Everyone woke up early.  And, to Chen’s surprise, Lu Han actually woke up before he did.  He thought that it was strange when he went into the kitchen to find Sooyun steeping some tea with Lu Han following close by.  Chen takes in the scene quietly as he watches Lu Han practically wag his tail like a puppy every time Sooyun turns her attention to him.

            Something obviously happened, he thought as he clears his throat.  They’re way too comfortable with each other.

            Since he wasn’t able to talk to Sooyun yesterday when she came back home from her dinner with Lu Han, he doesn’t know if they’ve made up…  But, from their strange and sudden intimacy, Chen is sure that something good happened.  Sooyun and Lu Han jumps, being startled.  They turn to him and he flashes them a smile.  He opens his mouth to say something when Tao suddenly interrupts him.

            “Han Ge, why did you come into Jiejie’s room in the middle of the night?” he asks, suddenly, as he comes into the kitchen.  He is rubbing his eyes from the bright lights.

            “You did what?” asks Chen, surprised.

            “I-I-” stutters Lu Han.

            “He couldn’t sleep.” answers Sooyun for him.

            He rolls his eyes.  “Ever since when does Lu Han not fall asleep easily?” he asks.  “That’s unbelievable!”

            “Well, he woke me up in the middle of the night.” states Sooyun and Chen flashes Lu Han a look.   The older male was trying to avoid eye contact at all cause. 

            “And, me too!!” reminds Tao.  “It was horrible!!”

            “What’s with all of the como-” starts Kris, as he walks up to Chen’s side.

            “Did he try to you, Tao?” smiles Chen, making Lu Han’s jaw drop.

            “Of course!!!  He was touching me all over!!” replies Tao, quickly hiding behind Sooyun.  “Jiejie, don’t let that dirty man into your room.”  He quickly points a finger at Lu Han, accusingly.

            “Why are you screaming, Tao?” asks Lay, as he walks in.

            “Yeah, I know.” mumbles Xiumin, as he comes in behind Lay.

            Before anyone can answer their questions, Sooyun laughs out loud to Chen’s surprise.  He can feel his jaw drop and eyes widen, automatically.  Her smile is so bright and happy that he couldn’t help it, but smile as well.  The dimple on her left cheek makes it even sweeter and the eye smile she has is the cherry on top.  He quickly glances around at the others and everyone, besides Lu Han, is in awe.  Xiumin and Tao silently express their feelings on the sidelines with goofy smiles and little squeals as Sooyun continues to laugh.  Chen hesitates to say something when the door suddenly opens and Manager Hyunkyun walks in.  Everyone turns to him and he looks at them confused until his eyes fell on Sooyun.  His reaction is the same, but he quickly recovers and smiles back.

            “Everyone’s up…” he acknowledges, looking around again as he closes the door.  “That’s a record.”

            Kris snorts.  “Tao was screaming at the top of his lungs and Chen was making a joke.” he states, with a smile.

            “Chen, that’s not really nice.  is a very serious-” starts their manager.

            “Oppa, it’s OK.” interrupts Sooyun.  “He was just teasing Lu Han.”

            “What did he do this time?” asks Manager Hyunkyun, rather seriously.

            “You mean, who did he do?!” laughs Chen, still wanting to play around.

            “Xiao Xue?” asks Sooyun, curiously.

            “No, he jacked off in the bathroom?” chimes in Lay, unsure.

            “Were you watching again?” asks Xiumin, turning to Lu Han.

            “I did not!!!” yells Lu Han as Chen starts to laugh out loud.  The older male’s face is bright red.

            “OK, BOYS!  Stop it!” booms Manager Hyunkyun.  “Grab your things and we’ll start heading to the SM building.” 

            His authoritative voice makes the guys scram, but Chen takes a last look at Sooyun.  She lets out a small chuckle with her bright smile.  I seriously need to talk to her later, he thought.

            Getting through the airport and getting to the terminal is always a hassle.  There are always huge amounts of EXO M fans, waiting and excited.  The moment they see the boys, their excitement overflows and there’s always pushing, pulling, and sometimes falling.  Each of the guys has had their chances to fall at the airport due to the chaotic nature of their fans overwhelming emotions.  It’s nothing new.

            Chen glances behind him, over at Sooyun.  She’s at the end, with another coordinator.  It was her second time going to the airport with EXO M.  He thought that the first time would be her last because it was pretty she apparently got pushed and almost fell.  But, according to Lu Han’s sources, she’s been in worse cases with Shin.

            Chen flashes a smile at her as she catches his gaze.  Sooyun returns it briefly before they enter the airport.  She is at the end, to make sure that none of the guys are left behind like a few times before.  The fans were already screaming and they were only at the door. 

            Well, this will be fun as always, thought Chen as he smiles.

            “What is that?” asks Tao, as Sooyun comes back to the guys with cups of coffee from Starbucks.

            “Fangifts.” she whispers and quickly looks around if Manager Hyunkyun is around. 

            Sooyun knows that the guys are not supposed to take fangifts and that she should be a better role model at dismissing simple acts like that.  Sooyun did briefly mention something about fans before, but he doesn’t really remember.  She quickly looks at the gifts and hands the drink holder to Chen.  Then, she hands out the gifts to the guys meanwhile Chen passes the drinks to the others.  They sit down as soon as Manager Hyunkyun walks up to the group.  They act like nothing happened, appreciating how Sooyun will break company rules just to help their fans.  The guys were talking amongst themselves about various topics.

