Requested by anon
[Haven’t proofread this since I have tons of work to finish- will do it later tonight]
The bright sun rays, peeked in to your room through the tiny gap between the curtains. It hurt your eyes. You were still half asleep. As you shifted, you heard yourself slap someone’s face. You completely spazzed and turned around immediately. Chanyeol was sleeping besides you. You obviously had no idea when he’d gotten there. All you remembered was that you fell asleep waiting for him the night before. It was surprising that he hadn’t woken up from the tight slap you’d given him, unintentionally. You lifted your hand to shake him but his face looked so peaceful you had to stop yourself. He smiled even in his sleep. It was this smile that had made you fall in love with him 8 months ago. It was the same smile that had given you enough courage to tell him that you liked him and it was the same smile that sometimes made you feel insecure. There was something that had been bugging you for a few months. Chanyeol was always nice to you. He would laugh, play pranks on you, do the most random things but never for once was he serious. It made you wonder if he really did care about you or not. He showed that he did but never for once had he said that he loved you back. Was this a relationship he wanted to go along with forever or was it like the one he would soon move on from if a little disagreement ever occurred. Or worst, if he just got bored and wanted to move on. These thoughts had been haunting you for a while but you always suppressed them.
Flashback
****** “ Okay we have been planning to do this for the past three weeks. Don’t back out last minute,” you friend said with an annoyed expression.
“But I am so scared. What if he laughs at me? What if he says I am not of his standards?”
“It’s Chanyeol we’re talking about here __________. He is so sweet. Do you really think he would say something like that?” your friend asked raising one of her eyebrows.
Chanyeol came out of the classroom. Just then your friend pushed you in front of him.
“Oh hey ________. What’s up?” he said. You apologized for your sudden appearance and then looked from here to there. You and him stood in an awkward silence.
“So..I..” he began to say but you cut him short.
“Will you go to the end of the year dance with me?” you asked closing your eyes.
“We have an end of the year dance?” he repeated, comically.
“Ah ye,” you mumbled.
“Oh sure, I’d love too,” he said with his usual smile.
“Great, so I’ll text you.”
“Ah ye,” he replied giving you a thumbs up before leaving.
“Oh my God, Oh my …oh ..Gosh,” you spazzed and so did your friend as soon as he left.
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The D day
“Well this is fun,” Chanyeol said making a face. The two of you were dancing to a slow song.
“Is it too slow for you?” you asked.
“Oh no I’m fine,” he said but his face clearly said the opposite. “Why don’t they play some fast music so we can actually dance?”
“I don’t know,” you pouted.
“What? You like this?” he asked.
“Maybe,” you mumbled, not looking at him.
“Why?” he asked.
“Because..” you trailed off.
“Come on.. tell me,” he insisted.
“Nothing,” you shook your head.
“________, come on. Don’t do this right now.”
You thought for a while but then you gave up. It wasn’t like you were going to see him again. The year was almost over and all of you were graduating anyways.
“I like you..” you murmured, secretly hoping he wouldn’t hear you. A faint smile made its way on his face but you couldn’t see it. Your eyes were still fixed to the ground.
“Oh I like you too,” he replied and then chuckled. You looked up at him and for a brief second you were really annoyed. Why wasn’t he ever serious about anything?
“No!, I mean I really really like you,” you said raising your eyebrows for emphasis.
“Ohhhhhhhhh! I get it,” he winked at you. “Well than I really really like you too.”
You pulled yourself away from him. Everything was a joke to him. He couldn’t even tell how sensitive a situation was. You turned around but he held your hand.
“_________ would you .. maybe.. wanna go out with me sometime?” he asked. You gasped in amazement. Did Chanyeol really ask you that? You turned around to make sure he wasn’t trolling you. Of course he was still smiling but there was something different about it. You nodded your head shyly and then he pulled you into a hug. ******
You ran your fingers through his soft hair and then gave him a peck on his forehead. Very carefully, you got out of bed but something caught your hand. It was Chanyeol. He pulled your around and over him.
“Where do you think you’re going?” he said with a sly smile. You giggled.
“I didn’t know you were up this whole time?”
“You mean the whole time when you stared at me for 10 minutes and then finally kissed me?” he asked. Your ears turned red from embarrassment.
“Let me go oppa,” you whined.
“Not until I get my kiss.”
“I already gave you one.” You said.
He released you letting your body fall on his. “I meant here,” he said and pressed his lips against yours. You couldn’t look him in straight in the eye when the two of you pulled apart.
“I’ll go make breakfast,” you said and quickly jumped out of bed.
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You stood in the corner while Chanyeol danced around at his own birthday party that he threw for himself. You didn’t know half the people there and you were pretty sure he didn’t either. Most had just shown up uninvited.
“Someone’s not having fun..” Tao remarked approaching you.
“Ye,” you sighed.
“What’s wrong?”
“Oh nothing,” you said trying to hide your face. You knew if he looked at you he’d know something was up.
“I know something is up,” Tao said. You looked at him strangely. Could he read your thoughts?
“How?” you asked.
“It’s your voice. I’ve known you for so long. Longer than Chanyeol has so I think I can tell when something’s bugging you.”
“Aish,” you punched him lightly.
“Are you going to tell me or should I ..?” he stopped so you could finish for him. You didn’t. You just looked up at him and tried to smile.
“Did something happen between you and him?”
