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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Major_Character_Death, Underage
  Category:
      F/F, F/M, M/M
  Fandom:
      EXO_(Band), 소녀시대_|_Girls'_Generation_|_SNSD, f(x), Red_Velvet_(K-pop
      Band), Super_Junior, SHINee
  Relationship:
      Byun_Baekhyun/Park_Chanyeol, Do_Kyungsoo_|_D.O/Kim_Jongin_|_Kai, Kim
      Jongdae_|_Chen/Zhang_Yi_Xing_|_Lay, Kim_Joonmyun_|_Suho/Kim_Minseok_|
      Xiumin, Huang_Zi_Tao_|_Z.Tao/Wu_Yi_Fan_|_Kris, Lu_Han/Oh_Sehun, Byun
      Baekhyun/Kim_Taeyeon
  Character:
      Byun_Baekhyun, Park_Chanyeol, Do_Kyungsoo_|_D.O, Oh_Sehun, Kim_Jongin_|
      Kai, Kim_Jongdae_|_Chen, Kim_Joonmyun_|_Suho, Kim_Minseok_|_Xiumin, Huang
      Zi_Tao_|_Z.Tao, Zhang_Yi_Xing_|_Lay, Wu_Yi_Fan_|_Kris, Lu_Han
  Additional Tags:
      Bottom_Park_Chanyeol, Top_Byun_Baekhyun, Female_Kim_Jongdae_|_Chen,
      Female_Kim_Minseok_|_Xiumin, Female_Oh_Sehun, Female_Huang_Zi_Tao_|
      Z.Tao, Female_Kim_Jongin_|_Kai, Female_Zhang_Yi_Xing_|_Lay
  Stats:
      Published: 2017-04-02 Updated: 2017-04-03 Chapters: 3/? Words: 9621
****** Burnt Light ******
by cupsofchanyeol
Summary
     Baekhyun is okay with the fact that he has no eyes or the fact that
     he might not be the most mentally stable kid around, he learned to
     live with it. Chanyeol still cries himself to sleep over a mistake
     that changed his life forever, and has to live with scars on his
     face. Both face the challenges of their flaws and the acceptance of
     their foribben love in a place where there are no secrets.
***** Chapter One: The Beginning *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Park Chanyeol looked like a normal 16 year old boy. He went to school just all
kids his age, he wore normal clothing and had a good group of friends. The only
thing that made him different from everyone else was that he had a power, the
power of fire. He only discovered it at the age 13 when the Park family was
lighting candles when their lights went out. The candles would flame out
quickly, and Chanyeol would watch how they would lose their fire. Something
deep inside of him clicked and a fire slowly started to spark. His eyes widen
when that happened, he ran to his older sister, telling her what he can do. She
told him that he was being stupid and that he should leave her alone. With a
frown on his face, he went back to his spot on couch, and began to try again.
He failed multiple times and by the time the lights in their house came back,
the family went back to sleep, but he still continued to try and light the
candle. As he was close to giving up, he tried one last time, forced really
hard that his head began to hurt. He lit the candle once again. Chanyeol
thought there would be no point in telling anyone because no one would ever
believe him.
As years went by, Chanyeol got better at using his power. He would play around
in fields, creating small fires in the grass, and he would make a fire in his
fireplace. In the winter time when the family would be sleeping, he would stay
up all night heating their blankets so they wouldn't sleep with discomfort of
the cold.
It was late fall, when Chanyeol's dad was trying to set up the fireplace,
Chanyeol thought he could help. While his father went to get more wood,
Chanyeol ran to the fireplace and began to light it. The fire started of small,
but quickly began to increase. Chanyeol tried everything to calm it down but
nothing worked. He began to panic, this never has happened to him, he always
had control.
He stepped away from the fireplace, and fell to the ground on his knees. He
tugged onto his hair, trying to stop the fire but it made it worse. He grabbed
the wooden table next to him but what he didn't realize was that his hands were
still on fire. The table was in flames, causing the floor to start as well. As
he was on the floor, he heard muffled screams of his mother and his named being
yelled by his dad. He couldn't stop himself, his whole body was already on
fire. Chanyeol rose up to try again and stop it, but more flames would come out
from his hands.
Slowly, the house was falling apart and catching more fire. Chanyeol's parents
and sister were running to every exist, trying to find a way to escape. Large
chunks of wood were falling from the ceiling, one of the pieces fell on his
dad, crushing and burning him. The wife was screaming for him, she knew she
wasn't going to make either. The sister took her mother's wrist pulling her to
the door in the back of the kitchen, but her mother wasn't moving, she was
watching her husband's body turn into ashes. The sister began to get burns of
her arms, the fire was going through her clothes, burning her even more. She
dropped on the ground, just like her mother later on did. Their legs were
burning, they couldn't move. By the time the firefighters came, the family has
died.
It was reported to the news that no one survived. The next day, Chanyeol's
school has found out that he was in a fire accident and has passed away. His
entire class was in sorrow, Chanyeol was liked by a lot of people, he made
people laugh and smile, he was a genuine person.
Chanyeol's body or ashes were never found, the police just suspected that he
died as well. During the fire, Chanyeol's whole body was aflame, he laid on the
ground, waiting for death, but it never happened. His body was burning up and
it actually hurt him, but he only felt small sparks on him. As he laid, he
began to hear sirens in the distance, which made him realize, if he stayed like
this, they would find him on fire. Most importantly, they would find out about
his power.
He slowly stood up and looked around his house. It was all destroyed, because
of him. Pictures of him and his family were in flames, the stairs were fallen
apart, the kitchen that his mother loved was completely different now. The
sirens were getting louder, which meant that the police was getting closer.
Chanyeol ran to the same back door his family wanted to leave from. As he got
to the door, he saw his sister's body burning. Her beautiful white skin was now
in flames, her long black hair all burnt out. He wanted to take the rest of
what's left of her body but he knew it was too late, she was almost gone. He
made it out the door but was faced with trees falling on the house, he ran past
towards them, running to the almost frozen lake that was at the end of the
small forest. He ran but he felt his legs starting to hurt, the fire was
finally getting to him. He reached the lake and just ran into the cold water. A
scream left Chanyeol's mouth as the fire hissed with the connection of the
water.
