Bittersweet Love

20. Broken

A/N : I suggest while reading this chapter, go hear the song 'Best Part' by Daniel Caesar and repeat it until the chapter is finished:')
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Holiday almost over. The 6 of them have already gone back from the beach house.

And the moment after they go back, Chanyeol is one hundred percent sure that he is in love with his own older brother.

He sighs while changing the channel because he finds that none of the shows is interesting.

"Hey, what happened?" Baekhyun suddenly pops out of nowhere bringing food on his hand.

Chanyeol seems to flutter. "N-Nothing. It just.. the shows are boring."

Baekhyun chuckles. And moment after, Chanyeol find that every show in the tv is very amusing.

"You're lying." Baekhyun says casually, he sits on the sofa beside Chanyeol and start changing the channel. "It shows."

Chanyeol looks down, feeling embarrassed.

"Okay, okay. I just have something on my mind, hyung."

Baekhyun looks at him before munching the nachos. "And what is it?"

Chanyeol looks down once again. "I.. I'm not really sure."

Baekhyun rolls his eyes, "Chanyeol, if you have a problem or whatever bothering your mind, you should tell me. You got it?"

Chanyeol nods slowly.

"Okay, so what is it?" Baekhyun is still trying to find out what's on Chanyeol's mind. He wants to know because the last time Chanyeol had that expression, he didn't come home the next morning.

He gulps, trying to say something logical. "It's just.. the final project is really bothering me."

Baekhyun looks at him carefully, "And why is that?"

"We have to make a magazine consisting of 50 pages! And it's an individual project. Ugh, this lecturer is driving me nuts."

Phew, that's logical, right?

"Have you worked on it yet?"

Chanyeol gulps, it's actually just a lie. There is no such final project about magazine. He just made things up.

"Uhm.. I have worked on the cover, and the overall content."

"Want me to help?"

"No." He answers, almost immediately. "I mean, the lecturer is really good at observing and I'll get zero if he finds out that someone helped me."

What a great excuse, Chanyeol. Very great. He sarcastically thinks.

"Well then, you should work on it, tho."

"Yeah." Chanyeol says, relief when Baekhyun didn't ask him more.

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Chanyeol decided to call both of his best friends, Jongin and Sehun. He wanted to tell them about how he feels toward his hyung.

So there they are, sitting in the cafe near Jongin's house.

"So, what's the problem, Chanyeol?"

Chanyeol sips his Thai tea nervously, "It's actually.."

Sehun and Jongin wait him to speak out. "What is it?"

"I.. I, uhm.."

"Dammit, just say it!" Jongin bangs the table, making the other costumers looking at them.