It had not yet passed midnight when everyone apart from Chanyeol and yourself headed into their rooms to call it a day. Clambering onto the sofa like an excited puppy, Chanyeol lay down flat on his face. 

'Yeollie, you're too long to do that. Your face is in my arse, this is a bit weird...'

Chanyeol propped himself on one elbow, legs straight out and resting on the arm of the sofa.

'Are you staying up a bit longer?'

You nodded, 'I'm not tired yet'

Yawning and stretching, Chanyeol sat up properly to give you space to sit comfortably. 

'Neither am I'

'Liar, go to bed'

You crossed your legs, sitting on the sofa with a pillow on your lap. Chanyeol reached forwards to get the remote control for the television and began flicking through it. 

'Not yet. I'm not tired. Oh look, it's 'Harry Potter'! Which one is this?' 

Chanyeol peered at the remote control, trying to find the button to bring up the programme's information. He was squinting in the dark trying to find it and you took it away from him before he would damage his eyes.

'It's the second one, 'Chamber of Secrets'. The one with Tom Riddle's diary'

'Wow, Haneul you're daebak! How did you know?!'

'Harry Potter is my shiz, Yeol. Want to watch it?'

Chanyeol nodded, 'do you understand what they're saying without the subtitles?'

'Of course'

'I'm jealous.'

'Why? Because I understand the English?'

'You can speak so many different languages and you can talk to everyone in them. Like you talk to Kris and your friends in English and you talk to Luhan and Tao in Chinese... And Lay. Wait, do you talk to Lay?'

'Like at all?' you laughed, 'of course I talk to Lay'

'What do you talk to him about?'

'Just... stuff?'

'What stuff?'

'You're awfully nosy tonight, Yeollie'

'I can't help it. I haven't been able to spend time with you much recently. You're always with D.O or Kai and Baekhyun's deserted me to be with a girlfriend so I'm lonely'

'You're still bitter about Baekhyun's comments, aren't you?'

'No!' Chanyeol said indignantly, 'I just wished he'd stop rubbing it in my face, that's all. All he talks about before we go to sleep is Maddie who, yeah, is great but I don't really care about the number of times she laughed at his jokes or the amount of times he couldn't say something in English and then something or something led to a kiss or... I don't know eurgh. I'm tired of it.'

The giant beside you rubbed his temples and you patted the pillow on your lap.

'If you're worn out or tired, why don't you sleep?'

'Isn't it supposed to be the other way round? Your head in my lap, not my head in yours. I'm the man here, not you.'

He took the pillow from your lap and placed it on his own after crossing his legs. He then gently brought your head down to rest and grabbing a nearby blanket, he laid it over you.

'Is Huiling in your room?'

You nodded.

'I liked that stunt you pulled earlier with the tabasco in her food'

'You saw that?' You said, feeling suddenly guilty, 'I feel a little bad about doing it now'

'What's life without a couple of pranks here and there? As long as you weren't intending to kill her entirely, it's fine. Otherwise we should probably check our princess into a mental ward.'

You lifted your head and slapped Chanyeol's thigh making him yelp in surprise. Apologetic, you then moved closer towards him, burying your hands beneath his thigh to keep them warm.

'You comfortable there?' Chanyeol asked and you nodded

'Very'

Reaching into his hoodie pockets, he brought out a number of sweets and chocolates. You turned your head and eyed them cautiously when he offered them to you.

'Jaemin-oppa would not be happy'

'Not allowed?'

'There's a race in a few weeks so he's been going mad and saying we can't eat junk. Oh well. Everyone else is still eating crap. What oppa doesn't know won't harm him.'

'Are you sure? I don't want you to get into trouble. I can get up and cut some fruit or something. That's healthy, isn't it? I'm pretty sure Sehun brought back some apples...'

Chanyeol's hands moved to his side as he attempted to stand up without disrupting you. Of course that would never work as your head was in his lap, blocking any way of him moving.

'No, don't be silly. Stay here,' you said, 'stay here with me, you don't need to get up and do anything'

'It feels funny'

'What does?'

