#who says he doesn't stay in contact with sehun

[theboytatu]

what would be EXO f1 counterparts?

this is the type of question i love so much i never get around to answering because i spend too much effort trying to get it right. but not today

seeing as i'm an f1 newbie i don't feel confident enough to assign each exo a driver counterpart but i will assign them a team

suho - downright mercedes. there's literally no other team for him. actually he might have a lot in common with russell they're both pretentious hipsters who look like old money from a mile away. he's a skilled driver and determined to always do the right thing even if that means getting lapped by hooligans who bend the rules to their advantage (baekhyun) but he eventually does get a few podiums. plus he polls the best with women in their 30s-50s

minseok - i wanna say he's the type of driver that gets underestimated because he's from a smaller team but then he keeps proving himself every season until he actually gets podium. even the big 3 respect him. so i'd put him in sauber.

baekhyun - ugh i mean. is it too on the nose if i say ferrari? can i say ferrari? wait you know what i changed my mind. he's so obviously in red bull. jesus christ ughhh. he has a lot in common with verstappen now that i think about it. both are pretty introverted off the track and prefer to stay in their room gaming but when it's time for work they will murder you. and they KNOW they are the best and act like it which is what makes them so polarizing for the audience.. also he wins wdc and doesn't let us forget all year

chen - ferrari. this is the perfect team for the perfect driver perfect people's princess posterboy of f1... what can i say chen leclerc is a real thing that makes so much sense!! even if they're racing against him none of these other men can help but genuinely love him!!! chen IS ferrari. like he's so julia...

chanyeol - after much consideration i have decided to go with haas for him. i think chanyeol would be an incredibly skilled driver and haas is enough of a challenge for him to like literally pull out of the gutter and lead to their first podium. also it's the team with most of that bad boy image like they got some grit to them and i think chanyeol would really fit that... plus he's hot headed enough that he would make contact with his teammate and get yelled out of the team principal's office like magnussen. (eventually he leaves haas and joins ferrari for my number one team rocket duo with jongdae).

kyungsoo - toro rosso/rb or whatever they're called now... he's literally so much like tsunoda im sorry they're just 🐧🐧 penguin emoji to me 😭 he's just there to do his job get in get out and will not do silly interviews where they ask him what's his favorite food.. but also lmfao he's actually a good enough driver that he's making waves and finishing in the top 5 easily! (also: not to be like that but the implications of kyungsoo being in rb vs. baekhyun being in red bull. twin teams. rival siblings. kyungsoo rolling his eyes at all the fanfare and bragging while baekhyun is secretly threatened that ksoo is good enough that they might bring him into red bull)

kai - renault (sorry.. alpine). i have nothing to say about this team the same way i almost always have nothing to say about kai. they're just there to me. kai is like the esteban ocon of kpop TO ME

sehun - mclaren. it just makes so much sense. sehun being a legacy driver and his dad/godfather/whoever being a mclaren driver and now he's a mclaren driver... they are like the most old money team ever even more than mercedes. i also think sehun wouldn't be the most skilled f1 driver and he probably never gets podium but his fanpower is so big his seat in the team is secured for life lmfao. like he's the one getting all the perfume ads and being invited to milan fashion week so honestly half his f1 career is just modeling

[wonderlandsobsession]

okay but is no one going to acknowledge that Sehun giving us “Hints” also reminding me of this beautiful teaser?!

[misswoozi]

Hey hi hello cap!! We're doing shinee ateez and zombies right??

i love the idea of taemin running the garden. i think in 3-6 months he'll not only have it fully organised but also have compost and water filtration systems up and running (hes kinda brilliant after all).

Are they planning to take back their town from the zombies?? The guerrilla mv has me thinking thoughts of revolution lol. i kinda see it like they do take back the town and anybody that was still alive is thankful and helps set things up to keep it safe building walls and whatnot but our crew kinda just stays at the lighthouse camp. They kinda become the leaders by default but they dont wanna be like mayor or anything so they stay on the beach as much as possible.

They have at least one working radio so do they make contact with other community pockets?? Whos running them?? Are there any plans to try and gather whats left of humanity into one place; either just to be together or to try and do something about the zombie problem??

I really picture Taemin as this strange, shirtless loner with a big hat on who doesn't ever take his headphones off (he uses an old school walkman, CDs and all, and he only ever has one item on his wishlist for the runners -- batteries) and he's just a MASTER OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. He keeps everyone well-fed.

HONGJOONG, WOOYOUNG AND SEHUN WANNA TAKE BACK THE CITY but not everyone supports the idea. It's dangerous. Jinki thinks the town is TOO BIG to take back. Instead, he wants everyone to focus their time, resources and energy on building walls around their camp.

They do use their working radio to TRY and contact others. Once or twice, they were able to reach someone who was on a boat in a close-ish area of the ocean. They couldn't hear the first guy super well but the second fellow, a dude named Suho, says he has a small community (5-10 guys) about 15 miles up the coast. (The group is still trying to decide if they want to join forces or not.)

[niawritess]

The Lovestruck~Chapter 15

( 16 December)

9:33 am

Arriving at your college, you found students making the whole campus chaotic, which was understandable since the announcement happened yesterday.

It's been few days since the bowling day and the play took over yesterday with principal announcing an event happening in the coming week which left students excited.

"I'm so excited!" Ria exclaimed clapping her hands and you shook your head at her chuckling as you two were walking out of the class. "You're always excited for parties, no?"

"And you are not, how boring." She rolled her eyes and earned a smack from you before you two heard your names being called out.

Looking at the direction, you spotted Mark running towards you with a smile on his face before he stopped infront of you.

"Are you also excited for the party?" Ria questioned him smiling brightly and he frowned shaking his head causing you chuckle at your bestfriend as she pouted.

"You look happy, did something good happened?" You asked him and he smiled again before instantly pulling you in a hug leaving you shook.

He pulled away sensing you standing still and chuckled awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry, I just got excited."

You coughed out looking away embarrassed to lock eyes with your bestfriend who was staring at you with surprised expression and you gave her a what look where she snapped out.

"Ahem, why are you so excited that you even hugged y/n." She crossed her arms staring at Mark teasingly and you frowned slapping her arm lightly.

"Oh, that, I made a painting and it was uploaded on our college blog and I just just heard from professor that they got called by a famous Art Gallery and they want to present my painting on their exhibition." He told with a shy smile.

You and Ria looked at eachother amazed before smiling widely at him and praised him. You three started walking to the garden area with him telling you that he won't be able to attend the party since he has to go there.

Imersed in talking and unaware of the fact that Baekhyun was watching the scene from the window of the music room with clenched jaw. He didn't know why but he didn't liked how Mark hugged you and seeing it, he had the urge to pull him away from you.

"Baekhyun-ah!"

He followed the voice which called out him to see Yixing staring at him with worried look at which Baekhyun raised his brows questionly.

He followed Yixing's gaze to his hand and got shocked to see a plastic water bottle crushed in his hand. Not able to look at him, he excused himself outside to throw this with an excuse to be alone.

Why was he feeling this way? Seeing you with smiling at other guy made him feel weird inside and really bothered him enough to feel angry. He looked at the crushed bottle and gulped hardly before throwing it in the ban.

He needed to sort this out quickly before he gets crazy with the thoughts.

***

12:34 pm

You were in the cafeteria with your bestfriend and Baekhyun with his friends at the same table with you. At first it was a little awkward since you were getting stared at but not now and you're used to it.

Chanyeol, Sehun and Jongin were discussing about the party and Ria being the biggest enthusiastic joined them. They kept sharing their latest experiences from their previous parties at how Jongin got drunk and spilled his drink on one of the professors then next day the professor kept sending death glares to him.

Jongin did a fake shudder as he remembered about that night and all of you laughed at him before you looked to your side to see Baekhyun looking lost while playing with his food.

You frowned and tapped his shoulder to get his attention where he instantly looked at you surprised.

"Are you okay?"

