Dare (A Kaisoo Fanfic)

Nineteen

Baekhyun

Just as everything was starting to feel perfect, something happened that caused my entire world to shift. I only applied to Juilliard on a whim, thinking I most definitely wouldn't get in. But then I found myself staring at my computer, wondering how the word "Accepted" had landed on my screen. 

I wanted to be excited and I was to some extent. But I knew going would mean I wouldn't be able to see Chanyeol as often. I didn't know where he wanted to go to college or if he even wanted to, but if he did, he probably wouldn't want to go all the way to another country for it.

I came back to school the next week with pounds of nerves weighing down on my shoulders. How was I going to tell him? Would he be so upset or sad that he'd dump me? Or would he dump me because he didn't want to do the long distance thing? Either way, I didn't see this ending well.

"Good morning," Kai said as he walked up aside of Kyungsoo and I on Tuesday.

"You have to tell him the good news!" Kyungsoo said, shoving me a little. I looked at him, using my eyes to tell him to be quiet.

"What good news? What happened?" Kai asked, the expression on his face becoming confused. I went silent for a moment, feeling my heart begin to beat rapidly.

"I-I got accepted into Juilliard," I said slowly. 

"What? That's awesome," he said, a small smile now on his face. "Have you told Chanyeol yet?" I shook my head. "Ah, that would explain why you don't seem as happy as you should be."

"I don't know how to tell him," I admitted, exhaling with a large sigh. "I really love him and want us to stay together even if we're separated, but everyone knows long distance relationships never work."

"I know it seems tough now, but I promise if you just tell him, he'll understand," Kyungsoo said, a comforting smile on his face. "He is a really understanding person. He'd want you to do whatever makes you happy."

"But what if leaving makes me happy? Then what?" They just looked at for a moment. 

"Then you two will just have to decide what you want to do," Kai said with a shrug. "I don't think he'd want you missing out on this opportunity just for him." 

"I guess you're right." I sighed. "I just need to tell him and hope for the best I guess." 

They both nodded. We said our goodbyes and then parted ways and I headed to the music room, hoping I could find some relief and maybe even a solution to my dilemma in there.

Chanyeol

When I walked into the music room, Baekhyun was sitting at the piano bench just playing random little tunes.

"Your package has arrived," I said as I shut the door behind me. He looked up from the keys and smiled at me.

"Hi," he said cutely, getting up from the bench. He walked up to me and kissed me sweetly on my lips.

"What's up? You seem a little off today," I said as I took my backpack off and set it on the ground. "I didn't get my good morning text."

"O-Oh, sorry. I meant to, but I got kind of busy after you left this weekend," he said. I could tell he was nervous, like there was something he wasn't telling me.

"Why, what happened?" I asked. He didn't respond for a moment, instead exhaling and looking away. 

"I-I don't know how to tell you this, so I think I just have to say it," he began, slowly raising his head to look at me. "A while back, I a-applied to Juilliard, thinking I would never have a chance at getting in, but it turns out that I-I did. I got in." I didn't really know what to say in response, but before I could even open my mouth, he continued. "I-I don't even know if I'm gonna go. I want to, but it's so far away and we just started to get closer this year and--"

"Hey," I cut him off and laid a hand on his shoulder. His chest was heaving a little as he looked at me. "Do you want to go?"

"Well...y-yeah, I guess," he said, glancing down again. "It's been my dream for a while now. But then we'd never see each other if I did and I don't want that."

"Listen to me," I said, interjecting before he could start rambling again. "If this is something you want, go for it. Don't let me stand in the way of that." He looked down and sighed. I chuckled lightly put an arm around him, forcing him to lay his head on my shoulder. "Baekhyun, your happiness means more to me than anything. So go. We might end up like the other statistics of long distance relationships, yeah, but as long as I know you're working towards your dream, I'll live." 

He looked up at me and smiled. I captured it in a quick kiss before looking back at him. "Are you sure? There's plenty of good music schools here. I can go to," he said. 

"But they're not Juilliard," I replied, causing him to pout and nod a little. "I'm sure. No matter what happens, we'll be fine."

"I hope so," he said, laying his head back on my shoulder and sighing again.

Was I scared we'd end up breaking up? Yeah. But going on knowing he would be holding himself back from his full potential would hurt more in the end than us breaking up. 

A/N

I've been trying to avoid these shorter chapters, especially in this story because I seemed to write so many of them, but with this chapter it felt appropriate since the focus will shift in the next one. Anyway, just wanted to explain that lol. Thanks for reading!