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Kyungsoo is planning for Jongin’s death... No... let me clarify this to you. I am planning for Jongin’s frowns’ and glares’ death. And he should give birth to our smiling babies. Kyungsoo tells himself as he stares as Jongin, again, who is, miraculously, in the cafe and restaurant where the creepy guy (Kyungsoo) is.

Then Chen hits him in the head which causes Kyungsoo groan in pain. Kyungsoo gives Chen a death glare and Chen tells him to get back to work, “Kyungsoo please get back to work. Baekhyun is not here so you are badly needed here. Stop staring at him.” Chen rolls his eyes because Jongin is not even sparing a glance to Kyungsoo yet Kyungsoo is dreaming of him like this.

Kyungsoo pouts because yeah, Baekhyun is with fucking Chanyeol. Probably they’re fucking right now. But no, Baekhyun and Chanyeol are just spending most of their time because soon, they will be a student and teacher and if the school sees that, they’ll be fucking dead.

Kyungsoo thinks about his school. Well, he has enrolled the day before yesterday, and he must say that still, he is an idol to everyone. He doesn’t know why but the students there are always smiling at him and telling him that Kyungsoo is their idol. But Kyungsoo always rolls his eyes when he hears that, because it is a fucking lie.

How come Kyungsoo will be an idol in their school when the teachers are fucking wanting to get rid of him? He doesn’t know why they like him to be expelled in YongSen High. He doesn’t do anything to them, he just speaks with them, asks them question that he is curious about. Well, it is not Kyungsoo’s fault if the teacher is not familiar with the thing he’s teaching that they cannot answer Kyungsoo’s question. He just answers them when they ask question, then the teachers will argue and Kyungsoo always gets his umbrella and opens it for the teacher’s saliva is fucking eewie.

Why doesn’t he just come in another school? Ah nah, Kyungsoo will not do that anymore for he will be leaving the school for a month. And yeah, he still enrolled. He just doesn’t want to get bored here in the cafe and restaurant and in the Byun’s house. And besides, he wants to learn something so he would feel like he is not left to the lessons if he will transfer to a school in America.

Kyungsoo then walks pass Kim Jongin and becomes curious on how old Jongin is and to where school Jongin will be studying. He walks to Jongin and Jongin can feel that chaos is coming so he immediately arranges the things in his bag and fixes himself to escape from Kyungsoo’s gazes. Why doesn’t he did this earlier? Maybe he should not visit this cafe and restaurant forever. Yes, he should do that.

And now he gets caught, as he stands up the chair, Kyungsoo suddenly grabs his wrist and asks him straightforwardly, “How old are you? What school are you in?” Kyungsoo gives Jongin the same smile again but Jongin just wrinkles his eyes at the owner of the hand who’s holding his wrist.

“Like hell you care.” Is Jongin’s answer with a great force of pull of arm to shove the smaller one’s grip. He carries his bag on his shoulder and gives Kyungsoo a glare before walking out the place.

Kyungsoo is surprised at how Kim fucking in is so rude at him. But still, Kyungsoo shouts, “Take care!” before Jongin goes out the place. And Kyungsoo bets that Jongin is probably smiling now because ‘take care’ is a very sweet word. He smiles and squeals like a seal because he cannot contain what he feels, he wants to see Jongin in school uniform, or in suit, or naked!!

Oh, remove the last world ples.

“Why the hell would you care? Who are you anyways?!” Jongin hisses as soon as he hears what that fucking Kyungsoo says. Jongin doesn’t know why but his blood is boiling everytime he sees Kyungsoo, He’s so annoying... And for three days of visiting the cafe and restaurant (yet he doesn’t know why. Maybe because he’s just bored and this is the only place he knows in this town yet.),, and for three days of being with that fucker, he realizes that this Kyungsoo wants to get attention.

And Jongin rolls his eyes that his irises are almost disappearing, he has got all the attention of the crowd, the people in the cafe and restaurant likes him, or even loves him. He can get so much attention by that! But why me? Urgh! Leave me alone. Jongin’s face scrunches up in annoyance to that Do Kyungsoo.

