ERIE'S POV

I wake up faster than a cat in ice-water, every sense urging me to claw my way to standing. But drowsiness gets me fast.

It was again a dream, of him; it always ends in the same nightmare. But unlike everyone else I know, when I wake that my nightmare was both real and worse than the fragmented reenactment my brain offers. Instead of relief on waking I get the trauma made fresh and raw. I get to see him screaming while drowning. Oh how I miss him he was my only friend before Yeol came. He was my best friend.

My room feels hunted to me right now. I feel like going out but I am too scared to. I wanna walk up but my body curls up in a ball. I don't know what to do.

"Oppa..." I felt so desperate, desperate for help.

"Oppa I am scared." I have always dealt with these situations alone but ever since I came here, Chanyeol helped me he would stay up with me sleep on the couch or even next to me. I am not used to deal with such things alone anymore, but he has been stressed the past few days and I'm pretty sure he has finally given in to sleep.

Suddenly the door cracks open and in comes a shiny white face decorated with lines that indicate tension.

"Hey Erie?" Chen sounded unsure. After his eyes landed on me his face expressions changed to horrid ones and he immediately came flying across the room to embrace me.

"My poor baby girl. My sweet baby." It's amazing how he was soothing me first instead of asking what's wrong. It's almost amazing tho he actually feels as if dad is here and hugging me. I may have accepted him as a farther figure which he claims is his simce day two I guess. I lean in his embrace finding the missing comfort.

"Hey sweet heart what's wrong?"

"I... I had a bad dream."

"Oh its okhey it wasn't real. It's all gone."

"I don't know I'm scared."

"Hushh child its gone Appa is here to protect you nothing will happen come on let's get you something warm to drink."

I nodded and he offered me his hand and I took it. With that done we were now going towards the kitchen with me clinging to his arm like a Koala bear.

Sitting on the kitchen table my thoughts trail to how much fatherly love Chen has given me since I arrived. He dosnt judges my behaviour with Yeol never has he asked about our relation even if the question is as clear on his face as stars on clear nights. I dont know about Kris and the rest yet but this man has taken the fatherly role.

"Don't tell Soo okhey?" I was pulled out of my thoughts.

"Don't tell him what?"

"That I was making something in 'his' kitchen at 3am." He made inverted comas by his fingers while saying the word his and I laughed at it. He might be the troll of this family but he turns out to be the best one to comfort you.

He made me and his own self hot coca and we settled down in the living room on one of the coffee tables.

"So want to talk about it?"

"It's lame really."

"Nothing is lame Rie-ah"

"It's just back in China I was more of a loner I had friends but not real friends. I did had a childhood friend but when we were fifteen he drowned in a river not even his body was found and I was there I witnessed the whole scene ever since then I have these nightmare once or twice in a week and I know its lame how I cannot get over his death but he was my best friend and I still miss him."

"That... that isn't lame."

"You think so?"

"Of course I think so. I am sorry to hear you had to witness such trauma. My poor baby girl has been through so much. Come here give me hug."

He opened his arms and made grabby hands towards me. It was so inviting I dived into them and was rewarded the best comfort. After that we talked a little more about random stuff here and there. Almost near 6am he took me to my room and bit me good night by kissing my forehead. I think this is the most relaxed I have felt in many years after waking up by my nightmare.

XIUMIN'S POV

Rubbing my tired eyes with the insides of my palms, twirling the stirrer in my half empty coffee cup I was wishing that I could have gotten more sleep. Stupid old routine making me wake up near 8 am. I make my way for the couches when I see Chen. He looks tensed.

"Morning Dae."

"Mornin."

"Why so serious? Mister mysterious."

"It's just Erie she had a bad dream about some friend who died infront of her and she was so scared Xiu. I was so scared just by looking at her. You know how attached I feel towards her I am so worried for her."

"Hey hey, calm down where is she?"

"Sleeping."

"Then there is nothing to worry about okhey chill."

"I don't know I feel so protective of her and ughhh there is just so much going on in this household."

