Virulence (Chanbaek)

Chapter One: Sehun

2 months later

"Sehunnie! Wake up, wake up! It's already 6 am!" Sehun's bestfriend,Jongin, who lived on the upper ground floor, below them since they're on the rooftop, woke him up from outside their rented house.

"Yeah, I'm awake! Better wake Kyungsoo up now, you know." Sehun replied with a groggy voice before sitting up and deciding to go check his mother's room.

Sehun knocked first before entering the small bed room and saw his mother, Taeyeon, on the floor holding a bottle of Soju. He grimaced at the sight before shutting the door quietly.

Sehun headed outside to bathe since they're on the rooftop and there's more water outside than inside the house where the bathroom is located. Then he heard Junmyeon's voice calling out for him from the upper ground floor telling him that breakfast is ready.

Yes, they all are neighbors but they treat each other like a family, they eat together, they go to school together, and they do a lot of things together. The fact that Kyungsoo and Jongin have no parents watching over them made them closer and more reckless, though they all have the finest grades in classes.

They all top all subjects.

Junmyeon on the other hand is only a 32 year old rich man who wanted to live simply with the three highschool students. He's a teacher and he treats the 3 students like his own. He's like a mother to them.

Sehun smiled, knowing that breakfast is going to be delicious because Junmyeon is the one calling him, which means breakfast is gonna be in Junmyeon's. Junmyeon usually cooks fancy meals because he used to be a chef plus he's rich, Kyungsoo's cooking is delicious too, but not to be biased, Sehun loves Junmyeon's cooking more.

Obviously it's because the food is fancy and he rarely eats fancy food because of his family's--or whoever is left with him-- financial state.

Sehun lost all connections with his grandparents and fathers because they kept on moving until they finally settled here, in his lovely home, where he is comfortable in because of his friends that he consider as his family.

After eating breakfast, the four of them heard the familiar honk of a car and began washing the dishes, cleaning the table, keeping the extra food in the fridge and packing some of it for Jongdae.

They all headed downstairs, to the lower ground floor, and greeted Kim Jongdae. A business man who owns the building, owns a famous Italian Restaurant under the building and works there as the head chef as well, that's Kim Jongdae. He's the eldest and he's like a second gaurdian to them, although he lives in the other building, he still drives the highschool students and Junmyeon to school and feed them as well with his specialty.

Jongdae is like their other friend who is more like a father to them,that is 21 years older than them. Junmyeon is only a few years younger, which is why they're considered as the parents in their own family.

"Here's your breakfast, Dae!" Junmyeon said, giving the sandwich with expensive ingredients to Jongdae.

"We're sorry, we already ate before you arrived, we were hungry." Kyungsoo said in which he got an, "It's okay, you don't have to wait for me." as a reply.

"But we're a family, a family eats together!" Jongin butts in. "We're just neighbors." Sehun mumbles in which everyone just ignored.

Sehun does think they are all just neighbors, but he loves them all more than he loves himself and his real family. 

If only his family were complete or if he had his own brother at least, he won't feel lonely. Even if he does have friends, he still feels lonely.

"Where's your mom?" Jongdae asked.

"She was sleeping holding a bottle of soju when I checked on her." Sehun shortly says before staying silent and plugging in his earphones, listening to Don't Listen by Seventeen.

Sehun sighed, thinking of his mother, worrying for his mother. He was still a kid, and everything went wrong, everything was hard to understand.

Why did his real dad leave him? Why did his other dad, Chanyeol, who have shown deep affection and took care of him suddenly vanished from his life?

In classes, Sehun had just finished his exam, and suddenly Mr. Lee, their principal, told him to come with him. Sehun was confused, but he didn't bother asking.

Then he saw Jongdae with a grim expression that made Sehun scared of what is to come.

"Sehun-ah." Jongdae weakly says.

"What is it, hyung? What happened? Why are you here?" Sehun asked with a worried frown.

"Your mom, she's brought in to the emergency room." Jongdae replied, trying to be calm and composed. Jongdae cared so much for Taeyeon, she had become more of a sister to him than a friend. It was painful to see the sight, painful to hear the news of how she was found.

"WHY IS SHE THERE? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!" Sehun raised his voice, with so much pain, disbelief, and fear. Fear of losing the last member of his family who actually cared for him.

"She passed out and was found on the steps. Let's go, Sehun-ah." Jongdae says, holding Sehun's wrist and taking the numb Sehun to his car.

What is happening? Sehun asked himself as a tear left his eye.