before we get started just a couple of things. ^ - ^

1) The story has been translated into Russian. I, Coffeemilk, gave lalalalala11, to translate my story, Nanny, into Russian. [ LINK ] Thank you so much!

 

2) thank you for the 500+ subs! TT u TT thank you so much!

3) i was told that in the first chapter that tao earns a very low payment than a real life nanny in Korea. that was my fault. i didnt do much research about it and i should have. but whats done is done. at least i know now (: im learning new information! :D i just thought that the amount that i put was a lot for a nanny ^^;;; so thank you dear commenter for looking it up and telling me :D

4) this was actually a good question. A commenter asked how all of them converse with one another. If Yitao speaks or understands Chinese and how can Sehun understand Luhan, Yixing, and Aaron when he himself cant understand Chinese.

I can tell you right here (: i noticed that i have failed to tell you guys, but here is my chance to :D a little FAQ of some sort xD or not lol but anyway…*ahem*

Yitao was born to two Chinese parents, in the country of S.Korea. It would be for him to learn Korean since he would be going to school in Korea. As for the Chinese language, he knows well enough of the language. Lets all think of it like that.

I sort of based it off of me. I'm a filipina born in the states. English is my main language, but i understand tagalog pretty well since my parents basically speak to me in the language. My godparents are also filipinos so them plus their family speak to me in tagalog. lol lots and lots of the philippine language thrown at me. even though i may not speak it well (maybe a few words and a sentence), i can understand it pretty well.

so yitao is like me xD so yitao can speak and understand the language pretty well. he is a smart kid. *pats yitao on the head*

as for sehun, he knows nothing of the Chinese language, but luckily for him, Luhan and Yixing can speak Korean, due to their schooling. Let think of it like that (but really…i should have put it in the story ^^ my bad! ^^;;). And sehun and aaron haven't really conversed yet. ^^

 

5) and a little reminder. everyone knows we are talking about this aaron right?

 

Not this one. VV Not Aron Kwak from Nu'est.

Thats all. on with the story!

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As Tao watched the young panda and the dragon go into his room, he looked back at Aaron with a questioning looking.

"Why did you do that?"

"Hm?" Aaron looked at Tao with the same look. "Do what?"

"Yitao and Kris. Why did you invite them along?"

"Oh, well, it looked like the little guy was going to cry. I kinda felt bad for him." He started to rub the back of his neck. "Its okay though…think of this like…hm, a pre-date?" Aaron chuckled to himself. "The next date, I promise, it will just be us two."

"Oh…well, okay. Thank you for letting him and his father come along."

Aaron nodded. "It was no problem. Like I said, he looked like he was about to cry. I guess you can say I don't like seeing children cry. Makes me sad." He scratched his cheek in embarrassment. Tao chuckled a bit.

'Thats nice of him to do that.' Tao thought. "Oh, and are you sure that it is okay for Yitao to call you uncle?"

"Oh that? Yeah." Aaron beamed. "I mean, I have to admit I was shocked, but then again, I was flattered. Does he call everyone uncle or something?"

"Hm, just the people he likes. That means he likes you already." Tao pointed out.

"Wow, that is nice of him. The more I'm flattered. Say, didn't he call you mommy earlier?"

Tao blushed at the question. 'R-right…I didn't mention that to him.' "Erm, y-yeah. He kinda dubbed me as the mother."

"How cute." He chuckled. "Mommy Tao. Kinda has a nice ring to it you know." 

'It does? Mommy Tao.' The former nanny scratched his cheek. 'It kinda does.'

"Mommy!" Yitao ran towards his 'mother' and hugged his legs; looking up he smiled. "I'm ready."

"Oh, okay -- hey…is that mine?" Tao knelt down to see that Yitao was wearing Tao's old, green thick-knit jersey high-waist cross-back short overalls and a long, dark red sleeve shirt. It was definitely Tao's, since there was an illustration of a panda head on the front on the overalls.

"Yeah! Uncle Yixing said I could wear it. I like it! Oh and," Yitao sat on the floor to show Tao his socks. "And uncle gave me these too! He said that they were yours!"

"Ah, it is." Tao sighed, but chuckled. Yitao was wearing Tao's knee high red socks. Thankfully, it still looked brand new. "You can keep them if you want."

"Hm!" Yitao nodded. "They smell like Mommy anyway." He gave his 'mother' a hug, earning little 'awes' from everyone in the room. Tao smiled and hugged the young panda tighter.

"Should we go?" Aaron asked, in which he gestured for the door.

Tao nodded and picked up the young panda. "You aren't going to be cold?" He asked the younger.

"Nope! I'll be okay."

With that the four waved goodbye to the remaining three. As Yixing closed the door, he beamed and gave a little squeal. "Wasn't Yitao adorable?!"

"Yeah, but why are you giving Yitao all of Tao's clothes?" Luhan asked, as he sat on the couch.

"Why wouldn't I? Its adorable on him and plus it reminds me of the good 'ol days when Tao was such in innocent baby panda." Yixing dramatically sobbed, earning scoffs from the elder.

"Tao is still the same you know."

"But he was innocent back then! Ah, time flies you know? I miss being young. Growing up ." Yixing pouted as he made his way over to where Luhan was sitting. Sehun rested against the doorway of the kitchen and pondered a bit.

"Well, too bad." Luhan crossed his legs. "Everyone has to go through it."

"You're no fun at all." Yixing huffed. "So…what are we going to do for the rest of the night?"

Luhan shrugged and looked over his shoulder to see Sehun leaning against the doorway. "You want to do anything?"

