A Certain Romance (4/?)
beta: avya7x | KrisYeol, XiuHan, BaekTao | chaptered | AU, Humor, Fluff | PG-13 | Park Chanyeol, who gets a scholarship to Canada, needs a tutor to improve his rusty English. A cliche a-tutee-loves-his-tutor kind of fic.
A/N: Ugh I feel like a major failure in life because it's been over a month since the last update and I come back with this shitty chapter. Someone please kill me now. Anyway as usual this is written for prpldrkrse gull you better go home with a bunch of KrisYeol love for me k.
Dear readers, please do read my note after this story because I need your help. Okay I need to stop babbling and let's head to the story.
November 13th, 11:03PM
It was Wednesday night and less than 10 hours until the national exam; to say that Park Chanyeol was nervous was putting it mildly. He had tried making his pillow more comfortable, diving deeper into his comforter, counting the seconds, counting sheep (although he knew it was stupid), but to no avail. He decided to reach for his phone, which was located on the nightstand and caressed the new phone charm.
A small Totoro plush which he named Kokoro (yes, he sucked at giving name) was a gift from his tutor Kevin after their game session in the arcade on the previous day. Kevin gave it to him as a good-luck charm and Chanyeol treasured it dearly ever since. He kissed Kokoro’s head and whispered, “Kokoro, I need to sleep already. What should I do?”
He opened his phone menu and looked through the applications out of boredom. Then he thought, what if… just if… so he clicked the KakaoTalk application and wished hard Kevin was still awake.
Kevin hyung, are you
still awake?
Now Chanyeol prayed the older guy would reply to him. A few minutes later, his wish was granted.
Yes, I’m still working
on my assignment right
now. What’s up?
Chanyeol sighed. If Kevin was doing his college task then there was no way he would bother him.
Nothing, I’m just a
bit bored. Sorry for
disturbing you ㅠㅠ
Are you not sleepy
yet?
Sort of. I’m nervous
ㅜ.ㅜ
Do you like reading
comic books before
sleeping?
Exchange it with the
most boring textbook
you’ve ever had
Chanyeol chuckled, how did his tutor know that he liked reading mangas? Moreover reading them before sleeping. However, he got up and walked to his bookshelf, scanning the titles of his textbooks and picked out the Campbell Essential Biology textbook, which he never read after he bought it. It was big, thick, and obviously written all in English.
Trying it right now
Which book are you
reading?
Chanyeol grinned, suddenly felt mischievous.
English book you gave
me
No response. Chanyeol panicked. Did that upset Kevin?
I was kidding, it’s my
English biology
textbook
I thought my textbook
was really that boring
Honestly, it is, hyung, I love it just because it is you who teaches me, Chanyeol had to resist the urge to tell him that. He decided to read the biology textbook anyway and soon his eyes felt heavy upon browsing the pictures of zygote development in Dicotyledoneae. After he managed to get rid of the textbook from his bed, he grabbed his phone and typed one last message to Kevin before falling into a deep slumber.
I’m really sleepy
now, hyung. Thanks and
good night
Chanyeol woke up with a start at 6:30 and he quickly slipped out of bed to take a quick shower. After changing into his uniform and combing his slightly curly hair, he opened his laptop and sent an email to his mom while eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
Mom, I’m having breakfast right now and after this, I will go to school. My heart is beating fast! My heart always races every time I am about to do a music performance, but now it feels different. What if I fail the test, mom? ㅠ_ㅠ
Wish me luck, mom and dad!
p.s.: Kkamjong misses you so much that she doesn’t want to eat. I think she loves you more than me *pouts*
He left the house a few minutes past 7:30. He still had an hour before the exam so he planned to walk to the main street to fetch a cab. However, he did not expect for someone to be waiting at the front gate of his house with a motorcycle and the driver, which was none other than Kevin, leaning against the wall.
“Chanyeol-ah, hop on,” said Kevin as he immediately got onto his motorbike upon seeing Chanyeol walking out through the gate. Seeing his tutee was still in a state of shock, he threw a helmet to the younger guy’s arms and signaled for him to hop onto his Kawasaki ZX14R.
