The
Aftermath
Chen
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Chen
wanted a boyfriend.
It
had been a nice thought in the back of his mind, for a while. It had only been a vague impulse, though,
because he was an idol now, and an idol couldn’t have a boyfriend. It was too big of a risk; what if the fans
found out? He didn’t want to do anything
that would jeopardize EXO. There were
plenty of guys that he was close to, anyway; that should have been enough.
The
things Sunggyu said to him, though, and the ways that Sunggyu made him feel,
stirred up this strange yearning sensation inside of him. He wanted a boyfriend. He really, really wanted one. He wanted one so badly that he tried asking
Baekhyun to be his boyfriend, although after about a minute of that they both
agreed that it wasn’t such a great idea.
He
wanted someone to invest his heart in. Someone who would be invested back. Someone he could point to and smile at and
call his boyfriend. Someone
who’d make his heart race. Someone who’d call him just to say hi. Someone who’d stay on the
call just to hear his voice.
Someone he could go on dates with and snuggle on the couch with and talk
to about anything. Someone
who’d make love to him.
When
the blind item came out and his social life stopped, Chen tried to see things
from Suho’s point of view. He and the
other members had a lot of conversations: what about Teen Top, what about
Infinite, what about our sex lives, what about L.Joe
and Sehun? But, in the back of his mind,
a panicked voice kept asking: what about me?
What about my boyfriend? He’d
never found one, and now he never would.
Even if he ran into the perfect guy the very next day, they’d never be
allowed to date, much less call each other boyfriends, and fall asleep on the
phone, and make love.
The
death of his dream had only made his desire for it more intense.
As
soon as his social life was back, and as soon as he was sure that he was
allowed to have a boyfriend, he felt determined to find one. He didn’t want to jump at the first guy he met,
but he was going to have a boyfriend, no matter what. The opportunity might disappear at any
moment, and he had to hold onto a relationship while he could.
There
were only a few male idols he knew in a relationship with another guy. Fewer with another idol. Even fewer with another
idol from a different group. Very few in a stable
relationship. He went to Shinee’s dorm to talk to Key.
Key’s
first response was to laugh. “Ew! Woohyun’s not my boyfriend.” Then he looked at Chen, his eyes glittering
with curiosity. “You want a
boyfriend? Who?”
“I
don’t know,” he admitted. “Anyone, I
think that anyone would be good at this point.
But how do you make it work? I’ve
seen idols try to date, and it almost never lasts.”
“Ah,
it’s hard,” Key admitted. “It’s hardest
when it’s someone on another team. You
never see each other. You’re practicing,
he’s touring, you’re promoting, he’s traveling. When you finally do see him, you’re like, ‘Oh
my god, give me your penis, where has it been, I need it!’” he exclaimed,
shaking Chen. Surprised, Chen collapsed
with laughter. “When Woohyun and I
haven’t seen each other for a while, we spend time just staring at each other. Right in the face.” He tilted his head to one side, gazing at
Chen. “So that’s what you look
like. He asks, ‘Were you always so
pretty?’ and I ask, ‘Were you always so weird-looking?’”
Chen
laughed. “Hyung! That’s terrible.”
“You
have to be with someone who doesn’t need constant attention. Or someone who’s really close with other people
in his life, and can get what he needs from them, so he’s not so dependent on
you. Woohyun has Sunggyu hyung and his
members, and I have,” Key gestured around the dorm, “these fools, so it’s okay. It’ll never work with someone who needs a lot
of one-on-one time from you and a lot of attention from you, because he’ll
never be satisfied and you’ll feel burdened and it’s frustrating for
everybody. If you find a guy like that,
run away.”
Chen
nodded. “How do you know it’s the right
guy? How did you know about Woohyun
hyung?”
“I
knew right away,” Key said. “I felt like
I recognized him. And we’re the same
age, so everything was comfortable. Do
you want someone your age?”
“I
think so.” Baekhyun was into hyungs, and
Chanyeol was into dongsaengs, but Chen wanted someone he could relax with,
someone he could feel equal to. “It’s
nice, with someone my own age.”
“Who
is there?” Key asked. “There’s L, he’s
handsome. There’s C.A.P., you like his
cock, don’t you? There’s Ken from VIXX,
he’s funny, that’s always good.”
Chen
liked all three of those guys. A
relationship with each of them might be great.
But he wanted someone who made him feel a way he’d never felt before. Someone like that had to be out there, right?
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September 13, 2015
by Matthew Haldeman-Time