the monster that is me
Title: the monster that is me
Author: kyungsoo_sama
Fandom/Characters/Pairing: EXO/Baekhyun
Rating/Warnings: G
Challenge # & Prompt: #007 - monster
Word Count: 354
also on AO3 and AFF.
[he smiled at them. now, he smiles -for- them.]Baekhyun smiled. He smiled at his friends, smiled at his family, smiled at the camera. His mischievous but benign countenance was what everyone saw, what everyone believed. It used to be real, you know?
What they believed, now, it couldn't be farther from the truth. He was broken. Lashing out anyone who tried to come close, leaving their fingers singed in his cold fury. Long ago, he had a dream, dancing his way home, announcing, "Mom! I won the auditions!"
Soon, the gruelling routine kicked in: vocal practice(thank the Lord he was good at that), dance practice(Slap. 'Is this dancing?' Slap. Slap.) and Chinese classes('It's okay, you'll get a translator when you debut. I mean, if you debut.') He couldn't handle all this, so he kicked himself out of school. I'll not see Hyunsik everyday, he sighed, heart hardening at the thought.
He thought life couldn't get harder. Oh, what a lie. He debuted. His day was filled with relentless schedules: practising choreo, filming some CF, smiling at some fanmeet. Fanmeets? Already? Stupid fangirls, always falling for some pretty bum who can sing, dance and 'rap'(Kai, he hissed jealously).
"Son, why don't you call us anymore?"
"Mom, it's my schedules, I'm too busy." He answered coldly. Wrong. He was drunk in fame. Overdosed, he thought smugly. His character worsened by the day, colder replies, faker smiles, manipulative behaviour. Wow, I'm getting better at this. His heart was now miles away, far from any puny human's reach. And he was proud of it.
"Hello?" He spoke into the mic at a radio show. "Baekhyun-ah, this is Hyunsik." Baekhyun sniggered. "Wow, MC, looks like we have a male fan on our show! Is this the first one?" Quietness ensued. "Must've been the shitty network", he answered coolly, when the MCs asked his why the call was dropped. 'Baekhyun-ah'? Who the fuck does he think he is? Baekhyun sniggers some more.
Baekhyun smiles. Cutely, sexily, smugly. He smiles for his 'friends', he smiles for his family. He smiles for his fans, he smiles for the cameras. Only he knew he was broken by the monster he was inside.
Author: kyungsoo_sama
Fandom/Characters/Pairing: EXO/Baekhyun
Rating/Warnings: G
Challenge # & Prompt: #007 - monster
Word Count: 354
also on AO3 and AFF.
[he smiled at them. now, he smiles -for- them.]Baekhyun smiled. He smiled at his friends, smiled at his family, smiled at the camera. His mischievous but benign countenance was what everyone saw, what everyone believed. It used to be real, you know?
What they believed, now, it couldn't be farther from the truth. He was broken. Lashing out anyone who tried to come close, leaving their fingers singed in his cold fury. Long ago, he had a dream, dancing his way home, announcing, "Mom! I won the auditions!"
Soon, the gruelling routine kicked in: vocal practice(thank the Lord he was good at that), dance practice(Slap. 'Is this dancing?' Slap. Slap.) and Chinese classes('It's okay, you'll get a translator when you debut. I mean, if you debut.') He couldn't handle all this, so he kicked himself out of school. I'll not see Hyunsik everyday, he sighed, heart hardening at the thought.
He thought life couldn't get harder. Oh, what a lie. He debuted. His day was filled with relentless schedules: practising choreo, filming some CF, smiling at some fanmeet. Fanmeets? Already? Stupid fangirls, always falling for some pretty bum who can sing, dance and 'rap'(Kai, he hissed jealously).
"Son, why don't you call us anymore?"
"Mom, it's my schedules, I'm too busy." He answered coldly. Wrong. He was drunk in fame. Overdosed, he thought smugly. His character worsened by the day, colder replies, faker smiles, manipulative behaviour. Wow, I'm getting better at this. His heart was now miles away, far from any puny human's reach. And he was proud of it.
"Hello?" He spoke into the mic at a radio show. "Baekhyun-ah, this is Hyunsik." Baekhyun sniggered. "Wow, MC, looks like we have a male fan on our show! Is this the first one?" Quietness ensued. "Must've been the shitty network", he answered coolly, when the MCs asked his why the call was dropped. 'Baekhyun-ah'? Who the fuck does he think he is? Baekhyun sniggers some more.
Baekhyun smiles. Cutely, sexily, smugly. He smiles for his 'friends', he smiles for his family. He smiles for his fans, he smiles for the cameras. Only he knew he was broken by the monster he was inside.