A/N - So SM screwed with my planned timeline and it’s finally come to bite me. Originally I had planned to write along with their The War comeback but since Yixing wasn’t there I’m altering it back to Monster/Lucky One & then Lotto. Just pretend Jongin hurt his ankle/foot in the previous comeback… I’m just not writing the remaining 15 chapters with no Yixing, so we’re moving Jongin’s foot injury. Hopefully none of you care about the timeline being messed with but hey, I blame SM.

And I apologise that it’s taken so long to come back to this fic but if you’ve been following any updates of mine you’d know I had a lot happen in the past couple of months. BUT now I’ve got all of the remaining chapters planned out and that will hopefully make completing them a little more time efficient. Trust me I’m not happy when it’s a 2 month delay between chapters either. I hope you enjoy this, comments are always welcome :)

As always a special thanks to @oh-beyond who is my exo knowledge base when I’ve forgotten something and am too lazy to look all of it up. I owe her a lot of thanks for helping me through writers block and her ability to always give me encouragement and ideas <3

***

You ran your fingers through your hair, still confused by his words. “Ok so explain to me again why your dorm is covered in cameras.”

“Our comeback is in less than a week so we’re doing v-lives in the three days leading up to it. Then on the day of the comeback we’re filming a special with Leeteuk hyung at the Olympic Hall. The cameras are here because a bunch of the lives will be done in the dorm.” Junmyeon explained all of this to you again as you tried wrapping your head around the information. It made sense but it was overwhelming to turn up to check on Sehun only to find cameras being set up all over the dorm.

And you meant everywhere. They were in the kitchen, the computer room, Junmyeon & Sehun’s room, wardrobes, living room, by the stairs, dining room, music room & god knows where else. It was incredibly surreal to turn up and see people setting up the rooms and cameras, altering the lighting, removing anything that might tell fans where they were. You were used to turning up and it looking like 9 guys lived here. That’s a lie, it was usually a lot cleaner than if 9 guys lived here but still, it didn’t look like a display home which was the feel you were getting now. It felt sterile and not like a home.

“I’m out for one week and suddenly there’s this,” you gesture around at the commotion. “They’re only here for three days right?”

Your worried tone made him laugh. “Yeah don’t worry, you’ll have a schedule for what’s being shot when and which rooms are recording. We’ll have our dorm back soon enough.” He leaned closer to you and whispered “Between you and me I think Minseok is happy, the dorm’s never been this clean before.”  

You chuckled because he was probably right, Minseok would love how clean the place was. But chatting about Minseok and cameras wasn’t why you’d made an appearance. You held up your phone and opened the latest schedule that the managers had sent you. “I got sent a revised schedule but it didn’t make sense to me. I was hoping you might know what it meant before I have to call them and ask.”

Junmyeon took your phone from you and read through the new schedule. “Ah, they made a typo which is why it seems strange.”

You furrowed your brow. “But isn’t it too busy? There’s so much on there.”

He nodded. “Basically they wanted you here when our lives are on so that you can watch the comments and let us know of any english ones we should respond to if we miss them. You have to pick and choose which ones to come to since we’re kind of filming back to back and if you did all of them you’d pass out. Then you also have to come to our photoshoot for our repackaged album and do mini sessions there.” He looked down at you. “Once the comeback is in full swing we have virtually no time to spare so in order to keep the lessons happening you have to come to schedules with us. They’ve just listed every schedule that is booked and you have to pick which ones to come to.” Junmyeon handed your phone back and smiled as he pat you on the back. “Welcome to your first comeback - I hope you’re ready for the complete and utter mayhem that it involves.” You smiled weakly at him, making him laugh as he disappeared back into the dorm to supervise proceedings.

You wandered back down to your room and stared at your phone. You’d need to print out the month’s worth of schedules. June was going to be a busy month for you. You knew they were always busy but you never realised just how busy they were - the list mainly had official schedules so it didn’t include all of their practice sessions and personal training schedules. You just stared at it and tried to absorb a small percentage of the schedules that were listed. Maybe if I colour code them? Then I can work out which ones are individual and which ones are group.

After emailing the revised schedule to yourself and printing it out you armed yourself with ten highlighters and got to work. One colour for each of the guys and one colour for the group. It took you the better part of an hour to get everything colour coded, add in the extra schedules you knew about that weren’t listed and the practice sessions you knew they were having but once you were done you stared at the extremely full 3 A4 pages sitting in front of you. There was still a lot happening but it made more sense to you now that you could see who was doing what and when.

