Enigma || an EXO fanfic ||

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Chanyeol and I are at a loss for words. We do not know for sure if it was Bay who caused such destruction but, right now, our top priority is making sure she is okay. But to do that, we have to approach her without terrifying the flying shit out of her. Chanyeol takes the first step, telling me to wait a bit so I stand still, my eyes locked on Bay's trembling figure.

"Bay?" Chanyeol whispers hesitantly. She snaps her head up in alarm and tenses up when she sees Chanyeol walking closer to her.

"Chanyeol," she cries, her eyes blood-shot and her bun falling apart. She studies her surroundings and discovers me standing just a few feet away. "Baekhyun," she whispers timidly and my heart practically lurches out of my chest from the sound of her calling out my name.

Chanyeol whispers her name again and she tenses up even more.

She backs away a bit. "I'm so sorry," she whimpers. "I really didn't mean to do this." She repeatedly apologizes for no reason and my heart completely shatters from seeing her in such a state. Chanyeol, too, because he quickens his pace and appear right in front of Bay, holding onto her arms so she can't run away. Her eyes widen and she starts shrieking.

"NO! Let go!" she sobs, struggling to get out of Chanyeol's grasp. I stand frozen, not knowing what to do and how to help this poor girl. "Stop! I'll hurt you!"'

Instead of letting go, Chanyeol suddenly pulls her into his wide embrace and pets the back of her head soothingly. He shushes her until she finally stops screaming and thrashing around. "Bay, what happened?" he mutters under his breath, asking himself more than asking the tired girl in his arms. "It's okay now, I promise. I promise."

I am finally able to move my legs and I walk towards the hugging pair, still unsure of what to do. I kneel down besides them and place a gentle hand on her back. She visibly relaxes and falls into Chanyeol's chest asleep. Chanyeol gives me a pained look and we silently agree to confront her about it again later. And next time, we have to make sure she doesn't run away.

I help the unconscious Bay onto Chanyeol's back. He stands up with a soft grunt and turns his head just a bit to see Bay's face just centimeters from his. I hear him gulp once before we start heading back towards the dorms. We get back to our building and, thankfully, everyone seems to have already left for the company. Chanyeol and I let out a heavy breath in relief, glad we don't need to explain the situation just yet. "Chanyeol," I murmur. "What should we do?"

"Well we can't exactly leave her here alone," he sighs. "I'll call manager-nim. Let's take a day off."

I groan. "He's gonna give us so much shit later," I complain half-heartedly, helping Chanyeol get Bay onto her bed without hurting her. He shrugs.

"You should have seen her, Chan-ah. She was terrified of me," I drop down onto the floor next to her sleeping self, brushing a stray hair away from her face. "She ran away from me. ME!"

"There must be a reason, Baekhyun," he assures me, patting my back. "But let's talk about what we saw. Baekhyun I've never seen anything like that. She did that. Bay. Bay did that."

I just look at him, confused as to what he is getting at. "I don't know how," he continues. "But remember when we first found her? She's not normal, Baekhyun. I know that for sure now." He goes silent for a couple seconds before nodding to himself for some sort of confirmation. "We need to ask her about it when she wakes up."

My chest tightens and I look down at her sleeping face again. I truly feel sorry for her but we deserve to know who (or what) she really is and what the actual fuck is going on. I turn back to Chanyeol with my resolution. "And she needs to tell us the truth," I say.

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