“Hyung, I didn’t know you could ride a motorcycle,” said Chanyeol after he settled himself on the motorbike’s seat. Kevin just chuckled.
“Hold on tight, we can’t afford you being late.” Kevin felt Chanyeol’s grip on his waist tighten when he sped up down the main street.
It took only 15 minutes to reach the school since the street was quite clear without any traffic. The school gate was packed with parents sending off their children and younger students supporting their seniors. Kevin stopped the motorcycle with an impressive maneuver, making quite a scene in front of the gate.
“You okay?” asked Kevin while grinning at the troubled student he rode his motorcycle with. Chanyeol’s legs wobbled and he had difficulty taking off his helmet.
“My tummy feels funny,” he mumbled and shook his head. Kevin helped him straightened his uniform and tidied his slightly ruffled hair. However, suddenly he was being pounced on from behind; the culprits were none other than the hyperactive duo Jongin and Sehun.
“Hyung! Who is this guy?” asked Sehun right in front of Chanyeol’s ear, making the latter flinch. “Hello! Are you Chanyeol hyung’s relative? Neighbor?”
Kevin chuckled at the young guys’ antics and a few other students who were standing behind them with gaped mouths, that Kevin believed were Chanyeol’s friends as well. “I’m Kris, Chanyeol’s English tutor.”
Chanyeol saw unique expressions from his two younger friends when they formed big O shape with their mouths. Then he heard a muffled sobbing sound from behind and witnessed Kyungsoo hiding his face in Joonmyun’s shoulder, also Baekhyun shooting a look at the emo guy. Why the hell is Kyungsoo sobbing in the morning? Chanyeol thought.
“You okay from here?” Kevin patted Chanyeol’s head, which was going to explode from the sudden affectionate gesture. “I’m going now. Good luck!” and he drove off to the main street. Chanyeol watched his figure until it was out of view as he turned around, earning various expressions from his friends.
Baekhyun wiggled his eyebrows as if expecting an explanation from him, Kyungsoo wiped the remaining tears from his eyes -but they didn’t look like real tears after all; his eyes didn’t turn bloodshot and puffy. Joonmyun beamed a (more than it used to be, if that was even possible) fatherly smile, Jongin grinned, and Sehun opened and closed his mouth like goldfish -what in the world was in that boy’s mind actually?
“Finally our Chanyeol introduced his future husband to us,” Kyungsoo continued sobbing dramatically. “Joonmyun-ah, my heart isn’t ready yet.” Joonmyun nodded and still smiled contently at Chanyeol, as if approving of Kevin.
“So that’s your someone, huh?” Baekhyun smirked playfully. “And the reason why you didn’t spend much time with us recently?”
“And the reason you have rejected my invitation to go to my house with Kkamjong?” Jongin aided Baekhyun’s tease and formed the same smirk. “So much for being a best friend, hyung.”
Chanyeol swore his cheeks were boiling in embarrassment. “No, guys! He is just my tutor!” There was no way he would admit his admiration towards Kevin, at least not now!
“Nothing else? Really?” Kyungsoo stared at him with curious eyes to the extent Chanyeol unconsciously backed away a little.
“Isn’t it an irrelevant topic to discuss before taking national exam?” he changed the topic. “We only have 30 minutes before the test! Let’s get in- Sehun-ah, are you alright?”
Sehun stared at him with dreamy eyes. “Hyung, you never said your boyfriend had an auto bike as cool as Officer Jenny’s!”
Chanyeol had a sudden urge to claw the school gate and slamming his head against the wall due to Sehun’s randomness and his obsession over Pokémon. Well, that kid had always been out of ordinary. “I think Minseok hyung’s boyfriend resembles much to your favorite Nurse Joyce.” He left Sehun and Jongin with his other friends going into the school building, and somehow he could hear Sehun squealing from afar, ‘I want to see Minseok hyung’s boyfriend!’ and Jongin shushing him whilst also shouting ‘Hwaiting hyungdeul!’ to his friends who were going to face the test.
