Sehun met Suho the first day he went to SIA, when he was looking for Jongin after finishing his necessary procedure to start school. Being a member of The Student Council, Suho spotted immediately the bewilderment on the freshman’s face and offered for help. It was an unbelievable coincidence that afterward they were sharing a room and it was not exaggerating to say that Suho was Sehun’s most favorite hyung.

He met D.O almost right after moving into the dorm as he had to help Jongin because apparently his friend had brought his whole room back home to Seoul. Their impression about each other was totally opposite which Sehun found D.O extremely outgoing whereas the older had a feeling of…scare toward him. It was quite understanding since that was how normal people would react but the way they worked things over between them had surprised Jongin. After one month, Sehun could freely laugh with his hyung when they finally played a prank on the tan boy.

Baekhyun and Chanyeol came into his college’s life naturally because of their sense of humor. Suho introduced them when they had lunch at the canteen and at the end of that day, Sehun found no difficulty to talk to the others.

Their group had a long real friendship and all of them were his beloved hyungs. That was why Sehun felt hurt when he was actually kicked out of the circle when they were gathering around Luhan, showing gladness in their expression as the Chinese boy gave them their souvenirs.

“Hey, those are mine too.” he yelled, trying to push Chanyeol aside to reach into the center but once again, the adorable of Baekhuyn came in his way.

“YAH, HYUNGS!”

The sudden exclamation made everyone stop what they were doing, all eyes darted to the owner of this voice who was by the way for the first time of his life puffing his cheeks, pouting. He didn’t mean to do any kind of aegyo, this things just came out unconsciously and it’s too late for him to turn back the time because what coming next was the last thing he wanted to see.

“Aigoo, maknae is sulking.”

“Cuteee…”

“C’mere maknae.”

Yes, that was exactly why he never showed his aegyo out. They would make him look like a lost puppy. Worse, in front of his boyfriend.

Ignoring the loving open arms from his hyungs, Sehun stepped straight to Luhan who unexpectedly hadn’t made any comment…

“Ahhhh, Sehunnie, you’re so adorable.”

…yet.

He rolled his eyes in annoyance and fixed the doe-like eyes boy an icy glare, clearly not approve him on taking side with the others. The Chinese male instantly got the message, covered his big grin with a clearing throat and linked their arms together.

“Oh my God”

Being taken away for a second, Baekhyun suddenly squealed like a fan-girl, grabbing at Chanyeol’s elbow while his other hand pointing at the Chinese boy vigorously. Everyone looked at him with confusion then started scanning Luhan from head to toe before something sparkling caught their eyes.

“Oh my, what is it on Luhan hyung’s hand?”

D.O spoke up, dropped his curious look on Sehun, who was smirking out of satisfaction because finally, someone noticed the remarkable little thing that he had given to his baby deer.

“Don’t tell me you two are married.” Chanyeol deep voice was sometime so creepy, especially when he was suspicious…and whiny.

“No, they aren’t you dumb.” Baekhyun smacked him on the back of his head “It’s on Luhan hyung’s middle finger. Take the hint.”

“Let’s hear from the owner guys.” Suho waved his hand at his fighting dongsaengs. He was the only one who could put a stop to nonsense arguments between them.

Luhan couldn’t help but grinning proudly, unlocked their linking arms to show it off.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

 All five other heads gathered together examined the ring on Luhan’s hand and if Sehun didn’t grip on his shoulder, he might have been slipped over because of the dragging.

Jongin gave a nudge on his buddy’s side, exchanged to the younger an allusive look. No one had spotted the tan boy’s smile the whole time or he was the only who didn’t say a word or even surprised

No one but Sehun.

He returned his best friend’s move by an understanding nod, reminded himself to repay the dancer later for helping him choose the ring and carve the letters.

“I thought it’s a couple ring.” D.O questioned, noticing the empty spot on Sehun’s hand.

“Yeah, it is.” Luhan stepped back to stand beside his boyfriend, winked teasingly “But he chose to keep it to himself.” he pointed to the younger’s chest “Here, near his heart.”