You frowned and lifted your head suddenly thinking that it might be irritating him due to its weight but he gently cupped the side of your face, bringing you back down. His fingers found their way naturally to your hair and he began combing through it.

'I'm known here for being lazy and when I actually offer to get up and do something, you tell me not to'

'Crazy'

Chanyeol chuckled softly, 'yeah it is'

 

You watched the entire length of the film and as Chanyeol ate his way through a whole pack of fizzy worms, he found his energy levels restored. His stomach rumbled loudly by your ear and you laughed.

'Didn't you eat enough at dinner? Was the curry not good?'

'Your curry was so good that everyone else ate seconds before I could finish'

'How's that possible? You eat like a vacuum cleaner- hoover up whatever's in sight'

'I was savouring the food princess had made'

'You can get D.O-oppa to make it again'

Chanyeol shook his head, 'you have to make it or else it'll be missing the most vital ingredient'

'And what's that?'

'Your love'

'You're so cheesy'

Your smile turned into a laugh and in turn, the movement of you laughing on Chanyeol's lap sent him into fits too.

'Ah it hurts! My stomach really hurts!' you said, clutching your tummy, 'Jaemin will be happy though. He says I need more abs'

'Kris said I have underdeveloped abs earlier. Touch my stomach and tell me whether they're good or not.'

'Do you even work out, Chanyeol?'

'Just because I'm lazy doesn't mean I can't have a six pack.'

'Well generally... it does. Wait, who here has a six pack? Apart from Tao of course.'

'Baek's got one coming along. He's been doing sit ups in our room every night. Whilst talking to me about his girlfriend. Can I just say that the urge to punch him is getting a bit too much?' Chanyeol joked, 'and Luhan has a six pack from the football and probably his stint in the company. Kris acts like he's got a six pack but I've seen him topless and he's not amazing.'

'What about Kai and D.O-oppa?'

'Kai... Probably. I've never seen D.O topless, he's conservative. Haneul, are you drooling? Do you like six packs?'

'I'm not drooling! I don't have any preference really.'

'I would have thought you'd like them since you're surrounded by muscly guys in tight speedos whenever you swim'

'Nope, I'm not that fussed.'

'Does Ahn Taejoon have a six pack? Have you seen him topless?'

'We did date for a few years Yeollie... So of course I've seen him topless'

'Was it nice?'

'Why do you care? Got a thing for him?' you said, tickling Chanyeol's foot playfully

'Yah! No I don't!'

'Surely you guys have had girlfriends too though... Right? Before I came?'

'Well Chen of course... But otherwise, nothing too serious. Baekhyun had one when he first arrived but she moved away. They weren't serious anyway- it was only holding hands.'

'No one else?'

'Kris probably had a whale of a time as a model in China, I'll bet. Lay... I don't know if we're supposed to count Huiling? He hasn't really said if they're an item, we all just assume it. Even if they were together, I doubt they've even kissed. They're a bit weird.'

'I don't think they're together' you said

'Oh that explains things then. Xiumin-hyung had a summer girlfriend one year which was cool. Suho-hyung was always too busy being in a relationship with his work. Same with Kai. I can imagine they're both untouched but I could be wrong'

'You sound like an expert,' you said teasingly, 'what about the others?'

'Tao. Probably. With a body like his, he must have been a catch back in China. Sehun's had his fair share of kisses, lucky maknae and well we all know about D.O and Shinyeong. I'm not sure how far they went but it might have been all the way. He's never really said much about it. I think it's his way of suppressing the fact that she was a pyscho trying to kill you.' 

'A little bit of an exaggeration there.' 

'She threw a pot at you, Haneul. If that's not trying to kill you then what is it? Maim? Just scare you a little? A scratch? Kris went beserk, I had never seen him like that. D.O didn't even look at her after that. I think it hurt him too much.' 

'Baekhyun was the one that really bore the brunt of it though. Do you remember?' 

'He got punched by D.O, yeah.' 

'And then he got down on his knees because Baekhyun refused his apology' 

'I can honestly say I never thought D.O would do that.'

