For @ParkSooNam ! Hope you like it ;)

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"Guys, are you sure about this?" Kris whispered, face clearly showing discomfort in what they were about to do. Most of them just shushed him to avoid getting caught, but Kai thankfully answered.

"Don't worry hyung, it's just a small prank. You don't have to worry much." Then he returned his attention to the long empty hallway they were creeping upon.

"Can't we just bail out on this? What if something goes wrong?"

"Hyung, if you continue whining you're gonna get us caught." Tao said in a bit of irritation, but for some reason, he wanted to laugh too. It was half funny and half annoying that their leader who's supposed to be the toughest of them was actually the most cowardly of them all.

They're not supposed to be in the school building on weekends, you see.

"What did the girl ever do to deserve what we'll do to her," Kris just ended up mumbling.

"You know we do this to all transferees. We've done this a hundred times!" Luhan smiled, but then his eyes narrowed. "So why are you concerned of the victim now?"

Kris avoided his intense stare, unable to answer the question with the whole truth. "It's just... well... she looks so innocent."

Luhan just chuckled and shook his head. Kris just decided to keep his mouth shut. How could he even tell them that he has a crush on the new girl? They'll surely tease him and call him silly.

"There she is!" D.O whispered as he pointed at a girl that just came out of the principal's office. She looked a bit troubled or something, but there was no doubt that she was the new girl that just transferred yesterday. She was walking down the hallway and towards the intersection where the boys were hiding, just like what the boys have planned.

"Bring out the secret weapon," Suho's eyes sparkled in mischief, and Chanyeol grinned as he obliged.

Kris braced himself for whatever that could happen next.

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You came out of the principal's office, unable to hide the burden you were feeling. You thought you already completed all the necessary requirements to officially move into the school, but then the principal suddenly asks for some more documents that will be too hard to retrieve from your previous school. It will be too much of a problem, and to be honest, maybe it will just be easier to go find another school...

You suddenly heard a faint whirring sound, like a small mechanical car toy or something. Confused, you stopped walking and looked around. As you looked over your shoulder, you realized that a small rat was heading furiously towards you, so instinctively, you lifted a foot to avoid stepping on it. Instead of going straight and past you, though, it circled around your other foot. It was like it wanted you to lose your balance, and that you did. In the process of dodging the pesky little thing, you lost your footing, and ended up falling. Oh great. How much worse could this day be?

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Chen was chuckling evilly as he manipulated the controller in his hand. So far, the girl hasn't noticed the trouble coming her way, but soon, she'll be screaming in disgust at it's sight. Very, very soon.

"I don't think she'll notice it..." Sehun mumbled.

"No, just wait."

"What if she doesn't get scared?" Xiumin's eyes widened.

"She will get scared!"

"SHHH ALL OF YOU! You're gonna blow up our cover dammit!" Suho hissed like the mother he was.

"Look look look she finally noticed!!!" Baekhyun gasped as the girl finally stopped walking and started looking around. When she saw the small toy rat hot on her heels, she merely narrowed her eyes in confusion, but didn't really scream like they expected.

"Told you she wouldn't get scared."

Chen's nostrils flared in frustration. "She will get scared."

And instead of letting the rat pass by just once, he decided to circle it around her foot in an effort to scare her. But she only seemed to be concerned of finding her balance instead of getting rid of the icky rat.

"What are you doing?!!" In a panic, Kris jumped onto Chen and tried to grab the controller from him. But Chen was determined not to let go. It was his plan after all, and he surely didn't want to fail and get laughed about it later on.

"Stop it! She's going to fall!" They had a little tug of war on the controller, only causing the toy rat to move around erratically. And then she accidentally stepped on it and slipped.

At that moment, everyone stopped to stare at what they have done.

Well, except for Kris.

He was fast enough to slide himself right across the hallway like a good ol' skiing sled, and thankfully, he reached just in time for her to land on his back instead of the cold, hard ground. It knocked the breath out of both of them, but Kris was just glad that she didn't get seriously hurt. Or else Chen would get a serious ass kicking later.

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Groaning, you tried to roll off the person as quickly as you can.

"Sorry...," you mumbled as you tried to help him up. 

"It's not your fault," he said as soon as both of you were standing upright. Your heart jumped a little as you realized that he was so freaking tall, and was very, very, very handsome. He may have noticed you mentally drooling with your jaw hanging and shit, but he didn't say anything about it.

"Well... uh... are you okay?"

"Oh. Um, yeah. Thankfully you were there to soften my fall." You laughed a little. Well that sounded a bit cruel. Thankfully, he just laughed at it as well.

"I'm sorry about the rat." He motioned at the little annoying thing that caused it all. "We're responsible for this. The joke just went a little bit too far but..."

"You're with more people?" You questioned and looked around.

"Yeah, they're over the--" He pointed at somewhere, but then stopped and heavily sighed. "And they disappeared. Those idiots."

You narrowed your eyes. He looked a bit panicked and stepped back as he held up his hands in defense.

"I-it's not like we were planning on hurting you on purpose! It's just that... we kinda have a tradition of pranking the newcomers in the school as welcoming ritual or something... but we never mean to actually cause serious harm..." he scratched his head. Well, he did look apologetic. Plus, you found it quite cute that he's lowering his pride just to tell you the whole truth.

"I see. Too bad I'm leaving soon again, though.." you chuckled, but it ended up sounding a bit sad.

"You'll leave?" His eyes widened. "But you just transferred!"

"Well, it's not yet for sure, but I guess it's what most probably would happen..."

"Why? What's the problem?" He sounded genuinely concerned. And it was kind of strange. You actually thought about explaining everything, but then decided that he's probably just trying to act nice and interested. So you just chuckled and shook your head.

"It's nothing. Thanks for the little prank, though. I appreciate the warm welcome." You turned and started walking away. But then he followed you.

"I'm Kris by the way."

"I'm _______," you smiled back. There was a short awkward silence as if he was silently debating about what he should say.

"Uhh... if ever you need any help on your problem, I'll be willing to do anything."

That made you stop.

"Really?"

Though slightly blushing, he managed a nod.

"Anything?"

Nod.

You lightly laughed. "What if I ask for money to travel 40 kilometers and back?"

He paused for a moment to think. "If it's travelling you have trouble with, then I guess we can borrow Junmyeon's car..."

This time, your smile disappeared. "You... are you really serious?"

"Why not?"

You could only stare up at him. You barely even knew each other and yet, he's willing to help you that much?

"Why?"

Your question caught him off guard. Suddenly, he blushed and looked away. "An apology for bothering you today, I guess..."

"That's a bit too much of an apology, isn't it?" You smiled warmly, not wanting to make him awkward any further. You weren't naíve. Just by the way he acted all dorky to your question, you already knew what was up. And you didn't have the heart to reject that.

"But I guess that'll do." Smiling, you grabbed his arm as you walked towards the exits. Maybe this guy deserves a chance.

Well, who knew a prank gone wrong could make things turn for the better?

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[A/N] : This feels a lot like Troublemakers, doesn't it? xD