fries with a side of love. baekyeol

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⠀⠀Baekhyun felt considerably lonelier when he entered the school building, but he was surprisingly okay with it.

⠀⠀Before the whole situation, Baekhyun had been the epitome of popular with dozens of people tripping over their own feet for him, buzzing with voices as he walked by. Now, he found that most people he locked eyes—usually other popular or party-loving people—with tended to turn away quickly. Not that that was a bad thing—at the moment, it was he wanted. It had only been a little more than a week since his cheat, and Baekhyun wasn't excited to be talked to by any one else. He touched his lips with a fingertip and smiled softly, reminiscing the kiss with Chanyeol the previous night. That was nice, Baekhyun thought to himself as he stuck his hand inside his pant pocket and continued on his casual way to the classroom.

⠀⠀He felt himself being tugged back by his bag, causing him to stumble. Baekhyun was then pulled around a corner into a deserted hallway, whirled around, and slammed against the wall. "Ow, fuck!" Baekhyun shouted in pain, his shoulders pinned to the plaster wall behind him. Daehyun. The one guy he wanted to avoid most at the moment. "Daehyun, man, what the hell are you doing?" he asked, his teeth gritted as Daehyun squeezed his shoulder tightly. He looked awfully distraught, which half-confused him, half-worried Baekhyun.

⠀⠀"Where's my friend? Why are you avoiding me? What did I do wrong?!" Daehyun asked, shaking Baekhyun back and forth which caused Baekhyun's head to hit the wall numerous times. He hissed in pain then planted his hands on Daehyun's chest and shoved him backwards as harshly as he possibly could (which was pretty strongly, may I add. He was very talented at hapkido.)

⠀⠀"Taunted me to a party where I cheated on my boyfriend, that's what," Baekhyun snapped as he watched Daehyun stumble backwards, looking completely distressed. A strange look crossed across Daehyun's face, though it only rested there for a second. Baekhyun could almost feel his heart and face soften at the despair of his friend throughout high school but he kept his anger as his highest priority. "Leave me alone, I don't want to see you!" he shouted as he began to walk back towards the main hallway.

⠀⠀"Baek, Baek, Baek-ah," Daehyun pleaded as he grabbed Baekhyun's shoulders against and spun around, his knuckles white from the pressure he was putting on the smaller one's shoulders. "Please, I'm sorry. You've been ignoring me here, you've blocked me everywhere else. Baek, I miss you and how we used to hang out all the time. Please, please, I am sorry, forgive me, Baekhyun," Daehyun blubbered, biting his bottom lip as Baekhyun remained a stone-cold face.

⠀⠀"I don't wanna," he huffed like some pompous child, upturning his nose and staring at the ceiling. Baekhyun jerked his shoulder away from Daehyun. "I'm gonna be late for class. If you want to talk, then you'll wait until lunch and not talk to me till then. Yeah?" Baekhyun bargained. Daehyun paused for a moment, seemingly stunned by the surprising amount of steadiness in Baekhyun's voice, before he nodded vigorously.

⠀⠀"I—I, yeah. Yeah," he repeated. "Lunch. Right."

⠀⠀Baekhyun smiled—a rather cold, un-Baekhyun-like smile—before turning on his heel and calmly walking away. Once he turned the corner, however, he went for a full-on sprint because, Shit, I'm gonna be late!

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⠀⠀The Byun boy decided to sit outside in the small courtyard behind the cafeteria provided by the high school. Surrounded by the stone walls of the school, he courtyard had a broken and cracked fountain in the middle of it with several trees dappling the borders of the courtyard, and a large oak tree with a thick branch attached to it. Thankfully, despite it being winter and close to Christmas, it was relatively sunny and as warm as the weather could possibly get.  It was a peaceful, quiet place since most students decided to forego it in favor of sitting inside with their friends, which Baekhyun could understand, having been the same a little more than a month ago.