“Bacon hyung!” A
10-year-old boy called out, running towards Baekhyun as soon as he barged in
the living room of the house. The kid, who had just arrived from school,
immediately hugged the older, showing him how much he missed him. Baekhyun
giggled at the kid’s actions, he ruffled the kid’s hair and carried him as he
sits on the couch.
“Yes Channie?”
Baekhyun smiled, pinching the cheeks of the boy who was now on his lap beaming
at him happily.
“I miss you!”
“Aigoo, I miss
you too Channie.” The boy giggled, then suddenly sighed after a few
seconds…like he remembered something sad. Baekhyun noticed this and his smile
slowly faded.
“What’s wrong?”
He asked.
“I miss Chanyeol
hyung.” Baekhyun stopped. Chanyeol. He
missed the guy so much. He gave the younger a sad smile and hugged the boy
gently.
“I miss him
too.”
“Annyeonghaseyo,
Byun Baekhyun-imnida!” Baekhyun introduced enthusiastically before bowing in
front of his new classmates for this school year. It’s the first time Baekhyun
had seen such students but studying in an institution in which everyone around
you is unfamiliar and foreign, still won’t make him shy and quiet. It even excites
and challenges him more to find new friends in this school. He may not know a
single person inside the room but he believes that he’ll get to know them in no
time.
After
introducing himself in front of the class, he went back to his seat beside
Kyungsoo. Aaah, yes Do Kyungsoo. He’s
the guy who warned Baekhyun not to go near Park Chanyeol. Baekhyun didn’t
understand why though. He just put the matter aside and decided to ask about it
later on.
“Hey, you’re
really…uhh, energetic, you know.” Kyungsoo started, giving off a small laugh
before getting his notebook under his desk.
“Yeah, I know.”
Baekhyun smiled, as he brought out all the things needed for their first
subject. Seeing this, Kyungsoo shook his head and just sighed.
“You’re
unbelievable.” He muttered, which was unfortunately heard by Baekhyun.
“I’m sorry, what
did you say again?” He asked and looked at Kyungsoo with questioning eyes.
“Nothing. Did I
say something?” Kyungsoo denied, both of his eyes shaping a perfect letter ‘O’ while
pretending like he didn’t really said something.
“Yah, quit that.
I heard it, now tell me Kyungsoo.” Baekhyun insisted, narrowing his eyes a
little bit as he continues to stare at his seatmate intently. He never removed
his stare for a while, but then as he looked closer he realized that Kyungsoo
wasn’t looking back at him anymore, he was looking past him.
“Hey, are you
okay?” Kyungsoo didn’t utter a word and just produced a ‘sssh’ sound, telling
Baekhyun to keep quiet, while staying frozen at his place. Baekhyun raised his
brow, finding the boy weird at his sudden actions. He decided to follow the
direction where Kyungsoo is looking at, and turned around only to see an
annoyed Park Chanyeol staring back at them.
“Byun Baekhyun,
don’t you freakin’ dare to look at his eyes.” He heard Kyungsoo whisper, and
both of them slowly turned their attention back to the teacher and shivered
when they can still feel Chanyeol glaring at them.
“Oh my! That
scared me.” Kyungsoo said, letting out a shaky sigh as he went back to listen
to their teacher.
“What
just…happened?” The boy heard his seatmate mutter. He then faced Baekhyun and
noticed the faint blush on the lad’s cute cheeks.
“Yah, are
you---”
“He looked at
me, Kyungsoo.” Baekhyun stated, still in a daze.
“What?”
“He looked at
me!” Baekhyun repeated, raising his voice a little higher and faced Kyungsoo.
“The quiet guy, Park Chanyeol, freakin’ look at me!” Kyungsoo stared at him in
disbelief. What’s with this guy?
“And he…he looks
cute… He doesn’t look cold and bad at all.” Baekhyun said, still on a daze.
