hearts at odds | baekyeon

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a/n: this chapter is 2x longer to make up for the slower update!

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Taeyeon had one of the best sleep in ages. It took her one fainting incident to realise how sleep and nutrition deprived she is.

As she slowly opened her eyes, the harsh light of the hospital room greets her. Everything seems unfamiliar. The fact that she's alone in the unknown room scares her more.

This is not my room. Where am I?

With much effort, she pushes herself to sit up right.

Hospital? Why am I here?

She tries to piece everything that happened yesterday, from the moment she finished work till..?

Confusion clouds her mind when she can't connect the dots. She remembers going to the kitchen to get her food then fainted. But beyond that, everything was a blur.

She couldn't figure out who sent her to the hospital.

Baekhyun? It can't be him. He wasn't home.

As she struggles to make sense of the jumbled memories, the door is pushed open. Baekhyun enters with a bag in his hand while talking on the phone.

Taeyeon's frown deepens the moment their eyes connected.

What is going on? I'm in the hospital and he's here?

As if nothing has happened, he walks towards her, putting the paper bag on the table. Still on the phone, he stands by the table while facing the glass window. Within the next few seconds, he ends the call.

He looks at Taeyeon only to catch her staring at him.

"What?"

"How did I end up here?"

Instead of the gentle reassurance or explanation she had hoped for, she is given a sudden outburst of frustration.

"You're asking me? Don't you know how to care for yourself? You wanted to keep the child yet you are skipping meals."

Taeyeon isn't expecting him to lash out at her. Taken aback by his outburst, she recoils slightly, stung by the intensity of his words.

Perhaps the pregnancy is screwing with her hormones that she has been getting emotional easily lately.

All she wanted was an answer from him to get rid of her confusion, not guilt-trip her for being an irresponsible mother.

A mother. Am I even fit to be one?

Taeyeon is mad. Mad at the fact that he is blaming her. Mad that he's caring so much about the child he didn't exactly agreed to. How about herself? Who's caring for her when she's the one in the hospital?

She feels a surge of anger rising within her, and tears threatening to spill. However, she does not want to show her vulnerable side again.

So annoyed and mad at everything, she shouts back, "did you have to shout? Can't you answer my question nicely?"

Before Baekhyun can retaliate and start their war in a hospital, someone knocks on the door and enters.

The nurses stand awkwardly, one with the breakfast for Taeyeon and the other with some equipments. They survey the room and judge the couple's facial expressions. They realise they might have entered in the middle of a fight.

"Sorry to disturb," one of them speaks politely. "I'm here to check on you before you have your breakfast."

Their eyes flicker away from each other instantly. Baekhyun sits on the couch while she releases a sigh to calm themselves down before any of them could tear the hospital down out of anger.