Ctrl + S Me In Your Heart Disk (baekhyun/chanyeol): part one
Title: Ctrl + S Me In Your Heart Disk
Rating: PG for foul language and crude jokes
Length: prologue + two parts
Genre: romance, highschool!au
Pairing(s): baekhyun/chanyeol
Summary: internet addicted chanyeol is assigned a partner in lab
Disclaimer: all mentioned usernames are purely coincidental
Warning: excessive usage of the ~f word~ and caps lock
A/N: special thanks to Natasha for helping me beta this ;♡; words cannot express my gratitude
prologue
part one: first period biology
2,633 words
On Monday, Chanyeol drags his feet into the lab because it's Biology first period and no one likes Biology, or Mondays, for that matter.
His forehead kisses the table top when the teacher, Mr Lee, walks into the lab with paperwork under an arm and a bored expression plastered onto his features as usual.
The class greets him in a bored manner with absolutely no enthusiasm - after all, the people in question here are eighteen year olds who stay up late and oversleep on school days with no motivation and energy for school whatsoever (except for Junmyeon and Yixing - they're known as the class' nerd couple).
"Today we'll be having a new student in class, please welcome your new classmate," Mr Lee says unenthusiastically.
Chanyeol leaves his head on the table as he drifts between consciousness and sleep. He catches a soft hello everyone my name is Byun Baekhyun and Mr Lee saying something and holy shit is that his name and his head shoots up immediately to catch someone unfamiliar coming his way.
Unknown person nervously slides into the seat next to him and smiles cutely. "Hey."
Chanyeol stares back for a moment before choking out, "Uh, yeah, hi."
Oh God here comes the customary introductions, Chanyeol thinks with a small groan because he's just socially awkward, okay. "My name is Byun Baekhyun-” - oh my God it’s starting - “-and I'm your new lab partner since uh, I applied for a transfer to a Biology class and you don't seem to have a partner so. Mr Lee told me to sit here. Um, nice to meet you?"
Chanyeol nods in acknowledgement and slams his head back on the table, wincing at the impact. He starts talking to the table.
"I'm Park Chanyeol. Do you, uh, do you have Tumblr?"
“…I don’t think so?”
Chanyeol is mortified. How, he thinks, how.
--
It's lunchtime and our lovely main protagonist gladly bolts out of fourth period English (because his teacher Mr Wu is awfully scary and Chanyeol is not the best at English). He's heading towards the busy cafeteria when an arm slings itself around his neck.
Kim Jongin is Chanyeol's best friend of eleven years. He's loud and obnoxious and plain evil but Chanyeol knows he's actually an awkward guy just like him.
(Kim Jongin also really likes the lunch lady's son, who drops by to help out when he's not busy with college.)
"I swear, one day my neck will break and you will be charged for physical assault and my hospital bills," Chanyeol complains loudly.
"It's your fault for being a fucking giraffe, goddammit," Jongin counters back with a sly grin as they sit at their usual table.
"Why are the both of you always arguing," Sehun deadpans from across the table, shoulder bumping against boyfriend Zitao's shoulder.
"Because they're idiots who fight even though Chanyeol just talked to his new lab partner today and asked if the new guy has a Tumblr account and was rejected and is now most likely embarrassed because he came off as an internet addict to the new lab partner, Byun Baekhyun," Minseok places his tray on the table and slides into his seat, hence completing their lunch gang.
"How do you even know all these?" Zitao asks while Chanyeol protests in the background it's not my fault it's just strange that people can live without Tumblr!
"I have my ways," Minseok replies mysteriously and wriggles his eyebrows as he chews on his egg sandwich.
"You are all idiots," Jongin concludes and stands up. "I'm going to go get myself a sandwich."
"Get the egg one for me," Chanyeol mumbles as he places his head on the table in an attempt to catch a few minutes of extra sleep.
"I want a turkey sandwich."
"Same here."
The couple places their order and waiter Jongin groans as he drags his feet to the counter.
"Don't worry, at least you get to check out the lunch lady's son!" Minseok shouts across the cafeteria, unashamed. Jongin swears under his breath and promises to kill Minseok if the lunch lady’s son has heard him.
"You are all fucking gay," Chanyeol whines.
"Says the one who cries over an unknown guy's voice on the internet," Sehun snorts, making sure to place emphasis on guy.