You decided to check the other list you had, the one you kept hidden in the depths of your desk drawer under lock and key. You’d decided to keep notes on what each member reacted well to and what you deduced their preferences would be for when you came up with lesson ideas and potential rewards. Sometimes you’d been on the money but others had completely surprised you. You added post session notes as well, so that you knew how they reacted to their respective rewards.

Tutoring Notes

• Xiumin - No private session yet. Cannot cloud ual encounters with Minseok with what Xiumin might desire. Currently assuming Xiumin will want to be in charge of his reward, he’ll take a dominant role and expect me to be submissive. Will update after session. Potential master/slave kink, sensory deprivation, breath kink.

• Suho - Private session held - first session so he was the guinea pig for the idea of the rewards and punishments. Assumed he’d desire praise and to be taken care of. Not necessarily dom or sub but he could switch at any moment. Having always been the hard working, well behaved boy I assumed he’d have a teacher kink. Lesson was conducted like a teacher/student in a makeshift classroom as we went over the speeches he’d have. I prompted him with questions that he had to answer as I started removing clothing. Result - Reward. He didn’t have enough time for a full reward but he requested oral stimulation.

• Lay - Private session held. Assumed preferences to be dominant, calculated and precise in his actions, kink, , thigh riding, overstimulation and excellent aftercare. Lesson was conducted in dance studio. We applied dance moves to the lines of his speech. He did well - initiating flirtation before the end of the lesson. Result - Reward. , oral fixation, public , hair pulling, overstimulation, pet names, breath play, car , aftercare.

• Baekhyun - No private session yet. Baekhyun’s personality is extremely close to how he is on stage so it will be difficult to draw a line between the two but it is vital that that is done. He has dabbled with flirtation with me in person and via texts. One instance of almost having a ual encounter but we were interrupted. Potential kinks determined as pet names, praise kink, biting, oral fixation, phone , costumes, role play, both sub and dom attributes. Will update after lesson is held.

• Chen - No private session yet. Assumed preferences to be teasing, pet names, denial, loud, sub, eager to please. Will update after lesson is held.

• Chanyeol - Private session held. Assumed preferences to be hair pulling, toys, oral fixation, sub, aural fixation. Lesson was held in Chanyeol’s studio and we applied the lines of his speech to different chord progressions so he could remember them as a song. Result - Reward. Role play (nurse/patient), oral fixation, sub, toys (butterfly ), you on top.

• D.O. - Private session held. Assumed preferences to be dom but vanilla when it came to kinks. Lesson was held in my apartment and we applied lines of his speech to a recipe as we cooked. He responded well to the method and even better when I attempted to distract him from his lines. Result - Reward. Food play, shower , dom, wall , .

• Kai - No private session yet. Assumed preferences to be dom, lingerie, sensual, candles, possible tantric , breath play, light . Will update after lesson is held.

• Sehun - Private session held. Assumed preferences to be sub, praise kink, biting, denial, begging, lingerie. Lesson was held at a studio apartment overlooking a park and you applied a sentence to specific photographs. He was doing well but he misbehaved & didn’t address me as teacher the entire time. Result - punishment. Sub, denial ( ring), voyeurism, oral fixation, required photo evidence of prolonged denial, wall (kind of, it was a window but floor length).

As you read through your list you wondered who would be next to request a lesson out of the four that remained. Would your assumptions be correct or would they surprise you like Lay had?

***

You couldn’t stop staring. You were so used to seeing them in casual clothing and no makeup so turning up at the photoshoot stunned you. You knew they were good looking but jesus, did they know how to work their angles for the camera. Models would be jealous of how easily they completed their shoots.

You stood behind the monitor and watched as the photos came through, trying not to drool. Gone were the loveable dorks you lived downstairs from. No, this was EXO and whilst you’d seen glimpses of each member’s stage persona during the dance practices and private lessons you’d never seen it amplified this much. Add to that the freshly dyed, cut & styled hair, the outfits, the make-up and the piercings and you were almost melting into the floor but you had to hold it together. This was a professional setting and you had to remain professional regardless of the impulsive thoughts rushing through your brain.

“Noona?” Called the soft voice of Jongin.

You turned and managed to contain your reaction to his new appearance. This is unfair. So unfair. How dare they look this good. His freshly dyed blonde hair was slicked back with a few strands falling over his face, dark smudged eyeliner and a lip ring adorned his face. It contrasted with the polite and soft spoken man enough to give you whiplash. “Yes Jongin?”