"Eh? What is wrong with the household? And I think you feel protective of her because she is the only female member in this family."

"You are so naïve I swear. Haven't you seen Baek, Chan and Sehun these days? They are all acting so weirdly."

"Explain weirdly."

"Like take Baekhyun for an example a personality so extrovert like his, he should be going out enjoying his holidays yet he is always preferring solitude over fun these days. And Chanyeol he smiles and laughs and everything but it's been a long time since his smile reached his eyes. Since Erie came he has a glint of happiness in his eyes but there is sadness in it as well. And don't make me start about Sehun. That brat he always calls her by weird names and is in such a bad mood ..."

"But he is always is a bad mood" I cut Chen off.

"No, he is always full of attitude but not in a bad mood. He is always pissed at something. He looks at Erie with such angry eyes yet I have seen him stealing glances at her as if he wants something from her but he has this weird hatred for her for unknown reasons ughhh I'm so done with these three they make me worried ill grow 10 years in 10 days if they don't stop."

"You already grow 10 years in 10 days." Kyungsoo said and joined us with Lay trailing behind.

"Yaaah I do not age 10 years ahead of you guys." Chen humped.

"No you don't your brain does. Soon your brain will be as old as Suho hyung's brain."

"Who do you think you are calling old Kangaroo?"

"What did you say?" Kangsoo gave him his infamous serial killer glare.

"I said I love the idea of being old." Everyone laughed.

"Okhey okhey whatever stop it both of you. And about Chan, Baek and Sehun you are correct they are acting weird and its sad but I think leave it over dad no? It is Kris' department any way to give us pep talks and all plus he is coming tomorrow anyway so bear another day." Lay said I am surprised that he noticed all of this.

We all agreed and bore another day of them being idiot buffoons.

(Time skip to next day)

CHANYEOL'S POV

The sun is up, everyone's awake and the house smells like rice, soup, meat and I am sure there are loads of other side dishes. Flying towards the smell I reach towards the kitchen.

"WHAT ARE THESE?"

"Eh?"

"ERIE THESE ARE AMAZING.WHAT ARE THESE?" Kyungsoo looks like he will cry out of happiness.

Erie and Kyungsoo are making food in the kitchen while the rest are busy being lazy asses. My eyes found a silverish-grey hair boy sitting on the sofa sipping his coffee.

He has the kind of face that stops you in your tracks. I guess he must be used to the sudden pause in a person's natural expression when they looked his way followed by overcompensating with a nonchalant gaze and a weak smile. Of course the blush that accompanied it was a dead give-away. It didn't help that he was so modest with it, it made the girls and boys fall for him all the more. He was handsome alright, but inside he was beautiful. I love the way his voice quickens when he sparkles with a new idea or a song. He is so handsome from the depth of his eyes to the gentle expressions of his voice. Therefore, I gave him my heart and wanted to keep his safe but not every dream comes true now does it?

Soon breakfast was ready but what was actually disappointing, was the amount of food on our table. The house smells of Kimchi, Bibimbap, Bulgogi, Japchae, Ddukbokki, Sundubu-jjigae but what we get is waffles? This is so unfair.

"Yaaah why does the house smell of different dishes while we see waffles?" Suho hyung pointed my thoughts.

"Because we cooked them and before you all speak, it's all for when the others arrive stop being whinny babies and eat before I take this is as well." Kyungsoo hyung gave us his famous glare which worked, undoubtedly.

After lunch we worked on being lazy again. While E and Soo worked on the so called feast.

"Offf I am so tired." Erie came along with Kyungsoo and sat between my legs on the floor and I proceeded to comb her hair. I feel like a dad right now lol.

"Aww my baby is tired?"

"Shut it Yeol I ain't you baby."

"Really? Then who's baby are you?"

"I am Chen's baby."

With that she made a route to Chen who welcomed her with open arms. She sat in the same position in front of him with him being on the chair. He being the Appa he claims to be, started combing her hair.

"Slut." It was a very low pitched mumble but everyone heard it anyways.

