Seventeenth

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“When I look at you, I smile without a reason.”

Love is Only You – AOA

 

"Good morning, Baekhyun!!!" Baekbom barged in to his room and clapped his hands in excitement. "It's summer, dongsaeng! Wake up and see how the sun shines brightly!" He patted Baekhyun's head, asking the younger to wake up.

But the younger only cursed at him, shooing.

"This jerk.." Baekbom hissed. "Look at the sun, dongsaeng! It shines so bright!!" Baekbom opened the curtain by purpose.

Baekhyun was whining, asking his older brother to get lost, then he buried his face under the blanket.

Baekbom rolled his eyes and tried to find another way to wake his lazy brother up. "Come on, Hyun, the sun shines so bright out there! Be grateful and thank the sun because it still shines! Yah, you shouldn't stay inside. You should go outside and have fun. Let your disgusting milky skin get tanned, riding the bicycle with your friends, playing skateboard, basketball, soccer.. Anything! At least you move these hips! Come on, Baekdumb, wake up!!"

"It's holiday, hyung!!" He growled. "People are sleeping on holiday! Get lost and date Chaeyoung noona! She needs your attention much more than I do."

He sighed but he didn't want to lose. He set his goal already and he had to make it. He smirked seeing Baekhyun's phone.

He took it and typed the password. 9256. This , he thought, even the password is so easy, then pretended to check the messages.

"Whoa! Look at what I get here!" Baekbom exclaimed. "A girl named Jung Eunji sent you a sticker!" He screamed. "A very convincing sticker!" He added merrily.

As expected, his brother hurriedly sat up and tried to take his phone back. "She did?!"

Baekbom nodded. "Whoa, what should I reply to this convincing sticker?"

"Hyung! Give it to me!" He whined.

"Nope!"

"Hyuuuuuung~~~! That's my phone! Give it back!"

"If you insist.." Baekbom gave him the phone and let his brother smiled for few milliseconds, before he sent him a death glare.

"You son of a ." He cursed at him.

Baekbom smirked. "EOMMA! Baekhyun said you're a―"

Baekhyun covered his mouth with hatred look. "YAH! You ungrateful bastard, why do you bring Eomma into this?!"

"You called me a son of a , right? Technically, if I am a son of a , then I was born with a as my mom. I'm right, aren't I?"

"No need to be so thoughtful with me, jerk. I don't need the Math anyway." He then stared at his cell phone, tapped on it only to sigh heavily second after.

"You do really expect that Jung girl send you message, don't you?" Baekbom raised his eyebrow as he sat on the bed, next to his brother. "Do you really like her that much? Why? Because she isn't like the other girls you chased before, huh?"

"That too.. She's just enchanting, you know, attractive with her frowning whenever she sees me around, her honest remarks, that sometimes could make me taken aback, and her honest smile when she is with her friends. She's just too adorable, and it irks me because I can't handle it."

Baekbom studied his brother very carefully and chuckled with it. His proud, arrogant, childish brother, was really looked cute right now.

Baekhyun suddenly stood up and breathed. "Ah, I can't take this anymore. I should go get some fresh air." He pressed a number on his phone and dialed it. "Heyhooo, ~ Do you think you can give this marvelously handsome kid a room for a day or two?" He furrowed his eyebrows. "No! I'm just so bored at home.. Yah. Yah.. What did that brat say? Tell that ing Jongin I'm going to kill him after I arrive there. Bye."

Baekbom watched his brother's steps as he was preparing himself to get ready. "Are you going to stay at Jongdae's again?"

Baekhyun hummed as an answer.

"Why do you love to stay at his house that bad?"

"Because I can watch freely there, without feeling scared that you or Eomma would walk in to my room like I was a busted or drug dealer.." Baekhyun left the hanging tone, and seeing Baekbom was narrowing his eyes, he quickly added, "... Kidding, hyung, geez. I'm not a ert. And even if I am, I won't brag about it. I'm helping him to prepare a speech for his brother's wedding, remember?"

"Ah, that. Tell him I'm sorry I can't come."

"Already did. And he said it's okay, he knows you're very busy lately. Of course, you're abandoning your little cute brother over here for works and papers." Baekhyun sent him an accusing gaze.

Baekbom only looked at the ceiling, before said, "Just want to tell you, I met Taeyeon few days ago."

Baekhyun, as expected, stopping his activity, and needing a while to not curse before stared at his older brother. "You did?! Why did you agree on that? Researches stated, hyung, that if the ex asking you to meet again, then it possibly means―"

Baekhyun covered his brother's mouth, "Shut up, will you?" He then released his hand and said, "I met her because she said it was urgent."