"His voice is nice okay, and he's not just a voice, he's Bbyeon!" Chanyeol lifts his head with a grouchy expression because sitting with these idiots definitely did not grant him the sleep he wanted.
And then he sees Baekhyun.
He's seen the guy around the cafeteria and in the hallways, always with the choir people like Jongdae and Luhan and wait is Baekhyun from choir? Chanyeol grumbles to himself about people without blogs just as Jongin returns with four sandwiches.
"His name is Kyungsoo," Jongin says dazedly.
Everyone ignores him.
--
Chanyeol has a routine.
At night, he'll finish his homework. Then he'll check Twitter (he's not a complete social retard, okay) while listening to his Bbyeon playlist. He'll check Bbyeon's twitter and tweet him, then, he'll go on Tumblr and check for any news from Bbyeon that might hint to a new song cover. If not, he'll post some stuff, reblog some posts, and stay there till about four in the morning.
Chanyeol chucks his homework aside and turns to the computer, opening a new tab in Google Chrome and typing in twitter.com. His timeline greets him and he sighs to himself as he reads the tweets there. His timeline gets spammed on a regular basis and today was no exception.
Chanyeol only follows five people: Bbyeon, Jongin, Sehun, Zitao and Minseok (he might not be a complete social retard, but a part of him was still a social retard). The last four, however, are amazing when it comes to messing with timelines.
★ kai ★ @kimkai
kyungsoo
★ kai ★ @kimkai
omg his name is kyungsoo it's so qt
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
@kimkai wtf are you on about
oh @ohdult
@kimkai u type like a teenage girl in love ur so gross
Kim Minseok favourited this tweet
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
jongin is high i swear he's been going kyungsoo kyungsoo kyungsoo all fucking day
oh retweeted this tweet
oh favourited this tweet
★ kai ★ @kimkai
@hotcrossedbuns the lunch lady's son oMFG HE TOLD ME HIS NAME N SMILED AT ME
bbyeon's chanyeol favourited this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
what is going on man
★ kai ★ @kimkai
@ohdult fk off
BBYEON @bbyeon
the sky tonight is beautiful
bbyeon's chanyeol and 489 others retweeted this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol and 216 others favourited this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
@bbyeon you are more beautiful
★ kai ★ @kimkai
@bbyeol you talk to him as if he knows who you are
Kim Minseok, oh, ZITAO and 1 other favourited this tweet
★ kai ★ @kimkai
i see zitao creeping on timeline
bbyeon's chanyeol and Kim Minseok retweeted this
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oh @ohdult
my bby @romanticpanda
ZITAO favourited this tweet
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
we are now showing tonight's episode of zitao and sehun's loving on twitter
★ kai ★ retweeted this
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ZITAO @romanticpanda
@ohdult ♡ ♡ ♡
oh favourited this tweet
oh @ohdults
@hotcrossedbuns ur just jealous ur not getting any
ZITAO and bbyeon’s chanyeol favourite this tweet
★ kai ★ @kimkai
@romanticpanda @ohdult cringes
Kim Minseok retweeted this tweet
Kim Minseok favourited this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
lol u guys
oh @ohdult
young people these days just do not understand the meaning of love
ZITAO retweeted this tweet
ZITAO favourited this tweet
BBYEON @bbyeon
@bbyeol thank you ^^ i like your username hehe
bbyeon's chanyeol retweeted this tweet
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bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
FUCK
7 people retweeted this
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bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
@bbyeon omfg thank you???
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
“hehe” WOW FUCKING BYE
2 people retweeted this tweet
1 person favourited this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I THINK IM GONNA CRY
ZITAO and 6 others favourited this tweet
oh @ohdult
...here we go
Kim Minseok, ★ kai ★ and ZITAO retweeted this
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I AM NOT OK????
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
YO U DONT UNDERSTAND RT @ohdult: ...here we go
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I AM LITERALLY IN TEARS OYH MGO D I CANT DO THIS
★ kai ★ @kimkai
CHANYEOL CAN YOU LIKE IDK CRY ON TUMBLR WITH YOUR OTHER BBYEON FRIENDS THANK U
oh retweeted this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY BBYEON FRIENDS IT'S JUST 70K FOLLOWERS
ZITAO and 9 others favourited this
ZITAO @romanticpanda
LMAO
oh @ohdult
wtf chanyeol your tweets get so many favourites
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
@ohdult he has like over 4000 followers here what are you expecting
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
BUT OK
oh @ohdult
@hotcrossedbuns wtf all these tumblr people
★ kai ★ favourited this tweet
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
.../just/ 70k followers. #ok
ZITAO favourited this tweet
★ kai ★ @kimkai
chanyeol the next internet sensation (read: addict)
Chanyeol opens a new tab for Tumblr (ignores his dumb friends) and almost immediately his dashboard greets him. He clicks on new post and starts typing frantically.
