This is very long...I would suggest to take some breaks here and there ^^; if you want that is...it is up to you. have fun. And I apologize ahead of time if there are many mistakes / if they don't make any sense. T T ill probably review again sometime.

by they way, 1 year anniversary of being in AFF! June 30 lol but  i didnt start writing 'till September '12 ^ - ^ time flies huh?

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"Have you noticed Tao lately?" Suho asked with such concern in his voice. The nurse was sitting at the kitchen table with Yixing and Xiumin, drinking their morning coffees.

"What do you mean?" Yixing asked, grabbing his cup in the process.

"I mean," The nurse pondered a bit before answering. "Well…Tao has been quiet lately. Do you think that he is lonely since Kris isn't here?"

Yixing and Xiumin thought over at what Suho said. They came to the conclusion that he was missing him because every time they asked Tao to accompany them on their little dates, just so the panda wouldn't be left out, but every time, he would kindly reject.

"Maybe he is lonely." Xiumin pointed out. "Poor him…really does miss him."

"Hm." Yixing let out a small chuckle. "My brother surely is in love with him."

By then, Yitao came to the kitchen with a concerned look on his face. Xiumin was noticed the young panda's expression and asked what was in his mind. Evidently, Yitao also noticed that his 'mother' is feeling some what distant with the others as well as himself. He figured that it was because his father wasn't here and that is the reason why he was feeling a bit sad.

"So, I wanna make mommy a nice dinner!" Yitao said, with sparkles in his eyes. "Just me and mommy!"

"Oh," Suho smiled. "Like a date right?"

"Hm!" He nodded his head. "I'll be mommy's king for the night!"

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"Hmpt." Tao groaned turned over on the bed. 'Man, this is so stupid…why am I sulking…really.' "No…this is all Kris' fault! Yeah!" The panda could not stop thinking about the other; if he was okay, how well was he doing with work, if he has eaten anything at all, or if he has been sleeping well, but most of all, he has been missing being near him. Tao grabbed a pillow and held onto it tightly, squeezing it with all his might. "Stupid. Why am I thinking of you all the time!?"

He raised head once he heard a knock coming from the door. Curious, he walked over to the door and opened it.

"Good evening!"

Tao blinked and glanced down to see Yitao all dressed up in nice attire and a small top hat in his hand. "Erm…Yitao…you look nice. Why are you wearing your nice clothes?"

"Because I am going on a date!"

"What?! With w-who?"

"With mommy of course!" Yitao gave the cutest expression he could muster. "I'm going to take mommy on a date!"

Tao smiled and thought it was such a cute gesture. "Aw, that is sweet of you Yitao."

"Hm! And so mommy should change into something nice or else the food will get cold!" Feeling proud, he told Tao that he has cooked the food all by himself, absolutely with no help at all.

"What?! Wait…no."

Yitao smiled and gestured Tao to come closer. "Just kidding mommy…auntie Xiumin helped me with the food…but just pretend that I made it okay." He whispered.

The panda chuckled and nodded okay. "I'll get dresses then."

"Yay!" Yitao put his hand in his pocket; he fished out a fake mustache and sticked it on his upper lip. In doing so, Tao let out a laugh.

"Why are you doing that?"

"Because." Yitao wiggled his mustache that was on his face, making it adorable in Tao's perspective. "I have to look older! I am going to be mommy's king for the night!"

"Oh…substituting for daddy hm?"

"Yeah!"

"Aw," He knelt down and cupped the other's cheeks. "But I like Yitao's cute face." He pecked Yitao on the cheek, only making the young panda blush.

"Hm! Mommy I am supposed to be older! So, I can't be called cute!" He puffed his cheeks at Tao. "J-just for tonight though! Then after tonight, then you can call me cute."

"Ha! Okay, then." Tao stood up and dusted his sweat pants. "I'll get dressed. Wait for me out here okay?"

Yitao nodded as he grabbed a hold of the door handle and closed the door to give his 'mother' some privacy to change. Tao continued to chuckle at how adorable the young panda was being. 'What a nice gesture he is doing.'

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As Tao and Yitao went down the stairs and to the kitchen, Tao was shocked to see such a nice presentation. The table was nicely prepared with food and various flowers were surrounding the table legs.

"Oh wow!" Tao was surely surprised at how gorgeous it was. "This is really nice."

Yitao beamed and tugged Tao to the table. Being a gentleman, he pulled the seat out for Tao. "Oh! Thank you Yitao."

"No problem! I am a gentleman after all!" Yitao ran to his seat and sat down. The two ate their dinner in peace and chatted a bit, here and there.

Tao was about to drink some of his water when he realized where was everyone else. He hasn't seen them since this morning, and he has been cooped up in Kris' room all day; he wondered if they left for their dates or just retired early.

"Yitao, where is everyone else?"

"Hm? Oh, they went out. At least that is what auntie Xiumin told me."

"Oh…so the whole house is to ourselves."

"Yeah! Cool huh? Oh! And auntie made dessert too." Yitao got down from his seat and made his way to the fridge. Tao turned in his seat and watched at the young panda grabbed two bowls; he carried them to the table and handed Tao one. Before Tao could say anything, the young panda rushed to get two spoons. As Yitao skipped back to the table, he situated himself on his seat.

"Ice cream?"

"Hm!" Yitao nodded. "Would you like chocolate or strawberry?"

"Can I have the strawberry one?"

"Yeah," Yitao scooped up the ice cream with his spoon and leaned over the table. "Say 'ah'."

To humor the young panda, he opened his mouth, letting the younger feed him the ice cream. "It is really good."

"Of course! It is ice cream after all! Everyone likes ice cream!" He handed Tao his ice cream, while he ate his chocolate.

'This is such a cute date!' Tao beamed. "Thank you for nice date Yitao."

"Hm? So mommy is happy now? Mommy isn't lonely anymore right?"

"Right. Mommy is happy."

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"Knock, knock."

Kris jolted in his seat and glanced up to see Brian Joo, his appointed chief executive officer for his store that is based in New York. The dragon has just gotten done with a lengthy meeting and interviews that he was completely tired out. After the meeting, Kris stayed behind and took a nap in the meeting room.

"You are exhausted." Brian let out a chuckle. "You didn't eat anything too."

"Hm. I'm…not hungry."

Brian shook his head and clicked his tongue. "That is not good Sir Kris. Eating is very important…skipping meals…a big no. Why don't I take you out to get something to eat. You were busy all day since this afternoon with the meetings and interviews and such."

"You don't mind?"

"Of course not."

Kris nodded. "Thanks." He let out a sigh. "If I knew opening a stores in the West would be this tiring…man, I am just exhausted."

"Well, you are one of the best sir. Everyone would die to wear your designs. They are just excited is all." Brain chuckled. "Before we leave, I just need to make a quick call to my wife. Excuse me."

The dragon nodded and watched as the other walked out of the room. 'Come to think of it…I haven't checked my cell phone at all today.' He started to take out his phone and unlocked it. 'Oh…message from Tao.' He clicked on the app and noticed from the preview, he widen his eyes.

' 'I'm cheating on you'?! What the hell!?' He quickly opened the message and realized that it was a picture message. He relaxed his shoulders once he saw the who it was. In the picture was Tao giving Yitao a kiss on the cheek. He slightly chuckled a bit as we he continued to read the rest of the message. 'So, Yitao took Tao on a small date. Ha, cute. Hm…why is Yitao wearing a mustache though?'

He quickly texted back, before Brian came back. "Shall we go? I know this great restaurant and bar just a couple of blocks down from here."

"Great." Kris pressed the send button and grabbed his coat. "Yeah, we can go now."

As Kris and Brian exited the building that they were in, they walked down the street, in the city life of night time New York; the streets were filled as always with tourists and New Yorkers, and cars going to and fro to their destination.

