Everyone had finished, and was getting ready to leave, but luhan stayed sitting until the very end. He waited until Yixing was completely ready until he got up.

It had really confused him when the group was dancing, his eyes kept diverting to Sehun. He tried to stop and ask himself 'what is wrong with me?' But neither of them worked. He didn't even know if sehun could see him staring— he hoped not. Luhan wouldn't have know how to explain. So when Sehun walked over to him while the others were packing up, luhan began to panic.

"Did you like it?" Sehun smiled. Always with that goddamn smile.

'Wait— is he being sarcastic? Did he know I was looking at him? Or was he talking about their dance routine? Or—'

"Luhan? Why are you staring?"

"What?" Luhan felt himself heat up, followed up by over blinking.

"You are staring? Why?" He chuckled. "Did you not like it?" 'Thank god he didn't get any other ideas from that'

" no! I mean yes, yes of course I like it! It was amazing. You did really well" then remembering he added another sentence onto the end "all of you I mean... Did really well... Together" he murmured the last bit hoping Sehun didn't hear his, however Sehun was laughing anyway. Luahn frowned.

"Thank you" after that Luhan didn't know where to look or what to say so he just stood there. Awkwardly. He still noticed Sehuns gaze on him, so he hoped his roommate would join any second as a distraction.

"Well, I hope to see you here again. Goodbye, Luhan" Sehun bowed then walked away, still carrying that same smile!
As soon as he left, Yixing came skipping over.

"Do you like Sehun then?"

Luhan couldn't stop blinking. He cheeks were tinted with pink while he was panicing about what he meant. 'Did he mean as in friends or as in... Like-like..?— of course he didn't, why am I thinking these things every time someone says something?! Calm down Luhan, stop blinking'

"Yeah he's nice" was all he could manage.

"He seems to like you, that's a change. He normally doesn't bother with new people. "

"He does?"

"Yeah. When he walked up to you like that and through half time, he isn't the one to go up to someone first or start the conversation. you're lucky"
Luhan didn't know what to say yes, he just stood there, yet again, but this time shocked. Finally Yixing got the idea that he wasn't going to answer back. "Come on then let's go home"

Luhan saw that Yixing was smirking as he said this so he quickly walked out the door so save any further embarrassment.

•••

Jongin opened the door and closed it behind him. As he turned round, he saw two boys slid across the wooden floor and halt in front of him. They stared at Jongin with blank faces which made Jongin nervous.

"What do you guys want?"

"We need to talk" Baekhyun said as serious as he could, but Chanyeol just burst out laughing. "Yah! This is supposed to be an interrogation! Stop laughing yeollie!"
His laughing lowered to a snigger but still couldn't pull a straight face when baekhyun was trying to be serious.

"An interrogation? What?"

"Yes an interrogation. And as I was saying before I was interrupted" he narrowed his eyes at Chanyeol who mouthed 'sorry' "we noticed something Kai."

Jongin gulped. "Noticed what?"

"Noticed that yesterday..." Jongins heart began to speed up. 'It's alright I have an excuse right?' "You went out"

"Yeah I went to dance practis—"

"Ah ah ah" Baekhyun shushed jongins lips with his finger." You said you went to dance practise-— but did you actually?" Before Jongin could even answer he carried on "on our calendar, we have marked out when our sessions are. And when I looked on it this morning... It says you didn't have a session yesterday."

Chanyeol helped him finished because he had done sniggering. " so where were you Kai?"

"H-hyungs, I told you, I was at dance practise... It just went there to um..." He paused as he thought of an excuse. "To ... Practise alone... It helps sometimes."

"I don't bel—" Baekhyun started.

"He must have been there Hyung, if you think about it. I had told him to tell your class that you were sick so you weren't going to be in that day. He had said he was there without hesitation."
Chanyeol interrupted. Jongin just nodded to what he said.

"Wha— then... Then was he actually there or not!?Surely you can't have been practising alone, you've never told us you've done that before." Baekhyun chucked his hands up in the air and stomped away. " oh I give up! So much for the interrogation!"
Chanyeol then followed him instantly.

'Phew... Okay.. That was close but I got past it' Jongin, shortly after, walked past them on the couch, hoping they wouldn't stop him again, and quickened his last into his bedroom. His bedroom was next to ban yells and baekhyuns because he likes his privacy. He shuffled into the room, closed the door then he jumped onto his bed. A lay on his bed and thought about what just happened. About whether his friends would actually find out what his real purpose of being there was. About whether he wanted to see kyungsoo again.

