Ten walked into the dorm. He hadn't waited long in the 127 dorm after they had all left for the showcase. He sighed remembering that he had a practice scheduled in two hours and decided that a short nap would be a good idea.

What he hadn't counted on was the dreamies having some sort of indoor volleyball match. The living room was a mess and he nearly had a fit when he saw that someone had drawn an unflattering caricature of himself on the ball. He saw this in the quick seconds as the ball flew towards his face.

The dreamies stopped yelling when the ball smacked Ten's face loudly.

"Oops," Jisung said.

Ten stood still, aware of how his face was burning up.

Jeno seemed to be on the verge of apologizing profusely when Lucas burst into loud nervous laughter. That was enough for Chenle to start laughing and soon all the kids were laughing.

Renjun cackled. "You should have seen your face!"

"That's it, you devils. No more volleyball in the house and you're going to clean everything right now!" Ten said, in as much a stern tone as he could muster.

There was a collective groan at this but since Jeno started cleaning up, the others followed soon.

Ten began walking towards his room, muttering at how he didn't deserve kids who weren't even his own at this stage in life. "And where is Kun? How did he allow this to happen? Have you locked him somewhere?"

Renjun and Jaemin passed a look. Jaemin was the one who asked, "Didn't you two go out together last night?"

An icy hand gripped Ten's heart. "He came home last night." When none of them responded, he added, "Right?"

Jeno said, "No, he didn't."

Ten felt faint. "He didn't come back?" His imagination was jumping to conclusions. He should have come home with Kun last night. He shouldn't have let him go alone. He took out his phone, fingers shaking as he dialled Kun's number. Kun picked up after three rings. "Kun?" Ten found he could breathe again. "Where the fuck are you?...Oh, oh...Okay, yeah, alright...Bye-bye."

The dreamies were all watching him now.

"You guys scared me!" Ten laughed awkwardly. "He said he came home last night and headed out just a few minutes ago to get some chocolate milk."

"Well, no offence but that's a lie," Renjun said.

Jisung nodded slowly. "We would know if he came home last night."

"And when he supposedly left a few minutes ago? Bruh, we have been playing here since hours."

Ten made a face. "Anyway, Kun is safe so it's all okay."

The dreamies were passing another look amongst each other and since it was a well-known fact that despite all appearances Ten liked Renjun best, it was Renjun who grabbed his hand and made him sit on the couch. All of them crowded around him.

"Hyung," Chenle said, "we have to tell you something."

"You guys killed my cactus, right?" Ten asked, accusingly.

"No, that was you," Jaemin said, sighing as if that question had been asked often.

"Then, is it about—"

Renjun blurted. "We think Kun gege has a boyfriend."

Ten looked at their faces and began laughing. "Wait, you guys are serious!?"

"We have receipts," Jeno added.

"Kids, kids, you are all so clueless. Kun has probably never even kissed a guy let alone have a boyfriend. He's—he's Kun! Besides, we'd know if he was dating. He's always at home. It's preposterous. The stuff you kids think up." Ten wiped a tear, still laughing. "Wow, you guys made my day." He made to get up but Chenle sat beside him.

"Remember when he said he was out grocery shopping for two whole hours and then turned up with no grocery?"

Ten frowned. "Yeah, he said he forgot to get the bags. It happens. Us adults are under a lot of stress."

Renjun tsk-ed. "And where was he all night?"

"He must have come back after your bed-time. It was pretty late when we got free," Ten rationalized.

Jaemin rolled his eyes. "We were up till three."

"What!?"

"He's always texting these days," Jisung quickly said.

"So, you all think he has a boyfriend?" Ten was still laughing.

"Well, I think he's Batman," Lucas commented, raising his hand.

Everyone turned to him and Ten realized he had been quiet until then.

"Yeah, Lucas has a different opinion," Jisung said.

Lucas said, "I mean, you know there have been reportings of a vigilante lately? Doesn't it seem fishy that Kun seems to be leading a secret life. I mean, it would be way cooler than finding out he is in a relationship."

There was silence.

"So, we think Kun has a secret boyfriend and we'd like to enlist you into our club of Let's-Find-Kun's-Man members," Renjun said to Ten.

"I'm telling you Kun is the king of singlehood," Ten said, stopping when they heard the front door open.

In walked Kun, totally unaware of the meeting that was happening in the living room.

"Kun!" Ten exclaimed. "You're home, finally. You can save me from these hyper-imaginative kids."

"Where is the chocolate milk, hyung?" Jisung asked.

Kun frowned. "What?"

"You went to get chocolate milk, right?"

"Ohh, that. I drank it on the way. It was yum. I'll get some for you all when I go shopping." Kun smiled. "I'll be back in a sec. What do you guys want for breakfast?" He walked to his room, still unaware of the mood of the room.

