Track 2: Dangerous Night (EXO Chen) [30STM America Series]
A/N: Part 2 of my America series-inspired by 30 Seconds to Mars’ album AMERICA. This is track 2-dangerous night. Chen has a revelation about his current relationship and makes some big decisions.
Y/N stands for your name.
Enjoy~
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Chen had been secretly dating you for over 2 years now, and was getting sick of it. Not of you, of course, but of the secrecy shrouding your relationship. Having to always watch his back, his photos, his management, making sure your name was staying out of the media, everything, was weighing on him. He just wanted to go out for a nice dinner and a movie without completely covering his face. Having to eat and travel separately to protect identities and deter rumors. For being such a boisterous person, keeping quiet is extremely difficult.
He slowed his car to a stop at a red light and looked at you sitting in the passenger seat, playing on your phone.
“I want to be open, Y/N.” He stated.
You looked up from your phone. “Okay, what’s up?” You tried to hide the nervousness from your voice. “No, no, like you. Me. Us. In the open. I don't want to have to hide our relationship anymore.” You were speechless, inviting him to continue.
“Hiding things is so exhausting, you know? And we’d be able to see each other more and we don’t have to be so afraid when we go out. We can go and do what we want to do. Go where and when we want to go. Look how we want to look!”
You sighed. “What about your fans or your managers...” He waved his hand before you finished your thought, and the light turned green. The car lurched forward.
“My manager won't care as long as I get my work done. And my fans will just have to deal with it. If they care about my happiness then they’ll be fine with it. Our fans have dealt with it before, with Jongin and Baekhyun. It’s my turn to be happy and proud. You deserve to be shown off. You don’t deserve to always be forced in the shadows.” He stopped at another red light. “What do you say, Y/N?”
You couldn’t even form the right words. The impact of his fame suddenly weighed on you, you looked towards the hate you would receive, the fans who would be crushed, the trouble he would be in.
But it would make him happy. And he truly loved you, enough to risk his safety and status just to show you off.
“Okay, yeah, let’s do it.”
Chen reached across the center console and pulled you into him, crashing his lips against yours. He pulled away just as the light turned green. “Let’s go somewhere this weekend. Take off work and pack a bag. We should go someplace fun. Like Singapore, Kyoto, Jakarta, Jeju, somewhere!”
You sighed. “But you have practice this weekend and I don’t know if I could get off work in time. And before you say anything, I’ve already used the grandparents excuse once and it didn’t work last time, mister.”
He poked your cheek. “Cheer up, Y/N. Just tell them you’re sick or something. I’ll step in if need be. And I can easily make up practice this weekend, it’s just vocals. Come on, I wanna go do something to celebrate.” He merged onto the freeway and rolled down his window, warm air hit you in the face.
“I’ll see what I can do.” You mumbled.
Chen grinned and leaned out the window. “I’m Kim Jongdae from EXO, and I love Y/N Y/L/N!” He screamed. You scrambled to pull on his waist or pockets to pull him back in. “Jongdae, what the hell are you doing?”
We threw you and elated grin and rolled down your window, sending your hair flying. “Come on, just try it, it’s fun! You know you want to.”
You sighed, eyeing him from the corner of your eye. You cautiously leaned your shoulders out of the window. “I’m Y/N Y/L/N and I love Kim Jongdae from EXO!” You shouted as loud as you could. Chen offered a scream in response. You sat back in the seat giggling.
“You’re right, that was fun.”
Chen took your hand in his. He was already thinking about his first social media post announcing your presence in his life.
What a night this was turning out to be.