He didn't want to cry but the panging feeling he felt was giving him the reason to. He didn't know how and why he felt like that. He thought to himself, "So what if they kissed? What's my reason to feel this way?" Clueless about the answer to his own question, he just tried to shrug it off. To no avail, he just continued running until he stumbled on a turn with teary eyes.

"Se-Sehun? Is that you?" Someone asked. The aforementioned couldn't think of who was the owner of that voice.

Sehun raised his head. There he saw a black-haired, panda-eyed guy that stood in front of him. He offered him a hand and Sehun took the offer and stood up.

"You look familiar..." The brunette muttered as he cleared off the dust from his clothes.

"Why not? I'm your classmate," the boy responded as he put on his beanie, making Sehun gape in doubt.

He looked closely and there he recognized the boy. "Huang... Zutao?" He spoke with uncertainty to the Chinese boy.

"It's Zitao, Hun. Tao for short. How come you didn't recognize & remember?"

"Oh... I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else. W-what are you doing here?"

"I'm supposed to be the one who's asking that. Well, I live in this block and I'm just gonna buy something at the convenience store. And you?"

"Uhh..." He uttered as he couldn't think of any other reason. "I was running away from someone and I ended up stumbling here," he told the truth, the not-so-detailed truth.

"Why? From who?" Tao asked and he just saw the white puppy pursing lips as he lowered his head. "You don't need to tell me if you don't want to."

"Oh. Thanks. I think, I better go..." He turned his back with a sad smile.

"Hey, wait! Are you okay already?" And the brunette looked back.

"Y-Yeah, I think so," he said as he raised his right hand to scratch the back of his head. Yet, another sad smile formed on his lips.

Zitao cocked his head to the left and there he noticed something. "No, you're not," he contradicted, "your elbow is bleeding. Good timing, I'm out to buy first aid stuffs. Come with me at the convenience store. Let me treat that there."

Without anymore words, Sehun just went with Tao. He knew that they're not that close at school but still the Chinese showed him kindness. He made a mental note to thank him and start becoming a close friend of him.

They passed by the playground. Sehun saw that Xiumin and Luhan were still there. Taking the chance while the two weren't looking at their direction, Sehun held Zitao's arms and pulled him for a faster walk. They made it without being seen, or so he thought. Little did he knew, Luhan just watched them walk in a hurry.

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"Oww..."

"I'm sorry. Just endure the pain for a while," Tao said as he shoved the ball of cotton with antiseptic to the bleeding part.

"O-okay. Just do it slowly," Sehun replied.

"There. I'm done. The wound isn't too big so a band aid will do," the panda-eyed informed the brunette as he placed the purple band aid."

"Thanks a lot, Tao. I know that we're not close but still you helped me."

"It's nothing. I'm glad I helped," the tall black-haired boy responded. Sehun stood up with a smile and Tao just raised an eyebrow.

"Where are you going? Going home already?"

"No. Just to the counter. Stay there," Sehun answered and the boy with the beanie complied.

Few minutes later, the brunette returned with two ice cream cones on his hands. He gave the other to Tao and the Chinese cutely smiled due to gratitude and happiness. They stayed there for a while and exchanged stories. The younger, which was Sehun, found Tao nice. He asked Tao if they could be friends and Tao was like "What? Aren't we friends yet?!" To defend his side, Sehun quickly responded, "No, no. Not that. I mean, close friends. You could join me during lunch."

"Huh? What if you're friends won't like it. Won't I be out of place?"

"I'll be there for you. Don't worry. Besides, they're all friendly," he reassured.

"O-okay. I'll give it a try," Tao responded uncertainly.

Sehun took a ballpen and wrote numbers at the back of the receipt Tao got from buying the first aid stuffs. With a smile on his face, Sehun pulled it and gave it to Tao.

"My number. Text me or call me. We're now officially friends," Sehun declared.

"Thanks." He looked at his phone clock and saw the time. "Aren't we going home yet?"

"We are," the boy answered with a grin.

They went out of the store and headed home. With hesitation, the Chinese asked him to him home. With wide eyes, he reacted.

"You're afraid?! You've said to me earlier that you know martial arts, right?"

"Y-Yeah! But that doesn't mean that I'm not afraid of going home this late," Tao childishly answered.

"How cute. You look scary but you're actually scaredy..."

"Yah!" Tao reacted with a light jab delivered to Sehun.

"Okay. Okay. Just tell me the directions to our block and let me take care of it." And Zitao's faced enlightened.

They walked down the streets with some talking. Sehun found new, a new friend. Giving his trust so easily, Sehun shared to Tao what happened with him and Luhan. Being a good friend, Tao swore to Sehun that he wouldn't tell it to anybody unless Sehun permitted it. Sehun was shocked when even Tao told him that what he felt was jealousy.

"Not all jealousy implies that you harbor feelings for someone," Tao told him.

"Really? Then I wonder what's the reason of my jealousy, if that's how you call it."

"It's for you to find out," Tao said with a smile.

"Whoa... Excellent..." Sehun deadpanned.

"We're here, Hun. Thanks for escorting me. See you tomorrow?"

"Sure. See you. Thanks, by the way.... For making me forget my trouble for a while. And for being my new friend."

"And for treating your wound?"

"Oh. Y-yeah." He chuckled. "Feel free to beep my phone."

"Sure. I will. So, goodbye for now?"

"Goodbye for now. And... Good night."

"Good night also. Well, do you still remember the directions I told you?"

"Yeah. No prob with that. I'll be going, Taozi."

"Yea- Hey! Taozi? Only my parents & few close friends know & call me that!"

"Really? Maybe I belong to that 'few'. Goodbye!" Sehun chuckled as he waved goodbye to the dumbfounded Tao and jogged away.

[A/N: another update! Lol! It's kinda shorter, I think? Phew... Taohun & Xiuhan moments. I'm not a fan of these ships (of course, Hunhan is my favorite and I don't want their ship broken. To Taohun & Xiuhan shippers, PEACE!!!^^v). But they are the only probable ships that would make impact not only to the readers but to the characters as well (I mean, there are no other characters that fits to be paired with Luhan that Sehun would most likely be jealous with and vice versa.XD)

Kris and Lay are the ones left and not yet introduced. At the right time, they will be introduced.XD Well, do you like this Xiuhan vs. Taohun issue?XDXD Just asking. As if they'll sta- Oops... Sorry...

Anyway, thanks for all your support. And I'm sorry for the mistakes and errors. And also with the Hunhan troubles here. Psh... What am I doing to my favorite ship?=___=

'Well... Til the next update. Lovelots.XOXO]