Chaos  /ˈkāˌäs/

noun   complete disorder and confusion. "snow caused chaos in the region" synonyms: disorder, disarray, disorganization, confusion, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, havoc, turmoil, commotion, disruption, upheaval, uproar, maelstrom; PHYSICS behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions. the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe.

 

It was a normal morning.

Kai was first to breakfast.

Popping in a little burst of black smoke.

Suho entered next, a warm, chipper smile on his face as he greeted the younger boy.

Xiumin and Luhan followed, passing a miniature soccer ball between them.

Baekhyun and Chen were next, jostling each other and joking.

Tao walked in after, still bundled in his blanket, eyes hazy with sleep.

Sehun ran in, dragging a tired but happy Yuri behind him.

Chanyeol stumbled in next, making a lumbering bee-line for the food.

Lay slowly entered behind him, stumbling in his drunken-like, sleepy daze.

Then, finally, Kris and D.O. arrived.

D.O. was holding onto Kris' arm, steering him into the room.

Kris was pale, his eyes red and puffy.

It was evident that he cried.

Nobody said anything.

They just quietly looked down and spared his pride.

Kris plopped down next to Suho, D.O. sitting carefully on his other side.

With a nod from D.O., Suho began to gently urge Kris too eat, while D.O. rubbed his back.

Tao watched, wide-eyed, from the other side of the table.

Episodes like this weren't unusual.

Everyone had night terrors.

Everyone had nightmares.

Each person sought comfort with the rest of them.

Except Kris.

Kris started becoming distant.

Every morning his eyes were heavy with guilt.

With pain.

With regret.

With fear.

Especially towards Yuri.

But that didn't mean he stopped caring for her.

All this time, even while growing distant, he still watched over her.

He would help her reach things that were too high.

He would catch her when she fell out of the tree in the courtyard.

Yuri knew.

Yuri knew Kris still cared.

So she let him be.

She didn't pester him.

She just let him do his own thing.

She would smile at him when she could.

She just wished that Kris would get better.

But there he was.

More shaken up than ever before. He kept looking over at her.

He kept looking over at her with those guilty, fearful eyes.

It started to make Yuri nervous.

She leaned into Lay's side for comfort.

The healer looked down at her and saw her worri