Wu Yifan knew he was tall, handsome, the perfect partner. Yet, he wanted to find the perfect match for himself. The one who would suit him had to suit his looks too. Only one person ever fitted in his criteria however he had to forget about that person. Getting attached wasn’t what he was supposed to be doing.

His phone rang and he tapped his ear to turn on his ear piece.

“Hello.”

“Kris.” A deep voice resonated in his ear which made Yifan stop in his walk. His heels turned left and he marched towards a quieter place. His footsteps led him near the Club building.

“Yes, sir? How are you, sir?” He answered knowing that the second question wasn’t necessary.

“How has the project been delivered to the students?”

The video game project. A brilliant idea with so much purpose. The students were eagerly working on it without a single idea about how it could have an impact on society.

“Everyone is excited about it. No complaints so far.”

“What about your old friends?”

Friends, huh? Yifan had forgotten the meaning of it long time ago. He was known as cold and lonesome like a wolf. Kris never bothered to belong somewhere.

“They didn’t show any suspicious behaviour.”

“Watch them close, Kris. We can’t afford our plan to be ruined.”

“Of course not, sir.”

A familiar face appeared in front of him. Kim Jongdae raised an eyebrow at him as he was carrying a bunch of prototype pads. His way was inconveniently cut by Yifan.

“And if they do anything, gather up proof and arrest them.”

“I will, sir.” The corner of Yifan’s mouth smirked at Jongdae as he didn’t bother moving to let the younger pass.

“See you another day.”

“Have a good day, sir.” Another tap on his ear piece hang up the phone.

“Playing cop?” Jongdae sneered as he flipped his hair back.

“More like detective… Chen.” Yifan hadn’t spoken to his old friend ever since their friendship broke. It felt weird to be on opposing teams. “Someone broke into school one evening. Was it you?”

Jongdae didn’t bother responding at the question. Kris knew it was him anyway but he didn’t catch him in the act.

“You changed for the bad. Yifan, why can’t you see that it is not worth it?”

“Has it ever been worth it?” Yifan snapped coldly as he walked to hustle Jongdae with his shoulder.

The pads fell on the floor with the sound of broken glass.

“Yah! This was unnecessary!” Jongdae grabbed Kris’s arm but he was only shoved aside with great strength.

“Don’t. Touch. Me.”

Yifan started to walk away but Jongdae’s voice stopped him in his tracks.

“You betrayed us, Wu Yifan. You ing betrayed us. Don’t expect us to apologize to you. Not even Yixing.”

Yifan turned his head when he heard the name of one of his old closest friend.

“Don’t mention him.” He hissed angrily as painful thoughts tried to pierce his heart.

“Why? It hurts, right?”

Yifan just disappeared without a word leaving Jongdae picking the pieces of the now useless pads. They were broken but they weren’t the only ones broken. Jongdae’s heart had felt the crack of his own heart.

Kris didn’t bother looking where he was going. He had to stop thinking about them. He knew he betrayed them but he felt left behind and hurt. Someone called him out and his head turned towards the person.

“You lost this.”

Tall, handsome with a mysterious aura emanating around him. Dark circles and a stare that could kill if it wanted to. Jet black hair and Chinese features. The stranger in front of him was stunning.

Not even looking at what he had lost. Words fell out of his mouth.

“Hey, are you interested in guys?”

Surprise showed on the man’s face.

 “Yes, but I am not interested in you.”

Kris almost slapped himself for his boldness. He attempted to clear up the mess.

“I…”

“But we can make another arrangement. What’s your name?”

The Chinese man smiled at Yifan. A strange feeling went through the latter’s spine.

“Just call me Kris.”

“Then it will be Tao for you.” He extended his arm again to give the unicorn key ring with keys back to the older. “First year in Electronics. You?”

“Third year in Programming.” Kris grabbed his keys back eyeing the other curiously. The other didn’t seem harmful. He looked more like a panda than a serial killer now that he had a closer look.

