Summary: Chanyeol's... a special gangster.
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Baekhyun's popular.
He's really fucking popular, and it makes Chanyeol feel kind of special in some stupid way.
Jongdae's house is a mansion, because, why wouldn't it be? His dad owns a BMW dealership, not to mention how his mom is somewhere in France because she's a fucking designer.
Chanyeol doesn't know where to hang out or stand, so he just sticks with Sehun and Jongin over by the kitchen. There are too many other people in the house and Jongdae's running around, trying to get things in order.
"What're you giving Little Boss?" Sehun asks, pointing at the gift bag.
"None of your business."
Maybe Chanyeol feels a little embarrassed... It's not like his gift is expensive or store-bought so it might be a little... less shiny than all of the other gifts.
Goddamn it.
Turning the conversation away from him, Chanyeol nods over at the box on the counter that's poorly wrapped with a slapped-on doggy sticker. "What's in that thing?"
"Well, we bought it together," Jongin says, nudging Sehun's elbow. The latter's too busy texting on his phone, distracted. "We didn't know what to get Little Boss, so we just got him a little Polaroid camera."
"Hm..." At least that crosses off one of the things on Baekhyun's little wishlist. "He might use it.
"Yeah, we thought that Little Boss might wanna take pictures and stuff over there— Like, new school, new friends, a new girl... Uh..." Jongin notices Chanyeol's warning and immediately finishes his sentence. "New girl friends— for chit chat. Definitely not for tits. That wouldn't be, you know, like him—"
Jongdae's voice rings through the house, cutting the gang member off (much to his relief). "He's here! Everyone, get to the front door!"
Everyone starts scrambling to the front door area— even Jongin and Sehun. Chanyeol's probably the only one calmly walking over but it leaves him in the back of the crowd behind everyone else.
Rushing to the door, Jongdae slowly cracks it open.
Even from the back, Chanyeol can still hear Baekhyun's familiar, "Hi!"
Then, the door slams open wide and everyone shouts in unison (except Chanyeol), "SURPRISE!"
Baekhyun gasps, covering his mouth with both his hands before rushing over to greet everyone. The entire hoard (except Chanyeol) meets him in the middle to circle around him.
"What is this!?" he says half-laughing, but also half-almost-crying. "Jongdae!"
"It's a surprise going-away party!" Jongdae says, hugging him before stepping aside to let everyone else have their hug (which Baekhyun is enthusiastically giving away). "You'll probably make a lot of new friends, but don't forget about us, you know!"
"I would never forget you all! I'm..." Baekhyun notices Chanyeol in the back. The second they make eye contact, the runt starts crying, but he has to keep hugging everyone else because he knows he can't just run over to the gangster. "I'm... I'm so lucky to have you guys."
The girls in the crowd all "Awwww!"--even Jongin and Sehun.
Chanyeol just...smiles.
He loves him.
A lot.
"Stop crying, you big baby!" Jongdae tells him, wiping away the boy's tears. "We still have cake and gifts for you! And, like, some activities. No drinking, though. I decided that it probably wouldn't be a good idea."