All students were prohibited from entering their test room until 10 minutes before the test, so Chanyeol and his friends were waiting outside the class. He met several types of anxious behaviors from his schoolmates. Like the boy in front of him who kept biting his nails, the girl not far from him who was twirling her hair nonstop, Kyungsoo who wiped his sweat a few times, Joonmyun who wore worried smile (that guy always smiled, but every smile of him had different meaning after all), and Baekhyun who was doodling on his mini notebook. Chanyeol looked at it and saw three Chinese characters written repeatedly. Is that a Chinese idiom or prayer from a certain Buddha temple? Chanyeol wondered.
After agonizingly waiting for the test, the first bell rang and they finally were allowed to step inside the classroom. Chanyeol drew out his cellphone, caressed the phone charm, and kissed it. “Kokoro… and Kevin hyung, wish me luck.”
Chanyeol and his friends left their school building at 6:15PM feeling both exhausted and refreshed at the same time, finally torturing session is over! Except Joonmyun who was weeping on Kyungsoo’s shoulder because he messed up my test what if I don’t get accepted to the same college with you Kyungsoo I prefer dying oh let me die right now, which made Kyungsoo feel half-pity half-fed up by the drama king. Therefore, they decided to hold a small celebration in a fast food restaurant as they all felt hungry already even after getting big lunch boxes from Kyungsoo earlier.
(All three of them stared in awe as Kyungsoo gave each of them a disposable lunch box during lunchtime in the cafeteria. Chanyeol timidly opened it and found rice, egg roll, kimchi, and some delicious looking vegetables; something his mom would pack for him if she were still at home at that time. He looked over Joonmyun’s lunch box and found some extra chicken nuggets, but he decided not to protest over it. He gobbled down his lunch and silently thanked God for meeting such a person like Kyungsoo in his life.
“Kyungsoo-yah, you made all of these?” Joonmyun munched while smiling- a smile of adoration. Chanyeol could see the guy who was asked shift in his seat and scratch his head.
“Yeah,” Kyungsoo breathed; a shadow of pink tinted his cheeks. “I got up at 5:30 and felt all anxious, so I cooked lunch for you all.” Everybody knew that cooking was Kyungsoo’s stress reliever, and by the amount of the food he cooked, it was clear that he had been extremely nervous due to the exam.
Then Chanyeol devilishly thought what if all made Kyungsoo nervous at the same time so that they could hold a party with Kyungsoo’s delish meal?)
They were in the restaurant and Baekhyun was calling Jongin and Sehun (it was supposed to be Joonmyun because he was the oldest among them but he was still sobbing and Kyungsoo was busy trying to calm him) to join them. At the same time Chanyeol’s phone suddenly vibrated, a text message from Kevin came.
Chanyeol how was the test?
I’m sorry; it seems that next Saturday I won’t be able to teach you since I have an assignment due Monday. You can use that time to relax and have fun with your friends after the exam^^
Chanyeol’s smile faltered a bit; his face couldn’t even hide his disappointment because he was indeed missing the older guy. He realized that he never considered his tutoring session as troublesome, instead he thought of Kevin as a nice companion whom he enjoyed learning English from to the extent it didn’t feel like studying. And the tutoring session became his stress reliever; just like cooking for Kyungsoo or playing Pokémon games and Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards to Sehun.
“What happened, Chanyeol-ah?” asked Baekhyun. Chanyeol quickly shook his head and shoved his phone back into his pants’ pocket, but he knew his friend didn’t buy his lie as he himself felt his smile didn’t reach his eyes. He only wished, at heart, that Kevin could finish his assignment so he could teach him again soon.
*****
A/N: A little bit of SuDo because they need more love in this fandom.
Guys, maybe some of you know that I intended to write an intermezzo of XiuHan story first before continuing with 4th chapter. However, I need a bit knowledge about Mandarin and places in Beijing so I decided to halt the chapter and proceed to 4th chapter first.
And now I really have to get going to XiuHan intermezzo because they play important roles in KrisYeol's love story so please, if you know Mandarin and know Beijing well, let me know and we can have some discussions. Because I'm really precise in writing and I want it to be as real as possible. In return I'll leave a spot for you!