The fire eventually burned out, leaving Chanyeol in major pain. He walked out
of the lake and back to the forest. He found himself a spot against a large
tree where he can sleep for the night. The boy curled up, pressing his long
legs to his chest, and falling asleep to the sound of screams and sirens.
 
When Chanyeol woke up, he was lying in a bed. His first thought was that
someone found him and took him to a hospital, but his surroundings didn't look
like any hospital. It was a room, with another bed right beside him, the walls
were painted dark red giving the room a mysterious and scary look. He looked to
his right, where he say three people chatting. He couldn't make out what they
were saying, they looked professional and well dressed, one of them looked like
a normal kid around his age.
 
The younger one noticed that Chanyeol was awake, tapping a much older man on
the arm, using his facial expressions to tell him that the sleeping boy was
finally awake. All of them slowly approached Chanyeol, having stern looks on
their faces.
"Hello Chanyeol, I'm Dr. Lee, I see you are awake. How are you feeling?" A man
a bit younger looking than the oldest asked and sat down on the edge of the
small bed.
"I-I'm fine..." Chanyeol replied back quietly, he felt very dizzy and confused.
"I bet you are wondering where you are, you're at a facility. A training
facility, I guess. Anyways I'm not here to tell you about that. As you may
know, you caused a fire in your house, unfortunately killing your parents and
sister-"
"What?" Chanyeol interrupted the doctor. His eyes began to water. Images of the
previous night flashed in his head.
"Oh, you don't remember? Last night, you burned down your house. Your family
didn't make it and you were close to dying as well. Which is why you are here,
the burns have caused your skin to open in someplace, such as your arms"
Chanyeol looked down at his arms. They were wrapped tightly in cloth, some
blood was seeking through. He tried to move his fingers but that caused him to
hiss in pain.
"You might not want to do that. Your legs were affected as well, but you can
still walk on them, just don't jump or run too hard. There is a special serum I
have made for you to put on all burns, it will heal them very fast, make sure
to put it one every couple of hours." The doctor placed a bottle of serum on
the bedside table to his right, and got up from the side of the bed.
"I think that's all for my part, Professor Choi will explain why you are here
and any question you have regarding your state. Bye for now." He waved his hand
and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Professor Choi made his way to Chanyeol, and sat on the same spot the doctor
was sitting.
Chanyeol felt tears escape his eyes, his breathing increased. He was going to
have a panic attack.
"Chanyeol, Chanyeol! Calm down, I need for you to calm down"
“Where's my mom? WHERE’S MY FAMILY?!” He began to call out for his parents,
being delusional about the fact that they were gone.
He got out of bed and ran to the door, pain rushing all over his body, but that
didn't stop him. He sprinted out the room, running down a hallway filled with
kids his age. The kids all stared at him, wondering who he is and why he's
running. He paid no attention to the people’s whispers and looks. Chanyeol
continued to run until he meet a bigger door, he opened the door to reveal a
beautiful outside, with benches and tables, and more people that stare. He
wasn't clothed properly, with no shoes and only a dark-blue night gown, the
looks were definitely no surprise. The location Chanyeol was aided in,
everything odder happened. From random floods to fights involving rocks and the
power of electricity to flying boys, it was no ordinary place. This, however,
was a strange scene. As Chanyeol ran out the door, trying to find a way to
escape, large men calmly followed him. He soon ended to a stop, in a middle of
a garden with what seemed to be a teacher, dressed in the similar attire as the
previous man he saw, gave him a look. What Chanyeol didn't notice, is that the
men were slowly approaching him from the behind. The boy was too tired and out
of breathe to realize, but soon, one of the men injected a needle into him.
Chanyeol felt the pain in his shoulder, he turned around and gave a look to the
man and passed out.
 
This time, Chanyeol woke up in what seemed to be a library, but much bigger and
darker. He noticed that his wrist was chained onto a chair, holding him back.
Chanyeol still tried to tug on his arm, to release him, but there was no use.
Soon after he stopped, the same people from the hospital like room and the man
from the garden, came out to greet him.
“How are you, Park Chanyeol? I see that you may seem a bit confused about this
whole situation” Professor Choi greeted him with an apologetic smile.
“Umm…..Yes, what's going on? where are my parents? and why am I here? I need to
go back home, I have school today, I-” “Chanyeol, we understand you have
questions, we hear those questions quite often, we will explain everything to
you in a moment, all we need to know is are you willingly to understand and not
run away just like you did early?” The professor’s face quickly changed into a
more serious glare, he rested his hand on Chanyeol’s shoulder, the same one
that got the needle, and gave it a tight press. Chanyeol began to hiss and
groan from the pain, causing Professor to release his grip.
“Oh sorry about that, I forgot about your shoulder…. Anyways, i have a feeling
you what to hear, yes? I'll let Mr. Lee Soo-Man explain to you every question
you have.” The professor ended his statement and turned around to reveal the
same man from the beautiful garden that he ran to, the professor bowed down in
respect regarding the man, to which is supposed to be Mr. Lee Soo-Man.
“Hello Park Chanyeol, it is pleasant to meet you, as you have been told, I'm
Lee Soo-Man, the founder of this particular facility, called S.M., named after
myself.” The man introduced himself, he looked important from the second
Chanyeol saw, his presence scared him, the elder was dressed in a navy long
coat with dark pants, underneath the coat, it seemed to be the same shirt
Chanyeol saw the professor wore, it must be the facility’s uniform.
“I bet you are wondering what has happened to your family. As you may have been
told before, they have tragically died in the fire you caused accidentally last
night. I'm truly sorry for your lost, Chanyeol”
At this point, Chanyeol knew it was the truth. It's the truth that his family
is dead. His family is dead because of the mistake he did, because of his
power.
