My Happy Virus || 엑소 찬열

❦ Chapter 13 ~ He's Back ❦

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"Mmm..."

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"Urghh..."

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"Yah! Hyun Ae! I thought you already took a shower?! It's past 7 already! You're gonna be so late!"

You lazily opened your eyes and saw your mother standing in front of your opened closet. You turned your head to your right and saw your so-called-adorable-panda alarm clock.

And in 3, 2, 1...

You jumped off your bed, stumbled your way out of your room and went to the bathroom. But quickly opened the door again and went back to your room.

"What is it?" Your mother asked you annoyingly. You scratched your head awkwardly then took your towel that hangs above the cabinet.

"I forgot my towel." You said as you ran back to the bathroom, almost hitting the door with your face. Your mother sighed while shaking her head in disbelief.

"I wonder what happened to my daughter." She voiced out her thoughts as she prepared your uniform.

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You walked on the corridors with a grin. You don't why you felt like smiling all day but whatever, right?

You were half-way walking to the stairs when your bag was suddenly took away from you.

"Hey!" You shouted at the person but quickly closed your mouth when you saw him.

"Calm down there. What's taking you so long? Walking like a model?" Jin said as he put the strap of your bag on his left shoulder and his back pack on his right shoulder.

"Tsss. Yeah right." You said rolling your eyes as you two walk side by side.

"I heard there's a Career Fair today." He said as he combed his hair.

"So?" You asked him, clearly written on your face that you're not interested.

"Still not interested?" He said as he laughed, remembering something in the past.

"Not a line nor a dot." You said shrugging the topic off of your mind even if something popped up in your mind. You shook your head and ignored what you just thought.

Then silence took over.

"Aren't we running late?" He suddenly blurted out making you face him.

"Yeah we are." You said, voice not even a bit, sounds like you care.

"Why are we still walking like models?" Jin asked while scratching his head. You chuckled.

"Then let's run like a cheetah! Chase you there." You said as you already ran for your life.

"Hey! That's no fair!"

You opened your classroom's door and peeked. Your classmates are all in their proper seats and awfully quiet. Your eyebrows furrowed as you see that there's no teacher in front.

"Hey! You're so unfair." You heard Jin said as he panted for his dear life.

"You're still so slow, fatty." You said as you turn to him. He's now close to melting you with his cute glare.

"What-"

"We're now late. Go now before I kick you there." You said then gestured your lips to the classroom in front of yours. Jin smiled then puckered his lips too. You rolled your eyes and went inside your classroom. You closed the door and turned again.

All of your classmates are looking at you, even Chanyeol who's now hiding his finger which is pointing on the teachers' entrance door. You averted your eyes from him to the teachers' door as you started walking to your chair but not even having 2 steps, you halted on your tracks.

He walked on the center of the front side of the classroom, not leaving his eyes off of you. He uncrossed his arms and stood straight. He's dressed in those familiar suit of his. His hair is not like before. It's now brushed up neatly, not like before, always messy and doesn't have the same directions.

Your heart just dropped, just as your brain did. Sudden parts of your memories flashed in your mind that made your eyes slightly well up. He cleared his throat.

"Miss, will you tell us why are you late for almost half an hour?" His voice is still the same but deeper. You can sense the authority and strength in his voice.

You stood there frozen on your spot and tongue-tied. You don't know what to do. You can't avert your gaze off him. He looks so different now. So formal and decent. You felt your throat dry but thankfully, you managed to say something.

"T-traffic." You stuttered but cleared your throat before walking straight towards your chair. You tried acting like his presence didn't affect you but painful memories started floating in your mind like bats.

"Hey..." But somehow, the person's voice beside you made you relax a little. You turned your head towards him while blinking away the sting on the edge of your eyes.

"What?" You quietly asked without looking at him straight in the eyes. You thought he wasn't gonna talk again because he didn't reply for a minute when you felt a warm hand covered your cold ones under your desk.

You looked at your hand and saw Chanyeol's comforting hand over yours. You thought of pulling your hand back but your heart screamed 'NO'. In the end, your heart won.

"Everyone, I'm Mr. Lee Jaehun. I'm the manager of the magazine writing company in Daejun. And because today's Career Fair, I came to share my experiences and let you decide if you want to have those too." He said as he walks around the classroom, observing his surroundings. You followed his eyes but when he suddenly turned to you, you quickly looked away. "Before I became to be the manager of our company, I was a simple writer back then. I wrote articles about life and let's just say that I enjoyed in making all of it." He said then stopped at the back of your chair.

"My boss was very thankful that they got me into their company and always expecting great articles from me but there's always a rock surprising me and making me trip down always."

You just realized that being seated at the end of the classroom sucks and has its disadvantages too.

"I was close to success but suddenly," He trailed off as he stopped beside you. You felt his burning gaze hit you. "Temptations got me."

"When that happened, regrets filled in my heart..."

"I didn't know why do shits went on me like a riot when I left them. But I just knew one thing."

You wanted to run outside of the room and go home right now. You wanted to stay in your house, lock the doors and hug your mom until he goes away and never come back again. But your day can't be worse when you heard those words that made your heart break again and again for the nth time.

"I broke my wife's and daughter's hearts."

'Why did he come back?'

edited: [3/3/17] • [10/1/18]