"It is just down there. Couple more blocks…I hope you like seafood." Brian asked.

"Yeah, I love seafood."

"Great! Then you will love this restaurant. It is open 24 hours too…except for the bar. They tend to close at midnight. You know…drunk people causing havoc in front of their restaurant…people don't like that."

The dragon nodded. "Thats good though, that they have…sort of like a time limit."

They continued to walk, until a store caught Kris' eye. "H-hold on." He told Brian, which he stopped his tracks.

"What is wrong Sir Kris?"

"There."

"Hm?" Brian squinted his eyes to see where Kris was pointing at. "That store? What about it?"

"Can we go inside?"

"Yeah, sure we can. Right now?"

Kris nodded. "If you don't mind."

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"Guess what!" Tao jumped happily in the living where everyone was currently residing.

"Tao, stop that…you might hurt yourself." Luhan tried his best to calm his younger brother, but was failing bad. Along with Tao, the children started to jump along with him and Heilang started to bark with excitement, even though they weren't sure what was going on.

"But I am just so excited!!"

"Why?" Sehun asked. "Is there something going on later today? Or tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Tao clapped his hands together. "Kris is coming home tomorrow!"

"Oh!" The gardener nodded. "I see. Thats right huh?" The weeks went by fast and soon it was getting close to Kris coming back from his trip from the West. Sehun smirked a bit. "So…that means you are going to surprise him. If you know what I mean."

Tao could only smile. He leaned over to the couch and grabbed a pillow. He harshly threw it at Sehun, hitting him straight on the face. "As I was saying," The panda cleared his throat. "Kris will be coming home and I can't wait!"

"You sure did miss him a lot huh?" Tao turned to Suho and gave a nod.

"Yeah, I did…I won't lie. I hope though that everything went well. That is the most important."

"Hm." Xiumin nodded. "That is true…but I am so sure that Boss did well. He always does." He grinned.

"I just can't wait." Tao said again as he sat on the couch. "I didn't know him being away for that long would actually effect me like this."

"It just means that you love him a lot." Baekhyun said, picking up Baekyeol and placing him on his lap. "And I am so sure that Kris is feeling the same."

"I just hope that he got souvenirs." Sehun blurted out, only to have Tao throw another pillow at his way. The gardener started to fake cry and hid his face against Luhan's shoulder. "Your brother hit me…"

"There, there." Luhan patted Sehun on the cheek.

"Well, anyway," Tao stood up, smoothing out his pants. "I have to do the laundry. I'll be back!" With that, he left everyone, heading to the washer and dryer.

"Hm. Hey, didn't Tao come here during this time?" Chen asked. "He did huh?"

"Yeah, he did." Xiumin nodded. "November is the time when he started working as a nanny. Wow, time flies."

"Has our brother improved since working as a nanny?" Yixing asked. "Knowing him…we didn't think that he would be working in a job like this."

"Oh, yeah." Sehun nodded. "He has improved a lot. In cooking, cleaning, and among other things." He pointed out. "He really improved in his life skills…I guess you can say."

"And mommy has been a good mommy to me too." Yitao said, joining in the conversation. "I love mommy a lot."

"You sure do huh?" Yixing patted Yitao on the head.

"Of course! I'm mommy's prince!"

"Then that makes Tao a queen." Sehun chuckled. "And Boss is the king." They laughed and agreed at what the gardener said. "Yah…our king is finally happy again."

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Kris stared at his window, gazing the other mansions that he was passing by.

"So, right here?"

"Yes."

The taxi pulled up to a familiar mansion, just right outside the gate. The driver let out a 'wow' upon seeing the mansion. "This is your house sir?"

"Hm." Kris nodded as he got out of the taxi. "This is it."

"Wow, Sir." The driver started to get out of the car to grab Kris' luggages from the back. "This is a real beauty…perks in being famous huh?"

"That may be, but the real beauty is the one that is living inside the house."

"Ah, I see." The driver nodded. "Your lover right?"

The dragon nodded his head. "Yeah."

"Well, your home now." He patted the luggage and smiled. "Welcome back."

"Thanks." Kris fished out for his wallet and paid the taxi. They bid farewell, and soon the taxi drove off. Kris turned around, grabbing his luggage in the process; he punched in the code and waited for the gate to open. As he got in, he closed the gate, and made his way over to the front. He hoped that it won't be Tao opening the door; he wanted it to be a surprise since he came home a day early. Everything that was settled in Toronto went exceptionally fast and well. With that, Kris was able to come home early and surprise everyone. It was currently 7pm, which was still early for him, but he shook out the tiredness away from him; before he knocked on the door, he checked his pocket, making sure that he had it. With a sigh of relief, he smiled. 'Okay good.' He then knocked on the door and waited for someone to open it. 'Don't be Tao, don't be Tao, don't be Tao.'

The door opened to reveal Chanyeol, and Kris thanked all the high beings in the sky that it wasn't Tao.

"Boss --"

"Shh! I'm a surprise."

"Oh!" Chanyeol nodded. "Sure, sure." He opened the door wider for the other to come in. "Welcome back home Boss. Oh! You want me to call Tao though? I'm sure he would be very excited to see you. He couldn't stop being all excited since this morning."

"He was?"

"Yeah. He couldn't wait to see you…he surely will be happy to see you now. Hm, this raises a question…you ended early or something?"

"Sort of…everything in Toronto went really well…and fast. So, I was able to come home a day early."

"I see. So, all the stores are ready and set?" He asked in which the dragon nodded; Chanyeol patted his shoulder. "Welcome home." The dragon returned the smile; he was happy that he was home too. Away from Tao, Yitao, and everyone was just too much. "Hey, Tao." Chanyeol yelled. "There is a package here for you!"

"What?" Tao yelled back. "A package? At this time…from who?"

"Erm…someone from Yoon Doojoon?" Kris gently punched Chanyeol on the shoulder and gave him a look. Chanyeol could only give an expression of 'I-don't-know-what-I-just-said'.

"Who? Who is that…I don't know any Yoon Doojoon!"

"I don't know Tao, just come here!"

"Can you bring it here? I'm busy with washing the dishes!"

"Uh…" Chanyeol looked at Kris, up and down. "I can't carry him."

"It's that heavy?"

"Oh yeah. Its…it is definitely heavy."

Kris gave the chauffeur a look. "I am not --"

"Okay then…just a second." Tao replied back. They heard foot steps coming closer, and Chanyeol took the opportunity to back away from his Boss. He figured that the panda might go hyper mode and jump on the other. "Okay, so what is this pack…K-Kris?"

"Yeah, here is your package." Chanyeol said, presenting the dragon to Tao. "He came all the way from Canada! How awesome is tha --" Before Chanyeol could finish his sentence, Tao screamed in happiness and sprinted over to Kris and jumped towards him. The dragon was caught off guard, very much not prepared to catch the happy panda. With his best reflexes, he was able to catch him in the air, but stumbled backwards, hitting his back against the front door.

"Ow…"

"Yo-you're home!" Tao tightly wrapped his arms around the other and hugged him tightly. "You're home! You're home! You're home!!" He started to place kisses on face and a very passionate one on the lips.

'Whoa.' Chanyeol could only chuckle at the scene. 'Definitely missed him.'

"Daddy!!" The three of them looked to see Yitao ran down the steps, charging his way to his father. "Daddy is home!!"

Kris placed Tao down and opened his arms to welcome Yitao. The young panda tightly wrapped his arms around his father's neck, snuggling against him. "I missed daddy!"

"I missed you too."

"Whoa! Boss is home!" The rest of the company started to made their way over to the dragon, welcoming home and questioning what he was doing here.

"I got done with everything a day early. So, I decided to come home."

"Welcome home Boss." Chen said, smiling at the other. "We missed you…mostly those two pandas…but we missed you too."

