As Long// Tao Exo

Chapter V

"You know about the Powers of the Dependency?" He asks shocked for some reason.

"Um... Yes. I may not be able to use mine since Tao doesn't know what or who I am, but I do know what they are," I explain.

"Sorry. I just assumed that since yours is still inaccessible that you wouldn't know," he apologizes even though it is not needed. "And you're right. I'm an eye and an ear."

"You have two powers?" I ask in pure awe.

"Yes. It's not as uncommon as you think if a Dependent and an Independant get together through marriage or just have a kid together and if the child ends up being a dependant, said child ends up with two powers." He explains. "My mom was Dependant on my dad; they ended up marrying not seeing a different way to keep both of them alive. And now here I am."

"I didn't know that could happen."

"The world is full of secrets and each time you unlock one the world locks another," he states as if they hold no meaning like his merely reciting them. I take this into consideration and ponder the thought as I wash the last dish.

I hand him the dish for him to dry and after he places it in the cabinet. We turn around to find Chanyeol leaning against the door frame of the kitchen. I jump not expecting him to be there; I expected him to be with the others where we left him.

"It's not nice to talk about people without them knowing," he says a hint of tease lacing his voice.

"Do Independents have secret powers I don't know about?" I whisper in question to Kyungsoo.

"No," Chanyeol answers for Kyungsoo. I turn to look at him my eyes widen in shock.

'How did he hear me? I'm not aloud whisperer.'

"It's just his ears which are too big for both his head and his curiosity," Kyungsoo answers my unasked question. I begin to ask how he knew I was wondering that when I remember; he's an ear. Being an ear, he has the ability to hear the thoughts of those around him. And being an eye allows him to be able to see one's intentions.

"I hate him sometimes for it. Knowing he's always listening. And can hear like a bat. I can't stand it when he does that," Kyungsoo tells me no longer attempting to whisper because there's really no point since he has really, good hearing and he's standing right there a few steps away from us.

"And yet you read my thoughts. And look into my soul to determine my intentions," Chanyeol states back and I can't tell if he's being somewhat sarcastic with an underlying tone of sass or if he's dead serious and mad. Or a bit of both. I really can't tell.

"I can't help the fact I was born a Dependant and just happen to hold the Powers of the Eye and Ear," Kyungsoo strikes back.

"And I can't help it that genetics made me have large ears!"

Chanyeol starts yelling; his ears turning a bright shade of red.

'Okay. Definitely not kidding. Definitely mad.'

"Well you don't have to listen to others conversations; I don't have a choice. I can't turn off my brain that happened to be wired to hear others thoughts and see their intentions," Kyungsoo fights back.

I shake my head wondering how so much feist can be in a single tiny Dependant. I leave them in my kitchen sneaking past them as if I was never there in the first place.

I go sit where Chanyeol was sitting in the dining room next to Suho and across from Sehun.

"Are they always like that?" I ask as I gesture towards the kitchen where you can hear every word of their argument. They both nod in silence.