BBYEON REPLIED ME ON TWITTER I'M GONNA HURL MYSELF IN FRONT OF A MOVING TRAIN
#FUCKING BYE #WHAT IS LIFE #I CAN'T BREATHE #U FEEL ME #I'M DONE #BBYEON MARRY ME PLS #OMG #BBYEON FUCK ME PLS WOW???
Within a minute of posting, Chanyeol already has 56 reblogs and 78 likes. Those tags, dammit.
Said guy leaves his computer and crawls into bed. He screams into his pillow and kicks a few blankets off the bed and onto the ground.
Park Chanyeol is not okay. (But then again, when is he ever?)
--
The following Monday during the first period, Chanyeol practically skips his way into the lab. He still hates Biology but Bbyeon replied him and ain’t nothing gonna to spoil his mood today (or for the rest of his life, for that matter). He throws his bag onto the table and plops down in his seat.
"You look happy today," Baekhyun remarks.
Chanyeol grins back in a silly manner. "Because i am."
"Something good happened?"
"Bbyeon replied me," Chanyeol responds dreamily.
Baekhyun stares blankly. "who's Bbyeon?"
Chanyeol stares back.
"Are you shitting me here," he finally deadpans.
"...no?"
"How can you not know who Bbyeon is oh my God he's my king," Chanyeol gushes.
Baekhyun raises an eyebrow. "O...kay?"
"He's such an amazing singer I swear, he's been blessed by angels to have such a heavenly voice, and whenever he sings, time freezes, a new baby is born, all wars cease and the world is at peace."
"I think I'm judging you."
Chanyeol huffs. "Judge all you want, I really couldn't care less. Butbutbut, you must, must, search up Bbyeon on Youtube! Alright?"
The teacher walks in at that time and the once chatty classroom suddenly becomes a cemetery. Chanyeol isn’t sure if Baekhyun agrees but goddamn he better agree or else.
The rest of the lesson passes by uneventfully. Chanyeol sleeps through the theory and tutorial and stumbles through the practical aspect, but it doesn't matter to him because, you know, Baekhyun is great at Biology.
Chanyeol drifts off halfway through the lesson, between Baekhyun's long fingers and puffed up cheeks. Halfway between reality and dreamland, he realises that their conversation before had been their longest conversation up to date.
They do not speak for the rest of the lesson, apart from the occasional hand that to me, will you? and stop messing around please (most of which are by Baekhyun); they work in comfortable silence.
First period Biology classes are always filled with comfortable silences.
--
"Baekhyun is terribly adorable," Jongin remarks one day. "But not as cute as Kyungsoo."
Chanyeol looks up from his Math homework. "...what."
"The guy beside you in Biology? Byun Baekhyun? You know? Sounds familiar?"
"I know who he is goddammit, I mean why the sudden comment?"
Jongin sighs, as if implying that talking to Chanyeol was hopeless - Chanyeol begs to differ, thank you very much. "You sit beside him in biology and you don't realise how cute he is?"
"He... he has, uh, nice fingers..? And nice eyes? I guess." Chanyeol defends himself weakly.
"Imagine what those fingers can do to you," Jongin is wriggling his eyebrows. A pillow flies into his face.
"Go get a life," Chanyeol grumbles. He pretends Jongin doesn’t exist as the latter snickers, “I have more life than you, at the very least.”
(But Chanyeol will not deny this - he has thought of what Baekhyun's fingers can do. It's really not his fault that Baekhyun's fingers are pretty.)
--
"So."
"Huh?" Chanyeol opens a sleep-laced eye and looks at Baekhyun. "What?"
"Bbyeon." Baekhyun looks at his lab partner nervously.
Chanyeol shoots up because oh my God Baekhyun actually went to listen to Bbyeon! Not everyone does that and Chanyeol is convinced they’re missing out on the good things in life. "He's amazing, isn't he?! Have you heard his SNSD song covers? They're the best!"
"That's because they're his favourite group...? I think?"
