Hi, long time no update. lol. 

Yeaaaah. Been having a major stress on the pile of schoolworks -_-.

But I've promised to update. And so, I give a little considerate time for this. :)

Hope you enjoy!

NEW STORY: 
Title: Cause We Are Sweet That Way, Baby. (Valentine's Story)
Pairing: HunHan and Baekyeol
Genre: Fluff, Sliceoflife, PretendLove
Link: *\(^_^)/*

I apologize for any errors! I didn't re-read this, maybe if I have time. >.<

Author's POV

"So, where is Kim Junho's son?"

Stood at the side of his mother (whose height couldn't be joked upon as well), Chanyeol groaned. " There you go again, Ma. He's busy I told you. " 

"Busy? Busy with what exactly? Plotting plans with his bloody vampire-ish father on schemes to overthrow our clan? Preposterous!" 

".... Okay...." Luhan, Sehun, and his little sister let their friend handle his own mother and stayed at the sideline. "Anyone has space for cotton candy?" Luhan asked, looking at his companion and her brother for confirmation. 

" Cotton Candy? Soeun wants cotton candy!" The child gleefully exclaimed, holding her hand out and pulled the wrist of the golden-haired boy. " Let's go, noona! Let's go!"

Luhan struggled from the child's small yet firm grasp and successfully freed his squeezed hand. " A-alright, Soeun-ah. I'll just inform Chanyeol and madam, okay?"

" Oh you can't escape easily, my dear." The mother spoke, halting the heated talk between her and her son, Chanyeol. " You all will be my kindest guides to help me look for Junho. And, of course, you as well, little one." Sehun unconsciously towered his sister when not only the woman glanced at Soeun but the four guards surrounding her too. Luhan promised to give the little lady a candy treat after. 

"MA!" Like a whiny child being embarrassed by his mother in front of his friends, Chanyeol walked over his mother's view and insisted to let his friends go. " You are being ridiculous!" 

" Ridiculous?" A spark ignited from the side lens of his mother's sunglasses." Learn a thing or two from your own mother, my heir. I am settling a cold war with our good ol' rival, Chanyeol. With this great opportunity arising, we might win against those water benders." 

Chanyeol exhaled rather harshly. " But still, we are supposed to have fun. Not fight in the middle of this people!" 

"Oh that won't be a problem, young heir of the Fire clan." 

Despite the crowding people in their spot, it was easily distinguishable by Luhan and the others when four men in blue suit entered. 

" Do not worry. There won't be fighting of sort that will happen here. In this very warm and humid weather, it is ecstatic to refresh yourself with an ice cold tea, don't you think, Park Bom?" A voice erupted,  if Luhan is not mistaken, from the inside of the tall men. 

" You mean freezing cold tea that can numb your tongue for a whole day, Kim Junho?" Chanyeol's mother, Park Bom, remarked sarcastically. " What is it with your men? Show yourself." 

As said so, the men moved to the sides like a door and an averagely tall man standing in regal and prideful manner, appeared. He was holding a champagne class with a half-emptied smoking freezing tea inside. Mrs. Park was right, Luhan thought, it was freezing too much. 

" Good to see you again, Bom. " The man said in amused tone. " Still hot, I see." 

To save his life, Chanyeol pretended to choke instead of laughing at the intended pun. " And you're still smaller than I am, Junho." His mother replied with an opposite tone, frowning upon the obvious favor her son gave to him. 

" Oooohh~ Feisty." The man laughed. " It always makes me wonder how cold you are to me. You know- despite how cold I am, literally." 

" I'm sorry! " Chanyeol gave up forcing himself to stop. " Ahahaha!" He was silenced by an automatic pinched on his arm to which few of his guards flinched at, probably choosing on their duty to protect the young master or let them be. 

At the side, Soeun whispered to his brother while the two adults were occupied throwing insulting remarks to each other. " Oppa, who is he?" She pointed towards the newly entered man who was smiling while recommending a new soap to Chanyeol's mother that could help with her wide forehead. This has an immediate reaction from the mother as she retort about his thick eyebrows. 

" Oh, him? That is Su-" 

" FATHER!" Amidst the chaos emerging from the two masters, ( The ground has already lava and water flowing on it, mind you.) Suho walked to his father's front and put on his best disappointment look. " I asked you to wait for me at the bar and then you ran away and this is what I'll witness?"

" Junmyeon!" Junho's face turned from irritated to dazzling in a millisecond. " Your auntie and I are just setting new regulations. Nothing more, really!" 

" Then what is that?" Suho pointed at the dried fountain, with few birds around it, looking like they were stolen a feather or something. " You drained it!" 

Junho gave out a confused and defeated look. " Oh...ahh.... I saw your fiance a while ago so I tried following him!" He reasoned out. 

" Y-y-you saw Yixing?" Suho blushed tenfolds to Chanyeol's mother's surprise amusement. " Wait! Don't distract me, father! Yixing is with his sister at the garden!" 

Missed. Junho cannot tell if he was proud or agitated by his son's cleverness.