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Kris sat on the bed after he finished unpacking his things. 'It is good to be back.' He nodded. 'Hm. That reminds me.' He leaned over to the side and placed his hand in his pocket.

The dragon looked over his shoulder, just to make sure that Tao wouldn't come out of the bathroom just yet. As the coast was clear, he took out the item from his pocket.

In his hand, it was a black velvet box. Kris started to feel his heart beat as he opened it. What was present was a exquisite ring; an Artiste Milau engagement ring in 14K gold. He smiled, thinking that it was definitely the one.

He thought back at how he was in New York, when Brian was about to take him to a restaurant to eat, but stopped him when he saw a ring store that was across the street. It was probably fate telling him to go in, even it was to check it out. He remembered how he looked through thousands and thousands of rings, one caught his eye. Kris knew it was the one; it absolutely was the one since, to him, it screamed Tao.

The only thing now was to think of how to actually pop the question.

"You can use the bathroom now."

Immediately, Kris closed the box and slipped it under the pillow, as cunning as he can. "Uh…o-okay. Okay, I'll be there." He stuttered, making the panda raise his eyebrow. Tao made his way over to Kris, standing right in front of him.

"You okay?" He asked, drying his hair in the process. "You…stuttered…a bit."

"Yeah, I'm fine. Really."

"Then…why is your hand under the pillow?" Tao said, gesturing to Kris' hand that was still under the pillow, holding onto the velvet box.

"O-oh, you know…my hand is cold. Thought that the pillow would keep it warm." He nodded. "Ah, yeah."

Tao bit his lip, preventing to laugh at the dragon. "Okay, then." He dried his hair again the towel. "What ever you say, dear. I'm gunna head to Yitao's room to tuck him in really quick." He placed the towel over his neck.

"Okay. Y-you do that."

"Yeah…so I'll be back." With that, Tao left the room, giving Kris a chance to hide the ring.

"He will never look in here." He opened his night drawer and placed it beside the other velvet boxes of his and his late wife's. He breathed out and slowly closed the drawer. "How will I do this? I want to make it perfect…I have to think about this thoughtfully." Kris stood up from the bed and made his way to his drawers to gather his night clothes. 'I want it to be perfect.'

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Many months past, the more Kris was having a hard time figuring out a plan to propose to Tao. Being that it was already April, he was at his wits end. During those months, he has already talked to Luhan and Yixing about asking their younger brother in marriage.

Luhan, being the eldest of the three, ended up going on full over protective brother mode, started asking him questions and such, while Yixing, instead, congratulated him. In the end, he had their blessing.

'Where…where to go. I mean seriously…does it take this long to find a place?!' Kris sighed as he stared into his laptop screen. 'But then again…I want to make it perfect…this is Tao we are talking about.'

"Knock, knock." The door suddenly opened.

Kris quickly closed his laptop and stared into the beauty that was in front of him. "Whoa…what is going on with you?" Tao asked as he brought a cup of warm milk and honey.

"Um…nothing. Just…thinking of new designs is all…nothing much."

"Okay…well, um, here. I made you some warm milk with honey."

The taller stood up from his seat and grabbed onto the cup that Tao was handing him "Thank you."

"Hm." Tao gave a nod. "Are you really okay?"

"Huh? Uh…yeah. Why?"

"You…seem bothered or distracted. I mean, every time I come and see you…you seem shocked or…well, as if you are hiding something from me."

"I'm not hiding anything from you."

'I doubt that.' "But if something is bothering you, you know that you can tell me right?" Tao asked, in which the dragon nodded. "Hm, okay then."

"Everything is fine." He leaned in and gave Tao a quick peck on the lips. "Just trust me on this okay."

"Okay, okay. I trust you. Oh!" Tao looked into his scrub pocket and took out some envelopes. "The mail."

"Ah, thank you." Kris grabbed the mail, giving a quick scan of them. "I'll look into them."

Soon, the office door opened, revealing a young panda and his Siberian husky. "Mommy! There you are!" Yitao ran over to Tao and grabbed his hand. "Play with me and Heilang."

"O-okay." Yitao continued to pull Tao; once they were near the door, the panda waved goodbye to the dragon.

The click of the door was heard and Kris sat back down in his seat. "Mail…mail." He looked through the mail, checking what was important and which was not. "Important…important…junk…junk…ju --"

He picked up flier that usually went with the mail, as junk mail, but it caught his eye. What was displayed was an advertisement showing the worlds' private beaches.

'Hm…wow…these look nice.' He continued to look over until his eyes laid upon, probably one of the mose beautiful beaches he has ever seen. 'Soneva Fushi in the Maldives…huh, Maldives.' He leaned into flier, reading more about it. 'Small patch of beach, but truly private…dense vegetation between residences…the beach looks nice…oh my god…this is it! This is the sign! This is where I have to propose to Tao!' "Yes!"

He turned to his laptop, typing for the official website of Soneva Fushi resort. Once on their website, he went under their contact and started to call to make a reservation.

"Hello, thank you for calling Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. How may I help you?" The lady on the line said, in a different language that Kris was unfamiliar with.

"Erm," He said in English. "English? Or…Korean…or Chinese maybe?"

"Oh," Kris heard the lady on the line call for someone. Soon the phone transferred to another.

"Hello, thank you for calling Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. How may I help you?" This time it was a man, speaking in complete English.

"Ah, yes. Erm, I would like to make a reservation."

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"I wanna go too." Yitao puffed his cheeks at Kris as he crossed his arms in the process. After making the reservations last month, it was now time to head to Soneva Fushi in the Maldives.

Since it was May, it was scheduled on the same day as Tao's birthday. For the rest of the morning and afternoon, they celebrated the panda's birthday, with many foods and presents. It was currently 8:00pm and they have to be heading to the airport to catch their flight, but the young panda didn't want the two leave.

"You can't though. It is just us two, Yitao." Kris told him, patting his head.

"But I'll be very quiet. I won't be a bother."

"What about school hm?" Tao asked. "You can't miss that."

Yitao started to quiver his lip. Heilang, by then, started to rub his head against the young panda, comforting him a bit.

"We will be back. Just five days." Tao lifted his hand. "Five days."

Yitao waddled his way over to Tao and wrapped his arms around his neck. The panda chuckled and started to rub his hand against his back, easing him a bit.

"So, anyway," Sehun started. "Have a good trip…we will take care of everything."

"Hm. I trust…you Xiumin." Kris said, turning to Xiumin instead of Sehun. "I trust you."

"Well, wow, man…thanks for the trust." Sehun said, narrowing his eyes at the other.

"But really, have a good trip. I heard it is a nice this time of month." Chanyeol told them. "So, have fun."

"Thanks guys." Tao picked up the young panda and handed him to Xiumin. It was quite difficult for Tao to let Yitao go, but he just had to in order to get to their plane on time. He leaned over and gave Yitao a quick kiss on the cheek, promising that he will get Yitao something on their way back from their trip.

"Okay…" Yitao rubbed his eyes and rested his head on Xiumin's shoulder. "Have a safe trip."

"Yeah, have a safe trip guys!" Yixing said, giving a thumbs up, but mostly directed to Kris, knowing well enough what the dragon's plan was. 'Good luck Kris. Good luck.'

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"Whoa!! It is so nice!" Tao was amazed at the room that he and Kris were staying at. He dropped his bags and ran around the rooms, checking them out. "Check that out!!" He pointed at the outside, where a pool was shown, and further down was the beach. "Ha! It is so nice!!"

"And it is all ours." Kris said, grabbing the bag that Tao dropped. "This is a private room, so," He started to point that the beach in front of him. "The beach over there…is private too. It is just a small patch of the beach, but it is totally private."

"Really? Then this must cost a lot." The panda said, looking around.