“Hey, are you on
drugs?” His seatmate asked, waving a hand before Baekhyun’s face, which made
Baekhyun frown and hit the other’s shoulder. Kyungsoo slapped Baekhyun’s hand
away and mouthed a ‘What?’ before looking back at the board.
“Of course I’m
not! Stupid seatmate.” Baekhyun grumbled, as he crosses his arms over his chest
and pouted. Kyungsoo’s eye widened and he immediately pinched his seatmate’s
cheeks before saying incoherent words to him.
“Oh come on.
Don’t be such a kid!”
“Yah! It hurts!”
Baekhyun yelled unexpectedly. Realizing his own mistake, Baekhyun was stopped
and looked around the room. Everyone in the room had their eyes on the two of
them. Kyungsoo felt lost and just lowers his head in shame, while Baekhyun just
smiled shyly and forced himself to focus on his textbook.
“If you’re done disturbing
the whole class Mr. Byun and Mr. Do, can you please focus on the lesson now?”
Their teacher told them, giving them a glare before going back to his
discussion.
Baekhyun had his
hand on his chest and breathed a sigh of relief when the teacher turned their
back on them. Gosh! That was so embarrassing. He felt heat creeping up his
cheeks and soon became as red as a tomato. He lightly slapped his face and
averted his attention on the book on his desk. And you know what happened next? That was when he realized, he
can’t focus on the lesson anymore, no matter what he does, he just can’t. All
he was thinking about was the face of the one who were just staring at them a
while ago.
He didn’t know
how many minutes have passed; he had not kept track of time since then. All he
thinks of is the quiet and cold boy who’s now known as Park Chanyeol. His round eyes, the curly hair that had a
touch of black and brown, the perfect shape of his face, his nose, every detail
of his being. Baekhyun had glanced at him for countless times already, and
fortunately, the latter doesn’t seem to notice it. The time when Chanyeol
stared at them, NO…Glared at them, Baekhyun can’t resist to look back at the
guy again. He isn’t scary like what other students think, in fact, if you just
look closer, he has the face of an angel. If he could only smile…everything
would be perfect.
“Kriiiiiiiiiing!”
“At last! It’s break time!!!”
“Come on guys!”
The sound of
students chattering inside the classroom didn’t seem to disturb Baekhyun from
studying Chanyeol’s face. He just stayed there admiring the guy, but then when
the person he’s looking at suddenly looked at his direction; he immediately
panicked and almost fell off his chair.
“Hey Baekhyun!
What’s wrong with you?” He heard Kyungsoo ask, helping him to pick the
notebooks that fell from his desk when he grabbed it for support.
“I’m fine.”
Baekhyun said, glancing back at Chanyeol only to find the boy gone from his
previous position. He quickly turned his direction at the door to check if he’s
there, but sadly, the boy wasn’t.
“Who are you
looking for?” Kyungsoo inquired, interrupting Baekhyun’s trail of thoughts.
“Ah, did you see
Chanyeol?”
“H already went
out of the room.” The guy answered, while putting back his things on his
backpack. “Want to go to the cafeteria together?” He offered, Baekhyun smiled
and nodded, slinging his bag over his shoulder and followed Kyungsoo out of the
room.
~~~
Park Chanyeol
hated happy stuffs. He didn’t know why, but it definitely annoyed the heck out
of him. As a boy who almost lived his whole life without experiencing a
parent’s love and care, he learned how to survive the hard way. Sure, there
were times when he felt like he can’t take it anymore and dying would be the
best thing to do to end his suffering, but then he knew that surrendering won’t
do anything good for him and his younger brother. He knew it won’t make their
situation any better.
Today is his
first day in this school. It was a normal day for him yet again, walking in
those familiar hallways with everyone murmuring unpleasant words about him,
girls and boys glaring at him as he passed by. He grew accustomed to these
kinds of situations, and eventually learned how to ignore them.
Everyone looks
at him like some kind of jerk who always gets in to fights at the streets of
Seoul.
Everyone was
scared of him.
Everyone hates him.