He smiled at you. “I was hoping to get a private lesson in before our comeback. It’ll just be too chaotic after that and I’ll be so focused on my performance that I won’t really be able to spare the time for one.”

You nodded. Of course he’d be a perfectionist about his performances. He was a main dancer after all. “Of course, just pick a day and time that fits in with your schedule and we can fit it in. It will need to be a time where you won’t be distracted so that I can have your complete focused attention.”

He bowed and thanked you. You honestly don’t think you’d seen any of them bow since your first introduction but you managed to not act too surprised by the act. When he rose he smiled again and ran off for his shoot. You didn’t need to hand around to know that he’d excel at it. That boy was too photogenic for his own good.

You headed back towards the makeshift catering table to grab a snack  when Kyungsoo appeared. “Hello noona, how are you?”

Not wanting to be rude, you quickly finished the mouthful you had before you responded. “I’m much better this week. I wanted to thank you for the soups you made for me, they really helped nurse me back to full health.”

He genuinely smiled at your compliment and it warmed your heart. The poor guy often looked uninterested in his surroundings due to his eyesight but when he smiled the room felt warmer. “It was the least I could do to offset the taste of all the medicine Junmyeon hyung was making you take. I convinced him that a third of the vitamins he wanted to give you were in the soups I made.” He chuckled. “He means well but he can go overboard with vitamins so we have to rein him in on occasion.”

The thought that there could have been even more pills for you to take stunned you. As soon as he’d heard you were under the weather Junmyeon turned up in a face mask with a tray of labelled and portioned medicines for you, complete with specific instructions for when to take them and how to get better as fast as possible. He didn’t speak and he refused to let you speak as he practically pushed you into your bed, handing you water and the first handful of pills. You’d thought that was too many but as you’d now learned there were almost a lot more of them. Your stomach churned at the thought.

After Junmyeon had left Kyungsoo had turned up, also in a face mask but instead of a tray of pills he came bearing containers of soup. He put them in the fridge and explained to you that they were all labelled and he’d written a note for which ones were better at which times of day for you to have. He’d shushed you when you tried to speak and told you to thank him later before swiftly leaving your apartment.

Minseok had left a stuffed cat for you and a new set of pyjamas. Baekhyun sent you little videos of the group practicing and pictures of dogs to make you smile. Jongdae and Jongin had bath products delivered to you. Chanyeol sent you a laptop with preloaded Disney movies and a ‘Get Well Soon’ playlist. Sehun had bubble tea delivered to you each day and Yixing kept sending you photos from China and random photos of animals that he found interesting. All nine of them helped nurse you back to health as best they could without being around too often. You knew they had to keep their distance because they simply couldn’t afford to get sick right now and you’d feel so guilty if they were less than 100% for their comeback.

“In that case I owe you a life debt.” You laughed. “You’re honestly telling me he was going to give me more pills?!” Kyungsoo nodded. “Christ. Well thank you for saving me from that.”

“You’re more than welcome noona.” He paused to grab a few pieces of sushi to put on his plate. “Are you ready for our comeback? I have to warn you, the schedules are intense and you probably won’t get a lot of sleep so please don’t try to attend all of them. We need you in good health for our tour.”

You smiled. “I will attend the comeback stages and a few personal schedules. I freaked out a little when I was sent the revised schedule because there was just so much but after I sorted it out into group and individual activities it became far less daunting. I guess I’m as ready as I can be for it.”

“Are you staying for all of the shoot today?” He asked.

“No. I’m going to head home soon to rest before all of your v-lives start tomorrow. According to you it’s going to be the last opportunity for good sleep I get for a few weeks.” You took a piece of sushi off his plate and ate it.

He chuckled and shook his head. “If the others were here know that I would have stopped you. I can’t let them get ideas about stealing my food with no repercussions.” He grinned. “Have a good evening noona. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

***

To say the lives were chaotic would be an understatement. The dorm was a madhouse when you arrived and you’d never seen this many people in the place. There were people doing hair and makeup, micing the guys up, set dressing, making sure the cameras were working, making sure the devices they were giving the guys were working, lighting attendants and a couple of managers. Then, eight members were there. Yixing was due to fly in this morning and he’d be heading straight here for his brunch live. You’d texted him last night, worried that he would exhaust himself but he’d assured you that he slept like a log on flights and that he’d rest well the night before.

