Baekhyun sighed softly as he stood infront of Chanyeol's locker. The taller was late... again. 
Baekhyun pouted and puffed out his cheeks. He was probably off with his girlfriend.
Yup. Chanyeol has a girlfriend and it's none other than Dara, the post popular girl in school,  was pretty, talented, skinny, confident, smart and Chanyeol's girlfriend.
In other words, she's everything Baekhyun's not, well that's according to him at least.

He saw Chanyeol walk down the hallway with his fingers intertwined with Dara's, Chanyeol's locker. Baekhyun made eye contact with Dara and he couldn't help but feel small all of a sudden, He knew Dara didn't like him, she's said it straight to his face before, of course not when Chanyeol was there. She always made sure to make her little comments toward Baekhyun when Chanyeol was talking to someone else or when his back was turned. 

Baekhyun looked down, he wanted to walk away, but him and Chanyeol had promised to meet every morning at the tallers locker before classes.

Chanyeol walked up to him and smiled "Hey Baek" he said happily waving slightly. Baekhyun looked up and smiled softly "H-hey Yeol" he whispered softly and waved back before he looked at Dara and forced a smile "Good morning Dara" he said softly, He recieved a fake smile and a hair flip before she wrapped her arms around Chanyeol's 

"Sorry we're late, Dara took forever with her make up" Chanyeol said as he chuckled "Which I don't think she needs" he said and looked at Dara.
Dara let out an obnoxious giggle and then nuzzled his cheek "Awe~ Yeollie~ stop, you'll make me blush!" she said, she was obviously over doing it to make Baekhyun jealous and she succeeded, but he hid it well.

Baekhyun forced another smile "It's fine, beauty takes time" he said softly. That was one reason Baekhyun started to wear eyeliner, he thought Chanyeol would like it on him, but the other didn't seem phased by it. 

Suddenly the warning bell rang causing Baekhyun to jump. He then bit his lip "I-I guess I'll go first, see you at lunch?" he asked 

Chanyeol's smile then dropped and he sighed "I'm sorry Baek, I can't today, I promised Dara I would tutor her today in the library." he said looking genuinely upset.

Baekhyun looked at him and then forced out a small laugh and smiled "It's fine, don't worry. I have to practice for the talent show coming up anyways" he said and then bowed his head "I'll see you later then, bye" he said and then walked away. He held his books tighter to his chest that was now aching. 

Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned to see Jongdae, his other childhood friend. Baekhyun gave a small smile, but unlike Chanyeol, Jongdae saw right through it. "Why do you do this to yourself?"

"What do you mean?" Baekhyun asked softly. Jongdae sighed and rolled his eyes "What I mean is, why do you still meet Chanyeol every morning? Why do you force smiles and pretend everythings okay, when its not?" he asked seriously.

Baekhyun sighed and he looked down "I can't stop. He's my best friend, I can't meeting him because I'm jealous. I promised him I'd come, at least he comes even if he's late" he said and shrugged before he bit his lip "And everything is fine, these feelings I have, they'll pass.. I hope" he whispered the last part.

Jongdae sighed "You need to get over him, especially because Dara's in the way, there's no way she's letting you win over her." he said "just move on Baek, it's not worth it." he said and rubbed the olders back and then kissed his temple gently.

Baekhyun sighed and laid his head on Jongdae's shoulder "Why couldn't I have fallen for you?" he asked 

Jongdae chuckled softly "seriously though, like what's not to like about me?" he asked teasingly causing Baekhyun to laugh softly and smile a soft genuine smile. 

Jongdae patted himself on the back internally and smiled before he walked Baekhyun to his class before leaving to go to his own.

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During lunch time Baekhyun didn't even bother going to the cafeteria, he had texted Jongdae to meet him in the music rooms. He looked through his phone as he walked down the halls. He walked to the first music room and he opened the door and looked inside to see if anyone was in there and what he saw made him freeze. Dara was straddling Chanyeol's lap with her arms wrapped around his neck, while Chanyeol was sitting on a chair off to the side of the room, his left hand under Dara's skirt probably gripping her , at least thats what Baekhyun hoped, and the other on her bare waist due to her wearing a crop top which stopped just below her s. They were currently making out in the empty music room

Baekhyun didn't know what to do, his body wouldn't move. His hands shook and his breathing became faster. But when he made eye contact with Dara he thought his heart stopped. He swore he saw her smirk before she started to kiss along the tallers jawline causing Chanyeol to gasp slightly, but then his eyes opened and he turned his head to give her more access but ended up making eye contact with Baekhyun. Chanyeol's eyes widened "B-Baek" he said he then tried to push Dara away slightly, but she resisted and continued. "D-Dara stop" he whispered. 