"That piece of . Did she say anything?"

"Work and the weather." Baekbom shrugged. "Casual talk, nothing important really."

Baekhyun raked his hair. "Hyung, you're not planning to dump Chaeyoung noona for this again, are you?"

"Of course not! I'm not obsessed with Taeyeon anymore."

"Good, good. I don't want you to break up with the most beautiful, kindhearted woman, only for a woman, who made you cried for whole months. She doesn't deserve a man like you."

"You jackass." Baekbom shook his head and stepped to the door, wanting to leave. But his steps halted and he turned around, calling Baekhyun. "Just for an update, I heard Taeyeon called off her engagement."

 

 

Baekhyun knew this wasn't his concern anymore, but he couldn't help himself not to be curious and wanted to know. After spending an annoying three days at Jongdae's house, causing he got repetitive hits on head by the Jong Brothers, he decided to call Taeyeon and asked her to meet at a coffee shop.

And now here they were, staring at each other with indescribable looks on their eyes. It was Baekhyun, who started to talk, "I heard you canceled your engagement."

Taeyeon's face was unpredictably calm. She reached the cup of her coffee and sipped it very slowly, before looking at Baekhyun, "And I never knew you're still worried about my issues."

Baekhyun snorted. "I'm not worried. I'm curious. You should try to find the difference, noona, so you won't get confused next time we talk." He said. "Why did you cancel it? Did you meet a better man than him?"

She shook her head. "I just want to do a second thought."

"A second thought?" Baekhyun scoffed. "Your fiancé is marvelous, noona. I only met him once, but I can tell he is handsome. He is rich. He is decent. And the more important is.. He loves you! And there you are, doing a second thought? Noona, are you crazy?"

"Do you think I'm crazy?" She questioned him back.

"Of course. Only insane people like you, who would cancel her engagement with a such marvelous guy for a second thought. Are you canceling it because of Baekbom hyung?" He shot the main question. "Because if you are, I suggest you to give up and get lost. You can't have Baekbom hyung. He is happy with his girlfriend. And I can tell you he will settle down with her in the end. So please, don't ruin everything. You are no longer needed in his life."

"Why are you so concerned about Baekbom oppa?"

"Hell, he is my brother. Shouldn't I be concerned about him? And more, as a great brother, I should avoid him of making wrong choices. And right now, I'm not letting him to choose you."

"Do you really hate me that much, Baek?"

Baekhyun scoffed. "Please, noona, just because what happened between us before, and you think I'll have time to hate you? Noona, really? What do you get inside that tiny brain?"

Taeyeon breathed, tried hard to act uncaring on Baekhyun's harsh remark. "Actually, Baekhyun, I called it off not because Baekbom oppa. There's another reason, there's something I need to get back."

An eyebrow rose.

"I need to get you back."

***

Eunji was asked to buy some groceries by her father at the convenient store, and she decided to buy an ice cream for herself. The sun was shining too bright.

"Eunji noona, right?"

Eunji halted seeing a very tall guy in front of her, she even needed to look up to see his face, and amazed with his whoa isn't it rainbow hair. Unsure, she decided to ask, "Who are you...?"

"It's me, Oh Sehun!"

Oh right! It's him. He had such a perfect jawline and white skin Eunji drooled for. "I'm sorry, I just can't recognize you... Your hair..." Eunji gazed at his hair helplessly. "... Isn't it rainbow..?"

"Yes!" Sehun clapped his hand. "How is it?"

"... Colorful..." Honestly, Eunji wanted to say weird, creepy, bizarre, have you lost your mind?!, but she decided to keep it for herself. Even colorful wasn't really an honest answer of her.

"Hmm, that is a first time for someone to comment my hair like that. Jongin and Jongdae hyung said my hair looked like an abstract painting."

Eunji burst in laughter and Sehun seemed satisfied for making Eunji laughed. "Don't the teachers get mad at you?"

"That's the reason! I colored it, to make the teachers hate me more. But sadly, it stays only for a week. I need to blame this summer holiday."

Eunji shook her head in confusion. "You like attention, huh?"

He nodded. "Too much until it hurts sometimes."

Somehow, Sehun resembled her stupid senior, then she looked around, realized that he was alone. "Where is Jongin?"

Sehun pointed at the same convenient store she went. "He's still inside, buying some groceries. What are you doing here, noona?"

She raised a plastic bag she held. "I was just done shopping too. How are you, Sehun?"

