The Sound of Rain

12 - Slow Motion

Chapter song recommendation:
Sweden Laundry - Two hands, To You
Hwasa - LMM

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It had gotten colder.

He could feel himself getting sick. His nose was runny and his forehead was getting hotter despite the weather. The reporter and her entire crew had finally left. The whole segment had been useless to his favor. Chanyeol hugged himself tighter trying to keep warm. He sniffled, ignoring the person approaching him.

"Are are you going to get out now?"

Chanyeol ignored him.

"Are you!?"

Just ignore him. He told himself.

"Answer me!"

He wasn't going to give up. So Chanyeol shook his head at the construction worker. Anger filled his eyes, the man stomped into the gazebo. For a second, he braced himself to get punched. Instead the man did something much worse. Grabbing Chanyeol's guitar, he swung it violently out of the gazebo. Chanyeol could only watch in horror. The instrument landed on the ground. Mud splattering all over it, three of the knobs flying off. Three strings breaking in the process.

"Get out now, I'm warning you." The construction worker walked out of the gazebo grinning at him. Chanyeol felt his jaw drop. He didn't know what to do, that was the only thing he had left. He had sold all of his other guitars. That was the only thing that had kept him sane through all of this.

"YA!" Chanyeol yelled, cringing at how hurt he sounded. He had wanted to sound infuriated.

"If you would've just let us do our job, I wouldn't have done that!"

His hands balled into fists. He was going to fight him. He was going to beat the hell out of this asshole. Chanyeol took a step towards the asshole who broke the last thing that gave him and sort of happiness. There it was. The anger he had wanted. It was now flaming up with every second. Every second his guitar got soaked with more rain. "I'm going to kill you!" He ran out of the gazebo-

"Chanyeol-Ah!"

The construction worker had flinched ready for impact. But Chanyeol was frozen. Baekhyun? Chanyeol looked around the field. He really had gone crazy now he was hearing things.

"Chanyeol!"

"You hear that right?" He looked at the man in front of him. The construction worker nodded confused by his actions. Chanyeol didn't blame him, he had been ready to fight a second ago. That voice-

"B... Baekhyun?"

He wasn't loud enough. "Chanyeol! Ya! Who's is it so muddy?! I'm getting dirt everywhere!" Baekhyun complained. It was him... it was really Baekhyun. His voice was coming from behind the gazebo, he must've taken the back entrance of the park. The one that still had trees and bushes covering it.

That idiot...

Chanyeol turned away, the need to fight leaving him. Rain poured down on him and this time he yelled. "Baekhyun!?" Running away from the gazebo and towards his voice. He heard Baekhyun complaining again about the lack of light and Chanyeol ran faster. His clothes were soaked now, this whole time he had felt alone. Hearing his voice changed everything, he suddenly had energy.

"Baekhyun!" He yelled again, this time in complete happiness, Finally, he was going to see him.

He tripped over a small rock, cursing under his breath. Why was this path so unkept? He finally saw Baekhyun running towards him. He was complaining loudly, trying to get mud off of his probably very expensive shirt. Chanyeol stood up wiping off his jeans before walking towards Baekhyun. And then-