around him for a hug.

“I think she’s fallen asleep,” Baekhyun laughed, peering across the table. 

Kai looked down in surprise to find you passed out and lightly snoring on his shoulder, your face nestled against his neck. 

He chuckled and stroked your hair. “Cutie pie...” he murmured. 

It was a welcome change, to meet a girl like you who was completely comfortable with herself and not afraid to let your hair down around him. He was so sick of being surrounded by haughty and prissy idol girls. Often too concerned with their images to do anything more than just incessantly eye fuck him from afar until he finally got sick of the games, and just pulled them to a darkened room to add some banana to their fruit salad. 

He rubbed a lock of your silky auburn hair between his fingers and smiled.

“I wonder what your fruit salad would taste like?” he murmured for your slumbering ears only. “Like strawberries and cream I suspect.”

Sehun leaned over. “You say something, Hyung?”

He shook his head, unable to tear his eyes away from you. “Nothing you need to know about kiddo,” he murmured, putting your hair down and pressing another kiss to your cheek. 

“Yah check out BTS. What do you think the commotion is?” Chanyeol suddenly asked them curiously.

Following Chanyeol’s question, their gazes panned across to the opposite side of the club. 

All of Bangtan were on their feet by their booth causing a scene. Jungkook was furiously tugging against Namjoon, Yoongi and Taehyung who were behind him restraining his arms and shouting orders at each other, while Jin and Hoseok stood in front of him waving their arms around like they were beseeching him to calm down. Jimin was the only one not participating, off to the side and observing with bored eyes as the others struggled to rein their youngest member in. 

Kai's lip curled up in disapproval. “Probably just drunkenness. They're always getting into trouble,” he responded.

“Yeah especially that hot head Jungkook,” Baekhyun agreed. “What's his deal now?”

“Don't know...”

Following the display, Kai saw Jungkook finally manage to break away from his members but raised his eyebrows when he saw the direction he was going or in Exo’s case... coming.

“...but looks like we're about to find out.”

Jungkook arrived like an angry hurricane, coming to a screeching halt right in front of him. “That girl you're holding is...”

“Ahhhhh maknae don't... you can’t... to Kai Sunbae!” A breathless Taehyung interrupted, running up from behind followed closely by Jin, Hoseok and Namjoon. 

While the others exchanged flustered greetings, Kai frowned at Jungkook who was staring at him, eyes blazing, chest heaving like he was about to go off.

“What’s the problem?” he asked seriously. “You said something about Linney. What about her?” 

Jin tugged on Jungkook’s shirt- cough, "Don’t-" cough, "-do-" cough, "-it!”

Jungkook shook him off, ignoring him. “Get your hands off of her,” he growled at Kai. “I don’t care if you’re our Sunbae or the Pope or the President of the whole fucking world. That girl is-”

“His cousin!” Hoseok butted in urgently. 

Namjoon bumped Hoseok with his elbow and stared at him with big eyes, before facing them with a forced smile. “Uh yes, she’s his... cousin"

"Second..." Taehyung chimed, holding up two fingers. "...cousin" he added unhelpfully and Namjoon groaned then ran a hand over his face. 

Kai and his members looked at each other.

“Huh no wonder he seems like he wants to kill you Hyung! He’s her chaperone,” Sehun pointed out.

Suho eyed them doubtfully. “Are you sure? He looks way too worked up for her to just be his cousin,” he observed, squinting at Jungkook who was still giving Kai a glare of absolute death.

“Kissing cousins perhaps?” Baekhyun teased, swirling his drink around his glass before raising it to his lips and Taehyung laughed a bit too loud at this, causing Jin to kick him in the shin. 

No one paid him any mind as he yelped and jumped around holding his ankle. 

“He’s just overprotective that’s all,” Jin chuckled nervously. “It’d probably be best to let him have her now though,” he suggested, darting worried looks at Jungkook who was visibly trembling, hands tightly fisted from all the effort it was taking to not rip you from Kai’s arms.

“Uh yeah, Sunbae," Namjoon piped up "Jungkook can take care of her from here on out.”

Kai raised an eyebrow. He didn't like the sound of that. 

Chanyeol leaned over. “I know you don’t want to but you better give her to him” he said so only he could hear. “She’s family so you’ve got no choice.”

He hesitated but then gave in to the inevitable. His friend was right, he didn’t want you to go but he couldn’t exactly say no. 

Cradling you securely in his arms and rising to his feet he passed you over to Jungkook who despite looking murderous took you from him with the utmost care.

“Thank you,” he ground out before stalking off. 

Kai frowned. The possessiveness he was giving off definitely wasn’t a family sort of vibe.  

The other members hurriedly said their goodbyes and chased after Jungkook but he stopped Hoseok before he could follow. “You said he’s her cousin? Is that really true?”

Hoseok swallowed and nodded. “Um yeah that is...what I said.”  

“All right,” he accepted. Letting him go with a slight bow. 

Baekhyun came from behind and slapped him on the back. “Yaaaah with the look you had on your face I didn't think you were going to give her up. I’m proud of you,” he said.

“Well I’m not,” Sehun pouted moodily. 

“I second that,” Suho added. “It was fun having her here and now we’ll probably never see her again.”

Kai rejoined his boys at the table. “I wouldn’t speak so soon if I were you.” He trailed the tip of his finger around the rim of his glass, watching Jungkook’s retreating figure and the treasure he had stolen right out from under him. 

His time with you was far from over. He would make sure of that.