Chanyeol thinks Kris is cute. He's always thought Kris was cute from the minute they were lab partners in their chemistry class.

    "Don't screw up," Kris had said, and even though his face had been stoic when he said it, Chanyeol had just thought the fact that he had said it was cute.

    "I won't," he had replied with a huge grin on his face.

    After that, Chanyeol had declared to anyone and everyone that Kris was the only by he found cute. Other boys could be attractive, handsome, and even y, but none of them were cute except Kris…at least that was how it used to be, but now…

    Chanyeol groans, running a hand through his pale russet hair and looking to Lay who was sitting across the cafeteria table.

    Lay shrugs, laughing as Chanyeol groans yet again and begins to mess up his hair. "Like I said, if I was in your position, I would just take both of them."

    "Lay," Chanyeol replies, only a little bit annoyed, "you also thought that it was appropriate to dump all five of our TAs in the pool when we were only allowed to pick one. You've always chose more than what's possible."

    "Who says it isn't possible?" Lay asks, shrugging once again. "Obviously, you haven't been with me, Luhan, and Sehun before."

    Chanyeol's jaw drops as Lay dumps the remainder of his lunch into the trashcan and walks off, waving jauntily. "I always knew he was a little crazy," Chanyeol mutters to himself, grabbing the Fanta that Lay left behind. "What kind of self-respecting male says his favorite animal is a unicorn for goodness sakes?"

    "What about unicorns?"

    Ah, the source of Chanyeol's problems is here now, sliding into the seat beside Chanyeol and placing down his tray as he smiles at the same time. And what a cute smile it was.

    "Tao," Chanyeol acknowledges, hands immediately flying up to flatten the hair he had messed up just a moment before. "Where's Kris?"

    "I don't have to go everywhere with my boyfriend you know," Tao replies, amused as he holds up the Pepsi he bought. Chanyeol clinks cans with him and can't help but think, Cute!

    "So why's your hair all sticking up?" Tao asks.

    "Just…thinking…about…things," Chanyeol replies lamely. He's never been good at lying, and Tao's cute face—wow, he really needs to stop thinking that word—wasn't making it any easier. Wow, he needs to think about something else. Like that panda stuffed animal waiting in his backpack.

    "I-I got this for you!" Chanyeol exclaims, pulling out the stuffed animal quickly. "So yeah, happy birthday and stuff. I need to um…go to class. Yeah, class!" He all but throws the stuffed panda into Tao's face before he's off running to anywhere that he could think of.

    The next day Lay splits his side laughing when Chanyeol tells him of the incident and shakes his head.

    "Maybe you'll have better luck with Kris," Lay snorts, throwing away his lunch again. When Kris sits down a minute later, Chanyeol has to admit that his friend has impeccable timing.

    "The panda is cute," Kris remarks, sitting down beside Chanyeol. Chanyeol has realized this pattern. Lay always sits across the table from him, but both Tao and Kris sit beside him. It's…interesting to say the least.

    "Thank you."

    Chanyeol stares at the blonde haired man sitting beside him, unsure of what he heard before Kris grins his lovely gummy grin, and Chanyeol can't help but grin back.

    "Cute," Kris murmurs, but Chanyeol is already looking away, waving at another friend in a motion meant to draw the person over to the table.

    Tao's birthday party is that weekend. Chanyeol brings another present except this time it's something safe and not cute, just a gift card for bubble tea. He thinks it would be better suited for Sehun or Luhan, but it's not their birthday, it's Tao's.

    When the time comes for cleanup, all the other boys immediately make some excuse to go away. Chanyeol simply shrugs and says that he doesn't have anything better to do.

    "Thanks," Tao says quietly, and Chanyeol stops for a second before grinning widely and giving the younger boy a thumbs up. Sooo cutttee!

    "Hey, Chanyeol," Tao says after a few seconds of silence, and Chanyeol looks up only to scuttle back a moment later when Tao presses his lips to his.

    "You! Kris! What?" Chanyeol sputters, touching his lips and feeling rather faint at the large smirk dominating Tao's face. Not cute this time but…hot.

    "You're cute," Tao says slyly, reaching up to thread his fingers through Chanyeol's hair and kiss him again.

    "You know if your eyes grow any wider you'll look like Kyungsoo," someone remarks from the doorway.

    Chanyeol breaks away to whirl around and meet Kris' level gaze eye to eye. "I didn't. I mean. Sorry. I can't." Chanyeol continues to stumble over his words until Kris strides over and grabs him by the nape of his neck.

    Their lips connect, and Chanyeol stiffens. Kris is just the perfect neck so his neck doesn't have to angle, and when the kiss ends, he finds that his neck is not uncomfortably stiff like it usually is after kissing other people.

    "You're cute," Kris breathes, and then Chanyeol feels Tao pressing up behind him just as Kris presses a kiss to his cheek. "Really cute."

    "I am?" Chanyeol squeaks. "But, wait, this is really weird, and—"

    Tao and Kris both shrug at the same time, and the younger one says something that makes Chanyeol want to bash his head against the wall.

    "Lay does it all the time."

    "I hate that excuse," Chanyeol mumbles, but when Tao wraps his arms around his waist from the back and Kris slings his arms around Chanyeol's neck, he decides not to think about it until later.