(ch.91)

Xaing heard Chin was whispering "Please don't come near me," in a fearful tone. He ran to her and asked her "Chin, what's wrong," in a worried tone as he slowly put his hands on her shoulder, she jumped and raised her head as she gasped. Xaing repeated "Chin, are you okay? Do you want to go home," in a very concerned tone.

Chin came back to her senses, she stuttered "The- the pin, the pin," in a nervous tone as she pointed at the safety pin that Dong-Mai was holding.

Xaing looked back at Dong-Mai and said "Dong-Mai, she has a phobia of pins and needles. Can you not use that," in a relaxed tone as he helps her stand up.

"If I don't use this then how am I suppose to resize her outfits for the concert," she asked in a curious tone with a confused face.

Bojing added "She has a point," in a reassuring tone as they looked at Xaing, he looks like he was thinking.

Moments later, Xaing sighed and said "Chin, they're right, this one way or another way is to have her sew it while you're wearing it so you choose," in a serious tone with an emotionless face as he looked into her eyes.

"But I'm scared," Chin said in a frightened tone.

They all didn't know what to do, after a few seconds, Bojing asked "Can I try something," as he looked at Xaing. He nodded, then he moved aside so Bojing went in front of her and said "Chin, I want you to close your eyes and imagine the things or people you love while taking 10 long, deep breaths, then repeat it for your next outfit," in a calm tone, she nodded.

She closed her eyes and tried to imagine the things and people that make her happy but she keeps seeing a guy with a hot needle coming near her. She quickly opens her eyes to look at them, they had a worried look, she said "I can't do it, all I see is the bad things," in a tense tone.

Bojing took her hands and said "How about every time you see those bad memories, you squeeze my hands until you can imagine or see the happy things then you can stop squeezing my hands," in a cheerful tone, then he made a warm smile. She smiled and started again, every time her bad memories popped up she would squeeze his hands as hard as she can. After a few minutes, Chin stopped squeezing so Bojing nodded, giving the stylist a sign that she can start. When she was done pining the extra elastic bands and fabric on her first outfit, she said "And done, we're done with the first outfit," in a joyful tone.

Chin opened her eyes, breath a sigh of relief, and said "Ok, let's go to the next outfit," in a calm tone as she let go of Bojing's hands while the stylist went to get another outfit, she took the outfit and went into a shower stall. While she was changing, Xaing said "I'm going back to rehearse, you should stay and help Chin," in a mocking tone with a smirk on her face as he left. Outfit after outfit, Bojing slowly help Chin without holding hands, soon she did it without holding his hand.

Once she got it, Bojing said "Chin, I'm going to leave now, I think you got it since you did it by yourself a few times," in a warm tone as Chin nodded so he left. Before he left, Chin asked him not to tell anyone about what happened in the shower room, Bojing agreed and left.

"Bro, what happened in there," one of the guys asked him with a curious tone as almost everyone came towards him.

Bojing shrugged and said "Oh, nothing. She saw a cockroach and she was scared of it. That's all," in a reassured tone. Another guy asked why did it take him so long, Bojing answered "Because the cockroach kept running were so it took me a long to catch it and kill it."

Soon Xaing told them to start practicing, they eventually started practicing. When Chin was done, she went to see what the guy was doing, and she saw the guys practicing so she quietly dances her way to her spot. After hours of practicing, Mr. Zhao said "Ok, that's enough for now. You guys can start again when you guys are done eating," in a calm tone as he and two staff came in with bags of lunch boxes that they bought from a restaurant. They all went to grab a box and sat somewhere to eat, Chin sat by herself since Xaing sat with other guys and she didn't want to sit with a bunch of guys, she was eating, also watching her phone.

When she looked up and she said "Shit! You scared me," in a terrified tone as Bojing as just smiling. She continues saying "Anyways what do you want? Shouldn't you be sitting with your bros," in an emotionless tone as she went back to eating and her phone.