"Huh?" He looked confused then following your gaze to his plate then back to you and gave a little smile before nodding. Though you weren't convinced but you also didn't wanted to force him so you just went back to your business.

Meanwhile, Baekhyun, he was still bothered by the scene he witnessed earlier and being the straightforward person he is, he couldn't help but ask about this.

"Can I ask you something?"

You looked at him confusingly before nodding then Baekhyun saw everyone imersed in talking and he leaned a bit to your side.

"Are you dating Mark?"

You looked at him surprised taken aback by his sudden question out of your imagination. Seeing your shook face Baekhyun wanted to punch himself for being too straightforward.

You don't know why but you didn't wanted any misunderstanding between you two and instantly shook your head. "No! Why would you think that?"

His face lit up upon hearing your answer and hid his grin. "Uh, I happened to see you two hugging so, yeah."

"Ah! That he was excited so unknowingly he did that." You casually said even though you were also shook by his gesture.

Baekhyun's head snapped with a serious expression. "Just because he was excited, he hugged you?"

You stared at him confused and he cleared his throat feeling himself overreacting but he couldn't help himself, boy was jealous as hell.

"Nevermind, Are you coming to the party?"

He smiled genuinely and you stared at him as how he was acting weird right now and instantly changed.

"Oh, right! Are you two coming?" Sehun asked and Ria immediately nodded. Well, nothing new.

"I'll have to stay away from professors, I don't wanna repeat the scene." Jongin whined.

"Too bad. You would be dancing in the bathroom and you wouldn't even know." Chanyeol commented earning a glare from the latter while you all laughed.

"So, Are you coming?" Chanyeol questioned and you shrugged. "I'm not sure. I mean, I'm not a party person so..."

"Yeah! Come to think of it, I have never seen you any college events too." Sehun tapped his index finger on his chin and Jongin nodded.

"You should come," You looked at Baekhyun. "I mean, this time won't come back and when you look back, you would have some memories to remember."

You stared at him pondering his words before a smile crept on your face and you nodded. "I'll think about it."

"Baekhyun Hyung, you should become a philosopher." Sehun commented and the latter rolled his eyes.

"She will come." Ria spoke with a confident tone making you confuse before a smug smile appeared on her lips as she had a plan.

Still smiling, she looked ahead and made an eye contact with Chanyeol who was already staring at her but instantly looked away. Ria also looked down at her food with her blushing face and you watched the scene like an investigator.

Later, you went to the library to return some books and met Rowoon outside by chance then decided to walk with with him but while passing by the garden area you witnessed a scene you wished you shouldn't have.

"What the hell are you trying to do?!"

You and Rowoon halted when you heard a familiar voice which belonged to Baekhyun. You really didn't wanted to pry or see anything but that's when you heard another familiar voice.

"At least tell me the reason!"

"This..."

And before you knew it, Rowoon was already going towards them with you trying to stop him.

"Don't you feel ashamed asking me this, when you have a freaking boyfriend?"

"I got close to him so I can get close to you!"

Your jaw slightly dropped upon hearing Lauren's words and so was Baekhyun as looked at her with disgusting eyes.

"I can't believe this! You would stoop this low! And I already told you that I don't like you!"

You flinched by his sudden outburst before looking at Rowoon who had his jaw clenched with his eyes showing hurt.

You felt so bad and that's when you locked eyes with Baekhyun who seemed shocked and Lauren followed his gaze and her face turned pale.

Before she could say anything, Rowoon walked away from there with Lauren following him, not before glaring at you thinking you led him here.

You and Baekhyun stared at eachother, not saying anything until he began to explain but you stopped him saying he doesn't have to since you already saw everything and it wasn't his fault.

As for him, he felt relieved that you didn't misunderstood and trusted him.

***

Days passed and you noticed the tension between Baekhyun and Rowoon as both of them seemed too awkward to talk which was weird for his friends too, since they always get along well.

Coming back to Lauren, she seemed guilty as Rowoon wasn't giving her any attention and stayed away from her which seemed to anger her and whenever you made an eye contact with her, she always glared at you.

Not to mention, she kept bumping into on purpose and did things where your patience was getting out of hands but you stayed still knowing how bad things would turn out, until one day.

Ria and you were seated in the cafeteria since everyone was too busy to be here so this time you both were alone, eating your food and laughing at eachother's jokes. You were about to grab a bite but a gasp escape from mouth as you felt something cold touched your head.

Then you realised, it was juice as you could smell it from your hair, keeping your eyes shut, you tried to calm down by taking a deep breath.

"Lauren! What the hell is wrong with you!?" Ria shouted, standing up from her chair and then looked at you, her eyes soften. "Y/n, are you okay?"

"Awe, is y/n gonna cry?" She laughed mockingly. "You deserve this for snatching my boyfriend from me!"

You took a deep breath before opening your eyes shot at her. "You should've poured water instead of juice, stupid."

She looked at you in disbelief. "W-what?"

You stood up and she took a step back while Ria smirked as she saw what was coming now.

"And what? Snatched your boyfriend? Who are you trying to fool? We both know who's fault it is." You snapped and she looked at you with wide eyes before looking around to see everyone was giving her weird looks.

"And If you think by doing this will make you some high and mighty," You folded your arms to your chest before stepping closer to her. "Then let me tell you it's not, you look like an attention seeker."

She huffed. "How dare-".

"Cockroach!" You shouted and she stepped back screaming and started dusting off her dress and her hair and then looked at you confusingly. "There's nothing!"

"Did I said there was?" You said with a pocker face and everyone started laughing at her, you just shook your head. "Stupid."

You took your food plate and was about to leave but turned back to her who was standing still and went closer to her.

"Don't mess with me again." You warned her firmly and turning around you left the cafeteria with Ria behind you before she threw a smug smile at Lauren.

***

"Gosh, I don't even have a shampoo with me!" You whined while washing your hair in the washroom.

"Here." Ria held out a towel and you took it before rubbing your hair and dried them in the hand dryer.

"But that was insane like y/n! You rocked it!" Ria exclaimed while your were combing your hair.

You sighed. "I had to, I saw this coming like how she was behaving with me since last few days, I didn't want to do that but she was testing my patience."

Ria patted your back. "You did the right thing Y/n but why did she do that?"

"Rowoon broke up with her." You looked at her reflection from the mirror and she gasped. "What? How?"

You looked around the washroom if someone was there but not finding anyone, you spun around and faced her. You narrated everything about that day but you kept it in since this was a personal matter of them and you just happened to witness it.

She scoffed. "Wow! I knew it! She was always looking at Baekhyun Sunbae with those flirty eyes and I heard that she got rejected by him before."

"You knew? Your eyes enlarged. "I didn't know that but whatever it is, Rowoon broke up with her and she's blaming me since he is ignoring her and still hanging out with us."

"Not just Rowoon but Baekhyun Sunbae and his friends too that's why she's jealous of you." She stated and you closed your eyes and sighed. "Let's just drop this topic."

"Y/n, you okay?" Ria asked in a worried tone and you opened before giving her a assuring smile. "Yeah."

She suddenly started laughing and you looked at her quizzically. "Why are you laughing?"

"It's just that you brought cockroach in the middle of serious atmosphere." She said in the midst of laughter and you joined her before you both got out of the washroom.

While walkng down the hallway, you both spotted Rowoon standing against your locker, he looked around and met your gaze before standing straight as you aproached.

"Rowoon what are you doing here?" Ria asked him and he shifted his eyes to you from her.

"I heard what happened." He spoke and you both looked at eachother before him.

"I'm really sorry y/n, this is all because of me." He gave you a guilty look and you shook your head. "No, it's not your fault, it's not like you did it, so don't blame yourself."

"But still-"

"No buts, just let it go hm?" You smiled and he nodded still feeling guilty and you noticed it.

"If you're still feeling sorry, then you can do something that'll make us happy." You tilted your head and they both gave you a confused look.

"What?" Rowoon asked, looking at you like you're gonna ask him to jump in a fire.

You chuckled. "Pizza treat, deal?"

