[EDITING] ChanBaek: Wildest Dreams ¦ 슬픈 사랑 Series

(28) The NEW Manager

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...not until he saw the board inside the office talking to someone he recognized immediately as Oh Sehun.

He suddenly feel suffocated. Air started to get thin and he can't grasped his breath. Pakiramdam nya, sinasakal sya ng sobrang higpit. He feels like the whole hallway is closing in on him and his head spinning too much, he almost lose his footing.

Please... Make it stop.

He's having a fucking panick attack and he felt like dying right then and there. Air wouldn't just cooperate.

"Baekhyun?"

He started to feel dizzy and tears started to prick his eyes. Everything came back like it just happened yesterday. How the people called him names, how they throw insults at him, it all rang inside his head like a broken tape, playing over and over again.

"Byun Baekhyun? Can you hear me?" His head whipped around.

"Okay ka lang ba? Namumutla ka." A familiar face of one of the writers made him calm down a little. He's back.

"Ha? O-okay lang." Nag bow sya sa staff at kahit na nanginginig ang tuhod, nag lakad na ulit sya. Damn... Bakit nandito si Oh Sehun, what was he doing here anyway? Nang makarating sa opisina, agad syang kumatok.

"Baekhyun? Come in." Pumasok sya at umupo sa bangko na kaharap ang production manager ng kompanya. (Srsly. I don't have any background with company positions and how they works, so...)

"So kamusta yung naging taping mo? Is everything fine? Actually andaming nangyari sa span ng 4 months." Tumango sya, lutang parin sa nangyari kanina.

"Issues, schedules, nag-resign din yung manager mo." That... totally caught his attention somehow.

"Kim Jongdae. Yes, nag-resign sya." Sagot nya.

"Kaya, nag-hanap na kami ng papalit sa manager mo. Actually dapat nandito na sya," tumingin ito sa wristwatch saka sa pinto, "pero mukang ma-lalate."

Alam nyang kailangan nya yon pero pakiramdam nya, hindi nya na kailangan pa ng manager, after what happened to Jongdae, he doesn't want getting attached to anyone like that anymore. Chanyeol is an exception though. Because Chanyeol can't resign. His head started to drift back to how Chanyeol said that they're finally official, pero naputol din agad ng may pumasok na lalaki sa opisina. May hawak tong mga papel at hinihingal pa.

"S-sorry kung..." Itinaas nito ang isang kamay para sabihing saglit lang at hihinga lang sya, "late."

"First day mo sa trabaho Mr. Kim at late ka ng 15 minutes." Naiinis na sagot ng staff sa lalaking maliit, maputi, singkit ang mata at may kulay pink na buhok.

"Sorry sir, nag-paphoto copy pa ko ng mga papel na kailangan. Nalate pa ko ng gising." Pinapanuod nya lang ang lalaki habang hinihingal to.

"Next time, alisin mo na sa vocabulary mo ang salitang late dahil baka iyan ang maging dahilan para masisante ka ng maaga." Nag-bow ulit ang lalaki.

"Eto nga pala si Kim Minseok, bago mong manager. Alam kong panget ang una mong impression sakanya pero reliable naman yan at katiwa-tiwala." Napatingin sya sa lalaki na nakatayo sa gilid, nag-katinginan sila, halos tumalsik ang kamay nito sa pag-kaway, making him feel awkward.

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"I just hit the looowtow~" napatingin sya kay Minseok na nag-dadrive sa kaliwa nya, sinasabayan nito ang kanta sa kotse habang sya naman, naiirita na sa boses nito.