seduction; p.cy & b.bh

IV

•Chanyeols P. O. V•

I pick my head up and stare into the darkness that fills my house. I glance at my mother's photo and feel immediate guilt.

"It's all my fault," I say as I slap the ground below me. I strain my legs to push myself up from the ground as they wobble uncontrollably. I make my way towards the stairs as I hold handrail to regain balance. I struggle to force my legs towards the upstairs, feet dragging against the cold wood as my eyes droop. When I am in view of my bedroom I stagger over and quickly turn the door handle. I reach for the collar of my shirt and slide the damp fabric off my body. I sling the shirt into a corner of my room as my bare skin soon meets the soft blankets that lay firm on my mattress. My hands scavenge to find a nearby pillow until I feel the familiar soft fabric. The cotton welcomes my face into its warm embrace as I press my cheek against it.

The nostalgia of coming home and hugging my mom, feeling the same cotton fabric, clouds my vision and soon all I can think about is her warm smile. I roll over onto my abdomen and hug the pillow to my body, in a sudden transition, I am thinking about another warm smile that seemed to brighten everything up. A smile that seemed to bring down the walls that I have built for years. That smile belonged to one person,

Baekhyun.