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A/N: I just wanted to make it clear that in this first chapter there's a lot of flashbacks happening without it being clearly stated, and it goes back and forth between Baekhyun's memories and the current event that's happening. Also, there's a lot of character introductions happening. Now, let's begin shall we~
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Baekhyun was lonely.
His dad was gone for weeks at a time for work, his mother had two jobs and was hardly ever home, and his brother was always out with friends doing god knows what.
It wasn't always like this though, a few months ago he was living in Manhattan, New York. He loved it there, he had his two best friends Minseok and Jongdae that he's known since as long as he could remember, he had a decent relationship with his parents, he actually saw his brother once and awhile, his grades were thriving, and overall he was doing pretty good for himself. He was pretty content with how life was going. Until it changed forever.
It was a warm sunny day in May, Baekhyun was at Minseok's house along with Jongdae. Baekhyun was laying on Minseok's bed in his tiny room scrolling through his instagram like he would any other day after school, out of nowhere he gets a text from his mom.
Mom:
I'll be there to pick you up in 15 min, be ready.
That was odd, it was only 2:30 and he'd usually get picked up at around 7:30 when his mothers shift ended at work or if Minseok or Jongdae's mom dropped his off later at night.
Me:
Okay....
He felt kind of panicked, everything Baekhyun had ever done wrong in his entire life was running through his mind and he was starting to freak out. He knew he was kind of overreacting but he had terrible anxiety.
"Dude what the hell, what's wrong?" Jongdae asked calmly as he looked up from his phone. Noticing Baekhyun was rushing to get his shit together. Hearing this, Minseok looked up, his face slightly scrunching up in confusion.
"My moms picking me up in like 10 minutes and I don't know why, did I do something?" As he was speaking he practically threw his books into his backpack and put on his dark red sweatshirt that messed up his fluffy black hair. "Do you think she found out about that one time when I accidentally ate a pot brownie, or maybe when we all got drunk off of that nasty ass beer at Jongdae's stupid party a few weeks ago?" He asked frantically trying to figure out what he did wrong. He wasn't usually the type to do 'wild' things and when he did he constantly tried to delete any proof he did it because he knew how his parents would react. His father would probably threaten to beat the shit out of him, his mom would most likely be disappointed, and he hated disappointing her. His older brother did that enough.
Baekhyun's brother, Jongin, would always disrespect their mother and never did anything to help the family around the house. Jongin had just turned 20 a few months back and he hadn't done anything productive since graduating high school. All he would do is play video games, party, and smoke cigarette after cigarette. Baekyun hated him. Baekhyun always had to be the one to pick up the pieces after his mother and brother had an argument, he'd always have to go into his mothers room and comfort her as she cried. "I don't know what I would do right now if I didn't have you Baekkie, I think I'd be dead right now if I only had your brother." She said quietly hugging her son, while she had tears rolling down her face. It didn't help that his father was never around to support his mother when things like this happen.
It also didn't help that Baekhyun's father hated Jongin and vise versa. Baekhyun's mother, Mina, had Jongin before she met Baekhyun's father, Junmyeon. Mina had been in an abusive relationship with her ex husband, with whom she had Jongin with. She escaped after 4 years of being with him and was living with her mother until she found a place to live. Shortly after she met Junmyeon, she fell absolutely in love with him. They got married 6 months after meeting and shortly after, Mina was pregnant with her second son, Baekhyun. Jongin hated Jumyeon and hated having to share his mother with a sibling. Once the couple had the child, they wanted to start new and move to a completely different country. They went from South Korea to The United States. Mina always had a dream of living in the big apple, and Junmyeon wanted to make that dream come true. So they moved all their belongings to a small apartment in Manhattan. The apartment had a kitchen, bathroom, and two bedrooms. One for the married couple and one for the 2 boys to share. All the rooms were tiny but Mina couldn't be happier.
That brings us back to now, 16 years later.
"Baek, I'm sure everything is going to be fine, and how would she even have found out?" Minseok rose from his desk chair and went to go comfort Baekhyun by lightly rubbing his back.
Suddenly, Baekhyun's phone buzzed from a text message.
Mom:
I'm outside, hurry I have some news to tell you.
"She's here, I'll text you guys later to tell you what happen." Both Jongdae and Minseok nodded, and Minseok led Baekhyun to the front door and he left. Baekhyun walked to the passenger side of the car and opened the door, he sat down and looked at his mother. She was looking down and the steering wheel of the car. She looked like she was scared. After a few seconds her eyes met Baekhyun's, they looked glassy and were the slightest shade of pink, as if she were crying not that long ago.
"I'm so sorry baby, but today while at work I got a call from our landlord... We have to leave." Baekhyun gasped, he knew his parents were having financial issues but he didn't think it was that bad.
"I didn't tell you, but your father and I haven't been able to pay all of the rent every month and I knew this was coming..." Her voice started to shake a little and her eyes became slightly damp, but you can tell she was holding it in and didn't want to cry in front of her son.
Baekhyun was speechless, he didn't know how to respond.
"We have until June 30th to pack up and leave." She stated. That was only a month and a half from now.
He was taken aback, "Wait what, how are we going to do everything in such a short amount of time?" It was his turn to cry, he didn't want to leave. He loved living where he was. He loved all of his friends, and hell he even liked school. This meant he'd have to leave his best friends behind and start new when he really didn't want to.
"I don't know Baek. I talked to your father after I got the call and we did decide one thing. We're going to stay in New York but we can't stay in the city, it's too expensive." He knew this hurt his mother, he knew she always loved it here and now she's forced to leave.
They talked more on the way to the apartment, and Baekhyun was holding in the tears. His face was turning pink and his eyebrows were knitted closely together from trying so hard to not let it go. When they finally got there Baekhyun quietly went to his bed room that he shared with his older brother and thankfully he wasn't there right now. He laid on his bed and shoved his face into his pillow and loudly let out all of the feelings.
Once he was done, his pillow was damp and he decided to text Jongdae and Minseok.
To Jongdae, Minseok
I'm moving in a month and a half.
He set down his phone and went to bed, he wasn't even going to wait for a reply.
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A/N: Hope you guys liked it! Just a warning but the first two chapters will be a build up before he meets Chan, hope you guys don't mind!