He was hungry. And the only money he got left would only afford a bowl of noodles and his stomach was growling and he spent his last bit of money for it. His pocket hurts too. He wouldn't be sacrificing him the expense if he could endure his hunger, but he just really couldn't. Her mom was sick for about three days now and it means there's no salary from the days she's not at work.
In addition, a high standard school has a high cost of snacks so as much as possible he avoided buying in the cafeterias. Besides, cafeteria allowance is not included in his scholarship budget.
Taking out his only money in his wallet, he willed himself to give it to the lady behind the counter to have something inside his tummy. His eyes shone when he saw the cheapest steaming bowl of noodles on the cafeteria menu coming into sight, reaching it as he held the tray carefully to prevent it from spilling.
He found his usual spot on the farthest corner of the huge cafeteria when Chanyeol was not around and sat there. His mouth-watering and his stomach growling impatiently. He quickly picked the chopstick and break it into two.
He's on the verge of picking up a bundle of noodles with his chopsticks when a group of males reached unto him and watched him. When Baekhyun looked up, he saw how the boy who seemed to be the leader took out the bubble gum he was chewing from his mouth and popped it on his bowl of noodles.
"It d-doesn't mean that you're rich, you can do all things that you w-want.." Baekhyun looked hurt as he looked down at the floor. Tears gathered in his eyes as he bit his trembling lips to prevent himself from crying.
The bullies just snickered and laughed as they stared at the small freshman high school student get upset and all crybaby.
"Well, you can do all you want if you're rich, poor kid." One of the males with a black handkerchief wrapped in his forehead spoke. His lips curved into a bratty smirk.
Baekhyun was just trying to eat a bowl of noodles when he suddenly got picked up with some bully again. He doesn't normally become emotional in those sorts of situations but he just couldn't stop himself.
Baekhyun was shocked and crestfallen. He felt his heart sink and his breathing shifted as he gasped.
He felt like crying. That's the only money he had left and it just got to waste.
He stood up quietly when the bullies threw in a pit of laughter. Other students watch silently as they don't want to mess in these kinds of situations.
"Are you going to cry now? Just this time! I want to see how you cry. I heard babies cry the cutest!" The boy with blue and black checkered long sleeves mocked.
That's when Baekhyun couldn't help but whimper and tears started falling down the floor. Baekhyun just stayed quiet after he spoke once.
"That's cute! Makes me want to do it often!" An average-height male chuckled.
Chanyeol walked into the cafeteria to try to grab a bottle of water. And the first person he saw was Baekhyun— and the group of five who's towering over him.
He immediately strode towards them. Practically bringing his dark demeanor in advance. He knew where is this going again.
"What do you think you're doing?" Chanyeol asked with his deadly voice. His eyebrows furrowed as he flung his arm on the layer's shoulders.
"Nothing. Right, Byun?" The leader spoke calmly, they're five of them and he's the only one. They're both rich too. Nothing to get nervous about, Right?
Chanyeol turned his face to look at Baekhyun.
"Baek, what happened?" He asked gently yet his voice is itching impatiently to know the truth.
"N-Nothing happened... I— Let's just go in the library Chanyeol, I have some assignment to finish.." Baekhyun wooed his tears down before lifting his face and tried to smile at Chanyeol. Baekhyun started collecting his things but then Chanyeol grabbed his upper arm softly. He knows his best friend is bullied again, and he knows that the smaller is covering the whole situation again.
Yet he wanted to ask how much he'd been bullied so he could pay the bullies some punches and threats just as much.
Chanyeol sighed impatiently, turning to his left, he asked the girl who's silently eating what exactly happened. The girl hesitantly answered him.
"He's just trying to eat... but these guys put a chewed gum in his bowl..."
After hearing it, his eyes turned to the group of five with a sharp deadly look.
"You're covering up these peasants?" Chanyeol looked at Baekhyun with an angry look before sighing. Dropping the last temper in him, he plunged into them. Kicking one of the males, he hit the metal table. He punched a jaw and a cheek. Elbowed a chest. And lastly, he gripped the leader's neck tightly and glared at him.
