Episode 1 - First Meeting

A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry for the wait! I have been so busy because of school but now that I am on spring break, I can write more! This chapter isn't very good because it was rushed and I couldn't really think of what to write. It's kind of crappy in my opinion. I hope to write better chapters in the future. Bye! Hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 1 - First Episode

PD: What are your expectations for this season?

Chanyeol: My expectations? I’ve never really been in love before so I hope this first experience will go well. I will do anything to impress my love and do anything to keep them close to me. If anyone tries to take MY love…I’ll hurt them. Just kidding but I will try to make sure they don’t fall for anyone else.

Suho: …I don’t want to have any expectations. I will just wait and see what will happen in the future.

Sehun: My expectations? You should be asking me who I want to be in this season.

Tao: I want to meet someone who can sing. One of my expectations for someone is if they sing and if they like music as much as I do.

Baekhyun: I want someone tall, cute, funny-

(PD: We didn’t ask you what your type is; we asked you what your expectations were.)

Baekhyun: Oh…type is close enough!

Luhan: I hope to meet someone who likes music as much as I do and likes dancing as much as I do. I want to make sure my first love will enjoy themselves and have the time of their life when with me.

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(Chanyeol)

It was the first episode of Romantic and Idol and I couldn't help but feel nervous. It has been awhile since I last dated so I'm rough on my skills. I walked into a room where I saw two other guys. One had curly auburn hair and the other had odd gray hair that stuck out in the dimly lit room. They both stood up and bowed to me and I bowed back. I introduced myself, "I am Park Chanyeol. I am a rapper. Nice to meet you both." The auburn haired one smiled and said, "I am Suho and I am a singer. This is Sehun and he's a dancer. He is quite shy so I will introduce for him." The said boy sat back down and went back to texting on his phone; obviously trying to keep himself busy.

The PD grabbed our attention and said, "For your first date, you will have to choose between three scenes. Hope and pray the person you want will choose the same scene as you." After the PD spoke, the lights went out and a scene began playing on the screen in front of us. The first one was from the drama Pasta, when they meet on the crosswalk. I couldn't help but laugh at the scene. We're supposed to reenact this? I may be corny but this is way beyond what I wanted. The other guys laughed with me considering the situation we were all being put through.

Another scene played and it was from You're Beautiful, when Yonghwa and what's-her-face were about to meet in a crowd of people but were ed by someone else. The last scene was played and it was from Reply 1997 and it was when Seo In Guk somehow runs into his girlfriend (Eunji) in a coffee shop.

The lights went up and the two guys were whispering amongst each other what they want. The PD asked, "Have you decided what you wanted?" Suho raised his hand, "I want the crosswalk one." Sehun and I raised our hands at the same time and yelled in unison, "I want the coffee shop one!" We looked at each other in surprise and the PD couldn't help but laugh. "Well only one of you can get this scene." I am NOT attempting to meet someone in the middle of a crowd. Less work means a happy Chanyeol. I smirked at Sehun and said, "Whoever wins at rock-paper-scissors gets to go to the coffee shop." Sehun smirked back and made his fist ready. Guess who won? Me...Of course.

I yelled in happiness and asked the PD, "So when do we get to go on our dates?" The PD responded, "Now." All of a sudden, the other guys and I ran out the door to the elevator. This is my first time doing a blind date and I am NOT screwing this up. I have to look good, smell good, and most important of it all…look good. The elevator finally opened and we all scrambled out to reach our vans and get ready.

I yelled to my manager, “Hyung-nim! I need your help! You’ve been on a date before right? What do you do? What do you wear? What do you bring?!” My manager laughed and said, “Calm down Chanyeol! You look fine. I think what you need to bring is your charisma, flowers, and chocolates.” I whined. “Hyung-nim~~~that’s so lame! Do people even fall for that trick anymore? This isn’t the old days.” My manager took it to offense, considering I was pretty much calling him old. He sighed. “Young kids…” He put the car in drive and before I knew it, I was heading to my blind date. I sat in the car with the PD and asked them, "So do I just wait 'Til the person gets there? How will I know when they're there?" (PD: They will have a camera following them too.) "That makes sense. I'm so nervous. I have never done this before. Is it normal to feel so nervous?!" The PD just laughed at me but this isn't funny! I am nervous and all they're doing is laughing at me behind their cameras.

The car stops and hyung-nim says, "We are here." I sighed deeply and reached for the door handle but pulled away and whined. "I'm so nervous! What if they don't like me?!" PD sighed in frustration. "They'll like you. Just get out already!" I opened the door and started walking towards the coffee shop. I have never felt so nervous in my life, except when I had my debut stage. I opened the door and a bell rang signaling the employees that I have entered. I looked around and only saw couples and people with their laptops on the lower level. I sighed in relief and walked over to order and walked up over to a seat.

