Love at first sight maybe is the most clich love story in the history.

It is the most used love

scenario. The sudden violently pounding heartbeat; the hasty increase of pulse; the words of
from the moment I laid my eyes on you, I knew I love you all of these encompass the portrayal
of love at first sight.
And Baekhyun believes in love at first sight; in love in second sight; He believes in novels and
dramas He believes in happy endings and fairytales; soul mates and destinies. Maybe he is too
much of a hopeless romantic but he doesnt care, he is a firm believer that every love story ends
happily.


Then they live happily ever after Baekhyun clasps together his tiny little hands after he finished
reading The Beauty and the Beast. Ten year old Baekhyun emits the aura of buoyancy as he
ended the third book he was reading for his younger brother, Kyungsoo.
I want one more. Kyungsoo coos as he presses his body closer to his brother. The boys savor
the warmth of their blanket.
Its already midnight Kyungsoo, you need to sleep. If father finds us still wide awake, he
wouldnt let us visit mom tomorrow.
But I want you to read Cinderella again. The spark in Kyungsoos big eyes makes Baekhyuns
hands reach for the blue book on the pile of hard bounds on their bedside table.
Baekhyun completely adores his younger brother because he is his only treasure left; ever since
their mother died, Baekhyun and Kyungsoo are inseparable treating each other as their pillars.
And when Baekhyun, at a young age of ten has experienced the trauma of witnessing a loved
one die but instead of being swallowed by fear and worry, Baekhyun became stronger and
livelier because Kyungsoo is always there to make his life a thousand times better.
His mothers last words are imprinted in his memory, Stories end; its a fact but what remains
are the memories and the beautiful endings.
Their mother never regretted the shackles of marriage, motherhood, responsibility, and reality.
Their mother had met their father when she was twenty four while she was traveling through the
town and asked for directions and the lucky guy who had met her was their father. Baekhyun
said her mother didnt believe in fairytales until she laid her eyes on him. At a young age, his
mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and has a few years to live, she wasnt a patron of
happy endings because she was too much of a depressed girl mourning over her short life but
when she met Baekhyun and Kyungsoos father, everything became a wonderful world to live in.

He remembers his mothers voice ending the stories with those lines. Stories end; its a fact but
what remains are the memories and the beautiful endings. He recalls the late night story telling
that he and Kyungsoo adored. The light form his mothers eyes, sparks and the magic are
imprinted in his mind and his heart. Their mother is undeniably, until her last breath still, is
deeply in love with their father. The love might have ended shortly but it ended happily because
the love that is present is true and will forever.
And Baekhyun is sure, his father will live a happily ever after ending because the love is still
there. As long as the love is present, fairytale exists.
He wants Kyungsoo to believe in fairytales too, to never forget too, to see the magic too so ever
since their mother passed away, Baekhyun doubled his effort to quickly learn how to fluently
read because he wants Kyungsoo to believe in happy endings too.
Years have passed, Kyungsoo and Baekhyun, though the bond got tighter, they grew up with
two different personalities. Baekhyun is a dreamer, Kyungsoo is a realist. Baekhyun doesnt
settle for just okay but strives for the best.
As it turned out, Baekhyun couldnt be tamed and found it increasingly frustrating being held in a
small town where his dreams are restricted. Soon, he decided to leave town and move to Seoul
with all the wide ranges of courses he can choose from, hes sure, his dream to be an author
will be definitely be fulfilled. His father once said, making childrens fairytale stories will end in
the dumps because no one reads them aside from the kids or maybe the children arent even
interested in stories anymore because the variety of gadgets that are lined up before their eyes
but Baekhyuns decision is firm. In the end, his succeeds into getting his fathers affirmation.