His confused face changed into a grin and he nodded immediately. "Deal but when?"

"Right now! Because we didn't get to eat lunch." You patted your stomach and he chuckled.

"Yes! And y/n, you're not gonna eat mine." Ria nudged you and you just made a face before you three went out to a close restaurant.

***

Baekhyun who was in his class and his phone buzzed and it kept buzzing until Baekhyun decided to check.

Yeol: Did you hear?

Jonginie: hear what?

Dae: I've heard it too!

Junmyeon hyung: can someone tell me what's happening?

Sehuniee: I think I know.

Minseokie hyung: will you speak up now?

Yeol: I can type but can't speak on msg hyung!

Minseokie hyung: I wish I could hit you through the phone.

Lay hyung: chanyeol just tell us.

Yeol: okay I heard y/n got bullied.

Baekhyun stood up from his chair as soon as he read it, everyone turned to him and gave him weird looks.

"Baekhyun-ah, are you okay?" His prof asked him and he nodded not long the class ended and he rushed out of the classroom before slunging his bag over his shoulder.

He unlocked his phone and started typing while walking and met kyungsoo outside with a worried look.

Baekhyun: what do you mean bullied? How?

Sehun: hyung don't worry, lauren tried to bully her but y/n fought back very well.

Kyungjaa: how did you know? Were you there?"

Yeol: I just heard it but sehuniee said someone recorded a video but anyway y/n snapped at lauren thoㅋㅋ.

After reading the last message Baekhyun felt relieved but still he was furious at Lauren for even trying to hurt you.

"What are you thinking?" Kyungsoo placed his hand on baekhyun's shoulder.

"I have to go somewhere." Baekhyun's tone was stern and Kyungsoo got that where he was going.

He nodded. "Just be careful."

Baekhyun gave him a little nod before storming out and kyungsoo sighed then went to his friends.

***

"That y/n! Who does she think she is!" Lauren fumed as she was walking back and forth recalling the scene earlier.

"Lauren calm down, maybe we really shouldn't have done that." Her friend told her and Lauren glared at her before sitting across of her.

"What do you mean we shouldn't have! That y/n-". She yelped as someone slamed the table, slowly looking up to see her eyes met Baekhyun's fiery eyes.

"Oh Baekhyun sunbae." She smiled sweetly at him, forgetting her anger.

Baekhyun scoffed as he stood up straight. "Really? You're smiling? After what you did."

"What do you mean?" She made a innocent face at him.

"Don't play dumb with me, it doesn't suit you." He grunted. "Why the hell you tried to hurt y/n?"

She rolled her eyes. "Oh so it's y/n huh! Sunbae, how can you take her side when because of her Rowoon broke up with me." She faked her cry.

"Stop this drama when you're in the fault, and stop dragging y/n into this." Baekhyun retorted, pointing his index finger at her.

"Just who is she huh! Is there something going on between you two?" She scowled.

Baekhyun glared at her. "Whatever it is, that's none of your business and I'm warning you, stay far away from y/n or else you know what can I do."

Lauren gulped in fear and Baekhyun smirked before dashing off from the cafeteria.

Well, Sehun and Jongin's blabbing mouth was good for something useful.

***

2:24 pm

You were standing behind the counter with Baekhyun beside you, as he took the order from the customer you started making the drink, finishing it you gave it to him and he went out.

Baekhyun glanced at you. "Are you okay? I heard what happened today."

You sighed. "Did I got famous already?"

He chuckled. "Actually, " With that he pulled out his phone from his pocket before unlocking it and showed you a video of the scene happened in the cafeteria, but luckily only your back can be seen.

"What's this?" You gasped, holding the phone with your hand over his hand but you were too imersed in the video to notice it, however, Baekhyun did, his heart beat increased as you were standing close to him and instead of video, he was staring at you.

"Who posted this video?" You asked, still watching it and Baekhyun who was busy staring at you, didn't heard it and not getting his response you looked up and froze as you realized how close you both were standing.

His eyes boring into yours intently, as he didn't looked away nor you did with your heart was pounding rapidly and heat reached you face as you both kept staring until hearing some laughing sound you both snapped out and looked away before making distance between eachother.

Baekhyun cleared his throat awkwardly. "Um, did you ask something?"

You gulped before nodding. "Uh, yeah, who posted this video?" With a speedy heart you managed to ask.

"Someone posted this on our college blog." He told and you looked at him in shock. "College blog? You mean everyone can watch this? And what if someone shares it?"

"Y/n, what's wrong?" Baekhyun looked at you worringly.

You sighed. "It's just, if my family saw this, they would get too worried plus this is just getting attention and I don't want that."

Baekhyun nodded in understanding. "Don't worry, we'll do something and by the way you really fought back well."

You let out a awkward laugh. "Yeah, I'm a little impatient maybe."

He pretended to think. "Hm, so I also should be careful."

You shrugged, smiling. "Maybe."

He laughed. "You were great there." He patted your head before going in the kitchen leaving you there froze in your spot.

Smiling, Baekhyun went inside the kitchen before typing something on his phone.

Baekhyun - Sehun-ah, there's something you have to do.

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@wooya1224 @buttercupbbh @jddcfc-blog

[brokecollegenerd]

Chapter One

Genre: Royal au, Cross-dressing au

Paring: Spy! Baekhyun x soldier! Reader ft. Sehun

Summary: Your life gets turned upside down when the King demands one male of every household to enlist and defend the nation from invading forces. Fearing for your Father’s life, you enlist for him and head off to fight for your home. All while trying to hide your true identity. While doing this, you meet a member of the Royal Spys. Who seems to always be there for you, when you need him the most

Tagging: @shesdreaminginoverdose​

Masterlist | Prologue (The Spy) | Prologue (The Soldier)

The sun shines down on your back as you walk along the dirt road. You were currently surrounded by all the men heading off together to the capitol in order to enlist so that they could fulfill the decree’s demand. The original group that you had left with was much smaller than the current group you were walking with. As the group had traveled, more and more men of all ages joined the party, making it grow in size. This led to you hanging out in the back, more often than not. You were trying to avoid as many people as possible to lessen the chance of someone figuring out your secret. You figured the less people you talked to the lower your chances were for any of them asking questions and figuring out your gender. This was why you often hung out at the back of the party, especially as it grew in size, to avoid conversations. Unfortunately, Helios seemed to want you to stay by his side for the entire trip and subsequent enlistment.

While you appreciated his desire to keep you safe, it was also a pain how overbearing he was being. You had known Helios your entire life, so you understood him when he kept insisting you stay by him. Helios saw himself as your protector on this journey. Afterall, you had that type of unofficial engagement that came from living in a small town, the type that wasn’t real but most boys or men believed it was. Thus, you knew that he wasn’t so much worried about another man discovering your secret and what it could do to you and your family, but rather if another man would try and make a move on you. This was why you had not even gone two miles into the journey before doing everything in your power to separate yourself from him. If he was overbearing the whole trip, someone would get suspicious and ask questions. That was something you didn’t want to happen, or rather, that you couldn't let happen.

Moving your hand, you shade your eyes so you can look at the sun. You were rather grateful for your short hair at this moment, it was much cooler than your long hair had been on a sunny day.  It was almost midday from what you could see, which meant that you would need to find a place off the road to eat midday meal.

At that very moment a call went out, “Time to stop for a midday meal.” A great cry went up from all the men at the news. The crowd moved towards the large covered wagon that held the food for the collective. You knew better than to head to the front like everyone else. Slipping between the people, you made your way towards the back of the covered wagon. The back of the covered wagon had a window that all the other men seem to forget about. They always headed to the front window, because that was the main place that food was served. However, you had learned early on that if you went to the back window, you could be given food before the majority of the others. Arriving at the back window, you gave it a knock to let the person inside know you were there. The window opened to reveal a rather small man. A cheeky smile came to his eyes once he saw who had knocked.