Anyway, is there any KrisBaek shipper here? :3
Last but not least, thank you for reading! Don't forget, comments = food :)
A/N: Ugh I feel like a major failure in life because it's been over a month since the last update and I come back with this shitty chapter. Someone please kill me now. Anyway as usual this is written for prpldrkrse gull you better go home with a bunch of KrisYeol love for me k.
Dear readers, please do read my note after this story because I need your help. Okay I need to stop babbling and let's head to the story.
November 13th, 11:03PM
It was Wednesday night and less than 10 hours until the national exam; to say that Park Chanyeol was nervous was putting it mildly. He had tried making his pillow more comfortable, diving deeper into his comforter, counting the seconds, counting sheep (although he knew it was stupid), but to no avail. He decided to reach for his phone, which was located on the nightstand and caressed the new phone charm.
A small Totoro plush which he named Kokoro (yes, he sucked at giving name) was a gift from his tutor Kevin after their game session in the arcade on the previous day. Kevin gave it to him as a good-luck charm and Chanyeol treasured it dearly ever since. He kissed Kokoro’s head and whispered, “Kokoro, I need to sleep already. What should I do?”
He opened his phone menu and looked through the applications out of boredom. Then he thought, what if… just if… so he clicked the KakaoTalk application and wished hard Kevin was still awake.
Kevin hyung, are you
still awake?
Now Chanyeol prayed the older guy would reply to him. A few minutes later, his wish was granted.
Yes, I’m still working
on my assignment right
now. What’s up?
Chanyeol sighed. If Kevin was doing his college task then there was no way he would bother him.
Nothing, I’m just a
bit bored. Sorry for
disturbing you ㅠㅠ
Are you not sleepy
yet?
Sort of. I’m nervous
ㅜ.ㅜ
Do you like reading
comic books before
sleeping?
Exchange it with the
most boring textbook
you’ve ever had
Chanyeol chuckled, how did his tutor know that he liked reading mangas? Moreover reading them before sleeping. However, he got up and walked to his bookshelf, scanning the titles of his textbooks and picked out the Campbell Essential Biology textbook, which he never read after he bought it. It was big, thick, and obviously written all in English.
Trying it right now
Which book are you
reading?
Chanyeol grinned, suddenly felt mischievous.
English book you gave
me
No response. Chanyeol panicked. Did that upset Kevin?
I was kidding, it’s my
English biology
textbook
I thought my textbook
was really that boring
Honestly, it is, hyung, I love it just because it is you who teaches me, Chanyeol had to resist the urge to tell him that. He decided to read the biology textbook anyway and soon his eyes felt heavy upon browsing the pictures of zygote development in Dicotyledoneae. After he managed to get rid of the textbook from his bed, he grabbed his phone and typed one last message to Kevin before falling into a deep slumber.
I’m really sleepy
now, hyung. Thanks and
good night
Chanyeol woke up with a start at 6:30 and he quickly slipped out of bed to take a quick shower. After changing into his uniform and combing his slightly curly hair, he opened his laptop and sent an email to his mom while eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
Mom, I’m having breakfast right now and after this, I will go to school. My heart is beating fast! My heart always races every time I am about to do a music performance, but now it feels different. What if I fail the test, mom? ㅠ_ㅠ
Wish me luck, mom and dad!
p.s.: Kkamjong misses you so much that she doesn’t want to eat. I think she loves you more than me *pouts*
He left the house a few minutes past 7:30. He still had an hour before the exam so he planned to walk to the main street to fetch a cab. However, he did not expect for someone to be waiting at the front gate of his house with a motorcycle and the driver, which was none other than Kevin, leaning against the wall.
“Chanyeol-ah, hop on,” said Kevin as he immediately got onto his motorbike upon seeing Chanyeol walking out through the gate. Seeing his tutee was still in a state of shock, he threw a helmet to the younger guy’s arms and signaled for him to hop onto his Kawasaki ZX14R.
“Hyung, I didn’t know you could ride a motorcycle,” said Chanyeol after he settled himself on the motorbike’s seat. Kevin just chuckled.