Kyungsoo has been supportive but Baekhyun knows his younger brother is deeply saddened,
he is too but Baekhyun is a dreamer and he wants the dreams to be fulfilled. Kyungsoo can
study in Seoul too after a year; thats what they have agreed upon. Baekhyun decides to take up
Literature. A year has passed and he receives a call from his brother telling him Kyungsoo wont
be able to study in Seoul because the younger one decided to stay in the province. Its more
practical.
Months later, Baekhyun became aware of the reason; his younger brother is in love and
wouldnt leave town with the fear of being away with his love.
Baekhyuns visit began to lessen; the every weekend stay turned into once a month trip and
soon became a once a year visit. He would take the time to reach Kyungsoo and his father by
phone or video call. It isnt because Baekhyun has grown tired of visiting but his too focused on
his studies and part time jobs. And soon, Baekhyun stopped visiting.
After college, Baekhyun started his career as writer, his first job is to proof read children stories
that are about to be published. Two months after, he is given an opportunity to contribute to the
childrens book. He also got a job to regularly write an article for a magazine. In seven months,
Baekhyun is starting his first novel.
Five years later, Baekhyuns steps foot once again on the sands where he grew up, the air still
smells fresh, it still feels home. He took a week leave from work, not because he needed a
vacation but because Kyungsoo requested for it. It isnt always that his younger brother will ge
married.
Who would have thought his younger brother would get married before him? He laughs at the
thought but hes more than happy because Kyungsoo will have a happy end to his fairytale.
Baekhyun can feel though they are miles apart that Kyungsoo is head over heels for the guy.
Every call exchanged between him and his brother consists of I really love him hyung and more
stories of love and happiness.
He recalls a week before when Kyungsoo called him in the middle of the night. The call was so
sudden, Baekhyun feared something bad had happened, it made him more frightened when
Kyungsoo started sobbing, he was starting to tear up to until Kyungsoo announced, Im getting
married Baekhyun remembered crying because of the panic he felt but soon calmed down and
started shrieking because what the actual hell, his younger brother is getting married.



He is cut from his trance when he hears a familiar voice calling his name, when looked around
the bus station, he sees a teary eyed Kyungsoo from afar.
What are you doing here? Baekhyun exclaims because Kyungsoos wedding is today and hes
supposed to be pampering himself.
No words came out as Kyungsoo enveloped his older brother into a hug, the sobs are muffled
by Baekhyuns shirt as the younger one continues to cry.
I missed you. Baekhyun whispered while he places gentle strokes onto Kyungsoos back.
It takes a few minutes before Kyungsoo has calmed down, Baekhyun wipes away the fallen
tears from his brothers eyes.
I miss you too hyung.



The roads are familiar, childhood memories are coming back and all throughout the car ride
from the station to the venue, Baekhyun cant stop himself from smiling.
Youll love him Kyungsoo encourages as he continues to bombard Baekhyun with praises on
their way to the wedding venue.
I get it Kyungsoo. Baekhyun smiles wholeheartedly, You love the guy.
I do. I really do hyung.

Youll meet him soon.
Im excited.