"Look at him," Ten said. "You think he's capable of having a secret love life? He's too soft and honest for all that shit. He'd probably be singing about it."

Chenle narrowed his eyes wisely. "You said he went out to get milk, right? He didn't have anything in his hands right now."

"Because he drank it on the way," Ten said.

"And he is still wearing the same outfit from last night," Jaemin said.

Kun walked back into the living room, smiling, and Ten was forced to admit that he was indeed wearing the same outfit from last night.

"You didn't change your clothes?" Ten asked.

Kun looked at his denim jacket and jeans. "Ah, I must have worn the same clothes again in the morning. I was thinking about this song I'm writing. Haven't been able to concentrate on anything else. I'm making some omelette if it's okay?"

Ten whispered to the dreamies when Kun went into the kitchen. "You guys nearly made a fool of me right now. He's making breakfast for us and you want to spin tales about him. He'd be so disappointed when he finds out. Now, if you'll excuse me I have some art to hang in my room." He went to his room, clutching the painting Johnny had gifted him.

"God, he's stupid," Chenle whined.

Renjun sighed. "I used to think he's different but I guess all adults are the same."

They looked at Kun who was smiling over absolutely nothing as he made omelettes.

"It's okay. We've got Haechan on our team too. We'll uncover it soon on our own," Jeno said, comfortingly.

"I know," Jaemin said, brightening up, "let's make a bet with Ten hyung about it."

There was a chorus of "you're a genius, Na Jaemin".

They heard a crash from Ten's room.

"Oh, is he throwing things again?" Jisung asked.

"It didn't seem like he was in a bad mood," Jeno said.

They waited for Kun to go check on Ten but he was busy smiling over his omelettes.

Lucas stood up and struck a noble pose. "Since I'm the functioning adult right now, I'll go and check."

He peeked into Ten's room and found Ten getting up from the floor, clutching his back. "Uh, you need help?"

Ten took the offered hand and straightened up. "I was hanging the painting and I slipped off the bed."

"I'll do it for you," Lucas said, easily. "Where do you want it?" He stifled a laugh when he saw how high Ten had been trying to hang the painting.

Ten said, "I want it there so it's the first thing I see in the morning."

"It is pretty. I can see why you would like that," Lucas said, effortlessly setting the painting in place. "Are you done with the sketch you were making that day?"

"Yeah, I am. Wanna see?"

Lucas nodded excitedly.

Ten took out a sketchbook from his shelf.

Lucas gasped as he saw the sketch. "Oh my god! That looks just like me. Wow, you're a genius."

Ten tore out the page neatly. "You can have it."

"Shit, really!? Wow, can you please autograph it? Woww, thank you. I'm going to frame it and put it in my room." Lucas clutched his autographed sketch happily, looking at Ten's shelf of books. "Wow, you have so many sketchbooks here. You draw a lot. Oh, you have Crime and Punishment?" He looked at Ten with even more respect. "I didn't know you read classics."

Ten looked towards the book he was pointing. "Oh, that. Nah, I am not much of a reader and classics give me a headache. Johnny gifted me that for my birthday and I read like two pages before I gave up. He kept asking me if I'd read it so I looked up a summary online—thanks, Cliffnotes—and memorized it so I could repeat it to him. Hey, but don't tell him that, okay?" Ten gave him a conspirational look.

"Nah, man, I can relate. I'd do that too if I had to read such a huge book. Must be a thousand pages."

"I remember Johnny being so excited for my birthday and he kept hinting that I'd love the gift that I thought it would be something romantic. Imagine my disappointment at opening the gift and realising I had been conned. I remember promising myself I would give it a try once I had some more time because my sister says reading tastes are cultivated not born. And maybe, one day, I will be able to gush over it like Johnny does over all of Russian literature but as of now, the sight of it irritates me. Maybe because I expected something totally different." He laughed without humour. "I was even more of a lovesick fool during my birthday. Anyway, at the end of the day, Johnny gave it to me so..."

"So, you keep it," Lucas completed it for him. He looked around the room. "You do have a lot of his photos and stuff around the room."

"I guess, I just like having something of him around me."

"It's cute. I'm sure Johnny hyung's room is filled of photos of you too."

Ten blinked. "Um, no, actually, it's not. Taeyong has stuff up everywhere but Johnny...he doesn't decorate much."

"Oh, I'll help him decorate next time I go there," Lucas said, walking out of the room, tripping over a stray sock.

[ yes ten is an idiot, didn't even flip the book wow... johnny help this dumbass please lmao.

also what do you all think kun is up to? O_o are you Team Dream or Team Ten on the kun issue? also, any guesses as to who the bf could be if the dreamies are right? so many questions hahaha

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