A/N: A repost from ao3. First time ever writing in this fandom, feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading and enjoy :)

           Kyungsoo met Kai for the first time in the late months of fall.

           It had been dark. Smoke hugged the corners of the room, seeping in uninvited, and there was an incredibly handsy drunken couple to his left inching disturbingly closer to him. Yet it was bemusedly easy to keep his attention on Kai and Kai alone.

           Kyungsoo wasn’t at the Showcase voluntarily. In fact, he’d been practically dragged out of his dorm room to attend this hazy mess. But he quickly forgot it when Kai took the stage, all limbs and eyes and careless hair. He tried, desperately, to keep his gaze on Yixing -he was there to watch his friend after all- but he couldn’t. Kai was magnetic.

           Besides, the way his eyes squinted, the way his mouth opened just so- Kyungsoo could hardly be blamed for his wandering eye.

           There were no formal introductions. But when Kai’s eyes met his, lingering there for a good five seconds or so, and his mouth curved into a heated smile, Kyungsoo considered himself introduced.