The faults in Byun Baekhyun

Chapter 36: Catching deer

"I'm not in love right now, I have had my first kiss, I've never worn skinny jeans ..."

"Skinny jeans! Skinny jeans!" Everyone shouts. Yi Xing shakes his head, trying to restrain his laughter, but soon enough he starts laughing, doubling over onto Lu Han.

"What?" Everyone shouts in disbelief. "THAT'S CRAZY!"

"You'll look good in skinny jeans, trust me." Kris comments, but when Joonmyun pulls away from him suddenly, Kris takes it back and clings onto Joonmyun for dear life. "You're the only one for me." Joonmyun considers the apology for a while and then accepts it.

"Baekhyun!"

"Baekhyun!"

"Baek-hyung!" Everyone chants, waiting for Baekhyun to start. Baekhyun has a small smile on his face as he leans backwards, hands on the floor to support himself.

"I've fucked –"

"That's boring!" Everyone shows their thumbs down, shaking their heads in disapproval. "We don't care about your sex life, hyung! Tell us something more interesting!"

"......" Baekhyun doesn't say anything at first, and Chanyeol finds himself unconsciously leaning in with the others – mostly because he's curious too.

"I ... My childhood dream was to get into college, I hate Park Chanyeol, I've never been this confused before." Chanyeol's heart skips a beat when he hears his name being mentioned, but then later he registers what Baekhyun said and he sinks down along with his heart.

"Confused? About what?" Sehun asks. Baekhyun sits there and stalls. Sehun lets out a huge grin.

"GOTCHA!"

"It's the last one, I betcha." Chen says loudly. "I know about his dream. I was his childhood friend and he always blabbed to me about this shit, and –"

"Confusion!"

"Confusion it is!"

"Baekhyun-hyung has nothing to be confused about!"

At this point, Chanyeol doesn't even care anymore. He sighs inwardly. Life is twisted when you love someone that hates you. He sighs again. How did he even put himself in this stupid situation? Wouldn't loving Kyungsoo be easier?

"... Are you sure?" Baekhyun raises an eyebrow. Everyone lets out sarcastic laughs.

"As sure as you are 'sure'."

"...Wrong." Baekhyun replies simply. Boy, watching those eyeballs pop out of their sockets is truly hilarious to Baekhyun, but he hides his amusement beneath his neutral lips. Meanwhile, Chanyeol whips his head up and turns to stare at Baekhyun with large eyes that mirror everybody else's.

"WHAT?!"

"WHAT THE FUCK –"

"I KNOW YOUR FUCKING DREAM WAS –" Chen turns to Jongin with huge eyes, and Jongin, eyes just as huge, nods in agreement.

"HYUNG, I'M RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE." Jongin replies. "HE SO WANTED TO GET INTO COLLEGE, I REMEMBER HE HATED MATH BUT DID MORE WORK THAN US ANYWAY ..."

"... BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GET INTO COLLEGE."

"BUT IF THAT'S WRONG, THEN WHAT IS HYUNG CONFUSED ABOUT?"

"ARE OUR MEMORIES WRONG?"

"CHEN-HYUNG! YOU LIED TO US?!"

"NO I DIDN'T, I SWEAR –"

"THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS –"

"BAEKHYUN(-HYUNG) ... DOESN'T HATE CHANYEOL?" At this point, realisation dawns on them as if they had been slapped with fish fins, and every single person turns to Chanyeol, eyeing him like a hawk. Suddenly, Chanyeol feels small.