He answered "Well I saw you were eating alone so I came here to keep you company," in a calm tone. He added "Why? Do you not like me or what, it's not like we see each other almost everyday," in a teasing tone.

She made a serious face and said "Yeah, I don't like you," in a nasty tone as she looked into his eyes. After she said that, he didn't say anything but she could tell that he was a little hurt when she said that so she hushed and quickly said "Ok ok, I was just joking. I don't actually hate you," in a reassuring tone with clam face.

"So do you like me," in a curious tone as he raises an eyebrow?

She slowly answered "I like you... as a friend" in a cheerful tone, she added "Let's stop talking and eat more so we have the energy to dance, who knows when we'll be done for the day," in a serious tone as she went back to eating. Bojing agreed so they both ate while talking a little bit. They went back to dancing once they were done eating.

"Okay, it's getting late so let's call it a day and tomorrow make sure you guys go to the address to rehearse for the next couple of days. I'll be leaving now, have a good rest of the night," Mr. Zhao said in an informal tone as he walked around with a serious face. When Mr. Zhao left, Xaing announce "Let's go eat dinner after this. Let's go to Jin Ding Xuan Beijing and it's on me," in a joyful tone as everyone cheered, then they started to head to the shower room.

While Chin was alone, she was looking for her bag but she didn't it anywhere that's when she remembers that it's in the shower room. She was debating if she should go in there or she should wait, after a few minutes she suck it up and went into the room with her hair covering her face. When she went in she saw guys with only towels on or were getting dressed while some were still taking a shower. She went to get her bag while the guys were shouting "What are you doing in here" or "Who are you."

Chin was so embarrassed but she saw her bag, grabbed it, and left as soon a possible. When she got out, she breathes a sigh of relief and thought to herself "Wow, that was embarrassing, hopefully, no one knows that was me, then she left to go into another room that has shower room to take a shower. When she opened her bag after she took a shower, she was at a loss, her bag was filled with a guy's clothes, a water bottle, guys' deodorant, a fitness tracker, cologne, and a small first aid kit. She didn't know what to do but after a couple of minutes, she decided to wear whoever's clothes it was.

Chin looks herself in the big mirror in the dance room, she thought to her "Wow! This doesn't look bad, whoever owns these clothes have a good taste in fashion, I like it," in a surprised and proud tone. She pulled out her phone and took a photo while hoping the owner doesn't mind that she posted a picture of his clothes on her Weibo account. Once she got back into the dance studio that Xaing is in, she asked "Oh, where is everyone," in a confused face as she looked at Xaing.

"They went to the restaurant first but anyways why do you look like your wearing guys' clothes," Xaing said in a calm tone as he pointed at her.

She stuttered "That's a long story, I'll tell you when we get home. Let's go, we don't want to take them waiting, right," he nodded so they left. Once they arrived at Jin Ding Xuan, Xaing put on a disguise before they went into the restaurant and when they got entered the restaurant, they saw one of the guys wave at them so they went to sit down. They separated into two tables that fit 8 people, they went to sit at the only seats that were still open. Chin saw that she was sitting across from Bojing, he was wearing a light purple oversized hoodie that has "Baby Girl" written on the front with the matching sweatpants, that when she knew she has his bag and he has her bag.

When he saw her wearing his tartan hoodie that has "What?" written on it with black jeans, he thought to himself "Dang, Chin doesn't look too bad in my clothes, I like my style on her." Soon two waiters gave each person a menu, while they were ordering, Chin wrote on a napkin "Give me your Wechat." then she gave it to Bojing.

He took out his phone and showed her a QR code so she scanned it after he accepts her friend request, she immediately wrote to him "Why are you wearing my clothes?" with two pouting face emojis.

He replied "Because you took my bag so I have no other choice," with a grinning squinting face emoji. They both looked up as he had a smirk on his face while Chin furrowed her eyebrows, she looked at her phone and wrote "Why didn't you just ask the other guy if they could let you borrow their clothes?"

