The short walking brought you in front of a mansion. One creepy mansion. The mansion stands proud and magnificent among the other mansions. Tall wall and black spooky gates that separate them make you shudder at the eerily stunning view before you.

On your right, there are huge plaque written EXO-M on it hanging on the wall

Tao stepped out and unlocked the huge chained gate. He went inside first to hold the gate for the rest to enter.

“Welcome home…”, was the first word you heard from Tao.

You stepped in and couldn’t help but staring at the beautification made for the garden behind that creepy gate. Finally you see some plants as beautification, but they are dark green –almost black- bushes with weird shapes. But dead trees could not escape your eyes. They are everywhere.

There are some flowers too, but they are all darkish. Dark purple, dark red, dark blue, dark pink. Well, it surprised you to see plants down here but you glad they are here you don’t know why.

“Yuna? Are you okay?”, you looked at Luhan who came back to walk beside you when he realized you are not with him. You were lagging behind by yourself in amazement.

“Yeah. But do you really live here?”

“Yep. That big mansion belong to us, all six. But we have our own private house at the backyard, don’t worry”

Private house? Backyard? What you are seeing is not yet everything? Private house for all six? Are they rich and wealthy? Do they even count money when they are dead?

Kris’s voice wakes you up from your questions. “Why are you so slow?”.

You saw him alone waited for you in front of the entrance of the mansion. Where are the others?

Luhan pushed your back gently forcing you to walk faster. Then he nodded to Kris and you. “See you at dinner”. Luhan walked away to the left.

Err… We are not entering the mansion?

“Let’s go”, Kris held out his hand and you took it. Both of you walked side by side heading to the right.

“And where are we going now?”, you asked.

“Our home”

“At the backyard?”

He nodded.

“Are you rich?”

He smiled and shook his head. No?

“Then why do you live here? It is a big mansion in such wide area”

“I don’t know how to explain this to you. It’s just the way we live down here. These all…”, his hand gestured around him, “were prepared before we get into this world. When we arrived, we were told that this is our place so we started living here”

“Did six of you died together?”

“May be, I didn’t really remember how I died and how I met them but they’ve been with me for a long time”

“When did you die?”

“Long time ago. We lost count of time”

“ehhhh~”

Kris chuckled at your disappointment.

You looked around the backyard. The view was almost the same with the garden in the front yard except for six small houses in between dark trees and bushes arranged neatly.

“By the way, what is EXO-M? I saw it on the plaque on the wall.,”

“Ahh~ That’s what they call us. Six of us live here together so others call us EXO-M. Why? We don’t know either. The plaque was there when we came here..”

“They?”

Kris looked at you, crooking his forehead.

“It’s too much of information for one day, aren’t you tired?”

Now that he mentioned it, yeah. You are tired as hell. But your curiosity just won’t leave you alone.

“We are here!”. Kris let go of your hand to unlock the door and let you in. You were happy when you see the interior. It was  …. warm. The light, the bed, the blanket, they all look warm and comfortable. Nothing like the outside.

Kris gave you pair of new clothes. And they are black and grey.

“Sorry, I told the kids to get something warm and comfy for you. Forgot to ask them to pick nice colors”

You smiled. Warm and comfy. Just what you need. You took them from Kris. “Thank you. Perhaps, can I get any shower?”, you looked around for a bathroom but you found none.

“Shower is a bit… errr.. since we do not shower. Then do you mind if you take your bath at the river?”

“River?”

“Yes, there are river if you open the back door. It is connected to all six houses and the mansion as the source of water. Since our house is the last one, I think you can have your bath there because after our house, the small river stream outside the drainage”

“Kris…”, this is my chance.

“Yes?”

“You are telling me, a lady to take her bath in the river, at open place?!! Take me home!”

The dialogue I imagined from the above picture ►

Lay : Are you serious, Kris? You ask your wife to take bath on that river?

Kris : What, it's not like we have any bathroom but she insisted on taking her shower. 

Luhan : Pfft! *supressing himself from laughing*

Chen : Maybe we should peek on her while she had her bath to teach Kris a lesson.

Tao : Sounds good to me.

Xiumin : I'm not interested...