Once A Park : Love Again

Baekhyun

Baekhyun woke up with the feeling that his head will split into two. He sits slowly on the bed, eyes closed, hand grabbing his hair while the other hand is searching for his phone that is the source of the annoying sound that wakes him up.

" 'lo? " Baekhyun grabbed his hair harder from the pain. He swear never to mixed alcohol ever again.

" It's about time! " Jongdae shrieked from the other line. He's been calling Baekhyun since afternoon but the said man just answered now.

" What do you want, Dae? " Baekhyun groaned, his head hurts more when he speaks.

" I want your ass to be at the airport in an hour, you brat! " Jongdae's pitch raised another notch. Baekhyun pulled his cellphone away from his ear, talking to Jongdae right now will kill him.

" Why? " Baekhyun asked.

" WHY? You seriously asking me why??! " Now he is screaming full time. " Oh my God, Minseok.. I'm going totally crazy right now! " Baekhyun can hear Minseok hushing his boyfriend. Then he takes the phone from Jongdae.

" Baek, where are you? " Minseok asked him softly. " You didn't forget that tonight is our flight to Seoul, or did you? "

Shit! Baekhyun cursed inside.

" I'll be there soon. " He quickly cut the call and tried to open his eyes, scanning his surroundings.

Great! As he expected, he is inside his bedroom, but not his home bedroom though. He is in his private room of the club he co-owned with Luhan. Baekhyun walks towards the bathroom, he took out a pill from one of the cabinet for the headache and drowned it down with the water from the faucet, rinsing his dry mouth in the process. He splashed water to his face to wake himself up. Baekhyun stares at his reflection in the mirror, examining his face for any damage.

Fucking shit!! Baekhyun eyes widened when he noticed the hickeys that is now adorning his perfect neck. I'm so going to kill him! Or her? Baekhyun is not really sure who he gave access to his room last night. He is too hammered to notice or to care.

He stripped himself and stepped into the shower room, letting the scalding water to wake up his senses. How he even forgot that they are flying to Korea tonight for a bidding? Baekhyun can only cursed for his carelessness.

After leaving Chanyeol that day five years ago , Baekhyun went to a place far away from Seoul to heal. He had only been in that place once during his childhood together with his mother, who had a friend that lives there that they visited. The said place marked in Baekhyun's memory because of the never ending sight of the sea. Baekhyun felt that place will help him heal - mentally and emotionally. After sending Minseok, Jongdae and Luhan a message saying he will go for soul searching and will not contact them for awhile, Baekhyun spent his days in that place recovering to the best that he can. He got random jobs like fish vendor, cleaner/clerk to the small clinic and sometimes he went to the sea together with the other fishermen to catch fish and other seafood. Baekhyun doesn't mind, his only goal is to survived daily. Being in a remote place gives him some feeling of security and peace. He tried not to think about Chanyeol anymore and the life he left in Seoul. Baekhyun tried his best to moved on.

Baekhyun thought he is doing great in that remote place until his nightmares starts crawling back at him, he will wakes up in the middle of the night with his own screams, leaving him out of breath. Slowly but surely, Baekhyun's motivation and aspiration to continue living came crumbling down. Depression hits him hard. It is harder to overcome now without Chanyeol as his motivation to keep on living. Baekhyun found himself at the bottom of the sea trying his best to resurfaced after jumping with the intention of killing himself, but as he is sinking down the water, the beautiful face of his mother appears in full tears. " This is not the life that I wanted for you. You can do better than this, son."

Baekhyun opens his eyes and starts to kicked his body upward. When he finally slumped his exhausted body in one of the big rocks near the water, Baekhyun breaks down crying under the moon, shivering from fear and realization that he almost killed himself. When he calmed down, he walks back to his rented room and fished for his cellphone that he'd been hiding away for months. He turned it on and dialed the number of the person that he knows will do anything for him.

The said man answered in five rings..

" Babe! "

" H-han, please help me.. "

A/N:

I will stop here. I intended to do longer updates but since I'm doing this during working hours, It's hard for me to do so with the thought of being caught by my boss. 😂 I will try to publish the next chapter soon.

🍒JD🍓