10 Centimeters Ahead (Byun Baekhyun & EXO)

School...For who?

8am. November 13th

I walk to school. Mostly because my mom is too lazy to drive me, I'm not very confident in driving myself either.

We were studying about seeds. Plant seeds. It's actually kinda interesting, plant seeds are all different. Some are even meant to be swallowed up by birds to be pooped on cars. Plants have alot of seeds because they know some seeds won't make it. I wonder what it would it would be like is Humans were like that. In the past they had like ten to fifteen kids and some wouldn't make it while the others would be farmers. To plant seeds.

I make it to school and find my blombs. I'm one too now.
Me and Chanyeol forgave eachother and he even broke up with his girlfriend. I have strong feelings for him still, I just don't know if they're positive or negative yet.

Chen: "Morning Princess"

Me: smiles.

Xiumin: We made breakfast for you, and we got you gifts.

Me: "what is it all for?"

Group: they blink and crack up. Laughing like idiots.

Chanyeol: "Today. Is your birthday Soo-Ha"

I gasp. That's right! It is! I brighten up immediately.
"Oh yeah!" I say.
The group hugs me and smiles. They think my stupidity is cute.

They all gave me their presents and I actually liked them.

Chanyeol: Prepaid visa card with 100$ on it.
Xiumin: Interesting book.
Chen: A box of condoms (no condoms inside. Some expensive pens)
Kai: Stuffed bear.
D.O.: Cookies (that he made himself)
Lay: Card.
Sehun: Fashionable hat.

I put on the hat and put everything else in my backpack. When I turned around Baekhyun was there.

Baekhyun: "Happy birthday Soo-Ha"
He smiles slightly. With his mouth but not his eyes.

Me:

Baekhyun: he puts his gift in my hands and walks away. His SMTOWN trainee certificate.

I watch as he walks away.

***

In Art I decided to do sculpt instead of draw. I took the block of clay and carved various useless carvings. Weird curves and heavy cuts.
I feel heart heavy.
Wow Baekhyun thanks, now I have a C in art.
I have to admit, he's a distraction. Someone I need out of my life, but it seems he's already kicked me out of his. Maybe I should do the same?

I shake my head. How stupid, if I want to be friends with him, I shouldn't be thinking of this.
I continue to pointlessly carve my mutant ninja turtle. At least, hoping it turns out that way.

***

2am November 15th

I push my problems away ,fixing them with a class I recently signed up for. Singing.
I know, it's exactly what EXO is good at but, I think I can rank up to them.
I've been told I have a good voice multiple times, even by a friend that accidentally went into the bathroom while I was singing in the shower.
I'm not embarrassed. She is.

Me and Chanyeol coincidentally met at the park the other day. I wondered why he was there, he seemed to be wondering the same thing with me. We didn't ask eachother. He was hanging out with his angel-faced girlfriend. Angel-faced because she is so pretty. Her brick colored hair complements Chanyeol's perfectly. I feel bad I didn't seem like that when I dated him.

***

It's school and it's about time. Baekhyun has been beating me in every class. In math (which he still isn't the best at) he beat me by one point. One point! He has no mercy!
So I decided to up my singing game. Soon, I'll be singing just as well as him.

I decided to practice in an empty classroom for lunch. Sadly my closet isn't very soundproof.
I walk back and forth, warming up with long Oohs and swift quick ahs.
Then I start to sing.
Songs I like singing depend on my mood. I'm determined and happy today, so maybe some happy songs like Bonsa Aba and best day of my life.
As I sang, I felt my tensed muscles relax. I sat down in my chair and started correcting the music on parts I had trouble on.
I didn't realise until now how relaxing it can be to sing. If you sing the right song, you can let almost any feeling be free.

I stood up and opened the door to go get another notebook.
And look at that! Chanyeol is here.
"Wah! Go! Get out! This is my space" I say.
He sits down at a desk.
I frown. "Chanyeol this room is mine" I say. I try to pout so he doesn't hear my annoyed tone.
I sigh as I he see this start to take pages out of his books, writing in some, not on others.
I can't take Chanyeol normally, like a normal person. Because of what happened in the past. I turn to look at him.
I sigh at his appearance to me. His sharp features and long legs would make me swoon over if I wasn't so mad. If he wasn't so mad.
If we both weren't mad as eachother, would things be different?
I walk over to him. Pulling myself together from the broken pieces he left me with.
"Chanyeol" I say looking at him. With the steps higher than the desk, I'm actually talker than him.
He doesn't answer, he turns one of his papers over and keeps writing about biology.
"Chanyeol Oppa" I say in the poutiest voice I can conjure up.
I know this strikes him. Me calling him Oppa. How do I know? Because he pauses his writing for a couple seconds, and turns to me. I didn't realise I was smiling when he turned.

"Chanyeol, your my Oppa right? Your older than me by a year or so-" I say smiling, he cutes me off. "What do you want" he asks me. I give him a suprised look, the obvious expression to something unexpected.
"What's that look?" He says, lifting his eye brows. "Your in here for something right?" He says.
I can't speak. He stands up from his chair and walks in closer to me. I back up.
Soon enough my back is to a wall and he's still walking closer. "Chanyeol I'm sorry I called you Oppa I can stop" I say, nodding quickly with reassurance. He pauses in front of me.
His nose in only an inch away from mine. He looks at my scared face and his eyes soften. I can see a shattered piece of him hes trying to pull together, just like me. "I um" I say. "I just wanted to tell you that I-" I get cut off by the door opening. Kai pauses at the door. Chanyeol puts his hands in his pants pocket and turns to him. "What do you want?" He asks, with no impatience.
"I um. Wanted to tell you school is ending early today. The cooking teacher set off the fire alarm again and, all the nearby classrooms kinda got burned. You missed it" Kai says. At the end he nearly smiles, leaning against the wall. I can feel my cheeks getting hot and pink. I turns around to look away and occupy myself with Chanyeol's papers. I put them back in the correct folders. Chanyeol and Kai turn to watch me. Chanyeol sends Kai off.
I pick up his heavy folders with my small hands and give it to him.
Chanyeol can't keep his eyes off of mine. Everytime I look in his I remember all the things we did in that short time we were together. I look away. The door opens again.
It's Baekhyun.
"Soo-Ha" he says, quickly, like he's in a hurry.
He walks into the room past Chanyeol. Straight to me. He looks me in the eye. I look at his eyes.
"We need to talk"
My eyes go wide.