You’d decided to turn up to the first day of the broadcasts to see how they worked. You weren’t really needed until the second day according to the managers. You’d watched Sehun & Vivi’s broadcast from your room and smiled the whole time. That dog was too cute for its own good and Sehun was utterly adorable when he was around Vivi.  What you hadn’t expected was the room full of post it notes which must have taken hours for a poor staff member to set up. Sehun had been doing well and giving good answers but you lost it completely when he exposed Baekhyun to the world. You hand reached for your phone before you could stop yourself.

Y/N - So on a scale of 1 - 10 how dead is Sehunnie right now?

B - …What did he do?

B - he’s on v-live isn’t he?

B - WHAT DID HE DO?!

Y/N - Not much really. He let everyone know that you like nice smells which is pretty normal.

B - …Why do I sense something bad coming?

Y/N - And then a little mention of how you like biting Sehun.

B - That’s not news, fans see me biting his arm and shoulder in concerts all the time.

Y/N - On the .

B - What.

Y/N - , heiny, buttocks, gluteus maximus, arse, rear, rump, bum, booty. Should I continue?

B - I’m gonna kill him.

Y/N - I’d advise against doing it now since he’s on air, and you know, you have a comeback in 2 days and all.

B - asdffklskskiddsa that er.

B - And stop laughing. I can practically hear it through your messages.

Y/N - BUT ITS SO FUNNY

B - SHUT UP

Y/N :P

You tossed your phone onto the mattress and kept watching. Sehun’s broadcast finished up and you hoped he lived through the night unscathed. You had about half an hour until Junmyeon’s broadcast started. He had told you all week about the various broadcasts he’d be doing and you’d caught the fashion show one and the games one and it was fair to say those were day and night. In the games one he’d been his utterly dorky self, punishing himself for losing against himself in the 2 player games by eating lemon & punching himself with the automatic boxing glove in the face.

Then the fashion show he’d been far less cringey, turning music on and making suggestive comments. Telling fans that they can’t come see him get changed but that he’d put on nice music so they could imagine it. Today’s broadcast was apparently about cake so you had no idea what you were in for. He’d told you to rest until Jongin’s broadcast then to head home since Chanyeol’s was at his studio late at night.

You almost choked on your water when he finished the cake and said “Here, this is poison. Die!” “I’m kidding. Happy Birthday!” “Why were you born?” You knew he could pull off lame dad jokes, cringe worthy broadcasts and husband material broadcasts but this, this savagery was new. You’d only seen glimpses of it during your time with the group but damn, was it amazing.

After Junmyeon’s broadcast ended you headed up to the dorm to check on Jongin before his broadcast started. He was putting some final touches on the room he’d be in and reading over the notes he’d made for what he wanted to do. He hadn’t noticed your arrival and Junmyeon took that opportunity to pull you aside. “I need you to do something for me.”

You looked him up and down. “Why are you wearing a hanbok?”

“Never mind that. I need you to get Jongin out of that room for two minutes.” His eyes darted around as he tried to presumably keep out of sight of Jongin.

You hesitated. “…Why?”

“So I can hide in the closet and scare him during his broadcast.”

The honesty was appreciated but the idea of aiding in scaring that poor man didn’t appeal to you. What the hell was up with Junmyeon tonight? Did comebacks turn him into that mean parental figure or had he just been hiding this side of his personality from you? “Where did this mean Junmyeon come from? First the poison cake now scaring poor Nini.”

He didn’t even acknowledge your question, instead choosing to beg you to agree to his wishes. “Please? Pleeeaaase.”

“…Fine.” You agreed, probably faster than you should have but you were so used to this behaviour from Baekhyun that you rarely let these stalemates last longer than they absolutely needed to.

The rest of the night went well. Jongin’s broadcast was cute and very charming, much like the man himself. You felt a little bad for him when Junmyeon jumped out of the closet to scare him, he’d been in there a long time so it was no wonder that he’d fallen asleep in there. You helped out with a few comments and questions by quickly translating them to Korean and writing them onto cards to hold up so Jongin could see. After the broadcast you headed back home to have yourself a hot chocolate and drift off to Chanyeol’s broadcast.

You blushed slightly when his studio came into view. You couldn’t see the bed from the angle he’d set up but you knew it was there and your mind drifted back to nurse outfits and red lace. It amused you that his hair was now red as well. Watching him make a song with fans was incredibly endearing but you found yourself fading in and out of consciousness as his broadcast continued. The last thing you heard before falling asleep was him accidentally swearing and you giggled to yourself then allowed yourself to drift off.

A/N - Happy Birthday @oh-beyond <3 This chapter is dedicated to you since my other surprise isn’t ready yet.