*Winter Bootcamp* (Baekyeon Fanfic)

*Wait a Minute*

"I think I know but then I don't, do you like me? I'll pretend to have no choice, but to accept you so be a man and tell me. Oh my gosh, what is happening to the chic me? Oh my heart, my heart is acting up and pounding."
~ SNSD (Wait a Minute)

It seemed like a miracle happened because I suddenly felt so much better after an hour of sleep.
Something inside of me wanted to jump for joy. Seohyun told me to head to the main building because apparently the girls would be meeting up with Nayeon, our counselor.

I skipped the whole way, some people even turned to look at me as if I was possessed. I was about to open the main door, but someone stopped me. There were tattoos on his wrist and fingers, I didn't even need to look at his face because I knew who it was. "GD! Wow it's nice to see you again!" I added too much sarcasm, but at least he didn't punch me in the face.

GD had that evil smirk. "I heard you were sick, but I bet you just pretended so you wouldn't have to participate in other activities..." Out of nowhere a crowd of people started to gather around us. I smiled back at GD innocently. "Oh please, I may be a rebel but I'm a pretty bad liar. Just to let you know that I almost died from my sickness..." I coughed on him and sniffed. "It's pretty contagious..." I added, and GD showed a disgusted look. The people stepped back and I opened the door because I really didn't care.

There were a lot of girls who turned their heads to look at me. It was a bit creepy. Nayeon was standing on stage holding a microphone. She looked at me and smiled. "Taeyeon, come and join us!" I was about to turn around and leave, but unfortunately the girls practically dragged me in the room. I sat down with a bored look on my face. Jessica and Lisa sat next to me with the same expression. "Why are we here? What are we doing?" I asked Jessica, since Lisa was about to fall asleep. "Why don't you just shut up for once and listen."

I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes. "Why do you hate me so much?" I was curious, even though I knew that Jessica would say something sarcastic. "I don't hate you. I'm just not happy with your existence," She smirked and I had to smile because what she said was funny. Our conversation was interrupted when Nayeon tapped on the microphone. Everyone paid attention to what she was going to say.

"Today is our first day of my guidance lesson. Now be honest and raise your hand if you're in a relationship." Almost everyone in the room raised their hands. I was surprised to see so many girls with their hands raised, and then there was me. I wasn't ashamed or embarrassed, in fact I was proud that I was still single. Nayeon continued to smile and said something else, "Now keep them up high if you believe that your relationship will last long." Half of them put their hands back down. I was confused to why we were even talking about this.

Nayeon nodded and continued to talk. "So today we will be talking about...love." Every girl in the room groaned and whined. I wanted to leave, but I saw Yoona glaring at me. I had a feeling that she was not fond of me, but then again no one was. "This topic is pretty serious. This question may be awkward, but who in here had sex at least once in their life..." Everyone became quiet. One girl in the back raised her hand. Everyone looked at her. She was really pretty, I was jealous from her overall appearance.
"Seolhyun, would you like to tell us in detail?" Nayeon asked her so casually. I was in disbelief that Nayeon would ask her a personal question.

Seolhyun lowered her head and took a deep breath. "Uh-it felt good..." She said and I felt so embarrassed for her. Jessica was trying so hard not to laugh. The other girls whispered to each other. Then another girl raised her hand, and Nayeon pointed at her to speak. "I did it too. It was mind blowing, all of you should try it!" I almost puked and covered my ears from having to hear all of this. "Thank you for letting us know, Bora." We laughed to get rid of the awkwardness. Then, Nayeon told us to be quiet. "There is a difference between love and lust. We sometimes wonder the definition of love. What is love?" Nayeon asked us, but no one answered. I yawned. I made it obvious that I really didn't care.