"Don't try to mess with him again, because there'll be no more next times the second you lay your dirty hands on him." His threatened voice was deep and his eyes darkened from poorly contained anger before punching his jaw making him the last man to fall on the ground groaning in pain.
After that, he picked the bowl and showered the bullies with the steaming soup and noodles, soaking them. These incidents caught the students' attention but no one dared to speak. Because not like these bastards, they know better than to mess with the only Park on the campus.
He pulled Baekhyun in his side, he's still sweaty from the basketball practice that he attended but he doesn't care anymore.
They left the fully silenced cafeteria. Only blinking eyes followed the two who exited the door.
"Let's eat, I'm hungry." He gently mumbled, walking in the hall while Baekhyun pressed beside him, his strong arms wrapped in the latter's shoulders, pulling him closer, protectively.
They got to the parking lot, drove to the nearest expensive restaurant, and ordered there.
"I know you're hungry. I'm sorry.."
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Baekhyun fluttered his eyes open ever slowly as he felt the softness of the huge bed beneath him. Realizing that he fell asleep on his best friend's comfy king-size bed, he sat up as rubbed his eyes. He can smell the strong scent of Chanyeol mixed with fresh mint and perfume from the fabric of the bed.
He suddenly pouted when he realized that it was raining and it's already dark outside. How am I supposed to get home??
The midget's waist was tightly held by the taller's thick arms between the soft mattress. He pried the arms that kept him intact carefully before sliding his petite body beneath the bed to the corner slowly so that he wouldn't wake up his best friend. After succeeding, left the peaceful snoring giant in the room and headed downstairs.
Chanyeol's house was indeed amazing. They have many luxurious art portraits plastered into the white Wallace other expensive displays and you can clearly see your reflection into the shiny cream-colored tiles on the floor. It was unbelievably huge. They own a limo and hire servants to maintain the mansion when they're out. His family is indeed wealthy. His parents are inclined in business. They had many company branches abroad and in their local areas which his father was managing and also his mother.
He wandered around the equipment full of kitchen utensils and opened the big refrigerator to grab something to cook for supper.
He did notice that Chanyeol was eating instant goods since his parents were out while judging at the trashcan beside the blue marbled counter. Besides, Chanyeol has the habit to shoo the servants away when his parents are out so no one could serve him right.
He sighed as he saw that it's filled with a brimful of instant ramen and cans and some delivered order pizza leftovers. He sighed as he thought of preparing a healthy dinner for the two of them.
While cooking their food, he suddenly felt a cold object that touched his ear, and as a result, he jolted up and almost slipped on the floor in the process. Resonating a high shaky voice, he gripped his chest.
He turned to look at the source of that object and witnessed the giant holding his phone in his right hand. He mouthed a not so sincerely sorry.
"Oh, uh.. don't worry Mrs.Byun I'll take care of him...Of course! Yes, yes...He shouts like a girl! Arrasseo, I'll hand the phone to him now Mrs.Byun." He handed the phone to the glaring Baekhyun who's still shocked by Chanyeol's way of approach but grasped the phone hardly and spoke. His free hand just tapped the counter impatiently while his legs were still jerked at the edge.
"No, eomma. Of course, I'm going home...Eomma, it's not like it'll rain forever. It'll stop soon," Baekhyun spoken having a conversation with his mother in the other line.
"It's safer if you stay there for the night. Anyway, Chanyeol is there with you. The rain is not going to stop soon. And Chanyeol told me that he's alone and he already asked if it's okay if you stay there at their mansion just for tonight." His mother's static voice reverberated on the phone as the rain whipped the window glasses from the outside, making some eerie banging sounds. Chanyeol is just stared at Baekhyun, yawning and smiling whenever the midget glares at him.
"Eomma, he can manage to stay safe at this guarded mansion. This bully is big enough to strangle any thieves." Baekhyun reasoned while the latter just pouted, eyes knitted and arms crossed like a kid that had unable to let his mommy buy a new toy. Who do you call ugly? He pondered.
"You'll let him stay all alone in their house?! You're a bad best friend, Baekkie, stay there and accompany him. I and your brother Taehyung will be safe, okay? Aish, this heartless kid. Okay, bye-bye now. Keep safe there! Eomma loves you!" The midget's mother stated, earning a mischievous grin from the taller.
