Hissing, you wiped another drop of sweat from your forehead. It was already almost noon, and the sun was already glaring, and you could’ve glared back if it wouldn’t blind your precious eyes. You stomped towards the school garden, hoping that the trees could provide some cool air deprived in those overly crowded booths. Sighing, you made yourself comfortable under one tree and enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere. Ahh, no noise. Heavenly, quiet, serene.

“THERE SHE IS!!!! GET HERRRRR!!!!”

A painfully familiar voice rang from your left. Shit. Shit shit shit. The insane duo is here. GOTTA RUN!!!!

“Oh no, you’re not going anywhere baby.” Amber laughed evilly as her and Eunji grabbed you before you could even run. You started kicking and whining.

“What are you gonna do to meeeee?? Let me gooooo!!!”

“Awww we love you too baby. Like, to death.” Amber pinched your cheeks as she emphasized the last part, making you shiver in fear.

“We’ve been searching for you aaaaaaall morning! Where have you been hibernating?!” Eunji started gnawing on your shoulder. Again. God this girl really acts like a wild animal sometimes.

“Been walking around. Doing... things.” You mumbled. They were just dragging you around, but knowing every bits and inches of their insane minds, you knew they were up to something.

“Are you going to throw me into a pit of chocolate again???”

“No they don’t have that booth this year.” Amber grumbled. You sighed in relief. At least you wouldn’t have to smell like chocolate for 3 straight days and have people creepily whispering, “Mmm you smell delicious, may I lick you?”

The thought alone made you shiver.

“Anyway, do you remember when we ate in a restaurant and I went to the washroom and I entrusted my pizza slice to you?” Eunji suddenly mused.

“And you ate it,” Amber added, pretending to be extremely disappointed. Your eyes widened.

“Why are you bringing that up again?!!!” This is DEFINITELY NOT a good feeling. This was exactly what they told you right before they threw you into that pit of chocolate!

“You know we can’t tolerate such behavior.” Eunji shook her head, making it sound even more dramatic. Before you could even protest, they already have pushed you into a cage like room—wait no, IT REALLY IS A FRICKIN CAGE!!!!

“Because of such terrible crime that you committed, you must be punished in jail! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!”

“WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!! THAT WASN’T ME!! I WENT TO THE WASHROOM WITH YOU PABO IT WAS BERRIE THAT ATE IT!!!!”

“See you later, baby! We’ll just walk around for a while, ok?” then they walked away as if nothing happened. By then, you were already at the edge of your sanity.

“AND THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO!!!” You screamed after them, but of course it still made no difference. The person in charge immediately locked the gate, officially locking you in. Sighing in defeat, you slumped on the cold floor and rested your head against the metal bars.

“Your friends hate you, don’t they?” A deep voice suddenly spoke, making you shriek in shock. You whipped around and realized that there was a boy sitting at the back corner. Annoyed that he almost scared you to death, you shot him an irritated look.

“No, they just love me so much.”

“Oh, ok.” He grinned like an innocent kid. Your eyes narrowed. Ok, so this guy is weird. “So does that mean my friends love me so much too?”

“Why are you asking me?” you felt a vein twitch in your forehead. Deciding that this creature would only annoy you, you turned your back to him and pretended to be more interested in the metal bars.

“I’m Chanyeol by the way!” He brightly said. You didn’t bother answer back.

“I’m Chanyeol by the way!” He repeated.

“Damnit can’t you see that I don’t want to talk to you? Just go talk to the wall or something.” You glared, and his grin disappeared. Good. Finally, there was silence. But only about 5 seconds of it. This Chanyeol started singing.

”365 il bun il choui, teumdo eobseul mankeum, hamkke hal geoya!!”

Teeth gritting to extinction, you slowly turned your head to him. Instead of stopping, he continued his monotone singing, and even smiled mockingly.

“Whoa oh oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh. 365 ne soneul japgo!!! Whoa oh oh oh”

 “You seriously want to die?”

He made an innocent face and shrugged. “What? I’m just singing. I wasn’t talking to you.”

“GOD PLEASE SPARE ME FROM THIS TERRIBLE CREATURE I SERIOUSLY MIGHT GO CRAZY NOW”

“Oh, crazy? My friends always call me that.” He went back to grinning.

“I can see why.” You stated lifelessly. Then the two of you just stared at each other for, like, 10 whole seconds.

“I’m Chanyeol by the way.” He held out his hand. Sighing in exasperation, you decided to stand up and walk to him to accept the handshake.

“_____.”

“Wow you have a weird name.” He commented out of nowhere, making your blood boil again. Srsly, there is something wrong with this Chanyeol’s brain. Is he a mental institution patient? Is that why his friends locked him up here? Or maybe he lives in the same neighborhood as Amber and Eunji?

“But I like weird.” He quickly added, making your eyebrows rise.

“Let me make this clear, Chanyeol. Are you trying to be friendly or you’re just annoying me?”

“Well, do you like me?” he asked.

“No.”

“Then I don’t like you either.” He threw up his chin and crossed his arms. You scoffed. Ok then. Chanyeol wants to play the I-don’t-like-you game? Fine. You’re pretty good at that shit.

“Ok then. Go sit in your pretty little corner and live in your own happy bubble. Sing all you want, I don’t care.“ You shrugged and stood up to go back to the front. He suddenly tugged on your bag to stop you.

“Stay,” he pouted. What is he? A 3-year-old kid trapped in a man’s body? What kind of male still does aegyo like that?!

“Why? I thought you didn’t like me.” You crossed your arms.

“I don’t ‘don’t like you’ don’t like you. Stay.” He made puppy dog eyes. You didn’t understand anything of what he just said. Then he yanked you down and forced you to sit again.

“For the record, I still don’t like you. So don’t expect me to be nice.”

“I don’t expect you to be nice.” He grinned. Then the two of you just stared at each other again for like, 10 seconds. Then he started finding something in his pockets. He made an “aha” face as he got it, and took it out. It was a handful of star stickers. By the looks of it, there were about 11 or 12 already. Your eyes widened.

“You’ve got that much already?!!!”

“Yeah,” he smiled shyly. He picked up the least crumpled one and slid it towards you. Your brows furrowed. “Take it. For friendship.”

“Friendship? I didn’t even say any good thing to you and you allowed me into your friendship thing?”

“Well... you’re funny. I want to be your friend.” You felt like something pinched on your heart. He looked so.... sincere. They were the same puppy dog eyes earlier, but why does it feel different now?

“This is for final exam exemption.” You mumbled as you hesitantly touched the star.

“I think a friend is better than a perfect grade.” He shrugged. You froze. That was the smartest thing he has ever said. But seriously speaking, he was actually right. Slowly, you picked up the star and gently held it in your hand as you studied it. You glanced at Chanyeol to see him grinning childishly again. Then the two of you stared at each other for like, 10 seconds. Again.

“Don’t you ever feel awkward in these situations,” you muttered.

“No,” he blinked.

“You’re so weird.”

“Thanks.”

And then strangely, you felt this funny feeling. Your brows furrowed as you continued staring at him. You just realized that he was.... cute. His ears were kinda cute. You felt a twitch at the corner of your lip and then, the funny feeling burst out. You started laughing.

“What? What did I do?” He asked in shock.

You clutched your stomach as you tried to sit upright again. His eyes narrowed.

“You’re so weird.”

For the first time, you looked at him without your brows furrowed, and gave him a soft smile.

“Thanks.”

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Chanyeol was singing the chorus of 3.6.5. Check out the vid!

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