"Ah, Lyn. Hold on I have your meal coming right up." The small man left the window for just a few moments before coming back with a bowl of grits and an apple in hand. "Fresh and ready to go my lad." He said, taking too much joy from you cheating the system. You smile at him, he was trouble but at least he was fun.

"Thanks Kibum," you say, making your voice a little lower than your normal tone. "Tell Minho he better not have poisoned me." As you walk away you could hear Kibum's laugh roaring behind you. As quickly and quietly as you had gotten to the wagon, you left in the same manner. The next step for you was to find a place to eat away from everyone else. Fortunately, you spotted a lone tree not too far from the path. It was the perfect spot, it had shade and was away from where everyone else was gathering to eat. You walk over to it and find a perfect spot to sit under the tree that provides the most shade. You had barely sat down and leaned up against the tree, when the peace is interrupted by someone calling out for you.

“Y/N!” Helios yells. Panic fills you as he calls you by your real name. You jump up quickly from your spot under the tree and look around it to find Helios searching for you. 

“Helios!” you call out, “What the hell are you doing?” Hearing his name, Helios makes eye contact with you and a look of relief comes to his face. He walks over to your spot under the tree. The light shining bright on him, making his golden hair glow.

"There you are, I was wondering where you ran off to. I just got you a spot to sit in the group for the meal but you had already vanished." You could feel frustration building up within you. 

"I've already told you, Helios, I don't want to sit with those guys cause they bring too much attention to themselves. I'm trying to keep a low profile." Which you seem to not understand you think to yourself, "And I told you, don't call me Y/N. I am Lyn from now on and no matter when or where we are, you need to call me that." Helios lets out a breath of frustration. It seems you aren't the only frustrated person.

"And do I have to tell you again to stay close to me. I need to make sure you're safe. I promised both my sister and parents to look after you." He says.

"I know, and I am grateful for your help, but you're not doing a good job of keeping a low-profile. That's what I need right now, not a personal guardian. I'm not a child, Helios, I can take care of myself pretty well on my own." A short laugh leaves Helios.

"Barely, you aren't nearly as old as me or even half the men here. Just imagine what will happen to you if you're alone with any of them, or worse one of the enemy." 

"I'll punch them in the face," you respond, "I've got a good hook." Helios doesn't seem to like that answer. His frustration becoming more clear as he crosses his arms.

"This isn't a joke." He says through gritted teeth.

"I don't think it is. You just don't trust me to be alone with anyone other than you, and I don't trust you to keep a low-profile. So I did both of us a favor and just separated myself from everyone. It's the best of both world" You sigh. Calming yourself down a little, you try talking to Helios again without yelling at him. "Look, I know you're trying to take care of me and keep your promise; but I'll be fine, I promise." A large sigh escapes Helios, he looks back over at the large group.

"I know you'll be fine. Doesn't mean I like it." 

"I know," you say, "can you just trust me to be alone, maybe stop being so overbearing? Just for today at least?" You reach out and place your hand on Helios' arm. It seems to calm him down a tiny bit.

"Fine, you can eat your lunch alone today. But," he turns back to look at you, "can you promise to sleep next to me for the rest of the trip? It's the one thing I ask."

"Sure," you promise, "I have no problem with that. As long as you let me sleep." A small chuckle leaves both of you. A small peace comes between you two, if just for now. Helios unfolds his arms and pulls you into a hug. 

"Just be careful" he says against your head. You nod to reassure him. Helios let you go rather reluctantly, giving you a small smile as he leaves. "See you around, Lyn." He says, putting great emphasis on the word. 

As you watch Helios walk away, you can feel your frustration slowly starting to fade away with him. This journey was not going to be easy with Helios acting this way. However, you don’t have long to relax before you hear a noise. It was the awkward clearing of someone’s throat. Panic quickly overtakes you and you freeze upon hearing the noise. 

“Well, that definitely wasn’t a conversation I was supposed to hear.” Following the sound of the voice, you look up into the tree you're under to see the last you want. It's a young man, nay more like a boy, sitting in the tree. He is long limbed and lanky, with black hair and dark eyes. Even though he looks to be on the younger side, his face is shaped and chilled like that of an older person. He's a strange combination of both man and boy and you can't quite seem to get a grasp on his true age.

“How long have you been there?” You ask. You feel foolish asking but you don’t know what else to say. The lanky boy smiles rather cheekily and rubs the back of his head.

“The whole time, I got here before you.” The panic within you changes to terror. He heard everything. He knows. It no longer matters if Helios can stop acting obvious, it’s already too late. You feel your breathing begin to come out in pants of terror. The boy seems to catch on to your panic and worry covers his face.

“Don’t panic! I won’t tell anyone.” The whole world seems to freeze at his statement. He won’t tell? But why? What does he have to gain from not telling?

“Why?” you ask, looking at him laying out in the branches. The lanky boy moves from his reclined position to one where he is sitting up straight on one branch. His booted-feet dangle just above your head.

“Cause I don’t see any reason to, you’re doing no harm.” he says casually. You are shocked at his response. 

"What do you mean no harm?" You ask.

"Well," the lanky boy sighs, "you being a girl doesn't change the fact that you're probably going to fight and die, the same as the rest of us. You probably also didn't plan on signing up for fun, especially if your beau over there is going on about keeping you safe."

"He's not my beau, just a family friend." You say, almost mumbling it. The boy nods, understanding coming over his face as he grasps the relationship you and Helios share. You feel relief flood through you, he wasn’t going to tell anyone. His reasoning made sense, and it made you almost embarrassed how nervous you were about the whole situation. Your moment of relief stops almost as soon as it starts when the boy speaks again.

“I understand why you want to keep it a secret though.” 

“You do?” you ask, tilting your head.

“Yah,” the boy says, “Not everyone is going to think the same way I do about, well, this whole situation.” he says gesturing towards you. “The higher ups might see you as cheating the system, and, well, army men are not exactly the best people to be around as a girl.” You wince at the thought of what could happen to you if everyone did find out about your gender. Maybe your concerns were warranted if even this random boy thought so. You were then struck by an embarrassing thought, you hadn’t asked the boy his name yet. 

Blushing a little you say, “I just realized I haven’t asked what your name is yet. You know mine, hell both of mine." You hear a small chuckle leave the boy and your nerves get even worse. "So, it would probably be good to ask what yours is.” The boy smiles at you, he jumps down from his spot on the tree branch. He lands easily on his feet, straightening up and pushing off his black tunic and brown pants. He puts out his hand for you to shake.

“Sehun, it's nice to meet you, Lyn." You reach out and shake his hand. You feel warmth grow inside you as his uses your fake name.

"Ummm," a sense of awkwardness falls between the two of you. You rack your brain to come up with something to say. "Where are you from?" You say rather awkwardly shrugging your shoulders in a way that shows you have no confidence in the question. Sehun sighs and looks back the way the party had come.

"I live on a farm near the Oh Valley. Maybe about two miles or so outside the town in the valley." Shock overcomes you, that's the neighboring town to your hometown. He probably lives not more than ten miles away from your home.

"What!?" You exclaim, "That's the crazy, I live just outside the town in the south hills from the Valley. We're practically neighbors!" Sehun's face lights up with excitement, his face changing into a boyish grin that makes him look almost cute. "It seems fate is wanting us to be friends or something." You say, grinning wide.

"I don't know about that," Sehun says, a skeptical look in his eyes. "Nevertheless, it's nice to meet someone from the same area as me." He then leans forward a little. "If you do want to be friends then I am more than open to the idea. I've been on my own this whole trip and I would love to have someone to travel with." You feel a smile come to your face. You bring your fingers to your chin, in a mock thinking position.

"Hmmmm," you muse, "that is a very intriguing offer. I have been in the market for a partner in this journey, my current one doesn't seem to be respecting my wishes exactly." The smile of Sehun's face turns into a smirk.

"Well, I promise to keep your secret, respect you as an individual, and only ask that you don't get annoyed with me." Sehun says.

