With much thought, Chaerin climbs in the cab and scoots over to make room for Tao seeing as he was left behind and looked sort of helpless, far from being dangerous like she expected he was a  moment ago.

Tao sits beside her and nervously looked at her before placing his backpack on his lap, making sure she knows he's keeping his hands to himself. "Thank you. I really appreciate this." Tao soft spoken voice didn't seem to fit his image which Chaerin find rather interesting, bringing a small smile on her face.

"It's really nothing. More time would be wasted if your members had to come back for you and I don't want to add anymore trouble upon you guys. Besides we're going the same direction, aren't we? Go ahead and tell the driver where your destination is." Chaerin takes out her cell phone while he gives the driver the address of his destination.

Once the cab drove onto the road she attempts to hand him her phone, "Why don't you give your members a call, tell them you have a ride back and they don't need to worry about you."

Tao looks at her phone, waving a hand. "I can't really... my members  and I don't have  cell phones at the moment."

It saddened Chaerin because she assumed the EXO boys were restricted from having cell phones at all. "That's awful."

"I guess it is but  We'll get our cell phones back once the SM representatives solves...." Tao stops himself as he didn't want to appear like a chatterbox, but his sudden quietness had Chaerin staring at him deeply making him feel self conscious about his dark eye circles which he believes she now got a good look at,  "Solve how to get rid of the Sasaeng fan that were able to track our numbers."  He finished quickly and looks straight ahead.

"So that's why. Sasaeng fans are quite scary, I hope it gets solved soon. By the way, I didn't catch your name. What should I call you?"

"My name Huang Zi Tao. You can just call me Tao."

"Tao, what year were you born in?" Chaerin asked more questions to become better acquainted with him since she will be with him for the next few hours.

"1993."

Right when she heard his reply, music comes from the speaker of her phone indicating she is receiving a call from someone and judging by the music being played she knew exactly who is calling. "It's him. Look, Tao." She shoves the phone in Tao's face while her eyes lit up in excitement.

Tao was taken aback blinks his eyes several times, trying to gain his composure as he looks at the screen of her phone. The music coming from the phone stops making Tao miss his chance from seeing the image of Chaerin's caller as  the notification of the missed call popped up on her phone, replacing the image.

"Oh." Chaerin looked at the phone. "I took too long to pick up. He must have lost his patience." 

Tao tilted his head, wondering how can someone lose their patience so quickly when the unpicked phone call only lasted for five seconds.  He looks out the window when he saw Chaerin making a call, trying to distract himself  to leave her as much privacy as he could give while being so close to her.

 "It's me." She said through the line and clears . "I'm not at home. I'm on the road due to some issues I ran into, I'm fine though....Neh, I didn't get much sleep and the weather is cold that's why my voice is hoarse and so rough..." She looks down clenching the phone tightly in her hand. "I didn't mean to make you worry. Don't be mad."

Shifting uncomfortably, it was hard for Tao to drown away Chaerin's voice so he couldn't help but listen to her including the sad sniffle she let out.

Chaerin runs her fingers through her hair and tugs when she reaches the ends of her strands. She was having a hard time listening to the ungentle words yet sweet voice through the phone.

"I promise to take better care of myself because you're so busy and I can't possibly have you drop everything to run to little ol me. Even when  you yourself said you'll come to me but you never come no matter how long I wait. No matter how long!" She choked up, feeling upset with herself for letting Luhan words affect her so much.Now she has a million thoughts whirling inside her head about whether or not she should continue dating her boyfriend. "I just wish you wouldn't make promises you can't keep...Forget it, I can't talk to you about this over the phone."

Tao sighs inwardly when he saw Chaerin through the reflection of the window. He could see clearly the tears on her face. 'Oh no.' His nose wrinkles up as he felt a sneeze coming. "Achoo Achoo Achoo!" He sneezes three times in a roll, afterwards a loud sniffle came out before he sneezes again.

***

"Your cold stare is not going to turn the glass into ice."

Luhan moves his head away from the window and rubs his eyes after hearing Kris's comment.

"You know I want to sleep." Kris complained for the simple fact that Luhan is keeping him up by worrying him.

"Don't mind me. Go back to sleep." Luhan tries follow his own words, closes his tired eyes.

Kris rolled his eyes. How he wish he could sleep. "What better time is there to talk, huh? Once we get back to the dorm, someone will be all over you and Suho will be all over me. Let me do my duty as a leader while I have the chance. Now tell me what's wrong." He said while looking at the back of Luhan's head

"There's nothing to talk about. I was just thinking. Does thinking automatically means something is wrong?"

