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Chapter 11 // The Gathering

Kris, Chanyeol, and Kai were all sitting on the couch in Kai's studio flat. Originally, the three of them had decided to hang out and watch a game on TV, but that all changed the second Chanyeol arrived. The brunet instantly started going on and on about Baekhyun.

It was impossible to concentrate with his constant rambling.

Apparently, he had a really good time with Baekhyun, but in the morning the smaller male had acted like their experience was nothing but a mistake.

Kris didn't know what to say to comfort his friend. True, he had gone through a similar experience with Tao, but he never felt any strong romantic feelings toward anyone before and he'd only ever sought people out for sexual experiences so he didn't have any advice to give. Normally, he'd talk shit about Baekhyun to cheer Chanyeol up, but he couldn't bring himself to do that either. Baekhyun was a friend of Tao's, one who had even shed some light on the panda's odd behavior.

He didn't know why that mattered, but it did.

"If he was treating you like shit, you should just forget about him. He was probably just using you for pleasure so you shouldn't get too attached," Kai advised.

Chanyeol groaned, "That's what I thought at first but..."

"But what?" Kris asked.

"After we did it... He cuddled up next to me and he was so cute and content. I couldn't look away. Thinking back on it now makes my heart hurt."

"Shit man. You're in deep now," Kai said.

Chanyeol looked at Kai questioningly, "It's not like I'm in love with him. It doesn't happen that fast."

Kai patted his back sympathetically, "A few weeks ago, I accidentally watched this weird documentary about love at first sight. I think you might have found your soulmate or something."

"How did you accidentally watch a documentary?" Kris asked with a raised brow.

Kai rolled his eyes and faced Chanyeol expectantly.

"If we were soulmates, wouldn't Baekhyun like me back?"

Kai didn't know how to answer his friend so he turned to Kris instead. "So have you fucked Tao yet or no?"

Kris folded his arms in frustration, "Unfortunately, no. However, I think he's starting to warm up to me a little bit."

"Oh really?" the youngest asked.

"Yeah. Now that I know he has feelings for me I've been trying to be less aggressive. I don't want to scare him away again."

"It's kind of weird that you haven't been with anyone since you reunited with Tao, though. Don't tell me you've fallen for him too?" Kai questioned with a sly grin.

Kris stayed quiet. He honestly didn't even notice the lack of hookups in his life and he tried to block out the "fallen for him" part. It was true that weird feelings were stirring up inside of Kris ever since his club encounter with Tao, but he didn't want to dwell on it.

"Well since we aren't even watching the game anymore, why don't we go out tonight? Maybe Kris can get laid. Maybe we'll run into Baekhyun and Channie can try to woo him. Either way, I'm too sober to hear you two whine about your crushes," Kai suggested as he rose from the couch and stretched his limbs.

Chanyeol seemed to perk up a bit at the prospect of seeing Baekhyun again. Kris, on the other hand, agreed but wasn't very eager about it.

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Zitao knocked on the door but before a single second could pass, the door swung open and he was suddenly pulled into the apartment by an extremely excited Baekhyun.