"Deal," you put out your hand to seal the "deal". Sehun takes your hand and shakes it firmly. Before both of you know it, you're laughing way to hard. The giddiness that floods your heart is something you weren't expecting. You like Sehun, a lot actually. He seems like a fun person, but still a good one. After you both catch your breath after laughing, you motion to the food you have sitting on the ground.

"If you don't mind, can we sit down so I can eat?" You ask.

"Of course," Sehun says. You sit back down on the ground, getting yourself comfortable and finally able to eat.

"Now then," Sehun says, settling down next to you. He eyes your food with a greedy look that makes you shake your head at him, "Why did you sign up? There has to be a story to it." You sigh, you knew he would ask but it wasn't something you really wanted to talk about.

"I'm an only child, so the only male in my family is my father. He isn't exactly young and full of the spirit of youth anymore. When I saw the decree, I knew that he would definitely die if he went to fight. He probably wouldn't even make it past training without some health concern. So, I decided to go in his place and tell my parents that the decree said one member of the family and leave out the male part. I went to the family friends we had and told them the whole situation. They weren't exactly happy about the situation as you can tell." You say gesturing to where Helios left earlier. "But they all knew that it was the best opinion. Then the parents told Helios, that guy from earlier, to make sure I'm safe, and you can clearly see how well that's going for the two of us." You take a bite of your grits after you finish your small tale. Sehun looks at you with an thoughtful look.

"They're going to find out you lied to them." He says.

"I know," you respond, "by the time they learn though it will already be too late." Sehun let's out a small chuckle.

"I can see you thought this through." He comments

"Sort of," you say, "I kind of come up with the plan as I walked home from town, and then showed up at the family friends house with cut hair and a vague plan. It all came together after that." You take another bite of your grits. You can see Sehun continue to eye the food, and hold out your bowl to him. "Want a bite?" You ask.

"Yes please," he responds, "I didn't grab any food." You raise one of your eyebrows and give me a look of confusion.

"Why would you do that?" You ask, while handing him your apple.

"Didn't feel like dealing with that mob." He says. He takes the apple from your hand and immediately starts to devour it. You let out a small chuckle. What an interesting reason for not getting food.

"When did you plan on eating then?" You ask.

"I usually eat in the mornings and evenings." Sehun response, apple already half gone.

"All because you don't want to deal with the group?"

"Yup," he says. You make a humming nosie of acknowledgement, it wasn't exactly a bad idea but one that you don't think you could do. You decide to change the subject at hand.

"What's your story?" You ask. Sehun looks at you with confusion on his face.

"My story?"

"Yah, why are you here? Are you an only child? Only living male? Everyone has a reason for being here, and you heard mine, so what's yours?" You take another bite and wait for Sehun to answer. He sighs and his face becomes more serious. Yet again, he looks older when he isn't smiling in some capacity.

"It's nothing really extraordinary, like yours." Sehun leans back against the tree and looks out over the field. "I'm the youngest of two brothers, and my older brother had just recently gotten engaged. I thought that if he died, it would be worse than me. So, when the conversation came up, I offered and no one could really argue with me." Sehun takes a final bite out of his apple and mutters, "that's all there is to it." His story is simple but it does tells you one thing about Sehun, he cares deeply for those he loves. He's almost like you in a way, choosing to go enlist because you dying would be the least painful in the family. Pausing in your meal, you look at Sehun. You can see the silent resignation in his eyes, that look of knowing he may never be able to see his family again and this is his one final act love for them.

"I understand," you say. Sehun looks at you and a sense of companionship passes between you. Sehun clears his throat and tries to change the subject.

"So, what are your plans for after the war?" He asks, throwing his apple core away. You're thrown completely off by his question. You never really thought about what you're going to do after the war.

"I don't know," you say, "probably just go back to the farm and continue to work it." Sehun nods slowly. A small silence falls between the two of you. You venture to try and start up the conversation again.

"Do you have something in mind for after the war?" You ask.

"Not really," Sehun states, "Maybe stay on with the Army."

"Is that something you want to do?" you ask, a little intrigued at the thought of Sehun officially joining the Army.

"I don't know," he responds, "I mostly just want to get out of my home, start a new life somewhere else. I want to be more than just a second son to a farmer; and I feel like this could really provide me the opportunity I've been looking for." You nod your head in a acknowledgement. You understand that thought process, Helios has a similar idea but it wasn't as simple. Sehun genuinely seemed like he was trying to figure out what to do with his life and he felt being in the army or even in the capital would give him that opportunity. Helios just wanted to be important, and he saw being in the army as a way of doing that. In a way, you can relate more Sehun's idea than Helios's, the idea of starting over somewhere new to figure out your life is something everyone has felt. You reach out and grasp Sehun's hand strongly. He is taken off guard at your sudden action. You look him dead in the eyes, which were a beautiful chocolate color.

"Well then, as my repayment to you for keeping my secret, I promise to make sure that you will live to the end of this war and can figure out what you're meant to do with your life." Sehun smiles one of his childlike smiles and a look of fondness comes to his eyes. You feel your heart swell with happiness, even though you have just met this lad, you already feet deep affection for him and the want to keep him smiling like that. Sehun's grip on your hand tightens.

"Thank you, Y/N" he whispers, so quite you almost can't hear it. At that very moment a call goes out.

"All bowls need to be returned to the wagon and those who have start walking!" Sehun and you both look back to the party and hear the noises of grumbling men and boys.

"Well, you better return that bowl or you'll lose your head." Sehun jests.

You look back at him and retort, "I'd like to seem them try." Sehun let's out a chuckle and stands up, pulling you up along with him.

"Shall we?" he asks, hand still clasped in yours.

"We shall." You respond taking off in a run, pulling the poor boy behind you.

"Lynnnnn." Sehun whines. You only laugh, but still hold onto his hand. Sehun likewise, despite his whining, holds on firmly to your hand.

Next Chapter

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THEY NEVER KNOW (Chapter Nineteen)

This GIF is not mine……

Author’s note: This is my first time writing, so I hope you all will forgive my mistake and grammar too. I’m hoping for comments on my writing. Thank you…    

This story has taken little inspiration from Sehun web story “ Dokgo Rewind”.

I’m sorry, yesterday tumblr was not working, hence I couldn’t update sorry.

Summary, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven(M), Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen

-Sehun pov-

Things were out of my hand. On my way to find my brother's killer, and I caught up with Choi gang. How? Jinwoo trapped by Junsu.

Jinwoo on his way back to my place after accepting Wang's leader another letter for me. Junsu somehow manages to convince Woo-Shik(Choi gang leader.) that Jinwoo has stolen their new drugs package. And asshole brings 10 of his members to hurt Jinwoo. Taeyong has reached to help Jinwoo. And Yuna informs me. It won't be a big deal, but they were actually waiting for me, why? Y/n comes up. How? Junsu knows about My/Sehyun and her relationship. And he challenges Woo-Shik to win Y/n, to be specific for one night. And I've learned, asshole doesn't play by rules. The good thing about Jaehyun, he never touches women without their full consent. He flirts, intimate but never go too further. And I think Wang leader is also the same. While Woo-Shik already has many harassment and three molestation cases too. He is an authentic evil. Y/n need to stay protected, I'll do it. If I'm not wrong, if Woo-Shik cannot get hold on Y/n, he would try to go after Yuna. I have to make sure Yuna also have someone around all the time. Or I have to convince Y/n, and Yuna stays together most of the time. It will be easy to protect also save time and energy for me, Teayong and Jinwoo.

I cannot neglect, it would be challenging when jealousy is involved. Y/n is jealous of Yuna for some unknown reason. Or maybe because I was Sehyun for her, for a while, and another girl has my attention bothered her. And sensing Yuna's current loving behavior toward me, she is also the jealousy of my attention to Y/n. Did I mention I miss my brother again because I want to run away from this situation? If not, I DO MISS HIM LIKE HELL.

Back to the point, when Yuna called me about Jinwoo, Y/n saw demon through my eyes. I ask her to come with me, know a bit whatever I and my brother associated with, where unintentionally she is also involved. I was frightened. There will be a fight for sure, bloody too. I'm sure Y/n has never seen any fight. I hope after seeing she don't be fearful of me. It is the last thing I need after her hatred.

