&; a steady flame
<< ATTEMPT ONE >>
(!* there are a lot of things about park chanyeol that people don't know, don't realize -- the only people who really understand are xavier, magneto, his parents. these are things that he doesn't think about though, and he runs around campus free and wild like he used to do as a child, yura behind him screeching as she tries to play catch up. but she'll never catch up, and maybe that's the problem.
sometimes he wishes she was the one born with unnatural speed because maybe then, she wouldn't be tied to a hospital bed that he visits every sunday.
he came to xavier's to learn how to be better, to not be alone anymore. and he never expected that the world of mutants was as vast as it really is. he never expected that he'd run into a boy with a fire like his sister, and the thought makes his blood run cold and chanyeol is so adverse to the idea that he ignores the poor guy as a result of his own temporary weakness. but today, he thinks, that's going to change.
chanyeol sees char ahead of him, and he thinks that this has to change. he runs to catch up with him [easy enough, that is], claps a hand on the young pyro's shoulder like they're friends -- and they're not, but chanyeol needs to get over himself. the past won't repeat itself here; he needs to remember that. char is not park yura. that's something he needs to remember, too. he moves in front of char with a crinkle to his eyes and a smile on his face, walking backwards in long strides so as not to slow the other up. ) hey, what's up?? (!* and he's trying hard with this, he really is with the way his smile is too big and he can feel the way it feels forced upon his face. hopefully char doesn't notice [not really, anyway] or -- ) .... (!* an awkward pause, and chanyeol sighs. yeah. he's totally going to be able to tell. )