Moving On And Sticking With Plan A

The Art Of Jealousy
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CHAPTER 036: Moving On And Sticking With Plan A

 

Chanyeol is beyond surprise when he sees you sitting on the curb of the street, and even more in shock when you don't hesitate to get in his car and he takes a good look at your face. Your eyes are rimmed red and your lips are swollen. You look really angry and he doesn't know if he should ask now, even if he's positive you will tell him eventually. He knows you, and so he knows there's only a small amount of time until you start rambling about your situation. It's your usual way to release frustration and sadness.

  Chanyeol stays quiet and just watches you buckle your seatbelt and sniffle, staring straight.    He smiles because you're adorable, even in such a situation.           "Where do you wanna go?" He says since it's only evening and he figures your parents wouldn't mind you being late.    You sniffle again and look at him with watery eyes, "Can we go to the library?"    Chanyeol smiles, "of course."          ******************         Kris gets home and as soon as the car is parked, he slams the car door in anger, Luhan jumping at the action.          "Hey, maybe you need to calm down," Luhan says as he gets out of the car and watches as Kris opens the front door with his own copy of keys. "Yifan, you heard me?"    The only response he gets is Kris slamming the front door in his face. Luhan sighs but opens the door and calmly closes it after he enters.    Kris is walking into the kitchen, yelling, "She's so ing stubborn, she's so annoying! I hate her and the way she has to make me feel guilty, as if I was at fault!"   Luhan just enters after him, listens because Kris is the type, just like you, to reveal his emotions without a person needing to ask.           "How can I be at fault here?! How?! Tell me, Lu! Tell me what I'm missing?!"    Luhan knows he's not suppose to answer and so he just listens.         "And then she dares stomp out on me?! In an ice cream date- you saw it! Was it necessary to leave me- no, us! She left us for that curly stupid giraffe!"    Luhan frowns, "Who?"         "Chanyeol!"   Luhan nods, pretending to know who Chanyeol is even when he has no idea. He's guessing he's your lover or something like that because he remembers you mentioning him earlier when you were yelling at Kris. He knows because he was secretly listening.          "I didn't know she had a boyfriend."    Kris turns to him with fury in his eyes, "She doesn't have a boyfriend. Chanyeol is not her boyfriend."    Luhan frowns, "She said she loves him at the Ice cream shop. She told you that."    Kris grits his teeth and then let's out a heavy breath. "I'm gonna go take a nap. Don't talk to me." And then Luhan watches him stomp his way up the stairs.    Luhan leans against the counter and puffs his cheeks. "He rejects her and maker her cry only to be a jealous later. Nana was right. Those two are complicated."         *****************           Chanyeol watches you in silence from where's he's sitting down next to you. You're lying down on the library's carpeted floor, in front of your favorite section of books.         "Hana," Chanyeol calls.    You hum.          "Are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" He mumbles.    You tense. You've sort of had forgotten that Chanyeol would ask eventually. But you don't wanna tell him, and so you start making up a lie in your head. "I'm stressed. School and all that, you know."    Chanyeol knows you're lying. He knows when you lie or when you say the truth, and the tone you're using now only strengthens his conclusion. However, he knows that if you're not telling him the truth, it's for a personal reason.           "Alright, well, how about we go do something else?"    You pout, "No, I'm upset so I want to be in a quiet place."    Chanyeol sighs and slaps a hand down your forehead, making you flinch. "That's a horrible idea. If you're upset, you should want to go to a happy place, not a lonely one."    He stands up, "Come on."    You sit up and whine, "Yeol! I don't want to..."   Chanyeol grabs your arm and forces you up, pulling you to stand in front of him. You groan in annoyance and Chanyeol laughs, grabbing the side of your face. You have tears stain cheeks but he knows it's fine now. You won't cry again.          "Listen," he says, squeezing your cheeks. "We're gonna leave this depressing library and we're gonna go out and have fun. Okay?"    