"Huh?"

"I asked if you wanted to do anything." Luhan fully turned around, propping his arms on top of the couch. "Or do you want to just stay here and --"

"We can go out." Sehun interrupted the older. "I mean, if you guys are up for it." He looked at both Chinese men.

"Hm," Yixing pretended to yawn. "Actually, I'm pretty tired --"

"At 6pm?" Luhan raised his eyebrow at the other.

"Erm, you know its been a long day. I'm gunna take a long bath and go to bed." He gave a thumbs up. "Why don't you and Sehun go out or something?"

Luhan blushed. "Wha --"

"Yeah? Okay? Cool." With that Yixing stood up and headed to his room to get some fresh clothes and his towel. He smirked a bit. 'This should brighten things up things a bit.' He chuckled to himself.

Back in the living room, Sehun shifted a bit and looked at the elder, who gave an equal blush on the cheeks. Luhan sighed and turned his head over to Sehun. "Do you still want to go? I mean, we can go do --"

"S-sure. I mean, if you are up for it."

"Hm," Luhan stood up and stretched a bit. "I kind of…want to walk. So…yeah, lets go." The elder started to walk to his room. "I'll get changed first."

Sehun nodded and took a seat on the couch, waiting for Luhan to get done with changing.

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Yitao's face lit up once he saw the carnival up ahead. "Its thought one right?" He looked up at Tao. "Right?" Tao nodded making the young panda beam. Once they paid their entrance fee, Yitao wanted to run around and look at all the stands that were up.

"Ah," Kris swooped him up in his arms. "Remember what I said about running around?"

"But that was when I was in the street. But we are in a carnival! There are no streets here."

"This counts too."

"Aww!" Yitao puffed his cheeks. "But I wanna see everything."

"You will get to." Aaron chuckled. "If you want we can play games, then after ride some rides if you want."

"And eat?" Yitao tilted his head, making Aaron nod.

"And food too." He chuckled. "Its funny how you and Tao not only look the same, but act the same too."

"Huh?" Both pandas said in unison; they both looked at each other and blinked.

"Ha! See what I mean? You were like that Tao…I remember when we were younger, whenever we went anywhere, you would always ask if we would be getting food." He smiled at the other, making him blush in the process. "It was cute too."

Tao cupped his cheeks. "Well…eating is important…I was just wondering you know." He brought his hands down to his side. "Nothing wrong with that."

"I know." Aaron sweetly smiled at the other, making him smile in return. "So, where should we go first?"

Yitao hummed a bit, turning to look at all the stands and rides. He patted his father's shoulder and pointed at a ride, the caterpillar.

"You wanna ride that?"

"Hm." The young panda nodded.

"Okay." He placed the young panda on the ground and fished out his wallet.

"I got this." Aaron quickly spoke.

"Huh?" Kris looked up from his wallet. "What do you --"

"I invited you guys out here. It will be my treat." Aaron smiled as he took out his wallet from his back pocket.

"I-I got this. Really I --"

"No, no." He placed his hand on Kris' shoulder. "Its no problem. I'll treat everyone for the night."

"But --"

"Lets go Yitao and get you a ride bracelet." He held out his hand, in which Yitao excitedly grabbed and followed his new 'uncle' to the ticket stand.

'I could have done it.' Kris rolled his eyes as he placed his wallet back in his pocket. 'Oh I got this…blah blah blah' He thought in a whiney voice. He scoffed, making Tao turn his head to him.

"Whats wrong?"

"Huh? Erm, nothing. Nothing at all." Kris started to walk. "We should follow them."

Tao jogged to catch up with his former Boss. He found it awkward that his former Boss was here with him and Aaron's date. The former nanny was slightly disappointed, since he just wanted the night to be him and Aaron, but shook it off. At the end, he didn't mind. As the Panda and the Dragon reach up to Aaron and Yitao, the young panda showed his father and 'mother' his wrist.

"Look! Look! I got a ride bracelet! And the lady stamped a rabbit on it." Yitao looked at his bracelet.

"I got one for all of us." Aaron handed Tao and Kris their ride bracelets. "Now, every time we want to go on a ride, all we have to do is show them our bracelets."

"Yay! I wanna ride that one!" Yitao pointed at the caterpillar.

The three smiled at Yitao and led him to the ride. After hours of riding on rides, especially one that were appropriate for Yitao, the young panda wanted to play some games. As they were walking, the young panda spotted a deer plush with a bow tie on it. Kris noticed that his son was staring at the toy; he bent down and hugged his son tightly.

"You want that one?"

"Hm."

"Okay, I'll win it for you." He chuckled as he stood up straight.

"Yay!" Yitao pulled his father closer to the stand, while Tao and Aaron followed.

"Good evening." The man said, who was minding his stand. "Would you like to try your luck?"

"Hm." Kris nodded as he took out some money. "I would like to try." He gave his money to the man, who placed it in his pocket.

"All you have to do is hit the five bottles." The man pointed at the stacked bottles "But, you only have three chances." He motioned at the three baseballs that we presented before him.

'Hm…easy enough.' Kris thought as he picked up the baseball. 'Piece of cake.' He eyed the bottle and positioned himself correctly. 'Gotta make your self look good Kris. Remember, Tao is watching.' He threw the ball as hard as he could, but unfortunately for him, it missed, hitting the net behind the bottles. 'What?!'

"Oh, well…next one son." The man gestured the 2nd baseball. "Focus now." 

"R-right." Kris picked up the other baseball. He threw the ball again, but just like the first one, he missed. 'This is a conspiracy!!'

