Baekhyun didn't join EXO until 11 months before their debut

Chanyeol trained for 4 years under SM

They both went to the same high school.

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One could deduce many things from these 3 statements - that Chanyeol was most likely very popular throughout his high school years, that Chanyeol and Baekhyun probably knew each other.

But what those 3 statements don't tell you is that Baekhyun hid his money in his socks so that it didn't get stolen, and had a spare change of clothes and shoes in his locker for those times he was thrown into the dumpster

And that Chanyeol was actually a midget in high school, popular because he was not only such a cutie our Chanyeolie, he was very strong - an alpha male.

And that Baekhyun ate lunch in a toilet cubicles so that he wouldn't feel lonely about sitting on his own at the lunch table.

And that Chanyeol and Baekhyun had pretty much all the same classes together, but while Chanyeol sat in the back with his group of loud friends, Baekhyun sat quietly at the front, pushing his glasses up his nose to see the board.

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One day after school, Baekhyun had hit and broken his ankle onto something while being thrown into the bumpster  and waited for 5 minutes inside for the pain to somewhat subside before ungracefully falling out, wincing heavily and grabbing his ankle

"Are you okay?" Baekhyun saw a hand offered to him and notices an outstretched hand. Following the milky skin upwards, he sees their school jumper, and then a neck, and on top, a face with two large round eyes under a black fringe. Park Chanyeol