"Somewhat, but not really…for me that is."

Tao chuckled and approached the other, grabbing the bags in the process. "Can we walk at the beach for a while…even though it is," He checked the clock to see the time. "Midnight?"

"Yeah, of course." He placed the bags down on the floor. "Lets go right now." He grabbed Tao's hand and started to lead him to the outside.

The two walked for a bit, hand and hand, feeling the warm air around them, and the sand underneath their feet. The water was calm, but the reflection of the moon and night sky was beautiful. They approached the water, and Tao squatted down, letting his hand touch the water.

'Hm. So, pretty.' Tao thought. 'Calming and nice.' The panda continued to smile, while Kris was having a mini battle in his head.

'Should I propose now? Or later? Tomorrow? N-no…I should do it now. Oh my god…did I pack it? Shi -- oh, no wait…no, I packed it…its in my carry on bag. Yeah…okay, thank god.'

His thoughts were broken once he heard Tao chuckling. Kris glanced down at the panda, who was looking up at him. "You were making a weird face just now." He told him, as he stood up. "It was funny. What were you thinking about?"

"Uh…erm…just h-how beautiful you are…u-under the moonlight."

Tao bit his lips. "That…sounded cheesy, but it was nice. Thank you." He gave the other a peck on the lips. "You, Sir, look handsome as ever." He let out a chuckle, before running back to their room.

Kris smiled and started to walk back. 'Tomorrow…I'll do it tomorrow.'

As he stepped on the steps, he saw a complementary wine bottle sitting on the patio table. He thought for a bit before smiling. 'I think I know what I am going to do.'

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"Kris, come on! It is already the afternoon!"

"Hm?" Kris squinted his eyes and blinked a bit before opening his eyes fully. "W-what?"

"It is already afternoon. Lets go." Tao started to jump up and down. "To the beach! Lets go, lets go!" Kris slowly got up and rubbed his eye. He glanced over to Tao, who was just wearing a white, long, sleeve button shirt, and black water shorts, that was slightly hidden by the ends of the button shirt. "Beach! Beach! Beach! Bea --" Tao's chant was interrupted once Kris placed his hand right behind Tao's neck, pulling him close for a kiss.

Tao felt himself blushing, but slowly he leaned into the kiss. As Kris pulled back and nodded. "Okay, we will go to the beach." He stared at the dazed panda, and tried to prevent himself from laughing. Kris pecked Tao's cheek to at least break his trance.

The panda blinked; he glanced down at the bed, trying his best to hide the blushing he was having. "I'll wait for you outside then." With that, he ran out to the beach.

Kris chuckled before getting out of bed. He stretched a bit and thought about his plan for the day.

Last night, he waited for Tao to fall asleep; it took awhile since the panda was literally holding him tight, but eventually he was able to slip out of bed. Remembering the wine bottle, he drained it out, by pouring it in the sink and using the hair dryer to have it fully dry. Thankfully, Tao was dead asleep or else he would have some explaining to do.

He then, wrote a small proposal poem that he thought worked well. He spent most of the time writing a perfect one, since poems weren't exactly his forte.

After placing the poem inside the dry wine bottle, he went back to the private beach and dug a hole to place the bottle in the sand. He covered it up, making sure that it wasn't seen. Before he knew it, it was already 4 in the morning; losing some sleep for him, but it was all worth it.

'I can't wait!'

Kris grabbed his carry on bag, searching for the velvet box. 'Got ya.' He placed it on the night stand and got up to change really quick. The dragon changed out of his pants only, just putting on some shorts, and keeping on his shirt; grabbing the velvet box, he put it in his pocket, and he made his way over to the private beach.

As he got close, he chuckled to see Tao trying to build a sandcastle on the warm sand. Lucky for him, the wine bottle under the sand was just next to him.

"May I help?"

Tao looked up and nodded; he patted the sand next to him, in which Kris sat down. The two played as if they were children in a sandbox. Secretly, Kris started to dig to get the wine bottle.

'I'll just pretend that I found it and make Tao read it! Ha! So perfect.'

"I'll be right back." Kris looked over to see Tao standing up. "I want to get my camera, so I can take pictures." He told the other; he started to walk back to the room, making the dragon panic a bit.

'No, no, no! W-wait! I need to propose!' He started to dig faster and soon, his hand hit against the wine bottle. 'There!' "Look!"

Before Tao could walk any further, he turned around. "Hm? Look at what?"

"This! I-I found it!"

Intrigued, Tao started to walk back to him. "Is that a bottle?"

"Erm, y-yeah. Guess someone left it." He lied.

"Oh…should we bring it back. They kind of littered." The panda said with concern in his voice.

"B-but it looks like there is a message inside." Kris lifted the bottle towards the other. "Can you get it?"

Tao grabbed the bottle and inspected it. "Oh, yeah…you are right." He tried his best to grab the note inside. "Oh! You think that this was washed up from the water? And it just got covered by the sand over time?" He asked, being all excited, and uncorking the wine bottle.

"Maybe." Kris told him. "Maybe."

"I almost got it!" Tao said bouncing up and down. "Ha! Got it!" He grabbed the note and slowly unravelled it. "Lets see…hm. Oh, it looks like a poem." The panda tilted his head. "It says…All that I am, All that I do, All that I have Is wrapped up in you…All of our future, All we can be, Rests on this precious moment…Will you…m-marry me?" He blinked for a bit. "This is like a proposal sort of po--" He stopped in mid-sentence as he glanced at Kris, who kneeling on one leg and presenting the ring that he has chosen specifically for him.

Tao was stunned; his eyes widen has big as they could, and he could feel his heart was beating at such a fast rate. He couldn't react. He couldn't move.

"Tao?" Kris started to become concern. "Are you -- Tao!" He grabbed the other before he could fall on the ground.

The panda has fainted.

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Ring: [ x ]

Poem came from here (im not good with poems either :/) [ x ]

Nanny special side story: CHANBAEK

Njoy! xD inspiration information at the end(:

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"Baekhyun…really what happened?" Tao was sitting right beside his best friend on Kris' bed, patting his back in comfort. Just not too long ago, Baekhyun came to Kris' mansion with Baekyeol in his arms. Not only it was strange, but from Tao's point of view, Baekhyun had red puffy eyes and his nose was red; it was obvious to the panda that the other was crying. Tao quickly took him to his and Kris' shared room to have some private time. "Why are you crying?"

Baekhyun tighten his lips and shook his head furiously not wanting to talk about it just yet. Tao respected his friend's decision and waited. He leaned over to the night stand and grabbed a few tissues from the tissue box; he handed them to Baekhyun, but the other wouldn't take it. The panda sighed; he started to ponder what has made his friend so unhappy and outraged.

"Baekhyun…I know that you don't want to talk about it, but seriously…you have to tell me some time or another."

Baekhyun his lips and slowly shook his head. "Not yet Tao…I am seriously angry right now okay."

"Okay, okay…sorry." Tao sighed again. 'What happened?'

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"So…what happened." Kris asked Chanyeol as he leaned back in his seat. He, along with Chen, Yixing, and Sehun, were in a nice restaurant, having a somewhat nice early dinner together. It just so happens that one is a little bit on the downside and the dragon was going to fish it out. "Chanyeol you haven't even touched anything on your plate --"

"I'm sorry. I…I'm not hungry."

"Hey man," Chen nudged him with his elbow. "Seriously…you looked down since you came here."

Chanyeol sighed and shook his head. "Nothing. It doesn't concern any of you guys --"

"But you are our friend Chanyeol --"

"I know." He snapped at Sehun. "I know that, but like I said…it doesn't concern you. Okay." Chanyeol stood up from his seat abruptly, earning stares from the other people in the restaurant. "I'm sorry…I'll repay you back for the meal. I just have to go." With that, Chanyeol walked out of the restaurant, ignoring the calls from the others, except for the dragon.