"Erm…" The man was a loss for words. "T-try again?"

Kris nodded and grabbed the last baseball, his last chance. 'Okay, Kris…focus. Focus. Focus you son of a !' He aimed at the battle and he was so sure that he was going to knock all the bottles down. He threw his last baseball, but he missed once again.

The man, frowned and nodded his head in apology towards at the Dragon. "Sorry, son."

The Dragon frowned. He looked at his son, who also displayed a frown, but once the young panda looked up at his father, he displayed a sad smile. "Its okay daddy. You tried your best." He said softly to his father as he held his hand. Kris tried to smiled weakly; not only he failed to get the toy for his son, but he also made a fool out of himself in front of Tao.

"Here." Kris turned to see Aaron handing the man some money. "I'll try my luck."

"Okay." The man took the money that Aaron was holding. "Same rules son." He gestured the bottles. "Good luck."

"Thanks." Aaron grabbed the baseball. He locked target with the bottles and threw it as hard as he could. The baseball made contact with the bottles, causing them to fall from the table and on to the ground.

"Whoa! He got them all!" Tao said with awe. Yitao cheered and clapped for his 'uncle', and even the man as well clapped. As for the Dragon, he went wide eyed.

'The hell!?'

"Congratulations son! You did that in one blow." He laughed. "You may choose your prize. Any of these." He pointed at the toys that were hanging above of the stand.

"Yitao," He bent down to be at the same level as the young panda. "Which one do you want?"

"You're giving your prize to me?" Yitao blinked at the older.

"Hm." He nodded. "Of course. What would you like?"

Yitao gave a big smile and pointed at the deer with the bow tie. "That one please!"

Aaron smiled. "That one sir." He pointed at the deer.

"Sure thing son." He grabbed the deer and handed it over to Aaron, who gave it to Yitao.

"You are the best uncle!" Yitao said out loud, making Aaron laugh. Tao congratulated the other by giving him a peck on the cheek. Kris clicked his tongue; he was hoping he would get some sort of congratulations, but his plan to impress backfired.

"You okay?" Tao placed his hand on Kris' shoulder. The older simply nodded and tried to display a happy smile.

"I'm okay." He sighed out. "All good."

Tao felt bad for the other. 'Looks like he really wanted to get it for Yitao.' "Its okay." He patted his former Boss' back. "Maybe next time?"

"Hm."

As Yitao hugged his new deer plush and smiled brightly at Aaron, Kris felt his chest tighten. 'What is this now…now my son like Aaron too? Yitao…your suppose to be on my side…' While Aaron and Tao walk side by side with Yitao in Tao's arms, Kris was walking behind them in at a slow pace. He was debating on whether or not to head back to Tao's apartment, since he felt that he really wasn't needed here, plus he was feeling down.

"Kris."

The dragon looked up upon hearing the Panda's voice.

"Why are you way back there?" Tao walked his way to Kris and grabbed his hand. "You're so slow." He chuckled and he pulled Kris forward to catch up with Aaron. Kris looked down at the held hands. He sighed.

'This is the closest I can get.'

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"Do you always bring your camera?" Luhan squinted at the younger. They were currently walking at an outdoor mall where the lights illuminated in different colors.

"Yeah or else I won't have anything to post on my blog when I get home." Sehun snapped a picture of a flower from the center garden.

"You…have a blog?" Luhan raised his eyebrow.

"Hm. I just post random pictures is all. Some people comment on them sometimes, but I just do it for fun." He smiled at the other. "I would like to be a photographer one day. Hm…someday." He scratched the back of his neck. "If I'm not an old fart by then." He chuckled.

Luhan chuckled as well. "Well, you are good looking…I highly doubt you will be an old fart any time soon."

"I'm good looking?"

"Erm!" Luhan turned his head, not wanting the other to see his blushed face. "Not going to lie." He said softly. "Let go and get some food." He pointed at an open food stand that where selling desserts. "I want something."

The two made their way to the dessert vendor and bought some crepes. They found a bench and sat down; they chatted for a bit while they ate their dessert.

"What did you get?" Sehun asked.

"I got the chocolate mousse filled one." Luhan took a big bite of his crepe, leaving some chocolate on his nose. Sehun held onto his laugh and he grabbed his camera. He quickly took a picture the best he could with his one hand, before Luhan could do anything about it.

"Hey!" Luhan turned away. "Why did you take a picture of me?" He looked over his shoulder, glaring at the other, making Sehun laugh.

"You had some chocolate on your nose."

"And instead of telling me, you took a picture?"

"Well, yeah," He shrugged. "I thought it was cute."

The Chinese man rubbed his nose with the back of his hand, wiping away the chocolate from his nose. He froze a bit when he felt Sehun's presence close to him. Once he turned he noticed that Sehun were next to each other. "What are you doing?" Luhan asked, stuttering a bit in the process.

"Picture?" He held onto his camera with his left hand.

"Erm…you're asking me?"

"Hm," Sehun nodded. "One photo."

"I guess."

Sehun leaned in closer to Luhan and held the camera upward. Once he took a picture, he brought his arm down and checked the preview. He smiled a bit; he wasn't going to lie, it was a good photo. Luhan's smile sweet, even though it looked like he was nervous. He showed Luhan, who gave a pout.

"Lets take another one."

"Huh?" Sehun checked the preview again. "Why? It looks good."

"I look weird in the photo. One more time." Luhan scooted closer to Sehun. When he felt that the younger wasn't doing anything, he turned his head to face him. "What?"

