SM - EXO K & M DORM ROOM : 1:30 AM

It was another late night in the SM building for EXO-M. As they were preparing for music shows and all sorts of performances, many evenings and grueling night hours were spent in the dance studio. On one of these many nights, the members gathered their items, turned off the light and closed the door behind them. Sweaty, fatigued and booked for an intense workout day in the morning, all they wanted was a nice refreshing shower and restful sleep. 

As they took steps towards the stairs, the maknae began to steadily sneak forward ahead of the older guys with a tired yet determined expression. Within seconds, everyone knew what was happening- the fight had begun. 

Dashing up the stairs in a last burst of energy, the six were racing to get to the showers before EXO-K got back to the room, too. Although having strong legs, maknae Tao was forced to the back of the group by a miscalculation of stair-skipping- he would be showering last that night. 

Kris, being duizhang and having the longest legs, speedily came to the dorm room's bathroom entrance first, but only by several seconds. He felt like a world champion, like a king. However, after a moment of puppy-eyes and very pitiful-looking expressions, Kris backed down to let the "young ones" shower first. That was Kris' style. 

It was 2:45 AM when Chen returned from the shower and ushered a very exhausted Tao into the bathroom. Although annoyed with their inability to shower quickly, and knowing how Tao likes his showers, Kris decided to pass the time making some rice. Whatever he didn't eat he would use in the morning for breakfast for EXO-M. 

He had just sat down at the table there with bowl of rice in hand when he heard a sharp shriek, followed by a squeak and thud. Kris instinctively jumped at the sound, because this was not all that unexpected. He jogged over to the bathroom door to hear his name being called out. 

"Kris ge-ge!" 

"Dui, dui, Tao, what's wrong?"

Kris stood there in the hall, ear close to the door, waiting. He could hear Tao begin to cry above the sounds of the shower. The crying paused with a yelp.

"Ahh!!"

"Ah, what's going on?" Kris finally asked, opening the door with a quick sweep. 

He stepped in to see that the shower curtain-rod had been pulled off the wall where Tao had tried to catch himself when he slipped in the tub, where he remained curled up, sobbing. Kris shook his head at the scene. Usually Tao didn't cry when he got hurt; he could stand pain.. 
Tao looked up and caught Kris' eyes. He immediately jumped up out of the tub and sprang to cling onto Kris. 

"Tao.. you're soaking and getting my clothes wet," Kris mumbled, trying to gently pry Tao off of his body. The guy was almost the same height as him, but way more built.. 

"There was a ghost by the towel rack!" Tao sobbed with a pointing finger, barely able to properly form words. Although still in Korea, and really were supposed to use Korean, he had lapsed into Mandarin when he got scared or excited- he definitely was the former. 

"A ghost?" Kris replied with raised eyebrow. Tao nodded against his shoulder. "Ah.. let me just turn the shower off.."

After doing so, Kris grabbed a towel off the forsaken rack. Tao whimpered in fear, scared that the towel-ghost would become angry at its change in environment. Although frightened, he still held dryness to be a priority, and he took the towel from Kris. Kris just stood there with a tired smile.

Amid his racing thoughts, Tao noticed that Kris never commented on him being naked at all, when all the other Chinese members were extremely reluctant to shower with him. He would have to thank Kris-ge later. 

The bathroom went quiet for a second while Tao began to dry himself off. Kris turned to go retrieve clothes for the maknae when the silence was pierced by a gasp and a thud against the bathroom wall. Spinning around in a panic, it was apparent that Tao was being pinned there by his arms, visibly tense and shaking. He reeled back with a scream as if he had been touched by.. well.. something. Tao's wet hair began to shift and change directions, like someone would run a hand through it. With a faint moan Tao's body went limp as he passed out. 

Kris lunged to catch his body, only barely managing to keep his head from hitting the tile. There was no one else in there! "What was that.." Fumbling, eyes darting nervously, Kris forgot how to breathe.

He repeated himself out loud. "What the fuck was that.." 

A hot, close-proximity breath blew down Kris' neck..

"I think you mean 'who'."