“Can I get your number?”

“Ah… Sure.”

They exchanged their phone numbers even though Kris didn’t really know what was exactly happening. Did he just ‘sign’ a sort of contract without reading its content?

“I hope you will have a place for this.”

Yeah, he just did. It didn’t sound so bad though.

**********

Few weeks passed by. Chanyeol and Kyungsoo collected tons of data about Hongdae and were going at a steady pace for their project. Chanyeol celebrated his birthday with Sehun and Kyungsoo. Jongin didn’t attend to it because Kyungsoo was invited. It had saddened the tall male a bit. Sehun had learnt to get along with his fellow roommate. “He’s not that a pain. I guess I was a bit overdramatic. We kind of have some decent conversation.” He had admitted to Chanyeol’s joy.

Luhan and Baekhyun became breakfast buddies and sometimes joined them during lunch. Sehun tolerated them a bit even he ignored them most often. When Baekhyun had learnt about Chanyeol’s birthday, he gave him a cookie box he had baked with care. The tall man accepted the well thought gift with glee and had given a hug to the smaller who had blushed.

Luhan managed to hang out with Minseok from time to time. He was getting closer to his crush day by day. Minseok saw it as an opportunity to maybe get Sehun to join them.

“We have this club and we would like Sehun to join. We know he has good skills in programming… For some reason, he is not interested.”

Luhan smiled brightly at his senior. “I have a friend who is also good! Maybe better than Sehun!”

Baekhyun could join the club and help him to get his crush and him together.

“A friend?” Minseok blinked at the name. He didn’t find anything concerning Baekhyun which was considering him better than Sehun.

“Byun Baekhyun. How about him? I mean, Sehun is pretty stubborn.”

And he would not help Luhan’s love life at all, Luhan thought.

Minseok gave him a thoughtful look. “Hm… Can I meet him first?”

“Yeah, sure!”

**********

“A club?” Baekhyun stared at Luhan, baffled. “You said to Kim Minseok that I would be interested in their club?!”

They were both doing their homework when Luhan burst out the question that had been in his mind all day. Baekhyun knew where this was going. Minseok was Baozi for sure in the chatroom. He hadn’t told Luhan yet.

“Oh, please, Baekkie! I need you to say nice things about me to my crush.” Luhan pleaded as he rolled his chair next to his best friend and clung on his arm with puppy eyes.

“I didn’t tell you Lu, but this club he may be talking about… might be the Underground club of the school.”

It took the pink haired boy aback. “Really?”

Baekhyun nodded. “I will meet your lover boy, though.”

He might need to talk to that Kim Jongdae about the changes he made and finally introduce himself to the group.

“We’ll have lunch with him tomorrow.” Luhan chirped happily as he gave a tight hug to his friend. “Thanks Baek!”

Somehow that day, Chanyeol was locked in the Video Game Department building.

“… .”

He didn’t know how the door closed on him like that. He was in the testing room used by the third years. Oculus Rift glasses were displayed on the table. Chanyeol had just come in to have a look but he found himself stuck in the room. He didn’t know how it happened. Maybe an error in the school system.

“Help! I am locked in!” He shouted but no soul heard him.

He sat on a chair and tried to use his phone however, luck was not on his side and no signal could reach him. He sighed in exasperation and pouted. He thought about how he could break out but the windows were designed to not open to widely so that people would not jump out of the window. Great. Chanyeol picked up one of the Oculus Rift. He was wondering if he could try it. It could not hurt, right? He sat on one of the comfy chairs and put on the pair of glasses. He turned the device on and felt his muscles relaxed one by one. Was he using the sleep inducing Oculus? Probably since his eyes shut down and drove him in what seemed like a dream.

He saw blackness first then golden letters floated before him with a soothing female voice accompanying it.

“Welcome to Clone World.”

Clone World? Chanyeol didn’t think he had ever heard of a game named like this.