"Yaaah Oh Sehun what did you just say?" not that I didn't hear it the first time I just wanted to confirm it. No matter how cold Sehun acts he is not someone who says such things.

"I said what I felt."

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Chen, Suho and D.O said in union the rest of us were too surprised to even say 'oh'.

"YOU GUYS DON'T SEE WHAT SHE IS DOING DO YOU?"

"Prey tell me what am I doing." I wanted to fight for her I wanted to protect her. But her voice is too dangerous. I feel the tension and hear the intensity in her tone.

"Oh please stop it with what you are doing. They may not notice but I do you ..." Sehun stopped when he felt Baek tugging on the hem of his shirt, to stop him his eyes were almost pleading and begging him to stop but he isn't Oh Sehun if he actually listens.

"No hyung you are a fucking coward I am not. You cannot get it straight, I will. Stay out of it." I could see the sadness and disappointment in his eyes. "And you." He pointed towards Erie.

"Who the fuck do you think you are? Trying to break away every relation in this house? Who the fuck do you think you are that you will take away happiness? Who do you think you are that you can order Chanyeol to stay away from Baekhyun? Who ..."

"I never said anything like that."

"You are hell of a filthy liar I heard you shouting at Yeol like two days ago you..."

"That was because..."

"I don't need your stupid excuses you are nothing but filth. You are not even beautiful. How do you do such things while looking like this? Why don't you even dress like some gold digger bitch? Oh wait you've got about as much charm as a dead slug you cannot even make yourself look presentable in what girls normally wear. Beastly little brute, you ruined their relationship and now since you are not satisfied you, being the whore you are, are trying to jump in bed with Chen hyung you just need someone to satisfy yo..."

A loud shriek was heard as she connected her hand with his cheek and everything went silent. A few minutes passed by and everyone just stood there in silence looking at them and then she spoke.

"You disgust me Oh Sehun at first I thought that you hated me because I am a new addition then I thought no maybe you are uncomfortable with girls because this family was full of guys then I thought maybe you are a person with a cold façade full with meaningless taunts but bro was I fucking wrong? You are a disgusting wolf who has no idea of what's going on and loves to think with his brain that is apparently located in his ass."
She looked straight in my eyes. "I am sorry Yeol this isn't how I planned everything but I have to protect my reputation. Can't let people think I am a slut and God forbid actually jumping in someone's bed who I actually think of as a father figure."

Her eyes welled up with the sadness, her cheeks started getting wet by the pattern her tears silently took yet none of us moved, we just couldn't.

"I NEVER FLIRTED WITH ANY OF THE MALES PRESENT HERE. I AM NOTHING BUT YEOL'S BEST FRIEND WHICH MEANS I HAVE NO REASONS TO ASK HIM TO LEAVE ANYONE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME CZ WHEN HE FOUND ME HE WAS ALONE AND SAD I WAS THERE WITH HIM. AND I STILL AM HERE WITH HIM THROUGH HIS BAD TIMES. YOU TALK ABOUT BEING A GOOD FAMILY MEMBER DO YOU THINK ONLY BAEKHYUN IS GOING THROUGH STUFF? ARE WE ALL NOT LIVING BEINGS THAT FEEL? OH WAIT YOUR ROYAL ASS IS SO STUCK THAT YOU DIDN'T BOTHERED. ITS SO WRONG OF YOU TO GIVE ME SUCH REMARKS CZ ALL THIS ACTUALLY DEFINES YOUR THINKING NOT MINE. AND IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE JUMPING IN BEDS AND FLIRTING DEPARTMENT PRAY TELL ME, HOW YOU KISSING ME, WHILE YOU THOUGHT I WAS ASLEEP, OUT OF IT?"

One time when I was on top of a tree, I dozed off and fell ten feet to the ground, landing on my back. It was as if the impact had knocked every wisp of air from my lungs, and I lay there struggling to inhale, to exhale, to do anything.

That's how I feel now, trying to remember how to breathe, unable to speak, totally stunned as the information bounces around inside my skull.
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So apperently i lied about not uploading 😂😂