"Kris." Yixing said, looking back and forth at the chauffeur that just left. "You are making him leave? He is angry and he might do something idiotic."

"He won't." He shook his head. "Knowing him…he will walk, until he cools down." 'What happened though.'

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Baekhyun let out tears fall from his eyes as he continued on with his story. For the past half hour, he told Tao why he was at the state he is in now.

Just a few hours earlier, Baekhyun was organizing things in his and Chanyeol's closets, putting freshly clean clothes in their respected areas. As he was grabbing Chanyeol's old clothes to be washed, he noticed that it smelled very sweet. Just like the days before, his clothes were the same flowery, sweet scent. Baekhyun knew that Chanyeol hasn't been wearing any flowery cologne; he knows his cologne very well and for sure he would never wear such sugary fragrances. He started to worry; what if Chanyeol was having someone else on the side.

Baekhyun started to have a mental battle. Chanyeol couldn't be tired of him. They were still engaged to each other and they have Baekyeol in their lives, but still, doubt was starting to linger.

Once Chanyeol came home with Baekyeol, he wanted to confront him, just to know what is going on. He sent Baekyeol to his room and told him to turn on the television, wanting to have some private talk with Chanyeol.

The two talked, with Baekhyun telling what he has found, but soon the talk started to become more of an argument. To Baekhyun, it felt as if Chanyeol was either hiding it or denying whatever Baekhyun has said, saying that he was imagining such things. The more the two argued, Baekhyun retorted that he isn't stupid and he knows what Chanyeol's clothes smell like and he knew for sure that the other was seeing someone else.

The shorter of the two added more fuel in the fire, making the taller angry. He shot back how he saw Baekhyun being close with another guy at a store in the shopping promenade the weeks before.

Baekhyun was completely confused; he would never do such a thing. Before he could even respond, the taller continued saying that Baekhyun should be the one being questioned since he saw him with someone else. The words started to get harsher and the more Baekhyun started to tear up; he was so unsure what Chanyeol was talking about. The taller raised his voice saying that perhaps Baekhyun was tired of him and over the weeks he has been going out to have a fun time with other men.

It infuriated Baekhyun no doubt that he slapped Chanyeol across the face. He was angry that the other, his better half, his love, would say such a thing to him. With that, he ran to Baekyeol's room and grabbed his son; he stormed out as quickly as he can, not even looking back at the other.

"My god Baekhyun." Tao could only shook his head. "C-Chanyeol really said that."

"Yes!!" He said to the panda. "That is what he said! I still don't know what he is talking about…seeing m-me being with another man!" He cried some more and rested his head on his hands.

Tao felt that he needed to do something, but at the same time, he felt that he should be meddling in their problems. This situation should be talked over and fixed among themselves. He brought his hand on Baekhyun's head and brought it down, so that it is resting on Tao's shoulder. "I'm sorry Baekhyun…just give it some space and talk to Chanyeol again --"

"I think…I shouldn't get married --"

"N-now hold on," Tao interrupted. "Don't start saying that…just talk to Chan --"

"No. I know what I smelled and I know he must be tired of me and Baekyeol. He was the one that also agreed to adopt Baekyeol…it was him that wanted to marry me…I didn't do anything wrong…if he wanted to go with someone else, he shouldn't have done any of this." Baekhyun lip trembled. "Why is he playing me?" He tried to take out the engagement ring, but  wouldn't come off. "I-it won't come off!"

"Stop that Baekhyun!" Tao held onto Baekhyun's hand to prevent him from taking off the ring. "Just…please don't take it off. Please don't take off the ring." He gave a pleading look. "Don't give up on this just yet."

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"Oh, Mr. Park." The man at the counter nodded at him. " Came in just in time. I have your order all ready. I just got finished with it just a few hours ago."

"Thanks Hyungjoon…but uh…I guess you can throw them away."

"Huh?" Hyungjoon turned around with a confused face. "What do you mean --"

"I'll pay for it…it took you such a long time to create the bouquet of flowers. I'm sorry." Chanyeol let out a shaky breath. Ever since he saw Baekhyun those weeks ago with someone else that he didn't know, he started to freak out. He tried to play it cool, thinking that they were just talking and nothing more, but the image with Baekhyun with someone else got him all confused. He feared that Baekhyun was getting tired of him and soon that he would leave him and Baekyeol. He decided to give him a bouquet trail and apologize for what he has done, but the taller thought back at what he did wrong, anything that would have set the other off, but nothing came into his mind.

'What if Baekhyun is really tired of me…what if he is going to really break up with me…and the marriage.'

"Mr. Park…are you really sure?" Chanyeol glanced up to see Hyungjoon holding up the gorgeous bouquet trail that had various flowers arranged. He lowered his head and simply gave a nod. "Sir…please you can't be serious. You helped me pick these out…everyday! How can you say that you want to throw this away? All your hard work is in here."

"It is…it is just…it won't work Hyungjoon. I just…came here to tell you that you can throw it away…or you can sell it to another customer."

"Mr. Park…you said that this was for your fiancee."

Chanyeol bit his lip. "Make that ex."

Hyungjoon widen his eyes and shook his head. "Mr. Park…I'll tell you what…I'll keep these here for you."

"I said that you can throw --"

"No…I won't. When you are ready…come back and pick them up. No need to pay…all right."

"Hyunjoon --"

"All right?" The owner was persistent. "When you are ready."

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Chanyeol made his way back to the quiet apartment, feeling more depressed than ever. As he opened the door to his apartment, he jumped once he saw Tao coming out of his apartment.

"T-Tao!"

The panda gave a most disappointed look at the taller. "I just came to get some of Baekhyun and Baekyeol's stuff."

Chanyeol nodded. 'I guess we really need some space.' He glanced down to see the bags that Tao was carrying. "How did…who drove you here?"

Tao shrugged. "Bus."

"I'll drive you back."

"No need Chanyeol…I don't want to bother you."

"No, please. Let me just drive you."

Tao wanted to protest, but silently exhausted. He finally agreed and handed Chanyeol the bags. "Oh," Chanyeol said as he opened the bag wider. "You forgot Baekyeol stuffed toy."

"What stuffed toy?"

"His penguin…I'll get it." Chanyeol went to Baekyeol's room and searched for his son's favorite toy. He knew that the young wavy haired male couldn't sleep without it. He walked back to where Tao was and placed the penguin in the bag. "Baekyeol…he…uh, he can't sleep without it."

Tao nodded his head. "Chanyeol…"

"Yes?"

"You know that Baekhyun would never…and I mean never leave you or Baekyeol. He will never go to anyone else."

Chanyeol let out a sigh and didn't respond back. Instead, he started to open the front door and gestured for the other to go. Tao frowned and started to make his way over to the front.

The drive was quiet. Too quiet and slightly awkward. Tao wanted to make small talk, and ask what is really up with the two, but he bit his tongue. He kept repeating in his head that it was none of his business and that the two should take care of it.

As they arrived at Kris' mansion, the two adults saw Baekyeol and Yitao sitting at the front steps.

Baekyeol beamed and stood up. He ran towards them once he saw his father got out of the car. "Papa!" He jumped in his father's arms, wrapping his arms around Chanyeol's neck. "Did you come to pick me and mama up?"

Chanyeol started to feel himself tear up. "N-not today. You and mama are going to spend the night at uncle Kris' house."

Baekyeol titled his head in confusion. "B-but…papa…if mama and I aren't there…wouldn't papa be lonely?"

"A little bit." Chanyeol pecked Baekyeol on the head. "Be a good boy okay and look after mama."