Baekhyun's eyes widened and then looked down "A-ah no...don't I-I'm sorry for interupting" he said and bowed and turned to leave 
"No Baek wa-" "You better be" Dara interupted Chanyeol causing Baekhyun to bite his lip to hold back a sob. Baekhyun walked out of the room letting the door slam close. He walked down the hall before he let the tears fall. He sobbed quietly and covered his mouth as he walked into an empty music room and slid down the wall and just cried. He pulled his knees close to his chest and laid his head down on them before he closed his eyes and wiped his cheeks gently with his sleeve.

He jumped when he felt arms wrap around him and he instantly knew who it was, Jongdae. The other didn't say anything and he was glad. Baekhyun turned to him and wrapped his arms around his neck and cried softly into Jongdae's chest. "Shhhhhh, it's okay love" he said "let it out" Jongdae whispered softly and ran his fingers through Baekhyun's hair gently. 

After 10 minutes Baekhyun calmed down and wiped his cheeks. He looked up at Jongdae who offered a soft smile. "Awe~ Baekkie~ Don't worry your eyeliners still there don't worry~" he teased. Baekhyun tried not to smile, but he couldn't help it and hit the others arm before he laid his head on his shoulder "thanks Dae" he whispered. "You don't need to thank me, or explain. Because I saw... I'm sorry you had to see that" he whispered "Dara definitely did it on purpose. She knew you liked to go to the music rooms during lunch, so of course she'd make sure it happened there" he said 

Baekhyun sighed and shook his head "Can we please not talk about it?"
"Of course" Jongdae said softly.
Baekhyun bit his lip "I don't want to go to class" he said "can we skip?" 

"I was hoping you'd say that, it's friday anyways, and you can always teach me what we miss later~ My little smarty" Jongdae said smirking, Baekhyun was the smartest kid in their grade, he technically could have graduated early, but stayed behind to be with his friends. 
Baekhyun rolled his eyes and smiled "Yah!" he said and went to hit the youngers arm, but he go away just in time. Jongdae smirked and shook his before he ran out of the room "YAH! KIM JONGDAE! GET BACK HERE!" Baekhyun yelled before he got up running after the younger. His yelling and Jongdae's laughter could be heard throughout the music hall.

Chanyeol had finally gotten Dara to stop and he got up and walked toward the door when he saw a laughing Jongdae run past at lightning speed and a yelling Baekhyun not far behind him. He chuckled to himself as he watched, but then saw them run into a music room. He turned and he saw Dara fixing her clothes and make up. "Babe I'll be right back. You can head to the library first" he said and pecked her cheek before he walked out and to the music room the other two were in. He looked inside and he was surprised at the sight. Baekhyun was straddling Jongdae's hips, both of them were panting and Baekhyun had one arm raised and looked as though he was going to hit Jongdae, but the youngers hand was holding his arm, stopping him from doing so.

Baekhyun whined and he sighed "fine fine, I give up" he said pouting. 

Jongdae smirked and let him go before he sat up and pushed Baekhyun off his hips playflly causing the older to topple over. Baekhyun gasped and extended his leg and kicked Jongdae right in the shin. When the younger cried out in pain Baekhyun grinned in triumph. He the got up and he turned and his eyes widened when he saw Chanyeol standing there "O-oh hey Chanyeol" he said, Baekhyun never really called Chanyeol by his full name. 

Chanyeol caught this and he pouted "yah what's with the full name~?" he whined

Baekhyun looked at him and he ignored the whining and went to grab his bag. 

'is it because of ealier? If so then I-" 
"Save it, it doesn't matter, I should have knocked"
"No Baek-"
"No Chanyeol, I said it doesn't matter, now go back to your girlfriend, her is probably misses your hand already" he said and pushed past the taller and walked out of the room and out of the school toward Jongdae's car. 

Chanyeol stood there dumbfounded. He then looked at Jongdae for help, but only got a shrug and a pat on the shoulder "Maybe you should open those wide eyes of yours a little more." Jongdae said before leaving as well.

Chanyeol stood there confused, his opened his eyes a little wider a couple times before he sighed still not understanding. He closed his eyes "What?" he asked the ceiling "What did I do?" he asked before he walked out and toward the library.

Baekhyun walked to the car and got in waiting for Jongdae. Jongdae entered a little later and turned to Baekhyun and smirked "wow Baek, didn't think you had it in you" he said and then buckled his seat belt and he drove toward his apartment. Jongdae, Baekhyun and Chanyeol always had movie/view game day on Saturday's. Baekhyun planned to just sleep over Jongdae's house that night.

That night Jongdae and Baekhyun ended up binge watching a kdrama and eating sweets the whole time. They bawled when the sad parts happened, and cried of laughter when the funny parts happened.

Around 11:00 the next morning there was a knock on the door, Jongdae got up leaving Baekhyun in bed still sleeping and answered the door seeing Chanyeol infront of the door, but the only problem was that he had another person with him, Dara. 