            Chen opens his mouth to say something when her phone goes off.  “Oppa?” she asks, into the phone softly.  “I’m good, how are you?  Oh…  I’m at the airport; I’ll be going to Taiwan soon.  How about you?  Where are you?”  The person on the other end answers.  “Japan?  Oh~  Sorry, I forgot…  Your Asia tour.  When are you coming to Shanghai so then I can come see you?” 

            Chen raises his eyebrows, curious.  He shouldn’t be tuning into the conversation, but he couldn’t help it either.  He glances over at the others; they were trying not to tune in as well but they were all pretty quiet, especially Xiumin who always has acute hearing abilities.

            “October 18^th?” asks Sooyun, in shock.  She lets out a laugh.  “No way.  You’re lying to me.”  The person on the other end starts to laugh and yells something.  “How are you not lying?!  There is no way you’ll be performing in Shanghai 2 days before my birthday!”

            Chen smiles.  That was probably the most relevant information I got from this phone call, he thought.  October 20^th?  Well…. 

            After another trip through the mass of screaming fangirls, the group went off to the hotel.  As soon as they got into the lobby, they bump into Hyoyeon who will also be performing at the music festival with EXO M.  She smiles brightly when she laid her eyes on Sooyun.  Chen honestly didn’t know that they had a good relationship as they excitedly greeted each other. 

            “I haven’t seen you in so lllllooooooooooonnnnnnnnnggggg, Sooyun!” she happily says, as she hugs her.

            “I miss you too, Unnie.” says Sooyun, as she becomes engulfed into a tight hug.

            Hyoyeon laughs as she pulls away from the hug and then she looks at her from head to toe.  Her grin becomes wider if possible.  “Have you been eating more?” she asks.

            Sooyun flashes a confused look as Chen laughs, making the 2 women turn to face him.  He clears his throat and replies, “Yeah, she has.”

            “W-What?” asks Sooyun, in disbelief.  “That’s not true.”

            Chen laughs again as their manager motions them to go to the elevator after getting the keys to their rooms.  “Yeah, you did.” he states.

            “Sooyun, you’ve probably been really happy since you’ve became a part of our team.  That’s why you don’t notice anything.” smiles Lay, as he looks over his shoulder as he starts to walk away.

            “W-What?” asks Sooyun, dumbfounded, as she watches as the group follows the manager. 

            Hyoyeon lets out a laugh as she pulls the younger women towards the elevator.  “I have a gift for you.” she says, as she reaches into her big purse.

            “What?” asks Sooyun.  “No.”

            “Yes, I did.” laughs Hyoyeon, as she pulls out a small bag and she lets out a heavy sigh. 

            “Oh my god!” says Sooyun, as her eyes widens.  “I can’t believe that you went to Jill Stuart!  When did you go to Japan?” 

            Hyoyeon shrugs her shoulder and hands the bag to Sooyun.  She quickly pulls her into the elevator.  They were the last ones to enter it and Hyoyeon motions her to open her gift.  Sooyun flashes a look as the elevator door closes and her facial expression reflects off of the elevator door.  Chen smiles and he hears Lu Han let out a soft chuckle.  The younger male turns to look at the older one and their eyes meet.  Lu Han just shrugs.  Sooyun becomes excited about Hyoyeon’s gift.  The idol has gotten her friend some makeup and, of course, the makeup artist will go crazy over it.

            They got off on the 9^th floor, but before Chen could say anything to Sooyun, she and Manager Hyunkyun starts talking about the schedule for the night.  Chen looks over his shoulder as they all went their own ways.

            “So, Hyung?” asks Chen, as he opened his suitcase.

            “Hm?” responds Xiumin.

            “Did you know that Lu Han came into your room last night?” asks Chen.

            “Ummm…  I was completely passed out.” laughs Xiumin.

            Chen tries not to roll his eyes at his hyung.  After unpacking and putting his clothes in the drawers, he sits around impatiently.  He fidgets around as he goes through the channels on the TV.  Meanwhile, Xiumin is playing a game online with Lu Han in the other room.

            “What’s wrong, Chen?” asks Xiumin.

            “Something happened between Lu Han Hyung and Sooyun…  I didn’t get to talk to her last night and I didn’t want to talk about it in front of Lu Han or in public either.”

            “You do seem pretty curious.” comments Xiumin, as he puts his phone down.  “Well, curiosity can kill.”  Chen laughs and the older male continues.  “They seem closer so that’s a good thing, but…”

            “He’s quite attached for some reason.” finishes Chen.  “Who goes to some girl in the middle of the night when you have a girlfriend?”

            “Exactly.” agrees Xiumin.  “There’s just something really wrong with that picture. Well, you have a talk with Sooyun and the rest of the guys and I will have a talk with Lu Han.  How about that?”

            Chen smiles.  “Sure.” he nods.  “Sounds like a good plan.”

AUTHOR’S NOTE:

            Hmmmm…  This is a rather boring chapter for me, for some reason.  T_T  I hope that you guys enjoyed it.

            OMG, YOU GUYS!  EXO FINALLY RELEASED THEIR XOXO ALBUM!!!  It's so beautiful!!  T_T  What song did you guys liked the most?  (I know, it's not possible to really choose, but I like "Black Pearl" the most....  It's just so- *ugly fan girl cry*.)

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