Park Chanyeol’s Pov

Shaken up from a few moments before, I try to concentrate on the road and reach home as soon as possible, dinner time is already over.

I should’ve called and told but I lost track of time ….

“Chanyeol-ah, Look at the time, Son”

It seems like Dad had been waiting for me for a while.

“Sorry Dad, Something came up___

“But still you should’ve informed me that you will be coming late” Dad cuts me off mid-sentence exasperatedly.

“Yes Dad, I should’ve been more responsible... Sorry “I rub my hands and give him puppy eyes, it works most of the time.

“Alright, but next time you will be grounded if you repeat this behavior” I nod insincere manner

As I about to go and freshen up “You were saying something ….yeah what came up?” he questioned

“Um…I coincidently met one of my Juniors, we were hanging out .. that’s all”

“That’s all?” Dad asked suspiciously, maybe because I answered so blankly

“Yeah” I nodded quickly

“Ok  ... go freshen up, your dinner is on the dining table it should be kind of warm “

“Ok dad” I shouted as I climbed upstairs to my room

I quickly showered and changed into my nightwear and walked downstairs to grab my dinner

“Dad, how was work today?”

“Ah, the usual hectic Kid …there is a sudden rise in crime cases against children, what’s wrong with these people?!”

I stop eating mid-way, a flashback of Baekhyun being dragged from the porch runs through my head, causing a shiver down my spine.

“Chanyeol  ...Chanyeol” Dad taps on my shoulder to pull me out of my reverie

“Oh Sorry Dad I was thinking about something”

“What happened  ... you're acting weird …Is everything alright at school?”

“Yeah Dad everything is good, I’m just sleepy I guess, it’s been a long day...”

Dad ruffles my head affectionately and picks up the remote from the dining table to watch T.V.

“Dad, Where’s mum?”

“She has some work at the office, she will come late” he replied.

 “Oh” I speak while finishing the dinner left on my plate

“Nice dinner Dad, Good night.”

“Good Night, Son; Sleep well”

“You too Dad”

As I lay down on my comfy bed and check my phone before going to sleep

I close the big light leaving the small lamp light and the light from the window which I like to keep open and stare at the night sky while I fall asleep, but tonight seems to be a different case altogether I cannot sleep, it’s been an hour or so twisting and turning on the bed even though today was tiring day …

I try staring out from my window nothings seems to be dreamy-like, the sky is also pitch black there is not even a single star tonight.

I don’t want to look at my phone or else I surely won’t catch any sleep, anyway I kind of bad eyesight

I should start counting sheep to sleep

One sheep...Two Sheep... I count till 10 and start jumping on the bed due to frustration and in an attempt to tire myself so that I can finally sleep, I stop myself from bouncing or else springs might come out due to force of my growing body

Idk how tall will I grow…

All this while I cannot seem to stop myself from imagining the kid’s face while I stood there doing nothing to help him, how pathetic can I be ….I huff and puff and slowly sleep off with some unshovable discomfort.

Third Person Pov

The next morning, Chanyeol wakes even before anyone wakes him up he can’t seem to understand what has driven him up for him to be like this. He eagerly waits for the School bus and climbs up to settle himself beside Kim Jong-in who is chatting about something that goes unheard by Chanyeol as he is too occupied searching for his Junior. Soon the boys arrive at school with no sign of Baekhyun anywhere. Chanyeol tries to convince himself with multiple excuses why Baekhyun could not have come by school bus today morning, which he knew he had been doing in vain.

Park Chanyeol’s Pov

I can’t seem to concentrate in class I keep fidgeting

“Yah Chanyeol –ah, can you stop clicking your pen, it's super annoying” it’s Oh Sehun

“Yeah sure” I replied sarcastically before aggressively clicking my pen against his ear

Sehun gives me a dead-eye look while Jong Dae snickers.

“Is something bothering you? Why are you behaving like an attention seeker?”Sehun asked suspiciously

This guy seems to catch my vibe quicker than anyone …after all we know each for so long

Despite of that, I keep the information related to Baekhyun to myself “No not really I just looove irritating you “I lie which causes my eye to twitch since I’m faking it 

“Oh look that, your eye it's twitching”

Gosh, how is he so good at catching me I face-palm, “Anyway, Sehun-ah I’m going to the restroom?”

“Yah Hyung-ah, class is about to begin” he calls out

“There is still some left before next period starts I‘ll come in a sec” I shout back above the noise the class is making

Restroom was just an excuse I‘ll just quickly go and check 7^th-grade class. I quickly reached two floors above ours, some students are sauntering their way to their classrooms.

 Oh yeah I don’t know the classroom is his, I should’ve asked him last time I hit my own head.

Just then I hear his name when I was passing by Teacher’s staff room, I guess it was his homeroom teacher as I peeped through the grill to hear to what she was saying

“Teacher Kim Baekhyun hasn’t come today”

“What  ... again his attendance is getting low day by day “

“Is something going on at home, Miss Kim you talk to him from time to time, right?”

“Yeah I do, he lives with his single mom, she is quite young”

I dint hear the rest of the conversation.

But it has made me sure of the fact that Baekhyun is going through something.

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