Words (TaoXChanyeolXreader fanfic)

Chapter 20: Ella's fiance

Ella's fiance was even blonder than she was and movie star pretty. She also seemed to find Ella's siblings a little bit annoying. She was warmer to Cecily than she was to Tao but Tao didn't seem to care. She rarely left Ella's side and the two of them had perfected a matching expression of bafflement when Tao said something silly or Cecily did something unladylike.

Vic gave Chanyeol the highlights of Jessamine's story when they had a quiet moment, left alone to guard the bags while everyone else was off buying food at the food court. An orphan with a trust fund bigger than the GDP of some countries that she was still two years away from being able to access. She and Ella were a match who had met while Ella was volunteering with an agency that specialized in supporting foster kids. Jessamine did not appreciate anyone knowing she had been a foster kid and Chanyeol was sworn to secrecy.

Cecily was still officially unmatched and would not say whether or not she and the tall green eyed man she had brought along were a match or not. Jessamine and Ella dropped hints, tried to get the answer out of Gabriel himself, tried to get the answer out of Cecily by cornering her while the boys were in another store. Vic thought the entire production was hilarious. Cecily seemed to agree. Gabriel looked like he was going to pass out from embarrassment half the time.

"You know, they live so much in each other, it's nice that they have you," Cecily said to Jem outside a housewares shop.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Tao and Vic, all their friends are those casual sort of friends of proximity. Classmates or co-workers. They don't usually let people into the little world that they have but they both really like you. It's a good thing. So welcome to the family, Boyfriend," she said with a laugh before leaving him to stand alone while she went to argue with her siblings about whether their mother would ever use a crystal cut punch bowl.