Kris looks at the Luhan's reflection through the window and saw that Luhan still has his eyes closed. "I guess not." Kris leans his head back on the car seat and closes his eyes, getting that much needed sleep.

Luhan slowly open his eyelids, "Did I leave on good terms with her?" He sighed.

***

Concerned that Tao may have caught himself a cold, Chaerin couldn't help but ask, "Are you okay, Tao?"

Tao coughs and his eyes widen when she said his name because she was still on the phone with who he guess to be is her boyfriend. "I'm fine." He replied in a soft whisper, hoping the said boyfriend won't get the wrong idea.

"Are you sure? Your nose is red." Chaerin pressed her fingers on Tao's lips with her free hand for a quick second to keep him from talking. "If you must know  I am  with a person name Tao...Yes, the Tao from EXO." She looks at Tao making sure she got his group name right and when he didn't say anything she assumed she was right. She continues talking on the phone. "Why would I let you speak to him when I can explain everything?" She lowers the phone  from her ears, sighing and then placing the phone in the palm of Tao's hand. "I'm sorry, but could you please talk to my boyfriend."

"Excuse me?" Tao heart beat erratically when he felt like he was put in an even more awkward position against his own free will.

"Palli Palli." Chaerin rushed him to talk. "Something bad will happen to me if you don't answer soon."

Tao's eyes widen in shock and immediately pressed the phone against his ears, "Yeobasayo!" He almost screamed out the greeting, nearly startling the cab driver.

Chaerin snorted out a laugh upon seeing Tao's reaction. "I'm just kidding. I  hung up on my boyfriend a while ago."  She told him after her laughter died down while still having room for a small chuckle.

"Yeobasayo?" Tao said once more through the phone and only the sound of the dial tone was heard. The call did ended. He side-eyed Chaerin wondering why would she do such a thing and then it was clear to him that she was just playing off her sadness with laughter, seeing as she was wiping away her tear stained cheeks while thinking that she got him distracted by the phone.

"You did this because I'm younger than you, r-right? Noona likes playing jokes." His tone of voice didn't sound as natural as he wanted himself to sound like but it was more than enough to make Chaerin smile wide.

"You know I'm a Noona, huh and you're right, I like playing jokes." She leans forward from the seat. "Could you please turn on the heater?!" She asked the cab driver and then leans back, feeling the warm heat coming from the air ducts she thanked the cab driver.

"N-Noona." Tao held the phone with both hand to hand back to her.

"Thanks." She takes the phone from his hands. " Tao, I wouldn't want  you getting sick. Make sure when you get back to your dorm to take some cold medicine."

 "I'll make sure to do that." He wipes his nose and sniffles a little.

Being so quiet afterwards, Chaerin breathes in a sigh of relief when Tao seemed to not have any intentions of questioning her about the relationship she has with her boyfriend. That was because for Tao it was none of his business to know unlike Luhan who had momentarily made it his business. It made her comfortable enough to fall asleep beside Tao.

***

Chanyeol woke up groaning with his long arms stretched out, his eyes flutters when he accidentally smacked Kris in the face with the back of his hand. He opens his mouth to apologize but the fact that Kris was still sleeping, he didn't bother saying anything.  He leans forehead to at Baekhyun and Luhan's sleeping bodies before falling back into the seat.

He was the only one awake amongst them and seeing how Kris is by his side he takes the opportunity to dig his hands in Kris's backpack.

Baekhyun's face scrunched up, feeling an unwelcome churning in his stomach. He opens his eyes and sat up straight, his foot tapping repeatedly on the car floor. "I seriously need to pee." 

Chanyeol's held his breath when knowing Baekhyun was awake. Chanyeol did not want to get caught going in Kris backpack. Still holding his breath, his eyes squinted as he carefully and quickly pulled out the camcorder from Kris backpack and hiding the camcorder away inside his jacket. A big breath was let out, getting the attention of Baekhyun.

"You're awake?" Baekhyun turns his head looking at Chanyeol.

"Yeah," Chanyeol laughed nervously.

"What's so funny? Never mind, I don't care." Baekhyun hugged his stomach, trying his best to not urinate on himself. "Wah wah wah." He excitedly taps the window  with his finger when seeing the cab is pulling near their dorm.

When the cab pulled over beside the sidewalk, Baekhyun slides open the door. "Thank you. My Hyung will pay for the fee." He says to the cab driver before looking back at Chanyeol and grabbing his backpack, "I'm going first." He jumps out of the cab and quickly heads inside his dorm building.