"Nothing." Sehun looked at his camera and quickly changed the setting to multishot, taking 15 shots at once. "Okay, ready?"

"Hm!"

Again, Sehun positioned the camera above them and took a picture. After the first shot, since it was set to multishot, Sehun started to make funny faces, making Luhan confused at first, but laughed at the younger.

Once the camera made a 3 beeping noise, Sehun lowered his hand down.

"What was that?" Luhan wiped his eyes. "Is your camera dying or something?"

"Oh no," Sehun checked the preview on his camera. "I change the setting to multishot. It's just telling me that the shot is done."

"Huh?"

"Multishot. So it took 15 shots of us."

"What?!" Luhan accidentally dropped his crepe on the ground, making him groan a bit. He bent down to pick it up and threw it away.

"Yeah, see." Sehun handed the Chinese male the camera to view the picture. Luhan grabbed the camera and started to look through them.

'The first one isn't so bad.' He smiled to himself. 'Sehun does look handsome.' He pressed the right arrow key to view the next picture, only to laugh. "You look drunk in this photo." He showed the younger the photo. As he went through the rest of the photos he couldn't help, but laugh. They were funny pictures and he liked them all. He handed them back to Sehun, wiping his eye in the process. "That was fun."

Sehun chuckled. "One more time?"

Luhan nodded and the two started to take pictures of themselves again.

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Kris tapped the kitchen table with his index finger. 'Time is running out.' He groaned to himself. The Dragon has exactly 4 days left until he has to go back to Korea for the meeting with the potential buyers. Being desperate, he asked Sehun for help again, but as usual, the gardener told him that it was something that he has to do himself. Kris laid his head on the kitchen table. He understood that he had to do something about it, but now he was at a loss. Whatever he does, it is either that Aaron had asked Tao out, or that Tao went with Luhan to help out at the day care and learning place, meaning Tao gets to spend more time with the other. He gave an unamused expression; it seems that everyday, Tao was falling more in love with Aaron.

"Daddy?"

Kris turned his head to the side to see his son standing by the doorway. He lifted his head from table and turned to face the young panda. "Yes Yitao? Whats wrong?"

"Are you sad?" He wobbled his way over to his father.

"Hm…something like that."

"Huh? But why?"

"'Cause we will be leaving soon." He said, not completely lying to the other.

"We are leaving?" Yitao pouted. "Why?"

"Because we have to go back home. Daddy has work to do and uncle Chen and uncle Xiumin might have burned the house down." He joked, making Yitao giggle.

"Uncle Chen and uncle Xiumin aren't like that." He pointed out. The young panda ran out of the kitchen to living room to watch movie. Once again, Kris sighed; he looked at the clock. Everyone was out for the day; Tao was at day care and learning center, Yixing went to get a small gift for his angel, while Luhan and Sehun went out.

'Now that I think about it.' Kris tapped his chin. 'Sehun has been hanging out with Luhan a lot recently…I thought they hated each other.' He shook his head once he heard the door open. Quickly getting up, he headed to the living room, only to be disappointed to find out that it was just Yixing.

"Hey you." Yixing took off his shoes.  "Whats up with you?"

"Erm…nothing."

He smirked. "You thought I was Tao or something?"

"Erm, n-no. I was just wondering who it was is all."

"Well, anyway," He held up a blue box. "After I got my little angel a little present, I went to the bakery and got you and Yitao something. I have ham and cheese pockets and I got some cream pies. Small ones."

"Oh…thanks." Kris nodded at the other and followed him to the kitchen.

"Where is everyone?" Yixing asked as he placed the box on the table.

"Tao is at Luhan's work...working helping out…and Luhan and Sehun went out…again."

"They sure have been hanging out a lot." He turned to face away from the Dragon and smirked in the process. He went over to the drawer and grabbed forks and a knife.

"Yeah…they kinda have. I thought that they hated each other or something."

"I guess not." Yixing replied. He went to the cabinet grabbed a plates. Once he turned, he noticed how Kris was very much occupied with his thoughts. "Why don't you go out or something? Visit Tao at the daycare and learning center."

"I don't want to disturb. They might be busy with the kids and --"

"Nah, you will be fine." He waved his hand towards the other. "Just go. Here I'll give you the directions." Yixing grabbed a pen and a loose sheet of paper. "You have to take a bus to get there or taxi…but it isn't that far. Plus, you need some fresh air." He handed the paper to Kris.

"Hm…I guess. You don't mind watching --"

"Go, go. Jeez." Yixing tried to shoo the other away. "I can take care of Yitao. I mean, I took care of Tao didn't I? Erm, well, mostly Luhan did the work, but I helped along. And he turned out fine."

Kris chuckled and gave a simple nod. "Okay…I'll go."

"Good, now go away." Yixing joked. Kris left the kitchen and made his way towards his son.

"Yitao." The young panda looked up from the television. "I'm going to go for a walk okay? Uncle Yixing is going to be here with you."

"Okay."

"Don't be too much for him okay? Because he is old."

"Yah! I heard that! I'm not deaf you know! And I'm not old! I'm good looking! y fine than all of you!!" Yixing yelled from the kitchen, making the young panda and the Dragon laugh.

With that, Kris went to Tao's room to grab his wallet and cell phone. 'Oh!' Kris turned around and grabbed his cap and shades. He left Tao's room, closing the door behind him, he bid his goodbye to his son and Yixing.

'Well, off to see Tao…and Aaron.'

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"Hm?" Tao looked down to see a young boy clutching onto his leg. "Oh, Hangeng…whats wrong --"

"Huishan took my toy away!!" He puffed his cheeks and pointed at the young girl with a blonde subtile mushroom hair cut.