You stare up at him and want to tell him that you're not always depressed when you go to the library. You've laughed before with Kris in the library, to the point where the librarian had to personally tell you to shut up. But then you force yourself to stop thinking about Kris.           "Why are you like this?" You mumble with difficulty because Chanyeol is still squeezing your cheeks.    The taller smiles, "Because I want to see you smile."    You snort but can't help the warmth that spreads to you. Chanyeol is a jerk, you think as you remember the sadness he caused you only to stand in front of you and tell you he wants to make you happy.    Second chances, you think to yourself. Do you believe in those? Because you promised him that you could wait for him if you hadn't moved on.... and you don't think you have. But has he made up his mind? You're not sure.    You just want to love. Love in lunacy and do it shamelessly. Show a person your care, that's all you want. A boy that will kiss you when you ask him to, anytime of the day. A boy that can see you smile and feel like he holds the world in his hands. Is it that hard to ask for someone to love that could also return the love back? Most importantly, is there a boy around you that could do that? Yifan? Chanyeol? No? Is it all in your head? Are you the one that created scenarios and takes pleasure in the tension that surrounds you when you're with either of them?    You blink up at Chanyeol and the boy smiles again, letting go of your cheeks only to lean in and plant a kiss on your ear, the sound a loud pop because of the proximity. You flinch, a blush creeping on your face. "Why did you do that?"    Chanyeol shrugs, "To get your mind off whatever you were thinking. It worked, didn't it? Now you're thinking about me instead."    You hate his smile because it gets you in a daze. He's so handsome, you say to yourself. But it's not like you never knew that.          "I hate you."    Chanyeol smiles, grabs your hand and kisses you on the cheek this time. "You don't mean that," he says when you can only stare at him in disbelieve.          "Let's go have fun," he doesn't wait for an answer and just pulls you along.            **********************         Chanyeol takes a steep road that you've never seen before. The sky is yellow, orange and pretty and you stare as it only develops a more beautiful tint of red.    There's other cars around you as you drive and since they keep making the same turns, you can only guess they're going the same place as you.    There's a lot of signs and lights, though the place is mostly surrounded by trees to your left, and on your right there's nothing but the guard railing to protect cars from falling down a hill.         "Where are we going?" You ask Chanyeol.    The boy is smiling when you look back at him. "A secret place."   You snort. "By the amount of people going the same direction, I really doubt so."    Chanyeol laughs, "Okay, maybe not so secret. However, I can bet that only about a couple of people in our town know about this place."    You lean back on your seat. "What makes it so special?"          "You'll see," he mumbles.           "Is it like a picnic area. Is that why we stopped by the convenience store for snacks?"    Chanyeol shrugs, "Kind of. But not really."          "That makes no sense, Yeol."    Chanyeol turns the car then and instead of being on cement road, you guys are now on a dirt path. It's very rocky and so the car bounces a lot.    You frown at Chanyeol, kind of scared. "Hey," you mumble, "Are you taking me into a secret place where they'll take out my organs and sell them on the black market?"    Chanyeol rolls his eyes. "Yeah, that's what I envision to be the perfect second date."    You smile at his sarcasm. "Aw! This is our second date?"    Chanyeol doesn't look at you and just keeps driving with his eyes to the front, though there's a small smile displaying on his lips.    You smile too, rubbing your hands together and feeling warm inside. There's a small feeling of being foreign in your chest though. As if you've stolen this position from someone else. As if you're not the girl that's suppose to be in this seat smiling, enjoying Chanyeol's company and being shown his favorite and secret place as the sun starts to go down. Everything is so pretty but you feel like it shouldn't be you seeing all of it.    It also feels like you have somewhere to be. As if you were suppose to be on a certain grumpy boy's arms arguing while at the same time cuddling. It all feels out of place.    