"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BROTHER?" The strong, fierce voice echoed throughout the four walls of Sehun's room, almost shaking the windows open.
"DON'T TOUCH HIM! DON'T LAY ANOTHER FINGER ON HIM OR ELSE I WILL KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!"
Only two sounds were heard after his brother shouted : A lone bullet dropping on the floor, making a faint sound. The other sound was the clicking of the gun.
Lu Han shivered.
He froze, shutting his eyes tighter and he slowly covered the lower part of Sehun's body with the blankets of the bed.
Not because he was also scared and threatened. But because he knows that deep inside, this isn't just somebody. This is Sehun's brother. And he's definitely angry at Lu Han now. He didn't dare face Yifan. He wasn't ready yet.
"Gege~" Sehun mumbled, giggling a contagious laugh. Despite the intimidating aura of his brother, he was still like an innocent boy wanting a lollipop. "This is Lu Han~ my boyfriend. And we are about to have seeeex! Isn't that great?! I won't be a virgin anymore!!!"
"It's not true! I can explain! I met Sehun in Club Exo and he was drunk and had wine all over his clothes so I decided to-"
"Shut up! Just shut up, L-lu Han!" Yifan stepped forward, fully entering the room. His voice cracked a bit, as if he's on the brink of crying. "I don't believe you! I'm going to call the cops and let them arrest you!"
"Shh, sleep now." Lu Han told Sehun, safely tucking him into the comfort of his own bed. Sehun whined for a bit but eventually obliged. As he closed his eyes, Lu Han was relieved- at least Sehun's done something sensible for tonight.
"Lu Han..." the familiar voice was calling him, beckoning him to turn around and see for himself.
No. Lu Han thought. I'm not yet ready for this...
But his mind and heart were thinking in opposite ways...
"Yes, it is me, Kris Wu. Don't call the cops anymore. Kill me now, if you want. But you should believe me at least. I have done nothing to harm your younger brother. I safely led him here and took care of him while you were gone. That's all." Lu Han finally had the courage to stand up and face him.
"My name is Wu Yifan! Who gave you the right to call me that stupid name, huh, Lu Han?!"
"Please, just listen to me."
"Why won't you listen to me instead?! If I say get out, get out!!! You will never include my Sehun into the mess you've started years ago!"
--
Sehun woke up to the sound of someone crying in a muffled way. He slowly blinked his eyes, adjusting to the sunlight, because he wanted to see who was crying this early in the morning.
"Ouch! Ugh, my head hurts a lot! I feel like I have a massive headache!" Sehun groaned, trying to massage his temples. He wasn't expecting any of this to happen right now. I must have drunken a lot last night. Blame Jongin and Jongdae for not controlling me. Ugh, I feel like I'm about to throw up!
"Baobei, thank God you're still alive!" Yifan suddenly emerged out of nowhere, and hugged Sehun with all of his might like there was no tomorrow.
Sehun hugged back but he was still confused and disoriented. He doesn't understand, but he feels sicker this time as Yifan's strawberry scent wafts before his nose. Then he heard another string of muffled cries. "Yifan-ge, a-are you crying?"
Yifan pulled back, allowing Sehun to look at him in the eye. He looks so haggard and it seemed that he hasn't gotten a wink of sleep. He has dark circles under his red, swollen eyes and his blond hair is more disheveled than usual. He looks so pale and lifeless. The natural pinkish glow on his cheeks was gone.
But what shocked Sehun is that Yifan is crying. He never saw nor heard his older brother cry in his whole life. He never even imagined that a strong, level-headed guy like his brother could cry and that his tear ducts are still working. It just didn't fit his figure.
"Why?" Was all Sehun could ask.
"Lu Han..." Yifan whispered.
The moment Sehun heard his name, he immediately blushed and his heart thumped faster than usual. He got a lot more nervous, he didn't know what to say.
Did Yifan find out that I'm gay, declared me a lost cause and has decided to kick me out of the condominium? Will Yifan get angry at me for liking a guy?
A lot of questions flowed into Sehun's mind, none of them answered. He never has the courage to ask them out loud. He was afraid of being judged, especially by his older brother.
Sehun stayed silent for a while. One wrong word and he'll mess up for sure. Yifan is clenching his fists now and the veins in his arms are evident under his pale skin. He looks like he's about to kill someone.
"You should never be with that Lu Han again! Understood?!"