"I know right? God Bbyeon is so precious." Chanyeol is covering his flushed face with his large hands and Baekhyun is trying very hard not to laugh at him.
"You really like this Bbyeon guy, huh?"
"I do," Chanyeol says dreamily. “As much as you like Biology.”
“As an internet idol or a person?”
Chanyeol looks down to the ground, playing with his fingers. “I’ll be honest and say that I started liking him as an internet idol at first. But something changed and well, uh, I don’t know anymore. I don’t know what this feeling I have for him is, but… I like him. I really do.”
“Even though no one really knows what the guy looks like?”
“I don’t need to see his face to know he’s beautiful.”
Chanyeol’s face is flushed red by the end of their conversation and he’s too busy being embarrassed to see Baekhyun biting down hard on his bottom lip, trying to fight back a smile.
--
If there was one thing Chanyeol could never understand, it was why Minseok always dropped in secretly during choir practices.
(“To hear Luhan’s voice,” Minseok had grinned one day.
Chanyeol had rolled his eyes. “How the fuck.”
“It’s special. I can feel it. I can hear it.”)
The choir is a clusterfuck of voices with various vocal ranges when they start singing and Chanyeol still has no idea how Minseok can even identify Luhan’s voice.
That is, until Minseok drags Chanyeol to the choir practice after school on a Monday.
“Come with me,” Minseok says casually, cheek resting on palm as he peeks over the width of the table at Chanyeol’s Chemistry homework.
“To?” Chanyeol asks.
“Choir practice.”
“For?”
Minseok is getting annoyed by the one word replies. “For, I don’t know, a candle-lit dinner.”
“That’s absolutely lovely. Your treat?” Chanyeol counters sarcastically.
“… Wow fuck you okay I just want to listen to Luhan’s voice.”
“Woah there cowboy, save the fucking for Luhan, but okay let’s go. Don’t forget to keep your dick in your pants.” Chanyeol shoves his homework into his school bag, crumpling it in the process (not like he really cares, anyway).
They hide in the last few rows of the empty auditorium. On stage are the school choir, and Chanyeol spots Baekhyun beside Luhan with the rest of the choir.
It is that moment when Chanyeol understands how Minseok hears Luhan over the cacophony of voices, when he understands what Minseok meant by “it’s a special feeling”, he finally understands, because the choir takes a breath and starts singing and, and, and-
Chanyeol almost screams, because among those voices, he hears Bbyeon.
(Park Chanyeol is not okay.)
Rating: PG for foul language and crude jokes
Length: prologue + two parts
Genre: romance, highschool!au
Pairing(s): baekhyun/chanyeol
Summary: internet addicted chanyeol is assigned a partner in lab
Disclaimer: all mentioned usernames are purely coincidental
Warning: excessive usage of the ~f word~ and caps lock
A/N: special thanks to Natasha for helping me beta this ;♡; words cannot express my gratitude
prologue
part one: first period biology
2,633 words
On Monday, Chanyeol drags his feet into the lab because it's Biology first period and no one likes Biology, or Mondays, for that matter.
His forehead kisses the table top when the teacher, Mr Lee, walks into the lab with paperwork under an arm and a bored expression plastered onto his features as usual.
The class greets him in a bored manner with absolutely no enthusiasm - after all, the people in question here are eighteen year olds who stay up late and oversleep on school days with no motivation and energy for school whatsoever (except for Junmyeon and Yixing - they're known as the class' nerd couple).
"Today we'll be having a new student in class, please welcome your new classmate," Mr Lee says unenthusiastically.
Chanyeol leaves his head on the table as he drifts between consciousness and sleep. He catches a soft hello everyone my name is Byun Baekhyun and Mr Lee saying something and holy shit is that his name and his head shoots up immediately to catch someone unfamiliar coming his way.
Unknown person nervously slides into the seat next to him and smiles cutely. "Hey."
Chanyeol stares back for a moment before choking out, "Uh, yeah, hi."
Oh God here comes the customary introductions, Chanyeol thinks with a small groan because he's just socially awkward, okay. "My name is Byun Baekhyun-” - oh my God it’s starting - “-and I'm your new lab partner since uh, I applied for a transfer to a Biology class and you don't seem to have a partner so. Mr Lee told me to sit here. Um, nice to meet you?"
Chanyeol nods in acknowledgement and slams his head back on the table, wincing at the impact. He starts talking to the table.