The young wavy haired boy quivered his lip. He leaned and rested his head on the crook of Chanyeol's neck. "Papa…mama was crying…a lot. Mama thinks I didn't notice, but I did. I noticed." He held on tighter to Chanyeol. "Why is mama crying a lot? Was it something that I did?"

"No Baekyeol…it wasn't you. Just…leave it alone okay?" He pulled back and cupped the other one the cheeks. "Just be a good boy for them okay?"

Baekyeol pushed out his lip and gave a downcast expression. "Okay." He whispered.

"Good." The taller gave a weary smile and pecked his son on the head. "Now go run along inside." He placed Baekyeol on the ground and gently pushed him towards the entrance of the door.

He was about to grab the bags, but noticed that Tao has already gathered them. "Have a safe drive Chanyeol." Tao said before entering the mansion and closing the door, leaving the taller alone outside.

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"Tao." The panda looked up to see Kris descending from the stairs. "That was fast…how did --"

"Chanyeol gave me a ride."

"He is still here?"

"Y-yeah? Why --" He wasn't able to finish his sentence. The dragon quickly walked passed the other and opened the door. He spotted Chanyeol getting in the car. "I'll be back Tao."

"Wait where --"  By the then, the dragon sprinted to Chanyeol, entering his car in the process. The panda could only shake his head and closed the door. 'I'm sure he can handle it.'

Meanwhile in the car, Chanyeol jumped once he heard Kris getting in. "B-Boss! Jeez! What are you doing?"

"You and I are going to have a nice chat. I wanna know why you and Baekhyun are in his quarrel with each other."

"Boss, it is none of your business."

"Okay, then we are friends and not in a Boss-employee relationship. As a friend, I don't like it when any of you guys are in a fight."

"But still," Chanyeol started, raising his voice a bit. "It is none of your business."

Kris started to tighten his lips. "Fine. But I am not leaving his car. So, either you start talking or I guess I'll be going with you back to your apartment." He crossed his arms, feeling a bit proud at what he said.

The chauffeur let out a frustrated sigh. "Fine." He turned off his car and started to give a little attitude toward his Boss. "You want to know why Baekhyun and I are like this? Well…I confronted him."

"Confronted him, what are you talking about?"

"I saw him with someone else. I went to the shopping promenade and I saw him. There all right. I saw him with someone else."

Kris was stunned. "W-what…are you sure that you saw Baekhyun. Maybe it was someone else --"

"I think I would know what my Baekhyun looks like Kris, okay." He shook his head before banging the car window, scaring his Boss a bit. "And you want to know what else…I don't even know what I did."

'What did I even do to deserve this?'

"Where did you see him at?"

"At where? Baekhyun was in some store, I don't know, I didn't pay attention to the name of the store."

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"Baekhyun…its me, Tao." Tao opened the door to Kris' bedroom, to see Baekhyun still laying on the bed just like how he left him. "I got…the things that you needed. Um," Tao opened the bag. "Shirts…pants…Baekyeol's clothes and um…Chanyeol put his stuffed penguin in the bag. Uh, said that he couldn't sleep without it." He took it out and placed it on the bed. "And I got the box that you wanted me to get." He took it out as well, placing it on the bed. "What is inside? I mean, it looks really nice." Slowly, Baekhyun sat up and turned around to face Tao. He leaned over and placed the box on his lap. He started to lift the top up and what was displayed was a beautiful, Rolex Sky-Dweller  Oyster, 42mm, white gold watch. Tao was stunned at how gorgeous it was. "Oh…o-oh my god…thats…is that a Rolex watch?"

Baekhyun could only nod. He started to wipe his eyes and placed the cover on top of the box again. "I bought it…for Chanyeol. When I was at the shopping promenade."

"That is a nice watch I can tell you that."

"Yeah."

Tao sat beside his friend."What made you decide getting him a watch?"

"Well," He let out a shaky breath. "I just want Chanyeol to have something nice. Every time he gets his pay check…he would only do three things with it. Put it in the bank, spend it on necessary needs, or spend it on Baekyeol or myself. He never spends anything for himself…and I just wanted to give him something nice." He held onto the box that was in his lap tighter. "So I spent my paycheck to get him this. I saved money on the side…and I mean a lot of money…that he doesn't know. It was still expensive, but the man who was helping me decided to give it to me for a slightly cheaper price."

"That was nice of him."

"Thanks to that guy…I was able to get this for Chanyeol…but then Chanyeol coming home with that flowery smell on his clothes…I started to become suspicious. And it still continued weeks after." Baekhyun bit his lip. "He is probably tired of me --"

"Don't say that!" Tao stood up and puffed his cheeks. "Chanyeol isn't tired of you and neither are you…all right?!"

Baekhyun tighten his lips and stood up from the bed. "Not every relationship is like yours and Kris' okay." With that, he turned around and headed to the bathroom. He slammed the door, causing the panda to jump.

Tao narrowed his eyes. "We aren't perfect either."

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"Okay guys…good night." Tao said to both Yitao and Baekyeol. Both the children where sleeping in the same bed, getting ready to go to sleep. "Here Baekyeol…your papa gave me this." He handed him his penguin in which Baekyeol quickly took.

"I want to go back home."

"I know Baekyeol…but your papa and mama are…fighting right now."

"Why?"

"It is…something personal okay."

Baekyeol frowned. "Then can mama or papa say 'I'm sorry' and then…and then we can be a family again and live at home?"

"W-well --"

"Will auntie fix it."

"H-huh?"

Baekyeol sat up and made his way over to Tao."Can auntie Tao fix it? I want my mama and papa to be happy."

"I, um…I'll…I'll see what I can do okay." Baekyeol nodded. "Okay, now go to sleep…your mama wouldn't want you to be awake at this time. It is getting late." Tao started to tuck Baekyeol in, right next to Yitao. "Good night." With that, he gave them both a kiss on the head.

He stood up and started to exit the young panda's room. Tao started to make his way down stairs to get himself a drive before heading to the couch to sleep. 'Kris and Chanyeol…I wonder where they went…or are they still outside?' Being curious, he headed towards the front door; as he opened it, he noticed that the car hasn't left the driveway at all. 'So, they just sat in the car?' Tao started to walk over to the car, to the passenger's seat and peaked in. He saw that both were asleep; he was about to knock on the window, but decided to go against it.

'I'll just let them sleep.'

With that, he started to make his way back to the mansion.

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Kris stirred in his sleep once he heard a cellphone ringing in the car. "Hm?" He cracked open one eye and tried to search for the phone. "Oh." Kris glanced down and saw that it was Chanyeol's cell phone that was ringing; as he picked it from the open compartment, he answered it without even thinking.

"Mr…Park? Is that you?"

"Huh? O-oh! No, I'm not Chanyeol, b-but his friend. Um," Kris quickly checked his watch and noticed that it was 10 in the morning. 'Wow…I slept for a long time…' "I, uh, may I ask…who is this?"

"Oh I am Kim Hyungjoon…I am the owner of SS501 Flowers and I was, uh, wondering if Mr. Park thought over about the flowers and if he really wanted to throw them away or keep it."

'Flowers? Flowers for who? Oh! Baekhyun!?' "Oh, right…" He lied. "Yeah, I remember him telling me about it…he said that he will keep them."

"Really? Thats good news! Yeah, so, come by over anytime. I'm sure you know where it is."

"Sure do." He grinned. "See you then."  With that, he hanged up the phone and glanced over at the still sleeping chauffeur. 'Time to go for a drive Chanyeol.' "Hey, Chanyeol…wake up." He nudged other with his hand; he stirred a bit, only making Kris nudge him more. "Wake up Chanyeol."

"Hm? W-what?" The chauffeur yawned and rubbed his eye. "What is it?" He asked started to rub his neck to ease a bit of the stiffness.

"Take me to SS501 Flowers. Now."

"SS -- why do you want to go there?"

"Now Chanyeol. We are going to pick up something."