"Why? But I was never with him these days, I was with the frat..." Sehun recalled them entering Club Exo and having a shot-drinking contest. After that, his memories grew blurry and eventually he couldn't recall a thing that happened in the club. How did he even get here in the first place?
Yifan, reading his thoughts, replied. "Lu Han was the one who accompanied you here. Don't you see, Sehun? He intoxicated you with alcohol because he wanted to take advantage of you!"
He felt guilt tug his heart. He knew it was just a white lie, that Lu Han is a good person, and that he honestly changed Sehun's clothes. Nothing more, nothing less. But still... he has to lie to protect his brother.
"N-no... Lu Han would never do such a thing!" Sehun demanded. The throbbing in his head only got worse. "He might be bad but it's just in my dreams! He won't attempt to take advantage of me! He's not even gay for goodness sake! What are you saying, Yifan?"
"He is the worst person in the world, Sehun! You don't even know a thing about him! You've never known past that pretty girly face, have you? You were just preoccupied by his striking charms and his skill of flirting! So just listen to me! Listen to your older brother!" Yifan stood up, towering above his sick and confused little brother.
"Fine! I love him! I love him so much but I don't even know if he loves me back! And you don't have any right to speak ill of him, like you know him so much! " Sehun folded his arms and slowly, tears trickled down his cheeks, and began to sniffle in a sad way. He already misses Lu Han so much that he was crying because of two reasons: physical pain and emotional pain. But he knows that the emotional pain is a million times worse.
"I'm so sorry for shouting at you, sorry I made you cry..." Yifan reached out to wipe Sehun's tears away but the younger boy avoided his touch.
"Sehun, he's not what you-"
"I've known him for four straight years, okay? I don't have to consult you in order to know everything about him! And the least he could do is harm me in that way! He might be a jerk sometimes but he will never do a thing like that!" Sehun cried as he protested, weakly bumping his fists into Yifan's chest.
"It's not safe to love him, Sehun... he will only play with you and break your heart in the end.
"I should have trusted my instincts. That day when I found a red pair of boxers in your luggage, because of its vanilla scent, I knew that it was Lu Han's. Then right after that I could have you homeschool instead of college. But I didn't do that, and now it's my fault that you've become so attached to him...
"And when I picked you up in front of the restaurant when you told me that you were meeting with a your group mates, I had a sense that it was Lu Han again. But still, I chose to set that aside and thought, not only Lu Han likes that restaurant.
"How could I be so dumb and ignorant, Sehun?! Tell me! I should have protected you from him from the very beginning! He will do nothing good to you!"
"How come you know all these stuff? D-did you find out that I liked him and grew paranoid of him? Did you stalk him and threaten him?"
"No, Sehun."
"Then how?"
"Lu Han... he's my ex."
--
"Minseok, can I stay in your house for a while?"
"Sure." Minseok agreed, munching on his fresh French fries. "But why?"
"I don't want to go to school anymore." Lu Han confessed, not touching his own share of fries.
"Whoa there. Are you really Lulu mah bee eff eff?" Minseok's eyes grew larger as he tried to examine Lu Han closely. "Or you're just a clone, hm?"
"I'm Lu Han and thank you for breathing French fries on my face." Lu Han said in a monotone.
"This is the first time you ever told me something like that. The Lu Han I know is smart and sassy and doesn't wanna miss a single day of school because he wants to be top 1 when we graduate." Minseok rolled his eyes. "Who are you then?"
"Things have changed." The doe-eyed brunet deeply sighed.
"Maybe your temperature changed that's why ya have a fever right now and you're not thinkin' straight." Minseok tried to touch Lu Han's forehead to check but the latter quickly swatted his arm away.
"Fine, I'll go straight to the point. I don't want to see Sehun anymore."
"Whoa what the heck you aren't even seeing him after he moved into goodness knows where."
"Into a condo."
"Into a condo." Minseok agreed. "You barely see each other in school except for your literature class. Plus, he isn't even your roomie anymore! Dude, you're literally free from him!"
"No, Seokkie. I think I love him now."
Minseok quickly spat out a piece of French fry and it landed on the tray before him. "Hot! Hot!" He exclaimed, fanning his scorched lips before replying to Lu Han. "Sorry, what did you say?"
"Argh. Why do I have a bestfriend who's such a pig."
"Huh, a pig? Excuuuse me? See these precious pieces of fine sculpted art?" Minseok lifted his shirt to reveal a perfectly toned six-pack abdomen.
