It's been two weeks now and barely any progress has been made since the first night. Sure, Lay has been glued to Tao since they have returned and he has indulged in the attention. However, everyone was still on edge and no one was willing to resolve their issues quite yet. Being hell bent on anger and refusing to let things go, a few members wouldn't even acknowledge the three boys.

Suho was sitting on his bed, reading through articles online while waiting for their van to arrive to take all the members to their first schedule for the day. It had been too long since all twelve members practiced their dances together. He was going to enjoy watching everyone flounder around the room again, trying to figure out where they belong and watch everyone bump into one another. A faint knock on his door quickly brought him out of his thoughts, "come in." The door slowly opened as Kris poked his head, "hi.. I wanted to speak to you for a moment." Suho took a moment to think about if he wanted to hear what Kris had to say or not. Sighing, he set his tablet down on his nightstand and gestured for Kris to come sit down. Kris shut the door and sat on the edge of the bed, keeping a small distance from the other, trying not to push boundaries or make Suho uncomfortable. "What is it, Yi Fan?" Kris slightly cringed at the sudden use of his birth name. "I want to try and you know, fix things between us." Suho crossed his arms and leaned his back against the wall, "go on." "I know I should have told everyone I was leaving. I am sorry for that. I am also sorry for suddenly ending things between us, you and me, without giving you a proper explanation or farewell. That was wrong of me. I don't expect you to take me back so suddenly, or at all. However, you do mean the world to me, always have and always will. I should have worked harder to prove that to you. I was scared you would be too hurt to listen to me and for some reason I couldn't handle the disappointed and ran away from you." Kris carefully placed his hand on the others thigh, hoping that he wouldn't be hit or chastised for the sudden bold move on his part. He wanted to show he was sincere and truly wanted to work things out between them, between everyone and rekindle the bonds and relationships that took years to build.

"Get out, please.." Kris felt his insides twist as he gripped onto the others thigh. "Please, just get out. I'll see you at practice." Suho stood up and opened his bedroom, waiting for the other to leave, keeping his gaze fixed on the floor. Kris walked out of the others room, his heart aching as he heard the door shut behind him. "Tough luck, maybe next time." Kai gently patted the others back before walking to his and D.O.'s room. Kris slowly walked to the living room, he plopped down onto the loveseat, his right arm covering his eyes as he tried to calm himself down and figure out how to get through to the one he loved the most. I can't give up on him, on any of this….

Suho's POV

I leaned my head on the door after shutting it, my hand still gripping onto the door knob. "I'm sorry, Kris.. I'm not ready to work this out… Not right now." I let out a shaky sigh, slowly pulling away from the door. Suddenly I felt too drained to complete any of our tasks for the day, for the entire week. Another knock almost caused me to burst into tears, my voice almost breaking, "please Yi Fan, not now.." "Uh, sure, but this isn't Kris." I slowly opened the door to see Chanyeol standing in the doorway. "If you want I will just speak to you later." I opened the door a little more and pulled him inside, making sure to shut the door quietly so Kris wouldn't hear anything. "I kinda overheard you telling Kris to get out and wanted to make sure you were okay. I know it has been rough for you, being our leader and all." I tried to keep a smile, but it wasn't fooling him and I knew it. "He wanted to try and fix things. But, I'm… I'm not ready. I don't want to get hurt again. I want to trust him again, I want to love him again, Yeol." The tears won't stop now. I sat on the edge of my bed, my head in my hands as I fell apart. Chanyeol sat beside me, resting his arm over my shoulders. "Just, take your time man. I know it's rough. I think you can trust him again. I was too harsh when they first walked in because I never expected to see them again and then suddenly they are back in our lives…" His hand gently rubbed my back as he tried to calm me down. "I am sure everything will work out. Now let's pick ourselves up and get ready for practice, the vans should already be here."

Practice went a little better than expected. All three remembered most of the dances and where their placements were. Occasional mistakes resulted in a few hits and threats from D.O.. "Despite his adorable size, I almost forgot how aggressive he can be." Kris rubbed the back of his head, trying to sooth the abused area the shorter targeted. He chuckled at the memory of recording the music video for Growl. He accidentally stepped on the back of Kyungsoo's foot. Even though he forgot about it by the time they finished the recording, the ass whooping he recieved sure as hell reminded him. "It's cute how he is satan towards everyone, but with Jongin, he is so loving and beyond adorable." Tao chuckled as he watched D.O. flick Kai's forehead for accidentally twisting his ankle during practice and proceeded to kiss his hand and scold him to be more careful. "Yeah, a perfect mix of sweet and violent," Luhan rolled his eyes and headed towards the van.

"Lu.." Sehun grabbed him by the arm and pulled him towards the other van. "You're riding with me." Luhan smiled and wrapped his arm around the others hips, pulling him close as they headed towards the other vehicle, "I'll speak to you two when we get to the dorm. Sehun wants to have a talk with me." Tao cocked his eyebrow and looked over at Kris, "Why the sudden display of affection?" Kris shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head towards Xiumin, "Not too sure, but by the looks of it, Xiu is not handling it well, at all."

Xiumin clutched his fists as he watched how casual the two were in front of him. "They are together, they have to be… How could they do this… He knows I love Luhan. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they are just talking about Tao, or.." Xiumin groaned and headed towards the opposite vehicle, shoving past Tao and Kris, going to the very back seat, away from everyone else. "Should we talk to him?" Lay leaned on Tao's shoulder as he watched Xiumin put his hood over his head and curl up into a ball. "I think we should just leave him be right now. We are still technically the enemy and we don't want to overstep any boundaries." Kris climbed into the van, picking the seat next Xiumin, making sure he was the one who sat by him so no one else would pester him during the trip home.

The ride back was a bit more lively this time, Chen kept coming up with sarcastic remarks that had everyone in the vehicle laughing. Chen was one of the few who seemed indifferent about all of this. He may have been a bit upset at first, but he still kept in touch with Kris and Luhan from time-to-time. Now that Tao was also back in the picture, he started to feel like things were slowly piecing back together. He knew it would take awhile, but wasn't too worried. "You know, even though I am I guess as our fans like to say a 'troll', I'm glad we are all together again. You're my brothers. I am excited to have our comeback and perform as full stage again." The sappy moment didn't last long as he turned his attention to Tao, "just try not to cry too much when that day comes, you do make an ugly face that causes the rest of us to cry." Tao threw his empty water bottle at the other and started to laugh as he watched it bounce off Chen's forehead.

They had finally arrived at the dorm again. Everyone piled out of the vans, making their way to the shower. They had two hours to shower and get ready for their next schedule. Xiumin slowly crawled out of the van, Kris following close behind. Kris bumped into Xiumin, almost knocking him over. "What's wrong?" Kris waited for a response but only saw a small look of despair start to take over the eldests face. He looked up and noticed Sehun and Luhan still glued to each other, Sehun dragging Luhan by the hand through the front doors of the building. Xiumin grinded his teeth as he started to move forward, Kris no longer thinking, grabbed the shorter and pulled him close to his chest. Shocked, Xiumin froze, about to protest and push away, but instead he wrapped his arms tightly around the other. "I know I still need to earn your trust, but I know you're also hurting right now.." Xiumin hiccuped and gently slapped Kris' back before hugging a little tighter and pulling away. Kris gently rubbed his back and gestured for them to walk in together. Even though he was happy to be there for the other, he didn't realize Suho had watched everything from the other van. A sudden rush of jealousy and anger taking over the leader as he slowly dragged himself into the dorm behind everyone else.