“Hold on tight, we can’t afford you being late.” Kevin felt Chanyeol’s grip on his waist tighten when he sped up down the main street.
It took only 15 minutes to reach the school since the street was quite clear without any traffic. The school gate was packed with parents sending off their children and younger students supporting their seniors. Kevin stopped the motorcycle with an impressive maneuver, making quite a scene in front of the gate.
“You okay?” asked Kevin while grinning at the troubled student he rode his motorcycle with. Chanyeol’s legs wobbled and he had difficulty taking off his helmet.
“My tummy feels funny,” he mumbled and shook his head. Kevin helped him straightened his uniform and tidied his slightly ruffled hair. However, suddenly he was being pounced on from behind; the culprits were none other than the hyperactive duo Jongin and Sehun.
“Hyung! Who is this guy?” asked Sehun right in front of Chanyeol’s ear, making the latter flinch. “Hello! Are you Chanyeol hyung’s relative? Neighbor?”
Kevin chuckled at the young guys’ antics and a few other students who were standing behind them with gaped mouths, that Kevin believed were Chanyeol’s friends as well. “I’m Kris, Chanyeol’s English tutor.”
Chanyeol saw unique expressions from his two younger friends when they formed big O shape with their mouths. Then he heard a muffled sobbing sound from behind and witnessed Kyungsoo hiding his face in Joonmyun’s shoulder, also Baekhyun shooting a look at the emo guy. Why the hell is Kyungsoo sobbing in the morning? Chanyeol thought.
“You okay from here?” Kevin patted Chanyeol’s head, which was going to explode from the sudden affectionate gesture. “I’m going now. Good luck!” and he drove off to the main street. Chanyeol watched his figure until it was out of view as he turned around, earning various expressions from his friends.
Baekhyun wiggled his eyebrows as if expecting an explanation from him, Kyungsoo wiped the remaining tears from his eyes -but they didn’t look like real tears after all; his eyes didn’t turn bloodshot and puffy. Joonmyun beamed a (more than it used to be, if that was even possible) fatherly smile, Jongin grinned, and Sehun opened and closed his mouth like goldfish -what in the world was in that boy’s mind actually?
“Finally our Chanyeol introduced his future husband to us,” Kyungsoo continued sobbing dramatically. “Joonmyun-ah, my heart isn’t ready yet.” Joonmyun nodded and still smiled contently at Chanyeol, as if approving of Kevin.
“So that’s your someone, huh?” Baekhyun smirked playfully. “And the reason why you didn’t spend much time with us recently?”
“And the reason you have rejected my invitation to go to my house with Kkamjong?” Jongin aided Baekhyun’s tease and formed the same smirk. “So much for being a best friend, hyung.”
Chanyeol swore his cheeks were boiling in embarrassment. “No, guys! He is just my tutor!” There was no way he would admit his admiration towards Kevin, at least not now!
“Nothing else? Really?” Kyungsoo stared at him with curious eyes to the extent Chanyeol unconsciously backed away a little.
“Isn’t it an irrelevant topic to discuss before taking national exam?” he changed the topic. “We only have 30 minutes before the test! Let’s get in- Sehun-ah, are you alright?”
Sehun stared at him with dreamy eyes. “Hyung, you never said your boyfriend had an auto bike as cool as Officer Jenny’s!”
Chanyeol had a sudden urge to claw the school gate and slamming his head against the wall due to Sehun’s randomness and his obsession over Pokémon. Well, that kid had always been out of ordinary. “I think Minseok hyung’s boyfriend resembles much to your favorite Nurse Joyce.” He left Sehun and Jongin with his other friends going into the school building, and somehow he could hear Sehun squealing from afar, ‘I want to see Minseok hyung’s boyfriend!’ and Jongin shushing him whilst also shouting ‘Hwaiting hyungdeul!’ to his friends who were going to face the test.