"I'm Park Chanyeol. Do you, uh, do you have Tumblr?"
“…I don’t think so?”
Chanyeol is mortified. How, he thinks, how.
--
It's lunchtime and our lovely main protagonist gladly bolts out of fourth period English (because his teacher Mr Wu is awfully scary and Chanyeol is not the best at English). He's heading towards the busy cafeteria when an arm slings itself around his neck.
Kim Jongin is Chanyeol's best friend of eleven years. He's loud and obnoxious and plain evil but Chanyeol knows he's actually an awkward guy just like him.
(Kim Jongin also really likes the lunch lady's son, who drops by to help out when he's not busy with college.)
"I swear, one day my neck will break and you will be charged for physical assault and my hospital bills," Chanyeol complains loudly.
"It's your fault for being a fucking giraffe, goddammit," Jongin counters back with a sly grin as they sit at their usual table.
"Why are the both of you always arguing," Sehun deadpans from across the table, shoulder bumping against boyfriend Zitao's shoulder.
"Because they're idiots who fight even though Chanyeol just talked to his new lab partner today and asked if the new guy has a Tumblr account and was rejected and is now most likely embarrassed because he came off as an internet addict to the new lab partner, Byun Baekhyun," Minseok places his tray on the table and slides into his seat, hence completing their lunch gang.
"How do you even know all these?" Zitao asks while Chanyeol protests in the background it's not my fault it's just strange that people can live without Tumblr!
"I have my ways," Minseok replies mysteriously and wriggles his eyebrows as he chews on his egg sandwich.
"You are all idiots," Jongin concludes and stands up. "I'm going to go get myself a sandwich."
"Get the egg one for me," Chanyeol mumbles as he places his head on the table in an attempt to catch a few minutes of extra sleep.
"I want a turkey sandwich."
"Same here."
The couple places their order and waiter Jongin groans as he drags his feet to the counter.
"Don't worry, at least you get to check out the lunch lady's son!" Minseok shouts across the cafeteria, unashamed. Jongin swears under his breath and promises to kill Minseok if the lunch lady’s son has heard him.
"You are all fucking gay," Chanyeol whines.
"Says the one who cries over an unknown guy's voice on the internet," Sehun snorts, making sure to place emphasis on guy.
"His voice is nice okay, and he's not just a voice, he's Bbyeon!" Chanyeol lifts his head with a grouchy expression because sitting with these idiots definitely did not grant him the sleep he wanted.
And then he sees Baekhyun.
He's seen the guy around the cafeteria and in the hallways, always with the choir people like Jongdae and Luhan and wait is Baekhyun from choir? Chanyeol grumbles to himself about people without blogs just as Jongin returns with four sandwiches.
"His name is Kyungsoo," Jongin says dazedly.
Everyone ignores him.
--
Chanyeol has a routine.
At night, he'll finish his homework. Then he'll check Twitter (he's not a complete social retard, okay) while listening to his Bbyeon playlist. He'll check Bbyeon's twitter and tweet him, then, he'll go on Tumblr and check for any news from Bbyeon that might hint to a new song cover. If not, he'll post some stuff, reblog some posts, and stay there till about four in the morning.
Chanyeol chucks his homework aside and turns to the computer, opening a new tab in Google Chrome and typing in twitter.com. His timeline greets him and he sighs to himself as he reads the tweets there. His timeline gets spammed on a regular basis and today was no exception.
Chanyeol only follows five people: Bbyeon, Jongin, Sehun, Zitao and Minseok (he might not be a complete social retard, but a part of him was still a social retard). The last four, however, are amazing when it comes to messing with timelines.