" Hyung!" Chanyeol emerged just in time to save him. " Hyung! Thank goodness you're here! I can't stop them from starting an argument again!" 

"Nevermind." Chanyeol's mother spoke, in heavy tone. " I'm going now. I advice you not to follow me, my son. Your mother needs to cool down. And that's not a pun for you, Junho." At once, the four female guards followed their burning( figuratively) master. 

" Yeah, go with mom." Chanyeol gestured at the men guards with him and they obeyed, leaving him the only fire shifter now. 

Suho's father chuckled after the whole fiasco. " Your mother never fails to amuse me, young heir. Her temper is no joke, such fullbred fire shifter. Oh- friends of my son?" He asked the three people who weren't responding eversince his entrance. 

His son walked over at Luhan's side. " Ah yes, dad. My friends, Sehun, Luhan and- uhm-" 

" Soeun. Oh Souen. " Sehun continued for him. "He's my sister, hyung." 

" Why hello young lady. " Abandoning his guards, Junho was in front of them in the speed of light. "Are you enjoying your stay here?" 

Soeun exchanged from clasping his brother's hands tightly and bowing a little to appreciate the gesture of Suho's father. " Y-yes, I am, sir. " 

" You are scaring her, father." Suho muttered briskly and smiled at the little girl. " Hi, Soeun-ah. I'm Suho, your brother's friend and of you as well if you wish. " The young girl seemed to relax on him more than the adult man. 

"Hey, cutie! I'm Chanyeol! " The fire boy grinned. " I'm your brother and Luhan's friend too!" 

Soeun bowed twice at them. " I-it's nice to meet oppa's friends! Oppa and noona's friends are my friends too!" She answered with profound enthusiasm. 

" Noona?" Chanyeol and Suho replied at the same time. They saw Luhan mimicked a zipper on his mouth, which pretty much said 'Don't ask!', so they didn't ask. " A-ah.. yes we're noona's friends too."

" Looks like you're enjoying yourselves, fellows. I'll leave my son to you then. " Junho interrupted, heading towards the other side of the foodstands. He waved his hand in farewell gesture. " I am glad to meet my son's friends. We'll meet someday. Until then, please take care of my son." He and his four other men bowed at them. 

Suho blushed on this while his friends hurriedly returned back the awkward gesture.  

" Alright then, evening is approaching fast, half an hour left. By the way, I want to see you and your fiance at my departure later, Suho." 

" You don't need to remind me, father! I was intending to from the start! " Suho scowled at his retreating father, his reddening embarrassed face proved to be laughable by his friends. 

At the departure...

" I don't wanna go back! Daddy won't let me eat too many sweets again!" 

" Come on, Soeun-ah. Your driver is waiting for you there. You need to go-" 

" No! Soeun doesn't want to!" 

" S-Sehun.." Luhan seeked the other's help. The brother was silently watching his sister protest and Luhan cooing the young girl.

" I'll talk to her." 

Needing no importance to the privacy of both siblings, Luhan decided to leave them to talk. " Okay, I'll just wait for-"

" No." A wrist pulled the golden-haired man back to his position. " No- just.... just stay. I mean- if you want to send Soeun to the car, you can-" 

 A warmth spread at Luhan's cheeks for the other's sudden declaration." Okay, Sehun. We'll talk to her." He knew Sehun was feeling shy on what he just said so he pushed him and cut his ministrations. Sehun gave him an equal smile, as sweeter as the jelly bean candy they ate this morning. 

Sehun kneeled down to match his sister's height. " Soeun, do you want to stay here?" 

" Yes! I want to!" The grumbling girl replied, ignoring her unexpected use of her name in first person's view. " I want to be where you are!" She added in pure english with a slight accent. 

" No, Soeun." Sehun sterned, with the same language before switching. " If you really want to stay here,study hard, and practice your skills. Show mother and father that you can pass the examination of this school.  You got that? Show them that they can't control you-" 

A hand on his shoulder stopped him. " Sehun." Luhan interrupted him, in controlled tone

"I-I mean, do your best, Soeun. You got that?" Sehun recovered.

  " Yes, oppa." The young girl obliged in solemn tone. " I promise to always do my best so that I can join Sehun-oppa and Luhan-noona here!" 

Luhan almost tripped at his toe. Right. The next time they saw her, he better tell her the truth. 

Sehun hugged his sister for a long time, almost crushing her if not for his sister's constant tickled laughs. " I'll see you again, my beautiful sister." He whispered at her ear before releasing her. " Now join Mr. Jang at the car. Call me when you got home, alright?" 

" Neeee~!" The girl chirped and ran towards the old man. She waved back to both of them and hopped inside the car with the driver's assistance. " Bye bye!" 

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" I'm expecting no red marks on your performance." 

" Marked, mom. For fifty-sixth time actually." 

" You mean fifty-seventh. I counted it, even through phone calls." 

" Urgh. Fine. Now can you please ride your vehicle? A lot of people are waiting in line!"  