"Stop being a baby!" Huishan said. "Here, jeez." She handed Hangeng back the toy in which he quickly snatched back.

"I hate you Huishan!"

"Ah," Tao knelt down to be at the same height as the children. "Don't say that. Thats mean." He pointed out. "Say sorry to Huishan."

"No."

"Hm," Tao pondered a bit. "I'll give you a cookie…and older sister Hyuna doesn't need to know." He winked at the younger, who pondered a bit. He looked over his shoulder to see an almost crying Huishan.

"I'm sorry."

The girl sniffed and rubbed her eyes. "I-It's okay."

Tao beamed at the two. "Now go run along and play. I'll get the cookies for you guys." The two children ran back to play with their friends. The Panda stood back up and brushed the dust away from his pants. He turned around only to see Aaron smiling at him. In return, he smiled back. Aaron wrapped his arms around Tao's waist bring them closer together.

"Hello you." He told the Panda.

"Hello to you too." Tao chuckled. They stared at each a bit, making Tao slightly shift from his position. "What?" He gave a nervous chuckle. "Is there something on my face?"

Aaron shook his head. "Nope. Just admiring."

"That was cheesy." Tao blushed, making the other laugh.

"But its true." He leaned in and gave Tao a kiss on the lips. Even though Tao has kissed him multiple times, he can't help but feel as if this was their first kiss. He relaxed himself and started to kiss Aaron back.

"Ahem."

The two quickly broke off their kiss and looked at the source of the voice. Hyuna smirked, crossing her arms in the process. "I know you guys love each other and what not, but there are 25 children here and need to be watch over. You guys can go back to making kissy faces later."

Tao chuckled and stepped back, breaking Aaron's hold. "Okay, okay, coming."

"Oh and another thing." Hyuna turned around facing the both of them again. "You guys are brave to kiss here." She motioned the room that they were in, which happens to be the front where people come in to the front desk. "Where the windows are you know…open for everyone to see." She giggled, making Tao blush.

"Its not like people were staring!" He gently pushed Hyuna to the next room where the children where. Aaron chuckled and followed Tao to the room with the other children.

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Luhan checked the time, only to give an irritated sigh. "Its getting late and they aren't even here."

"Tao said that he will be coming home late. He and Aaron went out to eat. And I don't know where Kris is…but he should be fine." Yixing informed his older brother.

"How did you know?"

"Tao texted me just now." Yixing said as he showed him his cell phone.

"Well, I guess we should just eat?" He went over to the living room and looked down at the young panda who was taking a nap on the couch with Sehun sitting next to him, also taking a nap. The Chinese male chuckled and approached the two. "Yitao." He said softly. "Yitao, wake up please."

The young panda stirred from his sleep and looked up at his auntie. "Hm?"

"You want to eat now? Mommy and daddy will be coming home late."

"Oh, okay." He gave a cute yawn and rubbed his eyes. He sat up and realized that his uncle was also asleep. "What about uncle Sehun?" He asked his auntie in a soft voice.

"Hm?" Luhan glanced at the other, still fast asleep. "I think we should --"

"Oh I know." Yitao leaned closer to Luhan. "I seen this in a story book before. Mommy used to read it to me back at home. Hm…the princess was sleeping and she couldn't get up --"

'I know where this is going.' Luhan slightly blushed.

"-- and so the prince woke her up with a kiss." He smiled at the Chinese man.

"I-is that so?"

"Hm!" He nodded. "I think you have to give uncle Sehun a kiss so he can wake up." He looked over his shoulder at his 'uncle'.

"I don't know Yitao --"

"But then uncle will be sleeping forever!" He whined.

"Hm…" Luhan let out a sigh. "Okay I guess." 'A peck on the cheek would be fine right?'

"You have to kiss him on the lips auntie."

"Er!" Luhan quickly looked at the young panda with wide eyes. "W-where?"

Yitao pointed at his own lips. "Here. Thats what the story said." He gave an innocent smile to the other. "Hurry auntie or --"

"Whats taking so long?" Yixing placed his hands on his hips.

"Oh…uncle Yixing." Yitao got off from the couch and ran towards him. "Auntie is going to kiss uncle."

Luhan flushed a bit, making Yixing smirk a bit.

"Is that so? Well," He bent down and picked up the young panda in his arms. "Things here needs to be G-rated. Lets wait in the kitchen Yitao." With that he turned around and walked to the kitchen, carrying the young panda in his arms.

"Aw! But I wanna see." Yitao said puffing his cheeks.

"Ah, maybe next time. When you are older."

Luhan shook his head and stared back at Sehun. 'He is such a deep sleeper.' He leaned in, studying his face a bit. He looked over his shoulder, making sure Yixing or Yitao was not watching him. 'God, am I really going to do this? I can just leave Sehun here for all I care. I can even lie to Yitao and say that I kissed him.' He was about to get up, but sat back down and let a frustrated sigh. He turned back to Sehun and adjusted himself so that he was towering over the sleeping figure. 'Its just one little kiss…not I'm not going to die from it.' He relaxed a bit and leaned down; he pressed his lips on Sehun's giving a soft kiss. He slowly pulled back and inspected the other; as expected, Sehun didn't move. 'What a deep sleeper you are.' Luhan was about to get up, only to be shocked once he felt a hand grabbing his wrist, pulling him back down on the couch. The Chinese man blinked a couple a times; he knew the hand belonged to Sehun, but his eyes were still closed. He pouted a bit, looking down at the hand that was keeping him still.

