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BAEK
Baekhyun loved showers. He has ever since he can remember. Once his parents told him, that whenever he got upset or sad, they would just throw him in the shower, and everything would be better. Just like that.
He tries to believe that it still works. That with one warm relaxing shower, all his problems would be solved. The sad thing is, problems seem to get larger as time goes on, as he gets older.
Baekhyun wasn’t that old. Seventeen isn’t old, not at all. But compared to the many past easy years of his life, the challenges of the present, were making him feel much older.
Sure, high school was hard and all. You had to study your ass of 24/7, provide for yourself through a small shitty half time job, and on top of that it's expected to find time to sleep and eat, survival necessities in life.
A social life wasn’t even an option. Well at least not for Baekhyun, he who considered it a practically impossible achievement in school. Especially when he was the new kid in the school. AP classes and 500 question tests? That stuff was easy for Baekhyun. It was easy for Baekhyun. School wasn’t his problem at all. He could probably ace all four years in his sleep.
Talking to people though, to real people, as in friends,or just to people in general, that wasn’t even thinkable. Not when you were the new kid. Baekhyun's plan: mind your own business and stay irelivent until gradation.
Baekhyun never seems to stick to plan.
. . .
It was the day before classes started, and Baekhyun’s first day at the school. Surely nothing could go wrong on the first day. What could go wrong? A walk around campus wouldn’t hurt. Or at least that’s what baekhyun had thought.
As Baekhyun made his way down the hall of the arts and musics building, he suddenly heard a sound. He swiftly stopped and tilted his head to have a better hear. It sounded like . . . some sort of squealing? Or screaming?
Wait. That's what it was.
Someone with a very very loud voice was screaming. And the noise was getting louder… and that meant it was getting closer. Oh shit.
Baekhyun shrieked, sounding a bit like a girl, and promptly started running in the opposite direction he thought the noise was coming from. He was going to get ambushed!! He didn’t want to die. He really didn’t want to die. What if he couldn’t run fast enough? They would kill him! (Whatever it was. Baekhyun hadn’t really thought about it) But if there was one thing he knew he didn’t like the idea of screaming people, something bad always came with it.
Curling up in a ball was the only choice in a dangerous situation like this. So that’s exactly what he did. He sat down.(More like threw himself) In the middle of the hall, and wrapped his skinny little arms around himself, completely oblivious to the glitter containers he’d just thrown in his attempts of survival.
Almost immediately a huge group of bodies flew around the corner in front of Baekhyun. They were running really fast. Just like Baekhyun had thought. And still screaming. How annoying. Their hands were filled with posters and scissors and all sorts of art supplies. The noise swiftly died down as the people at the front of the group caught eye of the huddled boy.
A few took a minute to breathe looking over the situation, wondering what in the world he was doing in the middle of the hall. Baekhyun continued sitting there, staring at them.
What am I doing?
“Hey guys wait up!” A booming voice sounded from behind. “Hey!”
Baekhyun glanced up curiously, trying to look past the group of boys, at the newcomer. A big tall figure wheeled around the corner, running twice as fast as the others, a box of something in his hands, stacked tall, covering his face.
Not seeing the group of people gathered on the edge of the corner, he didn’t slow down. He was headed straight for them!
Baekhyun watched with eyes wide as the looming figure piled through and past the entire group, all of them swiftly moving out of the way. And straight for Baekhyun!!!
It happened before the boy could blink. There was some deranged squealing and gasps, feet tripping over the floor and a very painful elbow right into Baekhyun’s stomach. It all ended with a poof of glitter filling the air, covering everything. And, something else too … it was sticky?
“Ugh” The thing, now lying on top of Baekhyun moaned.
“My poor tummy” Baekhyun whimpered trying to push the big lump off of him, to inspect for bruising. It felt like he just got hit by a truck. It might of well been a truck Baekhyun thought sucking in a breath. This guy was heavy.
Baekhyun looked up to see several of the boys from the group before, all seeming very shocked, and yet amused. One, who oddly resembled a panda to Baekhyun, even had the odyssey to laugh!
“Ugh what hit me?!” The thing grumbled again, moving this time, squishing Baekhyun even further.
“You mean what did you hit?” The currently squished mumbled under his breath.
“What?” The thing said back, sounding confused.
Baekhyun had had enough.
“Get off me!” The trapped boy promptly started to yell, fearing for his life. He was going to suffocate! “GET. OFF. Get off. Get off. Get offffffffffff!!!!!!!”
If he could he would be kicking and flailing his arms as well, but they were currently glued underneath the enormous thing that was crushing him. And speaking of glue … Baekhyun looked to the side, on the tile floor, where what looked like a kindergarden craft project had been made. There was Glitter. Lots of Glitter and little bits of colorful paper, and everything was stuck together like one big collage.
Ew.
He didn’t want to be there anymore. He didn’t want to be on this dirty floor, with things squshing him and strangers staring at him. Just as he was about to scream for help again when the thing on him moved and went to place it’s arms, (Were those arms?) on either side of the boy.
He was met with one of the toothiest grins he’s ever seen. The boy had long hair that got in his eyes, and enormous ears that stuck out on either side of his head like antennae. Baekhyun didn’t think he’d ever seen someone so strange looking. And although looking completely frazzled, the boy was smiling at him. He had literally almost killed Baekhyun, and he was smiling at him? What a Jerk!
“Get off of me.” Baekhyun said glaring angrily.
“Oh yeah” said boy quickly pushed himself up and off the smaller.This guy was abnormally huge.
A hand reached down in front of his face, and Baekhyun grabbed it. Jerk or not, he deserved help up after what just happened to him. He was quickly pulled up onto his feet, the soles of his shoes slightly sticking to the floor.
Baekhyun looked up at the boy, there was confetti in his hair and glue and sparkles all over his clothes. But that wasn’t really what had Baekhyun worried. It was the size difference. The boy was a literal tower!
Both boys were covered head to toe in glitter.
Everything was quiet for a minute. The crowd of boys stood still still staring. Baekhyun continued his attempts of glaring the idiot who attacked him to death. (Was that possible? Could you stare someone to death? Baekhyun hoped.) And said idiot, was still smiling.
A little whispered “woah” suddenly came out of the taller boy's mouth. His smile dissipates into a little O shape.
Baekhyun shifts, crossing his arms and tries to intensify his glare, although he's not sure if that's possible.
This guy is really intimidating.
The taller boy, is still standing there with the same shocked look on his face, and now Baekhyun is really getting uncomfortable.
“Um…” Baekhyun tried to say something, lowering his evil stare, but just for a second, because the other’s face is getting closer, and closer and… Wait. What?!? He’s leaning in?
What the hell?
What was he doing? Was he going to hug him? Possibly kiss him?! Baekhyun nearly puked at the idea, backing up quickly.
The smaller boy backs up a few feet more, scans the crowd and walks off. (More like sprints) He wasn't dealing with anymore of this today. This school was weird.
Baekhyun really needed a shower.