“It's okay, Chanyeol. In this whole facility, we have orphans just like you,
it's mostly because their parents died. Except, the difference between regular
orphanages and our facility, is that not only do we give our children a place
to stay until they are 19 years of age, we also have the highest quality
education and wonderful dorms. Everything here is provided for you, think of it
like a hotel, in a sense. This is also the place where, children like you, come
to improve the use of their powers." Soo-Man said as he was walking around in a
slow matter, while he was describing this place, he seems to be very proud of
himself.
Chanyeol's eyes widen. A place to improve my powers? He thought, he felt like
he was Harry Potter, staying in Hogwarts. Except he's not a wizard, he has the
power of fire.
"There is way more explaining to do, but Professor Choi and I are very busy at
the moment so we are providing you someone who is your age so it's more
comfortable for you and someone who knows in and out of this place. He is Kim
Junmyeon," That might be the kid from early, Chanyeol thought.
"....he's one of our star students and leader of his power, water. He's also
part of the leader of his own power team, which he will explain later to.
Professor, can you please bring him in" Soo-Man finished, and the same boy from
that hospital place Chanyeol was in.
"Hello, I'm Kim Junmyeon" The boy greeted and bowed in front of Chanyeol, and
smiled. Chanyeol gave him a weak "hello" with a smile that didn't reach his
eyes like usual. Chanyeol thinks he maybe coming off rude, but he's chained to
chair and has bandages covered his entire face and body.
After everything ended in the library with Chanyeol being unchained and walked
to his new dorm with Junmyeon, Chanyeol was still in shock and confusion. His
dorm was big, with two beds pushed on either sides of the wall, with two
matching closets, and two desks
"Are you my roommate?" Chanyeol asked Junmyeon. "No, I have my own roommate,
Kris, you'll meet him soon, but your roommate, Kyungsoo is busy with school
right now, he'll be done by 4, so just a couple of hours more." Junmyeon
replied with a smile. Chanyeol nodded his head and sat down on his bed.
The other side of the room had one poster of some anime character, Kyungsoo's
desk was all neatly organized with only a couple of pens scattered, his bed was
also neatly made, without any wrinkles. Kyungsoo seemed like a very organized
and clean person. Chanyeol was the opposite, back at home, his mom would always
yell at him to clean his room or he won't be able to go out with his friends.
The thought of his mom brought tears to his eyes, but since there was another
person in the room, he quickly blinked them away.
"So.... Would you like the tour of this place or do you want to settle in for
today and the tour got tomorrow?" Junmyeon suggested.
"I-I think I'll pass for the tour today, thank you so much for helping me,
though." Chanyeol replied quietly.
"It's okay, I can come back tomorrow if you want" Junmyeon said as he walked
towards the door.
"Umm, yeah, tomorrow is great" Chanyeol replied. Junmyeon smiled, bowed down
and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Once the lock clicked, Chanyeol got up and walked to the bathroom, where a big
mirror covered half of the wall. Chanyeol looked at himself, he was a complete
different person. The fire effect a good half of his face, bandages covering
his left cheek, his chin, and the right side of his forehead. Only 4 of his
fingers were burned, not bad, but enough to hurt him. Both of his legs were in
much bigger pain from the scene he caused in the morning, causing some part to
bleed and appear on the white cloth around his thigh and calf. Chanyeol slowly
began to take off his shirt, only to see more damage. His entire stomach was
covered up, with only a few scratches on his back.
Tears slowly began to escape the boy's eyes, his pale skinny figure is now
scarred forever from his mistake. He will never be the same bony tall kid
everyone knew, he's the boy with the hideous marks all over his beautiful face
and milky white body.
Chapter End Notes
     I hope anyone who is reading enjoys the first chapter !!! I am a new
     writer, but I have had this idea for a good year now and finally
     decided to write it !!! Comments are super appreciated :))
***** Chapter 2: Where's the Bathroom? *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Chapter 2
 
Chanyeol spent the next couple of hours, before his roommates arrival, hanging
the clothes that he was given from the facility, which included his school
uniform and his power (?) uniform, plus some extra comfortable clothing to wear
in the dorms. He was also given some supplies for when he goes to his lessons,
like notebooks and pencils. While organizing his things, he hears the door
being opened and a short boy with wide eyes is at the front, looking very
surprised.
"Are you Chanyeol? I heard I was getting a new roommate..." said Kyungsoo,
still standing and gawking at the taller boy. "Yeah that's me, you must be
Kyungsoo?" Chanyeol replied very nervously. The smaller boy nodded his head,
made way to his bed and took off his school blazer and sat down on the bed.
"It's really nice to meet you!" Chanyeol tried again to make a conversation
with his roommate. Kyungsoo hummed in agreement.
Chanyeol started to feel really awkward being around Kyungsoo, but he was still
willing to try and make a friend, since he will be living with the other boy
for who knows how long. "I'm sorry, you seem to not like my presence, I'm new
here and I was hoping to be friends" He looked back at the boy who just looked
up at him and said. "Don't be sorry, I understand being the new kid, I came
here actually one month ago, that's why I didn't have a roommate. It's just you
are so...-" "Ugly looking?" "-Tall"
Well good job making things awkward by letting your insecurities come through,
Chanyeol thought to himself. However, he still let out a laugh, everyone was
always commenting about his height, but he was never really intimidating since
he was really all butterflies and sunshine around people. "Don't get too used
to being the only tall dude, there's someone else who's just a bit taller than
you anyways" Kyungsoo said while hanging up his blazer on a hanger and placed
it into his closet. It seemed like that smaller boy was getting a bit more
comfortable with Chanyeol. His comment made Chanyeol smile because he was kinda
excited in meeting this taller kid, whoever they were.
"Dinner is gonna start in a couple of hours, until then, I'm gonna sleep. Wake
me up at 5:30" Kyungsoo gave out the sharp orders to Chanyeol, got into his bed
and fell asleep. Hopefully he can meet more people during dinner, Chanyeol
thought. Ever since he's been left alone by Junmyeon, he's been trying to think
positively about this whole situation. He's fully aware that he will never see
his family again, and he's got nothing more to lose if he stays in this
facility, even though it feels like he doesn't have a choice to stay or not.
