[drabble] frozen fingers // chanyeol + tao
frozen fingers || chanyeol/tao
a/n: drabble, at work. based on a tweet on my tlist; "fic in which chanyeol saves tao's life and realizes what he means to him, platonic au". written on my phone in a notepad, quickly edited.
"life has a funny way of making you realize things". chanyeol's heard that quote so many times - in english, cantonese, korean, and mandarin- but he's never really understood what it means.
they're in china today; beijing specifically. the crowd's roaring, the venue's packed, the fanchants are astronomical. a true home-away-from home (if there really is a "home" in the idol world), and it's almost intoxicating.
they finish to thunderous applause and head backstage to cool down during a vcr playing, and chanyeol grabs his wallet to head across the street to get a smoothie.
he spots zitao a few steps ahead of him. zitao with his headphones in and a beanie on; trying to blend in with the crowd for a minute of normalcy. zitao, wanting to just go across the street for a juice without having to sign autographs or be scared about anything. zitao, who's moving his fingers slightly to a beat
(and chanyeol knows he's been hanging around jongin again; picking up on habits that never really leave you)
that only he can hear. zitao, who always carries himself so confidently and proud.
zitao, who doesn't see the car coming, speeding through a light; and steps right off the crosswalk.
chanyeol can barely remember running over to him as fast as his legs can muster, grabbing onto his wrist and yanking him back with a muttered "shit!". it's awkward and not flawless like a drama he was watching (yixing totally left the tv on and he was too lazy to get the remote, in his defense) -- but it works.
zitao sees the car rush by, and he shakes subtly when he realizes what happened. he looks down at chanyeol's hand around his wrist, looks at chanyeol, and puts two and two together.
"thanks," zitao quietly replies, but he makes no move to brush off chanyeol.
and it's only at this does park chanyeol realize what the "life is funny" saying truly means. it's only here, now, -with tao's wrist in his hand, feeling his pulse race underneath his fingertips- does he realize --
somewhere between korea, china, and america, park chanyeol has fallen for huang zitao.
a/n: drabble, at work. based on a tweet on my tlist; "fic in which chanyeol saves tao's life and realizes what he means to him, platonic au". written on my phone in a notepad, quickly edited.
"life has a funny way of making you realize things". chanyeol's heard that quote so many times - in english, cantonese, korean, and mandarin- but he's never really understood what it means.
they're in china today; beijing specifically. the crowd's roaring, the venue's packed, the fanchants are astronomical. a true home-away-from home (if there really is a "home" in the idol world), and it's almost intoxicating.
they finish to thunderous applause and head backstage to cool down during a vcr playing, and chanyeol grabs his wallet to head across the street to get a smoothie.
he spots zitao a few steps ahead of him. zitao with his headphones in and a beanie on; trying to blend in with the crowd for a minute of normalcy. zitao, wanting to just go across the street for a juice without having to sign autographs or be scared about anything. zitao, who's moving his fingers slightly to a beat
(and chanyeol knows he's been hanging around jongin again; picking up on habits that never really leave you)
that only he can hear. zitao, who always carries himself so confidently and proud.
zitao, who doesn't see the car coming, speeding through a light; and steps right off the crosswalk.
chanyeol can barely remember running over to him as fast as his legs can muster, grabbing onto his wrist and yanking him back with a muttered "shit!". it's awkward and not flawless like a drama he was watching (yixing totally left the tv on and he was too lazy to get the remote, in his defense) -- but it works.
zitao sees the car rush by, and he shakes subtly when he realizes what happened. he looks down at chanyeol's hand around his wrist, looks at chanyeol, and puts two and two together.
"thanks," zitao quietly replies, but he makes no move to brush off chanyeol.
and it's only at this does park chanyeol realize what the "life is funny" saying truly means. it's only here, now, -with tao's wrist in his hand, feeling his pulse race underneath his fingertips- does he realize --
somewhere between korea, china, and america, park chanyeol has fallen for huang zitao.