Perfectly Wrong (Chanyeol × Reader)

22. Light The Way

               MUSKAAN'S    P.O.V.

I was strolling down the street from my driving classes. I finished early today & I have plenty of time to walk around now.

I thought of visiting (y/n) since I haven't seen her in a long time. But before that I decided to sit down in the nearby park & drink some juice that I had in my bag.

While I was sipping on my juice, I noticed a familiar bag placed on a bench a little away from me. I also saw someone sitting on the bench next to the bag. The person had a cap & a face mask on. He was staring up at the sky.

I decided to walk to him.

"Hello..? Do I know you? I mean I think I've seen this bag before." I say

"Huh? I'm sorry, Have we met before?" He said while removing his face mask.

"Oh my! Chanyeol?" I gasp

He kept looking at me with his eyebrows knitted in confusion.

"Oh you don't remember me?? I'm (y/n)'s friend. We met the other day, Remember? But you were furious & left. I didn't get to introduce myself." I tell him

"Ah! I remember now.. I'm sorry, I didn't recognize your face." He says

"I don't blame you. You only saw me once & that for only a couple of seconds I guess. I actually remembered your bag. You were carrying it that time too." I chuckle

"Yeah, it's my favorite bag." he goes quiet then.

"What're you doing here?" I ask him

"I could ask you the same." He says

"I wasn't following you, don't worry. I can explain myself." I went & sat next to him.

"Mhm" he said & shifted a little away from me.

Maybe I shouldn't have sat next to him.

"Alright! So I finished my driving classes early today. I decided to visit (y/n) since I haven't heard from her in a while. But I was starving so I thought I'd finish my juice before walking to her house." I explained myself.

"She might be busy right now." He sighs

"What do you mean?" I ask him

"Nothing" He replies

"Oh hell no! You started it, now finish" I whine

"Well the reason I'm here is because I wanted to surprise her but when I visited her, I found her with some guy. They were really close like kissing & it was very uncomfortable for me so I left." He takes a deep breath and says

"What what what??? Kissing?? Some guy??" I yell

"Will you be a little quiet? Okay they weren't kissing but they were really close. Like they were about to kiss or something. They might have continued after I left so I don't know." He covered his face with his hands

"Didn't you ask her? About the guy? I can't believe she would kiss someone." I let out a sigh

"I already told you, I felt uncomfortable so I left. It might be her boyfriend. I have no right to ask her something. I'm no one to her." He said in an angry tone.

"She doesn't have a boyfriend. You're misunderstanding her. Are you mad at her or something?" I ask

"I'm just.. it doesn't matter. I should leave now." He gets up the bench & starts lifting his bag.

"You can't leave like this, don't misunderstand her please. You should talk to her and clear everything." I requested him

"Really? She didn't even bother stopping me when she saw me leaving. She doesn't give a shit. Okay? That guy was clearly more important to her than me. I was sorry about my reaction last time so I thought I'd give her a surprise by visiting her but it was I who got surprised." He said in a mocking tone.

Chanyeol was clearly angry. He was furious, his eyes were burning. It was similar to what we saw the other night. When (bff/n) & I discovered him at (y/n)'s place. He has the same look on his face. What is it? To me, it feels like betrayal. It's like his trust is broken. But why's he being like this now? Does he think that his trust is broken? Is it because he wasn't expecting to find anyone at (y/n)'s place? Or is it because he found some guy with her? Is he jealous??

"Would you please sit down for a bit? Just hear me out. And after that you can do whatever you want, I won't stop you." I say

"I understand that you're her friend but if you're gonna take her side then I'm sorry I don't wanna listen." He said

"I'm not going to take her side. I won't even talk about this matter. I just want to tell you something." I smiled

He sat down

"I'm pretty sure you don't know how I & (y/n) because friends. Right?" I asked him

"Mhm." He nodded

"So I was a regular customer at a coffee shop & she started working there. I used to bring new friends quite often there, like everyone other week or month. But then I stopped bringing anyone with me. One night it was quite late when I visited the shop all alone. She was about to close but she let me in when I requested her. We started talking & I told her how my so called friends always ditched me. I told her how I was losing friende & wasn't able to keep any. They just wanted me for either my money or my body. They'd be around as long as I spend on them but then they'd leave my side. And some used to leave when I put their proposals down or declined to sleep with them. I was alone so I never held onto anyone & kept changing friends. But you see, I started feeling really empty inside so I decided to tell her everything. (Y/n) turned out to be really caring & understanding. She listened to me all night ramble & didn't complain at all. She comforted me. After that I started to visit the coffee shop regularly to see her & we became friends. I realized that she was different from all the friends that I had before. She like me for who I am & not because I was rich. You won't believe but she never accepted any expensive gifts from me. I got to know that she was single so I even tried to set her up with my rich friends but she never wanted that. She always let down the proposals. She told me she doesn't wanna do flinges. She wants something real, she wants love. She replied I miss that feeling of connection. Knowing he was out there somewhere thinking about me at the same time I was thinking about him.

I asked her if she's ever been in love. She told me I had someone once who made every day mean something. And now…. I am lost…. And nothing means anything anymore.

I realised she's hurt, that someone hurt her. I asked her if she still loves that person? She said Once someone's hurt you, it's harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn't stop you from wanting them.

The way she talked about love made me realise how deep she is. I realised why she is the way she is. Why love is important to her. With her, I realised the importance of the small things in life. I learnt how even the smallest things can provide us with the happiness that huge things can't. She's my best friend. I know her really well & that's why I don't want you to misunderstand her. I'll take a leave, it's quite late so I'll just go home now. You can do whatever you want, it's up to you." I said & got up to leave.

I waved Chanyeol bye & moved on. After crossing the road, I went to a street & stood there for a couple of seconds. I turned around to see Chanyeol & found him walking towards (y/n)'s house.

"I hope everything works out for them." I smiled to myself.