Cute Byun meets funny Yeol three months after school begins. Though in fact, he met him three months ago at the entrance ceremony. But, at that time cute Byun had been too anxious about the event to care about funny Yeol’s existence.

 

Sorry, life’s more than your jokes, funny Yeol.

 

So one day, cute Byun walks to class, pretending not to care about meeting the stare of any of his classmates. He pretends very hard to know what to do if it happens and what he’d say—a cheerful hi, or a loud hello being the two contenders.

 

Until, funny Yeol shoves and waves at him, to tell him that he’s a midget and hadn’t see him before he was colliding with him in the hallway. Cute Byun smiles, because he doesn’t know what else to do, and his reaction’s mechanism is always latent.

 

Funny Yeol, then laughs awfully long, because he finds himself extremely funny, and cute Byun says, later.

 

Later at the cafeteria, cute Byun realises he’s sitting with only three people at his table. Where are the others? He looks around and finds them at the tables near the microwaves. Chuck, they’re a lot and cute Byun hates people, hates crowd, and hates socializing. Sighing, he turns back to the folks at his table and manages to say, hi.

 

Round one: zero to one for hi.

 

Cute Byun stares across from him at unfazed Sehun and wonders once again, how a guy can be this skinny and good looking. This guy has ideal proportions and sass.

 

Then dreadlocks Jongin starts talking, and cute Byun understands nothing. What is this boy saying? Gibberish and mumbles, and spits—a raisin’s seed on the table, maybe a 30 cm from him. Yuck! But cute Byun laughs it off, now understanding these youngsters are wild. He nods, he could deal.

 

Peasy Junmyeon looks up from his book and smiles at him, and dives back in reading. Cute Byun throws him a look and comments, ’’Whaaa you’re so far in your reading, how is it?’’ Is that his voice, did he always sound that high and pitchy? he guesses it’s the doing of his midnight howling at the moon.

 

Well, he doesn’t really howl at the moon, more like he bawls to it, while screeching about how his voice is crap and he’ll die alone, in a hole.

 

But then, suddenly, funny Yeol makes his entrance, and stops next to their table.

 

’’I missed you, es!’’ he yowls.

 

Awesome, another special being, cute Byun thinks while smiling. And what a language for a young man!

 

, he forgot his lunch in his locker.

 

’’Where are you going?’’ funny Yeol asks him with a smile full of teeth.

 

To my locker, got a problem? would have been his reply if he spoke his mind. ’’I forgot my lunch,’’ he says instead, and laughs indulgently for a while.

 

Funny Yeol laughs too, because he’s so good at it, and cute Byun vanishes before his eyes.

 

On the way to his locker, cute Byun sees loner JD and feels bad. Oh, poor baby, all alone in the cafeteria. He thinks really hard about how to integrate loner JD in the group. But, he doesn’t know if he should really…Maybe the others don’t like him, and that’s why they don’t talk to him in class. But cute Byun likes loner JD. He finds him really kind and clever. He helps out the others willingly and is passionate about history.

 

:( , cute Byun shrugs and goes past the boy. He’ll figure out something, he will!

 

*

 

Lunch consists of cucumber and hummus, cute Byun eats it with much speed, and chew chew away.

 

Funny Yeol is eating carrots while saying they’re vampire’s teeth, when unfazed Sehun takes upon himself to throw ketchup at funny Yeol’s face. Cute Byun rolls his eyes.

 

Peasy Junmyeon looks up from his book, notices the mess, smiles and says, ’’You’re really scary, ouhh.’’

 

Hum…L-A-M-E.

 

Cute Byun tries to maintain his smile while all this situation is way over his head and he doesn’t know what to say, because he’s no fun. Ha ha ha! he finally forces out, as coated ketchup carrots fly out of funny Yeol’s mouth and onto his lap.

 

Cute Byun stares a couple seconds at the scene of crime. His khakis are stained with ketchup and funny Yeol’s spit…

 

In front of him, dreadlocks Jongin and unfazed Sehun bellows in laughs, and peasy Junmyeon turns to him with a concerned face, ’’Ah so sad, want a napkin?’’

 

Thank you very much. Yes.

 

Karma’s a , cute Byun considers. His vile thoughts about his camarades must have been what brought this mess upon him. Now, there's stains on his khakis, and what to do, beside soaking them in water and try hand soap?

 

’’Sorry! Oh no, sorry!’’ funny Yeol apologizes and goes to grab the carrots. But, what does he grabs instead?

 

’’Ah!!!’’ Funny Yeol jumps, chair clattering on the linoleum floor. Dreadlocks Jongin laughs so loud, he falls from his chair, and then cries out because he just hurt his .

 

That’s my , er! he wants to yell. But, cute Byun is an amiable dude, a cheerful guy, a cool man, a flower boy… nope...he’s satan.

 

’’You’re wearing the stains,’’ he says to funny Yeol, and appreciates his expression falling to incomprehension. ’’Wha?’’ attempts funny Yeol.

 

’’Yes, we’re exchanging pants, doofus. Your fault, your problem.’’

 

’’My legs are a mile longer than yours!’’ funny Yeol cries out while he destroys his curly hair with his large hands.

 

’’Perfect,’’ cute Byung cuts him. ’’I just have to roll the legs.’’

 

’’And me?’’ the jokester asks, frantic.

 

’’I don’t care, I’m not parading in class with wet spots on the crotch area.’’

 

Funny Yeol is speechless. Unfazed Sehun is snapchatting the conversation. Dreadlocks Jongin is back on chewing his chicken and peasy Junmyeon is texting his boyfriend.

 

At the end of the cafeteria loner JD stands up and goes to meet ditzy Xing and cute Byun feels betrayed. That bastard! he already has friends!

 

’’NOOoooo!’’ funny Yeol screeches, rescued carrots in each hands.

 

Cute Byun stands up and look down to funny Yeol. He takes his time observing the tall jokester in despair, his perm destroyed, his glassy wide eyes, and his bright red elfish ears.

 

As if the guy liked being trampled!

 

Then cute Byun laughs, because finally, he finds that funny Yeol is indeed, funny.

 

’’Oh yes. Come with me to the bathroom,’’ he orders.

 

Even with all his fear, funny Yeol follows and curls his shoulders in. Puppy Yeol has been born, cute Byun thinks.

 

’’Don’t forget to use a !’’ unfazed Sehun advises them as he peace-signs out on instagram live. The bi*ch.

 

’’Can you throw my chicken bones on the way, pleassse,’’ slurs dreadlocks Jongin. Cute Byun flicks him the bird—or he would, if only he acted like he wanted. Instead, he takes it gracefully, and throws it in the trash in place of the lazy bummer.

 

Thanks, man, he is rewarded. Bollocks.

 

’’I’m sure it will come off,’’ encourages peasy Junmyeon as he pats funny Yeol’s shoulder. Cute Byun smiles loosely and walks off.

 

Funny Yeol follows, his tail low.

 

’’Hey, I’m really sorry…’’ funny Yeol whispers pitifully and cute Byun feels warmth invade his chest.

 

Yes, he shouldn’t have pretended. From the beginning it would have been better to stay himself,

 

as puppy Yeol really needs a kick or two, by satan Soo.

*

 

 

At the populars’ table, the real cute Byun is…

 

Cute Byun laughs at dumb Kris antics, while crybaby Tao tries to eat spaghetti with a spoon, a new trick, he has learned from talk of the school Luhan.

 

Really, cute Byun thinks, he likes it when he eats lunch with those three, and a bunch of other dudes and dudettes from his classes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ps: kinda how i understood the exo members'perso stereotyping.

Thank to have read!