“How are you feeling?” Baekhyun asks, the awkwardness of the entire situation slowly setting in. He clears his throat and carefully lets go of Chanyeol when he’s calmed down.

“Like ,” Chanyeol mutters, wiping his nose as he sniffles. Baekhyun supposes that was a dumb question to ask. “But thanks.”

It’s not as if either of them expected to meet like this, but comforting someone while they’re upset comes so naturally to Baekhyun that he completely forgot that he’s not that close to Chanyeol. But hey, everyone needs a comforting hug sometimes, and it isn’t from a stranger, at least.

“Toben’s gonna be fine,” Baekhyun says quietly, hoping that it will somehow make Chanyeol feel better.

“Thanks,” Chanyeol says again, and they fall back into silence.

It’s odd.

They talk so much online but they have nothing to say to each other in person. Baekhyun sighs inaudibly, wondering if he should distract Chanyeol from Toben or just keep quiet.

“Have you eaten?” He asks softly as he peers at Chanyeol for some sort of reaction. The taller shakes his head, and Baekhyun stands up, extending a hand to him.

“Come on. Let’s go get something and come right back. There’s no point in staying here when all we can do is wait.”

Baekhyun can’t tell if Chanyeol is always this quiet in person or if Toben’s accident has shaken him up so much to the point where he doesn’t want to speak.

No more than two words are exchanged as they wait for their food, with Chanyeol staring into the distance most of the time. Baekhyun tried to cheer him up with stories of his time in college, but the most reaction he got out of Chanyeol was a tiny smile.

“Do you want to talk about it, or do you want me to go on talking about things you don’t care about?” Baekhyun