Friendship Connections || EXO

Chae Seol’s POV
I woke up from the sound of my ring tone across my room to the bathroom. I used my hand to search for my phone under my pillow. But it wasn’t there. So I followed the sound until it brings me in the bathroom. I was still sleepy and my phone keeps on ringing so I’m pretty irritated.


It stopped ringing for a second when I was about to pick it up. I was overwhelmed when I saw that I have 25 messages and 5 missed calls. I opened the contacts and It was all messages from South Korea. I took one step out of the bathroom when it began to ring again.


“Aah! Yah! What do you want?” I yelled in annoyance as I scratched my head.

I answered the phone and answered it in normal voice. “Yeoboseyo?” I answered in Korean since I know that the caller is from South Korea.


I waited for a reply. No one answers. Now, I’m starting to have goosebumps. And ooh! It’s kinda creepy now. You know those scenes in horror movies. I just, I just can’t. My heart is beating uncontrollably and my hands are cold now. I looked at my reflection in the mirror while I focused on the person on the other line. I put it on loud speaker and put it on my ear.


I heard loud breathing and soft giggling. I sighed in relief. The giggling makes me feel less scared now.

“Yeobo--” I tried to reply again but...


“Chanyeol hyung geumanhae!” I heared from the other line. Then they suddenly burst into laughter.


‘Cha-Chanyeol?’ My voice was cracking up. I felt my face and ears grew red like a tomato. ‘As in Chanyeol from Exo? PARK CHANYEOL?’ I looked up at the mirror again. Now, I do not look like a tomato. I look like a boiling crab. My face is all red and I’m really feeling hot. ‘Ah this is ridiculous! How will he even know my number?’ This is all a scam! How will they even now that I like Exo? And they really joke around early In the morning? I should be sleeping right now! How annoying!
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Sehun’s POV
Yesterday, Yeon Ra told me that Chae Seol will be visiting Seoul, Korea. So I asked her Chae Seol’s number. Now and since yesterday evening, I tried to message her expecting for any replies but I was torn in half checking my phone every minute but I face the reality of 0 reply. I got super excited when I receive 5 new messages, but it was from our manager. Telling us to go to the practice room and practice for our concert.


I missed my best friend so much. She missed a lot of important events in my life that I should have celebrated with her.


I decided to call her at 10:30 pm here in Korea. I hid from the other members (specially Chanyeol and Baekhyun hyung) because if they caught me, they will tease me that I have a girlfriend or something like that. I went to the balcony and bear the cold weather and the cold wind that chills me to the bones. I tried 5 times to call her but she didn’t answer.


“Aah! Yahh! Chae Seol-ah answer me please!” I shouted. Then when I turn around I saw my hyungs, Chen, Xiumin, Chanyeol and of course leading by Baekhyun hyung. They are all pushing each other out the way just to hear my conversation on the phone.


“Who is it?” Baekhyun hyung asked teasingly. Then they walk towards me.


“My childhood best friend.” I replied and let out a heavy sigh. ‘Oh, here we go again.’


“Childhood Bestfriend? Isn’t it someone special?” Chanyeol hyung asked as he looked at me with that annoying teasing smiling face.


“Forget it!” I said as I rolled my eyes on them.


Then, Chanyeol hyung took my phone out of my hand and he pressed the call button. After a few seconds, finally, Chae Seol answered it.


“Yeoboseyo?” My heart skipped a beat as I heard her angelic voice. My hyungs looked at me in the moment where I was dying because my body was heating so much.


“Oh! Friend you said.” Chanyeol hyung whispered while laughing.


“Ah, Chanyeol hyung geumanhae.” I said as nice as I can. But it came out loud enough for Chae Seol to hear. I laughed quietly at their derp faces of laughing. You know that point where you laugh so hard, your stomach is starting to ache and you can’t breath. That’s what my hyungs feel right now.


“Seol-Seol! Park Chae Seol! It’s me Oh Sehun!” I covered my mouth with my hands trying to cover my sweet smile from behind. The cold weather disappeared as my ears starting to feel so hot.


“Oh, Se-Sehun. Really? It’s you! how did you get my number?” Her voice was cracking.


“Yeon Ra gave it to me. I heard that you’re going to visit here in Seoul on Monday.” I asked. While my hyungs are having a good time laughing at me. They are trying to snatch my phone from my hand which is I found annoying.


“Chae Seol-ah, visit us sometimes here! We want to meet you personally!” Chanyeol shouted.


“Sure! Ah, Sehun-ah, I’ll hang up now. I still need to pack up my things. See you at the concert! Bye!” She said with a soft voice.


Then I hung up my phone. Until we came back to our room Chanyeol and baekhyun hyung stayed up on the couch. Chanyeol hyung sat on the couch while Baekhyun’s head was on Chanyeol’s lap and he lay the rest of his body on the sofa.


I joined them and sat on the other couch opposite side to them. They still can’t stop thinking and talking about her. About how she looks like, And if she can teach them English and stuff like that.

“But, Sehun-ah, you haven’t talked about her since we debut. That you have a childhood friend that was in America.” Chanyeol asked. Then they both looked at me with a curious face.


“Why do guys seem so interested?” And I kept scrolling on my phone for any messages and updates.

I looked at them and observed at their faces carefully. They both looked at me and beg for any words. They are kind of doing 95% of aegyo now. I sighed heavily and rolled my eyes.


“Fine. I met her and Yeon Ra when I was about 9 years old. We were close because they just live next door. Then Chae Seol moved to California with her grandparents and mom because her parents got divorced.” I explained to them.


“Aah. So Yeon Ra was the one who was with you when you were eating ddeokbokki and got street casted?” Baekhyun asked in confusion.


“Uhum” I nodded.

There’s a moment of silence when Baekhyun hyung began to talk again. He really can’t stop talking by the way.


“So where is she planning to stay when she gets here?”


Me and Baekhyun hyung looked at each other thinking the same thing. Except for Chanyeol hyung. That’s busy with his phone.


“What if---” Baekhyun suggested but I cut his sentence.


“Andwae-yo! That’s nonsense! Do you want the manager to kill us? Do you want everyday, articles will wake you up in the morning with the title ‘a girl staying in EXO’s dorm?’ That’s ridiculous!” I said. Feeling my eyebrows curled up a little bit.


“That’s why I booked a hotel for her.” Chanyeol said, without making any eye contacts with us.


Me and Baekhyun looked at him. We’re both confused about what my other hyung just said. and waiting for him to do the lying face. Chanyeol hyung is not good at lying. In fact he’s the worse. When he lied, there’s a side of him that says it all.


We waited and looked at him for seconds. But he’s totally serious.

When he noticed the silence and the heavy atmosphere around us, he finally looked in our eyes.

“Ya what are you looking at?” He asked. The way he looks at me, I can tell that he is serious. And no part of him was joking.


He smirk a little bit, then he took a piece of paper and a pen on the coffee counter, then he wrote something on it. He stood up and I looked up at him. He gave me a piece of paper with the hotel details on it. He tapped my shoulder and said


“Give this to her when you guys meet, or probably before the concert. And please Sehun-ah, don’t tell our manager about this.”


He rubbed his eyes and yawn. He walked slowly and headed upstairs followed by Baekhyun. Leaving me alone in the living room. I looked again on the paper that he gave me.


“This is my favorite hotel in Seoul. They got the best services ever. But why is Chanyeol hyung doing all of this?” I tilted my head in curiousness.


I went to bed and wrapped my blanket around me. Then I stared at the blank, dark ceiling.
“Then, why? Why is he doing this? She doesn’t even know her. I should be the one doing this to my best friend.”

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