His cold
demeanour intimidates anyone he looks at and they will hurriedly scurry away
from him. You may be surprised, but he hates
himself more, knowing that his mere presence threatens the people around him.
“Good Morning!”
“Have a nice day!”
“God bless everyone!”
A high-pitched
voice caught his attention, and he noticed that someone was continuously
greeting everyone he saw. Someone…unfamiliar.
Probably a new student, Chanyeol thought. Ignoring this guy, he went
straight to his classroom and chose the seat near the window, but as soon as he
sat down, he heard a familiar voice greeting ‘Good Morning’ inside the
classroom. He slightly raised his head and saw that it was the guy at the
hallway. Always happy, when there’s even
nothing to be happy about. Chanyeol sneered and just turned his attention
to the scenery outside the windows.
“Hey, are you crazy?” Chanyeol was
startled at the tone of his classmate’s voice, and checked what was going on.
Well, it looks like the new guy wants to sit beside
him…
…and for the first time, Chanyeol felt like someone,
even if it’s only one, someone…wasn’t scared of him, despite the background
that he had.
~~~
“So, why were
you looking for him?”
“Nothing.”
Baekhyun responded happily, his eyes almost in a straight line because of too
much smiling. Kyungsoo lightly slapped the guy’s face, and scoffed.
“You’re really
happy today. Is it your birthday today?” Baekhyun laughed and shook his head,
still having a smile on his face.
“Well, I hope
so! So you can treat me for lunch.” He chuckled.
“Yah! Are you
really a high school student? Choding!” Kyungsoo growled and nudged his new
seatmate, Baekhyun nudged him back and they kept pushing each other while they
were on their way to the cafeteria. Being carried away with what they were
doing, they didn’t notice the group of boys who were staring at them, until…
“Hey!” Both of
them stopped, and reluctantly raised their heads to see who the person in front
of them was. No way. Kyungsoo’s eyes
widened and instantly grabbed Baekhyun’s arm to run away from the place. They’re one of the school’s merciless
bullies, once they got their eye on you, you’re doomed.
They stopped
when they reached the comfort room, catching their breaths as they fell on
their knees. It didn’t take long for Baekhyun to absorb what was happening---they
were being chased by some big burly high school guys for no reason, and it
certainly wasn’t good.
“Who are they?”
Baekhyun huffed, still trying to even his breathing.
“They’re one of
the most-feared bullies in school. Once they approach you, they’ll just beat
you in to a pulp without any reason at all. No one knows why.” Kyungsoo
explained, hoping that Baekhyun understood every word that he said.
Silence overcame
the two of them, trying to force themselves to calm down and not to panic. Soon
enough, they heard the sound of footsteps getting louder and louder, and they
knew for an instant that the bullies are near, ready to do whatever they want
to torture them.
“Baek, on the
count of 3, we have to separate.” He whispered. 1…2…3
“RUN!” Kyungsoo yelled. Baekhyun hurriedly
scrambled on the floor and did what his friend told him to do. He glanced back
and saw Kyungsoo running at the opposite direction being followed by 2 big
guys. Hesitating to run farther, he stopped, but then that’s when he realized…3
guys were running after him.
“F*ck” He cursed, running faster every
second, not bothering where his feet is taking him. When he reached the 3rd
floor, his legs felt like burning. He kept running and running until he was
past his limit. Baekhyun wanted to stop but he couldn’t. He couldn’t…he was scared.
If only a
miracle could happen…
A miracle…
*BLAG*
Everything
happened in a second. Baekhyun just found himself being dragged inside the
janitor’s closet, a hand covering his mouth. Was he caught? Baekhyun thought. He slapped the hand away and
turned around to look at the person who dragged him in but ended up being
pushed on the other side, a hand still covering his mouth.
“Be quiet.” A
low voice said. Baekhyun’s eyes widened.
Park Chanyeol
was just right in front of his eyes and they were alone in a freaking closet.
>>>Part 2 of 3<<<
-Labyrinth_101
06.13.12
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