That brought the whistle and fists in the air from the other boy while Sehun just simply facepalmed. He wanted to dig a hole and jump down on his own embarrassment. But luckily for him, Suho was the hero to rescue, flapped his hand to cool down the overexcitement.

“Baek, don’t you say you want to inform us something? We only have less than five minutes before the end of the break.”

And it reminded all of them the first purpose of the meeting. No, scratch it. The first would be receiving the souvenirs from Luhan. The second one to be exact.

“Oh right” Baekhyun clapped his hands, exchanged look with Chanyeol before turned back to his friends “Chan and I are chosen to perform a play. We hope you guys will come and support us.”

All of them burst out without a second thought at the same time, some gave their thumbs up for assurance.

“Of course we will.”

“How would we miss you two first appearances on stage.”

“I’ll be there.”

Baekhyun swallowed thick before finished his invitation.

“It’s for our Drama Club’s Traditional Day.”

Silence

One

Two

Thr…

“Ah, I can’t. I have schedule.”

“Oh my God, I’m late for my vocal class.”

“Look, it’s Kris. I have something to discuss with him.”

Just like how fast they jumped on a agreement, most of them started giving lame excuses to sneak out as soon as possible because there was no way they would go to the Drama Club’s Traditional Day.

Well, most of them.

“We’ll go.”

Luhan showed his enthusiasm by raising his hand in the air while beaming brightly. And to prove that the other person in the “we” part he had just said would accompany him, he also grabbed Sehun’s hand and lifted it up.

“Luhan!”

Sehun yelped, instantly put their entwined hands down, shooting for the older an unbelievable look. But before he could undo what his boyfriend had declared, the Chinese boy was yanked out of his side by a hyper Chanyeol. The happy virus squeezed him into a hug and not until Luhan coughed, gulping for air, did he release his poor hyung.

“Hyung, you’re the best.” then he threw the others who were sighing in relief his judgment “All of you should learn from Luhan hyung. That’s what friends are for.”

“No thanks.” his friends said in unison, not forget to send their sympathy to the maknae.

The bell didn’t help Sehun at all as it rang right in time which settled down the fact that he had to go with Luhan to support his hyungs.

“What’s wrong with the Drama Club?”

Luhan curiously asked when he walked Sehun to his class before ran off to the studio. The latter stopped to look at him as if he was joking but then seeing he was 100% innocent, Sehun let out a long sigh.

“Nothing’s wrong with it. Just the way they carry out their yearly celebration.”

The smaller one nodded in acknowledgment, but that didn’t answer his query yet.

“Okay, let me start over. What’s wrong with the way they do it?”

You don’t know and you already put yourself in. How great!

Sehun shook his head in disbelief at his boyfriend’s naivety but again, wasn’t that one of the reasons why he loved him?

“It’s a modernized masquerade. You don’t have to wear vest or tailcoat like the old time but still, you have to put on mask. At the end of the party, they will pronounce the King and Queen of the night, mainly chosen by the look and the interaction between them. That’s pretty much what happened last year as I remember.”

Luhan tilted his head, rubbing his chin pensively

“Uhmmm, sound fun to me. Why you guys reacted as if they invited you to hell?”

“Because it was hell.” the younger one pointed out, felt a little disappointed that the other didn’t see what he had got into “The girls will do anything to be the Queen so they keep hitting on us the whole time. D.O hyung actually pretended to be Jongin’s boyfriend to get rid of them which spread a rumor about their relationship afterward. Not to mention that the play and what kind of a party that serves cakes and coke. I mean how lame…”

Sehun’s voice suddenly trailed off as he realized he had just made the biggest mistake in his life. His mouth hung open when looking to the expression on his baby deer’s face. Why did he dig too deep into detail? Why didn’t he stop at the part of Jongin’s boyfriend? Why did he bring it up?

“Cakes?”

Luhan’s eyes widened with…sparkle and Sehun knew he’s so screwed.

Two days before the party, Luhan insisted on taking Sehun out for new clothes for the masquerade. The Korean boy felt like a model as the other tried everything on him from shop to shop. They spent almost two hours until Luhan finally found the outfit that met his desire.

