overdue

veneer series

 

overdue: (oh-ver-doo): Having deserved or needed something for some time: 
eg. he was overdue for some leave
 
 
Wooyoung has always been a boy who doesn't express himself very well, who doesn't open up his hearts to anyone, let alone strangers. Who keeps feelings at bay and arms himself with a poker face and sharp words to shield himself from possible future disappointments. This made the others think that he is just one kid devoid of feelings, the one who instead of greeting everyone with a huge smile to get into their good books at first encounter, was sitting in the corner with his headphones on, creating his own bubble others are too afraid to burst. Squeamish, ignorant and proud, many perceive him that way, and Wooyoung never made an effort into changing what people think of him. 

Wooyoung has always been the type who keeps his distance with people, because Wooyoung is an individualist that believes that he could survive by himself, and wouldn't seek help from others if he knows its something he can solve, or can try solving. This is why the concept of being cared by someone is very foreign for Wooyoung. So when Nichkhun started to evade his privacy, all for the excuse of fanservice, Wooyoung starts to feel suffocated. Not only because Nichkhun is venturing into places where none had been, but also the sudden shower of ruffles on the hair and pinches on the cheeks, twinkling smiles and winks, samgyupsal meals and starbucks caramel macchiato, fried chickens and endless tubes of ice cream. Wooyoung had originally thought there was an extra language barrier between them aside from the barriers Wooyoung has put up around himself, but Nichkhun seemed to knock it down and charm his way in so easily.

It was easier to push people away than letting them in, and while Wooyoung is trying to keep people away from his life, Nichkhun was trying to let himself in. But Nichkhun always made sure that he lets Wooyoung into his life first. Nichkhun, someone who is constantly perceived as perfect, wasn't scared to let Wooyoung see his flaws. Hidden flaws that most of the time were hidden in the dark so deep that others wouldn't have access to them. But Nichkhun always let Wooyoung in, and Wooyoung always stands by the door, surveying everything with squinty eyes before Nichkhun pulled him into his sparse room full of secrets. But after a while, Nichkhun has left him inside of that room by himself, before coming back with a girl with huge eyes, fair skin and long black hair. The room that used to only house the two of them has to welcome a new visitor, and Wooyoung doesn't know how long this visitor will stay. So he stepped back into the shadows and tried to make himself invisible, all the while watching the private interactions between Nichkhun and the girl. He finds that there is something not quite right twisting in his stomach, and he doesn't know what it is yet. So he exited the room before it develops into a full-blown pain.

Wooyoung was still learning how to give back, how to show his affection and care towards Nichkhun, when the news of WGM came on. After that it was somehow ten times harder to smile to Nichkhun, to ask if he has eaten, to offer accompanying Nichkhun to the nearby convenience store to get some soju, to come to him and ask him for help with his English exercise book. Wooyoung found himself on square one again, and this time without any clear path. So in the end he continues to do the thing he's best at, to close himself up and wait for others to reach inside and pull him out of the hole he made for himself. However this time Wooyoung was pretty sure it wouldn’t be Nichkhun.

Nichkhun has always been the one that gives more, the one that tries harder, the one who smiles first and the one that initiates everything. So when Nichkhun finally moved away from that role, Wooyoung is lost, where should he start when no one is guiding him anymore? When the news first came, he thinks that he will be relieved to finally have Nichkhun stop sticking to him like a glue twenty-four seven. However slowly he feels emptiness seeping through his being, and he realized that he has taken Nichkhun's presence around him for granted. It is only when their time together starts to dwindle down next to nothing, that their past happy memories resurfaced, and by then Wooyoung knows that it was all too late to try and turn back the tables.

If there’s anything Wooyoung learnt from this, it is that time doesn’t wait for certain people. You have to savour and live on the moment day by day in order not to let it zoom past you without any meaning. The ironic thing is, it is a lesson that could only be learnt by missing out on chances, and for Wooyoung, potentially losing someone, not because of something that he has done, but for something that he failed to do. But Wooyoung doesn’t have the heart to confront Nichkhun and said all what he wanted to say, because he realized that he owed Nichkhun something he deserved long ago. So when Nichkhun began to look for those little things from someone else, Wooyoung can't stop him, because it was something Wooyoung could have done, but didnt, something he should have done, but failed to. There are things he knew Khun expects from him, a hand squeeze, a whisper, a graze on the cheek, a smile that reaches his eyes and Wooyoung knows, they are long overdue.
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MustMakeIt
#1
Chapter 1: Ah Khun, just elope with Wooyoung to Bangkok and go get married there...\<* *>/
MustMakeIt
#2
Chapter 5: sorry i discovered this late too. gonna read it tomorrow!
babikhun
#3
Why am I just seeing this now! So excited to read
jangwooyoung0730
#4
Chapter 6: authornim, I want to hug you~~~~~~ may I? I want u to comfort me.. I'm crying now. huuuuuhuuuuuu
I hate my self, I hate my tears that can't stop for falling. I hate my udong suffer. I feel his pain authornim. I just, what the hell with me? this is just fanfiction. you know, this is not real. but who I am? I can't handle my tears. I just cant stop my heart to feel the pain as wooyoung feels. uuuggghhh how can I forget you udong ah if I always thjink that you aren't okay? udong ah, you see it right, your hyungs and dongsaengs love you. don't endure your pain. don't pretend that you're strong while you didn't. its killing me. it hurt me. just split it out. blurt it out. share it with others. they will listen to you. they will comfort you if you're not okay. you know it clearly udong-ah. just take their love for u. or if u want, you can run to me and share your trouble with me, I'm here for u.

authornim, I really wanna hug you. wanna see you. okay say it I'm overact, but who I am? freaking me, I know this is just fanfiction, its not real, but sure I'm taken by this story. huweeeeeeee I know i-m fool thatu I cry because fiction, but once again, who i am????! I just can't handle it.:'(

Jun.k, taec, junho,chan, thanks for your loves, your careness for uri udong. please just stay beside him, not just in the story, but in the reality too. I miss you all. I miss udong so much. for khun, thanks for everything you've done and given for uri udong, and don't try to hurt him again or else I'll take my knife and stab you right in your heart. but thank you. jinjja, jinjja, jeongmal thank you.

gomapseumnida authornim :-)
sorry for my long comment and sorry if my comment too much and over.
missterious
#5
Chapter 6: very cute and fluffy epilogue. it made crying at the previous chapter worth it <3
Azalea22 #6
Chapter 6: Again n again i readed this story, i lovet it so much.. Thanx please up date another story.....
love_in_cold_blood #7
I've read it a long ago, but i have the feel that i needed to read it again.. this story seem so real ~ i have the feeling that this (or something like that) happened with them.. i don't know, just have the feeling. my eyes watered when Woo was hitting himself and Chan helped him =\ ~ it was so sad...
well.. thanks for this amazing story < 33

And sorry for my engrish haha ~
dreamstar #8
i havent been here for a while but i just want to post and tell all of you how thankful i am of every single comments :) and readers who doesnt comment too. im just thankful that all of you enjoyed the story as much as i enjoyed writing it :)
asiangrl001 #9
Lol cute changho moment xD loved this fic really cute slight angsty at first but loved the fluff moments