And then he realizes one thing that makes him not to go to the place anymore: From the start, he is not minding that guy, right? Because he looks stupid, and he probably is. And maybe, because the guy is so full of himself and he doesn’t expect Jongin to be that cold to him so he tries to get his attention too because he feels like it is a must to everyone he meets.

His eyes get bigger when he realizes this. Afterwards, he cocks an eyebrow and challenges Kyungsoo, I will make your life a living hell that you won’t be able to smile anymore. Jongin finds himself laughing. But when he walks in the gate of the school where he’ll enrol in, girls and guys start to swarm around him, asking him his name, complimenting at how he looks, complimenting his dark golden skin, and sharp and visible jaw line.

He bows his head and rubs the back of his neck to get out of the crowd but he only gets “OMO! He’s so cute. He’s shy.” The girls and gays wail. He sighs because he doesn’t fucking want attention so maybe he glares at everyone to shut them up and his eyes are saying “Leave me alone.”

And there the girls and guys and gays stop to where he tells that and leaves Jongin for they are stabbed in front of their crush immediately. Jongin rolls his eyes and he feels like he doesn’t want to enrol in this school anymore but Jongin cannot back away for this is the best school in this town, according to his rich aunt who takes care of him.

He walks to the building where the finance office is. And as he goes up floor to floor to at least familiarize himself to his new school, he stops and curses when he sees something he never wants to see, ever.

