Once A Park : Cry For Love

His Lies

The taxi stopped at the front of their gate, Baekhyun asks the driver to wait while he take the money inside the house for the fare, the driver nodded in understanding, seeing Baekhyun's swollen face. The doctor was skeptical to let Baekhyun to go home but Baekhyun insisted saying he has a dog that alone in his house. The doctor even suggested that the police can help to check on his dog but Baekhyun said it is not necessary and he prefers to rest at home. After signing his release papers and promising he will attend his sessions to a psychologist that he arranged for him, Baekhyun was allowed to go home. His bag was found earlier that day in a bushes near the subway where he got abducted and was returned to him. Of course, his phone battery is dead and Baekhyun silently thanked heaven that his identification card that on his wallet was his old one. His new I.D. that stated Park Baekhyun is kept locked together with his passport in his bedroom. So even the police checked on his bag they will never knew that he is lying about his real name. But the money on his wallet are gone and Baekhyun used his card to pay for his hospitalization. That is an old account too that his mother opened under his name when he was fourteen years old for his education. That is where Baekhyun puts half of his earnings and the other half of it he puts into another savings account that Baekhyun dreaded to used someday. The hospital staff were kind enough to lend him some clothes to wear, which thankfully a long sleeves hiding some of the bruises on his arms from that night.

Baekhyun punched their passcode and as soon the door opened, Min-ah rushed to it.

" BAEKHYUN!! " Min-ah, out of joy and relief rushed to him and enveloped him in a tight hug, Baekhyun winced from the pain on his ribs.

" Ah.. noona.. " Baekhyun yelp.

Min-ah pulls herself away and stares at Baekhyun, her swollen eyes widen when she sees the bruised face of Baekhyun. " Baekhyunee, what happened to your face?! Where have you been?! I'm worried sick ab-.. "

" Noona.. " Baekhyun gave her a small smile. " I will explain later, okay? " He went to get some money from the jar on the top drawer besides the stairs. " But first, I need to pay the taxi outside.. " He then approached the door to went out fast, afraid that Min-ah will offer to pay the taxi driver herself. Baekhyun is afraid that Min-ah will ask the driver where he takes the taxi from which is the hospital.

Min-ah is waiting restlessly for Baekhyun to come back. And as soon the petite male enters the front door again, he beats Min-ah's questions with..

" I'm sorry, noona. I didn't mean to make you worried.." Baekhyun sits on the sofa, his head hanging low because he is not good at lying and since the incident all Baekhyun did was lie.

Lie to his doctor that he is okay. Lie that he is past the trauma, when the truth is, it makes him awake at night and it creep in his dreams whenever sleeps takes him. He lie about his identity. He lie about his family. And now, he is lying again to Min-ah.

" But where have you've been Baek? Why you're face is like that? Did you got in an accident?" Min-ah is crying again. The fear and worrying that she gone through these past few days when there's no news about Baekhyun. " I even went to the police because I'm so scared that something bad might happened to you! " She keep sobbing in front of him.

Baekhyun took her hand and squeezed it softly, guilt rushing his frail body, he tried to look straight to her eyes, wanting so much that Min-ah will believe whatever he will say.

" A-after the interview, I bumped into an old classmate, we chatted and told me that he is going to a retreat temple that same afternoon and asks me if I want to come since I looked down and miserable that day. You know what happened the night before that - .. A-and I thought it was a good idea, I've been so tired, noona. " Baekhyun's voice cracking, he paused and took a deep breath to try to push back the tears in bay. " .. I want to call you but I didn't know your number and so is the landline. Chanyeol never gave it to me. " Baekhyun smiled bitterly at the thought. " You don't need to know all the details but as you might know or suspect.. our marriage is not what Chanyeol really wants. "