EVERLAST [EXO Baekhyun]

CHAPTER 8 - CURVEBALL

        "Fuck! Dammit! Fucking... fuck!"

Rona's startled tone had Baekhyun snapping to his feet, him rushing over. It had only been about 12 hours since they hugged next to the wreckage. The sun was rising at that time, now it was set, a thin sheet of darkness cloaking them. He ran over to her, the girl in the woods. She was using the bathroom, and of course, Baekhyun's mind jumped to the worst thing. Was she bit by a snake? Poisonous spider? Another animal? Did she eat a bad berry? Why he was this worried didn't matter. All that mattered in that moment was her.

"Rona? Rona where are you," he said as he burst past the bushes, her standing there. Her pants were up (thank the lord), her wiping an angry tear away. "Hey, what happened?"

"Period," she mumbled, groaning and walking past him.

He followed right away, "How are we gonna handle this?"

"We?"

Baekhyun hoped he didn't offend her, but she appeared genuinely curious, so he answered the way he originally intended to sound. "I want to help you, remember? We're together now. Me and you. As one. So you have a period problem, let me help with it."

"You're not embarrassed?"

"My last girlfriend threw a slipper at me for acting like it was an embarrassing thing. I'm absolutely terrified right now, but I'm hoping that my improvising is working."

She smiled despite her abundant stress, her running a hand through her hair. "Well, I have shoes. I don't need socks. I could always stick a sock down there and hope I don't bleed through too much. I'm not worried about ruining my pants, but I'd like to not have blood pouring down my legs. No thanks."

He agreed, nodding to show it. "I'll give you my socks when you need them, okay?"

"Baekhyun, you don't have to do that-"

Baekhyun put his finger over her mouth, her raising a single brow that came across sassy. Oh, so she was sassy now, huh? Baekhyun snickered at the sight and backed off, keeping his feet planted in the ground. "We can search the forest for large leaves too. I'm not sure if that'll help, but it's better than nothing, right?"

"I'd agree with that."

"So you accept my business proposition?"

"Haha." She placed her hand on her stomach, sighing. "It doesn't help that I'm starving. Berries are cool and all, but I'll get hungry for real food eventually."

"I'll try to find something for you. What about cramps? Anything we can do about that?"

"Well, I hear exercising is good for them. If you see me doing that, then don't judge. I think it makes the blood flow faster and lighter too."

"I can give you a workout if you'd like." Baekhyun slapped a hand over his mouth as soon as he said the words. Thanks to his horny, flirty best friend Park Chanyeol, Baekhyun was becoming a bit of a flirt himself. But, based on her amused expression, she didn't mind. "Sorry, I..."

"We're flirting now, are we Mr. Byun? One hug was all it took?"

"Alright alright, let's move on to literally any other topic. Back on the exercise thing, will that end it early?"

"I don't think that's quite how it works, but it's better than doing nothing," she said, brushing him off. She had a smile on her face from his words, but he could still see the tears in her eyes.