Childhood friends

The Truth Unknown- Kris

Kris POV

The night had been perfect and fun. They'd enjoyed themselves so why, why did he leave? The game had been fun and Tao had enjoyed himself and hung by his side, though the usual messing around with Johnny still came, but hey, they are friends, nothing to do there. It was still Kris' arm he hugged when Seulgi was dared to kiss Irene, it was him he leaned into as he laughed when Johnny had to drunk call Taeyong to confess his undying love to him.

But then that question had left one their mouths and Tao had left and never came back to play. He had left without a word to him, and Kris' was boiling over, why was he hiding everything from him?

"So Tao" Seulgi started out with a smug look on her face "Truth or dare?" She said and leaned closer towards Tao who was facing her.

"Seulgi~" Tao slurs, one hand around Kris' arm and the other on Johnny's "Dare?"

"No~~"

"Truth?" someone asks and the rest starts to complain about truth being boring, and Tao didn't even try to stop them, because he knew it was boring, but it was somehow safer.

"Guys stop, truth is not boring" Seulgi reasoned and elbowed Joy, who kept complaining "But it is!" she complained, "No, watch" Seulgi augmented, and just then did Johnny look over at Tao, and fear whatever Seulgi was about to ask, and perhaps he accidentally took his hand and placed it on Tao's thigh, and give it a squeeze, and maybe, maybe Kris saw this and decided to move closer because of what Johnny did, and yes, maybe he felt that pit in his stomach that told him to do more, and maybe that bit of alcohol that he had drunk until now is telling him to act on it, but he won't, but maybe he missed how his expression changed as he stared at Johnny who was looking at Tao in a way Kris didn't like, but would he admit it? Never.

But who could have known this would change Seulgi's question? No one but her.

The others hadn't noticed it, too absorbed in their own things, or too drunk to care.

So as she spoke, and Tao froze, Kris stopped breathing, and waited for an answer, while the rest seemed to laugh, and take it as a joke, though Kris could sense that Mark's laugh was forced and Baekhyun glanced worriedly at Tao for a short moment.

"I've gotta go pee sorry!" Tao spoke up, a bit slurred too. The group started complaining again, while Johnny's hand kept itself on Tao's thigh, he was clearly frozen

"No way guys, I'm not answering that, okay? I'm gonna go to the bathroom now, and when I come back, you've forgotten about that" Tao bargained and it seemed like Johnny wok up by Tao's voice, and Kris saw worry written all over his face, he looked just as panicked as Tao

"That's not how the game works Tao" Seulgi speaks up "Well it is now," He said with a grin and left.

Silence engulfed the four soccer players who had been part of the recent drama, and Kris noticed how Baekhyun and Johnny exchanged looks and how Mark whispered to Baekhyun his face plastered with confusion "Hey" Seulgi's voice sounded and pulled Kris back to reality. He looked at her, she was drunk and her eyes held a playful look and her lips were tilted into a half-smirk

"What's up?" he let out, he pretended to be interested, because maybe that'd help him relax and forget about what just happened. So he decided to play along with her and the group "Wanna keep playing?" She asked, inching closer to him "Yeah, of course," should I've said no? She leaned back again, but still held that playful look in her eyes, so Kris took a sip of his beer and leaned a bit back too "Then-"

"Hey!" A voice sounded, accompanied by a hand being placed on his shoulder. He turned his head and came face to face with Ten "Hey!" He exclaimed with a smile for his friend, god he had missed him. Kris never exaggerates, but if there's someone else other than Tao that Kris talks to about problems it's him.