★ kai ★ @kimkai
kyungsoo
★ kai ★ @kimkai
omg his name is kyungsoo it's so qt
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
@kimkai wtf are you on about
oh @ohdult
@kimkai u type like a teenage girl in love ur so gross
Kim Minseok favourited this tweet
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
jongin is high i swear he's been going kyungsoo kyungsoo kyungsoo all fucking day
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★ kai ★ @kimkai
@hotcrossedbuns the lunch lady's son oMFG HE TOLD ME HIS NAME N SMILED AT ME
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bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
what is going on man
★ kai ★ @kimkai
@ohdult fk off
BBYEON @bbyeon
the sky tonight is beautiful
bbyeon's chanyeol and 489 others retweeted this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol and 216 others favourited this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
@bbyeon you are more beautiful
★ kai ★ @kimkai
@bbyeol you talk to him as if he knows who you are
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★ kai ★ @kimkai
i see zitao creeping on timeline
bbyeon's chanyeol and Kim Minseok retweeted this
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oh @ohdult
my bby @romanticpanda
ZITAO favourited this tweet
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
we are now showing tonight's episode of zitao and sehun's loving on twitter
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ZITAO @romanticpanda
@ohdult ♡ ♡ ♡
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oh @ohdults
@hotcrossedbuns ur just jealous ur not getting any
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★ kai ★ @kimkai
@romanticpanda @ohdult cringes
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bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
lol u guys
oh @ohdult
young people these days just do not understand the meaning of love
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BBYEON @bbyeon
@bbyeol thank you ^^ i like your username hehe
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bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
FUCK
7 people retweeted this
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bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
@bbyeon omfg thank you???
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
“hehe” WOW FUCKING BYE
2 people retweeted this tweet
1 person favourited this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I THINK IM GONNA CRY
ZITAO and 6 others favourited this tweet
oh @ohdult
...here we go
Kim Minseok, ★ kai ★ and ZITAO retweeted this
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I AM NOT OK????
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
YO U DONT UNDERSTAND RT @ohdult: ...here we go
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I AM LITERALLY IN TEARS OYH MGO D I CANT DO THIS
★ kai ★ @kimkai
CHANYEOL CAN YOU LIKE IDK CRY ON TUMBLR WITH YOUR OTHER BBYEON FRIENDS THANK U
oh retweeted this tweet
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY BBYEON FRIENDS IT'S JUST 70K FOLLOWERS
ZITAO and 9 others favourited this
ZITAO @romanticpanda
LMAO
oh @ohdult
wtf chanyeol your tweets get so many favourites
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
@ohdult he has like over 4000 followers here what are you expecting
bbyeon's chanyeol @bbyeol
BUT OK
oh @ohdult
@hotcrossedbuns wtf all these tumblr people
★ kai ★ favourited this tweet
Kim Minseok @hotcrossedbuns
.../just/ 70k followers. #ok
ZITAO favourited this tweet
★ kai ★ @kimkai
chanyeol the next internet sensation (read: addict)
Chanyeol opens a new tab for Tumblr (ignores his dumb friends) and almost immediately his dashboard greets him. He clicks on new post and starts typing frantically.
BBYEON REPLIED ME ON TWITTER I'M GONNA HURL MYSELF IN FRONT OF A MOVING TRAIN
#FUCKING BYE #WHAT IS LIFE #I CAN'T BREATHE #U FEEL ME #I'M DONE #BBYEON MARRY ME PLS #OMG #BBYEON FUCK ME PLS WOW???
Within a minute of posting, Chanyeol already has 56 reblogs and 78 likes. Those tags, dammit.
Said guy leaves his computer and crawls into bed. He screams into his pillow and kicks a few blankets off the bed and onto the ground.
Park Chanyeol is not okay. (But then again, when is he ever?)
--
The following Monday during the first period, Chanyeol practically skips his way into the lab. He still hates Biology but Bbyeon replied him and ain’t nothing gonna to spoil his mood today (or for the rest of his life, for that matter). He throws his bag onto the table and plops down in his seat.
"You look happy today," Baekhyun remarks.
Chanyeol grins back in a silly manner. "Because i am."
"Something good happened?"
"Bbyeon replied me," Chanyeol responds dreamily.
Baekhyun stares blankly. "who's Bbyeon?"
Chanyeol stares back.
"Are you shitting me here," he finally deadpans.
"...no?"
"How can you not know who Bbyeon is oh my God he's my king," Chanyeol gushes.
Baekhyun raises an eyebrow. "O...kay?"
"He's such an amazing singer I swear, he's been blessed by angels to have such a heavenly voice, and whenever he sings, time freezes, a new baby is born, all wars cease and the world is at peace."
"I think I'm judging you."
Chanyeol huffs. "Judge all you want, I really couldn't care less. Butbutbut, you must, must, search up Bbyeon on Youtube! Alright?"
The teacher walks in at that time and the once chatty classroom suddenly becomes a cemetery. Chanyeol isn’t sure if Baekhyun agrees but goddamn he better agree or else.
The rest of the lesson passes by uneventfully. Chanyeol sleeps through the theory and tutorial and stumbles through the practical aspect, but it doesn't matter to him because, you know, Baekhyun is great at Biology.
