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Yifan was Chanyeol’s first friend. They met during one of the council meetings, where all the rulers of Fairytopia meet up to discuss the country and kingdoms and to report any troubles. This year the big meeting is hosted at Chanyeol’s father’s palace, and just his luck, ten year old Chanyeol is forced to stay by his father’s side and listen to the other kings drone on about boring politics and stuff. He’d rather be fencing or riding his horse, Phoenix, or learning to play this cool instrument the court’s musician, Yixing hyung, promised to teach him. However, as he lets out quiet sighs as King Jong Kook lectures King Jae Suk about his “unhealthy” eating habits, Chanyeol notices another boy at the other end of the meeting hall. He seems to be around Chanyeol’s age, looking even more miserable than Chanyeol, cushioning his head on the table with what seems to be a stuffed alpaca. Chanyeol lights up brighter than a sunny day, relieved and thankful that there’s someone else in the room that isn’t pretending to be completely enthralled by King Jong Kook’s explanation on how to make chicken smoothies.

Chanyeol’s leg bounces under the table in excitement at the thought of meeting someone around his age that isn’t from school. He’s never met other kids in royalty before. He wonders if that kid gets lonely like him, unable to fall asleep at night because he’s worried, and tired of all the pressures of ascending to the throne, and whether or not he’ll be a good leader. Of course, Chanyeol doesn’t ask this, and instead, first opts to get this kid’s attention first. The meeting hall is quite a big room, one of the biggest in Chanyeol’s home, and if he leaves his seat beside his father he just knows he’ll get an earful from his mother so all he can do is sit in his chair, chewing his lip with his hands in his lap, practically drilling holes into the back of the boy’s blonde head. After a few minutes of intense staring to the point where Chanyeol’s eyes began watering and the corner of his right eye was twitching, the boy finally turned his head in Chanyeol’s direction, eyes widening when he noticed Chanyeol, all twitchy-eyed and smiling at him with all teeth, probably doing a very impressive impression of a child molester or crazy homeless man. The boy looks slightly frightened and startled by Chanyeol’s expression, but Chanyeol doesn’t take it to heart because a lot of the people have reacted the same way to his a-little-too-happy face (even himself during an unexpected encounter with a mirror) so to calm the boy down and show he’s not a completely crazy person and wants to be friends, he waves the secret hand sign that Jongdae hyung, the court advisor, showed him and told him would help him make friends. Middle finger up and pointed at the person you want to befriend. Chanyeol tests it at, pointing his third finger as straight as he can, waving it at the boy, but to Chanyeol’s surprise, the boy doesn’t look all too happy at his hand sign. However, the boy returns it seconds later and Chanyeol grins proudly because he just made a rather angry looking friend and they’re still waving middle fingers at each other, their friendship strengthening by the-

“PARK CHANYEOL-“

“WU YIFAN-”

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”

It turns out that Jongdae hyung is a big meanie liar pants and that the secret friendship hand sign is a very, very bad gesture that will not make you friends. Chanyeol finds out the boy’s name is Yifan, from the Wu Kingdom. Yifan forgives him for making those gestures at him and their father’s pardon them from the meeting, letting them go play and ‘be boys’.

Over the years, Yifan visits often, and they become very close friends. Yifan becomes the only person Chanyeol can confide his problems in, his darkest secrets. Yifan is always there to offer encouraging words or a shoulder of support whenever Chanyeol needs it. Yifan is a good friend. Chanyeol couldn’t have asked for a-

Splash.

Okay Chanyeol takes it all back. Yifan is the tiest friend on earth. Why? Because Yi-mothering-fan just pushed him into a river. Who the hell pushes their friends into a river?! As Chanyeol emerges from the water sputtering and probably looking like a drenched poodle (thank Dara he dressed light or he would’ve sunk like a stone), he sees Yifan running to the edge of the water, looking-is that concern on his face? Serves him right, the bastard. Yifan holds out a hand and asks, “Are you alright?”

Before Chanyeol can reply or take Yifan’s hand (and possibly pull the er in), he’s surprised when another hand reaches for Yifan’s and Yifan pulls a tall, slender looking man with dark red hair out of the water. It suddenly hits Chanyeol that he must’ve taken a poor nearby citizen down into the water with him and immediately scrambles out of the river, completely soaked as he stammers out multiple apologies. “Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry. Are you alright? You’re not allergic to water, are you? My mother always told me to look where I’m falling but I forgot today and I’m so terribly sorry I didn’t mean to bring you down with me, honest.”

“Hey you mothering giant!” a shrill voice yells, and Chanyeol freezes, looking over to see a violet-haired man storm over, fury painted across his face. “Who the hell do you think you are, tackling my friend into the river?!”

“I-I’m so sorry, I honestly didn’t mean to-”

“Hyung, it’s fine,” the red-haired man that Chanyeol had taken down into the water interjects with a soft accented voice, “I’m fine. It was an accident.”

“Hmph,” the violet haired man turns and pokes Chanyeol in the chest. Hard. “I’ll let you go for now Mr. Giant, but if I see you trying to harass anyone around here, especially Zitao, you’re going to be answering to Byun Baekhyun, got it?”

No, Chanyeol doesn’t understand. He can’t do anything but stare back in shock. After almost ten years, he’s finally found him.

Byun Baekhyun.

Omigod I'm so sorry guise this hasn't been updated in almost freaking half a year. Classes this semester are seriously killing me and I'm putting most of my effort into my other fic, Perks of Being a Unicorn.

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