However, I was hoping to find anything on Jaehyun. Or something related to Wang leader. I sigh and suddenly notice Y/n was staring at me. I give her 'What' look.

"You know this car is a gift from my parents. I didn't say, but I love my car." I nod.

She huff and said, "Then DIRVE SLOW. If anything happens, small or big, I'll kill you." I have to admit. I'm fearful of her. I begin to drive slow; then we stay in silence.

I park her car far away from my place. We got down of the car, start walking toward my home. Y/N stop and ask, "The guys we are meeting killed Sehyun?" I can hear angry and agony in her voice. "I don't know, nothing is clear," I answer her truthfully.

"What's up with these people?"

I sigh, "Y/n, these people are connected." I smile and continue, "This gang leader may know about Sehyun case. No guarantee. We're here because they have Jinwoo." She nod.

I reassure her, "Y/n whatever occurs trust me, you will be safe. I won't let any harm to you, ever." She gives me a sarcastic chuckle, "I know. Let's go." I wasn't able to say anything. We started walking toward the meeting point. In the halfway, I hold her hand in mine. Before she starts her protest, I said, "You are my girlfriend. Please just follow the act." She is mad, she tries squeezes my hand, tightly to hurt me. I wanted to laugh. How should I tell her, her soft hand cannot hurt me? Her every and very small act make my heartbeat fast. She continues trying to hurt me as we walk. While I hold hand with affection.

We reach the destination and my luxuriate feeling dies, seeing Jinwoo in knees, near some black car, beaten. Taeyong continues protecting Yuna with the teaser, who was trying to touch her. My blood boils, if I wasn't holding Y/n hand, I would have attacks second I saw it.

Woo-Shik sees me from inside of his car. As he comes out, everyone gets alert. Taeyong and Yuna coming rush to me. I didn't utter a word. Yuna understands my silent question and tells me she is okay. Taeyong nod. Jinwoo gets up and walks toward me. I let go Y/n hand, look at her, and smile. She looks confused. I turn toward Jinwoo, reaching to him, I exams his body a bit. Taeyong comes and takes him where Y/n and Yuna was standing. He makes Jinwoo sit on the ground. Yuna sits beside him too. Taeyong was coming to help me, I silently tell him no with eye contact. He gets it. Y/n was chaotic.

I turn back to Woo-Shik, he comes closer along with his company and smirks while saying, "Sehyun, long time." He looks toward Y/n "You have an attractive girl, I have to admit." Shamelessly staring at her, "So, here is a deal. Give me your girl for a week and I will forgive you and your friends for my drugs." I keep calm with a blank face. I was aching to rip off his tongue for asking Y/n like property, however, my angry won't do any good. He looks here and there, and snickers, "I know, I said one night, but look at her. I need at least a week to completely know her." People behind him were silently smirking. Like dog waits for his owner to complete meat and pass reaming born of it.

I took a deep breath, firm and gentle voice I said, "If I say no?" Woo-Shik smirk, go to his car, sit on the car hood, and orders to fight. Now I smirk, they don't know what is going to happen once the fight starts.

-Y/N P.O.V-

You don't know why, but your heart was beating fast as something unpleasant will happen. And way the Sehun was driving, your fear was increasing. You don't have any will to die with a car accident, it made you scold Sehun a little.

When Sehun holds your hands, you feel annoyance. His hand hold was like Sehyun, only Sehun's hand skin was rough. Not wanting to go back again, there. You clutch his hand tightly, to show your irritation with his touch. He didn't even flinch. It didn't pester, it was playful maybe. You keep trying hard to hurt him while walking, like a child trying to build a card house when wind continuously blows.  

You feel the change in Sehun's hold. It was gentle but reserved. You look up and see where you are. Yuna comes stands next to you. She gives you one, unsmiling look. Sehun let go of your hand. Surprisingly, you feel the loss of warmth, you were enjoying it.

Everything was confusing for you, and when the guy in brown start talking, you felt nausea. You didn't know if he was talking about you or Yuna. You know the fight will start, you have heard about it a lot Sehun's fighting skill too. But you never thought it would be like this.

It was hard for you to keep track, whose hand was moving, whose leg was. But Sehun was able to. You were okay until you saw a baseball bat, chains, and things you cannot name. Soon you saw blood. Sehun takes something metal thing from someone's hand and punches on his chest, maybe near to his chest, you don't know, but he fell on the ground in the worst pain and scream. Then a guy with the twisted wrist falls near your leg. You couldn't move, he was crying in extreme pain. Taeyong, push him away from you, harshly.  Your eye widened, fear, hard to breathe, heartbeats faster, and numb. You can only see blood and scream and hitting noise. Everything makes you remember Sehyun, you image his scream while getting beaten. You can imagine his pain, screams, blood. He was killed mercilessly. You couldn't see anymore, your eye was blurred with tears. Before you can forget the real world and see more pain, Taeyoung stands in front of you, blocking sight. "Hey, look at me. It is okay." He keeps calling you. You may not able to see but you can hear everything, clearly. Your mind was imagining Sehyun, while it makes you remember Sehun. You try to ask Taeyoung to go and help  Sehun, he is outnumbered, but words didn't come out of your numb frame. Your heart breaks thinking something will happen to Sehun too. You will lose him too. You wanted to know why, what, and how are things happen, you were losing your small world.

You want to deny your feeling. You want to lose your memory and have a new start. A new world, where there is no pain of losing people you love. Your phone was vibrating in your jeans pocket. With your numb hand, you take it out. Myung was calling, you couldn't pick up knowing your surrounding and your lost voice. You got a few notification asking, 'where are you?' and 'call back.' You have no idea how long you been staring at your phone. You look up when Yuna call Sehun loudly. And he was coming toward you.

-Sehun pov-

It got over sooner then I thought. Woo-Shik sneaks out while I was busy with others. I want him that most, he was my answer key but next time. I had a small cut near my stomach and arm due to shape knuckles besides that I prefect. I called Taeyoung to drop them in the hospital. I'm not a killer however I can kill if I want. I kept two of them in condition to drive. After helping Taeyoung put people in the car carefully; finally, I turn toward Y/n. I didn't look at her during the whole fight, not wanting the distraction. She was standing still with tears. While Yuna helps Jinwoo to get up from the ground. Me and Taeyoung go to them, I asked, if they are okay or not. I order them to go to my place and do necessity, I will be there in a while.

Y/n was looking at me whole while with widen eyes. I stand in front of her, two-steps away. I didn't speak to her, keep looking at my friends walking away. When I ensure they are okay and no one else is there seeking at us. I called Y/n. She didn't utter a word, keep looking at me from up to down. "I'm not going to hurt you. Don't be scared of me. Please." She was still. With all my courage inside me, I hug her. I know, she doesn't like me touching her. But she was shocked. To my surprise, she hugs me back after a few seconds. I can feel her getting better in my arms, warm feeling pass to my blood. She is not afraid of me. I pull her closer, she didn't protest. After a while, she utter, "Are you okay?" I assure her, I'm fine. She goes out of the hug. I thought maybe we will be friendly for now, but no, "Don't think too much out of my concern. I was worried for Sehyun's brother, not you." My heartbreak with her words, but I smile with a nod. We stand silently, for a while until we both got control. She starts walking toward, my place. I look at her in confusion. Before I could ask, she speaks, "I don't want to stay alone. I will sleep in the Sehyun bed."  We silently reach to my place. She didn't utter a word went to my and Sehyun's room without looking at my friends, like she owns this place. Taeyoung and Yuna's face turns sour while Jinwoo was lying on my sofa. I clean up his treated his wounds properly. I took a detail of Woo-Shik, what he said when he cames and stuff. Ask Jinwoo to rest properly and avoiding to talk about Y/n which my other two friends wanted. I clean up my wound while Taeyoung sets up a bed for everyone.