He literally facepalms himself. Oh god. Just kill me now. Not again!! Jongin wants to cry like a baby. He really should’ve backed away earlier because Fuck. Just fuck. Jongin wants to die.

~~~

Baekhyun, finally, for two days, walks in the cafe and restaurant to get back to work. He is smiling and is happy for he spends a lot of time with his baby, Chanyeol who is just happy as much he is. And really, Baekhyun has to tell Kyungsoo about the things that happened between him and Chanyeol for he has left his best friend alone in the restaurant.

He hasn’t really told stories about what happened to Kyungsoo in their home because he has seen the Kyungsoo, for these two days that passed, is like a zombie. And he only gave Baekhyun greetings and hand gestures that are not so usual for the guy. Yet Baekhyun is a little relieved because Kyungsoo can still smile, fortunately.

Then Chen suddenly hugs him and squeezes him the moment he steps in the kitchen, “Oh my god Baekhyun! You’re here!!!” And Baekhyun can tell the Chen misses him so much because he cannot breathe properly. He pats Chen’s back to give a greeting and Chen breaks the hug. Baekhyun gives thanks to the world for it is not yet his time.

Chen looks at Baekhyun like someone is killing him inside that place, so he asks Chen what the matter is. And Chen almost shouts at Baekhyun, complaining at how Kyungsoo became his best friend and not Chen, “Your best friend is now fucking and scaring the people in this place! Just give me thanks that they are not yet leaving the cafe and restaurant because of my looks.” Chen almost complains. Baekhyun understands Chen because he also has seen the difference between the Kyungsoo he knows and the Kyungsoo right now but Chen doesn’t have to be full of himself because he is not halfway to what he says he is.

Baekhyun just rubs Chen’s back and scans the surroundings to look for a zombie, “Where’s Kyungsoo?” he asks Chen when he finds no zombie in the room. Then Chen points to the baking room and answers Baekhyun with pity, “W-we locked him inside the room since there are little customers today but don’t worry. It’s not Kyungsoo’s fault because in two days, classes will start.” Chen explains to Baekhyun.

“B-but why do you have to lock him in here?” Baekhyun asks shockingly as he reaches for the keys to unlock the door of the baking room.

Chen bows his head but he and Suho cannot do anything, “Because you took a leave for 2 days again so there are less workers. And he said that he needs to work so it won’t cost much mess. But god, Baekhyun, he is the one causing the mess!” Chen explains like he is getting blamed of a crime he didn’t commit.

Baekhyun hesitantly unlocks the door for, at how Chen describes, What is happening to Kyungsoo? Baekhyun gulps as he enters the room. He scans his eyes around the room but he finds no one in there. He is about to call Chen for Kyungsoo is missing when he feels a cold hand touches his shoulders.

Baekhyun screams and flinches when thought that it is a ghost. But it is just Kyungsoo who is sprinkled with baking powder all over his body. “Fuck Kyungsoo, don’t scare me like that!” he shouts and scolds Kyungsoo.

And to Baekhyun’s surprise, Kyungsoo looks like he’s about to cry when he says, “Why?! You’re scolding me, too?! Then you will tell me why the hell I care?! The hell you care!!!” Kyungsoo shouts and turns his back to Baekhyun. Baekhyun doesn’t know what spirit has entered his best friend’s body but really, Baekhyun thinks that Kyungsoo deserves to be in a mental hospital, especially in this state.

Baekhyun doesn’t know what happened to Kyungsoo, so he touches the shoulder of the shorter one and asks him, “Why are you bathing in powder? What are you doing?” Baekhyun tries to sound calm as ever because Kyungsoo is crazy today.

Then Kyungsoo turns to Baekhyun and straightens himself, “Oh I am making breads. Do you want to try some?” Kyungsoo suddenly changes. He walks to the breads he just baked and hands Baekhyun one.

He starts explaining like nothing was wrong to him earlier, “You know, Chen and Suho locked me in this room. And I was fortunate that it is a baking room because if it’s not, I probably killed myself.” Kyungsoo continues on munching the bread he baked. Baekhyun is listening attentively and is amazed at how great Kyungsoo is in cooking and even in baking.

Kyungsoo continues, “I decided to just bake some bread for the cafe and restaurant besides I don’t have anything to do here except to breathe and bake.” Kyungsoo shrugs as he ends his explanation. And Baekhyun knows that Kyungsoo is already okay. He just really needs his best friend for him to get to his normal state of mind.

Baekhyun asks him, “Why the hell are you suddenly like that? What happened?” and Kyungsoo’s face falls, he even stops eating and Baekhyun knows that this is something serious. Baekhyun feels that the surroundings suddenly become a serious one, which Baekhyun is not familiar with.

“Well you know, Jongin told me that I don’t care for him.” Kyungsoo says as if he is the wife of Jongin who literally ruined his two days. Yes, Kyungsoo knows what he’s been doing and he doesn’t care because this is the first time he did that, ‘kay? Just let him be.

“He shouts at me. He doesn’t smile back at me. He only answers my questions with ‘fuck’ and such. Then he never came back for two days.” Kyungsoo sounds like he is sick and has only 24 hours to live in this world, that he craves for Jongin so much. But hell, why is Kyungsoo so hooked up with that Jongin guy? Jongin obviously doesn’t like him a bit. Baekhyun thinks.

Baekhyun then wants to know the truth, “Kyungsoo do you like Jongin?”

Then Kyungsoo, a little surprised at the sudden confrontation of Baekhyun, well, doesn’t know what he is feeling towards Jongin. It has been only a week since he met Jongin but he, too, doesn’t know why is this happening to him. All he wants is to see the boy smile. He doesn’t know why he wants to see him smile; he doesn’t know what he’s feeling. So before answering Baekhyun, he first asks, “What is love?”

Baekhyun blinks at the sudden question of Kyungsoo. And slowly, a tug on his lips upward can bee seen and it fully becomes into a smile, “Why? Do you love Jongin?”

Kyungsoo is surprised at the words of Baekhyun. He lets the words sink in first and eventually, his pale cheeks change into a rosy one which gives Baekhyun a little hint. Kyungsoo gulps and feels that his stomach is being uneasy.

But Baekhyun is waiting for his answer. He wants to answer but he doesn’t know what to say. He keeps on opening his mouth but no words are escaping his lips, so shakes his head, “No! No... uhm, I don’t know si-since it’s the first time I feel something like this.” After the answer, he immediately bites his lips to say no more.

Baekhyun then cracks up laughing until his stomach is stinging. Kyungsoo looks down the ground because he knows that the reason why Baekhyun is laughing is him. He then glares at his laughing best friend, “Yah! Don’t laugh! It’s not funny! I just want to make him smile. And think whatever you want! I have to make him smile!!” Kyungsoo tells Baekhyun furiously before standing up and cleaning himself.

He decides to go home now for he feels suffocated for a reason he doesn’t know. He feels his stomach is tickling him inside and this is the first time he experienced this and doesn’t want to again for he feels uncomfortable.

