Excuse Me

Chapter 2

      Kyungsoo wasn't ready, he decided for the millionth time. What was he kidding himself? He wasn't going to survive in this new place, having to make new friends; well actually, he didn't have too many friends to begin with, but that was beside the point. The point was that he was going somewhere foreign and he decided he wasn't going to make it.
     He would have these thoughts over and over again in his mind while looking out the window of his nearly empty bus. As he stared at the passing towns and countryside, Kyungsoo would go back and forth about being excited and ready for this new place, to being filled with dread of the troubles and hardships that could find their ways into his life.        
   As Kyungsoo was being anxious, he was slowly and slowly making his way closer to the university, which didn't help his bipolar emotions. The strings of his hoodie were the ones paying for Kyungsoo's troubled mood, and they looked very unhappy to be the subject to his mindless fidgeting. Slowly killing his hoodie's strings, Kyungsoo thought of the all ups and downs of university life.
        On one hand, I'll get freedom and have a new place to explore and have fun, but on the other hand I won't have anywhere familiar to go when I'm sad, and I'll soon have to pay my bills because I'm slowly becoming an adult, and what am I going to about money? What if no place wants to hire me? How am I going to afford anything I need? I don't have much money as it is...
        "Kyungsoo, stop worrying so much and loosen up. If you frown like that any longer you'll add more wrinkles to the ones you already have." Sehun interrupted Kyungsoo's thoughts with a sassy and annoyed voice. Kyungsoo stopped frowning to roll his eyes and smile at Sehun, who had turned around in his seat to look at Kyungsoo.
        "Excuse me, sir, but did I ask for your opinion on my wrinkles? They take great offense to your dislike of them. You should apologize." Kyungsoo was glad to get his mind off of his serious thoughts and joke around a little. Sehun was always able to sense his horrible moods and help him get over them.   
        "I only apologize to those who are as beautiful as me, which is no one. So, I don't apologize to anyone." Sehun pulled a bitch face and pretended to throw back his non-existent ponytail. Kyungsoo let out a little laugh at the younger ones antics to try and cheer him up. Sehun smiled and let down his act when he noticed Kyungsoo's change in mood.
        "You really shouldn't worry, you're going to do fine." Sehun reassured Kyungsoo while folding his arms and resting his chin on them, leaning his arms on the back his chair, now sitting all the way around so he was looking eye-level at Kyungsoo. Kyungsoo reached up a hand and took off Sehun's hat to run his fingers through Sehun's hair. The latter acting just like a cat would, hummed and arched his back slightly.
        "What if I'm wasting this scholarship by going into music? I could do anything, go into medicine or something, but instead I'm using it to try and get a job that might not be available to me. What if I never can get a stable job because I don't have a degree in something useful?" Kyungsoo hated to confess his weaknesses to people, especially Sehun, whose life was hard enough without Kyungsoo adding to his worries.
        "Soo, you have one of the best voices I've ever heard. You're definitely going to be snatched up by a company as soon as you step foot your little foot onto campus. Soon, you're going to be so rich you're going to forget about this small town and all these little worries. Just relax and have a good time while you can. How about this; as soon as you put up all your stuff in your dorm, we go out to the Mainstreet and explore and have some fun? Does that sound good? *dramatic gasp* And, while we're there, let's scope out any cute boys!"       
        Kyungsoo rolled his eyes at the youngers words. Kyungsoo, still running his hand through Sehun's hair, stopped and pulled, not too hard but enough for it to be felt, in warning to the other not be so ridiculous. Sehun whined and tried to pull away him, but Kyungsoo started to pet him again, so Sehun cautiously let him continue. Kyungsoo, who came out to his mom not that long ago, was single, but not necessarily looking for anyone, and was definitely not the most forward person ever. Sehun knew that Kyungsoo wouldn't go up to a boy to start conversation, but still liked to tease him.       
        "That sounds like a good idea actually. It would give me a good feel of the town before classes start and I won't have anytime to look around." Kyungsoo stopped petting Sehun's head, the latter becoming whiny again, and checked the time on his phone, "We should be there soon, right?"
        Sehun, who came to this town quite often for reasons unknown to Kyungsoo, looked out the window and nodded, mumbling something about being only 5 minutes away before getting out another one of Kyungsoo's mother's cookies to munch on.
        Kyungsoo took a deep breath and told himself he was going to be okay. He needed to stop worrying, Sehun was right, a walk around the town would do him good. As the bus stopped and Kyungsoo and Sehun got off with their stuff, Kyungsoo got ready to have a, hopefully, stress-free and relaxing night. If only he knew.