Just a little over an hour after news reports of EXO's Kai and f(x)'s Krystal�dating, SM Entertainment has stepped up to confirm the news!

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A representative reinstated previous reports about the couple, saying, "The two were close friends and began having feelings for each other this year."

Kai and Krystal have now become�SMTOWN's second official couple, after Girls' Generation's Taeyeon and EXO's Baekhyun who broke up last September. This can't be an April fool's joke, right?