Sanctuary | Chanbaek (2)

Twelve

When they finished the book, the school year was over and summer had come once again, it was also the first time they'd had sex (there were gay sex scenes in the book, they did some research afterward). Summer hadn't changed too much, same job, same place. Chanyeol had changed, enough for Baekhyun to notice. He'd started styling his hair and wearing sunglasses wherever he went. It kind of bothered Baekhyun He liked Chanyeol's messy hair and his cloudy eyes. Chanyeol was becoming pretty popular, and it didn't irk Baekhyun a whole lot until Chanyeol was basically bullying him.

"Chanyeol! Where'd you put the new box of guitar picks?"

Ignored. Completely, "Check out this riff I just learned, Minho."

"Can I hear it too?"

"Go away, Baekhyun. Go sit your pretty little ass back in that chair and answer phone calls," Minho sneered.

Chanyeol snickered. Tears threatened to spill from Baekhyun's eyes at moment. He ran up the stairs into DJ's office, "DJ, Chanyeol isn't even working, he's just showing Minho his guitar skills."

"Why are you crying?"

"Minho told me to "sit my pretty little ass down" and Chanyeol laughed."

"He's probably just flirting with you."

"I don't want Minho to flirt with me! Make him leave, DJ! Ground Chanyeol!"

"Baekhyun, he's just excited because he got an electric guitar."

"You always take his side over mine, just because I don't call you my dad. I hate you!"

Baekhyun snuck back down the stairs to eavesdrop.

"Seriously, he lets me do whatever I want to him."

"I wish I had someone like that. Baekhyun is pretty cute too."

"That one is all mine. You'll have to find your own whore," They both laughed. Baekhyun ran out of the front door. He couldn't believe Chanyeol had just called him that. There was only one other person Baekhyun could think to turn to: Luhan. He ran as far as he could until his lung couldn't take it anymore and he had to use his inhaler. He made it to the library out of breath with tears still falling.

"Baekhyun?" Luhan said in a loud whisper, "What the hell happened?"

Baekhyun still hadn't caught his breath completely, he used his inhaler again, "I didn't know where else to go."

"Do you want to stay at mine? My shift is about to end."

Baekhyun nodded. After about ten minutes Luhan was off work and he and Baekhyun walked to his apartment, "You don't have a car?"

"No, I don't have a need one. I only go to the library and the grocery store. If I go shopping I take the subway."

"It's okay that you don't have a car. Given the option, I would walk too," Baekhyun sighed, "Thanks for letting me stay over."

"Of course, I get lonely anyways."

"Me too, lately. Chanyeol is always hanging out with somebody else that's not me."

"He's allowed to have friends, no?"

"Yeah, he is, but I don't like that they're distracting him from me. He spends more time with them and he just let one of them hit on me and be mean to me. He called me a whore too."

"That's uncalled for, but I'm sure not all of his friends are like that. I'm not like that."

"You're different. You're friends with both of us. You're like a big brother."

"Awe, that's really sweet. I didn't even think you liked me."

"I do now, you're the only one being nice to me."

Luhan unlocked the door to his tiny apartment, "What did DJ do?"

"He just always takes Chanyeol's side over mine," Baekhyun looked around the small room, he'd never been in such a small apartment, "I think it's because I don't call him dad."

"That shouldn't matter."

"I don't see him as my dad because he's not my dad. He's like my uncle, I guess," Baekhyun plopped down on the couch next to Luhan.

"It's not just like you can move on from your real dad."

"Exactly," Baekhyun hugged his knees to his chest, "Can I ask you something weird?"

"Sure."

"Have you have sex before?"

Luhan laughed shyly, "Yeah, what makes you ask?"

"What makes somebody a whore?"

"When they have sex with a lot of different people without an emotional connection."

"I'm not a whore. I can't believe Chanyeol called me that. We only had sex once because it was my birthday. Just because I let him do things to me doesn't mean I'm a whore either."

"I don't think that Chanyeol knows the meaning of whore then."

"He made me feel like an object," Baekhyun didn't care what anyone said about him, except for Chanyeol and DJ. Baekhyun did admit that he was really submissive towards Chanyeol, but he didn't want to be talked about as if he's Chanyeol's little play toy. He wanted Chanyeol to respect him.

"He's probably just going through some kind of phase, Baekhyun. I wouldn't stress out too much."

"Yeah," Baekhyun gazed out the window at the people having a water balloon fight across the street, "Do you know them, Luhan?"

"Kind of. The short one is Junmyeon, the tall one is Yifan. They're boyfriends."

"But four of those guys are tall."

"The tallest one is Yifan."

"Oh."

"Yeah, they're together, but sometimes I see Yifan stare at that scary looking kid, I don't know his name, Junmyeon doesn't even realize it though, and it's sad because I realize it from watching them outside of my window. It's not like I can say anything about it, I barely know them, I'd just seem like a home wrecker."

"That's terrible. I don't know what I'd do if Chanyeol ever cheated on me. I'd probably kill myself."

"You're kidding, right?"

"Not really," Baekhyun glanced at the other two boys, "Do you know them?"

"No, I think they're brothers or something though," Baekhyun tilted his head, the scary looking kid threw a water balloon at Yifan. So he was flirting back. He felt bad for this Junmyeon guy that he didn't even know. He looked really cheerful and kind. The worst things happen to the most undeserving people, "Do you like video games?"

"I love video games."

"Wanna play until we pass out?"

"Hell yeah."