He's still has this feeling of emptiness, but Chanyeol promised himself that he
would try to start new and make friends, who apparently have experienced the
same thing as he did with their families.
During the couple of hours before dinner, Chanyeol continues to put away his
things, but he finishes at least 30 minutes later, leaving him with nothing to
do. He suddenly feels the urge to go to the bathroom, except he has no idea
where the bathroom would be. Chanyeol thinks if it's really worth it going
around and trying to find a bathroom, and then he thinks about not wanting to
pee his pants during his first dinner at this place so he quietly exits his
room and shuts the door behind him. The halls are big and wide, with ancient
paintings of elders on the walls, the halls are somewhat empty, since most
students are resting right now. Chanyeol chooses to go to his right and walk
until he sees a bathroom. The boy walks around and all he sees is closed doors,
most likely dorms of other boys. The floor is a bright hard glass-like texture,
every elegant and something Chanyeol has never seen, his school wasn't the
worse but it wasn't the best either, so seeing all these beautiful architecture
and designs are something to take in for the boy. Each wooden door is a dark
burgundy colour with golden handles, Chanyeol's eyes wonder up to the ceiling
which has Renaissance-like paintings, something similar to a painting of Andrea
Pozzo, Chanyeol has seen before. Waking with his head and eyes up to the
ceiling, Chanyeol doesn't realize that someone is walking towards him, causing
both of them to bump into each other and fall flat in their butts.
"Ow fuck, watch where you are going, can't you see that I'm blind as fuck?"
Yelled a boy , causing Chanyeol to widen his eyes and crawl towards the
apparently blinded student he knocked to the ground. "Oh my god, I am so so
sorry, are you okay? I didn't know you were blind and I was distracted because
I am new here and I was just trying to find th-" Chanyeol tried to apologize
and excuse himself but he got interrupted. "Just shut up please, god you talk a
lot, help me get up maybe?" This boy wasn't pleased at all, which kinda annoyed
Chanyeol, he gets he did something wrong but being rude as the other boy was
being isn't really nice. "Okay I'll help you but there is no reason for you to
be so mean, I said I was sorry and I am" Chanyeol defended himself while
grabbing the boy's hand and pulling him off the ground. The comment did not
make the blind boy happy at all.
"Whatever, you new? Well get used to it, kid. Everyone here is a fucking cunt
so better warm up to it." The boy said, dusting off any dirt that could have
got on him and straightening his uniform shirt to look crisp. "Who are you
anyways?" "I am Park Chanyeol" Chanyeol replied in a whisper, feeling very
intimated by this boy, even though he is a good 10 centimetres shorter than
Chanyeol. The boy faced directly at Chanyeol and for the first time he really
saw how the other boy looked like. Small face with a sharp jawline, pouty
little lips, but the thing that really stood out was his eyes, they weren't a
dark brown colour like most Koreans have, the irises were a faded light blue,
almost blended into the whites of his eyes, the eyes were also bloodshot, nasty
red veins circling around. It was something Chanyeol has never seen before. His
under eye bags were also all veiny and blue and purple, below his short
eyebrows it was the same except with red, as well as scars coating the entire
area.
The boy suddenly turned scared and had an expression of horror on his face, and
quickly covered his eyes with his hands. "Fuck, can you get me my glasses, they
fucking fell off probably" He exclaimed, causing Chanyeol to act fast and bend
down to collect the student's dark sunglasses from the floor. He picked them up
and handed them to the boy, only after realizing that he probably couldn't see
him reaching out so Chanyeol pulled away one of the boy's hands and placed the
glasses in it. Chanyeol was lost for words, he has never seen someone who looks
so attractive before, and yet be so rude and have this one big flaw. Once the
glasses were placed on his eyes, the boy straightened his posture again.
Chanyeol looked at the way his wide shoulders looked in that white crisp shirt,
so broad, perhaps even more broad than his own. The blind boy walked towards
Chanyeol, slowly before he was right in front of him, leaving almost no space
in between them.
"I swear to whoever the fuck is up there, if you even whisper a word about
this, I will end you... See you around." The unnamed student threatened before
walking away from Chanyeol. He looked behind him to see the boy walk and soon
to disappear from his poor sight. All he wanted was to find a bathroom and
apparently he already has an enemy.
After getting all his thought together, Chanyeol decided that he will just skip
his bathroom break and get back to his room. While walking back, he thought
about the boy he bumped into early. Something about him just made Chanyeol feel
all weird inside, not really sure if it's a good thing or bad, he continues to
think more about the blind student. His features stood out, he was both
handsome and beautiful, his figure was strong and built, Chanyeol had felt it
when he hit his chest against the other. The boy also had a mesmerizing face,
again he had a smaller face than most males but nonetheless he looked brave,
looked like someone that should not be messed with. Chanyeol liked that. Even
though the taller boy never really had any interest in boys, he didn't have an
interest in girls either, except for the small crushes he had way back in
middle school. Is he really developing a crush on a boy he just got threatened
by? Who really knows the answer to that question.
Chanyeol tries to ignore that feeling and focus on being on his best behaviour
for dinner, since he will be meeting Junmyeon and Kyungsoo's friends. He heard
that Junmyeon had a team, what does that mean? Another good question Chanyeol
has thought of. When he finally reached his room, he opened it to a still
sleeping Kyungsoo. It was only 5:00 pm, 30 more minutes until he has to wake up
his roommate. He lets his mind wonder again and come up with more questions to
ask his two new friends while laying on his bed and staring up onto the ceiling
of the room. This time, the ceiling was boring, nothing like the one out in the
halls. He continues to think about his family, which was a bad idea since he
will be in public in a few and doesn't want to have teary eyes but he can't
help it. Not even 24 hours have past since he destroyed everything. He thinks
about the happy memories he has with his parents and sister, it's the only
thing the young boy has of them, not even a single picture of them all together
to remind him of his great life. Chanyeol curses at himself for ever
discovering his power, maybe he should have just moved on with his life after
the first experience. Except no matter how many times he thinks of the should
haves and the what ifs, nothing can change what happened.
