A few weeks earlier...

The boys of EXO-M were sitting around a dinner table at a restaurant, celebrating the completion of their showcase in China. They were all excited, talking about their individual performances and how great the fans were.

Kris, on the other hand had all his focus elsewhere.

Sitting across from him at the table was Xiumin, a cute, cheeky smile plastered on his face as he joined in with the others in the conversation. Kris never realized how utterly adorable his fellow group member was. He really never paid attention to the adorableness of any other guy.

But to him, Xiumin was different. Something about him just made Kris smile from ear to ear.

The conversations, and Kris' private admiration of the boy across from him, soon came to a halt when waitresses from the restaurant began bringing plates of food out and setting them on the EXO-M table. It was everything from noodles to soup, rice to meats. The boys were in Chinese food heaven.

Then the waitress set a tray of dumplings in front of Kris, who was sitting by one of the few empty spots on the table, and then a plate of steamed buns in front Xiumin.

Kris heard a giggle coming from next to him and saw Chen looking over at Xiumin. "Awww...look guys, steamed buns for our little 'golden bun'."

The rest of the members, Kris included, couldn't help but laugh a little. Xiumin though, didn't care. By his lack of a reaction, he probably didn't even hear Chen's comment. Instead, he just excitedly looked at the food in front of him, grabbed a steamed bun and took a bite.

As everyone started to eat, Kris just nibbled on a few things here and there. He was still distracted by Xiumin, who was too busy eating to even see that he was being stared at.

Those cheeks, Kris thought to himself. They are just so...cute...

Kris, so caught up in all of his thoughts, didn't even realize that he subconsciously lifted up his hand, reached across the table and started to poke Xiumin's cheeks.

So soft...so squishy...

Xiumin stopped mid-chew, his mouth full of food, and looked at Kris. He was really confused right now. Why was the leader poking his face? It was totally interrupting his precious food time.

"Ummm...Kris," Xiumin said, swallowing what was in his mouth. "What're you doing?"

Kris snapped out of his little daze and instantly retracted his hand back in to his lap. "Oh, sorry."

Xiumin snapped back to his normal, happy self and just smiled at Kris. "It's okay," He paused to put a spoonful of rice in his mouth. "What was that all about?"

The usually confident leader all of a sudden felt nervous and a little embarrassed but tried to play it off like it was nothing. "I was just wondering if your cheeks were as soft and fluffy as they looked."

Great excuse... Kris sarcastically thought to himself. Like he's gonna buy that one...

Xiumin just smiled big though. "Well are they?"

Kris was shocked. He was expecting the boy to be freaked out at the fact that he just got face-poked out of nowhere but instead, he's all smiles.

"Uh...ummm...uh, yeah. They are." Kris managed to stutter out, still trying to understand why Xiumin wasn't the least bit mad. "A lot like those steamed buns your chowin' down on."

"Well, people don't call me 'XiuBao' for nothing." Xiumin took another bite of his steamed bun then very cutely, chewed his food and started to wobble back and forth in his chair like a little kid.

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Kris was dying on the inside from the cuteness overload. He really needed something to distract him and since all the other members were all busy talking, he looked down at the table and saw just one thing. A tray of delicious looking steamed dumplings.

He picked one up with his chopsticks and placed it in his mouth. The flavor was amazing, it reminded him of his mothers cooking.

He then looked across the table and saw that Xiumin was still in steamed bun heaven, wobbling back and forth in his chair, holding a bun in one hand and his drink in the other.

"Hey," Kris said, catching Xiumin's attention which ended up stopping his chair-wobbling. "Try this."

Kris held up one of the dumplings with his chopsticks and Xiumin, with a smile from ear to ear, leaned in and took it in his mouth.

"Mmm...that's so good."

Kris couldn't help but smile at Xiumin's continuous kid-like actions.

"I've never had dumplings this soft and delicious before!" Xiumin exclaimed. You would think the kid had never eaten before with how excited he's getting over this food.

"Yeah," Kris said back to him. "I actually think your cheeks remind me more of dumplings then they do of steamed buns."

Really, Kris? Did you really just say that?

Kris, in order to keep Xiumin from commenting on his last statement, picked up another dumpling and offered it to him, which he gladly accepted. It was food. Xiumin would never turn down food.

His plan didn't work though.

"You...really..." Xiumin said between chews before swallowing. "Think so?"

Kris nodded. He didn't really know what else to say without making himself look like a weirdo. So instead, he picked up a dumpling and decided to feed himself this time.

"I guess my cheeks are soft..." Xiumin said to no one in particular, poking his own cheek. "But they're not delicious."

I don't know about that... Kris unexpectedly thought to himself.

"Hmmm..." Xiumin thought for a second. "Hey Kris, do my cheeks remind you of dumplings when I do this?"

