NEW KID

⚠️⚠️Trigger Warning ⚠️⚠️

Baekhyun's p.o.v.

Baekhyun hated being the new kid. He had been the new kid too many times and he was done with it. He was done with all the people staring, ogling him as he walked with his head down through the crowded halls. He was done with the whispers that followed him — the whispers that followed him his whole life. Why didn't they ever stop? Why can't I make them stop? Baekhyun thought desperately.

He just wanted one day. One day without the voices.

One day without the stares.

One day without the people who thought they knew.

He just wanted one day . . .

Baekhyun wasn't watching where he was going, so he didn't notice the tall giant until he smacked into his back and fell backwards onto his butt. His hands smacked against the floor loudly, and stinging pain ran the length of his arms to his spine. His books scattered all around him.

The giant turned around, a scowl marring his otherwise perfect face. Baekhyun gasped. He gasped because the whispers had stopped, the silence he so desperately wished for was finally here! He was overjoyed, then it came back like a swam of bees, penetrating his senses and making him cringe. It was then he noticed the boy kneeling in front of him, snapping his fingers in front of Baekhyun's face to get his attention. Baekhyun looked up into the eyes of the giant and gulped. His first day, and he already managed to make an enemy.

"Yah, midget! Are you deaf? I was talking to you. It's rude to ignore your hyung," the giant scolded Baekhyun.

"You're not my hyung," Baekhyun said, then his eyes widened in surprise. Where did his sudden courage come from?

"Oh really, how old are you, midget?" the giant asked with an amused expression.

Baekhyun gulped. "I'm eighteen, my birthday was last month."

The giant blinked in surprise, making Baekhyun realize this giant was actually hyung to him.

"I told you, you weren't my hyung," Baekhyun muttered before gathering his things and leaving the giant staring at the spot the midget had just occupied.

Chanyeol's p.o.v.

Chanyeol couldn't believe it, that midget was hyung. Chanyeol's friend, Oh Sehun, reached his hand down for Chanyeol to grab. Sehun pulled him to his feet as he said, "Chanyeol, dude, he's hyung." Then Sehun laughed and slapped his knee.

Chanyeol rolled his eyes. "It's not that funny," he grumbled. But Chanyeol was embarrassed. He had just assumed, but he'd been wrong, and everyone had seen his mistake.

Midget, you better watch yourself, because I'm going to make you pay, Chanyeol thought. The one thing Chanyeol hated most was being humiliated, especially as publicly as he had been.

. . . .

3rd p.o.v.

Baekhyun walked into his first class feeling like a dark cloud had descended upon him. He so desperately didn't want to be there, especially because he was there. Baekhyun internally groaned as he walked to the only vacant seat in the back of the room. Did God hate him? Was he being punished for something? Because as he went to take his seat, it suddenly disappeared from beneath him and he nearly missed smacking his chin against the table as he fell down onto the hard floor for the second time in approximately twenty minutes or so.

The whole class erupted into a fit of laughter as the teacher told them to settle down and said, "Mr. Byun, are you alright? Do you need the nurse?"

Baekhyun got up, his face burning with embarrassment as he said, "No, sir, I-I slipped."

The obnoxious giant laughed into his hand beside him, as Baekhyun, sure to hold onto his chair as he sat down, turned to look at the giant. Baekhyun's face held no emotion, and Chanyeol had expected at least something when he had pulled that stunt.

What? Was he suddenly shy now that he was in the same room as a teacher? Is that why he didn't respond with anything witty? Or maybe Chanyeol's job was already done, and this midget was excepting it in good grace. Whatever it was, Chanyeol couldn't help but be curious. He didn't know why either, the guy wasn't even that attractive. His black hair was a mess, his eyes had dark circles beneath them, and his skin was pale, shallow almost. Then suddenly Chanyeol realized, this guy, he's either sick or deeply depressed. Chanyeol went with the latter, and oddly he felt the urge to protect him, and just mere minutes before he had been the one to cause him pain?

Chanyeol leaned towards the smaller and muttered, "Yah. Um . . . Sorry about earlier, and, you know . . ."