Chanyeol glanced at the large clock hanging above the door, and sees that it's
5:27. Close enough to the time Kyungsoo requested for him to be woken up, so
Chanyeol does just that. He gets up and shakes the short boy awake. A loud
groan comes out from beneath the blankets causing Chanyeol to chuckle. The
sleepy boy shoves Chanyeol's hand off his body and gets up. He yawns loudly and
stretches. "Thanks for waking me up, not gonna lie, I thought you would forget"
Kyungsoo spoke with his raspy voice, eyes still weary. Chanyeol just smiled and
laughed in response. "I'm gonna go to the bathroom, I'll be right back"
Kyungsoo announced, which grabbed Chanyeol's attention, causing him to say
loudly "Oh my god, please take me with you". This made the shorter boy's turn
in confusion but nodded anyways.
 
After the finally dreading bathroom break, Chanyeol and his roommate made way
to the dinning room, which was probably the biggest room the taller boy had
ever seen, it looked like the gym in his old school! Students of all ages
gathered around and talked quite loudly, having the ,sat break before bed and
catching up about their days. Food was laid out in the back and the aroma fled
the entire room, but it wasn't a bad smell, the opposite actually. Everyone
seemed to know where exactly they would sit, the younger boys and girls seemed
really cheery and giggles escaped their little mouths each second. However, on
the other side, it was mostly student Chanyeol's age, all laughing too and
teasing each other with silly remarks and playful punches. "Quit daydreaming
and let's get some food before it's all gone" Kyungsoo said, causing the other
boy to snap out of his thoughts. Everything reminded him of back home. Once
they got their food, Kyungsoo lead them to a big circle table filled with
around 10 students. The short boy quickly walked to an empty spot, which looked
like it was saved for him, by a tanned pretty girl. Chanyeol glanced around,
not really knowing where to sit. The more he stood, the more attention he
brought onto himself, causing the kids to stop and all look over at him with
wide eyes and confusion.
"Chanyeol! Glad you can make it to the dinner, thank you Kyungsoo for bringing
him, I knew I could count on you!" A voice exclaimed, which belonged to
Junmyeon. He got up from his seat and walked towards Chanyeol who still stood.
"Guys, this is Park Chanyeol, he's new here! Everyone, welcome him!" Junmyeon
said, making all of the students suddenly smile at the tall boy and said
Welcome all together. "You can sit here, I made sure there is a spot for you,
and don't mind the other empty seat, the little jokester will be here shortly,
I hope" The leader like boy showed Chanyeol his spot, which was beside another
girl with long curly hair and cat eyes. He carefully sat down, not really
feeling all that comfortable since he still had everyone's eyes on him.
"Chanyeol has the power of flame!" Junmyeon announced, he was either pretending
everything was fine or just chose to ignore the awkwardness.
"Flame huh? Like the Phoenix? Sounds cool" A boy sitting across from Chanyeol
said, he had brown hair and looked a bit like a foreigner, his accent gave it
away too. "I am Luhan by the way, power of...Telekinesis!" Luhan yelled the
last part, making it all dramatic for a show.
"I guess everyone is gonna introduce themselves, well I am Jongdae and my power
is lightning, sounds lame, but think of me like the Zeus of this place" The
curly haired girl laughed while everyone moaned and groaned at her comment.
"Hey I am!" She defended herself, but there were no hard feelings behind any of
it.
"I am Sehun" A more quieter girl said shyly, she had long hair as well, a light
brown colour making her look really innocent. "I can create winds" She said
with a smile, while quickly glancing at the boy who can make things move. A
deeper voice came from the end of the table and said
"Kris, well Yifan but call me Kris, power of flight, we will be working a lot
together in the future. And I think I'm taller than you" Oh, he must be that
guy the blind boy mentioned, speaking of him...
"Tao! I have the power of time control, it's super great actually, I'm pretty
sure I can undo wars but apparently that's too dangerous according to Junmyeon"
A girl spoke with broken Korean, she definitely looked like she wasn't from
here, her jet black silky hair went down to her waist, her dark skin and sharp
eyes made her look playful but also really interesting. She was also sitting
beside Kris, her arm wrapped around his, were they dating? Did this place even
allow that? Chanyeol thought but paid no more attention to that.
"I am Minseok, power of frost so beware Phoenix!" A girl with chubby cheeks and
wide eyes teased, she seemed sweet regardless of her venom-free threat. She
seemed to hold Junmyeon's attention more than anyone else for long. God is
everyone dating here? Chanyeol thought again, but he wasn't one to judge,
considering his early situation.
"Hello, nice to meet you Chanyeol, I am Yixing, and I have the power of
healing, come meet with me soon because you seem to be in a lot of pain and
have a lot of open wounds, I can make you look good as new!" Another girl
politely said, also seems like a foreigner, she had short black hair cut a bit
below her collarbones, she looked and seemed really sweet, offering to heal him
after just meeting him.
"My name is Jongin, and I can teleport! If you ever want to escape this place
for a bit, just ask me!" The tan girl that sat beside Kyungsoo said, she looked
taller than the boy, her shoulder broad and string while the kid had a narrow
figure.
"Oh I guess I forgot to tell you my power, I have the power of strength, yeah
it's ironic I know, short small boy who is probably stronger than you will ever
be, so be careful" Kyungsoo added, it kinda is ironic, Chanyeol thought.
"Oh my god I forgot too, my apologies Chanyeol, but I have the power of water,
I work a lot with Minseok-ah, we are like a duo" Junmyeon said, laughing at the
last part of what he said and looking at the said girl who just smiled brightly
back at him. He was the last person in the table to introduce himself. But
there was still one more person missing. Chanyeol wonders who can that be....
