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The school year was slowly wrapping up.

It was a week before graduation. There was no homework or projects. Students’ backpacks were empty of papers. Some of them didn’t even bother to bring them at all. Others vowed not to come back to school until graduation, which earned them another round of detention.

Kris and Jungah were walking back from school. They were headed to Kris’s house with a tub of ice cream. Their hands were intertwined and gently swinging back and forth between their legs.

Kris held up the bag with the tub of rocky road in it. “It’s melting. You should eat it now.”

“We don’t have a spoon right now.” Jungah pointed out.

“You should still eat it.” He teased. “What am I? A dog?” She snorted.

Kris jokingly swung the ice cream towards her. Jungah lightly punched it like it was punching bag. “Get that away from me.” Kris laughed loudly. Jungah couldn’t help but smile along. She shook her head with an expanding smile. He mumbled cute, sweet things to her and kissed her forehead.

Jungah blushed and whacked his arm, “Don’t do that in public.”

“But I can do that in private?” Kris questioned.

“Shut up!” She hissed and kicked the brick wall. He laughed at her flustered reaction.

*Ke-ai.* Kris thought. Smiling, he faced forward. Abruptly, he stopped short. Jungah halted also. She looked up at him. His expression was pale, and he wasn’t smiling anymore.

*What is he staring at?* Jungah turned her head. She saw five males standing several feet away. They were wearing casual outfits, but something about them seemed daunting and out of place. Their eyes were intense and disarming, and they were staring straight at Kris.

Kris wouldn’t look away either. *What are they doing here?* He wondered what the rest of Exo-M was doing in South Korea.

“Kris.” Jungah shook him out of his daze. Instantly, the five gazes turned to her.

“Do you know them?” She whispered in alarm. She didn’t like the way they were juding her. Their eyes seem to penetrate into her personal space, and she didn’t feel comfortable around them.

Kris turned to Jungah with a soft expression. He held out the bag of ice cream, “Can you go to your house first and eat this?”

“By myself?” Jungah asked in disbelief. She glanced at the males then looked at Kris. She lowered her voice, “Will you be okay?” He gave her a small, pallid smile with a reassuring nod. “They’re friends from China.”

“Oh.” Uncertainly, Jungah took the bag. Kris touched her cheek.

One of the males raised an eyebrow and met eyes with the taller one.

“Go home. I’ll call you.” Kris whispered. Jungah nodded. She glanced at the foreign boys one more time then walked away.

“Kris-“ Luhan began.

He held out a hand with a steady gaze on Jungah. *Not until she’s completely gone.*

Jungah started to turn the corner. She paused and turned back around. Kris gave her an encouraging nod. Jungah finally vanished.

Kris turned back to his friends. After an indefinite pause, Lay spoke in rapid Chinese, “What the hell are you doing?”

“Come up first.” Kris led them towards his place.

Xiumin and Luhan glanced at each other. Xiumin shrugged, stuck his hands in his pockets, and followed Kris. The others followed along without a choice.

Kris keyed in his password, which he had recently changed to Jungah’s birthday that was also the same day they had begun to go out. The door clicked open, and he strode inside with Exo-M on his tail. Tao shut the door. Kris tossed his empty backpack on the couch and tugged his tie lose.

“Wow, look at you, duizhang. You suit the high school uniform pretty well. You could’ve fooled me as a high school student.” Xiumin amiably grinned. He walked up to his leader and touched his tie, “I have something like this, I think. You think I can pass for a high school student, too?”

“Enough with the stupid tie!” Lay snarled. His eyes pinned Kris. “Who the hell was that girl?”

“Language, Yixing.” Kris calmly reminded.

Lay stared at him, “So it is true. You have a girlfriend?”

“Duizhang is in love?” Tao blinked.

“How did you know?” Kris narrowed his eyes.

“Liang knows.” Chen whispered. “Liang?!” Kris’s mouth fell open.

“Cheng told him.” Luhan revealed. Kris balled his hands into tight, tense fists. *Damn him.*

“Liang isn’t happy, Kris.” Lay said. “Now he knows why you bailed out on all those meetings and avoided his phonecalls.” Kris gritted his teeth with a grim expression.“Frankly, I’m disappointed, too. All this just for a girl?” Lay shook his head. He couldn’t understand love, having never experienced it once hi