When will my date get here? I nervously taped my feet and didn't drink my coffee. Suddenly, I heard a seat across from me drag across the floor and made a loud noise. I looked up to see a short boy with brown, curly hair and a gorgeous smile. He was blushing and bowed towards me. "I am guessing you're my date." I smiled and said, "I know you. You are Byun Baekyhun; you're that new ballad singer everyone is talking about. I'm not a stalker I promise you." Baekhyun smiled at me and sat down. "Why thank you. I didn't think a lot of people recognized me since I'm new. I'm flattered that you recognize me." We both laughed and I said awkwardly, "Do you happen to know who I am?" Baekhyun sighed sadly and nodded. "I am afraid I don't. I wish I did. Who are you?" I pressed a hand to my heart as if he broke it and said in a sad tone, “I am Chanyeol, a rapper." Baekhyun raised his eyebrows to show he understood and we both looked away from each other.

(No one's POV)

Both boys couldn't meet each other's gazes because they were nervous. Baekhyun kept twiddling his thumbs and tried not to stare at the boy that was his type. Chanyeol was tall, had a great smile, and looked great plus his deep voice was to die for. Every time he would say a word, he tried so hard not to shiver.

Chanyeol cleared his throat and asked, “What are your interests?”

Baekhyun took a nervous sip of his coffee and said, “I like singing obviously and soccer.”

Chanyeol nodded. “I am not a big sports person but I like music. I am hoping to have my own music studio and create my own music.”

The ballad singer hummed in response and made his straw move around to mix the caramel at the bottom of his coffee. The awkward silence came back so Chanyeol stood up which surprised the ballad singer. “You wanna go walk around?” Baekhyun stood up and couldn’t help but feel embarrassed at how tall Chanyeol was.

Chanyeol took hold of Baekhyun’s arm and began leading him to somewhere unknown. Baekhyun followed and couldn’t help but feel his heart race as Chanyeol held a strong grip on Baekhyun’s arm. They finally stopped and Baekhyun saw that they were at a musical instruments store. Baekhyun looked at Chanyeol confused. Chanyeol smiled and said, “This is my favorite place to buy my instruments.”

The tall boy led Baekhyun inside and he heard the sound of multiple guitars playing all at once. Chanyeol led Baekhyun to a secluded room where there were multiple acoustic guitars hung on all four walls. He picked a specific acoustic guitar and sat down on a bench. His hand patted the spot next to him, signaling Baekhyun to sit next to him. Baekhyun saw Chanyeol’s long fingers grip the guitar and heard his deep voice whisper, “You might know this song.”

Soon chords began to fill the silent room and Baekhyun instantly recognized the intro to his song Baby Don’t Cry being played. Baekhyun swayed his body to the music and smiled towards Chanyeol who was concentrated on the guitar. Baekhyun waited for the right chord and began to sing along.

deoneun mangseoliji ma jebal
nae simjangeul geodoo-eoga
geurae nalkaro-ulsurog chohwa
dalbitjochado nooneul gameun bam

na anin dareun namja-yeotdamyeon
huegeuk an-eue han gujeol-ieotdeo-ramyeon
neoye geu saramgua baggun sangcheo modu taewuobeoryeo

Baby don’t cry, tonight
eodumi geodhigo namyeon
Baby don’t cry, tonight
eobseotdeon il-i dwell geoya

moolgeo-poom-i dueneun geoseun niga aniya,
ggeutnae molla ya hae deon

So baby don’t cry, cry
nae sarangi neol jikilteni

Chanyeol stopped playing the guitar and both boys laughed at the awkward silence. Baekhyun nudged Chanyeol with his shoulder. “You’re good! How long have you been playing guitar?” Chanyeol sat the guitar down and said, “I have been playing since I was little. Your singing is more beautiful in person rather than on the radio or TV.” Baekhyun blushed at the comment and was grateful for the room being dimly lit. The two were quiet for the rest of the time ‘til the PD came over and handed them an envelope. “Here is your date challenge.”

The two were curious and opened it together to find a picture of two hands interlocked. They laughed in unison and were trying to hide the shock from the awkward situation they were being put in. Chanyeol asked the PD, “We just have to do this for longer than a minute right?” The PD nodded and Chanyeol took a hold of Baekhyun’s hand. “I think we can handle it. Let’s go walk around.”