Jongdae's eyes narrowed "Uh,... hey" he said 
Chanyeol stood there awkwardly and smiled "Hey, can we come in?" 
'uh sure, but stay quiet, Baek's still sleeping." Jongdae said getting out of the way. 
When they came in Dara looked around and saw ramen bowls on the table along with left over candies on the living room table. "Lovely" she said sarcastically. 
"Yeah sorry, we didn't get to clean up, Baek fell asleep in the middle of an episode and I past out right after carrying him to bed.
Dara couldn't resist rolling her eyes which Jongdae caught. 

Jongdae growled slightly and he walked over to Chanyeol and pulled him into the kitchen "I want her, out" he said seriously. 
Chanyeol's eyes widened "D-Dae, What? Why? I mean I know she can be rude at times, bu-" "No buts Chanyeol, Saturday's are supposed to be for us three and us three only, no girlfriends or boyfriends. We promised" he said seriously. 
"I know, but can we just let it slide for once? Her friends cancelled their plans today last minute and she had nothing to do" he said pleading
Jongdae shook his head "Then hang out somewhere else, she does nothing but bully Baekhyun, and don't try to fight me by saing 'no shes not shes only ever nice to him' because you're wrong, you should see half the things she does to him Chanyeol, and the things she says is even worse."
"Wha-" 
"D-Dara?" a soft voice said in the living room. Baekhyun was up, Jongdae sighed and shook his head "Make her leave, or both of you go, I'm not having my saturday ruined by her attitude. I'm done with it Chanyeol" he said and then walked over to Baekhyun and grabbed his wrist and pulled him back upstairs to pick out clothes for the boy to wear.

Chanyeol stood there completely surprised. He then looked at Dara who was looking around with a disgusted face on. He then walked into the living room and saw Dara's face change instantly when she saw him. Her fake smile was suddenly noticeable, but he ignored it. "Come on, let's go somewhere else for a little while." he said softly. 

Dara nodded and smiled before she walked out a little to excitedly. Chanyeol followed quietly "Guys I'll be back later!" he called out before he closed the door and walked away from the apartment and out of the building with Dara.

Upstairs Jongdae sighed "I see where we stand now" he whispered. "Come on Baek, let's go play some games or finish that drama from last night until he comes back." he said "and hopefully without Dara" 

But later on Chanyeol never came back, Dara distracted him and made sure to waste his time before he realized what time it was. it was 9:30 when he finally saw the time and he said by to Dara before he quickly went to Jongdae's place.

He knocked and when Jongdae answered he didn't look happy. "It's a little late don't you think?" he asked seriously "Baekhyun already past out" he said "He's up stairs sleeping" he said 

Chanyeol ruffled his own hair in frustration "I'm sorry Dae. I really am, I told her I couldn't hang out long, but I lost track of time. And she insisted on coming this morning, She got into my car and wouldn't get out when I tried to drop her off."

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to"
"What?"
"You should be apologizing to Baek, he looks forward to Saturday's, he gets to leave his empty lonely apartment to hang out with his only friends" he said seriously "and now one of his friends can't even show up" Jongdae said chuckling bitterly "You take more of his heart than you expect Chanyeol, when will you realize that?" he asked "Didn't I say to open your god damned eyes already?!" Jongdae said suddenly angry "I'm so sick of this!" he said and then sighed and shook his head "theres no use, youre too big of an idiot" he said and then grabbed the door "go home Chanyeol, we'll see you Monday at school" he said and then started to close the door, but Chanyeol stopped him "Jongdae please. Help, I don't like the distance that is growing between all of us, I don't know what to do" 
"I'm sorry I can't help you this time, you need to do this yourself"

Jongdae closed the door and locked it before he walked upstairs and laid down with Baekhyun and fell asleep 

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The next few weeks were awkward, Chanyeol seemed to keep his distance at first, but then soon only started to keep his distance when Dara was with him, but when she wasn't he would talk to them and Baekhyun seemed to be happier and Jongdae didn't seem as angry at him and he couldn't help but be happier as well. 

One day Chanyeol had a basketball game, he invited the two to his game and they promised to be there.

That night before the game started he scanned the bleachers and he smiled wide spotting his friends. He waved and he smiled when they waved back before he looked for Dara and didn't see her. He sighed, she was probably doing her make up in the bathroom. 

The game soon started he heard Baekhyun and Jongdae's yells of encouragement over everyone else's. 

Toward the end of the game, they were winning only by a few points and there was only around 2 minutes left. It was intense and there was pressure on everyone. The bleachers were quiet while watching the very tense match. When the ball was thrown up the cheers started and their team got the ball. One of his teammates tried to pass it, but an opposing side's player hit it and it started to bounce toward the side lines. Chanyeol sprinted as fast as he could toward the ball. He ended up jumping toward it, he smiled wide when he hit it back in bounds, but he couldn't gain his footing and he ended up tripping and tumbling out of bounds and rolled until he slammed against the wall. He laid there limp, he was in so much pain. He couldn't help but cry out in pain,