For the Better or Worse? | Book 1 | Xiuhan/Lumin| -Rewriting-

Chapter 3

Xiumin's pov:

Why am I still upset about what happened at Luhan's house? He's been picking on me for the past year or so I thought eventually I'd be used to his harsh words by now but it's as effective as the first day. The underlying truth that he said was what bothered me the most. More than it should bother me.

To say the least I was worried to go back to school. Will he still be mad? He would probably do a lot more than just tease me and call me names. My stomach dropped at the thought. He didn't- wasn't- capable of doing more.. Could he? I shook my head in dismissal. He's not that bad of a douche.

It could also be the rainey clouds and the darkness of the world that didn't want to ease my mind and my stomach. Another day to go and suffer. I inhaled and threw the bed side cover's to the side and got up making my way to my bathroom and starting a warm shower. It usually relaxes me but I know that it just won't do today. At his point nothing could mentally prepare me for Luhan.

I quickly took a shower and put on some clothes before grabbing my backpack and putting my laptop inside. "Morning." My dad greeted me as I sat down at the breakfast table but I didn't respond as I shoved a toasted piece of bagel into my mouth.

"Morning." I greeted back as I finished swallowing the bagel. I was not really feeling in the mood today to talk and I could tell my dad wasn't either as he was very amersed in his laptop trying to finish editing a story.I just got up and headed out the door and waved bye to him in case he didn't want to be distracted.

I glanced at my black watch.

7:45 a.m.

Nice. I have enough time to take a small detour before getting to school.

But as I eventually entered the school and headed to my locker it was weird not seeing Luhan at my locker. He usually is there to tease me but to my surprise Chen was waiting for me , his back against my locker, a small grin on his face.

"Hey," Chen leaned off the locker and stretched out his arms to give me a sideways hug. I knew that people were staring but I didn't care. This is just how Chen and I show our friendship. Chen and I were practically like brothers. He was one of the only people that didn't make fun of me, so I tried my best to keep him around and we became best friends over time.

"Hello my lovely husband" I said as I put on my locker combination. I took out what I needed for the rest of the day and closed it fiddling with the lock to make sure it was correctly closed. Made that mistake once and never again.

"Are you okay? You seem a little down with your usual sarcastic voice." He must've noticed even though I tried to play it off with a smile.

"I don't know what you are talking about." I replied and locked my arm with him as I dragged him to the cafeteria.

"Are you sure you are ok? You know you can always talk to me about it. Especially if it's that asshole, Luhan, who keeps bothering you." he looked at me. I sighed and nodded my head but that wasn't enough for him. He grabbed my face with his hand and made me turn to look his way squishing my cheeks in the process. His sudden action was a little unusual but I signed out in frustration and despair.

"I know you well enough to know when you aren't okay and you're not okay right now. Tell me what's wrong." He looked at me with harsh bold eyes and I gave in. I always felt better after I talked about my problems. I couldn't keep it to myself. I needed to tell him. He is my best friend after all and has always been there for me.

"He wasn't exactly the nicest.. Again. Well.. so you don't get confused I want to tell you but I am tutoring him because he is failing his classes."