Kris always stared at him.

Always watched him as he performed incredible flips and twists with such great ease.

It facinated Kris to see him perform all those fancy tricks magnificently. Tao was an amazing creature in his eyes. But too mysterious. And Kris ached to see who the real Tao was.

They had just been placed into the Mandarin sub group of the band EXO not too long ago. At their first stay in the dorm, it was a bit awkward, since they were used to having all 12 members together. But that awkward feeling was shattered by Luhan and Chen's bright smiles. After that, everyone warmed up to each other. Everyone but Tao.

No one questioned the younger's cold and quiet behavior, since it didn't bother them. But secretly, it bothered Kris. Tao's distant behavior may be a problem later on, and as the groups leader, Kris wanted to ge close to the young wushu master.

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"Alright everyone! Good job! We'll meet again tomorrow!", the dance instructor's voice echoed as he left the room. Six wiped out boys layed and sat down on the hardwood dance floor. Chen and Lay were being exaggerated drama queens, whinning about their legs feeling like jell-o. Xiumin and Luhan were greedily drinking water bottles from a small cooler, trying to rehydrate their bodies. Kris, trying to steady his breath, walked to get a towel and wipe off his sweat. As he was wiping his forehead, he saw Tao sitting down in a corner, drinking a bottle of water. Kris stopped for a moment and just stared. Tao's unruly black hair was clinging to his forehead, and his chest rappidly moved as he tried to fll his lungs with air. Kris didn;t know what to do besides stare at Tao. After a few seconds, Kris snapped out of it. 'Great move Kris, what if he noticed you staring? He would have probably thought that you were as creepy as Chanyeol!' He grabbed a clean towel and walked over to where Tao was sitting. Kris sat down by him and brought the towel to Tao's lap. "Here. Thought you may need it."

Silence.

And 

More

Silence.

Kris felt awkward. He knew Tao didn't socialize much, but he didn't have to be rude. Kris sighed as he ran a hand through his damp hair. He carefully picked up the towel from Tao's lap and brought it to the younger's forehead. The wushu master looked up at Kris with shock in his eyes. Kris met his eyes and smiled. "You did great today. That flip looks really tough."

Tao just stared at him. His cheeks looked a bit too red.

'Hmmmm....must have worked too hard.', Kris thought as he kept wiping the sweat from Tao's face. He gently wiped the younger's face once more before he set down the towel on the floor. Kris looked at Tao again and flashed a simple but kind smile. "There."

The wushu master of the group was still staring at him with wide eyes and red cheeks. Kris was starting to feel nervous. "Umm...Tao, you ok?", the leader said.

Tao seemed to snap out of his daze. His sight settled on his hands as he played with the water bottle. Finally after what seemed like forever to Kris, Tao spoke. "...Yeah..."

Kris checked his watch. "Oh, looks like it's time for us to go back to the dorm." He got up and held his hand out to Tao, who was still on the floor sitting down. He looked up at his leader as if he'd grown 4 heads and was shooting fire out of his mouth.

"Come on, I don't bite you know.", Kris said as he grinned at Tao.

The younger's cheeks got red again as he took Kris' hand and stood up. Kris held his hand a bit longer, seeing as how Tao didn't let go either. Just as he was about to let go and walk away to get the others, Tao squeezed his hand and looked at him. Kris couldn't help but think how cute Tao looked. 'Kind of like a panda.'

Kris waited for the younger to speak up. Tao looked at the leader and quietly muttered a small thank you. Kris looked at Tao, amazed that the wushu master with the ice cold heart had talked, and thanked him. He noticed Tao was staring at him again and gave the younger a warm smile. "No problem."

With that, Tao let go of his hand and walked past him. Kris just stared as Tao walked out, and couldn't help but think, 'See, that wasn't so hard, was it?'

He chuckled to himself a bit before he went to gather the rest of the members who were now fooling around with the equipment in the dance studio. Kris, as tired as he was, hoped to go home quickly and sleep so he could replentish his energy for tomorrow.

The leader went to sleep, making a promise to himself.

'I will get Tao to open up to me.'