TAO had all but forgotten about the tweet that he made by the next day when he noticed something unusual about that morning in SMUni. People were looking at him like he was some kind of delinquent. It was not like the usual way girls would look at him to try to catch his attention. There were some of them who d stop their conversation when they see him. Kris had stayed behind since today was his free day. He didn't schedule any classes on that day so he could bum out or in case he had something to do he could schedule it there. Tao however did not have that foresight. He'll try that next year when he could control his class load better. First years had a fixed number of classes and what not so as not to let them take the wrong pre-requisite classes or general courses.
Three classes later, he was getting really conscious. It was like everyone was waiting for him to do something weird so they could talk about it. He kept looking over his shoulder trying to check if someone was following him. There was a weird feeling he was having that someone was watching his every move.
Then he saw him, a tall handsome man so much so that he almost looked androgynous. "@zitaopanda?" he was surprised to hear his Twitter name when the tall man came up to him. His face bore a challenge and his eyes looked really really menacing. Although he was known for his oddly scary stare, Tao was not the kind to use it to intimidate others. This guy obviously did.
"Who are you?" the question obviously ticked the guy off. There was gasping when he did ask that. Am I supposed to know who this guy was?
"Heechul oppa!" there were shrieking that followed that. Tao could swear the guy could have killed him with the irritation in his eyes but he turned to the women with the sweetest smile and waved them off.
"Come with me." Tao could have stopped the dragging but he was sure it would make a bigger scene so he let Heechul lead him by the arm.
They stopped at the southern gardens of SMUni. He realized that he might be in a trap. He wanted to hit his forehead again. Trouble again. He wondered if he would upset Sungmin if he got into a fight. He figured it would upset him and then some. So Tao did the one thing he has never done in his life, he raised his hands in surrender. "Look, I don't have any problem with you. I don't even know you. So why don't you just tell me what you want and let me go back to my classes."
"You don't have any classes for the rest of the day." Heechul sounded very sure of himself.
"How would you know that?" he asked.
"You just told me right now." there was a "Gotcha" smirk on his face that irritated Tao for some reason.
"Who are you and what do you want with me?" he knew that he could defend himself but who knew if this guy was alone or there was someone lurking behind the shadows...Crap. There they were. One,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine! Ten! ELEVEN? Including the Heechul guy, there were TWELVE men in front of him. I chose this day to be an idiot.
Tao took out his phone and pressed 2. Speed dial for Hyung S.
"Hello?" Sungmin answered the call. "Tao? What happened?"
"I need that favor now, ssam. I'm in the back garden." he put the phone back in his pocket and stood in a fighting pose to get himself ready.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Siwon walked forward and came between him and Heechul. "Put your hands down. We are not here for that."
He refused to put them down. "Do I look like an idiot to you?"
"You were smart enough to get led here. Did you even ask who he was?" Kangin was oozing with sarcasm.
"He dragged me here." Tao felt slighted by that.
"And a wimp like you expects to protect our Sungmin?" Donghae had to stop Eunhyuk from getting into an actual fight with Tao.
"Super Junior?" Tao put his hands down. "What are you doing here?" He looked at the group and had to laugh.
"Because of this." Siwon showed him the screenshot.
Tao realized just how involved Siwon was with his Twitter account.
SUNGMIN was running with the phone close to his ear. He didn't want to miss out on whatever was happening to Tao. He might have done it on purpose but he didn't cancel the call completely. Sungmin knew that back gardens were a famous place for students to meet up to settle physical fights. What the hell was Tao thinking?
"Super Junior?" that stopped Sungmin in his tracks. He had already reached the back gardens. And he saw a group of people blocking his path.
"What is going on here?" he asked a student.
"Super Junior oppas are here!" she answered with a giddy voice.
Super Junior? It was not possible.
"You mean Siwon, right?" he asked.
"No, there was a whole bunch of them. Ssam, are you guys going to do a concert in the Uni?" clearly she knew who she was.
"No. Excuse me." she didn't mean to be rude but he didn't want his brothers and Tao to get into a confrontation. He wondered if Tao was with Kris at all.
"HYUNG, NO!" Sungmin called out at Siwon who looked like he was going to hit Tao with something.
"Minnie!" Yesung came to his side and the other members came over to talk to him. Sungmin was too shocked to even wonder how they all came to be there.
"Donghae! Where is --" Eunhyuk appeared from behind his handsome hyung. Sungmin felt happy tears burst. Then he recognized Henry, Han Geng, and Zhou from the crowd. He felt like he was hyperventilating from the emotions that exploded in his heart.
"What are you --?" Sungmin was already crying. He looked at Tao who was standing beyond the group hug that his friends had formed. He had a feeling that this was all because of him. Not only had Tao saved his life once, but he also saved him from the darkness that he was in. He brought him back to his old self. The one who has brothers who crowded around to wipe away his tears. Sungmin silently thanked him. Tao bowed and walked away. Then there he was. Sungmin stiffened. The vision of Tao walking away hurt. It hurt like when Kyuhyun did.
"Tao!" he called out to him. Tao stopped. He motioned to his phone and then walked away after winking at him.
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