My brother's friend

30

I haven't said a word to both of them since I ignored Kyungsoo's question.

We're already on our way back to Seoul, I'm sitting next to Chanyeol on the passengers seat. Kyungsoo is  sleeping on the backseat.

I let out a deep sigh and look outside. My friends made me love this world. I never loved it until I met them. I feel bad for trying to commit suicide the day before I met them. I cut myself. A little bit too deep. I screamed and fainted. My brother brought me to the hospital and told them there I was cutting the vegetables. He tried to send me to a therapist after that time. He doesn't know about all of the other times.

I feel Chanyeol's warm, big hand on my thigh. I look at him with teary eyes.

"I love you Baek. Please remember that I will forever. I'll love you until I die and even after that. I love you. I'll always be there for you honey". He whispers.

"I love you too Chan" I murmur.
home".

I nod and close my eyes for a short nap.

"YAH! Kyungsoo wake up!" Chanyeol shouts.

"I'm awake Chanyeol" Kyungsoo groans. I hear the car door opening. "See you tomorrow Chan, bye Baek" he says.

"Bye" I smile at him.

Chanyeol starts driving again as he grabs my hand. "I'm sorry for waking you up but Soo didn't wake up" he says.

"Hmm. No problem. YAH! YOU SHOULD'VE WENT HERE LEFT!" I shout.

"No. I'm already stressed as fuck about the restaurant. I brought the memories about your suicide attempts back up and I can't let you sleep alone because what if you're going to do it again? I'm already stressed enough Baek. You're staying with me"

"Park Chanyeol the overprotective boyfriend" I chuckle

When we arrive in Chanyeol's apartment, his parents welcome us with cake. "Merry Christmas Chanyeollie" his mother and father say in sync. "Ooh you brought Baekhyun with you! Merry Christmas to you too" his father hugs me and the his mother.

"Merry Christmas to you too" I say.

"Are you ready for the opening tomorrow?" Mr. Park asks his son.

"Kinda nervous but.. Yoora has helped me a lot and I think that without her the opening would've been a big mess" Chanyeol says.

"Yes without her the restaurant would've been set on fire before the opening" mrs. park chuckles.

"Probably" Chanyeol chuckles. "Also, thanks to Baekhyun I found a name. For real, I've been thinking of a name ever since I wanted it".

"Loey's" I smile.

"It's a cute name. When I first heard it I was like.. none of my kids can think of this" mrs. Park says "they're both not really creative. Especially Chanyeol"

"Yah!" Chanyeol whines.

"Here, eat some cake" mr. Park sits down on the couch and cuts two pieces.

Both of us sit down on the two egg chairs.

"How was your vacation?" Mrs. Park asks as she comes walking to us with a tea pot.

I sigh.

"Kinda.. It could've been better but it was nice" Chanyeol says.

"Aw. Why?"

"Just.. it was...I- " I stutter.

"Cold. It was very cold" Chanyeol says "the window in our room was broken so we couldn't close it. There weren't enough bedrooms and only two couches on which Baekbeom slept" Chanyeol says "but we had a blanket and each other to keep ourselves warm".

"That's cute" Mrs. Park says.

"Anyways, how was your week?" He asks.

"Silent. I got remembered of the time there was only me and your dad. It was soooo quiet in the house. Yoora also spent the week with her boyfriend so she wasn't home too" mrs Park answers.

"Mom, dad, I'm going to bed"

"Good night"

"You can stay with my parents a little longer if you want".

I nod and give him a kiss on his lips. "Good night".

"So Baekhyun. You and your brother literally look like twins"

"No. Not really" I chuckle.

"Yesss! You're just the shyer version".

I look down at my feet.

"Do you love our son?" Mr. park asks.

"Of course"

"Good. He loves you too. You two look very cute together. Don't break up with him please. We've seen how much he loves you. Really. You're all he talks about. No negative word about you came out of his mouth"

I smile "I'm glad to hear that".

"Chanyeol was such a stubborn kid. Taking girls home every single Saturday! Until I saw a picture of him with an unknown boy, turning out it's you. Since then he never has brought a girl home. He also became a much sweeter guy. We're very thankful for that" mrs. Park says.

I smile, thinking of all the many reasons I'm thankful for Chanyeol. "If my brother didn't invite me to Chanyeol's birthday party I might've.. not been the person I am today"

"Oh.. why?"

"I'd rather not talk about that. It's not like I was a criminal or a bad type of person.. not at all"

Mrs. Park nods. "Is it about your parents?"

I shake my head. "No. It's something I really don't wanna talk about right now. I'm not really in the mood to cry".

"Yes. I'm sorry"

"I think I'll go to bed too"

"Good night Baekhyun"

"Good night mrs. And mr. Park"

"Oh, you can call us mom and dad silly" mrs. Park says.

"Okay mom" I smile and walk to Chanyeol's room.

I take off my clothes and lay down next to the sleeping male.

While trying to fall asleep, I hear Chanyeol's parents talking.

"He's such a sweetheart. I hope they'll never break up. Just look at them. Such cuties" Mrs. Park says.

"Yes. I wanna thank him for making our Chanyeol a good guy again but I don't know how. Nothing can return what he did to our family. I can give him all of our money but I still won't be satisfied by that"

"I'm glad Chanyeol found someone he loves. I was surprised it was such lovely boy he fell in love with and not some weird ass hippie or something" she chuckles.

"Yes. I'm really happy for them"

"Me too".