Baekhyun looked up at him, surprised, and he felt his face flush as he mumbled, "It doesn't matter. I'm use to being bullied." Baekhyun didn't even care to admitting it.

Chanyeol blinked in surprise. He was so blatant. Wouldn't he want to keep something like that to himself, but then Chanyeol realized this boy didn't have the energy to care anymore. Chanyeol's worry increased.

What if he wasn't in school tomorrow? What if he killed himself? Chanyeol shook the thoughts away and mumbled, "Do you want to talk about it?"

Chanyeol saw actually emotion on the boys face when he turned to look at him. Baekhyun couldn't contain the sudden anger he felt as he turned to glare at the giant and hissed, "Why would you care? You've already managed to make it worse, or is that just your way of redemption? Shove them down and then apologize, and think everything will be okay? That what you do doesn't have consequences? Doesn't hurt that person!? Or are you too stupid to realize all of that?" Baekhyun was practically yelling now.

He didn't understand. No one had ever gotten to him like this giant did. No one ever managed to make him close control. Why? What was so special about this giant that he caused Byun Baekhyun to lose his cool — to lose his mind?

Chanyeol was in shock. The whole room was in shock.

Then without another word, not that it was needed because Baekhyun had already said everything he wanted and than more, he left. Even the teacher was too stunned to say anything.

Baekhyun's p.o.v.

Baekhyun didn't care that he had walked out of the middle of class. He didn't care that he yelled at that stupid giant. He didn't care he would be missing the rest of the day. And he didn't care about the hell he'd receive because of it. Baekhyun just kept walking until the doors had closed firmly behind him and he was on his way back to his house.

Baekhyun took the short-cut through the park because he figured, his day had already turned into shit, so why not get mugged too? He was joking of course, not about the park being dangerous because it was, but about the "mugging" part. The worse thing to ever happen to Baekhyun walking through this field/park was running into Zhang Yixing. It always seemed no matter what time of day, he would always be there, waiting. And this time wasn't any different.

Yixing walked out from behind a tree, followed by Lee, his right hand man. Baekhyun sighed. He knew how this would end, with one black eye and a cut lip, maybe even the possible broken rib.

"Baekkie," Yixing said in a too sweet voice that Baekhyun instantly distrusted. "Your dad didn't pay up, sorry, but now it falls to you."

Panic instantly seized him. "What?" Baekhyun said in panic as they both started to approach him. "Yixing, come on, you're kidding right? You—you can't." Baekhyun had started to tremble.

"Sorry, Baekkie, but you know what happens when daddy doesn't pay."

Baekhyun wanted to gag. God no, he wanted to die.

As they approached even closer Baekhyun screamed, "Yixing, no, stay the fuck away from me!"

Baekhyun was too distracted by Yixing too notice Lee come up from behind him and lock his arms around Baekhyun, restraining him from running away. Baekhyun screamed, but it was cut short when Lee kicked his legs out from underneath him and he dropped with a "Oof!" onto the cold hard ground. Baekhyun kept begging Yixing until he felt the cold air against his skin, and he knew there was no going back. Lee kept a firm hold on Baekhyun, his face was pressed into the ground and his cries were muffled.

When they finally left, Baekhyun quickly pulled his jeans back on and dropped to the ground, sobbing into his hands. He didn't hear someone approaching him.

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Byun Baekhyun

Park Chanyeol

Zhang Yixing

Oh Sehun

(A/N: This is the way they look in the story. I know Baekhyun's hair isn't black in the picture, but imagine it is. I will post the others as they appear.)
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Author's Notes

Hello, my readers!

I'm so sorry for the sad ending to the chapter. Just looking back on it brought tears to my eyes. 😭😭

I changed things, again. If you're unhappy about this, read my Author's Notes after the Growing Darkness chapter, maybe that'll help....

Anyway, hopefully the p.o.v. isn't too confusing, but it's the only way it made sense when writing it.

I may update again tomorrow, we'll see.

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Well, until next time.... 🌸🌸