My celebrity :) {Haobin}

Chapter 33

Hanbin had eventually ended the call after the celebrity had fallen asleep. 

Hanbin is glad that he managed to make the celebrity feel better, but now in the quiet of his room , his worry slowly started eating at him. 

It had only been one day since Hao left, but he already missed him greatly. In that moment the thought of Hao being so far out of his reach , especially with the family situation happening, truly started to drive Hanbin insane.

He has always felt protective over people close to him, and since generally his feelings are all heightened when it comes to the celebrity, his frustration is now threatening to completely overwhelm him.

The next morning, when Hanbin goes to prepare breakfast for his aunt and Yujin, his mind is still running wild.

He knows that they can both feel that something is wrong with him, but after years of keeping his worries to himself, they don't dare asking anymore.

He can feel their worried stares on him, which doesn't really help at all, so he just focuses on cooking. At some point the door bell rings and Yujin bolts to get the door. A few moments later he hears a very familiar voice approaching through the hallway. Taerae had once again been summoned to deal with the very tensed version of himself, that he was currently showing off. "Yep crazy cooking phase again, we could feed my whole school class with it", he hears his cousin saying.

A few very short moments later his best friend enters the kitchen, while his aunt quietly retreats , dragging a very obviously protesting Yujin with her.

"So what happened this time? I'm going to assume it has something to do with a certain idol. Is he fine? Wait never mind, priorities. Are you fine?"

"Nooooo", Hanbin pathetically cries out.

"I'm so worried , why is his hometown so far away, I want... I need to be there with him, like right now."

Hanbin can't believe he said that out loud, it's the truth but he didn't plan on admitting it.

"Okay well there clearly is a lot to unpack , luckily I have absolutely nothing to do for the next few hours. First of all, you know you sound crazy, right?"

Hanbin can only roll his eyes at his best friends comment. "You sound like a very bad therapist. "

"Not my fault you make my manager duties include therapy sessions. Also I am an amazing therapist. Now stop deflecting, I know something triggered this behaviour and you better start spilling now."

Hanbin is defenceless when it comes to his best friend so he starts telling him what happened.

"God! That poor guy is really something , he seems to be a trouble magnet. How can a person be this unlucky. And you're telling me until recently nobody knew about this whole situation. The universe must hate him..."

"See who is spiralling now, but yes he has been going through a lot, without ever letting it show." Hanbin interrupts his friend.

"Why do you sound proud of that?" his best friend asks back.

"Well because to me he is the most amazing person to exist. Like you said, he has always been going through a lot, but he never gave up. He never let it affect his career, and even though obstacles were put in his way, he is still such a cheerful , nice , polite person, who's eyes still sparkle with passion for everything he does." Hanbin could honestly continue talking about why he admires Hao for hours but he gets interrupted before that can happen.

"Okay Mr. completely head over heals, but he is fine now, the attempt his family started failed, his security was increased, why are you still so worried?"

"I just hate it that he is so far away. I know technically he is safe but it drives me mad , not being able to assure myself of that fact frequently", he shamefully admits. He is aware that he sounds unhealthily obsessed. "Oh god, I sound insane", he then cries out.

For a while Taerae just looks at him pitifully. "I understand how you're feeling, kind of. Hanbin you have always been a person who feels everything quite intensely. It's what makes you so empathetic. However now that you have developed strong romantic feelings it has become even more. You're not insane, at least not for that. I like you like that, your family does too and I'm about 100000% sure , your boyfriend thinks the same."

Hanbin feels really grateful for his friend , when the last words suddenly start resonating in his mind. "Wait he isn't my boyfriend..."

"...Yet?" Taerae grins mischievously. "But wait, why isn't he?"

"Ever since the night we confessed, we didn't talk about it again, we didn't define anything, so we are technically not boyfriends"

Taerae just scoffs at him. "Well I guess it isn't too late to warn him about how crazy you can be and to advise him to run for the hills then"

Hanbin just glares at him and Taerae starts laughing in response. "Don't look at me like this. First of all instead of going crazy because he is away for a few days, why don't you start planning properly confessing to him, so this boyfriend thing finally gets resolved. Second of all, I don't think I could scare him away if I tried, because he really likes you just the way you are, silly"

"You think so?"

"Yeeeeessssss", "Me , probably him, the whole universe, I'm pretty much sure everyone thinks so"

"You're annoying" Hanbin retorts.

"Well maybe but I am also always right and would be an amazing therapist."

"Get out!" Hanbin declares, faking annoyance.

"Not without having tried the after effects of your cooking therapy chaos" Taerae grins and Hanbin can't stop the grin spreading on his face anymore.

As they eat, his thoughts still not totally appeased continue to run wild, so he decides to indulge in his best friend's recommendation. A plan starts forming in his mind but it is definitely not going in the direction his friend probably envisioned.