The two walked along a sidewalk hand in hand and were embarrassed when people would look at them with disgust. Baekhyun tried to hide behind Chanyeol's huge body while Chanyeol walked proudly. Chanyeol decided to make conversation and took out his smart phone. "You wanna hear some music?" Baekhyun nodded happily and said, "I love music." He handed Baekhyun a head phone and the two boys put a headphone in their ear. Chanyeol scrolled through his music and found one song that he knew Baekhyun would like. "So I heard you were an H.O.T. fan?" He pressed a song and We are the Future started playing. Baekyhun gasped in happiness and squealed and his body wiggled in happiness. "I love H. O. T.! How did you know?!" Chanyeol shrugged. "Sources." The rest of the walk was filled with a lot of singing and random dance breakdowns in the middle of the sidewalk. They didn't even care they were being watched, they were enjoying themselves.

One question rang through both of their heads: how were the other dates going?

Suho nervously stood at the end of the street and held a bouquet of flowers and chocolates in his other hand. He blew air out of his mouth and puffed his cheeks out while waiting. Soon he saw a crowd of people walk towards him when the walk light went off. He moved his head side to side as he tried to see anyone that could possibly be his date. Soon a tall, black haired boy appeared out of the crowd who also had flowers and chocolates in his hand. Suho smiled and walked towards the boy. Once they met, they both stopped and smiled towards each other. The tall boy spoke first and asked, “Is this the part where we kiss?” Suho was surprised and his eyes widened at the odd question. “M-m-mwoh?”

The tall boy looked at him like he was an idiot. “Remember? The video? They kiss when they meet on the crosswalk?” Suho began to laugh out loud. This boy was gullible. The older of the two waved his hand as if saying no. “We don’t have to kiss. We just met for crying out loud!” The taller of the two pouted for a second until he looked down at Suho’s hands which also held flowers and chocolates. “Hyung…we got the same thing.” He laughed shyly and held the flowers and chocolates out towards Suho. Suho took them and handed his flowers and chocolates. The two men smiled and stared at each other and didn't even realize the walking light is off until cars were honking at the two. The two woke out of their daydream and ran towards one end of the street.

Suho realizes he didn’t even get the boy’s name yet. “What’s your name? I’m afraid I haven’t seen you before.”

The tall boy responded right away. “My name is Tao and you are?”

“My name is Suho.”

Tao nodded in acknowledgement and went back to looking at his shoes. Suho asked awkwardly, “Is there anything you wanted to eat?” Tao raised a finger to his chin; as if thinking and said, “I want ramen.” The two walked down the street in awkward silence and it was apparent on both their faces that they didn’t like it. Tao suddenly gasped and pointed towards a claw machine, there was a stuffed panda inside and Suho could tell Tao really wanted it. Suho walked towards it and inserted a few coins and tried to get the panda. He was nervous because if he didn’t get it…what would Tao do? Would he be sad or mad? Either way his pride would be hurt if he couldn’t win at a claw machine.

Tao watched with wide eye as the claw took hold of the panda’s puffy body and watched as it rose and…SUHO WON! Both boys yelled in happiness and Tao hugged Suho tightly. Suho was surprised but didn’t say anything and just let the excited Chinese boy hug in happiness. Tao grabbed the panda and hugged it close to his body. “Thank you hyung. Now let’s go eat!” He took hold of Suho’s arm and led him to an outside ramen shop. It smelled strongly of steamed noodles and spices and you could see the large steam rise out of the shop.

They ordered and began to eat. Suho was taken aback by Tao’s fast intake of ramen. He ate at the speed of light and didn’t even bother taking a sip of water. The older of the two ate at a slow pace and ate with manners unlike the hungry young boy by his side. Tao laughed at Suho’s slow eating. “You eat like a grandpa. Can I call you ahjussi Suho?” Suho was offended by the comment and yelled, “I am not old!” The Chinese boy laughed at Suho’s outburst and nudged Suho’s shoulder. “I am just teasing you hyung. Don’t need to get all angry.” Suho nudged Tao’s shoulder and said in a high-pitched voice, “Meanie.”

They laughed and were interrupted by the PD who handed them an envelope. Suho opened it and saw a picture of two people holding hands and he began to feel nervous again. "We're supposed to do this?" (PD: You have to hold hands for longer than a minute.) The tall boy looked over Suho’s shoulder and once he saw the picture, he took a hold of Suho’s hand. Suho was surprised by the sudden action and he yelled, "Yah~ give me time to mentally prepare!" The tall boy laughed and held Suho’s hand tighter. Suho could feel the butterflies become intense when Tao gripped his hand tightly. He’s never held hands with someone else besides his mother so this was completely new for him. Tao didn’t show any signs of being nervous and held Suho’s hand confidently.

