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四.

↬part 2 : Promise /약속/ 🌧️

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He really did want to help but he had no idea how.

"And he was like that since—?"

"Tuesday. One day after she left." Chanyeol sighed.

Lay was sipping on his strawberry milkshake quietly, deep in thoughts while making himself comfortable on Chanyeol's bed. Suho, on the other hand, was stretched on Baekhyun's office chair, spinning slowly. He arrived five minutes ago to check on Baekhyun who was nowhere to be seen, making him worried even more. The boy hasn't talked to his friends since Thursday-he was either busy because of school or hiding in the library. Taeyeon came a few times before her flight to apologize but he wasn't there or ignored her as if she didn't exist. Chanyeol felt helpless.

Baekhyun talked to Chanyeol for a while though, but they were only simple responses, such as 'yes', 'no' or 'leave me alone'. However, as if something changed inside him since Tuesday-he started ignoring everyone completely.

"It's been a day since he even looked at me and, to be honest, I'm scared. I feel like I'm talking to a wall." Chanyeol threw his hands into the air as frustrated as he was at that moment.

Suho stopped spinning and rubbed his face. "He is the loudest and talkative person in this school, do you realize how serious is this? I should have been here for him." He started panicking. "What if he tries something? I c-can't even think about it! What if he'll—"

"Junmyeon." Lay cut off Suho, making the boy wince at the sound of his real name. "Baekhyun is old enough to know something like this isn't the end of the world. He wouldn't harm himself. He just needs some time." Lay assured him, putting his drink on the table. Baekhyun's best friend nodded after sending the boy a thankful glance.

"Chanyeol, please, promise me you'll look after him." Suho turned to look at the boy with pleading eyes.

Chanyeol nodded "I promise."

　

　
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The alarm clock was brightly showing it was something past eight when someone started urgently knocking on the wooden surface of the dorm doors.

It was Thursday again and Chanyeol has been waiting patiently for the older since afternoon because he felt like they really needed to talk. He knew he wouldn't fall asleep anyway, either of nervousness or anxiety that had been eating him up since last week. Obviously, he didn't seem to care if Baekhyun would try to ignore him and slip away. He is planning to nail Baekhyun down so the boy won't have any option besides listening to him.

Though, Chanyeol stopped for a second after he hesitantly got up from his chair. If it was Baekhyun, he would open the door for himself as he has his own keys so who would want to see him at this hour? He slowly pressed the handle down and opened the door. His eyes widen at the sight of a smaller boy.

"Kyungsoo-"

"Come with me, quickly!" Kyungsoo didn't let him finish.

"What happened-"

"I'll tell you in a moment. Don't forget your phone and keys, just in case." Kyungsoo insisted.

Chanyeol quickly turned around, snatching his things in a hurry and, after closing the doors with a loud thump, he ran after Baekhyun's best friend. Chanyeol's long legs immediately caught up with Kyungsoo who sped up even more.

"So, what's the sitch?"

Kyungsoo didn't dare to avert his eyes from the direction he was walking to, the brightly illuminated hall seeming to look endless. He took a breath.

"Baekhyun had a breakdown in my bathroom just a few minutes ago after he went out for a few drinks and then got into my room completely drunk."

"Jesus Christ."