Near the gates were three black SUVs parked with plenty of guards around. Chanyeol pointed to his mom's car, the only red vehicle at the middle of the three vans. Chanyeol's mom finally moved her legs after 30 minutes of constant reminding. " Alright, fine. I'm going because it looks like you want me to disappear anyway." 

He was this close to rolling his eyes, but he managed to change it to a whimper. " Mooom~ You know I don't!" 

" I was just kidding, son." His mother laughed evilly. " Anyway, before I finally leave, your father and I have a little proposition for you ." 

" What proposition?" 

" Something related to Junho's son." 

" There you go again, mom. I told you-" 

" You will listen to me or I'll burn your Rilakkuma collection at home?"

" O-okay what about Suho-hyung?"

" Well..." She inspected her nails and dismissed the female guards waiting behind her. " He's engaged, isn't he?" 

Chanyeol knot his eyebrows in confusion and wondered. " He is....... Why though?" 

" I think you're going to be next." 

" Ahahaha very funny, mom." Her mom patiently waited for the follow-up outburst by quickly texting her husband while her son was making a fool out of himself, still laughing like what his mom said is the joke of the century. 

Behind them, Xiumin was escaping the tight hugs and goodbye kisses showered by his very affectionate sister while his sister's boyfriend and Chen were waiting at the side.

" WHAT? DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME ON AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE WITH SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW!?" And at last, the protest came.

'Snap' A single guard handed over a piece of paper in refer to the head mistress' call. " Aren't you going to ask me if it's a girl or a boy first?" 

" I don't care, mom! You can't push me into this! Why are you suddenly interested on that, anyway? Is Uncle Junho's thought rubbing on you now?" 

" Okay, let me just make this clear. Everything I do comes from my own judgement and not of that bloody Water Clan head. And, ew. He wouldn't even attempt to touch me or I'll burn him into crisp, yet alone rub? Gosh, absolutely not." 

" That is behind the point, mom!" The boy was getting desperate. " I can't do that. Even if Suho-hyung and Yixing-hyung have feelings for each other because of their engagement, that won't happen to me. I guarantee you." 

" Oh you do, huh? I was hoping for a huge family that can help our clan, but if you really insist......... then fine." 

In a span of seconds, the mother was levitated to mid-air inside her son's long yet firm arms. Chanyeol lifted her up and twirl her in delight. 

" Goodness! Put me down, young man!" 

" Mom you're the best!" He immediately settled his mom down, afraid of what he may become if he don't follow her order. " I promise to be a good boy just for you!" 

" Good boy?" His mother chuckled, hopping inside her car with grace, with the driving closing it after. He bowed at the tall young master and retreated to the driver's door. " I don't need a good boy. I need a man, Chanyeol. " 

"What-" 

" YEOLLIIIIEEE!" 

A magenta-haired man came stumbling to the tall boy, obviously oblivious to the son-and-mother talk happening before. He changed his casual clothes this morning to a big jersey top and fitted knee-cut pants. 

" B-Baek." Chanyeol tried sounding unaffected from his mother's analyzing gaze. He has pretty much grown up receiving those glares at home, so he should be accustomed by now, yet he cursed at the unintended choke at the start of his voice. 

Said man flipped a flyer at his face in excited haste. " Look! Look! There's a man selling a bucket-sized meal with discount at the ca-" 

And then he saw the woman inside the car beside his bestfriend. With thorough observation, he finally remembered where he has seen those eyes and cheeks. In shame, he immediately hid the paper at his hand and took steps back. " Oh my gosh! I am very sorry! I didn't mean to- I didn't realize that-" He fumbled on his words, the woman's mysterious look giving him the creeps. 

" I-It's fine, Baek." Chanyeol reassured the scared boy. Well, who wouldn't be scared of his mom when even her own son can't tickle the closest woman to him. 

" Oh don't apologize, young man. I'm about to go anyway." His mother spoke and looked at his son for the last time. " Just a few minutes, would that be alright for your friend?" 

" No, do take your time, madam!" Baekhyun answered for his bestfriend and increased the distance between Chanyeol and his mother and him. " I'll just-uhm- be right here. Please go on." 

When she deemed it safe to speak without the other hearing, Chanyeol's mother started with a snicker. " Silly boy." 

" It's a normal thing for us, boys, mom. " Chanyeol groaned. 

" Alright fine. I'll pretend I didn't see your friend wearing one of your favorite shirts you don't even allow your older sister to borrow. " His mother replied, her voice dripping in sarcasm. " Totally convinced." 

The constant reminder of the driver stopped his mother from lengthening their conversation any more. " Well, I'll call you later." Chanyeol's mother slipped on her sunglasses and closed the windowpane of her car. " By the way, Byun enterprise looks promising for a business partner, don't you think? " It was her last question and the car(s) sped without waiting for Chanyeol to reply back.

It was inevitable anyway. She left a tomato red son who can't speak as of the moment. 

At exactly 6pm at evening, the gate finally closed. 

How do you like Park Bom here? Hahaha 

By the way, for the next two(?) chapters, I have decided to 
make them side-chapter because of some of your requests I
haven't accomplished yet. (You know, schoolworks.)

So I hope you liked this update! <3 

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