When Broken Paths Cross

14.

Once again, Baekhyun stared at Chanyeol, flabbergasted. His jaw was hanging and his eyes were wide. "How the fuck do I do this?"

"Have you never ridden a bumper car?"

"Do you actually think I would ask that question if I had done this before?"

Chanyeol thought for a while, then his eyes too went wide. "Wait, perhaps, have you never been into a amusement park?"

Baekhyun crossed his arms. A little annoyed by the series of questions getting answered by another question. "No. I have never been into one."

Chanyeol's mouth forms an 'o'. There's a question in the back of his mind but he chose not to ask it. Instead, he guided Baekhyun to the seat and put his seatbelt for him. He also made sure that Baekhyun is safely and tightly secured.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Just making sure that it's secured enough."

"Can you.. uhh, move away for a bit. You're a little too close."

Chanyeol suddenly faced him. Due to the taller's action, their faces were so close to each other that their nose would bump if  either of them leans closer for 1 centimeter. Baekhyun stared at Chanyeol's eyes then he unconsciously averts his gaze to Chanyeol's lips, then back to his eyes again.  He can also feel Chanyeol's steady breathing. His heart is thumping so fast that it's the only thing he hears.

"O-oh, sorry about that. Try moving, do you think you want fly away if you bumped to another car?" Chanyeol leaned away, he was smiling as if nothing happened. As if it was normal because they were... friends.

Seeing Chanyeol's reaction, he felt a little disappointed. If Chanyeol was affected in some way, maybe he would be, well, a bit more glad?

Chanyeol went to his own car and the sound of the buzz echoed through the whole area. The ride started and Baekhyun was clueless how to drive the car. He kept going circles and circles while Chanyeol just laughed at him.

Suddenly, Chanyeol crashed his car to Baekhyun. Baekhyun was caught off-guard. His body aggressively tilted to one side, as if it was thrown. Thankfully, his head was spared. He glared at Chanyeol who was making a peace sign.

"You merciless giant!" He steered the wheel and grabbed the lever. Just as he was about to crash into Chanyeol, his car suddenly turned left, and it was going round and round again.

After a rough 3 minutes, with every Baekhyun's attempt to bump Chanyeol's car, he ends up going circles, it happened repeatedly until the ride ends. Once it was over, Baekhyun got rid of the seatbelts himself and rushed to the nearest comfort room. It was a miracle that he made it to the comfort room without puking or fainting, His eyes were all blurry and his head was spinning. He's not even being hyperbolic or exaggerating. The way he kept spinning was too much to handle. And please do consider that it was the first time he did such thing so he was pushed to his limits a little. 

Chanyeol worriedly followed him. He was Baekhyun pale and sick, regret washed over him. Did he went too far? He slowly approached him and caressed Baekhyun's back softly and gently. "I'm sorry... are you alright? Do you want to go home now?"

Baekhyun looked up to Chanyeol and shook his head. "Just a little dizzy. It's not really a big deal so..." If he backs out now, he's sure that Chanyeol would feel really bad and it would cause his mood go downhill. 

"What do you mean it wasn't a big deal? I played too much that I didn't notice you were having a hard time."

"Chanyeol, listen to me. I'm fine, okay? Do you have some mints with you? I'd like a few to ease my dizziness." He held out his hand, expecting the mints. A few seconds passed and Chanyeol wasn't still responding. He let out a breath and held Chanyeol's hands. "I don't blame you, Chanyeol."