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It was awkward as they both sat there waiting for his mother to say something or to take a bite of food. She crosses her arms instead and looks Baby up and down.

"Yeppeusineyo (you're pretty)."

"Gamsahamnida (Thank you)," Baby bows her head to his mother, "ohanteneun amurochido anke malsseumhaseyo (You can speak casually to me)."

"Ah. Ne (okay)," she smiles. She picks up her chopstick and points to the food, telling them they can finally eat.

"Jal meokkessumnida (I'll eat well)," both Kai and Baby say, smiling.

The food is delicious. Baby hadn't been to too many restaurants while she was in Korea visiting outside of the few photo ops that SM had planned for them. So they had been eating lots of takeout, but there was nothing like a home cooked meal.

"Masissoyo (delicious)," Baby smiles, finishing the food in her mouth. "Here." She picks up a side and puts it into Kai's bowl. He turns to her and smiles, but she has to look away before she's dazzled by it, or thinks about exactly what the mouth did to her last night.

"Ojetppame tibeui eso dangsineul bwassoyo (I saw you on tv last night)," his mother says. Her face is stern as she places her chopsticks down. Baby follows suit and puts hers down too. Only Kai keeps eating his food.

"Ne," Baby responds.

"Ne maldaero nae adeureul jongmal saranghagetkkuna (From what you said… you must really love my son)."

"Ne," Baby says louder. Kai chuckles and Baby kicks him under the table, which only makes him chuckle more.

"Ah, geurokunnyo (Ah, I see)..." His mother nods her head, and picks up her chopsticks again. And really casually, between picking up a piece of food and putting it in her mouth, she says, "Jota. Ije gyolhonhaeso yonmalkkajineun aireul naeul su issoyo (Good. You can get married now and have a baby by the end of the year).

Kai spits out the food, spewing rice on the table. He quickly gets up to wipe it off and Baby helps. When they sit down, Kai's mother is looking at them both, smiling.

"Eomma! Geuron mal hamyon dwaeyo (Mom! You can't just say things like that)!" Kai says, looking at her smiling face. Baby is shocked and looks between the son and the mother.

Marriage. She never thought about marriage, not this soon for them. And a baby? She was only 20 years old. In America, some in her generation were getting married at that age and starting families, but the divorce rate was high and not taboo. Divorce in Korea was very taboo. Not to even mention Kai's career. The world just found out they were dating. How would his fans react if they suddenly got married?

"Wae (Why)," his mother asks.

"Eomma…"

"Geugoseun i modeun saeroun somundeureul momchuge hal gosida (It would make all the new rumors stop)." His mom sits back in her chair and sighs. "Ama anil goeyo (maybe not)."

"New rumors?" Baby asks.

Baby looks at Kai, who is looking just as confused as she is.

"Oneul achime ironan ireul da deureun gon anigetjji (You didn't hear everything that was going on this morning)?" His mother asks.

"Nae jonhwagiga kkojo issoyo (My phone is off)," Kai says.

"Adeura... nohi hwesae jonhwahaera. Sangdaehaeya hal iri manta. Ije jibe galkkeyo. Najunge jonhwahaseyo (Son… Call your company. You have a lot to deal with. I'll go home now. Call me later)," His mother says. She gets up from the table and looks at Baby. "Save the… banchan (side dishes). Eat later."

"Ne." Baby walks her out and waves goodbye to her as Kai rushes upstairs. As soon as his mother is gone, Baby goes up there to find him.

"What's going on?" She asks, as she enters the room, and sees him bent over with the phone to his ear. He just shakes his head at her, as he's getting yelled at over the phone.

Baby walks over to her phone, and tries to turn it on, but it's dead. Quickly she puts it on the charger to wait till it comes back on.

"Jwesonghamnida. Jwesonghamnida," he just keeps saying repeatedly, and Baby wonders what he has to be sorry for.

Suddenly, her phone beeps erratically, and it pulls her attention away from her boyfriend. She looks at the screen to see dozens of notifications: text, messages, likes, comments, etc. She opens the messages from Sarah first.

"Holy shit," she whispers.

Sarah sent attachment, after attachment, after attachment of all the news articles that circulated this morning, and Baby's head was spinning, opening each one.

Kai's past girlfriends speak out

Kai's secret love child with ex girlfriend pictures

More pictures of EXO's Kai's sex life

Baby looks up at Kai to find him looking at her. His phone was down to his side, even though Baby could still hear someone yelling on the other end. She looks back to her phone as it vibrates. She knows the number calling her, and he presses end. That jerk was the last one she wanted to talk to.

"Baby," Kai whispers.

She looks at him as he walks closer. She doesn't know how she feels. She expected something after the world knew she was dating a star, but it was like them digging into her life. She secretly hoped it would be just like Chen's case, where no one really knew who his wife was. But she knew that would not happen when they went on tv and confessed their love for each other. She never thought this would happen. Ex-girlfriends, secret love child… Baby didn't know if it upset her or scared her because he could lose his career, or what.

Kai kneels down and gets between her legs. "Baby," he says louder.

"Have you taken pictures with any other female you had sex with?" Baby asks, Kai shakes his head as he wraps his arms around her waist. "Did they take pictures of you?"

"Molra (I don't know)," he says.

"And ex-girlfriends? You're a grown man with needs, and I know you've had sex and girlfriends before, and fans are the easiest… Do you have a child?"

Kai sighs, hanging his head into her lap. "Ani (no)."

A notification for a text message sounds, and she instinctively looks at her phone.

I knew all it was going to fall to the ground. You shouldn't have been a slut and stayed with me. Now I'm humiliated, I'm going to make you pay.

She's blocked him so many times. And yet Nicky still has ways to get her attention. Even without his name popping up, she knows without a doubt it's him. Who else would ever talk to her that way, be that toxic? Baby tosses her phone on the bed. And bends down to cuddle Kai's head in her lap.

"What does SM say?" Baby asks him.

"Haegodwel got gatayo (I think I'm getting fired)."

"What do we do?"

"Molra (I don't know)."