the life of Lee Chan

Pillars in the wall make good spaces.

lee chan; 11:52PM : May 26th // 27th

Why did I have to be awake at such an ungodly hour? The world does genuinely have a thing against me if it wants me to walk to the practice room. A short, but indeed unnecessary walk to the building consist of trying to slowly tiptoe through the alley way to avoid awaking the neighbours dog ( don't let teacup dogs fool you, they bark louder than most larger dogs would ). Surprisingly there's still a number of small food stalls open up at such a late time in the night. The ahjumma near the kimbap stall always seems to talk me into buying a few pieces of her "original" recipe. I never seem to forget about the man that situates himself on the curb that's just a few steps from the building, helping him out doesn't seem like such a bad deed, does it?

Chan's train of thought goes from everything including why the creation of bell bottoms ever came to be to what really was in the ahjumma's previous batch of kimbap that made it so special. He made it his mission to try it on the way home. He forgets momentarily why he was forced to walk all the way to the large building at 11:52 in the evening. By the time he gets there it's 12:03AM the next day and he remembers he came to retrieve a rather tall, bleach blonde boy that went by the name of Kwon Soonyoung. Chan remembers Jisoo coaxing him into doing it only a few minutes ago.

"Chan, would you mind retrieving Soonyoung from the practice room? He isn't going to come home until later on if someone doesn't pick him up."

"Hyung, why me? And don't doubt Hoshi Hyung. He'll be able to take care of himself, he's three years older than me I don't see why I need to be so worried."

"Chan don't argue. Go get him, i'm off."

Chan really does have no solid argument against Jisoo this time. He knows well himself that Jisoo and him are the only people that have been aware of Soonyoung's habit to sneak out to the practice room. Chan would be lying if he said he wasn't worried sick at the fact that the older male never returned until just before the sun was going to rise (  a smart tactic on Soonyoung's part, the members never awoke to noise but to light ). He had been confronted by Chan and Jisoo happened to have been listening from the outside of the door. A promise was made between the three that Soonyoung could go as long as he made it back before twelve. That promise was never followed through. And as to this, Chan finds himself hiding behind one of the large pillars in the room to allow himself to watch Soonyoung in his element. A song Chan is familiar with begins to play and the sound vibrates off of the walls. The scraping and loud squeaks of Soonyoung's shoes seem to just blend so effortlessly with the music. Chan senses his hyung is tired. He feels selfish. He's enjoying a sleep deprived Soonyoung dance too much. Chan can't help it, the elder male flows with such grace and elegance that sometimes Chan forgets he's watching Kwon Soonyoung: guy who likes to joke around and talk fondly about animal impressions in an old ladies voice with Seokmin. He remembers that he's watching Kwon Sooyoung: guy who is so passionate that he goes home with bruised feet, eye bags and sweaty shirt every single day. Chan checks his watch and then suddenly remembers that he came here to retrieve Soonyoung, not to let him work himself even more than he needs to.

"Hyung," Chan says in a quiet tone, afraid that even the slightest raise of voice would be able to scare Soonyoung. 

"Why on earth are you here? It's too late for you to be here," a fazed and dazzled Soonyoung states to a tired and sleepy Chan who can barely stand on his feet.

"Jisoo hyung sent me to pick you up, said you wouldn't come home by yourself," Chan states as Soonyoung leads him towards the elevator of the building, aiming to bring him up to floor above, as Soonyoung's secret room happens to be located there.