Zitao Huang had only ever loved one person, so he was thrilled when that person asked him out in high school. Being young and naive, he didn't think twice about losing his virginity to him. However, what he thought was true love turned out to only b...
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"KRIS!?" Tao basically screamed in shock at seeing his new neighbor.
Tao covered his mouth with his hands as soon as the name left his lips. He hadn't meant to say anything. If anything, he was hoping that Kris wouldn't notice Tao at all and just leave. Obviously that wasn't going to happen.
Kris had almost jumped out of his skin at the loud scream of his name, and turned to the younger with an equal amount of surprise.
"Tao? What are you doing here?"
Tao looked back and forth between Kris and his own apartment in panic. If he told Kris that he had moved into the building, he would be constantly harassed! He had to make something up and fast!
"I was just visiting a friend" Tao lied, pointing to his roommate's door as if to prove his statement.
Kris looked at where Tao was pointing and cocked his head in confusion. "You're friends with Satansoo?"
"What?" Tao blanked.
"I mean Kyungsoo! You're friends with that moody dwarf?" Kris covered smoothly.
"Uh... yeah?"
"That's crazy. I didn't know it was possible for him to make friends."
"Don't talk about him like that" Tao defended Kyungsoo even though he didn't like him that much either.
Kris seemed surprised by the outburst, "Well, his last roomate left because Kyungsoo's personality was too much to handle. I feel kind of bad. I don't know how he's going to find a replacement..." Kris trailed off as he eyed Tao suspiciously.
"What?" Tao asked.
"Are you moving in with him?"
"What!? Why would you ask something like that!? I already said why I was here!" Tao started to freak out, hoping Kris would drop the idea.
"If you need a place to stay, you could always room with me" Kris said, ignoring Tao's lies.
"I don't need a place to stay!"
"Because you're already rooming with Satansoo?"
"IT'S KYUNGSOO! NOT SATANSOO!" Tao yelled in anger. He hated it when people made fun of others.
Before anything else could be said, the door to apartment #666 swung open, revealing a very pissed off Kyungsoo.
"Can you two shut the hell up!?" Kyungsoo shouted.
"Sorry about that! We'll stop now!" Kris apologized quickly.
Kyungsoo clicked his tongue and then turned to Zitao with an intense glare, "You are one step away from being kicked out right now."
"I'm so sorry!" Tao apologized desperately, "I swear this won't happen again!"
"It better not" the smaller male said and then slammed the door shut.
Zitao sighed in relief. He couldn't afford being thrown out right now.
"So you do live here then" Kris said out of the blue.
Tao glared at Kris one last time before storming out of the apartment. At least he wasn't stopped this time.
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"Why is this happening to me!?" Tao cried helplessly into his bowl of ramen.
"It will be okay" Suho reassured as he rubbed Tao's back soothingly.
"How!?" Tao sobbed harder.
As soon as he met his friends at the ramen joint he broke down. He couldn't handle his stress at all. He was never good with his emotions, even when he was younger.
Suho, being the motherly figure he is, instantly started to comfort his crying friend. Sehun had tried to help in the beginning but his patience was too thin. Lay listened until the food came, then he started eating like his life depended on it. Baekhyun was mostly confused and Xiumin was embarrassed. He didn't like everyone in the restaurant staring at them because of Tao.
"I still don't understand..." Baekhyun said as he ate, "Why can't you just fuck Kris? Maybe he'll lose interest in you once you give in and you can have some fun at the same time."
Sehun smacked Baekhyun's head, "Are you an idiot? Have you not been listening this entire time?"
Baekhyun shrugged, "But Kris is hot! If a person's hot it shouldn't matter!"
"I just want him to go away" Tao sniffled.
"What if I beat him up? Will that make you happy?" Xiumin proposed, seeing no other options at that point.
"NO!" Tao shouted, "Don't hurt him!"
Everyone stared at Zitao in confusion.
"Do you like him or not?" Lay asked through a mouthful of noodles.
"I need to go to the bathroom" Tao said as he got up and left the table.
Once the emotional panda was out of sight, Suho turned to the others with a sad look. "Listen guys, I'm going to let Tao come back home with me. If you don't want to be around for another emotional breakdown, you should make plans to leave soon."
Baekhyun and Sehun, who share an apartment with Suho, were the first to take up the offer.
"I can't deal with any more crying" Sehun said simply.
"I was gonna go out anyway" Baekhyun added.
After a moment, Lay spoke up, "I'll hang out with you two. I don't get out much."
Xiumin looked over at Suho with questioning eyes. "Do you want me to stay with you?" he asked.
Suho shook his head with a laugh. Xiumin was such a great boyfriend. Even though it was obvious that Xiumin didn't want to help comfort Tao, he still had Suho in his best interest. "Go have some fun" Suho told him.
Xiumin smiled thankfully, "Okay, what should we do?"
"Let's go to a club! I have some unfinished business to attend to" Baekhyun suggested.
Sehun rolled his eyes, "Oh god. Not the elf again."
Baekhyun punched Sehun's side, "He is not an elf! And you ruined everything last time!"
Sehun grunted in pain, "Fine, whatever."
Xiumin sighed, "What am I supposed to do at a club?"
"You can chill with me" Lay said to the older male.
"Alright, it's settled" Suho said, "You guys have fun. I'll handle things here."
With that, the group of four friends left the ramen restaurant, as their food was already long gone.
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Author Note:
So the next chapter will be about the people at the club!
It's the first time that Zitao won't be in a chapter! Shocking right?
