StreetLight || ChanCheol

Three

Chan goes to class, followed by Joshua.

Chan's level is high, so he's skipped a lot of classes and finds himself in the same class as his best friend. They take their usual seats, and behind them are Seungcheol and his girlfriend...

" Shua hyung calm down..."

" I'm calm..."

" Yes of course and I'm the President of the United States. "

Joshua smiled, making Chan smile in the process...

" You're so silly..." Said Seungcheol

" Do you have a problem in particular Choi Seungcheol ? "

" His name is Hong Joshua my problem you see..."

" I'll-"

Chan takes Joshua's hand in his and strokes it, this calms Joshua down a little...

" You're going to ? You're going to what ? " Seungcheol provokes again

" Nothing." replies the American

" Victim..."

" Fuck you, whore ! "

Joshua gets up and walks out of the classroom...

" What's the matter with him ? " Asks the teacher, having seen her student leave like that.

" I can go and see him teacher.." asks Chan.

" Yes, go ahead."

Chan stands up in turn, Seungcheol looks at him coldly and throws a pencil in his face...

" Ah, that hurts.." Chan complains.

" Mr. Choi in the director's office, you're making me tired."

Seungcheol gets up and heads for the door, followed by Chan. Once the little dancer has closed the door, someone slams him against the wall behind him...

" What's your problem ! Seriously."

" Wait, you're the one saying that, your behavior last night and your behavior today have nothing to do with each other ! "

" What's your relation with Joshua ? Do you have feelings for him ? "

" He's my fucking best friend ! Get off me."

" Do you often stroke your friends' hands ? "

" To calm them down yes, I know Shua by heart I know what to do in case of trouble ! "

" You're pathetic..."

" Go over the definition of that word, it represents you more than me."

Chan pushes Seungcheol aside and goes to Joshua...

Seungcheol runs his hand through his hair and blows as he heads for the director's house...

" If you knew my life Chan, you wouldn't say that. "Sighs the boy

Seungcheol stops and gets down on the floor, scratching his skin until it bleeds. He screams in rage and spends the rest of his morning here...

- Chan is at Joshua's side -

" Shua hyung."

" He wants to die young..."

" Probably."

Joshua smiles. Chan is that smile.

" Dino, I'm skipping the rest of class."

" Hell no, man..."

" It's been a long time."

" Now's not the time for your bullshit..."

" It's my father's birthday."

Joshua releases a few tears, he was very attached to his father, whereas his attachment doesn't exist for his mother.

" I promise we'll see him at the end of the-"

- Dring -

" Class ? "

" Very funny, I'm laughing so much now, Shua hyung.."

" Glad I made you laugh..."

" You're lucky we're not working this afternoon..."

Joshua raises his head proudly and smiles contentedly, Chan smiles back. They both head for Jeonghan's classroom, where Jun is also, then also pick up Soonyoung, Jihoon and Wonwoo in the next classroom, then Mingyu, Minghao and Seokmin to finish with Vernon and Seungkwan...

" Let's go." Says the American

They all head for the cemetery and visit Mr Hong's grave...

" Daddy, Mommy's gone, you were right, she's a fake, and she was cheating on you." Says the boy at the grave

" Oh Shua hyung. "Said Chan sadly.

" You can go see your mother.."

" I'll see her tonight."

Joshua nods, he knows that for Chan, his mother is still alive, he's in denial and refuses to get it into his head that his mom has passed away. Jeonghan, for his part, takes his boyfriend in his arms and accompanies him in his tears. In truth, he too was attached to Mr. Hong, he was a good man, true to his principles and values, without judgment, who accepted his son as he was. He passed all this on to his son, and yes, Joshua has all these qualities...

" Your father must be proud of you Shua hyung...."

" Thank you Chan.."

" You're as good a man as your father..."

" You're adorable Dino..."

" The only thing about you that's a bit of a pain with you is that you're a real living status, you don't let any emotion show..."

" I know, but I can't open up except to Hannie."

Chan smiles, he too would so much like to have a lover by his side, who knows how to understand him and be there for him, following his train of thought, a person comes into his head, he shakes his head to remove this image, this person. Then he turns his head and sees this person on a nearby grave...