"Fine, noona. Really really fine. Senior year is not really fun, but I'm still having good times. Oh, noona, by the way, do you know that Baekhyun hyung stays at Jongdae hyung's house lately?"

"He does?" Well, this was new. How was that brat doing? Ah, she hated to admit that she missed his playful smiles and his bright personality.

"Yeah, he is such a party pooper, really. Jongin begged me to stay at his house because he was lonely. Baekhyun hyung stole his brother away, he said."

Eunji chuckled at his lame joke.

"Whoa, noona, Baekhyun hyung is right. You look so pretty with that eye smile." Sehun complimented.

Eunji felt her face reddened, not because of the heat for sure.

"You jerk, you flirt around with some chicks and you left me alone with this―" Another guy slapped the back of Sehun's head, before she looked at the girl who was with him and stopped cursing, "― Eunji noona?"

Eunji waved her hand at Kim Jongin, who looked annoyed.

"Eunji noona! Hello!" His facial expression changed into excited. "What are you doing here?"

"Shopping for groceries." She answered and saw the sweats rolled on their handsome face. "Hey you two.." She didn't know where did she have the courage to say this, ".. Let's go grab some cold drinks, won't you?"

But she smiled gently when she saw two young kids were beaming in happiness.

 

 

"You walk pass me once again, Byun, you'll die."

Baekhyun didn't hear Jongdae's threat, so he walked pass him, and to add his best friend's annoyance, he stood up right in front of the television.

"YOU!" Jongdae ran a hand to Baekhyun's neck, wanting to strangle him and pushed him to the couch. Right beside them, Chanyeol was doing his victory dancing. "I almost win, you jerk! Don't you know how hard for me to get that round?! Die! Die you, idiot!"

"Yah! Yah! Yah! I'm sorry! Jong... Uhuk! Uhuk! Jong..." Baekhyun was choked.

Chanyeol hurriedly pulled Jongdae's hand off and covered Baekhyun with his back. "Yah, Jong, it's just a game. No need to be serious." He then looked at Baekhyun.

"But he made me lost!" Jongdae whined.

"I will let you win later! Relax, dude, relax. You, are you okay?"

Baekhyun nodded and touched his neck. It wasn't hurt that bad, and somehow he deserved it. "I'm sorry." Baekhyun said. "I just lost my mind these days."

"No, it's my fault." Jongdae said. "I was being too much."

They looked at each other and grinned, telling that they were really sick with the 'sorry' stuffs.

"What is happening to you? You've been gone autopilot since you met Taeyeon noona." Chanyeol sat beside Baekhyun. "Are you still thinking about what she said before?"

"Maybe.." Baekhyun sighed. "And I think I miss her too."

"Her who? Jung Eunji?" Chanyeol guessed.

Jongdae threw a cushion at Baekhyun, when he nodded in agreement. "Don't be such a and just call her."

"I can't, it will hurt my pride." Baekhyun disagreed.

"Pride, my ." Jongdae rolled his eyes. "Then what? You want that Do Kyungsoo to call her?" Jongdae raised his eyebrow. "Letting Eunji let out her gummy smile for him? Is that what you want, Byun?"

"NO!" Baekhyun stood up. "No! I don't want that big round eyes guy call her! No! Hell no! Ew! Even the imagination disgusts me." Baekhyun shivered.

"Well, you can visit her if you don't want to call. A visit won't hurt, isn't it?" Chanyeol suggested. "Instead of calling, wasting your credits only to be hanged up the second after, I think visiting her would be so much better."

"Ah, Yoda is right! And you can ask her to come with us to Busan! The more, the merrier, right?" Jongdae snapped his fingers. "Jinri and Bomi agreed, but Bomi said she would only go if Eunji is coming too. And you, yes you, bastard, can use that as a reason to visit her."

Baekhyun hit Chanyeol's and Jongdae's heads and smiled. "And she would be surprised to see me.. Whoa, great idea, Park, Kim! Thank you so much, dudes! You jerks are the best!" He then took his snapback and walked, nope, he was running, to the front door.

"Where are you going?!" Chanyeol yelled.

"Meeting my true love of course, what else!" Baekhyun replied.

And the next thing his best friends heard was the door slamming down.

***

Eunji watched on how diligent these two were enjoying their cakes. Jongin explained that Sehun was so much in love with bubble milk tea and he couldn't spend a day without it.

Talking to them was fun, really, because they were very easy going, even Eunji had to be aware since the female guests were staring at them two. But unlike her, they didn't really care and just joked at each other.

"Are you always getting this kind of attention wherever you go?" Eunji asked curiously.

