Maybe They Had Always Known

From the first time Tao hugged him, he knew that the relationship between was something more that he was willing to admit. After all, Kris had a beautiful girlfriend called Amber back in Canada and Tao was happy just to bask in the older boys presence.

Sometimes, Tao was content to sit at school with Kris and just rest his head on his chest while the older boy told him about his dreams. Moving to Canada, getting his degree there (he hadn't decided what yet, but he'd get one), proposing to Amber, marrying her, while the vibrations from Kris' chest lulled Tao into a state more relaxed than he had been for such a long time and Tao's fingers played with Kris' occasionally slipping into the spaces in between where they fit so well.

Tao liked those times the best.

He loved walking with Kris, the older being willing to wait for him and hold his books for the boy who was seemingly buried under a pile so tall that he couldn't see past it. Tao liked walking with Kris, hands and legs brushing smiles playing on their lips, it was different to friends, but neither was going to break the delicate relationship they'd built with each other.

Tao's dearest memory of Kris so far was a while back where his wushu coach had pushed him past the point of being able to cope. He'd gone to the Library and the elder had just let him cry before Tao muttered "Can I have a hug?"

They didn't get any homework done that day. Kris had wrapped his arm around the younger boy who had attached his arms around his waist and then they had spent the rest of the time looking at funny things on the internet with Tao's head on Kris' chest and the familiar comfort soaking through Tao and Kris.

Tao could instantly tell there was something wrong when Kris got back from his summer holiday in Canada, from the down cast eyes, the lack of jokes and "reluctant" hugs (that normally Kris complained about, but he always added an extra squeeze before letting go) and the fact that he hadn't aggravated Tao into hitting him or poking his tongue out at him at least once.

Turns out he had gotten to Canada and gone to his girlfriend's school with roses, chocolates and a teddy, to surprise her and she was kissing someone else.

Also turns out that that was their 2 year anniversary, and that she had been cheating on him since the last time he went to Canada.

Kris was heartbroken and without a word, both boys came to an agreement after Kris' heart had healed after being held in Tao's arms for almost a week, with soft nothings whispered in his ears and long thing fingers carding his hair, that they were now something more.

Tao was still surprised when two weeks later the boy he thought he had loved for years (Oh Sehun) had confessed his love for him and he found himself rejecting, and being dragged away by Kris, before the older boy kissed the life out of him, leaving him with swollen lips, a dazed expression and a feeling of whole that only Kris could give, along with a growled and physical reminder (namely a large bruise currently hidden by his collar) that he was Kris'.

People were getting more and more suspicious of the two, but they always responded they were  best friends. So Tao was surprised when one day a flushed Kris arrived with a panda toy and chocolates (Tao was allergic to flowers) and asked him to go on date.

He was even more surprised when he found himself replying with a yes.

After that date, Tao and Kris became boyfriends, but nothing really changed and they realised that they'd probably been in love (something they both knew and had said many times) long before Amber was out of the picture. Tao's favourite times were still when (he now could do this whenever he wanted, whether it be on the weekends or on the holidays or during school) was laying or sitting with Kris with his head on Kris' chest and Kris heart beating steadily (they'd never really gone through the phase of racing hearts with each other) and his voice vibrating under his ears and Kris was talking about his future with Tao and about how he would follow Tao wherever he chose to study, because and this was what Tao loved the most, he couldn't live without him, because he loved Tao.

And Tao, loved Kris too.

Authors Note: 

Annyeonghaesayo! So I come to you with this little Taoris fic (I bet you didn't know I was obsessed with Kpop right?) Despite my sadness at Kris leaving I can't help but have Taoris feels, such as when Tao almost cried rapping Kris' part of Baby Don't Cry. So I'll have my alternate universe where Kris and Tao are together. This is currently uneditted and was written late at night so please don't hesitate to tell me if it need fixing. 

~Dawn

p.s. Huang Zitao, is the property of Dawn and Kris, SO NO FIONNA YOU CAN HAVE SEHUN BACK OFF MY YEOLLIE AND TAOZI