Xiumin then closed his mouth and puffed up his cheeks. It reminded Kris of a squirrel. So freaking cute.

And it must've been too cute because Kris ended up coughing. A piece of food had decided to go down the wrong way. He grabbed a napkin and held it up to his mouth, not wanting to cough up dumpling all over the place.

"You okay?" Xiumin asked, his face changing from cheerful to worried.

Kris, still recovering from his not-so-near-death-dumpling incident, just nodded his head. He set the napkin back on the table and took a big sip of water.

What he didn't seem to notice was that he had a little piece of dumpling stuck on the side of his mouth. Xiumin noticed though.

Standing up, because he's too short to do it sitting down, Xiumin leaned over the table and used his napkin to wipe the leaders face.

Kris just stared at the boy, and in return received rather heartwarming smile. "Uh, t-thanks."

"No problem."

Picking up another dumpling, Kris held it up and offered it to Xiumin. It was his way of saying 'thank you'. If it wasn't for him, who knows how long Kris would've walked around with something on his face.

Xiumin's eyes lit up upon seeing the dumpling in front of him and instead of leaning forward over the table to take it from the chopsticks, he just sat there and opened his mouth wide, wanting Kris to feed it to him.

Kris smiled and gladly fed it to him. This kid...he's gonna be the death of me.

Death by dumpling...

Xiumin began wobbling back and forth in his chair again as he chewed.


"Okay," Chen said once Kris finished filling him in on all the details. "So you started falling for Xiumin hyung after he wiped some dumpling off your face."

"I guess." Kris shrugged.

"And now you want some 'dumpling' on your face."

It took a second for Kris to catch on to the whole 'dumpling-Xiumin' thing that Chen was joking about and when he did, he gave the younger boy a little shove.

"I'm just kidding," Chen said, trying to hold back his laughter. "Look, if you like him, why don't you just tell him?"

"Because," Kris sighed, falling back on to the bed the two were sitting on. "I don't even know if he even likes boys, let alone me. I mean, I don't even like boys."

"But you like Xiumin hyung, so you obviously like boys."

"I like A boy. Just one. Get it right."

"Just tell him, hyung. If you don't tell him, it's just going to keep bothering you which means I'M never going to get any sleep. And I'm one of the lead singers of this group. I need my beauty sleep."

Kris shot Chen an angry glare. "Since when did this become about you?"

"Hey," Chen replied, raising his hands in defense while he got up and walked over to his own bed. "I'm just saying, you should tell him. It's what's best for you, what's best for the group and more importantly...what's best for me."

Kris just groaned in frustration. As much as he hated to admit it, Chen was right. How good of a leader could he be if he always has 'dumplings' on his mind?

"So how do you think I should tell him?"

"Just say this," Chen replied, getting comfortable under his sheets again. "'Hey Xiumin, you like dumplings, I like dumplings and since you're a 'dumpling', let's go out so I can eat you'."

At first, Kris wasn't necessarily paying any attention to Chen's deep-voiced impression of him when he was telling him what to say.

Eat him...yeah ri-

Kris shot up in to a sitting position all of a sudden, his face lit up like he just came up with a great idea.

"I got it," Kris said excitedly before starting to get under his sheets to go back to sleep. "Thanks Chen, you're the best."

Chen looked over at Kris. "I was just joking about that last part."

Kris just mumbled something inaudible as he got comfortable.

"So you've come up with a plan?" Chen asked.

Kris didn't answer.

"Hello??? After I just gave you all that awesome advice, you're just gonna go to bed and not tell me what you're gonna do?"

There was still no answer from the bed across from his. Kris must've fallen asleep.

"Jiaozi...mandu...dumplings..."

Chen sighed. "Seriously?"

"Mmmm..."

Covering his head with his blankets after hearing the low growl, Chen closed his eyes, trying to ignore the sounds that are probably going to keep him up for the rest of the night.

"Whatever plan he has," Chen said to himself. "Better work. I can't take much more of th-"

"Mmmm..."

(-_- ;)

Hey everyone!

See the awesome new poster??? ^^^^ Courtesy of Shaza_Bigbang_ @ SHADOWLESS who is AMAZING!

Anyways, what'd you all think of part two? I'm currently in the middle of part three and I am also working on chapter six of Sweet Tooth and part two of A Really 'Fogged' Up Situation...I'm busy busy busy.

OH and expect a new three-shot featuring a new EXO couple AND another one with a B.A.P couple. Of course, like I always do, the couple will be not the most popular pairings but the story will be my usual cutesy-crack-comedy-romance stuff...I feel like that's what I'm best at.

AND speaking of B.A.P, did anyone else DIE when they watched their Music Bank comeback???

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