-Hyori's POV-

  "Get away from me Ji-Yong! Please! Stop!", I screamed to the top of my lungs, attempting to push him away. But I couldn't, he was too strong. GD was back. He was in Tao's room, but Tao wasn't there with me. Why did he leave? Where the hell was he? Seunghyun, who seemed to hate what was happening, was just staring at us, and I couldn't tell whether or not he would help me.   "Please! Stop!", I was pinned down by him, my shirt was ripped open and I was too weak to move. He crashed his lips to mine and he started to tug at my shorts.   "Tao! Please! HELP ME!", I screamed, my voice ripping through my throat, tears falling down my cheeks.   "Ri! Wake up! Wake the hell up! Please!", My eyes sprang open and I sat up out of fear.  Tao was kneeling beside me, his hands on my arms and his concerned eyes fixed on my face. I started crying at the fact that my nightmare made me feel so impure and indecent. Tao pulled me into his warm embrace and I swear I saw his eyes water, maybe he knew what I dreamt about? But why would he cry? Did he care that much? I buried my face in his chest and cried a little more, in attempt to lessen the heavy feeling that I couldn't seem to shake off.   "Are you okay?", he said, his voice cracking. Why is his voice cracking? Is he going to cry? No, please, he shouldn't. I certainly do not want him to cry for me, it was just a dream, just a freaking dream. I nodded at his question and tried my best to stop the tears that were falling from my eyes, and I did so succesfully. I pulled away from him and his eyes were so glassy and broken that I almost felt bad for having put myself into trouble the night before, which caused the negative thoughts going on inside my head, including his.   "Tao, why are you crying?", I asked, almost forgetting about the nightmare, focusing on why Tao was tearing up.   "I just hate seeing you cry, I should've protected you well. I should've been there before they could get to you. And now that experience still haunts you because I wasn't there when he hurt you. I'm so sorry...", he said taking my hands into his'.    "How did you know that he was in my dreams?"   "You were screaming his name. Asking him to stop...", he replied, tears falling from his eyes. As serious as we seemed to be, I was actually on the verge of laughing my head off. I know, I sound cruel, but I never knew that Tao was so sensitive.   "Tao, please don't cry, it's not your fault. I left MY phone remember? It was MY fault, not yours...", I said hugging him tight. I felt his arms snake around my back and I was stuck in the tightest embrace that I've ever recieved from anyone. I know, I know, there's too much hugging going on around here.   "But I wasn't, I couldn't-I didn't protect-", I cut him off with a kiss and from there on, I had no idea what I was doing. He cupped my face with his hands and mine slowly crept to his nape, and I swear I felt his lips form a smile under the kiss. Everything around me seemed to slow down, everything felt more euphoric, almost like it would never end. Honestly, I didn't want it to. What if Tao was doing that? Was he playing around with time again? Who cared anyway? I wanted to stay there forever, with him, in that moment.  When I pulled away, I came to my senses. What the hell did we just do?oh oh oh . Babo! Hyori what did you just do?!   "What was that for?", he asked me, a small smile forming on his lips.   Well what do I reply to that? Oh I don't know, I just felt like kissing you because I couldn't help the fact that my best friend is so freaking attractive, that it makes me so effing hormonal at times... Or Wait, how about this? Oh I don't know, maybe your lips are so magnetic that they attracted mine? Or how about this Hyori? Well since you're a cute little cwying panda, mommy Hyowi decided to give the wittle panda a kiss on his pwetty lips... What am I doing?! ugh... Fine, here goes nothing- "You saved me last night, I don't know how else I could thank you or shut you up about the topic since you were actually there to save me. Besides, you're my best friend, I'd forgive you for almost anything...", I said wrapping my arms around his waist,and placing my head on his shoulder. I made up the excuse as the thoughts in my head raced. I didn't even know what I was saying or feeling at the moment, hopefully my excuse made at least a hint of sense, or something...   "Oh... Okay", he said wiping his tears away. I lifted my head off of him, unwrapped my arms from his waist and transferred them to his left arm. His arms were sculpted. I should know since I've seen him shirtless. But I never stared... Okay maybe I did stare a bit, but who wouldn't? He wasn't bulked up or anything, he was perfect. Not too skinny, not too buff.   "Are you still sleepy?", he asked looking at me shyly. He was so cute that I just hope that I didn't blush. I shook my head and he pouted.   "So what do we do now?", he asked me, raising an eyebrow. I suddenly realized how hungry I was, despite the large amount of food I had eaten last night.   "Do you want some breakfast?", I asked. He looked at me and he nodded. I pulled his hand and got off of the bed, dragging him with me. I didn' realize how early in the morning it was until we reached the kitchen, it was still pretty dark outside. "5:30 am?", I said glancing at the wallclock as I made my way to the one place every truly normal teenage girl calls her Valhalla and her one and only Nirvana; The Glorious Fridge.   "We didn't get much sleep now did we?", he asked. I nodded and smiled at him as I opened the fridge.   "Oh God, don't tell me you two were really doing it last night?", we heard a deep voice say. I turned around and saw a sleepy Chanyeol standing by the oven.   "Geezus Chanyeol! I didn't mean it like that!", Tao said throwing a piece of bread at him. I, on the other hand, just turned to hide my face in the fridge, pretending to look for something... edible. All I could do was glance at them every once in a while since I was probably red out of embarrassment.   "But I swear I heard you and a girl scream last night! There were thuds and noises and I was suspecting someone else but you guys don't have to deny it! I can feel the hot tension between the two of you anyway...",  Chanyeol laughed, throwing the bread back at Tao.   "Chanyeol... We. Did. Not. Do. Anything. Last. Night. So shut up or else I swear I'm gonna go Kungfu Panda on your ...", Tao threatened him.   "Fine, fine, you didn't do it last night... So what the heck did you mean by 'We didn't get much sleep now did we?'", Chanyeol asked, quoting Tao's words with his fingers.   Tao sighed and rolled his eyes, "It means that I got pranked last night, while you guys were asleep. Accidentally. Me and Hyori stayed up a bit later than everyone else, not that we did anything, but it was because I wanted her to stay with me since I got scared of the prank... Don't ask... And today she woke up early because of a really bad nightmare, which I still don't know about... Get it?", He explained.   "Oh, okay. But you kids better behave...", Chanyeol said, giving us the "I've got my eyes on you" hand thingy. He took a bottle of water from the lower cabinet and then he left.   "That was... Awkward...", I croaked, after I felt my face was getting really cold because of the breeze from the fridge. I held out some eggs, some milk and butter then I closed the fridge. When I turned around I saw Tao blushing. Is he really being cute on purpose today? Or am I seeing things?   "Uhh, Tao do you have a pan?", I said, trying to contain the smile forming on my lips. He nodded and he handed me a pan. I headed towards the skillet and I prepared everything I needed. Bread, eggs, milk,  butter, sugar (The sweeter, the better) a bowl, a plate, wisk... Okay! Ready!   "So, what are you making?", he asked from behind me.   "Just some French Toast, I don't feel like eating anything else this morning. I hope you have some syrup around here...", yeah, right, like syrup disappears from the face of every normal family kitchen. Babo Hyori, babo.   "I think so, let me check...", he murmured, heading over to the cabinet on the far right of the room. "Here, will this do?", he said, holding out a bottle of Karo Syrup. I nodded and he placed it on the counter. He just stood behind me while I cooked up the food. I expected myself to blush or to fluster but I didn't feel anything awkward. It felt normal, as if I've known him for years. The same goes with my relationship with Lara and Coleen, the first few weeks that we've been friends, we already ended up knowing a lot about each other and we never felt awkward or weird around each other, we've never argued about anything either.   After a few minutes of standing there, alternating between the mixture and the bread; and also alternating between the turner between the pan and the plate of toasts, I heard Tao move away from me and he seemed to set the counter up for eating.   