Baekhyun has been in two relationships, one is with his childhood sweetheart Kris who dumped
him during junior high but the failed relationship became a successful friendship. The other one
is Sehun, who is 2 year his junior. After a few months of dating, they both realized they are
meant not as lovers but as best friends. And best friends theyve become.
Baekhyun knows his happy ending will come true. When he meets the one, hell know.
Baekhyuns reverie is cut short when he heard his brother calling him,
I want you to meet my soon to be husband. Kyungsoos smiling is like the sun, its so bright
that it seems blinding. Baekhyun can feel how happy Kyungsoo is.
Okay, lets meet this guy.
I cant see him before the wedding so, well, because of the superstitions. So, I asked him to
meet you outside.
Were living in the 21
st
century and you still believe in superstitions?
You believe in fairytales too hyung.
Okay, point taken. So how do I know hes the one.
He has this creepiest smile?
Baekhyuns expression can be read by anybody, it basically conveys You have got to be kidding
me.
Baekhyun is excited to meet the guy.
Baekhyun prides himself of being imaginative and creative. Being an author, he needs such
abilities. So in tough times, he doubles his imaginations and barely considers undergoing the
stage of grief. He keeps his beliefs full no matter what which maybe why he always manages
to escape the call of depression.
Love is not always rainbows and butterflies. Love isnt only seen in movies or in dramas. Love is
not restricted to the amount of time you spend with one another. Sometimes, love is found in the
most unexpected place, the most unreal time, and the most unanticipated person.
Sometimes, everything is unforeseen.
Baekhyun never meant to feel anything. He didnt plan on anything. To know that his younger
brother Kyungsoo is happy is Baekhyuns top priority. But then suddenly, he cant control the
beating of his heart and his stomach hurts a lot. Its scary and heart breaking and it feels like the
world is shaking. Its making him dizzy.
He stands there outside the door, eye to eye with a person taller than him with the creepiest
smile he ever since and then it hits him.
It all goes down to the most clich story, love at first sight. Its painfully heart breaking because
undoubtedly, Baekhyun is experiencing one of the most overused scenes because to hell with
everybody, he may be in love with a person who has the most stupidly beautiful but creepy
smile.
Fuck he curses almost a whisper and he runs away. He can hear the faint words of Hey,
hyung. As soon as the coast is clear, he tries hard to entertain the guests and keeps himself
busy. He keeps himself faraway as possible because its fucking terrifying. This has got to stop.
He succeeds for almost an hour but Baekhyun is sure hes being punished for the bad deed he
did to Kris Wu back in junior days when he threw paint balls into Kriss car. Baekhyun is pretty
sure today is day hell receive the karma because someone is approaching him and his heart
beats uncontrollably fast. He fears hell suffer from a heart attack though he is 200 percent sure
he doesnt have any heart problem or maybe their family doctor is a con actor because maybe
he does have a heart disease because right now, his heart is in pain. As the person walks
nearer and nearer, his chest pain seems to escalate even more.
Baekhyun feels light headed and his heart still hurts. And maybe he died a little inside because
of so many emotions and maybe a part of him will die again because,
Hi Baekhyun hyung, Its really nice to finally meet you. Im Chanyeol
Baekhyun is terrified, he wants to cry.
And maybe his heart breaks into a million pieces and maybe in that little span of time, Baekhyun
questions his belief, Do happy endings still exist? Because he might be in love with his brothers
husband.
Ive heard so many things about you and I promise you, Ill forever love Kyungsoo.


____
Baekhyun is happy. Yes, he is. Why wouldnt he be?
Maybe he is just tired from the long train ride or maybe he is too stressed about his first book.
His heart is just beating wildly because of wariness and somehow, excitement too because his
younger brother is getting married. Sorry to say, it isnt the real explanation on the twinge in
Baekhyuns heart.
Its crazy, Baekhyun thinks because everything doesnt make sense. Why would he fall in love
so easily? And its crazier because why would he fall in love with a man on a white suit that is
about to marry his most loved younger brother. Everything is crazy, perhaps, Baekhyun needs
to pay a visit to a psychiatrist.
Baekhyun rethinks his decision and settled for a cardiologist because theres a problem with his
heart and it isnt funny. He tampers with his decisions once again because he needs to go to a
psychiatrist and a cardiologist too.
He is supposed to be beaming with happiness; jumping in joy but he isnt and hes trying his
best to keep up his trademark eye smile.
Baekhyun lets out a heavy and weary sigh, his brother who is now standing wearing an elegant
suit Baekhyun has picked out for him, is about to say his vows, the wedding will end soon.
Kyungsoo delivered a simple yet touching vow that focuses on promises and oaths hell do for
Chanyeol. To love you forever and be with you all the time; to support you in the best way I can
and be the best husband for the rest of our lives. And then Kyungsoo sings with his soothing
voice that unquestionably wows the crowd.
Baekhyun is definitely proud and he came into a conclusion that hes happy for his brother but
then it changes abruptly. Someone call the doctor because Baekhyun thinks hes bipolar. One
moment he is happy then one moment he is feeling this sickening feeling in his stomach.
Too caught up with his dilemmas, Baekhyun doesnt even notice Kyungsoo stopped singing
until he hears a deep voice over the speakers.
It is Chanyeols turn to say his vows.

