So it's two in the morning and I was listening to;

Luhan - Our Tomorrow,

Baekhyun - Beautiful,

D.O - Scream,

Kris - Somewhere Only We Know.

All are sad songs from four of the members.

Tao released his solo album and I have had a couple of days to think.

EXO is my favourite K-Pop group. I was sad, and annoyed, and...

And this kind of just happened.

Please make sure you know all of their real names as well as their stage names, as I will be using both quite a bit here.

Enjoy, if you can?

~Wolfie

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Pieces (EXO Fanfiction)

On the afternoon of July 29th, 2015, Do Kyungsoo trudged up the apartment complex where the rest of his members lived alongside him and their manager.

The marble floors were white and clean, though it was the exact opposite of what he liked. Kyungsoo liked black. His favourite colour was black. He just enjoyed the intensity of the colour, and how the colour could go with anything, unlike primary colours or anything which wasn't a shade.

He sighed as he reached the final step, slowly staring up at the door which was practically embedded into his memory. This wasn't their first dorm. There was their first dorm, which was small and messy, (except for Minseok's room, because Minseok, Luhan and Kris' room was always neat, much to the Chinese men's' ire), and there was the second dorm which they had gotten once they became a bit more popular, and SM decided to upgrade them a little.

Unfortunately, the second dorm slowly emptied.

They were split into the EXO-M and EXO-K dorms. They could no longer enjoy the sight of Minseok's back while he made coffee in the morning, and missed Tao looking like a feral dog when he was angry and tired without makeup, Jongdae making sly comments about any drama happening, Luhan wrapping his arms around Minseok while the latter pried him off and told Sehun to entertain the baby-faced vocalist, Lay smiling after he woke up late and apologised, when everyone knew that they had to forgive him when he smiled with his deep dimple, and oh god, he missed Kris talking to Suho about all of their members and how much of a hassle they were. He missed it, so much.

But so the dorms were split. However, as time went by, the EXO-M dorm grew vacant. Kris left without saying a word to anyone; no note, no text, not even a whisper of a comment about wanting to leave the group. At least Luhan talked to the members about his departure. And they understood Luhan's reasoning - he was being severely overworked, and he just couldn't handle it.

The only people left in the EXO-M dorm were Jongdae, Minseok, Yixing and Tao.

Until a couple of weeks ago.

Tao had left. He worked together with a company in China and released his own music video and mini album called T.A.O, calling himself Z.Tao. It was a shock. The members knew about Tao's feelings towards the group, he enjoyed promoting with the members, he just didn't enjoy the pressure and the feelings of being forced to do things that he didn't want to. Nevertheless, when you see a member of your group (still officially a member due to the contract still being in ruling) singing and rapping by himself, knowing that he won't come back; it made Kyungsoo think.

So the sub-groups were put into the same dorm again. Apparently Minseok had made a comment about how empty he thought his room was since Tao's steady breathing wasn't there to listen while he slept, and Lay decided to tell the manager to consider putting the groups together again.

It was better that way. It was less... empty.

They didn't really have any proper sleeping arrangements anymore, they sometimes swapped and bunked with whoever they felt like usually, it depended on their moods; but this applied to M more than it did to K, since it had affected them more than it did their Korean-singing counterparts.

Kyungsoo shook his head from his thoughts and fished the key out from his back pocket, and pushing it into the lock before twisting and pushing the door open. He stepped forwards and dropped the key into the small bowl full of copies, slipping his jacket off and reaching to the highest peg, he hooked it and walked away from the front door.

The small male passed nearly all of the bedrooms and saw that they were all empty, which meant that the active T.V sounds coming from the living room wasn't a mistake and was actually being watched and listened to.

The sounds started growing louder as he walked towards the living room and he lazily used his left foot to push the shoe off from his right foot, and vice versa.

He pushed the door opened lightly and was met by the sight of all of his members watching the T.V in silence, some were glistening eyed and some shedding tears.

Baekhyun's eyes were practically sparkling and tears were sliding down his cheeks. Chanyeol was gripping Suho's shirt and was pursing his lips and his eyes were closed, resting his head on the couch and breathing deeply and sniffing. Suho, like Baekhyun, tilted his head to the side and his lips were in a withering and shaking motion, Lay was staring downwards, his face blank and emotionless, but his eyes were painful to look at, Kyungsoo witnessed a single tear drop before Lay whipped his hand up to hide and wipe it away. Kai and Sehun were leaning on each other in silence, aside from Sehun's occasional sniffing and Kai's red eyes but blank stare at the T.V. Minseok's eyes were shining, but no tears had shed yet. He was holding onto the Chen, who was shedding tears while gripping Minseok's hand.

Kyungsoo hated seeing them look like this. He took a couple of steps towards them and looked at all of them; Chanyeol and Kai glanced at him while the others didn't take their eyes off the screen.

"Manager-hyung would be mad if he knew you all were watching this." Kyungsoo said and broke the silence. His voice was bitter and low, motioning that he understood, he understood.