Seeing the contentedness showing on the older’s face, Sehun couldn’t help but chuckled, lacing their finger together when they were walking out of the shopping mall. Luhan had hung out with Baekhyun a little too much lately and he started concerning that his hyung might have drawn a highfalutin picture about the ballroom and everything for Luhan’s hope. As much as he didn’t want to cut off his boyfriend’s good mood, he didn’t want him to be upset either.

“I don’t know if you catch all of my latest talking but I have to warn you, besides cakes, it’s boring, really.”

He slowed down their paces to peer at the countenance of the latter but Luhan seemed pretty calm. More than that, he even hummed back in response.

“Don’t worry. I’ll never be bored with you by my side, especially when you’re wearing those.”

He pointed the bags in Sehun’s hand, sending the younger his angelic smile.

“O..okay..”

The younger glanced down to the clothes they had bought, wondering what actually made the smaller boy so excited about the masquerade. Sure it was his first time but….

I smelled something fishy

“By the way, are you sure you don’t want new clothes? I mean I want you to be outstanding too.”

Luhan shook his head, eyes focused to the front as he hopped over a puddle on the sidewalk.

“I told you, Baekhyun already lent me good ones.”

Sehun shrugged his shoulder, decided drop it here and would find out what’s on Luhan’s mind later

“Alright, then don’t blame me if I’m surrounded by girls because apparently you’re not as attractive as usual.”

“Oh, believe me.” the Chinese male’s lips curved into a smirk “I’ll make sure they all know who you belong to.”

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Sehun opened his phone for the nth times this night to check if there was any reply from Luhan. They were not together when they were supposed to be and it’s only worse as now some girls already spotted him standing alone among a bunch of college students (mostly Drama Club’s member), dressing outstandingly in long sleeves white shirt, black pants with a handmade silk twill bow tie. The mask Luhan gave him yesterday completely made his outfit perfect for a gentle man, classic and charming.

He had a quick talk with his huyngs fifteen minutes ago and Baekhyun somehow had revealed a little of how his boyfriend was going to show up.

“I think you’re gonna have a heart attack when you see him. He’s absolutely stunning.”  

Baekhyun whispered before being dragged toward the back stage for the preparation of the play.

At first Sehun was excited. Luhan was no doubt the most handsome guy he had ever met and had the best taste in fashion (the clothes he wearing was an obvious evidence). But now frankly he was worried. First, the Chinese boy refused to go with him when he suggested picking him up at his dorm, which was very weird because Luhan would never say no to such an offer like that unless something was up on his mind. And by something he meant a not so good idea about what to wear since the latter’s voice on the phone quite sputtered and broken as if he was busy adjusting his body into tight pants.

Second, the party had been started for twenty minutes and there was no sign of his appearance, which was also weird because Luhan was a punctual person who would give you a lecture on being on time if necessary.

Last but not least, he didn’t reply any of Sehun’s phone or text and that was exactly why the Korean boy turned into his anxious mode right now.

To make it worse, another girl was walking toward him with a very promising smile on her face

“Oppa” she grabbed his elbow, ignoring the fact that he tried to shake it off “You came alone?”

Sehun winced. But unfortunately for him, the mask covered it so there nothing much to show his annoyance apart from his stern voice

“I’m waiting for my boyfriend.”

And that sentence worked immediately, like a spell whenever someone attempted to flirt with him.

The girl let out a small “oh” then stepped away from him without any fuss. He darted his eyes again to the entrance to see if Luhan had come yet but only to find a girl being surrounded by few guys. Judging from how that girl reacting to her satellites, he guessed she might have the same trouble as his few minutes ago.

Not my business though.

He thought as turning away before snapped back instantly when something sparkling caught his eyes.

Is this…

What the…

………

I’m having a heart attack.

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A.N/ It's just one week since my last update but I feel like a month. My schedule is freaking tight lately.

Anyway, I’ll try to switch something in order to update once a week.

Keep reading and comment. I love you all <3