30 Minutes | ChanBaek

Please, Stay

A/N:
CAUTION: This chapter will have major angst and if you're anything like me, it will probably hit you hard in the feels.😵 So grab a blanket, a box of tissues, and your favorite snack. Let's get into the story!
P.S. The video at the top is one of my favorite songs and I think that it's just really appropriate for the chapter. So yeah... Hope you enjoy the chapter!!!
-Liv🐳

Baekhyun's Focus

Baekhyun walked nervously to the elevator, clenching his hands into tight firsts in order to keep them from shaking. Chen's words still buzzed around in his head.

Flashback Time!

"Okay. What do I have to do?"

Chen circled Baekhyun as if he were a predator and the defenseless blonde was his prey. "I know what's best for Chanyeol and that's anything but you."

Baekhyun didn't show it on his face but inside, he felt a stab of pain hit his chest.

"Chanyeol needs someone on the same league as him, someone who-"

"You've made your point perfectly clear!" Baekhyun interrupted. "Just tell me what I need to do and let's be done with it."

"Okay, little one." Chen said obviously annoyed that Baekhyun ruined his moment. "Listen carefully. If you can't complete this very simple task just right, Chanyeol's father gets at special little call."

Baekhyun just waved his hand in the air as if he were swatting a fly and rolled his eyes. "Just get on with it."

Chen huffed in announces. "You're going to go up to Chanyeol's office and tell him that you never want to see him again." Chen paused just to widen his smirk. "Tomorrow, you'll be transferred to a different company with equal rank and pay."

"But-" Chen put a finger up to Baekhyun's mouth to shush him.

"I know, I know." Chen said as if he were a mother looking at her child that had just scraped their knee. "But you've  got to make a decision. Which would be worse? Breaking his relationship with his parents, in which, he would carry that pain forever, or break his heart. Something that he can get over and move on from?"

Despite Chen being a stuck-up bastard who always had it ruin the best things for Baekhyun, he made quite the compelling case. Baekhyun hung his head low, excepting defeat. "Okay... I'll do it."

Back to Real Time

Baekhyun hung his head low and crossed his arms, trying to hold back his tears at the thought of losing his gentle giant. He felt like his entire world was crashing down around him. Like he was on a stage and all of the lights behind him couldn't bare to hold up their own weight and all he could do was watch as his life slowly ended. People passing by him occasionally bumped into him, not knowing or caring about his fragile state. One person in particular, that was about as tall as Chanyeol passed by him. Baekhyun just stopped as he thought he saw the giant pass by him without even a sideways glance. For most people, this wouldn't effect them much, but this was the breaking point for Baekhyun.

He fell to his knees in the middle of the hallway, not caring that people were staring at him as they walked by. None of them cared. They were all to concerned with their own problems to do anything more than give him a pitiful glance on their way by him.

"Um... excuse me, sir." Baekhyun looked up to see a woman wearing a black pencil skirt and a white blouse. "Are you Mr. Byun by any chance?"

Baekhyun just nodded as he wiped the tears that were now flooding down his face. "Yes. That's me."

"Hello, there. I'm Jaeun. Mr. Park's secretary." She said in with a sweet voice. "This is kind of a stupid question, but are you okay."

Baekhyun forced a smile and spoke. "Yeah. I just need to see Chanyeol for a minute. Can you take me to his office, I don't exactly know where it is."

"Yeah. Sure! Just follow me." The short woman began to walk towards Chanyeol's office as Baekhyun followed close behind. He was afraid that if he lagged to far behind, he would get lost in the void of mindless drones around him that were his coworkers.

The woman abruptly stopped in front of a large, metal door. It was quite plain except for the small writing on the silver metal that read Park Chanyeol. Baekhyun held his breath as he made sure there were no visible signs that he had been crying and opened the door. In the middle of the large office, Chanyeol sat at his desk, filling papers. The taller did not look up from his work until he finished signing a paper that sat at the top of the pile of work. His eyes widened as he looked up to see the small blonde he had grown to care for deeply.

Chanyeol instantly stood up when he saw Baekhyun in his office. "Baekhyun! What are you doing here?" Chanyeol asked as his face lightened up at the sight of the little blonde.

"I-I came to talk to you." Baekhyun said, trying to hide the quiver in his voice.

"Okay. What did you want to talk about?" Chanyeol asked, leaning on the front of the desk.

Baekhyun looked down to hide his face. He mumbled a response.

"Baekhyun. Are you okay? You're mumbling." Chanyeol said taking a step closer to the timid blonde.

"I said I don't want to see you anymore." Baekhyun raised his voice, still hanging his head low.

"Baekhyun, what's going on." Chanyeol said, lifting up Baekhyun's face so that he was looking him in he eye.

"Don't touch me!" Baekhyun said as jerked his head away from Chanyeol's gentle grip. "Y-you took advantage of me!"

Baekhyun had never yelled at Chanyeol before. He hated having to do it, it made him feel rotten inside.

"Baekhyun. I don't like this new side of you." Chanyeol said as he took yet another step forward.

"Get away from me!" Baekhyun said as he pushed Chanyeol back. "I-I hate you!"

Baekhyun could see the hurt and betrayal in the gentle giant's face. Chanyeol looked down, not wanting to look at the beautiful face of his former lover. Inside, Baekhyun was breaking. He felt as though his entire world was shattering in front of him and all he could do was watch. He saw the face of Chanyeol that he had grown to love so much at his breaking point. Baekhyun knew that if he stayed in this confining room with the person he wanted to be with but could never touch again, he would spill everything. He couldn't do that to Chanyeol. He couldn't ruin his relationship with his father. He couldn't ruin his life. He cared about him to much to do that to him. I have to break him to save him. The pain won't last forever. Baekhyun said to himself as he swallowed his agony and turned without saying another word, leaving Chanyeol broken and alone. His world too was shattering.
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A/N:
Hello there all my little readers!!!
I'm going to die!!!!!!!!!
I was crying so hard when I wrote this, holy fuck!!!
Well anyway, do you guys have any comments, suggestions, notes?
Bye!!!
-Liv🐳