Suddenly there is a voice come from right behind him, a familiar voice said
"Everyone introducing themselves? Damn why wasn't I invited to this event?"
Chanyeol's eye widen in shock and a little fear.
"Baekhyun, you are late for dinner, I told you to come early so we can all
welcome our new teammate. Chanyeol, again I am so sorry" Junmyeon said
disappointingly and bowing to Chanyeol, hoping he can forgive the boy.
"Chanyeol? Hmm I feel like heard that name before" The voice, Baekhyun, said.
Chanyeol's blood felt like it went cold, his hands began to sweat. He was
scared that he would get embarrassed by the blind boy. He turned around slowly
only to meet directly with Baekhyun, who looked down, as if he could see him,
and had the biggest smirk on his face.
Chapter End Notes
     And here's Baekhyun and all the other members !!Yes he's super mean
     but there is a reason for everything so stay tuned and comment!!
***** Chapter 3: Poor Boy *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Chapter 3:
Chanyeol was lost for words as Baekhyun made his way to the empty seat that was
right beside him. He sat down and leaned a bit closer to the taller boy,
knowing it would make him more anxious and nervous. "So I guess I am the last
one to introduce myself. I am Byun Baekhyun, power of light. And as you can
see, I am also blind as can be." The boy announced, and after that everything
fell back into its place. The students talked about their day and morning, how
much homework they have and the causal small talk. It didn't make Chanyeol feel
comfortable one bit. The student sitting beside him ate his food calmly and
carefree, ignoring the tall boy's presence.
"So since we have a new member of our team, I should really let him know what
exactly we are about" Junmyeon announced. "Chanyeol, we are all very glad you
can be part of us. We are EXO. Each year at the beginning of December, we have
a competition, a games if you will, of all the three main facilities in Korean,
J.Y.P., Y.G. and S.M. Each of the facilities come together and showcase their
best group for specific categories to prove which household is the best. We do
this by performing our powers at first, and then fight for first place using
our said powers. The facility with the most scores and wins obviously becomes
first place and gets awarded. Even though they are smaller facilities around
the nation, the top three are the best and we are all lucky to be here."
Junmyeon stopped for a moment and looked around the members with a smile. "Each
year, at least 3 groups from each facilities will train and compete. This year,
its us and 2 others, Girl's Generation which contains 9 powerful girls who will
lead us, along with a team called SHINeeX which has 5 talented boys and 5
incredible girls. We, S.M., last year have had a fairly tragic ending at the
games..." Junmyeon trailed off quietly while glancing straight towards
Baekhyun, which caused the other members to do so as well, with pity and
sadness.
"Oh my god, I can hear your depressing vibes from the end of the table.
Continue Junmyeon please." Baekhyun said with annoyance in his voice. Chanyeol
was confused. What happened last year?
"Yes, anyways, this year we are hoping we can rise back up and bring victory
towards our facility. Chanyeol, everyday you will be trained to increase the
strength of your power. You have some experience and control of your flame, but
we can't have 'some' we need to have 'lots'. You will work with seniors who
will challenge you and professors who will make you smarter. You also have us
as guidance, we will help you with anything you need as long as you help as
well. We are after all a team. I am the leader and if anything comes to
concern, I am here to listen. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your dinner"
Junmyeon ended his speech.
Wow that was a lot to take in, Chanyeol thought. Competition? Training? Did he
really want this? He began to feel really stressed already, he just wants to go
home and finish high school and have a normal life. "Hey, eat your food, don't
want you to be a skinny little bitch and lose." Baekhyun whispered into his
ear, shocking Chanyeol causing him to let out a small scream, but thankfully
was ignored by the others. "Don't let him get to you, Chan, he's a bit of an
asshole" Jongdae teased beside him while sticking her tongue out at Baekhyun,
knowing that he can't see this action at all.
"Anyways, as I said, I am Jongdae, how old are you again?" She asked. "I am 16
years old" Chanyeol replied softly. "Oh I am too! So is Baekhyun. Yixing and
Junmyeon are 17, while Kris, Luhan and Minseok are 18. And the other youngsters
are Tao and Kyungsoo who are 15, and the babies of the group are Sehun and
Jongin who are only 14 years old" Jongdae explained to Chanyeol. Damn, they are
all so young! "Jongdae stop talking for one moment please, I already have a
headache from you" Luhan said from across the table. Oh this is gonna be
interest, Chanyeol thought.
The group talked and teased each other for another good hour while Chanyeol
quickly ate with Baekhyun sitting beside him. They didn't talk for the whole
evening, it was too awkward and the blind boy didn't seem to be in the mood.
But Chanyeol listened to the others. They all seemed really nice and like good
people. However he did notice one thing, it seems to him that all of them are
interested in one another, romantically. Is this why they are a team? Because
they are dating each other? Weird, Chanyeol thought. Except there were some
that were way too young to even make out and others that were way too old for
each other. But, it wasn't any of Chanyeol's business so he didn't comment on
it. The point is, they all care for each other and that's exactly what the boy
needs. People to care and love him, and of course he will do the same.
Dinner ended at exactly 7:15, a hour and thirty minutes long. Everyone from EXO
walked out of the dinning room together and the boys and girls parted ways and
walked to their designated hallways with their dorms. Kyungsoo walked beside
Chanyeol while the other were in front. Chanyeol took the time to check out
Baekhyun? He won't say check out, more like closely look, yes closely look. The
way he walked again showed how powerful he was, even if he was shorter than his
friends, he was still as strong. And on accident, Chanyeol's eyes traveled down
to Baekhyun's ass, its a tight but soft looking ass. What the fuck is wrong
with him? Chanyeol thought and tried to shake out his dirty thoughts. He looked
over to Kyungsoo who narrowed his eyes at him and shook his head slightly.
"He's not taken but I won't go for it. Okay guys see you tomorrow, here's our
dorm, goodbye" Kyungsoo whispered the first part but announced the last loudly.
