First Love | EXO Fanfiction (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 15

"Do you want to take a bath together?" was the first thing Mina asked after she helped Baekhyun into their apartment.

Baekhyun's cheeks flushed pink while he sat on the bed, contradicting his usual flirty demeanor.

"It'll be relaxing." She removed the scarf from his arm gingerly. After treating his injuries, she knew he needed to relax more than anything.

"Uh... Yeah," he finally agreed when she started undressing him anyway.

How much has he been through? She gently removed his shirt, and instantly noticed the fading bruises on his shoulders and arms. There was also an older scar running below his left nipple and stopping just at his sternum.

She didn't ask questions as they looked one another in the eyes. It was then she noticed he had been watching her this whole time, trying to read her face as she discovered each new affliction to his body.

"Thanks for sticking up for me back there," she finally said; her hands now softly holding his waist.

"You know I couldn't let him talk about you like that." He pushed her robe open with one hand, eyes traveling her nearly naked body in one swift motion.

"I always told you your mouth would get you in trouble." She gripped the waistband of his sweatpants and tugged them down his thighs. She noticed yet another bruise along his inner thigh just peeking out from the leg of his boxers.

"Your mouth gets me in trouble." He suggestively raised a brow at her. Mina knew he wanted to say more, but he flinched when her hand brushed another injured area below his knee.

"I'm sorry they did this to you." She stood to her feet and helped him towards the bathroom "I'm so sorry I didn't know sooner-"

"No, it's my fault for not telling you what was going on."

She nodded her head in acknowledgement before slipping his boxers down his thighs. "They really tried to hurt you... didn't they?" She gently apologized as he bit his lip and whimpered in pain at the friction his boxers were creating against the biggest bruise along his inner thigh. "I'm so sorry, Baekhyun." She grimaced at the huge purple and blue spot, knowing exactly where they were aiming based off of the proximity it was to his balls. Without another word, she led him over to the warm bathwater she had prepared for him.

Baekhyun groaned when he hit the water. "Don't apologize. It's my fault," he repeated.

"It's clearly mine from what that man said today." She dropped her robe, loving how Baekhyun watched her every motion. His pink lips curled into a pained smirk when she finally removed her last few undergarments and slipped into the water with him.

"So tell me what's going on." She settled herself between his legs.

"I'm the reason EXO is falling apart." He began to play with her hair as she rested her head against his chest.

"You know that's not true, right?"

He paused. "Well, Sehun hasn't been himself since you two broke up, the other members pretty much hate me, and it really shows on TV. It hurts our ratings, and it started to hurt our sales on tour."

"Have they been hurting you?"

Baekhyun paused again. "Yeah... It's mostly verbal with the members... No one has hit me except when Sehun punched me in the face, and Kyungsoo and I really got into it. He just shoved me though. Everything else physical has been from my manager. He's been... beating me."