However, it's not a prominent feeling. It's just a reminder and it bothers you so you make it go away. You try your hardest and it works because you're back to only smiling again and looking at Chanyeol as he explains something about where you're going.         "We picked the best day to get here. Usually, all the spaces are taken."    You frown a little, "Spaces? What do you mean?"    Chanyeol doesn't answer and you don't mind because he doesn't need to. Your eyes widen when you reach your destined destination.           "Woah," you mumble as you take in the view of the city from the hill you're on. There's guard rails for safety since all the cars around are parked right on the edge of the hill for a better view. Chanyeol does the same and you don't hesitate to exit the car as soon as it's parked and just stand stupidly in mesmerization.   The people around are just sitting and watching, some on the ground, others in the hood of their cars. A couple of them are even eating and sleeping on blankets. There's two boys playing music from their car as they cuddle on the hood and the song playing is slow and soulful.          "I love that song," you say. "And I love this view. And the fresh air and that song."   Chanyeol chuckles as he now stands next to you, staring at you instead of the view in front of him. But then again, at the moment, no matter how cheesy it sounds, you're the view.    [A/n: Yes, I did cringe while writing that.]          "You already said you love that song," he says.    You smile, "and I can say it as many times as I want."    Chanyeol loves that you're happy again, and he figures you'll only get happier because he has a nice date prepared. Though it was done on the last minute after he saw you crying, he figures it isn't so bad. He leaves you alone to go to the back of his car, where he takes out the snacks you guys bought and brings both of your sweaters left on the passenger's seat.          "What are you doing?" You ask, a grin and a chuckle unable to be prevented since you have a feeling you know where this is going.    Chanyeol smiles his big goofy grin and pats the hood of his car. "Please take a seat, ma lady."    You cringe, "Wow, I'm blushing."   Chanyeol doesn't take your sarcasm seriously and instead keeps his smile on. "I know, I have that effect on ladies and some guys as well."   You raise a brow, sitting on his car's hood as you say, "Is that so?"    Chanyeol sits down as well, handing you your jacket so you can put it on since he knows the air is much cooler here and the wind isn't very gentle either.  He places the snacks in the middle so you guys can share, too.          "It is so. Don't you ever notice the way Sehun looks at me? And Baekhyun? I'm telling you, they're in love with me. It's my charm, they can't handle it."    You're sending him a playful look, one that literally says, "Uhu..is that what you think?"   Chanyeol's eyes get a twinkle. "What you don't believe me? Fine, ask Baekhyun the next time you see him. He'll tell you he's in love with me."    You don't say anything to that, and instead open the bag of chips you you picked at the store earlier. You watch the sunset in silence, mesmerized; however, the silence is broken by Chanyeol letting out a whimper and spitting out into the ground.    You frown at him, "What's wrong?"          "Your chips-" he doesn't even finish and rushes to get his can of Coke open. You laugh because you finally notice why he's like that. Your bag of chips are on his
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Galaxyboo_
#1
Chapter 16: I'm coming again haha
MartinaN
#2
Chapter 52: Been on a long break from this story, it's good and if it was on paper it would have been a real brick.
MartinaN
#3
Chapter 34: Started to read this story yesterday, must admit that it affected my night. Had a hard time sleeping, couldn't stop reading. You are a painter with words, just as in the story about April. Love your way to describe people, you make it possible to me to visualize everyone, even Nana and Papa. You are a great writer, keep up the good work.
Galaxyboo_
#4
Chapter 66: This is so good I had a good laugh
Galaxyboo_
#5
Chapter 16: Aww I like eunsul already
cheonchoni
#6
Chapter 55: This is one of my comfort fanfic hehehe I just can't stop giggling no matter how many times I've read it xD
cheonchoni
#7
Chapter 33: I could sing praises to Hana for how mature and calm she approached this subject with chanyeol. Let's be honest, this is HOW we wanted to act when we're in this kind of situation. Literally an ideal one. Hana you're amazing. I love her character.