Kyungsoo unwillingly drags himself out of his bed when he hears the clanking of pans in the kitchen so early in the morning. The scent of burnt breakfast getting stronger as he gets closer to the kitchen. Kyungsoo wrinkles his nose at the smell and enters the kitchen. He deems the scene in front of him unusual when he sees Chanyeol in an apron in front of the stove. However, when he sees Chanyeol trying to salvage the rest of the bacons he managed to overcooked, he thinks that this isn’t really out of the ordinary.

“Hyung, what the hell are you doing?” Kyungsoo quickly runs to Chanyeol’s side taking the spatula from his brother.

“It’s all his fault,” Kyungsoo hears a deep rough voice, he turns and sees his older brother Kris sitting across the room points at Chanyeol clearly not wanting to get blamed for the mess in the room but Kyungsoo ignores him.

“Well it’s your first day of college so I decided to cook our maknae breakfast.” Chanyeol beams expecting a praise or a thank you from his younger brother but he doesn’t get any of those.

“Yeah, I’m sure the burnt bacon and eggs will taste good,” Kyungsoo says sarcastically. Chanyeol scratches the back of his head embarrassed. All he wanted to do was do something special for his baby brother but he managed to almost burn down the house.

“Sorry, I swear I followed all the steps from the internet.” Chanyeol scratches the back of his head feeling embarrassed. “Uh it’s worth the effort don’t you think?” He headlocks Kyungsoo and ruffles the latter’s hair.

“Did you really have to look up how to fry eggs and bacon on the internet?” Kyungsoo squirms trying to get out of his brother’s hold and facepalmed at his brother’s lack of knowledge when it comes to cooking. Like really, frying bacon and eggs is so simple and easy.

“Well, not everyone can cook as good as you,” Kris says, he could feel Chanyeol’s death glare through the newspaper he’s reading.

“Anyway, where’s mom and dad?”

“Business trip. That’s why Chanyeol is in the kitchen.” Kris added, “You know mom never lets him anywhere near the kitchen when she’s around.”

Somehow, Kyungsoo already knew the answer to his question. His parents have been busy running their business that they’re rarely ever at home, leaving the kids only with a nanny. Kris and Chanyeol had no choice but to grow up faster and take care of their little brother Kyungsoo. This makes Kyungsoo appreciates his brothers more than anyone else no matter how annoying and protective they are.

After trying to salvage Chanyeol’s masterpiece, Kyungsoo brings the food, at least the ones Chanyeol didn’t managed to burn on the table. Kris stares at the plate in front of him before deciding to speak up. “Why don’t we just eat cereal for today?”

Kris waves the cereal box in front of them and the three laughs.

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The two arrive at the University together. Kris stayed back home because he doesn’t have classes until a few hours later.

Chanyeol brings the car into a complete stop and gets out along with Kyungsoo following behind. Chanyeol’s classes are located in another building so when they get near the school auditorium, Kyungsoo says bye to his brother.

“Are you sure you’ll be okay from here?” Chanyeol asks worriedly. He is in his second year of college while Kyungsoo is a new freshman who’s still not familiar with the school campus. He’s worried his brother might get lost and ends up running late to his classes on his first day of school.

“Yeah hyung, I told you I’ll be fine. I’m in college now, I should be good on my own.” Kyungsoo reminds him.

“Alright, but let me know if you need any help.” He says wrapping his arms around his little brother.

“Yeah yeah,” Kyungsoo groans pushing Chanyeol away with much resistance from the latter.

“Remember school first before anything else. That means no dating allowed. No girls!” Chanyeol chuckles patting Kyungsoo’s head. He pauses as to think, and with a serious face on he adds, “or boys.”

“Hyung, don’t you have to go to your next class? It starts in five minutes right? Go already!” Kyungsoo protests trying to get his brother to leave him alone. Chanyeol who have been distracted the whole time looks at his wristwatch and gasps when he sees the time. Kyungsoo is right, it’s already 8:55 and his class is an 8 minutes walk from where they are right now. Chanyeol figures he can make it right on time if he hurries up now.

“Oh , I’m late! Bye little brother!” He shouts running towards the direction of his first class.

“Hyung I told you not to call me that!” Kyungsoo complains but his brother just waves his hands not even bothering to look back. “Geez I’m not a baby anymore.” He grumbles to himself feeling annoyed before walking towards the auditorium.  

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“Yah Kyungsoo!” Yixing half shouts across the auditorium although it was loud enough to grab other freshmen’s attention in their section. He runs to Kyungsoo’s side mumbling excuse me’s and i’m sorry’s as he walks past other students to get to his sit beside Kyungsoo. Meanwhile, Kyungsoo slides down his chair because his bestfriend managed to make him feel embarrassed on the first day of school.

“Why are you so late?” Kyungsoo says in a hushed tone pulling Yixing down next to him.

“Careful I just bought this shirt. Zitao and I were shopping yesterday and I just had to get it. Can you imagine it was sixty bucks but it was on sale and I got it for half the original price. Such a great deal right?” Yixing informs him really fast. Sometimes he gets too excited when he’s talking about shopping and Kyungsoo barely understands him.

“So why were you late again? Best friends don’t leave the other alone on the first day!” Kyungsoo complains. He’s been sitting there for about 20 minutes before Yixing decided to show up.

“Okay okay, I really woke up early” Yixing tells Kyungsoo but the latter raises an eyebrow. “Okay, I woke up late and I forgot my ID at home so I had to go back.”

Of course, that’s more like it. Yixing is always forgetful. He always manage to leave something behind, even the most important things. Kyungsoo is about to nag again when the lights in the auditorium became dim signaling the start of the assembly. The students run to their seats and the principal comes up to the podium and gives a speech welcoming all the freshmen. Kyungsoo is about to doze off when the principal calls someone on stage.

Kyungsoo could see a fluff of brown hair as the guy slowly emerges from the side of the stage. The guy, Kyungsoo notices, is around the same height as him—maybe a few centimeters taller. He’s dressed in a white button up shirt with black collars. His short but slender legs in a black skinny jeans. He comes to a stop when he reaches the podium and smiles to the crowd.

“Hello everyone, I’m Kim Junmyeon,” he says into the microphone. “I’m a third year and I’m the student body vice president. I’m in the school’s service club which you all can join during rush week.”

His voice is light and smooth in Kyungsoo’s ears. He goes on and on talking about the club but not once did Kyungsoo stop paying attention. He watches Junmyeon’s lips move as he speaks, the smile on the latter never faltering.

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Right when he got on stage a certain guy caught Junmyeon’s attention. He couldn’t help but look at the guy before him with puffy cheeks. Heart shaped lips formed an “o” as he seriously pays attention to whatever Junmyeon is currently rambling on. Junmyeon couldn’t help but take a couple of glances at the guy, smile getting wider every time he takes a look at him.

“I’ll see you around and definitely on rush week. Thanks,” Junmyeon finishes his speech as he stares at Kyungsoo. Their eyes meet for a while before Kyungsoo looks away flustered. Junmyeon laughs to himself, “He’s cute.” He gets off the stage and another officer took over the microphone. Junmyeon walks back to his seat and sees Kyungsoo talking to the guy beside him. It’s the first time Junmyeon has noticed the guy with the dimples sitting beside the doe eyed boy. “Oh.”

Junmyeon shakes his head. Of course, he should’ve known.

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man i was so busy preparing for the upcoming semester I don't want to go back to school haaaaalp ;___;