"Your lips are soft...you know that?"

Luhan went wide eyed and glanced up to face Sehun, who was now wide awake.

"You were awake this whole time?!" A tinge of pink formed on Luhan's face. "That means you weren't sleeping!"

Sehun chuckled and sat up straight. "I was…then…Yitao woke me up when he was talking to you."

'That means he heard about the whole kissing thing!' "Yeah, well…we are g-going to eat now." He tried to stand up, but was brought back down again. Luhan let out a sigh. "What is it now?"

"One more."

"One more?" The Chinese male raised his eyebrow. "One more what?"

Sehun tapped his lips. "I need one more to get me up from the couch."

Luhan's eye twitch. "Just get up you lazy --"

"Please?" He pouted, leaning against Luhan's shoulder and batting his eyes towards the other.

The Chinese male narrowed his eyes. "F-fine." 'One more wouldn't kill me anyway.' He trembled a bit as he leaned closer to the other; he closed his eyes shut, feeling now embarrassed to continue. He was about to pull away, when he felt Sehun's hand on the back of his neck, pulling him forward. Their lips crashed, making Luhan's heart race in such a fast rate. The Chinese male hummed against the other in response to the kiss; Sehun chuckled a bit and pulled away.

Sehun stared at the now dazed male before him. He chuckled once again and leaned over; he gave a quick peck on Luhan's lips. "Ah, you are adorable you know that?" With that he got up and pulled Luhan up with him. He lead them to the kitchen where Yixing and Yitao were now eating.

"Oh! You're awake uncle Sehun! That means auntie's magic kiss worked!" Yitao clapped in happiness.

"Sure did." He smiled at the young panda as he took a seat next to him. "It sure did."

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Yixing looked up from the movie that he and the rest were watching , and stood up to answer the door. Once he opened it, he saw a disoriented Dragon leaning against the doorway, holding onto a small brown paper bag.

"Whoa…are you drunk?" He whispered at the Dragon, who only pushed him out of the way. Luhan, Sehun, and Yitao spotted Kris wobbling his way to Tao's room, closing it harshly behind him. The young panda felt worried for his father; he hopped down from the couch and tried to make his way to Tao's room, but was swooped up from the ground by Yixing.

"I don't think that it is a good idea to see your father right now Yitao."

"But daddy looked like he wasn't feeling good." Yitao said with such worried eyes.

"I know, but…lets him cool off okay?"

Yitao didn't respond, but didn't protest either. He let Yixing carry him back to the couch. Luhan leaned over to Yixing and asked him what was wrong with Kris.

"He's drunk."

"What?"

"When he passed by me, I smelled alcohol." He turned to face his older brother. "Let him cool off. Besides…" He nodded his head towards the young panda that was in his arms. "He is here and I'm sure Kris doesn't want his son to seem him like that."

Luhan nodded. He leaned back in the couch feeling worried for the Dragon.

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Tao opened the door to his apartment, only to be greeted by a happy baby panda. "Mommy! Welcome home!" The older Panda smiled and picked up the younger.

"Thank you baby." He snuggled Yitao. Tao surely loved it when Yitao would always welcome him home. Times like this he wished that he had a son.

"Mommy, I think daddy isn't feeling well." He said softly.

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Daddy came home and he went straight to your room."

Tao furrowed his brow and placed Yitao on the floor. "Where is uncle Yixing, Yitao?" Yitao pointed at the kitchen and Tao walked over to where Yixing was, with the young panda at tow. "Yixing."

Yixing, along with Luhan and Sehun, looked up at the Panda. "What happened? Yitao tells me that Kris wasn't feeling good."

"Erm…well…" Yixing looked over at the others, before looking back at Tao. He motioned for the younger to come closer to him. Yixing informed the other that Kris came home drunk and it seem that he bought another bottle. "So now he is in your room…doing god knows what." Tao turned his heel, going to check up on Kris, when Yixing pulled him back. "Tao, I think it will be best to let him be."

"Why? He might have thrown up or something." Tao pulled back his hand. "He might need help." The Panda rushed to his room and slowly opened it. His eyes went wide when he saw his former Boss sitting on the floor, leaning back against his bed and drinking a small bottle, in which he assumes was alcohol. "Kris?" The Dragon, with now a flushed face, slowly looked up at a very concerned Tao. The Panda closed the door behind, not wanting Yitao to see his father in such a mess state. "What happened? Why are you drinking?"

Instead of answering Tao question, Kris ended up chuckling at the other. He raised his bottle of alcohol, about to take a drink, only to have Tao rushed to him. He knelt down and grab the bottle out of his hands.

"Stop that! Tao placed the bottle on his wooden floors. He turned back to his former Boss and situated himself between his legs. Kris groan when Tao took his alcohol away from him. Slightly angry, Tao cupped the other's cheeks and forced him to look at him. "What are you doing? Why are you drinking."

"Erm…I…" The drunken Dragon couldn't even form a sentence for the Panda. Still at a daze, Tao gently slapped Kris' left cheek.

"Are you okay? Are you going to --"

"I'm not okay."

"Huh?"

"I…" He chuckled a bit. "I seen…today the person tha…that I like…o-or rather…love…make out with...with someone." Kris let out a laugh, making Tao slightly uncomfortable. Earlier today, when Kris was going to visit Tao at Luhan's work, he happen to see Aaron and Tao kissing through the window. Devastated, he left and instead wander around the city. He went to a bar, even though he wasn't the type of person that would go to such places, but Kris found it as an acception. He even ignored the fact that it was still somewhat day time; he needed a drink. Even after hours at the bar, he went to a convenience store to buy another bottle of alcohol. "I hate him." He started to say in a sing song voice. "I hate him so much. He stole the person that I like so much and it hurts." Tao was going to speak when Kris interrupted him. "I lik -- love you Tao."