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"Oh great! You guys came." Hyungjoon beamed as he spotted Chanyeol and who he assume is to be the speaker of the phone earlier. "You must be his friend right? The one that answered Mr. Park's cell phone."

Chanyeol furrowed his brow as he turned towards his Boss. "You…answered my cell phone?"

"I was still sleepy, I thought it was my phone. Anyway," The dragon tried to change the subject. "Like I said…my friend here would like to keep the flowers."

"Wha? Boss what are you talking about --"

"Here you go!"

"Hyungjoon!" Chanyeol rushed to the counter trying to cover the flowers that he was showing. No doubt, to Kris, it was probably the most beautiful bouquet trail he has ever seen.

"Yeah, we are bringing this home."

"W-wait! No, Hyungjoon throw it --"

"Here you go." Hyungjoon started to hand the bouquet trail to Kris, ignoring the other completely. "No charge by the way…it is on me."

"No!!" Chanyeol whined like a child. He was about to protest, but Kris interrupted him.

"Chanyeol…be quiet and go wait in the car."

"But --"

"Car…now."  All the chauffeur could do was puff his cheeks in response. He turned his heel and made his way over to the front and exited the flower store. "He is a man-child sometimes…I'm sure he told you?"

Hyungjoon chuckled and shook his head. "He is funny though."

"Yeah. He is…sometimes. Anyway, I would like to buy some flowers myself."

"Oh, sure what would you like?" Hyungjoon gestured around the flower store, showing Kris the various kinds that he has. "We have lots. I can even arrange them for you, just like Mr. Park's."

"Oh, I have to go soon, but uh, can I have those two please." He pointed at the two flowers right next to each other.

"Great choices. I'll get them all arranged for you…it will be quick." Hyungjoon smiled as he picked up the flowers that Kris chose. "Yours will also be free of charge too."

"A-are you sure. I can pay I mean, it is no problem --"

"Please. It is fine. And you are friends with Mr. Park so it is all good."

"Then," The dragon fished out his wallet nonetheless. "Tip for you."

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"I don't want to go in."

"Chanyeol."

"I don't want to."

'My god it is like talking to a child. Yitao…don't be like your uncle Chanyeol. Please, please, please.' "Chanyeol…I am hungry and tired still…and I want to give Tao these flowers that I got for him and you are coming with me."

"No!"

"Why?"

"Baekhyun is in there!"

"That makes it even better! Lets go inside!" He tugged on Chanyeol's arm. "And show him those flowers that you got for him."

"No way --"

"One." Kris said, narrowing his eyes at the chauffeur.

"Seriously, you are counting --"

"Two."

"I-I am a g-grown man --"

"Three."

"I'm up! I'm up!" Chanyeol quickly out of the car and grabbed the bouquet trail from the back seat. 'God…Boss came be so frightening at times…and did the counting on me!! I am a freakin' grown man and I got scared of him!!'

"Lets go." Kris ordered as he made his way to the front door of the mansion. Chanyeol hesitated a bit, still not wanting to see Baekhyun just yet. He wanted to go back and drive away, but another harsh call from his Boss made him follow. They stepped inside and made their way to the source of the noise.

Approaching the kitchen, everyone looked up from their plates a little surprised to see them both.

"Papa!!" Baekyeol got off from his seat and ran towards Chanyeol, hugging his legs tightly. "Papa! I missed you a lot!"

The chauffeur smiled and bent down, giving a kiss on his son's head. "Me too."

Baekhyun started to tremble; he quickly stood up and tried to leave the kitchen, but Tao quickly grabbed his wrist, preventing him to leave.

"Um, guys, can you leave. Please." Kris asked. "We need to talk to Chanyeol and Baekhyun…privately." Everyone nodded and excused themselves, picking up Yitao, Baekyeol, and Joonxing on the way. Once everyone was gone, Kris motioned for Chanyeol to sit down, but the other refused. "Sit." He said raising his voice a bit.

As Chanyeol sat down, Tao tugged onto Baekhyun's sleeve to sit down. Baekhyun could only shake his head, but the panda was persistent. Eventually, he was able to sit down, but his eyes wouldn't meet up with chauffeur.

"Okay, we are going to talk about this --"

"No." Tao interjected. "They should be talking  to each other about this." He stood up from his seat and grabbed the dragon's hand, pulling him away from the two.

"Wait, but I want to make sure that --"

"They need," Tao said with a strict tone in his voice. "To do this by themselves. Got it?"

"Y-yes dear."

"Good. Now go." He pointed to the living room and watched as Kris scurried his way over to the next room. Tao turned around and made hand gestures that they should start talking. "Talk…now. Please fix this." With that, Tao walked away, now just leaving the two to talk.

Chanyeol slumped in his chair, holding the bouquet trail tightly in his arms. He knew Tao was right, but he knew what was going to come out of Baekhyun's mouth.

"I'm tired of you Chanyeol."

"Who is that for?" Baekhyun crossed his arms against his chest. "For your new found girlfriend or boyfriend?"

The chauffeur gave the most irritating expression. "It is not Baekhyun."

"Oh really huh. Why? They knew that you were engaged to someone and they broke it off with you and now you are trying to win them back?"

"I am trying to win someone back -- you know what," Chanyeol put the bouquet trail on the table and placed his hands up. "I give up."

Baekhyun could only widen his eyes. 'So it is true…he is tired of me.' Running through his mind, he wondered what he is going to do, how would Baekyeol would react to their break up, or how is he going to live without the other. Baekhyun always believed that they were perfect for each other.

"I don't know what I did! I really don't Baekhyun…I don't know what I did to make you think that I was seeing someone else. And you know what, these were for you." He pointed at the bouquet trail. "But since you are seeing other people, I guess you don't need them since you have others giving you things. I did see you with someone --"

"I don't know what you are talking about!" Baekhyun stood up from his seat, pacing back and forth in the kitchen. "I really don't -- You know me! Why would I cheat you…I am engaged to you." He started to tear up. "You know me…I-I would never do anything like that…you know me, Chanyeol."

Both of them were silent and neither glanced at each other. In the mean time, Baekhyun tried to decipher what Chanyeol was talking about. 'What other man was he talking about?' He bit his lip. 'I would never be with another person…he said that he saw me in the shopping promenade…b-but when? If it was recently, I only went three times, but during those two times, I was with Baekyeol. Surely, Baekyeol would have noticed him…he has sharp eyes. The third time…I was by myself…that was when I was searching for…' He widen his eyes in realization. "You…you said shopping promenade right…that is where you saw me?"

"Yeah, that is what I said."

"Which store?"

Chanyeol clicked his tongue. "I don't know. It was some random store. You were with a guy. He was tall, lean, wearing a suit…I don't even know what that has to do with anything, but you and I know that it is you that is tired of me."

Baekhyun relaxed his shoulders and ran out of the kitchen, leaving Chanyeol in his seat, shocked as ever. He sighed. 'I see how it is.'

Meanwhile, Baekhyun ran up the stairs, ignoring the others that called for him. He barged into Kris' room, searching for the box that he asked Tao to bring. 'Where is it? Where is it? Where -- Ha! There you are!' He grabbed the box and opened it. 'I-I think I know what happened.' He picked up the box and ran back down stairs; he passed the others once again, ignoring their calls.

Once he came back to the kitchen, he went straight to Chanyeol, standing right in front of him. "I think I know what is going. You have it all wrong."

Chanyeol scoffed. "I have no clue --" Before the chauffeur could finish his sentence, Baekhyun presented him a box. The taller looked up and back down at the box in the shorter's hand. "What is this?"

Baekhyun could only press the box further. "I think…that time that you saw me in the shopping promenade…I was in a store, yes. But I was looking for a watch."

"A watch?"

"A watch…f-for you."

