Smells Like Roses

There was something about Oh Sehun.

Something about his manner and air of walking, something about the darkness of his eyes and the emotions they portray, emotions that show more indifference than any other feeling most of the time. Perhaps they do show something else, but no one was fortunate enough to behold it. There was something about Sehun, that made Kai fall head over heels in absolute fondness and love.

Kai used to look at him from a distance, walking behind the svelte boy on their way to school when they were younger, and he used to match Sehun's pace with his. A silly action that gave him the utmost pleasure. Kai used to stare at the way Sehun's hands would fist his sweater, as if shy or pondering about something. 

Sehun was no social butterfly, and he was no wallflower either. He was just there. Amidst the crowd, the students, and no one paid him any mind. Kai would look at him from his table at the school's cafeteria, and imagine himself sitting beside him, talking to him, because the sight of Sehun eating alone brought him pain, alongside the following idea of having someone else sit beside him. Kai thought he was being irrational and selfish.

Even his friends', Baekhyun and Luhan, loud bickering and silly conversations were always forgotten once Kai catches sight of Sehun. His eyes follow the other's movements as if they were conditioned to. Kai often wonders what it would be like to hear Sehun's voice close to his ears, have him talk of nothing and everything, be his friend.

But Kai did not want to be mere friends, he wanted to be more. Much more.

Baekhyun often tells him to snap out of his reverie and go initiate an actual conversation with the boy. Sehun seemed like a nice person, and surely he wouldn't reject Kai's friendship. The problem was, that Kai already knew that. He knew that Sehun was kind enough to let him sit beside him, befriend him, and talk to him. The problem was, that Kai is so bewitched by Sehun to the point where he just wants to stare at him and love him for all eternity, never letting go.

Kai doubts Sehun would like someone like him. Therefore, he resigns to his usual methods.

They grew up and were bordering adolescence, and Kai was still so much in love. For Sehun grew up to be very pretty and there was a new thing added to the list of the little pec