Baekhyun found himself sitting down on a comfy black leather couch of a fairly large and modernized house. Taeyeon left him at the living room to get some ice pack and some medicine and yes, Taeyeon brought Baekhyun into their house in desperation.

 It was surprisingly pretty messy for a house that 9 girls occupy. He found empty bags of chips lying on the floor, empty cans of soda loitering around, throw pillows were everywhere and DVD’s were scattered around the table to the floor. From his seat, he could see the kitchen. It was pretty messy too. Dirty plates piled up on the sink, the utensils were not properly arranged, and pots and pans were still placed on top of the stove.

Baekhyun’s eyes scanned the white walls where paintings and drawings were hung. Some of the paintings turned out to be portraits of the girls and some were just sceneries. But there was one painting that caught his attention. A painting of a boy, smiling. Baekhyun stared at the painting and goosebumps started to spread through his body. The boy’s face was strangely so familiar.

“Oh?” Baekhyun turned his head towards the voice and saw Sooyoung coming out of the kitchen holding a bag of chips and one can of soda in one hand and a bowl of popcorn on the other “What are you doing here?” Sooyoung asked and sat on the couch across him

“Ah, I—“

“Did that midget beat you up?” she asked as she placed her foods on the coffee table and started rummaging through the scattered DVD’s on the table

“Actually I—“

Yoona suddenly came dashing out of nowhere and grabbed the bag of chips sitting on the table

“HEY! IM YOONA!” Sooyoung lunged at Yoona before she could get away and they both fell on the carpet “THAT’S MINE!” she yelled

“Finders, keepers, unnie!” Yoona hollered back

They both wrestled for the bag of chips and Baekhyun just watched them with wide eyes, unsure of what to do.

“GIVE THAT BACK IM YOONA!” Sooyoung yelled while tugging on Yoona’s hair and reaching for the bag of chips on Yoona’s hand

“NO WAY, UNNIE!” Yoona yelled back as she moved her hand clutching the bag of chips out of Sooyoung’s reach “YOU ALREADY ATE ALL OF THEM AND THIS IS ALREADY THE LAST BAG!” she reasoned out and pushed Sooyoung’s face away from hers using her palm

“THEN—“

The door behind the couch Baekhyun was occupying opened and closed with a loud bang “WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOUTH?!” Baekhyun flinched as he turned around and saw an angry Jessica with eyes throwing daggers towards the two girls who froze from their wrestling match “CAN’T YOU SEE I’M TRYING TO SLEEP—“ she stopped when she noticed the guy seated in front of her and squinted her eyes

“Oh wait, you’re the guy who Taeyeon thought was aually reproducing” Jessica pointed at him and Baekhyun choked and coughed at the statement, making a mental note to kill Taeyeon later

 “What’s with the face?” Jessica asked. She was wearing her pajamas with her messy hair and Baekhyun concluded that the room she came out from was her bedroo—

“You were sleeping in the comfort room again?” Sooyoung asked still on top of Yoona

Baekhyun’s eyes widened at the revelation. “Who the heck sleeps in the bathroom?” he thought

“Well, well, I’m pleased to see you annoy our unwanted visitor but please, not now” Taeyeon suddenly popped up from the stairs and walked towards them “What the—“she stopped on her tracks and widened her eyes when she saw Sooyoung on top of Yoona lying on the beige carpet “You aren’t fighting over the last bag of chips again are you?” she shook her head “When will you kids learn how to share? I’ll buy you a lot next time so stop fighting will you?”

“Assa!” Sooyoung cheered

“As expected! Mommy Taengoo!” Yoona stood up and clung unto Taeyeon

“By the way shorty, what happened to this?” Sooyoung asked, pointing at Baekhyun

“That’s right, unnie. And you look battered and tired too.” Yoona added

“Long story” Taeyeon sighed and placed the icepack on the center table

“You didn’t beat him up did you?” Jessica asked

“No, I did no—“ Taeyeon didn’t finish her sentence and turned angrily at Jessica “YOU!” she pointed at Jessica “WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO SETTLE DOWN! REMEMBER THAT” Jessica just shrugged and walked up the stairs

“What exactly happened, unnie?” Yoona asked

“I’ll tell you later” Taeyeon sighed plumped herself on the couch

“Okay then. I’ll be in our room, eonni.” Yoona grabbed the abandoned bag of chips on the carpet and ran away

“YOONG! AREN’T WE SUPPOSED TO SHARE?!” Sooyoung yelled and ran after Yoona leaving Taeyeon and Baekhyun alone in the living room

Taeyeon chuckled as she gently held Baekhyun’s chin as she examined the cut and grabbed the icepack from the centre table and pressed it against his lip “Hold this here” she ordered Baekhyun and opened the first aid kit before taking out a clean cloth and pressed it firmly on Baekhyun’s cheek “Hold this here as well. Make sure to apply pressure so that the bleeding will stop”

Taeyeon picked a cotton ball up using the tweezers before dipping it in alcohol “This might hurt a little” she warned before taking the clean cloth from Baekhyun and replaced it with the alcoholized cotton ball

“Ow!” Baekhyun flinched backing away

“Stay still will ‘ya” Taeyeon grabbed the back of Baekhyun’s head and yanked his head forward before leaning closer “This should lessen the pain” she blew on the scratch before lightly pressing the cotton ball again  

Baekhyun winced at the touch and tried to look elsewhere as Taeyeon’s face was way too close to his and her scent that’s enveloping him was not helping at all. He decided to take a peek but soon found himself unable to tear his eyes away. His eyes scanned her features, noticing her almost non-existent brows, her pretty eyes, cute nose, fluffy cheeks—and oh, her lips. Her plump lips that looks so soft

“Pretty. Oh, and cute too” Baekhyun thought “But! I’m still prettier. HA!”

“That would do.” Taeyeon’s voice snapped him into reality “Reapply the ointment and replace the bandage once a day” She said while applying the ointment before covering the scratch with a bandage and leaned back “Remember to place an icepack on your lip frequently. Oh and uh, you can go now.”  

“Excuse me?!” Baekhyun asked, dumbfounded as he glanced at his wristwatch that was clearly indicating that it was late at night already

Taeyeon stopped in her tracks and turned “What? The door is open Byun Baekhyun.” She started walking again “And just so you know, I have no intentions of letting you stay over. So off you go little puppy” she said and disappeared into the kitchen