𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄. 𝒆𝒙𝒐 [HEAVY REVAMPING]

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"Junmyeon, he.." Baekhyun's voice was starting to get lower. I even had to lean in even further to listen. "His deceased mother was not born into the higher class. She was the black sheep of his family."

It was as if a cue, a gasp escaped from my lips quietly at the newly found information.

"And when she married to Junmyeon's father, it was clearly a family which is well provided."

To be honest, I wasn't expecting this at all.

"But then his mother died because she was sick. There's a part of him blaming his father for that. Can you finally understand him? For my sake, at least?" Baekhyun put his hand on mine that was resting on the table, breaking me from diving too much into my thoughts. When I peeked at him, a pleading look was something I had never seen coming from he himself.

"Baekhyun, Iㅡ" I couldn't find the right words right now. "I don't know what to say about this. I just don't know."

"It's alright. Take your time, step by step." He heaved a secret breath to himself, but I could hear it from here. "I know it's hard to process about this backstory of his, but if you can understand him a little bit, I l think he'd be more grateful than ever."

I scratched my cheek, trying to act calm even though my mental state was having a war with itself. Was this shocking? Yes. Unexpected? Yes. Heck, nobody would expect that Kim Junmyeon was born from a normal mother like me! All I thought before this was he always had everything he wanted, born from two rich families that guaranteed him to have fortune lasted until seven generations.

Shaking my head, I replied, "I get it. He has a tragic past, but that doesn't give him a free pass to be rude. All I wanted was to get closer to him."

"Really?"

I narrowed my eyes, only to find Baekhyun was grinning mischievously. There was a part of me felt like I had said something unnecessary. "..I didn't say anything."

"You want to get closer to Junmyeon?" He repeated, with a teasing tone.

"N-not in that way! It's just thatㅡHaven't you ever, you know, feel weird when looking at someone all of sudden?" I instantly could feel my ears burning. Not him teasing me at time like this! "Like! Before this, you feel nothing at all. Then after that person sparks your curiosity, you start growing your interest on them?"

Baekhyun touched his chin, the grin was still visibly on his face. "Isn't that just means you're starting to like him?"