He texted back "They would ask me why I need to borrow clothes if I brought my own bag and they might want to see what's wrong with my clothes. That's why I'm wearing your clothes."

She wrote back "You have a point, Bojing" with two thinking face emojis. She sent another message saying "Let's exchange bags when we're done eating."

Bojing texted "Well my housemate, Shu-hui, and I already took our bags home so your bag is at my house so you'll have to wait tomorrow to get your bag." Chin was about text back but she heard Xaing calling her name and Bojing's, they both said "Huh? what," in a confused tone as they looked around, everyone at the table was looking at Chin and Bojing.

Xaing said "Shu-hui and I called you guys so many times. What do you guys want to order," in an annoyed tone as he looked at both of them.

They both grabbed the menu, Bojing look at it for a few seconds then said "I'll have the Ebony Sweet, Sour Short Ribs, and the Dry fried small meatballs, that's all I'll have. What about you, Chin," in a calm tone as he gave the waiter the menu.

"Umm, I'll have the Mei Cai Kou Po, Beef Tenderloin with Black Pepper, Lychee Shrimp Balls, Crab Meat Lion Head, Soy sauce steamed pork ribs, Shrimp Siu Mai, Northern Mushroom Chicken Rice, and a Banana and Brown Sugar Milk Teas. That's all I'll have for now," in a calm tone as she gave the menu back to the waiter. She looked at everyone, everyone's face went pale, so was the waiter when he left their table, she said "What!?" in a confused tone.

Xaing stuttered "Chin, why did you order so much? Are you sure you can finish it all," in a shocked tone as the guys agreed with him.

"Yeah, you can even ask my brother or do whatever you want to check. You can even take a video, post it on Weibo, ask if anyone knows who I am," she said in a confident tone. Xaing said "Deal," with an excited smile. They were on their phones while waiting for their food, Chin was text her brothers, about her day, and Bojing, about the random things.

When the food came, she texted "Ok, bye. I love you" with a few red heart emojis to one of her brothers, went to send that to her other brother. She got a reply from one of her brothers while the other one didn't send anything. She checks but she didn't see the text she sent so she just resent it, this time she got a reply from Lai saying "I love you too" so she put her phone in the hoodie's big, front pocket. Chin saw Bojing smirking at her, she was confused but she just ignored it.

While she was eating, she could tell the guys were taking pictures and videos of her eating all of the food she ordered. Everyone has a surprised face as Chin laid back, rubbing her belly, then she said "That's was a good meal," in a drained tone. Notification pop up, her face lighted up when she saw that it was from Lai, she sighed when she was read his message with a gloomy look. Bojing asked "Chin, what's wrong," in a concerned tone.

She just shook her head and said "It's nothing," in a dead tone with a face that looks like she's spaced out, he didn't say anything else.

Shu-hui noted "Bojing, isn't that your tartan hoodie that Chin's wearing? I have never seen you wear or buy the outfits that you're wearing right now, where did you get it from," in a curious tone as Bojing and Chin made a nervous face.

Xaing added "Yeah, he's right. Chin, I saw you packed that outfit, that Bojing is wearing, this morning and I have seen Bojing wore the outfit you're wearing right now a few times. Plus Chin do you smell like Bojing's cologne too, Creed Aventus. What's going on," in a suspicious tone as he looked at the both of them.

"Umm, my friend gave me this outfit as an early birthday present, I packed it after you left my room," Chin said in a nervous tone as she looked at them while rubbing her neck.

Xaing made a suspicious face and said "If you say so. I better see you wear that hoodie from time to time. What about you, Bojing," in a firm tone as Shu-hui agreed with him, they both had a serious face.

Bojing quickly blurted "Umm, I got it from my girlfriend, she told me to wear it when we meet," in a nervous as he looked at Xaing and Shu-hui.