Sehun looked up from his red velvet cake and looked around, then smiled. "We've seen worse." He replied.

"Even sometimes they didn't just get enough with staring, noona. They take pictures and act like sasaeng fans. And because they know we both are befriending with Jinri, they bullied her few times for no reason." Jongin explained.

"That bad?" Eunji's eyes widened.

They both nodded. "Girls could be way crueler than boys when they are jealous." Jongin said. "But then Sehun busted them once and since that, we never leave her alone."

"Aw, you two could make a great boyfriend!" Eunji squealed. "And more, you two are getting really taller since the last time we met. Ck, if only I could have few centimeters of your height, I would be very happy." She wished. "You two are getting handsome too!"

They blushed.

"Oh, noona, do you know Baekhyun hyung stays―" Jongin was cut off.

"With you? Yes, I know. Sehun told me that before. How is he anyway?" Eunji decided to ask.

"Who?"

"Your brother?" Actually, she wanted to ask how Baekhyun was going, but she didn't want to make it obvious.

But the younger two were looking at her suggestively. "Baekhyun hyung, you mean?" Jongin corrected it for her.

Eunji was busted. But she tried to keep it cool. "No, I'm asking about your brother." She lied.

"Baekhyun hyung is fine, noona. He's staying at my house these couple days, along with Chanyeol hyung, disturbing people's sake. He even enjoyed barging in to my room, whining about how life could be so boring in holiday." Jongin shook his head. "But maybe he acts that way, because he has no idea how to tell you that he misses you."

"He what?" Eunji didn't mishear, did she?

"He misses you." Jongin emphasized. "That bratty Byun Baekhyun has huge pride to keep, noona, but he actually couldn't help himself to not stare at his cell phone, and I could tell, noona, that he wished every time his phone beeped, it's because you sent him message." Jongin smiled, showing a mere glint inside his eyes.

"Just try to send her a text, noona. And I bet on this chocolate milk tea, you will get the reply for less than thirty seconds." Sehun said.

And Eunji ended up staring at her cell phone helplessly.

 

 

After waving her hand at Sehun and Jongin, Eunji walked home with dilemma in her brain. Should she send him message? But how about her pride? That guy would harass her until she couldn't manage to answer anymore. But she somehow, wanted to know how that guy was doing.

And that the moment when she almost screamed, seeing her imagination, suddenly came true. He was leaning his back against the door and crossed his leg.

"Welcome home, wifey. I miss you so much."

Baekhyun was looking hella good with black shirt, a pair of blue jeans, and completed his look with a black snapback.

Eunji's cheeks slowly turned rosy. Wait, why should she act this weird? After gaining her consciousness, she questioned, "What are you doing here?"

"Asking your father to give us blessings, so I can get married to you." Baekhyun answered casually, acted like he didn't care there was her father was standing beside him.

Eunji took a look at her father, who was smiling at her meaningfully. "Yah, Byun Baekhyun!"

Baekhyun caught her hand before she hit him and giggled heartily. "I'm sorry, just kidding, gangster.." He then looked down at their hands and grinned mischievously, "Whoa, you don't let go? Are we official or what?"

Eunji quickly took her hands off and crossed it against her chest. "What are you doing here?" Before Baekhyun answered, she added, "Crap the bulls, sunbae, I'll kick you if you don't."

"You sure have a feisty daughter over here, Sir." Baekhyun said as he looked at Appa, who was shrugging it off, and then decided to leave

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Angel_Light #1
This is the n time I'm coming back here
Angel_Light #2
This fanfic is so cute and bubbly I love it!
junghyerim93
#3
here i'm again....oh god how long I repeat this story. I really miss Baekji
Ydvvfjkch #4
Chapter 28: APINK ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
cloudye0705 #5
Chapter 28: Whoooooaaa it alr ended!!!!
SehaAlais #6
Here i’am again ^_^
SehaAlais #7
Chapter 26: Great story authornim...i keep reading this story for many times..i dont even count..hahaha..it so good?
ratedbeetle
#8
Chapter 27: *sobbing* why is this so cuteeeeee
ratedbeetle
#9
Chapter 26: Wow. Finally got to finish this story!
Thankyou for sharing this great story!
Reading this story made me want to have an older brother more than I usually do and that's impossible, so yes, I will only continue to dream.
Perfect plot with the right amount of fluff, angsty, and comedy. This story deserves tons of upvotes! It wont be a surprise if later I will find your story got featured! I would definitely check another exopink fics of yours, since I have read two of them now(domino and this). So you might see me, pouring your stories with comments.
Once again thankyou for writing and sharing this great story!