Which was a yes.

•••

It was early sunset and Zitao had just came off the airplane from China. He travelled by car for the rest of the journey in Korea and unluckily still hadn't got over the jet lag. He could barely stand he was that tired— and it wasn't the furthest journey he has travelled either! Even zitao didn't understand but all he knew was that he needed a place to stay. But he didn't know which place to choose!

Zitao was walking, with his eyes half closed, when all of a sudden someone as I front of him. He collided straight into the stranger ( luckily he didn't drop anything, that would be embarrassing)

"Yah! Watch where you're going?" The stranger had quite a deep and cool voice so when he looked up to see who he had bumped into, he wasn't expecting someone as handsome as this man.

"Ah—sorry! Sorry!" The guy glared at him and carried on walking. Zitao hoped not all Korean men were like this. He watched the man as he walked away with his luggage and then did so with his. He paid more attention to were he was going this time.

Now it was just to find a place to stay.

Zitao had looked at the a school when he was still in China. He saw is website and instantly knew that would be at least one of his choices to go to. So when he arrived outside of it, he couldn't wait to get inside.
As he took a step inside, he saw a group of boys, sweaty and tired, come down the stairs. He watched most of them as they left the building however two of them stopped I front of him.

"Hello! You look like you are new here? Are you alright?" One boy said.

"Erm.. I am new here— I came from China and I was hoping I could join here? In this school?" Taos Korean was clearly not the best but he though he managed that pretty well.

"You are from China! Ohmygosh! Us too! We came over from there a while back, almost a year now! I'm Hzang Yixing but call me Lay!" He smiled gently and turned to his friend who also gave a polite smile. " and this is my friend LuHan"

ZiTao was happy. So happy. So so very happy. He had made friends, without even trying, on the first day he had arrived and as soon as he got there. He was such a lucky guy! Plus his two new friends were also from China so they will understand him.

"Hello" he bowed. " I'm Huang Zitao. But people call me Tao for short, it's very nice to meet you!" They all shook hands. Zitao had realised that his friends were a lot shorter than him— which was common. But their height was cute. Then he thought back to the man he bumped into earlier that day and how he was just as tall as him, or maybe slightly taller. Zitao focused back on Yixing and Luhan once Yixing began to speak.

"So, shall we get you some forms to fill in?! The sooner you apply the quicker you will be able to join!" Zitao nodded with a giant smile on his face. He couldn't wait.

•••

Junmyeon had just finished shopping for his groceries and was walking back home. The bags were quite heavy and he just wanted to get back quickly in case they were going to snap.

Junmyeon kept thinking about the boy that lived next door. He was still shocked that he had never knew — Yixing he remembered— lived there. It was all crazy.

As he reached his house, he heard someone shouting form behind.

"Excuse me! Excuse me!" Junmyeon swivelled round still with the bags in his hands.

"Huh?"

"Excuse me, do you know where I can stay for a while? Like maybe to rent?" A boy came jogging over to him with dirty blonde hair. He had a suitcase which was trailing behind him. Junmyeon paused. Did he know any?

"Erm I'm sorry I don't" the boy sighed and nodded.

"It's okay, thank you" he begun to walk away when Junmyeon replied back with a question.

"Do you have no where to stay?"

The kid turned to face him again and answered simply with "no"

Junmyeon didn't know what to do; was it okay to let a stranger come inside your home the first time you meet? But on the other hand, was it alright just to leave him with no where to sleep? He needs to at least help a little.

"What is your name, if I may ask?"

The boy paused with a blank face. "Kris" he finally said.

"I'm Kim Junmyeon" 'why did he just say 'Kris''? Junmyeon thought. "Would you like to come inside for a bit? Then I can help you try and find somewhere to rent. Have you had any food?"

Kris smiled and gave a relieved sigh. "Thank you, thank you so much. And no I haven't."

"You're welcome, I'm only trying to help. And good because I've brought some fresh food to cook, I'm guessing you'd like some?" Junmyeon smiled gently back at Kris as he turned around, heading for the door.

Kris slowly followed." Yes I would like that very much. Thank you"

•••

ZiTao came back from the reception once he had handed his papers back in. Yixing and Luhan were waiting for him at the door still.

"So have you got anywhere to stay?" Said lay as Zitao joined them.

"Not quite.. Yet" Zitao held his suitcase tight in one hand; he had forgot all about where he would sleep...

