The Cold One / Wu Yifan

Chapter 04

By the time she got back to her home and into her room, she found a sobbing Oh Sehun in a corner of her room, curling up into a ball, sniffing and coughing like an old sick lady. Reminding her of a very familiar situation of her and Oh Sehun's very first encounter that seemd very similar to this very moment. Exactly three years ago.

"Ugh! You've got to be kidding me!" She groaned as soon as she took a step inside of her new room to find her new found sibling, curling up into a ball in a corner of her room, crying his eyes out.

"What are you doing in my room Oh Sehun?" She asked, clearly annoyed by the invasion of her personal space.

"T-They called me faggot! I-I... Am I gay? Noona?" He sniffed, looking at her with that dumb face of his.

"Don't call me that!" She spat, voice dangerously low and menacing.

He flinched, squirming further against the wall like a terrified squirrel. "I-I'm s-sorry..." He sniffed again, looking back at her with those overly widened eyes, voice so small and trembling.

The action itself caught her off guard. Because he was already a big boy, at least that's what his body language had told her. But now that she looked at him, clearly looking at him, all she could see was just an innocent kid who had no idea of what a cruel world this was. He looked so vulnerable, so small. Suddenly she felt an urge to protect this innocent human being. Feeling something clutch inside her heart, unconsciously, she took a step toward the curled up fluff ball, and saw the way he squirmed again.

"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you." She wasn't sure where that soft voice came from. But seeing his body relax, she felt somewhat, happy.

"What do you think your sexuality is, Sehunnie?" Where the hell that nick name came from? She didn't know. But she did know that that mere stupid action was enough to bring an adorable smile onto this dumb being.

He shook his head stupidly at her question, looking at her with that same dumb look on his face. She let out a soft chuckle.

"Then, what do you think of girls? Hm?" She asked again, looking at his wide eyes, she was sure that if he kept looking at her like that, he was gonna hurt his eyes.

Like that, after a series of dumb, yet helpful questions, she came to a final decision.

"From what you've told me, and from what I saw and felt about you, yes, I think you're gay, Sehunnie." She said matter of factly. Feeling proud of her knowledge and usefulness. And that, led to another series of crying, mumbling and rambling. But after she convinced him that nobody's gonna say anything and she'd already accepted him for who he was wholeheartedly, he calmed down. And she felt it was worth the tolerating of his dumbness because once he was convinced, he let out the most beautiful, most adorable smile she had ever seen after her mom's. And she felt no regret wasting her time on her stupid new brother.

The memory was still vivid in her mind. And of course, every other time she had to soothe this dumb idiot of her brother. And the amount of time she wasted on singing lullabies on this very idiot, was freaking uncountable. Especially these days, because he had found a 'Crush' who had no freaking idea that someone's crushing on him.

"What's up?" She asked in the softest voice she could muster. Because boy, this was really getting out of hand.

"J-Jongin... Jongin said he was there," He coughed again, voice hoarse from crying too much.

"Who?"

"Jun-Junmyeon..." He sniffed. Oh, so that's what his name. She smirked at the new found information.

"But Noona, Jong-Jongin said that he was with a girl... That, that girl was f-flirting with him...And it was also Jongin who said to me that Junmyeon wasn't going to be there in the first place. So why would he go there?" He kept rambling, sobbing and coughing every now and then. She sighed.

"You sure he's gay?"

"Y-Yeah... I was pretty sure. But i'm not anymore." He wiped the tears and snots on his shirt sleeve.

"Stop crying." She said in a bored tone.

"I love him, Noona. Just, why can't he just look at me, notice me?" He started sobbing again.

"Oh my god. You're a such a girl Sehun. How many freaking times do I have to just remind you that you're a guy? Just man up and ask him out!" She bellowed, she was frustrated beyond point. Because seriously, how did this Junmyeon guy even know that this idiot like him if he wasn't even going to show up and tell him that he liked him in the first place!

"It's not that easy as it seems! He's always with that Kris guy. I don't even know what their relationship is. But they are always together! What do I do? What if he doesn't like me back?" She snapped her head as he mentioned the said name.

"Kris?" She arched an eyebrow. Because she knew him. But she was sure everytime she saw him, he was either with his girlfriend, or with that Zitao guy. She couldn't recall seeing him with another person other than that.

"Yeah. You know that really tall guy, blond hair, resting bit-"

"I know who Kris is. He's in history class with me. But I don't remember him with another guy other than Zitao. Are you talking about him?"

"Of course not!" Sehun huffed. "That punk called you psych-" He immediately stopped and covered his mouth with his hand.

"I'm sorry Noona I..."

"It's okay... Everybody calls me that anyway. And I kinda like it." She chuckled, not effected by the insult in the slightest.

"Anyway.. Who's this guy you're talking about again?" She asked again, smirking at how Sehun's face expressions changed from guilty to lovesick in less than a second.

"It's weird you never saw him. Because most of the times I see him, he's with that Kris. But anyway, he's really cute and has a face of an angel. And he recently changed his hair colour and now he's blond. And his voice, oh my god, i've never heard any-"

"Oh shut up, will you?! That's no way I can recognize him with that kind of information. Give me something specific!" She scoffed.

"Well, he has really white skin. Oh, and he's kind of short... Hehehe" Sehun giggled and covered his face with his palms.

"Ugh! You really are an idiot! Now out! I need to change!" She groaned, but can't help but smile at his childishness.

"But Noona... Why did you want to know about him?" He asked, with that same wide eyes boring into her own.

"No reason." She shrugged casually. But inside, she was desperately fighting back a chuckle.