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Kyungsoo walked the distance between the heart and the mind, and wound up somewhere near Junmyun’s warm embrace.

There was a sharp tug on his chest when he came home to a broken Junmyun, sobbing on the floor, blotches of dried blood smeared across his white-washed shirt. Kyungsoo almost got into a heart attack until he saw the older male still alive and breathing, though just a tad bit slowlier to be considered normal.

“S-Suho-hyung? What happened?”

His clothes were disheveled. His shirt was ed, untucked. His face was a mess of fresh tears. There was a butter knife in his hand, tainted with crimson liquid. Kyungsoo didn’t have to ask to know who came and trespassed on their home.

“He found me, Kyungsoo-yah. He found us...”

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“Sehun ah! Bring these towels to Luhan xiaoye’s room, arasso? Oh, and also these clothes...” Xiao Hua said as she shoved a pile of freshly washed towels and garments into Sehun’s lithe body, making sure the boy stumbled back a little.

“Yes, noona.” Sehun replied compliantly as he inhaled the sweet scent of peach from  fabric, marvelling at how much it reminded him of Junma’s clothes.

“Ahh..such a cutie!”

So Sehun walked the long corridors of the Wu estate by himself, making sure to walk in circles for a while to buy some time. After all, it wouldn’t hurt for Luhan “xiaoye” to wait a little bit in the bathroom, right?

This place is hugeeeee, Sehun was in awe before he reached the staircase that led to Luhan’s enormous room. But then again, enormous would be an understatement. Luhan’s room alone was like a castle in itself. There were no words that could describe the amount of affluence packed in this mansion. The chandeliers, leather couches and rows of butlers and maids said it all.

Hearing the showers running in the bathroom, Sehun had the decency to stay outside and marvel at Luhan’s spacious sleeping place, which, according to Sehun’s prototype of bedrooms, shouldn’t be categorized as one at all. King-sized bed and an expensive-looking piano aside, Luhan also owned a system of Playstations and Wii that left Sehun dumbfounded at the side. The ceiling was made of glass, disclosing a wide expanse of galaxies and constellations at Luhan’s favor. The walls were painted cerulean, and if you look long enough, you can almost see the bubbling waves lapping at the yellow sand, azure sky reaching out to the distance. That was when Sehun noticed an extravagant collection of surfboards stacked perfectly on the other side of the room, right next to a glass display of trophies.

Beach-themed bedroom of an overachiever. Sehun gulped anxiously. The younger’s bedroom was only a humble combination of a mattress and a window.

his lips, Sehun took out his cellphone, trying hard not to look like a sore thumb in the place. He almost fell off his chair when a ton of messages showed up in his inbox, and smiled when he saw the person he needed to see.

From: Kkamjjong

Sehun, are you doing alright?

From: Kkhamjjong

Sehuna, if anything happens, you know what to do. You have me on speed dial, right?

From: Kkamjjong

Sehun, don’t forget to eat!

From: Kkamjjong

Sehun! I’m bored.

From: Kkamjjong

Oh Se Hun, don’t you skip out on your water drinking, alright. You need at least a gallon a day!

Jongin hyung was really dumb. Sehun could never understand why the older could never understand his feelings. Sehun liked Jongin, and had gone out of his ways to show the latter that he cared about him more than he could ever care for anyone else. Yet Jongin could never see him for more than a little brother. A dumb, little brother who took more time to read than a first-grader.

And then there was Chanyeol...

From: Channnie<3

Sehuna...I think I like you. Even if you don’t feel the same for me, I would like to be the one looking after you. I will protect you. I promise! I didn’t know what love was until I met you, so please, please let me be by your side, even if just to look at you. Hugs and Kisses, Chanyeol

Sehun immediately blushed. Beads of sweat starting to drip off his forehead as the text sunk in. Chanyeol...Chanyeol saying that he liked him...Is this a joke? This is not a joke isn’t it? Sehun had never been the likeable type. He was reticent, too shy for his own good, and too effeminate to fit in the gang of boys at school. There was absolutely no good reason why Chanyeol would like him more than he would Krystal or Luna. Shaking his head, Sehun decided that EXO’s troll, Rei, must be sending this to prank him.

Just then, a certain picture frame caught his attention. Sehun assumed that it was a young version of Luhan, judging by those obstinate eyes and the mischievous smirk Sehun couldn’t miss for anything else. He was holding a soccer ball in one hand, a golden trophy in the other while wearing the brightest grin Sehun had ever seen on the male. Tao could be seen having an arm around Luhan’s shoulder. Or Sehun thought it was someone with an uncanny resemblance to Tao, because there was no way that boy could have done without a deadly frown on his chiseled face. Sehun only had one problem with it though.

He almost thought it was his baby picture.

Oh well, all babies look the same, so there’s nothing to be surprised about, Sehun mused, before deciding to go into the bathroom to check on Luhan “xiaoye” by himself. What the heck took him so long, anyway?

“Luhan xiaoye?” Sehun peaked in the fragrant bathroom and almost gasped to find how spacious it was. There was a large jacuzzi in the middle of the room, filled with bubbles. Rose petals completely covered the water surface, creating an aesthetic aura that soothes one’s soul. Sehun decided that he would leave the stuff on the side of the jacuzzi as Luhan’s absence was beginning to scare the out of him.

“I’ll just leave it here the-AHHH”

Sehun felt a strong tug on his wrist before falling head first down into the tub, courtesy of gravity. Before long, he was soaking wet with bits of rose petals sticking into his skin. Sehun was flailing and gasping for air before Luhan had the decency to laugh his guts out.

“Oh my god. Stop being a girl, would you?” Luhan said as he grabbed both of Sehun’s wrists in his hand to stop the boy from hitting his face. The younger’s white uniform and black pants clung onto his frail body, leaving little to imagination, and Luhan decided that a little peak wouldn’t hurt.

“What are you doing, Luhan???” Sehun said between sobs. He was crying out of fright, before flushing a deep red at Luhan’s state of undress.

“What’s with the attitude? We’re both men here. Unless...”

Luhan looked Sehun up and down, his eyes were filled with nothing short of mischief. It was then that Luhan decided to push Sehun’s buttons a little further.

“Hey! Stop!” Sehun shrieked as he lied sandwiched between Luhan and the side of the tub, water up to his collarbones. Luhan had one hand around Sehun’s small waist, holding the younger in place. Sehun blushed even more when he felt something hard prodding at his leg. I’m going to die I’m going to die I’m going to die.... Spasms of fear went through his mind as Sehun closed his eyes. A moment of silence passed by and nothing happened.

It took him ten minutes and a lot of kicking to get the boy off his body. Sehun was staggering to get out of the tub, drenched in soap water from head to toe, while Luhan almost dropped his jaw from laughing too much.

What an , Sehun thought as he grabbed the same towel he came in with and rubbed his hair dry. Luhan’s laughter left a deep gash in his chest by the time Sehun was out of the door, wanting nothing more than to go home where nobody would bully him as a hobby.

“Sehun, am I right? We need to talk.”

Sehun was running through the endless corridors when he stopped dead in his tracks. He was staring blankly at no other than the giant, Master Wu. Elegant giant Master Wu. The walls felt like they were swallowing him as he cowered under the man’s intimidating eyes.

“In private.”

a/n: brb~crying over Growl MV