" well, since we've helped you this far.. Maybe you could come and stay with us for a bit— until you find a place to rent or something." Lay suggested.

Zitao so face lit up p, he was such a lucky guy! 'Surely this is too good to be true! I thought it was supposed to be harder than this!' "Are you sure? Wow! Thank you so much!" He pounced on both Yixing and Luhan with a hug and squeezed them together.

•••

ZiTao had slept well in his temporary bed. Luckily, Yixing and Luhan had a spare room so they offered it to zitao. He thought they were so nice—his new friends— they had helped him so much already and it's only been a day. Zitao was constantly trying to find a way to make up for it. But he still hasn't fully got there yet, for now, he is just enjoying what he's been given.

As Zitao climbed out of his bed, he heard Yixing and Luhan talking outside his door. So he decided to go and have something to eat and see what they were up to. He opened his door and stepped out quietly, still in his tank top and shorts. The two of them turned round to see him.

Both Yixing and Luhan, were dressed already. 'Wha—?'

"Ah good morning, Tao!" Yixing said.

"Good morning!" Smiled Luhan.

"Oh heh— good morning! How come you guys are already dressed? Is it just I am late getting up? I haven't checked the time yet"

"Oh no, you're not late, we are just used to getting up early. And we were going to go out for a coffee with some friends."

"Yeah, you can come and join us if you like?" Luhan suggested.

"Okay, sure" Zitao smiled brightly.

"Come sit, I have made some breakfast! It's not the best but it's good enough I guess" Yixing pointed to the table and both Luhan and Zitao sat getting ready for their food.

•••

After not finding anything on the interested for a place to stay for Kris, Junmyeon decided they should get some rest and maybe they can try again tomorrow. Junmyeon didn't have a spare room in his house so Kris had to set up his bed on the couch. He didn't look like he minded that much though.

Once Kris had awoken in the morning, he sat up and peered over the top of the seat to see Junmyeon cooking something in the kitchen. Kris could smell it; it smelt delicious.

As Junmyeon heard him shuffling in the background he brand over some breakfast and a glass of something to drink and handed it too his temporary flat mate.
"Good morning, did you sleep well?"

"Morning, yes Thank you"

"I will be going out in 10 minutes so if you want to stay here until I get back that's fine. Unlesß you want to come with me?"

"Um.. Go with you where?"

"To get some coffee, I'm meeting a friend."

"I don't know, I'll see but thank you"

Junmyeon smiled and went into his bedroom to get ready. And then, so did Kris.
He decided to go with him— purely for the coffee.... Also it seems like. A good idea to get an idea of different café and restaurants. Maybe it might even be good to meet new people. But that's not Kris was aiming for. He wasn't a people person.

They both put on their coats and headed for the door. As they opened the door, they heard the same sound happening next door. Someone else was coming out. Junmyeon and Kris both stepped outside and looked to their right.

"You have to be kidding me?"

•••

Junmyeon looked confusedly at Kris once he had said this, as both Yixing and Luhan did to Zitao. Zitao gulped and stood still. 'Aish this is embarrassing'. Zitao saw the other boy at the house next door to him roll his eyes and shove his hands in his pockets. Zitao just looked to floor.

"I don't understand, Tao do you know him?" Luhan questioned stepping fully out the door.

"Err not really, it doesn't matter" he gave a awkward little fake chuckle to pretend it was like nothing but really it was embarrassing. Very embarrassing. And very unlucky.
The dirty blonde haired kid across from him was the same guys he ran into earlier. The one that gave him a death stare almost as he walked away and who is also giving him the unamused stare right now.

"Okay then.... Well let's get going" Luhan began to move from the doorway. Yixing and Zitao nodded and followed.

After a while of walking they realised the other two had not left from behind them .Junmyeon and Kris had been walking behind the three of those for the whole of heir journey so far. Junmyeon was worrying that they might be going to the same place.

They kept going, in silence, following the three boys in front while they chattered. Junmyeon and Kris both felt slightly awkward as they weren't speaking to each other aswell as it probably seemed like they were just creepily following them.

Just to make sure Junmyeon spoke up and spoke over their voices. "You guys aren't going to the café by any chance are you?" Once the three boys had heard them they stopped talking, stopped and turned around which made junmyeon and Kris come to a halt.

"Yeah why?"Luhan spoke again but Junmyeon and with another question.

"...and you , by any chance, are you going to meet Chen?"

"Oh yeah, how come you know?"