Sehun sat in an arcade room and watched kids playing around him enjoying themselves. He sighed and asked the PD, “Why exactly is our meeting place an arcade room?” (PD: We heard your date likes arcade games.) He sighed in boredom and scanned the room and tried to understand why kids enjoy coming here so much. I’d rather be playing Star craft on my computer in my dorm. While he grumbled, he heard upbeat music go off and turned to see a short guy dancing on the DDR machine. Most kids were terrible and made Sehun want to barf from their awful dancing but this guy knew what he was doing. His body moved elegantly on the DDR machine and never missed a step. Sehun was impressed that he just had to talk to the guy so he got up from his seat and moved towards the guy. Once he got there, he wanted to jump in surprise because he saw his ex-trainee mate…Luhan.

He was speechless and stared at the boy who was concentrating so hard on the game that he didn’t notice Sehun staring at him. The song ended and Luhan was startled by Sehun who has been staring at him with wide eyes. Luhan practically yelled, “Sehun?!” Sehun was surprised at the older boy’s outburst and jumped back a few steps and ran into a small kid who began to cry. The kid’s mother sighed in frustration and Sehun bowed to her apologetically. He turned back to Luhan who was still staring at him with surprise. “Y-you’re my date?” Luhan said, “I guess I am. So…you wanna play a round with me?” The older boy pointed to the DDR game and Sehun was more than happy to join him in a dancing contest with an old pal. He smirked to Luhan and said, “Put it on the hardest level. I am going to beat you hyung.” Luhan laughed at the boy’s remark. “Yeah right. Your hyung got out earlier than you kid. Obviously, I am more skilled than you.” “We’ll just have to wait and see.”

The music started playing and the two began dancing swiftly to the arrows on the screen. Both of them didn’t miss a single arrow and began breaking a sweat from full concentration. Before they knew it, the song ended and both boys ended with sweat running down their faces and their breaths coming out short. The scores came on the screen and they were tied. Sehun was disappointed because he really wanted to beat his hyung and impress him with his amazing dance skills.

“You wanna play another game?”

Sehun looked toward his hyung who was pointing to the row of ski-ball games. He smiled and said, “Whoever wins, buys bubble tea.” The two boys ran toward the ski-ball area and hurriedly put in quarters and began throwing as if their lives depended on it. In the end, Sehun ended up buying the drinks. Luck wasn’t on his side today.

Sehun sighed in frustration because he hates paying and watched his hyung enjoy his LARGE bubble tea. Luhan laughed at the pouting boy in front of him. “I haven’t had that much fun in a long time. It was nice to play with an old friend. How have you been?” Sehun shrugged and said, “I’ve been better.” Luhan stuck his tongue out at the boy’s bitter response which made the younger laugh. The PD interrupted the two and said, “You are the last couple to meet. We need to hurry to the airport or else you’ll miss your flight to Jeju.”

The two stood up and began to leave but were stopped by the PD. “In order to go, you must hold hands.” Sehun didn’t hesitate and grabbed a hold of Luhan’s hand. Luhan was surprised but didn’t have time to comprehend when he was pulled out of the building and raced down the sidewalk to their van. The two sat in the back together and enjoyed the silent ride to the airport. Luhan must’ve fallen asleep because Sehun felt a sudden pressure on his shoulder. He didn’t look but smiled and knew it was Luhan on his shoulder.

Is this a start of romance with an old crush?

PD: What did you think of your date?

Chanyeol: I was so nervous! We didn’t seem to have a lot in common but it got better towards the end. I think what really impressed Baekhyun-ah was the guitar playing. I will have to keep that note for later. *wink*

Baekhyun: Chanyeol…I don’t know what to think of him yet. I think what really caught my attention was his guitar playing. He played it so smoothly that I felt my heart race intensely. When he played We are the Future I was done for. It’s like he knew how to get to my heart.

Suho: Tao is…innocent and young. It’s really cute and it makes me want to pinch his cheeks. I hope that’s not weird! I didn’t really learn anything about him but I hope I get to soon.

Tao: Suho hyung is fun to mess with. He is easy to tease which makes him cute.

Sehun: Luhan and I have a past and I hope I can bring that past back.

Luhan: When Sehun grabbed my hand…it made me so nervous that I was worried my hands were too sweaty. I kept trying to pull away but he held it tighter so I couldn’t have the chance to wipe my sweaty hands. Don’t laugh at me!

A/N: Once again, not my best chapter. It felt VERY rushed. I hope I didn't disappoint you all. I will write better chapters in the future. Please subscribe and comment! ♥♥♥