night shift || chanhun

The Other Side

Baekhyun pulls up in Chanyeol's driveway, putting his car in park. The two come to a pause to sit in silence together. Baekhyun was first to break the silence. 

"Do you want to talk about it?" Baekhyun asked while looking out his windshield. Chanyeol doesn't say anything to the other, he didn't want to make things even worse. Baekhyun took Chanyeol's silence as a no so he thought he should just let Chanyeol go home to be alone. 

"Well, I hope you're okay. I had fun today. Don't stress too much." Baekhyun smiles but Chanyeol doesn't see as he gets out of the car to walk inside. Once inside, Chanyeol goes straight to his room. He gets in bed without changing and doesn't make a sound, only stares at his ceiling. Baekhyun was confused as well. He watched Chanyeol walk inside with a fake smile, as soon as the door shut his smile dropped to a straight face driving back to his house. On the drive back to his own home he yells out of anger. A small secret that Baekhyun has hidden from Chanyeol for years, he loves him. Baekhyun knew Chanyeol wasn't the type to try anything because of his lack of experience and Baekhyun didn't want to push anything on his friend incase he was going to fast for him. It hurt Baekhyun to watch Chanyeol fall for someone that he didn't really know, let alone that same person hurt Chanyeol. Once Baekhyun got home he was distraught, looking through his phone trying to distract himself from his thoughts. After some time with no message from Chanyeol he decided to message him. 

-Chanyeol-

B: Hey, are you okay?

C: Yeah

B: You seem off. Is there something I can do to help?

C: No, I need some time to think. 

B: Okay. I'm sorry. 

B: Text me when you're done thinking. I'll be waiting. 

Baekhyun shuts off his phone to sit in the dark, rolling onto his side he begins to cry. He didn't mean to drive Chanyeol away, this is why he never said anything about his feelings. Baekhyun cared about their friendship more than some silly crush. After a couple minutes of nothing Baekhyun decided to text one of his flings. Another thing he does to cover up his feelings, he sleeps with old lovers. Getting fake love to him, is better than nothing at all. Ready to go for his fling he checks his appearance and heads out the front door. Gone all night. 

7am is when Baekhyun gets home. Unlocking the door he is met with the empty house he dreads walking into. making himself coffee and some eggs he turns on the tv. Nothing exciting is on, just like the usual. Baekhyun so desperately wanted to receive a text from his best friend. He couldn't help but blame Sehun for all of this. Baekhyun hates feeling like this, he feels stuck. He decides to take a shower, letting the warm water hit his back as he zones out. After he gets dry he looks at himself in the mirror, not recognizing who he sees starring back at him. His dings getting a text message. Hoping it was Chanyeol, he quickly picks the phone up. It wasn't him. It was his fling from last night. He was asking if he got home safe and if he was alright. Baekhyun didn't respond, it seemed pointless. Baekhyun gets dressed to go out, not knowing where he might end up but can't stand the thought of staying at home all day.