It was love at first sight Chanyeols smiles proudly, the first few words of his vow were uttered
beautifully. With his deep voice, everyones ears are focused on every syllable.
I never believe in novel-like stories because I think theyre all bullshits. Chanyeol pauses and
mouths an im sorry to everyone which made the guests laugh in response.
How can one person feel his heart burning in pain if our emotions come from our brain and not
from the heart? Its based on science. But you see, Ive been too nave for the past years
because suddenly, fairytales become real. Butterflies in the stomach never made sense until I
made an eye contact with you. It was so immediate and powerfulfar deeper and inexplicably
beyond any calculation of time and place. Its unexplainable but somehow its so novel-like.
Chanyeols voice begins to crack, muffled by the tears and the hiccups, Ive always had goals,
aspirations, things I wanted to do. But when I met you, I learned what it was to dream. My
dream is to be with you for the rest of my days. The day you told me you love me too, that was
the best day of my life. Until today, its still the best day because I have you. I love you
Kyungsoo.
Baekhyun needs no cardiologist, he needs no psychiatrist because now he knows what he
needs, he desperately needs Disney because he needs a love story, he needs a fairytale, he
needs a fairytale ending with happily ever after.




***
Youre just too obsessed with those chessy novels.

Baekhyun concludes he just needed rest. Maybe, his mind is too exhausted or maybe his ex
boyfriend and childhood friend, Kris, is right, maybe Baekhyun is too obsessed with novels and
dramas but one thing is for sure, there are a lot more of maybes in Baekhyuns life and without a
doubt, there are a lot more maybes to come.

If theres a world record for the person with the most numbers of sigh in an hour, most probably,
Byun Baekhyun will be the title holder as he once again sigh for the umpteen time. He just
ended his phone conversation with Kris but the latter is too eager to hang up the phone because
he is in a middle of very important business meeting with his boyfriend.

Kris words continues to ring on his ears, loud and clear. Youre just too obsessed with those
chessy novels that you find it hard to distinguish the disparity of reality from fantasy or maybe
because you finally found the one.

But Baekhyun opts the first choice. It has to be. Okay, so Baekhyun spends the whole night
after the wedding mulling over what has transpired within him. He keeps himself as far away as
possible from the newlyweds. In the end, Baekhyun accepts the fact that he finds Chanyeol
attractive, like some bishounen from a soujo manga or a prince from a fairytale. Chanyeol can
also pass as a dashing bachelor or a supermodel; even a presidents son in one of the novels
Baekhyun has read. Chanyeol can also be the leading man in Baekhyuns first novel, the one
hes currently writing, he doesnt forget to makes it a mental note to write Kris as a dog or a cat
or even a rat. Chanyeol can also be---- okay, Baekhyun needs to stop with the comparisons.

Theres a soft knock on the door and Baekhyuns heart feels like exploding. He knows its
Kyungsoo.

Baek hyung. Kyungsoos voice is forever soothing.

Baekhyun doesnt mutter a single response. He wants to fake that he is sleeping, hoping that if
he doesnt respond, Kyungsoo will just go away.

Baek hyung. Kyungsoo tries again, Do you want to. Words fade from the little by little until
the sentence remains incomplete. It takes a couple of seconds before Baekhyun hears
Kyungsoo again

Do you want to like talk or something. I know theres something bothering you. And I know
youre awake. Kris hyung just called asking me to check up on you

So now Baekhyun is sure to make Kris a cockroach in his novel. Once again, he sighs and
decides its now or never. He slowly makes his way to the other and unhurriedly opens it.

Hi. Kyungsoo greets with a rather cheerless expression and Baekhyun can sense the
awkwardness and its weird and scary, they never been awkward.

Hyung.

Do you dislike Chanyeol?

Hes kind.

I dont dislike him. I just Baekhyun stops and thinks of the suitable words, his mouth wants to
scream Youre husband is handsome, I may be in love with him? But he knows he can never
utter the words so he settles for a half lie-half truth, the feeling is foreign, my baby brother is
now married and Im not the most important guy in his life now.




___

Baekhyun feels he


Hi hyung!







This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose
the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and
you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when its
just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.

Baekhyun closes the book hes been reading since last night, the words sting as if mocking him.
David Levithans words described his current state. It amazes him.
I made some breakfast, do you want some?