~~~

The first day of classes is what Kyungsoo hates the most. Because this indicates the start of the fake smiles and compliments given by the other fucking students in his school. Kyungsoo feels bored walking to their school for he is walking alone, for the first time, because Baekhyun is so excited that he takes the bus to go to school earlier, well, of course, because Chanyeol is a student in the school and teachers should come to school earlier than the students. But Kyungsoo doesn’t feel any anger for Baekhyun choosing Chanyeol over him, even though it hurts, Chanyeol is Baekhyun’s first love. Yes... Love. Kyungsoo can tell that Chanyeol is his best friend’s first love. Even though he doesn’t know what love is.

He boredly walks in the lonely streets with the blowing wind which is whispering something he cannot understand. For now, Kyungsoo doesn’t want to smile, for Kim fucking In has not yet visiting him for almost a week, and that fucking feels suck. Kyungsoo pouts until he sees someone familiar walking towards him.

Kyungsoo crouches down so he’d be able to greet this friend of him. He smiles at the little girl with a wand in her hand, Kyungsoo greets her, “Oh how are you little fairy godmother?” he asks as he ruffles the little girl’s hair.

The little girl giggles and tells Kyungsoo, “I’m fine eomma. Why you? You’re pouting just a little while.” Jung JeHee pouts too when she saw Kyungsoo faking smiles.

Kyungsoo doesn’t want to see JeHee pout because it hurts him. He’s JeHee’s mother by the way because JeHee is an orphan. Kyungsoo wants to take care of her since he met her in a playground but the orphanage owner told him that he was not yet in proper age to adopt a child, and he is not married. Kyungsoo, after hearing the news, was so sad and lonely. He wanted to build a home for his supposedly daughter but it was not given for him. He badly needs a family. Well, it’s not that he’s not considering the Byuns as his family. He really does love the Byuns because they take care of him until now, and he is grateful of that. But he still needs his own family for he knows that they are still alive but why... why do they have to leave Kyungsoo all alone.

He hasn’t seen the little girl since that incident so that added to the gloominess he felt that time. But this girl eventually popped up in his life again and Kyungsoo learned from this little girl how to smile. This little girl is the reason why he is now working at that cafe and restaurant. And he’ll be forever grateful for that.

He feels that the little girl wants him too and doesn’t like him pouting too so he tells the little girl with a sincere smile, “So can you cast a spell on me so I will smile forever?” he chuckles at his request but it’s alright because the girl in front of him is only a six year old one.

JeHee giggles cutely and he just wants to squish her and bring her home without the orphanage’s knowledge, but no. He chuckles to himself, he won’t do that because in a month, he has to leave the girl.

“Okay!” JeHee smiles cheerfully and points the wand she’s holding to Kyungsoo’s head. Kyungsoo finds it ridiculous but it is fun, “I want my Eomma Kyungsoo to smile forever so that I’ll be happy too! And to maintain that heart-shaped smile eomma has, I am giving him my star-shaped ring which I only made for him!” JeHee now searches through her bag to get the ring she made for Kyungsoo. Kyungsoo waits patiently even though he’s so fucking late. It is alright for him because it is JeHee, and he doesn’t want to go to school either, and now, he thinks of why he enrolled in this school if he hates it. Stupid, right?

JeHee then hands Kyungsoo the ring with a star which almost consumes your three fingers. Kyungsoo chuckles at the gift and finds it sweet. He wears the ring and shows it to her and he eventually hugs the older one. Kyungsoo pats her head and bids goodbye to her for the workers in the orphanage are calling her now. And he is fucking late.

But he doesn’t run to the school gates because the orphanage is just beside his school so others students and teachers see him talking with JeHee. Kyungsoo now plasters a smile on his face as he reads on the star on the ring, “Eomma.” He smiles sweetly and the students greet him.

“Hi Kyungsoo! Long time no see! How are you?” someone he doesn’t know greets him. And he’s sure that this guy is one of the mischievous guys who are talking about him behind his back.