'I think... Family means a lot to him' 

'It means a lot to me too. You mean a lot to me. If I wasn't related to my sister then Jun Sook wouldn't have sought out his high school revenge on us. And then you wouldn't have been a target.' 

You flicked your wrist in the air, dismissing the idea immediately, 'nonsense. I believe things happen for a reason and I've learnt from what happened. Don't feel like you're to blame because you're not. No one here is.' 

You yawned rather loudly and Chanyeol immediately began running his hands through your hair again. 'Go to sleep if you're tired. Let's sleep out here tonight. You don't want to wake up Huiling.' 

 

***

 

You woke up in the morning to the sweet smell of chocolate. Stirring and stretching, you punched Chanyeol's nose and he grabbed it, groaning in pain.

'Argh... Why is it always me?...' 

You immediately covered your mouth in shock, 'oh God, Yeollie! I'm so sorry! I forgot!' 

He was rubbing his nose when he looked down at you and froze.

'Yeollie? Chanyeol? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost...' 

'Haneul, stay very still...' 

'Is it a spider? Because if is, I'd rather you get it off me quick before I see it and scream' 

'No...' Chanyeol slowly lifted your hair, as if to tie a ponytail, 'it's nothing like that.' 

'Hyung, why is there brown goo on your trousers?' Sehun said, walking over to the sofa and turning on the television, 'wait, why are you two both out here with a blanket? Did you stay here all night?!' 

'Relax, I fell asleep so Yeollie couldn't move. He just ended up sleeping here too' you said, saving both yours and Chanyeol's skin. 

'Oh right. Well... Hyung, you've got brown on you. You might want to wash it because Baekhyun-hyung's not doing a laundry round for a few days.' 

Chanyeol nodded and you glanced up at him, your head still in his lap.

'The chocolate melted, didn't it?' 

'I'm sorry. It must have melted from our body heat...' 

'It's in my hair, isn't it?' 

'Yeah...'

You sat up straight and Chanyeol's hand followed, still holding your hair.

'Come on, I'll help wash it out for you,' Chanyeol said, 'let's get in the bathroom before anyone else wakes up.'

Once standing, you glanced at Chanyeol's thigh which sure enough had a molten patch of brown on it. Anyone from far away would most definitely have thought it was poo. Sehun thought it would be funny to point it out too.

'Hyung shat himself! Hyung shat himself!' he sang, 'Hyung shat himself!' 

'Yah! Oh Sehun! You watch it or I might just poison your food again!' Chanyeol yelled back, ushering you into the bathroom and slamming the door behind him.

 

One by one, the rest of the dorm woke up. It was a first for Sehun to be up the earliest but D.O soon followed along with Kai and Suho. Huiling was next and she padded around the dorm, greeting everyone and helping D.O with breakfast. She had found it a little strange that you were neither outside nor in your room until you heard the shrieks coming from the bathroom.

'Chanyeol! You got soap in my eyes!'

'Sorry!'

'You're washing it too vigorously! You're not supposed to try and dislocate my neck!' 

'Sorry!'

'Chanyeol, I'm choking here!'

'Sorry!'

You were leant over the bathtub, hair in, and Chanyeol held the shower head, rubbing in the shampoo to get the lovely milk chocolate out. Only problem was, he was too rough. 

'Is this how you wash your hair?' 

'Yeah...'

'How is your hair not falling out?! Yah! You pulled too hard! You were gentle last night! What's changed?!'

'Your hair's too long! It's so much longer than mine!'

'I'm a girl! Of course it's longer than yours!

'I'm never washing your hair again!'

'What makes you think I'll let you?!'

Sehun turned the volume on the television up louder, rolling his eyes. Kris, who was now awake, simply smirked and didn't bother asking what was going on. 

 

Breakfast was over quicker than quick and you had a towel wrapped around your sore head as you planned on blow-drying it later or leaving it to air dry. Unwinding the towel in your room, you undressed and put on some new clothes when suddenly there was a ring at the door bell.

'Tao!' you heard Luhan call out, 'the door!'

'Yeah, I'm getting it!!' 

'Who is it?!' you yelled and you heard no reply until there was a knock at your door and Huiling popped her head around.