Chanyeol puts his backpack over his shoulder, "WAKE UP!" He shouted in Kris's ears to wake him up.

Kris opens his heavy eyelids and rubbed his face. "Why does my face hurt?"

Chanyeol shrugged and smiled, "I don't know but we're here." He thanks the cab driver before stepping out of the cab.

"Yah, let's go together." Kris said in a raspy voice while shuffling to get his wallet and moving to the front to look at the meter and pay the bill. Once that was done with he pulls on Luhan's arms to get him to open his eyes, "Let's go." He grabs his backpack and starts making his way inside the building with Luhan slowly tailing him.

***

Slowly waking up, Tao scratches his head. He was confuse as to how Chaerin head landed on his lap but with her phone ringing he would have to figure that out later.

"N-Noona, wake up. You have a call." He pulled up her arm to see if she'll react but when he let go, her arm went straight down and no other movement came from her afterwards.  Because Tao can't simply pick up the call for her and it looked like she had no plans in waking up, he waited for the music ringing to stop.

"Is it okay if I stop here?!" Tao heard the cab driver speak.

"Uhh, Neh." Tao looked outside and saw the building to his dorm was at a 5 minute walking distance, 1 minute if he walks fast.  He looks down at Chaerin and her head. "Thank you for not leaving me behind." He whispered to her and carefully and as gently as possible he lifts her head along with the backpack she has been using as a pillow off his lap and lowered her head onto the seat. "You can continue using my backpack as a pillow for your head to rest on. I'll make my leave first, Okay." Tao gets up and opens the door to step out but the cab driver stopped him.

"You need to pay."

"The lady I sat with has a different destination. Once you take her home she'll pay for the entire cost of your service." Tao slightly bowed. "Have a nice day." He barely puts one foot down on the pavement before getting stopped again.

"No can do, son. Gas is running low and I need to stop and get some nourishment before my blood sugar drops too low, and that's not good for a diabetic. Take the young lady with you and pay before you go."

"...But I can't take her with me. I shouldn't take her with me. There's no way..." Tao mentally battles with himself.

***

Inside the dorms with EXO members roaming around, Suho the overall leader tries to keep himself restrained and calm when facing Kris.

"What exactly were you guys doing that would make you forget our little Tao, huh?" He whispered to keep others from over hearing him and keep them from worrying about Tao. 

"You'll be amazed if I tell you what we did." Kris heaves a loud sigh,  "Don't worry. I'm sure Tao is smart enough to not wander off anywhere from where we left him. Give me your car keys and I'll go pick him up."

"I can't do-" Suho paused his sentence when he saw Kyungsoo passing by, making Kyungsoo think he did something wrong. "My car is parked in my parents garage."

Kris tilted his head and stared at him blankly, "Then get it."

Chanyeol smacks Chen and Kai in the chest before walking over to his bed and sitting down, "I want to show you something."

"What is it?" Chen curiously asked as he sits beside Chanyeol.

"We bumped into CL." Chanyeol was eager to tell someone this information.

"Cool, Is she nice behind closed doors?!" Chen didn't show as much excitement Chanyeol wanted him to.

"She's beyond nice. She's a hero. She threw herself in harms way to save someone's life, sort of." Chanyeol doesn't sound convincing, scratches his head.

Kai snorts, "You're over exaggerating. We all  know you're a huge fan of 2NE1." He makes eye contact with Chen, "Delusional."

Chen laughs, going along with the dancer words. Chanyeol was delusional.

"I have proof."

Xiumin looks down at Baekhyun with his arms crossed, "How exactly is giving you a massage going to improve my barista skills?"

"I don't know. I don't know. I just know my sore body needs some maintenance and I saw you first. Come on, Hyung. Please." Baekhyun whined.

"You'll have to wait. I want to check on Luhan. He was awfully quiet when I tried to talk to him." Xiumin worriedly said.

Baekhyun sighed and rolled on his side, cuddling up against a blanket with his eyes closed, "I wouldn't worry about him so much. He got to touch a nice pair of s. That's more action than any of us have ever gotten."

Xiumin furrowed his brows in confusion, wondering if he heard right.

Sehun shoots a glare at Luhan, feeling jealous beyond belief.

Luhan sighed, knowing the reason behind the glare, "I didn't do anything fun like you think I did. The Trouble Maker Parody was a bust. I got blisters on my feet and lost ten years of my life from the stress that came from being outside." He truthfully told Sehun, hoping that will make the youngest feel better.

