Star crossed | Chanbaek - Baekyeol |

Eyes and hands

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Chanyeol sat in his kitchen cooking himself breakfast. He had insomnia and could barely ever sleep. Most of his inspiration came to him in the early hours of the morning, so his sleep schedule was usually from the time he gets home from school to 2:00 am. After that he just stays awake and goes to school.
He sat on a stool as he pushed around the scrambled eggs on his pan. He had the TV turned on, so that his apartment wouldn't be so quiet. It was still dark outside, despite it only being 6:00 am. Chanyeol smiled and looked down. He wondered what Baekhyun was doing right about now.
He was caught off guard when he heard on the loud TV about how a certain company was having auditions for trainees. Chanyeol pressed his eyebrows together and paid attention to AD: it was his field anyway, so might as well.
Chanyeol decided he would go and see if he could get a job as a composer. If they were having idol auditions they could be looking for composers as well. He scooped up some eggs from the pan and ate them with toast. He nodded and told himself that's what he was going to do. He sipped his coffee and stood up.
He walked over to his couch, picked up his backpack in a swift motion , turned off the tv with his remote, threw that on the couch , and continued out the door. With that, the beautiful apartment was lonely once again.
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Baekhyun awoke around 6:30. He groaned as he heard the alarm from his phone ring from across the room. He tried to turn it off, feeling around his night stand while his face was buried in his pillow. 'Nope' he thought in his head, ' there's no way I'm going to school today' . His bed was very persuading, however the loud whaling noise wasn't. As he realized his alarm wasn't on his nights stand, but rather on his desk, he groaned , turning around and going into a kicking rampage. He started twisting and turning and kicking his bed sheets, refusing to leave his bed with anger. Then, he stopped and sat up. His face plastered with an annoyed face.
He kicked his way out of his bed, enraged , and walked over to his alarm. He resisted the urge to throw the phone across the room, especially when he remembered what had happened yesterday. His face grew red as he recalled the fact that he went over to Chanyeols house, who happened to live so close to him. He covered his mouth.
'Did Chanyeol hear me just now?' He wondered. He shook his head. 'There's no way, his apartment is really far'. Flustered, he made his way over to his closet and changed his attire.
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Baekhyun grabbed his back pack and headed toward the living room. He stopped in his tracks and stared at the kitchen. His face looked gloomy, and turned away from the kitchen.
     Baekhyun had an eating disorder. He absolutely hated eating. It made him feel worthless, especially when he looked in the mirror. Baekhyun despised himself, he was his own worst enemy. He looked bad in everything, he could never wear a shirt or a pair of pants without pointing out his flaws. 'This shirt makes me look fat','These jeans make my hips look huge'.
     With the same face, Baekhyun proceeded out his house and onto the apartment railing. However, he stopped dead on his tracks, when he saw the boy who caused him so much distress sitting on the floor against the wall. His heart sped up almost instantly. It leap in excitement and happiness, as well as dread and embarrassment. He didn't except to see him so soon after what had happened yesterday.
      Chanyeol looked up from his phone as he saw Baekhyun infront of him and stood up. He smiled and looked up and down at Baekhyun.
    " You look amazing" commented Chanyeol , as he looked into the smallers eyes. Baekhyun simply stared back, on the verge of tears as he heard that right after what he had told himself. He had put no effort into his outfit, he simply had his usual uniform , except today he had a big sweater with him for the cold walk to school. It's almost as if Chanyeol knew, which scared him. Baekhyun felt as if he had found his guardian, and he felt an urge to hug Chanyeol.
      "Hi Chanyeol," said Baekhyun as he awoke from his trance, " good morning".
   Chanyeol , with a causal reply, said " Good morning, are you parents not home?"
    Baekhyun bit his lip, looking up at the giant.
"Parents? I just have my uncle, but he's never home" He answered , looking away. " He does stuff he's not supposed to and I've told him but he won't stop..."
   Chanyeol immediately caught on that it must be a touchy subject, because he nodded and put his arm around baekhyuns shoulder and motioned him to walk forward.
  " It's okay, let's not speak of that right now," interrupted Chanyeol as he walked forward," for now let's get to school".
He dropped his arm from Baekhyun as they reached the gate to the apartment complex, and they both walked to school in a quiet atmosphere.
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