I'm Coming || EXO AU

Echad

Well. Jongin was fuming when he found out about his expensive trainers. He refuses point blank to talk to anybody until he finds the culprit.
"None of us did this, Min. You've gotta believe us." Chanyeol almost pleads, looking at the older with worried eyes.
"I know that it wasn't any of us." Kyungsoo speaks up causing everyone to look at him. "I found them by the back door and since they are quite literally torn to shreds, I looked up animals that it could be online. Since we aren't far from the woods, there are a lot of raccoons that inhabit the area, as per this website that I found about the town. So, don't worry about it too much, you guys. He'll come around." He smiles softly before putting down his laptop onto the coffee table. Later that night while getting ready for bed, Jongdae sighs heavily to himself while combing his hands through his hair. He has been stressed lately but doesn't want anybody to know. His boss mentioned the previous week that due to not having a lot of money, much of the staff in the supermarket that he works in are getting laid off. Which means, that there is a high chance that he will have to find a job elsewhere. He doesn't want to add to anybody's stress because, the air is thick with tension and anxiety as it is. The only good thing about losing his job, is that if he does, he won't have to spend so much money on traveling there and back everyday since the supermarket is in Seoul and the boys haven't had time to look for jobs. As for Jongin, he is still searching for a dance studio that is nearby so that he won't have to travel more than an hour each day, making his three hour dance class an almost six hour all round trip. Yixing is probably one of the most carefree of all of the boys as well as Junmyeon as the two come for reasonably wealthy families. However, he wants to make a name for himself in order to stop relying on his parents and so, like Jongdae, has decided to look for a job and for now has settled for working at the local cafe, 'Aroma'.

As soon as the laptops are turned off, the phones are placed on charge and alarm clocks are set, the lights are turned off and the boys finally get to sleep. Apart from Minseok. He has been so incredibly anxious that he is currently suffering from insomnia, and is unable to get to sleep until the early hours of the morning. Kyungsoo rooms with Minseok and so tries to calm him down as much as possible, but there is only so much he can do. Eventually, at almost four in the morning, Minseok's eyelids close and he falls into a deep slumber. All nine boys are bustling in the kitchen, the sound of eggs and sausage
sizzling in the pan while the fridge door is opening and closing as they look for juice.
"There's next to nothing in the fridge!" Sehun calls, a piece of toast in his mouth as he grabs the quarter full orange juice bottle from the side door.
"Already?! But I only did the grocery shopping a week ago?" Baekhyun groans. "Well, somebody else will have to do it. I have a job interview today."
"Ooh! Where at?" Sehun asks, amused.
"At the market." Baekhyun scratches the back of his head, embarrassed. Chanyeol, Sehun and Jongdae all begin to laugh hysterically, slapping each other while clapping their hands.
"Why is that funny?!" Baekhyun fumes. Much to his annoyance, the three just continue laughing until Junmyeon threatens to deal with them.
"You'd be great at that job." Jongin complements. "You're naturally loud anyways so I bet that you can use your loudness to attract customers." That sentence sets everybody off once again, this time Jongin joins in.
"You know what? Fine. I won't talk about my job." Baekhyun seethes, storming out of the kitchen. Yixing sighs and walks after him to calm him down.
"Well, I guess that I will have to do the shopping then." Kyungsoo groans, inwardly face palming. Since everybody else apart from Chanyeol and Kyungsoo have job interviews, both of them are to do the shopping. Soon enough, everybody else has left and the two are alone. They are currently trying to plan out their shopping trip.
"Ok. Do we have rice, Chan?" Kyungsoo shouts from the living room. There is the rummaging of cupboards before an answer is heard.
"Uh . . . No. How many bags should we pick up?"
"How about two? Do you think that'll be enough for everybody?"
"I think so, but I'm not-" Chanyeol is cut off when there is the sound of an object smashing upstairs. There is then the thick cloud of silence which shrouds around the house and engulfs them, making the hairs prick on the back of their necks. Chanyeol slowly enters the living room from the kitchen and the two stare at each other nervously.
"What was that, Soo?" Chanyeol asks.
"I don't know but we are going to have to check."

They both tread carefully up the stairs side by side, since they couldn't agree on who should go first. When they get to the landing, they find all of the doors closed and everything so far left as it was this morning. They decide to enter the rooms together, slowly pressing down each handle before pushing the door open. They have begun to think that the noise was just in their imagination until they opened Baekhyun's door to find a few of his candles knocked onto the floor, the glass shards scattered over the carpet. The window has been left open and due to the garden being muddy, they could see through his bedroom window that nobody had gotten into the house, which probably just means that his candles were pushed off of the shelf because of the wind. The wind was really strong earlier, so that's what it must be. Kyungsoo and Chanyeol laugh at each other before walking out of the room to fetch the dustpan and the brush to sweep up the glass. But, was it really just the wind that knocked over Baekhyun's candles?

Hey guys! Here's another chapter for y'all and I hope that you enjoyed it! Also hope that you have a great day/sleep. I'll update soon my peanut butter cookies 🍪❤️

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