Let me help you || ChanCheol

Three

The next day, Chan is again awakened by a message 

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Stranger

Please Chan for real come without make-up today. 

Me

Who are you to tell me exactly what to do ?

Stranger

You can't hide such a beautiful face under a bunch of makeup for no reason.

Me

I don't have a "beautiful face".

Stranger

Then it's a lack of self-confidence that's making you do this.

It's too simple.

Me

What do you mean by " it's too simple"?

Stranger

A study has shown that 80% of people lack self-confidence. 

So it seems too simple to me that that's the only thing that makes you cover your face with makeup. 

Me

Look, all you have to do is put me in that percentage and that's it.

Stranger

No, that's not all, and let me tell you why. It's obvious that you're hiding something under that makeup, not to make yourself more beautiful, but to prevent people from seeing something.

Me

What makes you say that ?

Stranger

I have my sources on the subject. I'll leave you to it. Have a nice day Chan. Smile and laughs it's really beautiful when you do it bye !

Me

You...

Anyway, have a nice day too stranger.
Seen

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> POV Chan

I turn off my phone once again and go about my morning routine, arriving in my bathroom I look at my make-up bag and decide to put some on but in a more subdued way so I can still hide it, but I make less of a paint pot by slightly removing the excess.

After getting ready, I leave my house and see Jun, Minghao and Soonyoung, but Jeonghan is nowhere to be seen. Hansol starts two hours later, so it's normal, but what about the two of me ? 

" Guys, where's Jeonghan hyung ? "

" This jerk forgot to set his alarm clock but I have a feeling there's something else going on."

" Why ? "

" I'm getting to know him well enough to tell you something's wrong. "

I nod gently in agreement, it's true that Soonyoung knows us, even with a message he can discern lies from truth, nevertheless he doesn't say anything because he doesn't feel like interfering in stories that aren't his anyway, here we are in front of the gate of our establishment and there's Cheol with Seungkwan but Joshua is missing. 

" Are you waiting for Joshua ? "

" Yeah, he told us he'd be late. " Seungkwan replies.

At that precise moment, Seungkwan's gaze shifts to the blond man in front of me, who's staring at me like he did the day before. Just as I'm about to speak, I hear a voice in the distance. I turn and see Joshua limping in. What's the matter with him ?

" Oh, Josh ? What's the matter ? Why did you walk like that ? "

" I fell down my stairs this morning and landed on my butt."

" Oh your poor little ass."

" It's true that your steps are particularly hard. " Says Cheol with a smirk and a playful gaze.

His voice is full of innuendo, personally I don't understand it seems obvious to me that steps are hard, well. I turn to Joshua and his cheeks are all red, so it's official: you've lost me. Is he ashamed of having fallen ?

" Oh, Shua, what's wrong with your neck ? "Asks Jun.

" A mosquito bit me. And you shut the fuck up." replies the young boy

He aimed at Cheol' in his sentence, the latter smiled, purée but his smile ? Since when does a man have such a perfect smile ? I mean, his whole physique is attractive, but really, his smile is sublime, it's... I'll stop.

" Why should he say anything ? " Soonyoung asks.

" Because Cheol' studies psychology and is capable of borderline mind-reading."

" No maybe not anyway Soo-ya, it's just obvious."

" Keep your obviousness to yourself. "

The blond raises his hands to the sky to prove his innocence and smiles more, Joshua grunts and walks over to him, to take him by the arm and drag him towards their faculty, Seungkwan runs after them, Jun, Minghao, Soonyoung and I enter our establishment without waiting for Jeonghan. 

Strange, this is the first time he's been this late.

I don't have time to think about him any more than that, I head for my classroom and join my friends, who tease me as they did the day before and it really kills me to laugh, in truth it's not so disturbing to know that he's pairing me up with the stranger and Cheol', but frankly how could a guy like me attract an atomic bomb like Cheol'.

That's what I ended up saying to my elders, who killed themselves, and then I got a pat on the head from Yeosang, who told me I had to stop putting myself down because I'm a good person. It warmed my heart.

> The day passed.

I'm glad I was finally able to finish the day's classes, which were horribly long and boring. Luckily I've got some extraordinary friends to help me pass the time, otherwise I'd have shot myself a long time ago, I'm telling you. I arrive home very quickly, take off my shoes, my bag over my shoulder and my jacket, then go and relax on my sofa. Once again, I'm alone, with only my thoughts to accompany me at the end of the day, what a shitty life.

At first I think of Jeonghan, who gave us the easy excuse that I'd forgotten to set my alarm clock, then I was too lazy to get up, and Minghao broke his glasses, and I laugh when I think of the look on his face when his glasses broke.

Then I think about Joshua, I hope his bottom is better. 

Then I think about my classmates, wondering when San is going to take that broom out of his ass, and when Yeosang is going to bury the hatchet with Seonghwa.

Then finally I think about Cheol' and the stranger, I keep putting these two characters together, it's strange and I want the stranger to come and check up on me just as much as I want Min' and I to become friends. 

I'll see how it goes.