ℕ𝕠𝕥 𝔾𝕒𝕪(ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕙𝕦𝕟)

Chapter 33

"A what?" Kyungsoo asked almost choking on his drink, " A complete make over, you'll look so amazing that no one will have the guts to even pick on you and I swear y'all will turn straight guys gay" Tao said with a satisfying grin on his face.

"Count me out of this thing" Kyungsoo said with a frown, Tao placed his finger on Kyungsoo's lips, "Shush bestie and let me do the magic" he said, Kyungsoo gave him a look and rolled his eyes.

Despite their lack of enthusiasm over the whole makeover thing, the two taller insisted it on them and in that process they spend most of their summer break together and it was more fun then they expected, it was strange for Kyungsoo, considering he had never actually hanged out with friends.

Going to parlours, arcades, study sessions together, sleep overs and picnics, it all felt like a dream for Kyungsoo, it made him happy, ignoring the thoughts of his alcoholic mother and Baekhyun.

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Junmyeon had been in a unofficial relationship with Kris for a while but was surprised by the other suddenly calling him one evening asking him to break up, they were now at a cafe sitting face to face with each other, Junmyeon crossed his rs watching the other play with his fingers, "So what is this all about?" he questioned raising an eyebrow, "Junmyeon I think I'm not good enough for you" Kris said not looking him in the eye, "And what do you mean by that?" he asked, "I can't be sincere with you" Kris answered him, Junmyeon stiffened up, "Dos that imply that you've been cheating on me?" he questioned with a raised eyebrow, Kris looked away, "Something like that" Kris said, Junmyeon found himself almost bursting out with anger.

"What do you mean something like that? You fucking cheated on me? You've been playing around with me all this time?" Junmyeon asked him, his cheeks reddening with anger, "Yes and that's why I think you deserve better" Kris said finally looking up, "I'm heading back to Canada" Kris said standing up and putting on his jacket, "I'm so sorry Junmyeon" he said, everything was going too quick for Junmyeon, he felt lost at words and he was heart broken, he tried his best to pull back his tears and turned away from the the other, and just like that Kris walked out of the cafe without giving him even one glance.

Junmyeon's vision turned blurry with tears in his eyes as he looked down at the table and the cold cup of untouched coffee in the table, his lover had just left him just like that, without any particularly proper reason, without even giving him a proper explanation like he was nothing to him, absolutely nothing.

He sat there feeling pathetic with himself crying all by himself, ignoring the weird looks he was probably getting from the others there.

He had been a very horrible big brother, he was now slowly regretting his actions towards his younger brother, the person he had promised to protect his whole life, he had broken that promise over his own stupidity and made the younger's life a living hell, to the point he wanted to end his life.

It wasn't his fault, that their mother left them, Sehun was just a kid and he did not know anything that had happened, it was just the pain of losing his mother that drove him to blame everything on his innocent younger brother, ruining his whole life.

Why did he take so much time to realise that? That he might lose his brother and it would all be his fault, the other was living a miserable life yet kept on having a smile on his face for his younger brother, why couldn't he do that as an older brother? Give his younger brother the comfort and love the other needed? Why couldn't he treat Sehun like the way Sehun treated Taehyung? Because he was an idiot that was right, Junmyeon was an idiot, a big idiot, and now even though he did not deserve it he wanted a shoulder to lean on and cry but now he couldn't do that because his lover had left him just like that, Junmyeon felt terrible.

Junmyeon was lost swimming in his own thoughts when a certain man watched him from a distance before finally standing up and walking towards him.

"Hello there" the other male called out walking towards Junmyeon, Junmyeon felt embarrassed to be crying like a small child in a public place, with his vision still blurry he looked up, "You know when someone leaves you they're just giving you another chance to find someone better than them" he said then smiled gently at Junmyeon, "And when you get that opportunity you should grab it before it's too late and you're six foot under the ground" he said with a litte chuckle, "You're so pretty, those tears will ruin tour face and so wipe it off with his tissue and loosen up" he said handing Junmyeon a tissue paper.

Junmyeon did not know who this stranger was and why he was suddenly just talking to him with cheesy lines but it strangely comforted him, he nodded and took the tissue paper from the other.

"Want to go for a little walk? It'll probably help you out and I'd certainly like to know you better" he said, Junmyeon giggled a little at the other's cheesy words yet he found himself getting some relief over it..

"I'm Zhang Yixing by the way" the other male said, "Call me Junmyeon" he said,
"What a pretty name, but not as pretty as you" Yixing said making Junmyeon laugh a little again, he grabbed his coat and followed the man who was called Yixing out of the cafe.

Junmyeon and Yixing walked towards a park where they sat on a bench quietly drinking bubble tea that Yixing had bought for the two of them, the sun was setting and the weather was nostalgically pleasing.

"Are you feeling better?" Yixing asked him and Junmyeon nodded his head, "Yes thanks to you" Junmyeon said smiling at Yixing who smiled back, there was silence between them for a moment before Junmyeon decided to talk it out with a total stranger because he had no one else anyways and for some reason Yixing made him feel safe, "I have been a totally horrible person, making the life of the people I love miserable, I promised to protect them yet failed it and broke the promise, I just feel so pathetic for failing to be a good brother to them" he said, Yixing looked at him studying him slowly.

"You know, we're humans and humans often make mistakes as we grow up, we possibly can't grow up if we don't make mistakes right? It's natural, we make big mistakes at times but if we learn from our mistakes and learn to use it to make things better and make the future better, you know? The good thing about being human is that we certainly can't change what has happened in the past but we certainly can make the future better if we plan to and that is how we grow up mentally and emotionally, we mature up" Yixing said, Junmyeon nodded feeling his tears brimming up with tears again.

Yixing gently patted the others head as the other was shaking and crying, Junmyeon found himself falling into Yixing's arms and bursting into tears, however this time, despite his head aching from crying too much for felt a sense of comfort and not utter loneliness.

'Strong people don't put other people down, they lift them up'

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