"So you have a milk chocolate bar on your stomach. I also have it, by the way. And could you please listen carefully so I can continue?" Lu Han impatiently tapped his fingers on the table.
"Aye." Minseok nodded and switched to listening mode.
"Anyway, as I was saying, don't make me repeat this again... I think I'm in love with Sehun."
"Lulu, why didn't you tell me that?! I overheard Sehun one day after you two showered together! In the shower room, he told himself in the mirror that he will never fall in love with you but he also thinks that he will fall for you! So you two might be official in the future, right? Oh my gosh I'm so happy for my bee eff eff, he's all grown up now waiting at the altar with me beside him, seeing Sehun march down the aisle in that pretty white-"
"W-we can't be together." Lu Han cried as all of his thoughts of being together with Sehun break and crumble in his mind.
"Why what happened? You both love each other anyway! I'm going to protest to the government about not legalizing same sex marriage!"
"Minseok, you're already getting so far from the current situation."
"Okay sorry. Carry on now."
"We can't be together... because Sehun's brother is Kris Wu."
Lu Han expected Minseok to shout and scream in frustration but he just kept silent and put down the box of fries he was holding.
"Why him of all people. We both know you aren't on good terms."
"Minseok, he almost shot me with a gun yesterday."
"Why, that stupid half-assed bastard! I'm gonna-"
"One of the reasons why I fell in love with Sehun is that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Kris. That time, I missed Kris so much that I wanted to fly back to Canada. Then I met Sehun here in South Korea. He reminds me a lot of Kris."
"No wonder they're brothers."
"They're actually step brothers, meaning they're not related to each other at all. But they are so similar in many ways. Sehun always addresses Kris as 'Yifan' and I didn't even know he had a full Chinese name."
"That was his English name in Canada. Kris. Then when you two broke up he started using his real Chinese name- Yifan."
"What the heck how did you know?!"
"His bee eff eff Tao told me. I have many Chinese connections."
"How come you never told me?"
Minseok crossed his arms and glared at his best friend. "How am I supposed to tell you? You get mad everytime I raise up a topic about him. You almost pushed me off a jet ski one time when I just mentioned Kris, and you didn't even let me finish my sentence! I was talking about Cristiano Ronaldo that time, and not Kris! Now, you're the first one to initiate the topic so don't murder me okay. I still have to finish eating my fries."
"Yeah," Lu Han laughed. "That was before. But seriously I never imagined him to be Sehun's step brother although they look alike."
"How's he doing right now? And how did you even meet him here?"
"Minseok, you'll never believe it. I met Sehun in Club Exo and he was so drunk so I brought him to his condo. Then I was just changing Sehun's clothes because he was too drunk to do it then boom! Out of nowhere, Kris appeared holding a gun in his hand."
"Is he still bitter?"
"He is until now. Duh. It's been four years since I broke up with him. It shouldn't be a big deal anymore."
"Lu Han!" Minseok exclaimed. "You broke up with him because you chose to follow your ambitions over him and you told him that you don't love him anymore, that he doesn't mean anything to you, that he was just a thing to play with when you get bored! AND that was in the morning after you two had sex and it was his first time in his life as a bottom!"
"Shhh! This is a restaurant and not someplace else! There are children eating here!" Somebody's mom scolded Minseok for being too loud.
"Sorry for being too fabulous." Minseok winked at her and she just rolled her eyes at him.
"So? That isn't a big deal at all."
"For you. But for Yifan, of course it is! It was his first time to bottom anyway! So he was naturally shocked after you told him that. Maybe he was traumatized after that and he just wanted to protect Sehun from you."
"But I just did that because he was so clingy to me and I was getting very annoyed at him."
"Lu Han." Minseok rolled his eyes at his best friend. "Did you even love Kris at all?"
"Look, I was gay that time and he looked hot so I hooked up with him. I didn't expect him to take it so seriously though."
"See? You just used poor Kris to fulfill your gay needs. You're a bad, bad gay, Lu Han! And I am ashamed of you."
"But this is different, I love Sehun for real! I was trying to ignore the temptations when I was changing him! But now he might hate me because of course Kris already told him the whole story of what happened to our relationship, by now."
"You are going to be the death of their family, don't you know that? You played with one brother but you claim to love the other."
"Minseok, I really love Sehun to the galaxy and beyond! If you want, I can prove it to you right now if you don't believe me!"
"Don't prove it to me, Lulu. Prove it to Kris- or should I say, to Yifan- that you are really sincere this time. Because he doesn't want you to break Sehun's heart too."