"Really? You didn't go to the club or to an overnight sauna, drinking and eating all my favorite foods?" Sehun crossed his arms, his back leaning against the doorway, his glare still strong.

Luhan splashes cold water on his face, "I didn't do any of that. I'm serious."

"Then what did you do?"

"What could I do? Even though I didn't want to, I had to say goodbye to her." 

"Huh?" Sehun furrowed his brows in confusion, having heard the most unexpected answer. 

"What?" Luhan blinked, not noticing he had spoken out his thoughts.

Lay tosses the ball in the air, while sitting on the couch. His lips turns into a thin line when the ball slipped out of his hand and went twirling on the floor. "Interesting~" The ball continued to twirl.  

***

Tao uses a lot of effort to wake Chaerin up only to fail at waking her up. Sweating bullets, he had no choice but to personally  and inappropriately touch her to find her credit card in order to pay for the cab fee. Then when he concluded how much of a bad idea it was to carry Chaerin on his back while there possibly being Saesang fans in hiding, he decided to disguised her. He puts her in a sitting position and takes off her high heeled wedge shoes, putting them in his backpack. The next step he-

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing."

"Son, you're taking off your pants, why?"

"In my Country this is normal. Please don't ask anymore questions." Tao took of his pants leaving himself in his boxers and to cover his boxers, he takes off his jacket and tied it around his waist, making him appear like he's wearing shorts behind the jacket.

"What Country is that from?"

Tao ignores the cab driver question, takes his pants he took off and slips it over Chaerin legs to cover her shapely legs that is noticeable even in the tight jeans she wore.

"If some reason you and the young lady are not suppose to be seen together, I guess I can save you the trouble by taking her home."

"Good job." Tao sighs in relief when he managed to pull the pants up through the difficult stages which was pulling the pants pass her and up to her waist and while putting his concentration into covering Chaerin's hair and face in the hood of the jacket she wore,  he completely missed out the great help the cab driver was going to give him.

With his backpack on his front and Chaerin on his back, he didn't forget to bid the cab driver a nice day. When the cab driver drove away and while walking he had thoughts of leaving s to deal with Chaerin because she was way too much for him to handle.

Chaerin groggigly open her eyes. She smiles and  a warm feeling struck her heart when she experienced the familiar scene of being carried by her lover. "Jongsuk-Oppa. You came for me." She was daydreaming.

"Are you awake?" Tao asked when he felt her arms tightened around his neck. "I know this is strange but please understand I was running out of options and.." His words drifted off  when a lingering kiss was left on the nape of his neck and a big thump hit his heart.

Chaerin was still daydreaming until a door is loudly pushed open.

"We gotta go before someone notices Tao is missing." Suho stressed the last word, finally looking straight ahead to see Tao was in front of the door he just opened. "Our Tao?"

Kris looked pass Suho and was happy to see Tao, but a smile didn't appear when he saw the golden locks on the person Tao was carrying. "It can't be."

With two of s appearing in front of him, Tao quickly covered his blushing face. In doing so he let go of Chaerin, causing her to fall on her on .

Chaerin gasped when falling down, "That hurts" She cringes in pain.

"Who?"

"NO!" Kris wrapped his arms around Suho, hugging him tightly to keep him from lifting up the hood that covered Chaerin's face, trying to save the trouble of getting everyone else involve when it comes to dealing with her presence that always seem to lead to something crazy.

"W-WHAT ARE YOU D-DOING?!" Suho stuttered, flailing his arms and legs wanting to be release while trying to figure out who Tao brought along with him.

On instincts, Lay sprung up on his feet when he heard the leaders loud voices, "DON'T FIGHT!" He automatically thought a fight had ensued between them. "EVERYBODY COME OUT AND HELP, HURRY!" He called the rest of the EXO members.

It was chaos.

***

Tall and known for having charming model like features as well as great acting skills, Lee Jongsuk turns on his tracking app in search for his girlfriend, Lee Chaerin current whereabouts. 

A/N: And that's how CL keeps getting glued to EXO, Heh.  Not much Luhan and CL moments but I'm sure the next chapter will change that. I hope the Tao moments were fun to read.^^

This is Lee Jongsuk, a great actor and model. Surprised? I like his dramas and his friendship with Woobin. You may have seen him in a  few scenes in  2NE1's 2009 M/V  "I don't care." Just like CL he once said in an interview that he prefer to get married than to date. I just thought that was interesting, making me delusional. lol. Thank you for reading. Bye~