play : honest by bazzi
if chanhee had told y/n how he felt years ago, perhaps things would be different. if he had been honest with her. this thought had been weighing him down ever since haknyeon and y/n even got together. and now he felt even more burdened because seeing them together again made it seem like there was a possibility of them falling back in love with love each other again. meanwhile, there was eric to deal with. chanhee caught him staring at her as she danced, as she sang, as she did even the smallest thing, such as drink water.
chanhee knew that time was running out. if he wasn't fast enough, his chances with y/n could be gone, if he ever had any in the first place. so today, he was going to do it. no beating around the bush like he usually did, no hinting, just straightforward confession. he had to say he tried.
so chanhee knocked on the wall, knowing that there was no practice today, so hopefully she was alone and he could talk to her without younghoon and juyeon breathing down his neck.
when y/n heard the knock, she was lying in bed with a face mask on, and the knock nearly made her jump out of her own skin. chanhee had seen her at her worst so she wasn't concerned about her appearance or the state of her bedroom that had clothes and sheets of paper on the floor.
"hey, y/n...can we talk? oh, kevin...i didn't know you were here," chanhee said, rather disappointedly as he hoped y/n would be alone as he noticed kevin sitting on the other side of her bed, holding a tv remote.
"i'm glad i feel so welcome," kevin said, scoffing slightly and leaning back into a snorlax plushie the size of y/n.
"don't mind him. we were just going to watch high school musical together. do you want to join?" y/n said, taking the remote from kevin and taking off her face mask with the other hand and rolling it up, putting it into the bin.
"um...no thanks. enjoy your film..." he said, rather quietly. since when did kevin and y/n get so close?
"what did you want to talk about, though?" y/n said as chanhee turned his back on them and began walking into the hallway.
chanhee turned and smiled. "nevermind, it was nothing. i just wanted to know what you were getting juyeon for his birthday,"
"oh, ok. i'll text you later about it," y/n said, smiling to chanhee who was faking a smile. when he closed the bedroom door and walked into the hallway, he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.
"is my birthday present that bad?" juyeon said from coming out of the bathroom next to younghoon's bedroom.
chanhee just rolled his eyes, and climbed over the fence in their garden because he was too ashamed to face his older brother who would tease him non stop about his failed confession.
why, was chanhee such a coward?