"Erm well, I—we were going to see him today too... That's where we a heading..." Jongdae hadn't spoke to Junmyeon about any other of his friends going to see him aswell—not that he minded but it would have been nice to have a notification. Kris had looked up and glared at Junmyeon; he didn't know who 'Chen' was but he had just found out they were going to the same place with those and that 'tao'. 'This couldn't get any worse' Kris thought.
Junmyeon looked back at Kris and gave him a shrug as if to say 'I'm sorry I didn't know' and then returned to the conversation with Yixing, Luhan and Zitao.

" Ohmygosh! Really? What a coincidence! If you had told us that earlier you could have joined in with us! Come on!"Luhan and Yixing both smiled but Zitao was looking to the ground.

•••

Once they reached the café, the walked in all together to see Jongdae sitting at a table. He smiled as soon as he saw the group of 5. Group of 5? He didn't invite 5? 'Wha-?' He got up and carried on as normal taking most of the boys bags off them and put them on separate chairs so they could fetch their own drinks. He watched the two new people who had joined them. A tall blonde kid wondered coolly back to where they were sitting after telling Junmyeon what he wanted and sat down on the other side of the table—away from Jongdae. He never spoke a word, just looked aimlessly around the room with his arms on the table. 'Well this is awkward'

Just as Jongdae was about to ask a question Junmyeon came and sat down next to this other boy. Soon after Yixing and Luhan sat either side of Jongdae. He watched the other new boy follow them awkwardly. He had stopped, once he got round to the table, and stared at the seat next to the dirty blonde. Something was clearly wrong here as he hesitated to sit down.
The boy had finally sat down but neither of them looked to happy to be sat next to each other.

"Chen, would like you to meet Hzang Zitao!" Yixing chirped.

"Hello" Zitao did a small bow even though he was sat down. "You can call me Tao... For short."

"Hello! I'm Kim Jongdae but these guys call me Chen" Jongdae had said with a big smile and pointing at the two boys beside him.

Then Junmyeon spoke up. "I would also like you to meet someone— this is Kris" Kris bowed slightly while forcing a smile.

"Hello to you too... Kris" Jongdae wondered why he had just said 'Kris' had he told Junmyeon not to tell us his birth name or was that his actually his birth name? 'Maybe he's from America or England!' "So where are you both from?"

"China" Kris said bluntly.

Zitao followed it up with "Me too". Kris looked over at Zitao once he had said this, then slowly back down to the table.... Still with an annoyed expression upon his face.

The rest of them took off in another conversation and even Junmyeon joined in. Zitao di too after a while, not much, but spoke up ever so often. However Kris didn't really bother unless someone asked him a question. He didn't seem like the one to engage with new people. At all.

•••

Jongin had finally gotten up that morning after having a long rest in bed. As he came into the kitchen he saw Chanyeol and baekhyun chuckling together at the dinning table. They were always having fun together— it's not news— it's just, since Jongin had seen them on the bed sleeping... It changed something. Something about how Jongin saw them. It was weird. Like he was noticing something but he wasn't quite sure what it was yet.

Weird.

Jongin sat down on the opposite side of them with a glass of water. He watched them two carry on laughing after saying goodmorning to Jongin. Chanyeol was holding his phone, close to the table, showing baekhyun a clearly 'funny' picture. He then scrolled across and another photo made the two of them laugh historically. Baekhyun was clapping his hands in amusement.

Taking a sip of his cold tap water, Jongin saw Chanyeol looked side ways at baekhyun. It wasn't just a 'look'; it was more like a gaze. He stared at baekhyun with a smile on his face in a way Jongin couldn't describe. But he knew it meant something. Jongin choked on his drink.

The two of them gradually stopped laughing and faced Jongin who had covered his mouth to protect his fellow roommates from having a, what felt like, a bucket of water checked at them.

Jongin was unsure what he just witnessed. Could he just be imagining it? He didn't know.

"You alright Kai?" Chanyeol questioned. Jongin mumbled the best he could that he was okay and got up to wipe his mouth.

"I'm gonna go for a walk" Jongin said once he had cleared himself up. Chanyeol and baekhyun watched confusedly as he made his way outside and closed the door behind him.

"What was all that about?" Baekhyun asked.

"I have no idea, he'll get back soon." Chanyeol got up and took both their plates away to wash. "You seem better today, have you recovered?"