'Wait…what?' Chanyeol started to become confused. "I am going to be honest Baekhyun…I have no clue how we got from the argument that we just had to a watch. And how can I get this all wrong?"

"Just…just listen. I only went to the shopping promenade three times. I rarely go there anyway…you know that. Those two times, I was with Baekyeol…if you saw me, Baekyeol would have spotted you as well. You know that he has such sharp eyes. The third time…I was by myself, but I had a reason to go. I wanted to get you this." Baekhyun opened the lid and showed Chanyeol the Rolex watch.

The chauffeur was stunned at the watch. He watched as Baekhyun took out the watch from its box and showed Chanyeol its beauty. "You…got me that."

"Hm." Baekhyun nodded. "Because…because I just wanted to give you something. You always spend money on Baekyeol and I…and on necessary items…and even saving it in the bank, but you spend nothing on yourself." He glanced up to look at the other. "I just wanted to give you something. It came from my money…erm, so you don't have to worry about it…or anything. B-but anyway, I am so sure that time…when you saw me, I was in the watch store. The guy that you think that I was 'hooking'," Doing air quotes with one hand. "Up with…he was just an employee. He was helping me find the perfect watch for you."

After hearing Baekhyun explanation, Chanyeol started to think back hard at the store that Baekhyun was in. 'Now that he mentioned it…a watch store.' He closed his eyes, realizing that Baekhyun was right. 'He was in a watch store…so…I…misunderstood what I saw!!' He started to tear up a bit, feeling absolutely stupid in accusing his Baekhyun being unfaithful. Chanyeol glanced up, with a few streams of tears falling from the corners of his eyes.

"I'm so sorry Baekhyun." He slowly nodded his head. "I…I thought that…you were tired of me. I…so…you weren't cheating on me then."

"No!" Baekhyun shook his head. "I would never do anything like that! Chanyeol, we've known each other for so long. You know me inside and outside. I would never be unfaithful to you and you know that." He brought his hand behind Chanyeol's head, bringing it close to his chest. "I love you too much." He said against the taller's head.

'Oh god, I am so stupid!' Chanyeol wrapped his arms around Baekhyun's waist pulling him close, making him now between his long legs. "I'm sorry Baekhyun…I guess when I see you with other people that I don't know…I get…I just get --"

"Overly protective. I know…or rather…possessive I guess." Baekhyun chuckled; he grabbed Chanyeol's hand started to put on the watch. "Ha! Just like the guy said…it does look good on you." He gave a smile to the other.

Chanyeol could only give a weary smile. He just accused his love for being unfaithful. 'How can he smile at me…when I just accused him of being a cheater?' Baekhyun gave a small smile and lifted Chanyeol's face so they could be looking at each other face to face.

"I'm sorry for accusing you."

"It is okay Chanyeol." He leaned in and gave a small kiss on the lips. "It is okay."

Chanyeol leaned passed Baekhyun and grabbed the bouquet trail; he handed it to Baekhyun, explaining that ever since he saw Baekhyun in the store, he was so unsure on what he has done to deserve Baekhyun 'cheating' on him that he went to a flower store to get a bouquet, and try to win Baekhyun back and fix whatever he did. "But the owner…Hyungjoon…he said that the bouquet trail would be nice to give you, but since it is so extravagant, he needed help to made it. So everyday, I went to the flower shop and helped. I even picked the flowers myself."

"You…so," Baekhyun glanced at the bouquet trail and he placed it against his nose; a familiar scent filled his senses. 'It smells…flowery…sugary even. He…his clothes…' Baekhyun finally understood. "Your clothes…smelled like the flowers…so you weren't seeing someone else with strong perfume…but you were just in a flower shop."

"Yeah. So, when you were asking me at that time…I seriously had no idea what you were talking about. I guess I just didn't notice. But yeah, everyday, I would go to the flower shop to work on the bouquet trail.

Baekhyun nodded and placed it back on the table. "Its heavy."

"S-sorry."

Baekhyun could only chuckle. "I should be saying sorry to you. I was also scared that…that I thought that you were tired of me. All these thoughts of you being with someone else, and leaving me and Baekyeol…it scared me. I don't think I could ever meet someone better as you." He leaned down as wrapped his arms around Chanyeol's neck, as tight as possible. "I guess we both misunderstood each other."

"Are you guys happy now?" Both looked down at the source of the voice; it was little Baekyeol staring up at both of them. "Is mama and papa happy now?"

They smiled at their baby. Chanyeol leaned down, gesturing Baekyeol to come closer. He picked him up and situated him on his lap. "Yup…your mama and I are happy now."

"Did you guys make up?"

"Hm." Chanyeol nodded. "We did."

"But I didn't see you guys kiss."

"Erm." Both adults blushed at the sudden comment made by their baby.

"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" Baekyeol chanted as he started to clap his hands together. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss --"

"Okay, okay." Baekhyun started to turn a bit red. "Mama will kiss papa, okay?"

Baekyeol beamed. "Yeah!"

Baekhyun smiled before turning to face the taller. He leaned in and gave Chanyeol a simple, but loving kiss. As he slowly pulled back, he chuckled against the other's lips.

"Yay!!" Baekyeol clapped, beaming that his parents are happy now. "I get kisses too?" With out question, both Chanyeol and Baekhyun kissed Baekyeol on the cheek. The baby giggled. "Yay!!"

"Hey guys." The three turned to see Tao, standing by the kitchen doorway holding onto a small bouquet of flowers himself that he received from Kris. "Are you guys all made up now? Please say that you are."

"Yeah." Baekhyun nodded. "We are all made up." He turned back to face Chanyeol and smiled. He cupped the taller's cheeks and started to rub their noses together.

'Everything is better now.'

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Inspiration information: i read somewhere on twitter about Chanyeol and Baekhyun (obviously lol). i cant remember it exactly (i took a picture of it as reference, but i accidentally deleted it =_=*) but anyway, just from reading it, it sounds like Chanyeol and Baekhyun are angry with each other, or slowly drifting away. so that is what inspired me to write something like this. but even it was true, that Baekhyun and Chanyeol are having problems with each other or something, i hope that they can resolve it, because arguments between friends can sometimes lead into a destroyed friendship.

** [EDIT // JULY 1 '13] **

So, about the "fight" between Chanyeol & Baekhyun, some are telling me that it is because of Chen being a troll. that is the whole reason.

and another was because a fan told Baekhyun that their were fanfics of him and Chanyeol and that is the reason why they are distant from one another. they were sort of embarassed to be near each other. 

what i read was (if i remember lol) was that a fan asked baekhyun to write chanbaek on his picture and Baekhyun kindly refused to do so, and that he will only write his name on his picture only. another was fans chanted chanbaek at the airport when they saw exo, and chanyeol kindly told them to be quiet. i felt that something was going on between those two, like they were embarassed to be with each. as i read more, it sounded like they were fighting and don't want to be near one another.

i don't know which is true, but you know...whatever...from what i read, it inspired me to write a little "couple arguing" scene between them. 

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** [EDIT #2] **

another gave me their perspective of it and after thinking about it, it is probably fans are maybe exaggerating about the whole chanyeol and baekhyun not being close as they should. i mean, now that i think about it, this wasn't the first that people were "crying" over them due to lack of interaction...plus i got this from twitter.

so maybe it is exaggeration from fans or maybe it is one of the three above is true. who knows...i am not with them in their dorms so i dont know what is really going on. i dont have their number so i cant ask them what is going on- im not even buddies with them. what we see on camera is different from off camera. they might be close on camera, but what about off camera? i wouldn't know.

so, im just going to think that some fans are just exaggerating, and because of them, it inspired me to write a "couple arguing" scene.

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comment if you like/mistakes = im sorry

Two more chapters ( the last and the epilogue with special announcement)