The rest of the boys said goodbye and continued walking to their own dorm.
Kyungsoo pushed Chanyeol into their room and shut the door.
"Only a day here, and you already eyes on someone? You horny bastard" Kyungsoo
exclaimed in annoyance and sat down on his bed. Chanyeol's eyes widen. "No no
no, you have it all wrong, I do not have my eyes on someone!" The tall boy
tried to explain but it was worthless to the short boy who knew the truth.
"Again, I won't go for him, maybe because I'm straight but also because... I
hate to say this but he's kinda mentally and emotionally damaged." Kyungsoo
trailed off not wanting to talk about this.
"Um what? What happened, I was actually gonna ask because all of you looked
towards him after Junmyeon said about last year's games?" Chanyeol questioned,
he was a very curious boy.
"I've only been here for a month, I know what happened but I think you should
ask him about that but then again he would probably kill you, so ask Jongdae,
she knows him like the back of her hand. Ask her tomorrow, I promise she will
tell you." Kyungsoo said before pulling out his chair and starting his
homework. "Now, no more questions, I have homework to do. Entertain yourself
somehow"
Chanyeol nodded his head in response and thought about going to sleep since he
doesn't really have anything to do. This day was quite hectic for him already.
 
At exactly 6:30 in the morning an alarm went off waking up the two young boys.
They both let out a loud groan, not wanting to get up. Kyungsoo was the first
to get up and gather his things to go to the bathroom. Chanyeol tried to keep
up with him but the other boy was quick on his feet, wanting to get to the
bathroom before the other boys do. "Come on, hurry up before everyone else gets
there before we do" Kyungsoo said in his deep morning voice, even though there
is a certainty that he was not hit puberty yet. The taller boy gets his things
from his side drawer and they both left.
The boys bathroom was filled with a lot of boys, but as he was informed, this
was the senior boys bathroom, since there are younger ones and it wouldn't be
appropriate to share a bathroom with 18 year olds and 8 year olds. Many of the
boys were already getting out of he shower with only towels wrapped skeins
their waists. Others were in front of the sink, brushing their teeth and
washing their faces. It was a mess but somehow they all seemed to be used to
it.
Chanyeol was left alone quickly by Kyungsoo, so he decided not to take a shower
today since he still has his bandages on. He made way to one of the empty sinks
and began to get ready to wash up. Beside him was another boy who had a strong
built and was almost as tall as him, who wasn't part of EXO, but Chanyeol took
a guess that he was probably part of the other team. The boy took a double take
at Chanyeol, he either took notice of the bandages or the fact that he might be
new.
"Hey! I saw you the other day running around in that silly night gown. Man are
you crazy, I'm guessing you are new, I am Minho, part of SHINeeX!" The said boy
put out his hand for Chanyeol to shake, but it wasn't a shake, instead Minho
pulled him into a hug and slapped him on the back.
"Heard you had the power of flame! We are brothers then, as I have the same
power. It's gonna be great training with you" Minho said with a smile and took
his things and bid goodbye.
Well that was great, Chanyeol thought, another friend. Chanyeol always liked
making friends,. After he brushed his teeth and washed his face., he gather his
stuff and made way out of the bathroom only to knock into Baekhyun again, but
thankfully no on fell.
"Let me guess, it's Chanyeol, your weak chest and tall structure makes it
obvious that it's you" Baekhyun laughed but didn't stop walking away and just
disappeared into the bathroom. Well that was something, even thought the words
did kinda hurt, Chanyeol didn't really like being called weak but he guesses it
was the truth.
Chanyeol walked out of the bathroom and soon walked into what seems like the
common room where all the students regardless of gender all meet up together
and walked to their classes or other unknown rooms. He didn't really know what
to do but he guessed that he probably has to attended classes as well. He spots
Junmyeon talking to Minseok as the stand near the dining room, ready to eat
breakfast.
"Chanyeol! I see you are all up and ready for the day!" Junmyeon sounded way
too excited for 7:00 am, unlike himself and Minseok who had tired expressions
on their faces.
"Yeah I was going to ask, do I get some sort of schedule or something? Like I
have my textbooks that were given to me yesterday but when exactly do I go to
class?" Chanyeol asked in pure confusion.
"Oh yes, I can take you to the guidance counsellor and they will give you your
schedule. Really do think of this as school, although I've never been to the
schools you guys have experienced I get the idea, the only difference I assume
would be the training" Junmyeon explained. "Minseok will you excuse us while I
take him to the guid-" However he was interrupted by a girly voice.
"Don't worry about this one Jun, I'll take care of it." It was Jongdae with
Yixing behind her, both of them giggling. Junmyeon was shock for a good second
but smile nonetheless. "Sure Jongdae, breakfast starts soon so make it quick,
no funny games" The leader warned, the girls giggled again in response while
both of the girls went on opposite sides of Chanyeol and wrapped their arms
around his and started to walk, looking 3 friends ready to gossip.
"So, Chanyeol, tell us about yourself. Got anyone on your mind, you can tell
us, think of us as your sisters, we are here for you." Jongdae teased with a
cheeky smile on her face, Yixing paring the same. Sisters, Chanyeol thought,
sure they may never be Yoona but the thought of having someone close as she was
to him is a nice feeling.
"Well-" "Yes Yixing I told you, is it Sehun? She's way too young for you,
although she does have a small crush on Luhan, which ew gross. Let me guess you
don't like girls do you? You didn't seem to pay attention to anyone during
dinner except-" "Baekhyun" Yixing finished her friend's sentence. They took a
sudden stop and smiled to each other. Was Chanyeol that easy to read? Looks
like he was.
"Um I was actually wondering about the what happened last year at the games
with him, you guys looked really upset when Junmyeon mentioned it" Chanyeol
explained and trailed on the last part. The girls suddenly stiffed up but
didn't show it for too long.
"We all knew you would ask, it's such a long and depressing story but let's get
you your schedule and I promise I'll explain it too you." Jongdae spoke and
dragged Chanyeol by the arm faster so they get his things ready before
breakfast.