He smiles at the guy and says, “Oh! I’m fine! Ah!” Kyungsoo bows his head and the people around them are shocked, and even the guy is shocked. And there he hears the mouths of the people, “Oh my god! He made Kyungsoo bow his head on the first day of classes!” and “He’s full of guts to do that to Kyungsoo!” Kyungsoo and the guy hear everyone say.

Kyungsoo then stands straight up and smiles at the guy again, “I’m so grateful of you for knowing my name. But I’m sorry, I don’t know yours.” Kyungsoo looks at the guy and he can see that the guy is flustered. So for him to not hated by the guy, “I want to know your name so can you tell me so I can greet you when we meet around the campus?” Kyungsoo asks with respect but Dang! Kyungsoo is so evil. The guy just bows down and apologizes to him and shakes his head, which is a mistake.

Because it makes the crowd gets madder, “He didn’t tell Kyungsoo his name!! Oh my, who is this?! Why is he like that?!!!” almost everyone says.

Kyungsoo then leaves the guy and tells the crowd to leave the guy alone. The students obediently obey him and Kyungsoo doesn’t know why, but they follow him to the canteen. Kyungsoo feels so hungry right now that he wants to puke when someone compliments the ring, “Oh! Kyungsoo-ah! You have such beautiful ring, where’d you get that?” a guy asks with a smile Kyungsoo is used to see in this fucking world.

Kyungsoo looks at the guy first, sure, he has many accessories in his body. And Kyungsoo bets that this guy is rich just like his family. Then Kyungsoo glances at the ring and is really insulted. The guy basically and obviously doesn’t like the ring, even for a bit. Kyungsoo looks at the guy and asks, “Why do you like it?” Kyungsoo smiles at him.

The guy nods frantically, “Especially that there is an ‘Eomma’ on it.” The guy laughs and crowd laughs with him because fucking Kyungsoo is wearing a fucking ridiculous ring!!!

Kyungsoo knows what’s in the guy’s and people’s head so he tells the guy, “Okay, I’ll get you one from the trash.” He says and the crowd goes silent. Here comes Kyungsoo!! Oh no!!

The guy is still laughing because, “What?! You got it from that trash bin? Oh my god! Hahaha!” the guy laughs at Kyungsoo’s misfortune, “You’re getting your accessories from the trash?” the guy continues to laugh even though his friends are nudging him on the side to stop him from insulting Kyungsoo.

Because he’ll never win... “No. This is from my precious baby.” Kyungsoo fumbles the ring he got from JeHee like it is so expensive opposing that it is given to him for free and with care. Kyungsoo continues which makes the guy stop from laughing, “I just want to get yours from the trash bin.” Kyungsoo then glares at the guy and he hears the crowd gulp their salivas, especially the guy in front of him, “...Because you look like one.”

And Kyungsoo walks out of the crowd and prays for the man’s misfortune for insulting the ring which was given to him. After a long silence... the crowd cheers for him and he knows that he wins. Kyungsoo smiles his best and runs to the canteen.

He goes up the chair and gives thanks to JeHee as he sings and rocks the whole canteen with his song...
“Modu barabojiman nareul barabongeon anya
Ladies and Gentleman!
modu neoreul bojanha yeogiseo gajang balgeun neol
Ladies and Gentleman!”

Listen to me people!! You fuckers! Just try smiling at me like that again and I’m returning you hell!

“Eoduun bameun No?” he knows that the crowd will follow him, he lifts his hand and the students happily yells, “No!!!”
“Ddaseuhan bameun” “Yes!”
“Sesangi neoreul barabojanha
Ladies and Gentleman”
| A dark night? No – a warm night? Yes
The world is looking at you
Ladies and gentlemen |
It has only been a dark night, especially when he’s longing for someone who is so far far away that he cannot reach it right now. But he definitely will, and it will be a warm night soon... soon... everyone should see.

“Bitnaneun neo
Ne gyeote itdamyeon Yes!
Nado neoman barabojanha
Ladies and Gentleman
Tell me about it, shining star!”
| If the shining you is next to me, yes
I am looking only at you as well
Ladies and gentlemen
Tell me about it, shining star! |

You’re the one I’m trying to reach. I want to shine with you because you’re the only thing I see. Kyungsoo ends the song, The only thing I always think of.... his mouth is slightly opened in shock... He’s here....

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