 "Done!", I exclaimed after I finished cooking enough toast for the two of us. I brought the plate of my masterpiece/s to the counter and saw Tao nearly drooling at the sight of it.

"I see someone's hungry...", I teased.   "I guess am hungry. Especially after last night", he replied. After. Last. Night. Why did that have to sound so wrong right now? Why did Chanyeol have to make it sound so wrong? I think Tao noticed my sudden redness because he quickly reassured me that it wasn't what he meant. I told him that it was fine and Chanyeol just made it sound really weird. He placed almost half of the toast that I cooked up, on his plate and he poured a generous amount of syrup on it. Good heavens, is this how he normally eats? He stuffed his mouth with toast and chewed happily. He was eating peacefully and suddenly he put a big piece of toast into his mouth, a moment after he swallowed, he started to turn red. I got worried because maybe in the end,it didn't taste good, which would be embarrassing. ! What if he's allergic to eggs and he doesn't even know? Well that would be stupid because if that was the case and he was living with five other guys then he should've already found out about his allergies. Or what if I overcooked it? But that wasn't possible since the toast was barely even dark brown. Oh my god what if the milk was expired?   "Ri-I need- I need some wa-- I need water-", Tao said with difficulty. Oh okay, so he's choking. Mother in heaven he's choking! I got up and ran to get some water. I was a few meters away from the fridge and I accidentally slipped and landed on my . I looked at Tao, he was still choking, and it looked almost like he was going to die or something and I forgot the pain I was feeling on my bum. I got up, got some water and quickly ran back to Tao, who was still choking. He drank a little bit and he winced from the pain, after a few seconds he drank more water and then he breathed heavily.   "Remind me to eat more slowly when you cook something alright?", he said after he recovered from the royal pains of choking on food.   "When I cook somethi