"Love is kind, patient, does not envy, and does not boast." Nayeon explained and exaggerated it a little. Her words repeated in my head, as if it was in a loop. "Love is never between two people. It is what happens within you, and what happens within you is not needed to be enslaved to someone else. My challenge for all of you is to do this: For 15 to 20 minutes daily, go sit with something that means nothing to you for example a tree, or a rock, or a worm or an insect, etc. After some time, you will realize that you can look upon it with as much love as you do to your friends or family or your soulmate. Maybe the tree doesn't know this, but that doesn't matter. If you can look at everything lovingly, the whole world becomes beautiful in your experience. You realize love is not something that you do; love is the way you are."

I was blown away. I never knew that love could actually be put in that perspective. Everyone clapped and Nayeon bowed. "Did you get this from the internet? Cause I found an article that had the same words of what you said!" Jessica shouted and everyone laughed. Nayeon sheepishly smiled back, and she confessed. "I actually did, but it was still a good message right?" I shook my head and smiled. Nayeon was a really good liar, first it was the cake and now this.

We continued our talk about love for another 10 minutes. I was actually learning so much about the topic more than I usually learn stuff at school. Nayeon was an okay counselor. I don't hate her at the least, and I felt like I could talk to her about anything and she wouldn't mind. "I wonder what the boys are talking about with Baekhyun?" I mumbled, yet Jessica heard my question. "Do you want to sneak into the next room and check what they're doing?" Jessica asked me with a smirk. Of course I said yes, I love taking risks. Without anyone noticing, Jessica and I left the room and tiptoed to the next room. We looked in the room with only our heads showing.

"Today we will be talking about the meaning of love." Baekhyun said in a loud voice. Jessica scoffed, and pulled me back. "They're talking about the same thing that we talked about. How boring. Let's go back..." Jessica attempted to drag me back to our room, but I wanted to stay longer and listen to the conversation.

I saw V raised his hand, and asked Baekhyun a very personal question. "Have you ever been in love before?" My eyes widened because I was dying to know what Baekhyun would say. Baekhyun showed no reaction. All of the guys waited for his answer. I stayed silent so I could hear what he would say. "Tell us already!" Jackson shouted impatiently.
Baekhyun was stiff, he didn't even blink. "No. I haven't." Everyone was disappointed from his answer.

On the other hand, Jessica was holding my leg and tried to pull me back. "Let's go now!" She whispered in a strict tone. I looked back at her and told her to just wait a minute. We started arguing, and soon our voices got louder.

Just when we were about to cat fight, Baekhyun appeared in front of us with his arms crossed. I gulped, and greeted him. "Baekhyun! What are you doing here?" He stood there with his flaming eyes.
I looked to my right, but Jessica was gone. I guess I had to face him myself then. "I should be asking you the same question," He said with a serious tone to his voice.

"Oh, Baekhyun! I'm so sorry, I'll take care of her..." Nayeon appeared out of nowhere. She grabbed my arm and dragged me back to our room. I noticed that Nayeon was smiling flirtatiously at Baekhyun, but he wasn't even looking at her. "Nayeon, you can continue your lesson with the girls." Nayeon turned around and lifted an eyebrow, while I showed a blank expression. "I'll take Taeyeon to prison myself." This time I showed a reaction.

Nayeon looked at me then at Baekhyun. "But aren't you suppose to teach your lesson to the guys?" She asked him, I just stood there watching their awkward conversation. "Onew will substitute my position for now." Nayeon nodded and hesitantly went back into the room.

Baekhyun and I stared at each other for a while. "I thought you were sick," He asked me and stepped closer to me. I shrugged and felt my forehead just to make sure. "I'm feeling better now..." He gave me a warm smile, and I could feel my cheeks heating up again. "That's a relief."

Suddenly I remembered Nayeon's words: "Love is kind, patient, does not envy, and does not boast...You realize love is not something that you do; love is the way you are."

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I hope you learned something new about love. The website below is where I got some information. You can check it out if you'd like to! 👇

Bibliography: http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/lifestyle/relationships/the-meaning-of-true-love-love-beyond-words/