Once they got Chanyeol's schedule, they talked about that. The boy had 4
classes before noon, each 1 hour long. The first class he has is History/
English, according to Jongdae it's "disgusting and the worst hour of her life".
Next was Sciences, and after that was Maths, which sounded similar to his
school before but he learns that it's actually really different. History/
English was mostly of the history of the facilities, since they have been
around for almost 400 years. Sciences was about the nature of their powers and
some familiar subjects from regular school. And maths was just math, everyone
need to know simple basic math Yixing said. But the last class he has was
actually an hour and a half and it was only for the people with his power. It
taught them all about what exactly it is. After noon it's lunch of course and
then training for the rest of the day, which made sense to Chanyeol.
"And the best part of it all, you have History and Sciences with Baekhyun and
of course yours truly." Jongdae said teasingly. Oh great, Chanyeol thought, he
didn't know if it was going to be absolutely great or terribly awful. "We make
class fun, so don't worry about it" She made sure of it.
"And looks like you are good in math since they put you in a higher class with
me!" Yixing added happily. These girls were probably the nicest people Chanyeol
has ever meet, actually all of them were except for one.
They continued to walk and talk, mostly Jongdae blabbing on about something
until they reached the dining room. This time it was filled with breakfast
foods and smelled wonderful just as yesterday.
"Let's sit together but by ourselves away from the rest since I have to tell
you the story of...." Jongdae whispered, making them all sit down on one table,
Yixing sitting very close to her.
"You seem to have a fancy on him do you?" Yixing teased, making both girls
smile at the boy. "I don't know.... He's rather rude than nice to me." Chanyeol
replied. He won't say he liked the blind boy but doesn't mean he isn't
interested and curious about the other. "Yeah he's a hard headed kid, very
stubborn" Jondgae says while rolling her eyes.
"Anyways, last December we had our annual games just as usual. Except the only
difference was that EXO only consistent of 6 of us, Me, Baek, Junmyeon, Kris,
Xiumin and Yixing. Plus we were lead by the senior girls, Girls Generation. One
of the categories of the games is where a pair, one girl and one boy, from each
facility is up against in a battle. And the pair that was chosen from S.M.
we're Baekhyun and Taeyeon, you don't know her yet but you'll meet her
eventually. You see Baekhyun and Taeyeon both were raised here, they aren't
orphans like the rest of us so they were seen to be more better and powerful
and in a sense they really are." Jondgae stopped for a bit to rather her
thoughts while Yixing rubbed her hand to have her calm down.
".... When the games started, and their category came up, they looked prepared
and were ready to take on their challenges. It was all fun and games until
Baekhyun got a little bit out of control, he wasn't doing bad necessarily but
he was going way stronger and powerful than everyone else. I remember Taeyeon
yelled at him to stop because people were getting worried..." Jongdae's voice
almost cracked and her face turned in sadness, and Yixing took the cue and put
her arm around her friend's shoulder.
".... She couldn't stop him though, and he continued to unleash his power of
the other boy, but even the elders and the judges saw that something was wrong
and everything went into chaos. And all of the sudden they announced for the
game to stop and everyone did stop except Baekhyun, he still hit and fought
back even though his challenger stopped but he also tried to defend himself....
Taeyeon kept screaming for him to stop and the other players were long gone
from the scene, not wanting to get themselves hurt. And God, the poor boy, he
should have left but he fought back which made Baekhyun only get angrier. And
then it all just happened in a link of an eye, Baekhyun stopped and fell on his
knees and began to scream in agony and pain, from where I was looking, it
seemed like something was coming out of his back, his bones were getting
crushed..." At this point Jongdae was starting to tear up, which made Chanyeol
widen his eyes and panic, he didn't want her to cry.
"You don't have to continue, it's okay, Jo-" "No, I'm fine I promise, you have
to know and yeah I'll be fine" Jondgae sniffed her nose and continued the
story. "After a couple of seconds that something in his shoulders began to come
out, tearing up his skin and breaking more bones, and his screams only got
louder. And finally, a pair of white blood stained wings came out of his back,
like as if he was some angel, but as the wings got out further, they also
started to lose their white feathers and black ones flew out instead. We all
watched this happen as it only happens to a greater than rare population of us,
and especially for the power of light, it was basically unheard of that they
would get wings, and while we were all staring and doing nothing to help that
boy, Baekhyun all of a sudden jumped from the ground towards the kid, grabbed
onto him and flew into the sky.... The boy was killed by Baekhyun, Chanyeol, he
took the innocent kid's life, broke every bone in his body, tore him apart from
limb to limb. It looked like a bear attacked him not a 15 year old...." Jongdae
stopped again, wiping her eyes and hugging Yixing. Chanyeol was beyond shocked.
Baekhyun killing someone? That changed everything then.
Yixing started talking this time. "But everyone in here knows that it wasn't
really Baekhyun who did that, he would never just end someone's life because of
the games. He was trapped by some sort of evil power inside of him, and it
brought of the worst. You have to understand, not a lot of people do but
everyone in EXO understands and that's why we are a team. Baekhyun is one of
the sweetest most caring guy you will ever meet and not talking to him because
of a mistake he wasn't even in control of making isn't acceptable for us" The
girl's face was calm but worried as she continued to calm Jongdae.
"No no I get it, really I do, I mean we have all done mistakes we weren't in
control of making, I killed my parents that way... I let my power get out of
control and burnt my entire house including my family. I understand his pain
and what he gone through was probably worse than what happened to me." Chanyeol
spoke truthfully. It would be hypocritical of him to think badly of Baekhyun if
he has done something similar.
Jongdae and Yixing's eyes widen as they looked at Chanyeol in sadness. They
nodded their head at him and gave him a sad smile. "We know Chanyeol, and we
hope that together we can overcome what we experienced. Now, let's get some
breakfast and meet with the others" Jongdae said while getting up and taking
Yixing's hand in hers, leading them to their main table.
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