Chanyeol drifts off halfway through the lesson, between Baekhyun's long fingers and puffed up cheeks. Halfway between reality and dreamland, he realises that their conversation before had been their longest conversation up to date.
They do not speak for the rest of the lesson, apart from the occasional hand that to me, will you? and stop messing around please (most of which are by Baekhyun); they work in comfortable silence.
First period Biology classes are always filled with comfortable silences.
--
"Baekhyun is terribly adorable," Jongin remarks one day. "But not as cute as Kyungsoo."
Chanyeol looks up from his Math homework. "...what."
"The guy beside you in Biology? Byun Baekhyun? You know? Sounds familiar?"
"I know who he is goddammit, I mean why the sudden comment?"
Jongin sighs, as if implying that talking to Chanyeol was hopeless - Chanyeol begs to differ, thank you very much. "You sit beside him in biology and you don't realise how cute he is?"
"He... he has, uh, nice fingers..? And nice eyes? I guess." Chanyeol defends himself weakly.
"Imagine what those fingers can do to you," Jongin is wriggling his eyebrows. A pillow flies into his face.
"Go get a life," Chanyeol grumbles. He pretends Jongin doesn’t exist as the latter snickers, “I have more life than you, at the very least.”
(But Chanyeol will not deny this - he has thought of what Baekhyun's fingers can do. It's really not his fault that Baekhyun's fingers are pretty.)
--
"So."
"Huh?" Chanyeol opens a sleep-laced eye and looks at Baekhyun. "What?"
"Bbyeon." Baekhyun looks at his lab partner nervously.
Chanyeol shoots up because oh my God Baekhyun actually went to listen to Bbyeon! Not everyone does that and Chanyeol is convinced they’re missing out on the good things in life. "He's amazing, isn't he?! Have you heard his SNSD song covers? They're the best!"
"That's because they're his favourite group...? I think?"
"I know right? God Bbyeon is so precious." Chanyeol is covering his flushed face with his large hands and Baekhyun is trying very hard not to laugh at him.
"You really like this Bbyeon guy, huh?"
"I do," Chanyeol says dreamily. “As much as you like Biology.”
“As an internet idol or a person?”
Chanyeol looks down to the ground, playing with his fingers. “I’ll be honest and say that I started liking him as an internet idol at first. But something changed and well, uh, I don’t know anymore. I don’t know what this feeling I have for him is, but… I like him. I really do.”
“Even though no one really knows what the guy looks like?”
“I don’t need to see his face to know he’s beautiful.”
Chanyeol’s face is flushed red by the end of their conversation and he’s too busy being embarrassed to see Baekhyun biting down hard on his bottom lip, trying to fight back a smile.
--
If there was one thing Chanyeol could never understand, it was why Minseok always dropped in secretly during choir practices.
(“To hear Luhan’s voice,” Minseok had grinned one day.
Chanyeol had rolled his eyes. “How the fuck.”
“It’s special. I can feel it. I can hear it.”)
The choir is a clusterfuck of voices with various vocal ranges when they start singing and Chanyeol still has no idea how Minseok can even identify Luhan’s voice.
That is, until Minseok drags Chanyeol to the choir practice after school on a Monday.
“Come with me,” Minseok says casually, cheek resting on palm as he peeks over the width of the table at Chanyeol’s Chemistry homework.
“To?” Chanyeol asks.
“Choir practice.”
“For?”
Minseok is getting annoyed by the one word replies. “For, I don’t know, a candle-lit dinner.”
“That’s absolutely lovely. Your treat?” Chanyeol counters sarcastically.
“… Wow fuck you okay I just want to listen to Luhan’s voice.”
“Woah there cowboy, save the fucking for Luhan, but okay let’s go. Don’t forget to keep your dick in your pants.” Chanyeol shoves his homework into his school bag, crumpling it in the process (not like he really cares, anyway).
They hide in the last few rows of the empty auditorium. On stage are the school choir, and Chanyeol spots Baekhyun beside Luhan with the rest of the choir.
It is that moment when Chanyeol understands how Minseok hears Luhan over the cacophony of voices, when he understands what Minseok meant by “it’s a special feeling”, he finally understands, because the choir takes a breath and starts singing and, and, and-
Chanyeol almost screams, because among those voices, he hears Bbyeon.
(Park Chanyeol is not okay.)