"But mom~~toot. toot. toot." The line went dead. His mom obviously turned the call down.
"What are you looking at? Psh. If you're not just only my best friend I would have been stabbed you with this carrot for scaring me!" He started holding a baby carrot in his dainty hands. Baekhyun's overly dramatic behavior hit again by thinking that he almost got a heart attack. He can't believe that his mother and his best friend are allies.
"Do you think you'll kill me with a baby carrot? Pft." Chanyeol mocked while pointing at the fuming puppy getting upset. These are the times Baekhyun forget why he'd even ended being this derp's best friend.
Chanyeol just laughed at him. He's not aware that the latter is super duper serious right now. He liked how his best friend look cute while getting annoyed so he wanted to tease him occasionally.
"Who said I'm killing someone? You derp!" Baekhyun blustered and jumped towards Chanyeol, stoutly pinching the latter's cheeks rather hard. Who said Baekhyun can't pinch hard?
"Awww! S-stop it, Ouchh! A-aw!...B-aek—asdfghjkl—!" Baekhyun finally stepped back witnessing the giant's red cheeks, pouting and close to crying.
"Any more words?" Baekhyun threatened as he came closer to the giant who was covering his cheeks with his palms. The giant just stepped back while shaking his head furiously at his mean best friend. Baekhyun just grinned devilishly while getting nearer to Chanyeol. He clamped his hands like a crab and closed the space between them trying to trap the taller. The giant just stepped back as he realized that he was already cornered at the edge of the counter.
This time, his blood was drained while shaking his head regretfully, and gulped rather hard. Does he know how painful he's doing to my face?! He argued in his mind.
No...NONONO..please...sorry!
He felt scared because Baekhyun's pinching really hurts and he just regrets it now that he shouldn't have scared Baekhyun. But he was rather too late to realize that...
"Arghhh! You freaking little crab! Ahh! Seriously, Baek!—" Chanyeol wailed from the agonizing pinch that was planted in both sides of his cheeks. He suffered from the midget's pinch while he was whining and begging. He just can't push Baekhyun off because he's more worried that he might end up unintentionally hurting the latter.
On the other hand, Baekhyun is satisfied to get his revenge. Seeing his best friend wail in pain as he trapped him in between. He grinned mischievously as he knew that his best friend doesn't stand a chance fighting back because the giant can't hurt him.
After the torture, they ate supper together, and of course, Chanyeol was far more satisfied by the latter's heavenly dish and healing kiss on his face that he got from his swelled up reddish cheeks.
"You're the only one I have. I just want you to know that." Baekhyun uttered unexpectedly in the middle of the meal. Chanyeol looked towards Baekhyun, he was a little bit caught up by the food to immediately register to his mind what the latter had just said.
Chanyeol's heart stirred once again. His heart skipped a bit.
"I hear some student talking about us. About me in particular, about my sexuality, about our friendship." Baekhyun spoke again.
Chanyeol listened.
"Would you leave me if I was gay?" Baekhyun's direct-to-the-point question caught Chanyeol off guard.
Chanyeol looked at him seriously in the eyes.
"No. I would never." Chanyeol admit. He could never leave Baekhyun. It'll ruin him.
"Would you want a loser friend like me?" Baekhyun sighed as he felt bad thinking that he's gonna be the reason why Chanyeol will be a part of the talk at school.
"Who called you a loser and I'll break them.' Chanyeol suddenly felt provoked as he clenched his teeth.
"I'm sorry, we shouldn't be talking about this on the dining table. Let's just forget about it, Yeol." Baekhyun threw the topic as he set aside his plate.
Chanyeol abruptly stood and walked towards Baek's seat. He kneeled beside Baekhyun and took his hand.
"Let them talk. I don't care. As long as you're with me, I'll let them slide. What's important is you with me and nothing else." Chanyeol murmured. Baek's sudden emotion just alarmed him and it's not a good feeling inside him.
"And I don't care if you're gay, Baekhyun. Remember that. Nothing will change." He spoke assuringly.
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