"Fuck Manager-hyung." Sehun spat, snapping open his eyes and giving Kyungsoo a brief look of acknowledgment before turning his attention back to the T.V.

They were watching Kris' movie, 'Somewhere Only We Know'. It was nearing its end, Kyungsoo knew this because they had all watched the movie many times, as well as Luhan's '20 Once Again'. They had already watched Tao's new music video about fifteen times, until it was removed due to copyright issues by SM, but that was okay, because they had already downloaded the video and hidden it onto Suho's computer, because their Manager-hyung would never suspect anything from Joonmyun.

It was a habit, an unhealthy habit no less, but every time their manager departed and left the members alone for a night, they watched and looked at the recent news from their ex-members. To make sure that they were okay, healthy, safe, and overall alright. Because talking about the three Chinese ex-members was a sort of taboo in front of officials. It was stupid, Kyungsoo agreed, but it was better than not talking about them at all.

"Sehun-ya." Lay shot a disapproving glare at Sehun and gave an apologetic expression to Kyungsoo, who nodded and accepted it.

"No." Chanyeol grunted. He leaned forward and stood up, "This isn't right."

Minseok stared at the floor but eventually got up and walked to the kitchen with his hands in his pockets. "Coffee, Kyungsoo-ya?"

Kyungsoo agreed with a hum and followed Minseok.

Baekhyun groaned, "Turn the T.V off." He said, the rest of the members stared at him in surprise. "I'm serious."

Nodding, Joonmyun raised the remote and switched the T.V off, it froze on Kris' face and they felt their hearts beat loudly when it blacked out on his face.

Slowly, they all stood up. "I'm tired." Sehun said simply before nodding to everyone and walking to the direction of his room.

"So am I, goodnight, hyungs." Kai gave a tired smile and followed the younger male.

Baekhyun and Joonmyun gave each other glances and nodded, waving slightly and followed the other two to their bedrooms, Yixing and Jongdae left in silence after smiling to the two sitting at the table.

Minseok stared at Kyungsoo and Chanyeol, "I have to fall asleep before Manager-hyung comes back." He informed them simply.

"Goodnight hyung, thanks for the coffee." Kyungsoo understood and said, Chanyeol muttered a 'goodnight' and lay a hand on Minseok's shoulder as he left.

The quiet footsteps of the eldest left the room and there were two left.

Chanyeol didn't say anything as he pulled the wooden chair back and slumped himself down without making eye contact with Kyungsoo.

"Kyungsoo..." The tall male spoke the said man's name with such sorrow. Kyungsoo knew, he knew what he was feeling.

"I know, Chanyeol." He spared the taller male the pain of saying. "It was too soon. All of this, was too soon." He said, feeling a little bit of energy from the coffee to speak clearly.

"But why, why us? Why EXO?" Chanyeol questioned, his voice wavering and quivering. Kyungsoo hated hearing the joker in such a state of emotional instability.

"Why don't you go to sleep, Chanyeol?" Kyungsoo asked, wanting Chanyeol to rest and not break down.

"Because... Because I wanted to ask you how your day went. I wanted to ask you how your interview for 'Pure Love' went. But I just-"

Kyungsoo stopped Chanyeol's words as he lowered his mug and let the sound of the mug touching the table fill the room. He reached for Chanyeol's hand, which was on the table and intertwined their fingers to a comforting manner.

"My day was good. The interview was strange, but manageable." He answered, wanting to keep Chanyeol's mind off any other thoughts.

Chanyeol raised his head, "I heard and live streamed the interview. That's a sad way to look at your first love."

Kyungsoo thought about the interview. He was asked what came to mind when he heard the words 'first love'. He had said, "When I hear the words 'first love', rather than a bright, pink hearted feeling, the feelings of gloominess and sadness is greater. When you're having your first love, the feelings are happy and nice, but once it's over, I think it's very sad. I don't think first loves are a good memory."

"Ah." Kyungsoo spoke, not knowing what to say. He pursed his lips. "Chanyeol, you should sleep." He repeated.

Chanyeol stared at Kyungsoo and slowly stood up. "Don't stay up too late." He said, letting go of Kyungsoo's hand - which the latter didn't even realise he was still holding onto. They stared at each other for a couple of second before Chanyeol raised his hand to rest on the other male's shoulder for a lingering touch, and then turned and left.

The room was empty. Kyungsoo sat alone at the table with his hands curled around the still-warm coffee. He pushed it away softly and held his head in his hands.

'It isn't only first loves which leave a feeling of sadness.' He thought, shutting his eyes tightly. 'Why?' He could feel himself shaking. 'Why us?' He couldn't choke down the small sob which spluttered from his throat.

Some of the members heard Kyungsoo's quiet sobs from inside their rooms, but they knew better than to run up to him and hug him tightly, knowing that Kyungsoo hadn't properly mourned yet. So they kept their silence and let the singer cry.

But they all knew, they all knew that every remaining member of EXO were thinking the same thing.

'Why did we have to be left with all the pieces?'