The Sound of Rain

4 - View from a Tree

Chapter song recommendations: Chanyeol - Listen to the letter
Tearliner - I am Love (tree scene)
HLIN - I draw you

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"You can sleep on the couch but Chanyeol, will you at least tell me what happened?"

Chanyeol shook his head, "I was just sick of that place. I'm looking for somewhere new, for now let me stay here? I'll pay rent if you want me to."

Sehun rolled his eyes, "How can I ask someone with no job for rent." He waved at the couch "Sleep well, I have a shift at the club tonight. I won't be back until morning. You can sleep on my bed too if you want."

Chanyeol smiled at his younger friend. "Thank you Sehun." Sehun smiled, leaving the small condo. That kid, he never took thank you well, he'd get shy and awkward. Chanyeol looked at his guitar, the black case still wet from being in the rain too much. Water was bad for the instrument. Standing up, he took the guitar out of its case. "You're a fighter." He grinned at it. It was completely dry and undamaged.

He laid down on Sehun's grey couch. Placing the guitar on top of his chest and strumming the same chords he'd been playing for the past two months. Why did Baekhyun love this song so much anyways? Sure it fit the scenery of rain, but there were other songs related to rainy weather.

Chanyeol sang the song softly under his breath. His tone didn't sound too good with it, it was too deep. Is that why Baekhyun liked it so much? The arrangement Chanyeol had made was perfect for his range. As if it was customized just for Baekhyun.

Chanyeol gave up switching the song to something else. His fingers slowly picking at the strings, he couldn't help but laugh remembering the way Baekhyun had asked him about his calluses. Had he never seen a guitar player? He was funny.

He took out his phone looking at the empty messages. "It would be nice to be able to text someone right now." he muttered to himself. Lately he'd been feeling very alone, he would never admit it out loud though. "Aish, whatever." he groaned laying his guitar on the floor, Chanyeol turned his face towards the couch cushions, closing his eyes. Forget it for tonight....

Forget everything.

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(Baekhyuns pov)

It was raining...

He didn't expect it, it had rained last night so he was expecting a sunny day. Baekhyun leaned against the gazebo pole looking at two ants carry a leaf. He didn't come yesterday, what if he didn't come today?

As if on cue he heard footsteps behind him, Baekhyun turned, grinning at the tall boy in front of him. Like always he was wearing an oversized hoodie. Chanyeol nodded at him, and sat down. "Ya! You weren't here yesterday! You broke the deal!"

Chanyeol scratched his head, taking out his guitar from the case. "I had stuff to do." Baekhyun sighed placing his hands on his hips "Stuff? Ya! Well I have a lot of stuff to do too!" He didn't, he just didn't want to seem like a loser though. "I took time out of my day to come!" Chanyeol chuckled "Sorry."

Maybe....

Baekhyun sat down beside him "Since you broke the rules. It's fair you tell me something about your life."

"Why are you so interested in it?"

Baekhyun shrugged "Well, we're friends aren't we? Shouldn't friends know about each other's lives?" Chanyeol positioned his guitar, checking if it was tuned. "We're friends?" He asked.

"I- Aren't we?" Baekhyun felt stupid now, what if Chanyeol didn't feel like that? What if to Chanyeol, he was like a practice buddy. Someone he could easily replace for. "Ah forget it" Baekhyun pouted "Are you ready?"