You shook your head. “Do you really think something can happen between us? I mean look at him. He is just soo… happy all the time.”
“So? Is that a bad thing?”
“Nooo! It’s not but I just want him to be serious once in a while. It just frustrates me so much. You know what Tao? Sometimes I just feel like the only reason he agreed to go out with me was because he’s just too nice to say no. He didn’t want to break my heart. I feel like I forced him into this. I might not even be his ideal type. What if he wants someone who can laugh like him and be happy all the time? Look at me. I barely ever smile.” You said a lot in just one breath. It felt good to let it all out.
“_________ah, you’re thinking too much.”
“Tao, don’t annoy me,” you made a face and hit him again. “Just help me here okay?”
“Help you? How?” he asked.
“You’ve known him for almost 5 years now so you know the kind of girls he likes. Help me be like one of them?”
“He likes you. Just be yourself.”
“No!,” you whined.
“I mean I guess you could try laughing at his jokes for once. The poor guy tries so hard but you never give him the green signal.”
“Really? But I don’t understand his jokes that’s why,” you pouted.
“Oh Gosh sometimes I really wonder what goes inside that little head of yours,” Tao knocked on your forehead. You began to giggle.
Chanyeol turned around and looked at you. You seemed to be having a great time with Tao. For a brief second he felt jealous but the feeling quickly subsided. He went back to enjoying the party.
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Over the next week, you barely saw Chanyeol. You wanted to surprise him with the ‘new’ you. You’d managed to get Tao to coach you. He actually was helpful. He told you things about Chanyeol you hadn’t been able to guess in 8 months. You started wearing brighter cloths. Every night while brushing your teeth, you’d practice your smiling and you had also started memorizing jokes from online sources.
“Hey, why didn’t you pick up your phone?” Chanyeol threw a question at you as soon as you picked it up.
“Ah, I was busy,” you replied.
“Okay..” he said. He was a little mad but he let it slip. “So I was thinking, if you wanted to go to the museum with me today. They added some pretty cool stuff and besides I know how much you love them.”
You really did want to say yes, but then that would mean bailing on Tao. He was taking you to the carnival that day. It was going to be your last lesson before you finally showed your new self to Chanyeol.
“Uhh I’m a little busy tonight..” you said.
“With what?” he yelled with annoyance. You got scared.“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to yell,” he quickly apologized.
“It’s alright. I gotta go okay.” You said and quickly hung up.
Chanyeol was really mad. He knew well that you hung out with Tao all the time but he didn’t want to say anything. Tao was like his brother. He would never betray him and you, you loved him so you wouldn’t either. He told this to himself all the time but still, there was something at the bottom of his heart that kept poking him. He was jealous and insecure. He was so used to seeing you around all the time so now your sudden absence was frustrating him.
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You met Tao at the carnival. He was impressed by the way you greeted him.
“That was really good,” he gave you a thumbs up.
“Oh Gosh.. I never thought smiling could be so tiring.”
“Only you would say that,” he patted your head.
“Oh so this is what you wanted to do?” a familiar voice from behind you said. You knew exactly who it was. Both you and Tao turned around at the same time. He seemed mad but you were too oblivious to see it.
“What are you guys doing here?” he asked.
Tao looked at you. You saw it as a queue and began laughing. Clearly that was bad timing.
“Oh we were just ..” Tao began but you held his hand and shook your head. Chanyeol’s eyes widened with surprise.
“You know what?” he said lifting his hand. “I’m done with this.”
You stopped laughing immediately.“What?” you gasped.
“I’m getting out of here,” he said and turned around to leave.
“Oppa wait,” you called after him. He didn’t stop. You ran after him. Tao thought it better to stay back.
“Oppa!,” you kept repeating while running. You finally caught up with him outside the entrance.“What’s wrong?” you asked holding his sleeve.
“What’s wrong? Are you seriously asking me that?” he asked shrugging your hand and pulling himself away. “Look at you ___________. Look at what you’re wearing. You’re laughing and … you’re ..just not the same person anymore.”
“What do you mean?” you asked, almost about to cry.
“What’s gotten into you? You weren’t like this. I can deal with you not seeing me every day but this? It’s like you’re going away from me.”
“But I thought you liked all this. You’re always so hyper, wouldn’t you want me to be like that too?”
“Why would you ever think that? I love you just the way you are.”
“No you don’t! I know, the only reason you went out with me was because you were too nice to say no. I don’t want it to be like that. I want to be the perfect girl for you. I don’t want you to suffer..”
“Suffer? Do you really think I’m suffering with you,” he laughed sarcastically. He pulled you into a hug. “Why would you ever think that? Do you have any idea how much I love you?”
Your heart sank. He’d never said he loved you, before.
“I wouldn’t ever want you to change. I like it when you quietly listen to me and then smile occasionally. If both of us were crazy like I am, it wouldn’t work out, it would never work out.” He pulled away and kissed you on your forehead. “Is this the reason you always hung out with Tao?”
“Ye,” you nodded and smiled.
“Out of all the people in the world, you were taking classes from the guy who himself doesn’t know how to smile?”
“Hey I know how to smile,” Tao said suddenly appearing from behind.
“Opps,” both you and Chanyeol said at the same time. Chanyeol grabbed your hand and started to run away while Tao followed. You were glad you had such an amazing boyfriend.
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2 more requests to go! **yayyyy** Hopefully they’ll be done by Sunday.

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