"W-wait. What?" Tao brought his hands down, away from Kris' cheeks. "No you don't. Why --"

"I love you so much and it angers me that…that he…that bastard got you. It should be me." He said in a low tone.

Tao gulped. How was he suppose to react to this? He thought that he was doing what his Boss wanted, the right thing,  but now he really tells him that he likes him.

"It should be me god damn it!" He raised his voice at the other, scaring him a bit. He fell backwards on the floor, now trembling a bit at his former Boss' drunken personality.

"S-sir…please…calm down and --"

"I can't calm down! How can you say that to me?" His eyes lit with anger. "How can I when I know that bastard touches you and kisses you, and can hold you as he pleases. It sickens me." He crawled his way over to Tao, who kept his place, scared to move any further. "I hate the way he smiles…his personality. I hate it all!" He slammed both his hands on either side of Tao's head. The Panda flinched at the sudden action. He slowly opened his eyes, only to widen them quickly. Now Kris was on top of him, with both legs situated on either side of Tao's waist.

"Kris p-please. Calm down." Tao tried his best to remain calm, but Kris' drunken personality was scaring him a bit. He has never seen him like this before and he was unsure how to react. He gasped a bit when he felt Kris gently placed his hand on his cheek.

"Its not fair." Kris shook his head. "Its not fair. Is this karma? Is this what I get?" He inhaled deeply. "Is this punishment?"

Unsure what to answer, Tao kept his mouth shut.

"It should be me. It should be me." The Dragon slowly took his hand off of Tao's cheek and placed it on Tao's hip. The Panda shifted a bit.

"W-what are you doing --"

"You like me don't you?"

"I --"

"Right? Don't you like me? You love me right?" His hand was slowly making its way to Tao's jean zipper.

"W-wait!" Tao tried his best to roll over to his side, but Kris was managed to hold him in place. "S-stop it!"

"Why should I?" The Dragon started to fumble with Tao's zipper.

Tao kept moving around, hoping that his former Boss wouldn't continue in what he was doing. 'Stop it Kris!' He formed a fist with his hand. 'Please don't make me hurt you! Please! Stop it!' "Stop it!"

As if on command, Kris suddenly collapse next to Tao. The Panda sighed in relief and wiggled his way out of Kris' weight. 'The alcohol.' Tao wiped the tears that almost fell from his eyes. A knock was made and immediately Tao respond for whoever not to come in.

"But Tao…you screamed. What happened? Are you okay? What about Kris?"

'Luhan.' "He…h-he is fine Luhan." Tao glanced at the now pass out Dragon. "He is okay."

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Tao sat on the chair, staring at his former Boss, sleeping on his bed. After the incident, he placed Kris on his bed and went to the kitchen to get some water and a hand cloth. When the others asked what happened, he just informed them to let Yitao sleep beside one of them tonight. He didn't want the young panda to see Kris like this and for sure he knew that Kris didn't want his son to see him like that either. Yixing volunteered for Yitao to sleep on his bed and for that Tao was grateful.

The Panda stayed up all night watching over the Dragon. How could he sleep with all what just happened. His former Boss drinking, what he thinks, an excessive amount of alcohol, confessing to him that he not only like him, but love him, in such a drunken state, and not to forget, almost having his way with him.

Tao bit his lip and hunched over in his seat, shaking his head in confusion. 'I thought you said you don't have a crush on me. You said that it was sickening…' He choked a bit. 'Why are you telling me this now? You're a hypocrite.'

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Kris deeply exhaled and slowly opened his eyes. He turned his head to the side to see Tao staring at him. "T-Tao?" He clutched his head, feeling the pain go through.

"You shouldn't move." Tao stood up from his chair and grabbed the wet hand cloth. He patted the cloth on Kris' head. The cool water somewhat eased the pain, but still his head throbbed.

"Wh…what happened? What time is it? Where is Yitao?"

"Yitao is sleeping. He is in Yixing's room." Tao said in such a monotone voice. "It is 4 in the morning too." He sighed a bit and placed the cloth down in the bowl that was on top of his night stand.

"Did I do something?"

It was quiet among them. Should Tao tell Kris what happened. A part of him wanted to, a part of him wanted to yell, but Tao bit his tongue.

"You…" He slowly started. "Had a lot to drink…and…said some things --"

"I did?"

Tao nodded. "And…you attacked me."

"What?" Kris quickly sat up, ignoring the head pain he was getting. "I what?"

"You…w-were trying to…" Tao nervously exhaled and motioned towards his jeans, more particular his crotch area. He just couldn't bring himself to say that he almost has his way with him.

"oh my god." Kris' eyes went wide eyed. "I-I…I'm so sorry T-Tao…I…I." He couldn't even form a simple sentence. Kris couldn't believe what he did; he felt sick. He wanted to throw up. More importantly he felt that he wanted to die. "T-Tao --"

"Its…its okay." He slowly backed away from the other. "You didn't so…so its okay." He tried to smile, but couldn't fully let himself do it. He backtracked towards his door. "I'll let you rest." With that he opened the door and closed it behind him.

Kris looked down at his hands and soon little drops of tears fell. "What have I done."

Once Tao closed the door, he leaned against it and slid down until he was sitting on the floor. He brought his knees up to his chest and let little tears fall from his eyes.