“Park Chanyeol, cloning into your new world.” The voice said as pixels started to invade his inner vision making a landscape to which Chanyeol immediately recognized as EXO University.

“Loading the simulation. What are your requirements?”

Chanyeol felt himself in the game and could even move although that in reality, he wasn’t moving at all. “Requirements?” He repeated.

“Place, situation, time, people. What are your requirements?”

“Uh…”

Was it okay to play with the prototype a bit? He gave it a try.

“4^th period on a test on Monday.”

“Loading your requirements. Anything else?”

“Uhm, no.”

“Starting the simulation in 3. 2. 1.”

The scenery pixelated again and Chanyeol found himself on a table with his pad on his desk. It was as if he was in school. He looked around him seeing the familiar faces of his classmates.

“Park Chanyeol, please look at your own test on your pad.” The teacher’s voice resonated.

“Y-yes, sir.”

It wasn’t real, was it?

“Quit simulation.” He voiced as time froze around him.

“Quitting simulation. Would you like to load another simulation?”

Chanyeol found himself open to several opportunities. So it was a simulation thing? It was amazing and scary at the same time.

“Loading simulation from the 2.0 File Beta.”

“What?” The tall male started to panic. What was the game doing?

The place changed completely and he found himself at a Compatibility centre with a strand of short hair in his hand. Whose hair was it?

“Starting simulation in 3. 2. 1.”

“Sir, your name, please?”

Chanyeol looked up at the woman and he gulped.

“P-Park Chanyeol…”

“What can I do for you, Mr Park?”

The boy gave the hair to the woman who remained unfazed with the demand.

“Can I have some of your hair?”

Chanyeol pluck out his hair and handed it to the woman. A screen appeared before him as the test started. The woman put the different hair in two tubes and launched the test. Chanyeol saw the percentage of loading increase as he felt his own heart beat in anticipation and nervousness. Whose hair was this? The results appeared but his vision immediately blurred as he was pulled out of the game.

“Hey! You are not allowed to use this!” A voice shouted bringing Chanyeol violently back to reality.

“H-huh?” He was confused when he saw a face he wasn’t accustomed to. He remembered seeing it somewhere. Oh. That third year. Was it Kim Junmyeon?

“What’s your name?” He asked with authority.

“P-Park Ch-Chanyeol.”

“What are you doing here?”

Chanyeol rubbed his eyes and started to explain calmly his situation. “I was locked in and then I tried by curiosity…”

“Aish, how far did you go in the game?”

“U-uh…”

Could he tell the guy that he went into a simulation he didn’t order?

“Just school and a test…” Chanyeol lied to the older.

Junmyeon saw through the younger but he let it pass. “Get out. I will find out who is the prankster who locked you here.”

Chanyeol nodded and quickly slipped out of the room.

The third year took out his pad and deleted the warning notice on his screen.

“Display Park Chanyeol’s profile.”

“What is the magic word?”

Junmyeon cursed. Kim Jongdae played with his pad, as always.

“ you.”

“No. Try again.” His pad answered.

“Please.” Junmyeon sighed as he went out of the classroom and walked down the stairs slowly.

“Displaying Park Chanyeol’s profile.”

Junmyeon scrolled through the details. Normal student. Good grades. Chanyeol was unsuspicious. The man felt relieved but he knew that Chanyeol saw more in the game. The warning didn’t go off till the simulation made by Eyeliner was on. He had to make sure that Park Chanyeol would not mess with the info and tell a soul about it. He may have to bring Chanyeol in the group.

He suddenly saw an interesting piece of information. He saw the name of Oh Sehun.

“Park Chanyeol, huh?”

Kris and Tao ~ mwaha the couple which is not a couple yet e u e

Which couple would you like to see next apart from XiuChen?
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I hope you have enjoyed the twist of the events and will look forward to the following as much as I do x) I am having so much fun with this~

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