I went to my room, to change my clothes. Y/n seems to use my bathroom without asking. She was wearing my brother's hoodies and my sweatpants without asking. Eating my pack of chips, on my bed without asking. She sees me and casually says, "You sleep upper bed, I will sleep in down one." She keeps her half-eaten snacks on the table, drinks water, goes to bed, and orders, "Off the light." I was at the door speechless. I don't remember allowing her to use my house and things like hers. If Yuna has behaved like this I had scolded her but I didn't know what should say to Y/n. The person I love plus my brother's girlfriend.  I was busy in my thoughts, she called me again, "Sehun change, turn off the light and sleep. Aren't you tired?" I nod. After taking a shower, gone to bed, and slept.

Next morning, I feel good after a healthy and peaceful sleep. It was 9 am, I get down from the upper bed and see Y/n was still sleeping. I thought of waking her up, however, hearing her soft snore, I let her sleep.

When I go down, my friends were up and breakfast was also there. After breakfast, we start our discussion. Jiwoo was good, he didn't have anything major. I warn them for not starting the topic of Y/n's behavior. As per the condition, it was right to stay together. If Woo-Shik wouldn't have run away, we could have avoided it. Yuna was ready but seeing Y/n's unpredictable behavior, I don't know how to tell her; from today onward, me and my friends will be with her 24/7 when she couldn't bear me even for 24 seconds.

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Unexpected Hero | PCY

↬ Pairing: Chanyeol x OC [Jia]

↬ Summary: Jia reached out to her best friend in her time of need but never expected Chanyeol to be the one to save her instead.

↬ Word Count: 3.2k

↬ Warning: None

↬ Genre: Friendship/Fluff

↬ Part: ONESHOT

You used to call me on my cell phone

Late night when you need my love

Call me on my cell phone

Late night when you need my love

And I know when that hotline bling

Chanyeol groaned trying to figure out where that god awful song was coming from. He sat up from the couch where he had passed out after having spent his first week back home with Baekhyun and Sehun.

Ever since I left the city,

You got a reputation for yourself now

Everybody knows and I feel left out

Girl you got me down, you got me stressed out

'Cause ever since I left the city

"Shut up" he groaned. Chanyeol rubbed his eyes trying rub the sleep out of them. He saw Jia's phone buzzing and blaring that horrible song. He would have to remember to change it once he grabbed his shit and went in his room. He stood up and gave it one last glare but his eyes zoned in on the name on the screen. Jia never called this late. He glanced down the hall at Daeun's room. She was asleep before he even came home. He walked over to the coffee table and grabbed it.

"Hey Jia, Dae-"

"He's such an asshole, I hate him. Remind me never to date again. Doesn't matter how perfect you think they are, all guys are pigs! Can you come get me?" Chanyeol could hear sobs between her slurred words.

"Jia? Are you okay?"

He heard silence on the other end other than sniffs every few seconds. "Chanyeol?"

"Yeah. Daeun’s asleep, but let me go wake her up." Chanyeol started towards Daeun’s room.

"No! It's fine. Don't wake her up. I can find a ride." He heard Jia trying her best attempt at steadying her voice but he could tell that she was crying and drunk.

"Where are you?" Chanyeol was already grabbing his keys and locking the door on his way out to his truck. She wouldn't answer but he could hear what sounded like shoes scraping over what he assumed was a sidewalk, or worse, a road. "Jia, don't you dare walk home. Tell me where you are!" His frustration evident.

She sighed finally relenting "Hoseok’s" she mumbled out an address.

"For the love of God just stay put, I'm on my way." Chanyeol climbed in his truck tossing his sister's phone into the passenger seat. He pulled away from the curb and was heading out to get Jia already going over the speed limit in hopes that she didn't decide to start being a dumbass and walk home at three in the morning. He put the address into the GPS on his phone. Luckily this dude's house was only 10 minutes away.

Chanyeol pulled up and saw Jia sitting on the curb in front of what was obviously a house party. He climbed out of his truck and walked over to her, "Jia?" her head popped up and Chanyeol could see the crushed look on her face. The tear stains and how she looked just as vulnerable as she had when her father died three years ago. He had known Jia for twelve years and the one thing he knew is that Jia didn't cry. He closed the space between them and sat down beside her. "Wanna talk about it?"

Jia shook her head; she didn't want to spill her dirty laundry to Daeun’s brother. While she'd known Chanyeol almost as long as her best friend, he annoyed the shit out of her. They bickered all the time to the point it drove Daeun insane. He'd been gone for the last 3 years for college which meant peace in the Park house. "No. I just want to go home." Jia went to stand up but stumbled right into Chanyeol as he stood up with her.

"Careful there." He muttered. "I'm not sure you want to be going home completely trashed. Just like you, your mother is a force to reckoned with and I don't feel like having to explain to her why I'm dropping you off while you're drunk off your ass."

"She's not home." She never was any more. Not that Jia really minded. Since her dad died whatever relationship she had with her mother died with him.

Chanyeol nodded and put his hand on her lower back guiding her to his truck. "Jia!" Chanyeol turned at the sound of her name. He looked the guy up and down as he ran over to them. He felt Jia shrink into his side as the guy made an attempt to grab her hand.

"Whoa dude. Who the fuck are you?" Chanyeol's protective instincts kicked into gear as he pulled Jia’s elbow gently until she was behind him.

"I'm her boyfriend." Chanyeol made the connection. This was the guy Jia had been dating for the last two years. He'd never met the guy but he had heard in passing how perfect he was which just irritated Chanyeol. He wanted to tell Daeun and Jia that no guy was perfect, they were all the same. They were all after one thing at that age.

"Fuck off Hoseok." Jia words were slurred but they had enough malice in them to make the guy flinch.

"Jia just let me explain!" Chanyeol was looking between them cautiously watching the exchange ready to pull Jia out of the situation and into the truck if it escalated.

"What's left to explain?! You've had a girlfriend for the last six years and you failed to mention this in the two years we were together? Not only that but I had to find out in front of EVERYONE as she practically shoved her tongue down your throat!" Jia stumbled but Chanyeol caught her arm to steady her.

"Don't touch her!"

Chanyeol raised an eyebrow to this Hoseok guy. "Excuse me?"

"I said don't touch her." Chanyeol heard the threat in the guy's voice but tried his best not to laugh in his face. If the guy even thought of trying something he would lay his ass out. "Who the hell are you anyways? You need to leave." He watched as the guy tried to reach for Jia again.

Chanyeol's hand shot out and grabbed his wrist, "Unless you want me to break your wrist you better keep your hands to yourself." The guy pulled his arm away looking at Chanyeol. He could tell that the guy was sizing him up and at this point seeing Jia so distraught and hearing what this guy did he would love for the guy to give him any excuse to beat his face until he was unrecognizable.

"Jia." she heard the pleading in his voice but she felt nothing. She felt numb to his requests and advances. All she felt was shame and anger. She felt shame for ever giving him the time of day and letting him humiliate her on their graduation night. But the anger was the one thing completely rushing through her veins.

"Stop!" Her eyes glaring at Hoseok. She was drunk and her world was spinning but at this point she didn't know if it was because of the alcohol or because the guy she loved turned her world upside down.

"Jia just say the word." Chanyeol whispered to her and their eyes connected.

"Take me home." She mumbled.

Chanyeol nodded and put his hand on her lower back again to lead her to the car. She still couldn't walk for shit and he wasn't about to let her eat it on the sidewalk.

"You're going to let some stranger take you home? You're better than that Jia. Don't sleep with some prick who only wants a night to take advantage of you because you're mad at me. Just stay here. I'll leave you alone, but don't leave with him. I don't trust him."

Jia spun around wobbling a little bit but Chanyeol caught that look in her eyes. She had closed the space between herself and Hoseok and her hand connected with his face causing him to stumble and look at her with wide eyes. Jia was going back for seconds her anger taking over. Chanyeol caught her by the hips with his arms holding her back as she was screaming at Hoseok and trying to get away from his hold.

