Behind Closed Doors: BOOK 2 - CHANBAEK FF ✔️

[ 19 ] Just the Start

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"Sunbae!"

Sehun turns his head around and spots a guy and a girl approaching him. They bow altogether and smiles at the President as they give him a bouquet of flowers.

"We're done arranging the chairs at the hall," the girl says before handing Sehun the bouquet. "Congratulations, Sehun-sunbae! We will miss you a lot!"

"Oh. Thank you. You shouldn't have bothered."

"No, we should be the one thanking you. Thank you for everything, sunbae. Thank you for being a good President to us," the boy says as he grins ear-to-ear, "We hope all the best for you."

Hearing such compliments makes Sehun smile.

"The student council has already left. You two can go home," he says as he looks around the school's empty campus ground, "I'm still waiting for my friends."

He sits on a bench and waits.

Finally, it's all done.

It seems just like yesterday when he was still a weak and thin freshman who was clueless in everything about high school. It feels just like yesterday when Baekhyun transferred to this school to have him company. It feels just like yesterday when he became the student council's President.

Time is too short in high school. He should have done everything to the fullest within the four years he has stayed in this school.

His head suddenly throbs. He should get more sleep and rest.

Recalling last night's incident, he doesn't exactly remember what happened, how the hell he got drunk, and why he ended up passed out on the couch and woke up with a throbbing headache. All he knows is that, when he got up early this morning at Chanyeol's messy living room, he just saw everybody sleeping on the floor, completely knocked out.

"Hey, you're still here!"

Sehun sees a smiling Baekhyun walking with Kyungsoo and Jongin. Jongin looks like a sleepless zombie as he leans his head on Kyungsoo's shoulder, while Kyungsoo struggles because of their height difference. He pushes Jongin away but Jongin sticks to him closer.

Sehun waves at them.

"I thought you already went home," Baekhyun says, trying his best to embrace all the different bouquets he is holding. He gives up and drops them on the ground so Sehun picks them up for him.

"I was waiting for you," Sehun answers. He puts the flowers on the bench while Kyungsoo and Jongin sit beside him. "Why do you have so many of these anyway?"

"The girls gave them to me!" Baekhyun says happily. "I don't know some of them but they are so thoughtful and sweet."

"You're really popular among girls, aren't you?" Jongin says as he laughs sarcastically, "Too bad they don't know you swing the other way."

"But it's a shame Chanyeol didn't attend our graduation," Kyungsoo says, and the smile on Baekhyun's lips falls off,  "Remember last year? You didn't also come to see him. It's just a payback."

"Hey. Baekhyun was sick that time," Jongin defends. "And Chanyeol-sunbae might just be busy in school."

"I doubt it. You see, he's just a total asshole," Sehun blurts out, "How could he forget Baekhyun's graduation?"

Baekhyun had waited for Chanyeol throughout the entire ceremony until it was finished, but Chanyeol didn't even show up. Parents and guardians of his classmates started to come inside the classroom, but Baekhyun saw no one to approach him except for Jongin and Kyungsoo.