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Kris, Sehun, and Yitao, along with Tao, his brothers , and Aaron, were at the airport. It was the day that Kris, Sehun, and Yitao goes back to Korea; it was mostly a disappointing day for all, mostly for Kris, since he has failed to actually win Tao's heart. Ever since the incident, Kris just couldn't approach Tao. He still felt sick in what he did and he had no one to blame but himself.

Yitao on the other hand was cheerful. He held on to his 'mother's' hand as they were walking to their gate. "I can't wait to see uncle Chen and uncle Xiumin and auntie Baekhyun, and even uncle Chanyeol!"

"You must miss them a lot huh?" Tao asked with a small smile on his face.

"Hm! But thats okay because we will be seeing them soon!"

The seven of them waited, sitting on the chairs chatting a bit before they heard over the intercom that their plane was here and people were now to go on board.

"Aw man." Sehun whined a bit. He didn't want to leave, just when things are lighting up for Luhan and himself. He turned to Luhan, who lowered his head and resting on Sehun's shoulder. 'Is he asleep?' Sehun slightly moved his head, only hear Luhan sniff. The gardener frowned and grabbed Luhan's hand, intertwining them. The action made Luhan flinch and look up at the other. It broke Sehun's heart to see small tears forming on the Chinese male's eyes. He leaned over and gave a peck on Luhan's forehead. The gardener continued to whisper comforting words, saying how he will miss him and how he wished that there was for time.

"I love you."

Luhan quickly looked at up at the other. "W-what did you say?"

Sehun gave a weak smile. "I love you." The Chinese man let out tears fall from his eyes. He couldn't believe what he heard. Sehun wiped the tears coming from the other's eyes. "I know that this is lousy timing…but I just wanted to let you know before I left." Luhan nodded.

"I…um…I-I…" Luhan took a deep breath. "I love you too Sehun." He said softly. The gardener smiled and leaned in to give Luhan a kiss. More appropriately, their last kiss until they meet again. Once they pulled away, Luhan wiped his eyes. "Have a safe flight okay?" He stood up along with Sehun.

"Uncle Sehun! We have to go!" Yitao called out for his 'uncle'.

"Coming Yitao." He told the other. The two approached the rest of the group, ready to go back to Korea. Out of all of them Yitao continued to beam with happiness. He held onto Tao's hand and tugged him to the gate.

"Let go mommy!"

"Huh? B-but I'm not going."

"What?" Yitao stared at his 'mother' in confusion. "B-but…" He looked over at Kris, who knelt down to be at the same level as Yitao. "Mommy isn't coming home?"

"No Yitao. He isn't coming home."

"But! B-but you promised!"

'Promised?' Tao raised his eyebrow.

"You promised me!!" Yitao yelled, earning stares from the people around them. "You said --"

"Shh, Yitao." Kris tried his best to calm his son down. He hugged him tightly and whispered into Yitao's ear. The young panda couldn't believe what his father was telling him.

"You lied to me!" Yitao yelled. "I hate you!" As much as it pained Kris, he let it go and tried his best to calm his son. "I hate you!" The young panda slapped his father across the face, making his shades and cap fall off, earning gasp from everyone. The crowd started to point at Kris, knowing very well who it was, but none of them dared to approach since it felt inappropriate to interfere with family problems. Yitao stepped back and ran passed his father and into the crowd of people walking in the airport.

"I'll get him." Aaron volunteered as well as Yixing. Both of them chased after the young panda, while Sehun and Luhan went to get some water for Kris. All it left was the Panda and the Dragon.

Kris cupped his cheek and felt it stung. 'I deserve this. I know.' Tao knelt down and patted his former Boss' back. Kris let out a weak chuckle. "I'm the worst huh?" He glanced over at Tao and shook his head.

"What did Yitao mean…something about a promise?"

"I…" He sighed. "I promised him…that I would bring you back home."

"Back…home?"

"Back home. And," He let out a chuckle. "I failed. I broke my promise to him. I said that I would bring you back no matter what it takes…but…yeah…" He stood up straight, along with Tao. "I'm sorry Tao…for everything."

Tao stared into his former Boss' eyes. They were so sad and it made his heart clench. Soon, Aaron and Yixing came back with Yitao, who was in the arms of Aaron, holding tightly onto his neck. Sehun and Luhan also came back with the water for Kris. Yitao glared at his father and reached out for his 'mother'. Aaron handed Tao the young panda, in which he held tightly onto Tao.

"Last boarding call to Seoul, South Korea. Last call."

"Yitao, we have to go." Kris said as he grabbed Yitao's small back pack.

"No! I don't want to go with you! I wanna stay with mommy! I hate you!"

"Yitao please." Kris tried to grab Yitao, who only refused and held onto Tao tighter.

"No!" He yelled. "Go away!"

"Yitao stop it." Kris tugged Yitao away from Tao and held him with one arm. Yitao screamed and reached out for Tao, but the Panda could only watch. He felt tears building up in his eyes. Even if Yitao wasn't his son, it felt that he was being taken away from him.

"Mommy!!"

The word brought Tao out of his thoughts. Yitao tried to reach out for Tao, but with each passing step, he went further and further. Tao stepped forward, but it was too late; The door shut closed, and Kris and Sehun along with Yitao were already gone.

Tao slowly exhaled. He felt his stomach clench; for him, he felt as if he was going to pass out.

"Are you okay?"

The Panda turned to face Aaron. He gave a simple, but slow nod. "Y-yeah." Once he blinked, he let out a few tears fall. "I'm fine."

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