"Fuck you Hoseok! I don't just sleep with anyone! It took me a year until I would sleep with you and it fucking sucked! And you want to bitch about trust? I've known Chanyeol for 12 years!" Jia was spitting angry and Chanyeol was having a hard time keeping her from pummeling this guy's face in.

"Alright, babe." The term of endearment slipped out as he grunted, he started dragging her to his truck. For a girl so tiny the strength she had when she was mad surprised Chanyeol.

Jia ended up breaking away from his grip and he managed to grab her wrist before she could continue what she had started. "Chanyeol let me go! I want to kick his ass!"

Chanyeol sighed and ended up picking her up and just throwing her over his shoulder, "Well I don't feel like bailing your ass out of jail." He set her down in front of the passenger door to his truck and pulled it open. "Get in the truck." It wasn't a request it was an order.

"God dammit Jia! Just listen to me! I didn't even know she would show up!"

Chanyeol turned around and pushed Hoseok back, "If you don't back the hell off I'm going to finish what she started and I don't mind spending a night in jail for putting you in your place." Chanyeol's temper was rising. The guy was relentless and it was obvious that Jia wanted nothing to do with him. Hoseok was rushing forward and pushed Chanyeol into the passenger door forcing it closed barely missing Jia's leg as she pulled herself into the truck. Chanyeol snapped. He grabbed Hoseok by his shirt and slammed him against the side of the truck. "I'm going to say this once and only once. You stay the fuck away from Jia. Don't touch her, don't call her, hell don't even think about her. I will end your sorry ass if I find out you even look in her direction. This is the only warning you're going to get." Chanyeol pushed the guy from his truck towards his house causing him to trip on the curb and fall on his ass. Chanyeol shot him a glare before walking around the front of his truck climbing inside.

Jia was staring at Chanyeol with her mouth open. She had never seen him lose control. Sure she had heard about it before, but she'd never witnessed it. The whole interaction with him and Hoseok surprised her. After Chanyeol had put her in the car her energy evaporated. Now she was tired and she just wanted to go home. She kept her eyes forward when Chanyeol got in the truck not wanting to make eye contact with Hoseok. She felt the truck lurch forward before pulling away from the curb shooting out into the street.

Chanyeol had gotten Jia home and while she told him that he could go home he insisted on staying. She wasn't going to argue. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to be alone. So they ended up out in her backyard by the pool with a fire going in the fire pit. She had her feet tucked underneath her and ended up spacing out while looking at the flames.

Chanyeol was looking at Jia. He wanted to make it better but he knew only time could heal wounds like this. He'd been watching her for 10 minutes and she never moved she just continued to stare into the fire. "Jia?" Jia's eyes flicked up to his. "You know you deserve better right?"

The softness in Chanyeol's voice took her by surprise. Part of her was still trying to understand the outburst Chanyeol had at Hoseok’s. She knew he wasn't a complete asshole and he would have stuck up for any girl, but he had lost all composure. He could normally keep himself  passive in most situations and she'd heard about how once he hits his breaking point he blows his top. "Why?"

Chanyeol looked at her like she'd grown three heads, "Why what? Why you deserve better?"

"No. Why did you do that back there?"

"Because no one deserves to be talked to like that or treated like that; I would have done the same for Daeun." He shrugged.

"I guess I'll always be your little sister's best friend. I don't need a big brother Chanyeol." she mumbled.

Chanyeol ran his hand over his tired face. "I know you don't. I'm not here as a big brother. You have never needed anyone to stand up for you; you have always given everyone a run for their money. Why do you think we fight so much? You're stubborn as hell and you put me in my place. You're my sister's age, yet you're smarter than most people I go to school with. You know just how to get under my skin and annoy me. You may annoy the shit out of me, but I'm not your brother. I respect you Jia and it's time for a guy to do the same for you. That they see all the things I see in you. You're beautiful and smart. You keep me on my toes and you're sarcastic and while some may not appreciate that, I do. You deserve someone that knows what they have when they've got it."

Jia was speechless. She had no idea what to say. She never would have guessed that he even paid attention to anything about her other than she was his annoying sister's best friend. "Thanks Chanyeol." It came out as a whisper.

Chanyeol leaned forward with his arms on his knees, "Look I may not be able to take the pain away, but I know something that might make you feel a little better." Jia raised an eyebrow. "You're one of those girls that keep all those memories with boyfriends in a box or some shit, right?" Jia's face got hot and she was so glad that the only light was the flicker from the flames.

She wasn't sure she wanted to answer him but he stayed there looking at her waiting for an answer. She slowly nodded.

"Excellent. Go get it."

"What?!" Jia sat up fully untucking her feet and placing them on the ground.

"Do you trust me?" Jia slowly nodded her head again, "Then go get the damn box and let's get this therapy session started."

Chanyeol waited as Jia walked inside and got whatever had those memories in it. She kept looking at him like crazy but that was probably because he had a huge smile on his face when she came back. He looked at the box. It wasn't a shoe box, it was an actual box. "Damn girl." He saw the pink rise on her cheeks.

She sat down the box on one of the chairs, "Okay now what?"

"We burn it."

"Excuse me?"

Chanyeol rolled his eyes, "You heard me. We burn it." She didn't move or say anything. Chanyeol took a step closer and put his hand on her arm. "You're not getting back together with him are you?" Chanyeol hoped she would say no. He didn't want to think about her going back to that asshole. He'd never treat her the way she deserved.

Jia shook her head. Chanyeol walked over to the box and picked the first thing on top, "What's this?"

Jia cleared her throat, "A letter that he slipped in my locker."

Chanyeol handed her the letter, "Will you do the honors?"

Jia snorted at his try at professionalism. She took the letter and bit her lip. Once she did this she couldn't go back. She would be purging her world of Jung Hoseok. She glanced at Chanyeol and he gave her a reassuring smile. She tossed the letter into the flames and watched it curl up until it turned to ash.

Chanyeol clapped his hands jerking Jia from her thoughts, "ALRIGHT!" he bellowed and Jia laughed which made him smile. "What's next?"

Jia went through each item in the box and ended up starting to tell him what each thing was. He seemed disgusted at the appropriate times which put her in fits of laughter.

"So did he mold himself after some romantic interest in a chick flick? Everything he said and did is so cliché and full of bullshit." Jia laughed at Chanyeol. Always the one to tell it like it is.

"I really wish I had been here to steer you away from him." Chanyeol sobered up the atmosphere with that statement. Jia looked at him and gave him a small smile.

"I know Chanyeol." Chanyeol's eyes were staring a hole through her and she felt herself blush, although Chanyeol could see it this time because the sun had started to rise. She cleared her throat, "Ok last thing." She pulled out a bottle of Jack Daniels. "Liquor from the party I met him at."

Chanyeol watched her unscrew the cap and tilt the bottle before he grabbed her hand stopping her, "Jesus Christ, if you don't feel like losing your eyebrows I wouldn't start pouring liquor into a fire."

Jia gasped at her stupidity and her face burned in embarrassment. Chanyeol took the bottle from her and poured it into the grass.

"There. You are finally free of doucheface." Chanyeol smirked at her. "So do you feel any better?" He saw her smile and nod. It was so nice seeing her laugh and smile for the last few hours. He didn't like seeing her cry. Although seeing her lay a solid punch on that asshole's face filled him with pride. He felt Jia wrap her arms around his middle.

"Thank you Chanyeol."

He wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her head, "No problem babe." He closed his eyes and found himself enjoying the moment. He dropped a soft kiss on the top of her head and leaned down by her ear. "And for the record, you're not just my little sisters best friend. You're my friend too."

Jia found her heart racing at his words. She wasn't deaf to his slip of the tongue, nor the feeling of his lips on her head. This was a side of Chanyeol she had never seen before and it caused a bloom of affection in her chest. “You've always been more than Daeun's big brother, to me.” she whispered and she felt his hold on her tighten. As the night went on she felt the shift in their relationship and maybe, just maybe, she'd found a friend in Chanyeol.