'Something's going on. We've all got to gather.'

'What's going on?' 

She shrugged, 'I have no idea, Haneul, but there's some drunk guy in your living room.'

You frowned in confusion and quickly pulled your hair into a messy bun before rushing out. Once outside, D.O caught your eye and you stood beside him. Everyone was standing in a semi-circle around Aaron who was in no right state of mind. Minwoo was with him, bowing again and again to apologise.

'I'm really so sorry. I couldn't stop him...' 

He was puffing and panting, obviously red-faced and Kai shook his head, 'it's alright, Minwoo-yah' 

Minwoo shook his head, hands resting on his knees as he was bent over. 

'Just don't take anything he says to heart, okay? He's a bit worked up from last night when-'

'Yah!' Aaron yelled, 'I want to know something!'

He looked straight at you and you held his gaze, wondering what the fuss was about. 

'Haneul... Can you just tell me what's going on? Why haven't you come back to me?' 

You sighed and Kai looked at you warily. Say the right thing. Please.

'You know why... We broke up a long time ago. People change.'

'No! It's because the people here have clouded your vision! Because of them, you can't see me anymore! Why can't you see me?! You changed your mind and didn't move in with me because they brainwashed you into it. You said when we were younger that we'd go to university together and stay together! I kept my side of the promise so why won't you keep yours?!' 

'Haneul-ah, I'm really sorry,' Minwoo started, 'he called me last night to go for a drink and he was still drinking up until about an hour ago. I'm so sorry.' 

'Do you expect her to answer him when he's like this?!' D.O shouted, angry at the position you were in, 'how is she supposed to talk to someone in a drunk rage?!'

'Oppa, it's fine,' you said, 'you don't need to stick up for me. He's my mess so I'll clean him up.' 

'Just tell me...' Aaron said, his face crumpling, 'do you like the guys here? Is that why you can't see me anymore?' 

'Of course I like them! They're everything to me.'

'You have me though!'

'Just get over it!' Chanyeol said, 'she doesn't want to be with you so why can't you leave her alone?' 

'Do you like her?!' Aaron yelled, 'do you all like Haneul?! Who likes her?! Come out and tell me!'

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. 

'Well?! Come on then! Or does Haneul not know?! Is that what this is?! How many of you are there?! All going for the same girl. You're heading for trouble if you're still going to keep up this brother relationship too. So who is it?! Who likes her?!'

Kai glanced at you and noticed D.O start to shift forwards. It wasn't until you grabbed hold of his shirt from behind to stop him did he realise that you knew about his feelings. D.O was one step ahead. He had already confessed. No one else moved. Kai was rooted to the spot, now trying to make sense of the situation. Lay stood around awkwardly trying to dodge Luhan and Kris' constant shifty eyes. Sehun and Tao were uncomfortable and Suho looked like he was far too tired to deal with the situation.

Minwoo decided to take control.

'Xiumin-hyung, could you help me take Taejoon back to my room? Jen's with Jinri so no one will be there.'

Xiumin nodded, 'sure.'

No one else moved and Taejoon was carried out on Xiumin's back. Minwoo bowed again and again on his way out, apologising and saying 'sorry' hundreds of times. Once they were gone, you bowed your head.

'I'm sorry about him...' 

D.O had cleared off with Kai but Luhan smiled sweetly and tapped your chin twice.

'Don't worry about him. He's just a guy running out of options.'

 

 

 

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Fun story: when I was writing the beginning of this chapter, I fell asleep at my laptop. I woke up 4 hours later with chocolate melted into my hair. Gross. I figured it'd be funny to use it in the update though so I guess something good came from it? HAHA (side not I totally flopped naming this chapter)

You've been screeeeaming for ChanHan moments so HERE YOU HAVE ONE. And of course with all that's been happening regarding EXO boys and Haneul, we've been needing some Taejoon drama to heat things up a little bit. OH AND NOW KAI KNOWS SO WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN ER MA GAD

Final thing: EXO BE KILLIN THE STAGES DOIN THEIR THANG! So proud ㅠㅠ