"Yes, at least I think so. Thank you." Baekhyun smiles awkwardly with his rectangular mouth. Chanyeol knew that smile. "It must have been all that sleeping "

•••

Jongin closed the door behind him and headed out into the cold. Cold. More like freezing. He should have brought a coat or something even a scarf would do. Why didn't he think of this?

He carried on walking and for some reason wouldn't stop. He was somehow travelling to the park and in within a few minutes he found himself sitting down on a bench in the middle of the nearest park. It immediately got colder as he sat down; the chair was wet. Lovely.

Suddenly he became angry with himself. Why was he angry. Was it because he forgot a coat?
"Aish" Jongin tried to warm himself up with his hands by rubbing up and down on his sleeves. That didn't work. So he tried blowing warm air into the palm of his hands. That didn't work either.

It's not when a grey scarf appeared in front of him, that he realised someone was standing there holding it. Jongin looked at the knitted scarf below then gradually looked up to see who held it.

"Take it" said Kyungsoo without expression.

Jongin took a minute to process that it was really him handing the scarf. He forgot about the cold; his eyes were now on kyungsoo.

He was staring— he didn't mean to—but again he just could help it. He had to stop before it got really creepy and the smaller boy would walk away. So he finally took the scarf and placed it around his neck. The woolly scarf was thick and pre–warmed by kyungsoos own neck. Jongin smiled at the thought. Kyungsoo had given his own scarf to him. To him.

"Thank you." Jongin smiled again suddenly feeling warmer than he was before.

"You're welcome." He said with his flustered nose and cheeks from the cold. "Why are you out with nothing to keep you warm?"

"To be honest... I'm not quite sure." Jongin felt like an idiot. He probably looked it too. Kyungsoo managed a small smile but it faded as none of them spoke. It was an awkward silence. Jongin noticed the other boy wasn't going to speak any time soon so he had to break it himself. "Where are you heading?"

"Back home"

"Well.. Erm I was wondering if .. you'd like to come get a coffee with me? If you like coffee that is— if not you can get any other drink..." Jongin really wanted him to stay with him for at least a while longer. "I'll pay."

"My house is quieter" Kyungsoo mumbled. Jongin didn't think he had heard it right to begin with. He gulped.

"W-what?"

Kyungsoo looked to the side trying not to show any redness in his cheeks but they were already bright from the chilly weather. He breathed out and you could see the smoke that floated around in front of him.

Unexpectedly, Jongin felt a hand around his wrists, pulling him along. His heart nearly skipped a beat as Kyungsoo appeared to be dragging him along. Jongin could feel the heat in his soft hands which travelled all through his body. I don't think Jongin needed that scarf anymore.
Kyungsoo didn't turn back to look at him not once but he imagined his face. Which made Jongin warmer each time. Neither did Kyungsoo let go throughout the whole journey.

They had arrived at his house, which seemed way to quick, so kyungsoo let go to open his front door. Jongins arm slowly returned to its normal place, by his side and followed kyungsoo carefully in once he had walked in himself. They both took off their shoes going in.

As Jongin came round the corner into the living room he was welcomed with heat. God it was so warm. And cosy. And pleasant. He looked around and saw not a spot of dust or dirt in sight. Everything was incredibly tidy and neat. And organised. So very organised.

"Wow" studying the room some more "you have a nice house"

"Thank you, my parents left it for me." 'He must have a lot of money' thought Jongin. " you can sit down... If you like"

"Thank you" Jongin sat gently down on the couch not wanting to ruin any of his neatness. And he was right. It was quieter. Not only lovely and warm but peaceful too.

"I only have the usual coffee from the markets, is that okay?"kyungsoo looked down on Jongin with the same look— which hasn't changed for the past... However long it has been— Jongin wasn't keeping track of the time, he was keeping track on what kyungsoo was doing.

"Y-yeah I don't mind"

Kyungsoo disappeared into the kitchen leaving Jongin awkwardly sitting there. What to do.

He started to panic as it had only just hit him that he was in kyungsoos house. His house! And what will he say next once he comes back in. He hoped to God this would go well. 'I'll mess up I know I will'

Minutes later kyungsoo came shuffling back in with two cups of coffee.
He handed one to Jongin and kept the other.

"Enjoy" he said with a little smile. The first time he has seen kyungsoo smile. And it was. Fricken. Adorable.

"Thank you, I will" Jongin said with a smile back. He then took a sip after blowing it a bit although that didn't really help, since it was still steaming hot. From what he just tasted. It wasn't the most luxurious drink he has ever had but it will do. The coffee didn't really matter. It was just the time with kyungsoo that did.