All students were prohibited from entering their test room until 10 minutes before the test, so Chanyeol and his friends were waiting outside the class. He met several types of anxious behaviors from his schoolmates. Like the boy in front of him who kept biting his nails, the girl not far from him who was twirling her hair nonstop, Kyungsoo who wiped his sweat a few times, Joonmyun who wore worried smile (that guy always smiled, but every smile of him had different meaning after all), and Baekhyun who was doodling on his mini notebook. Chanyeol looked at it and saw three Chinese characters written repeatedly. Is that a Chinese idiom or prayer from a certain Buddha temple? Chanyeol wondered.
After agonizingly waiting for the test, the first bell rang and they finally were allowed to step inside the classroom. Chanyeol drew out his cellphone, caressed the phone charm, and kissed it. “Kokoro… and Kevin hyung, wish me luck.”
Chanyeol and his friends left their school building at 6:15PM feeling both exhausted and refreshed at the same time, finally torturing session is over! Except Joonmyun who was weeping on Kyungsoo’s shoulder because he messed up my test what if I don’t get accepted to the same college with you Kyungsoo I prefer dying oh let me die right now, which made Kyungsoo feel half-pity half-fed up by the drama king. Therefore, they decided to hold a small celebration in a fast food restaurant as they all felt hungry already even after getting big lunch boxes from Kyungsoo earlier.
(All three of them stared in awe as Kyungsoo gave each of them a disposable lunch box during lunchtime in the cafeteria. Chanyeol timidly opened it and found rice, egg roll, kimchi, and some delicious looking vegetables; something his mom would pack for him if she were still at home at that time. He looked over Joonmyun’s lunch box and found some extra chicken nuggets, but he decided not to protest over it. He gobbled down his lunch and silently thanked God for meeting such a person like Kyungsoo in his life.
“Kyungsoo-yah, you made all of these?” Joonmyun munched while smiling- a smile of adoration. Chanyeol could see the guy who was asked shift in his seat and scratch his head.
“Yeah,” Kyungsoo breathed; a shadow of pink tinted his cheeks. “I got up at 5:30 and felt all anxious, so I cooked lunch for you all.” Everybody knew that cooking was Kyungsoo’s stress reliever, and by the amount of the food he cooked, it was clear that he had been extremely nervous due to the exam.
Then Chanyeol devilishly thought what if all made Kyungsoo nervous at the same time so that they could hold a party with Kyungsoo’s delish meal?)
They were in the restaurant and Baekhyun was calling Jongin and Sehun (it was supposed to be Joonmyun because he was the oldest among them but he was still sobbing and Kyungsoo was busy trying to calm him) to join them. At the same time Chanyeol’s phone suddenly vibrated, a text message from Kevin came.
Chanyeol how was the test?
I’m sorry; it seems that next Saturday I won’t be able to teach you since I have an assignment due Monday. You can use that time to relax and have fun with your friends after the exam^^
Chanyeol’s smile faltered a bit; his face couldn’t even hide his disappointment because he was indeed missing the older guy. He realized that he never considered his tutoring session as troublesome, instead he thought of Kevin as a nice companion whom he enjoyed learning English from to the extent it didn’t feel like studying. And the tutoring session became his stress reliever; just like cooking for Kyungsoo or playing Pokémon games and Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards to Sehun.
“What happened, Chanyeol-ah?” asked Baekhyun. Chanyeol quickly shook his head and shoved his phone back into his pants’ pocket, but he knew his friend didn’t buy his lie as he himself felt his smile didn’t reach his eyes. He only wished, at heart, that Kevin could finish his assignment so he could teach him again soon.
*****
A/N: A little bit of SuDo because they need more love in this fandom.
Guys, maybe some of you know that I intended to write an intermezzo of XiuHan story first before continuing with 4th chapter. However, I need a bit knowledge about Mandarin and places in Beijing so I decided to halt the chapter and proceed to 4th chapter first.
And now I really have to get going to XiuHan intermezzo because they play important roles in KrisYeol's love story so please, if you know Mandarin and know Beijing well, let me know and we can have some discussions. Because I'm really precise in writing and I want it to be as real as possible. In return I'll leave a spot for you!
Anyway, is there any KrisBaek shipper here? :3
Last but not least, thank you for reading! Don't forget, comments = food :)