unrequited.
mxwoohyun
“but why?” he pouted childishly, arms held up mid-air, about to form a heart shape before he slowly let it fall. “i’m just showing you my support, you know.”
the sound of chattering around them turned into white noise as woohyun and chanyeol continued to converse. the taller of the two had been asked to perform at the cafe woohyun worked at that late afternoon. being the supportive and kind (also slightly embarrassing) friend he was, the hunter jumped at the chance to show chanyeol the love and support he deserved.
which meant woohyun had spent the entire duration of the performance throwing small hearts at chanyeol , which quickly escalated to bigger hearts. although it would momentarily stop when woohyun had to take, deliver or make an order or the shorter male’s co-worker went to thump his head. it didn’t discourage woohyun though, especially not after chanyeol’s performance.
the hunter immediately approached the singer and showered him with overflowing affection which would not have been so bad if they weren’t in a busy cafe and woohyun was supposed to be working but instead he was throwing hearts at a much taller male without any hint of shame or shyness.
❝ Yes, I know. Thank you. I appreciate it. It’s just slightly distracting since I keep wanting to focus on the hearts you’re sending my way instead of what I’m supposed to be doing. ❞
The musician didn’t have the heart to tell the other why he was truly asking him to stop. It’d been an ongoing struggle that had been going on for as long as he could really remember. The hearts and support did make him feel more at ease on the stage, and it also helped him to feel good about his performance, but he still thought that maybe there was a little more behind Woohyun’s actions than he was letting come across.
The slightly younger boy felt pretty guilty that he could never tell Woohyun that he’d only ever see him as just a friend. He was sure that he’d been accidentally feeding the hunter false hope for all of this time. The worst part? Chanyeol hadn’t even told the other that he was in a relationship. He knew that was a pretty huge bit of information that probably needed to be shared... so why couldn’t he bring himself to do so?
The answer was obvious. He was terrified of hurting the other’s feelings. They were friends, and they had been for quite a long time, and what if he really hurt Woohyun? He couldn’t bear the thought. Simultaneously, he couldn’t bear the thought of carrying on with keeping his relationship status a secret. It almost felt like he was living a lie. He was most certainly making things a lot worse than they had to be.
He uncomfortably shifted on his feet and tried to stand a certain way so that Woohyun possibly wouldn’t catch sight of the marks that his boyfriend had left upon his neck. He’d occasionally bring his hand up and pretend to be leaning against it, or he’d look down in an awkward fashion. Laughing rather nervously, Chan reached out and hugged his friend. ❝ Your support drives me. But.. don’t you think you should be focusing on work? ❞ There was another laugh, but this time it was more genuine. ❝ You won’t get in trouble for hanging out with me over here instead of taking orders over there? ❞









