A Second Chance

Chapter 2

Baekhyun walked towards the high school he had not so long ago visited as an adult. He had spent a good effort on concocting a good look for himself, trying his best not to resemble the man he used to be.

His hair was now a soft pink, his eyes covered in eyeliner, his ears and fingers decorated with jewelry, a lollipop sticking out from his small lips. He was the picture of youth.

A few jaws dropped as he walked past the students, he could hear people whispering about him, all of them in awe of how handsome he was. He smiled to himself, he hadn't felt this confident in years. With a little bounce in his step, Baekhyun made his way towards his first class.

You'd never know how heartbroken he was just a few days ago when he secretly dropped off a resignation letter to his dream job. It was rather shocking to everyone who worked there, especially when his friend Jongdae heard about it.

Jongdae immediately went over to Baekhyun's house after work, fully intending on yelling at Baekhyun. But he was surprised when a slighter shorter, youthful looking Baekhyun answered the door. Baekhyun had a sad expression on his face, he knew why Jongdae was there.

"Jongdae, let me explain."

Jongdae was taken back by the younger sounding voice, "...Baekhyun...What happened to you?"

"...I'm not sure if you're going to believe me...But I'm just going to tell you straight out. I was magically transformed into my younger self!"

There was a long silence. Jongdae continued staring at Baekhyun, he couldn't rationalize what he was seeing without the excuse of some kind of magic.

"...Did you start taking some crazy youth drug or something? Or maybe...plastic surgery?"

"No, seriously, it was magic. You don't have to believe me. I know it sounds crazy. I was given a second chance."

There was another long pause.

"...Magic? ....Like fairies and unicorns?" Jongdae asked in a doubtful voice.

Baekhyun slowly nodded, "Yes."

"...I mean...I just can't think of another way..." Jongdae trailed off in thought.

"I'm going back to high school. Please don't tell your son about this though."

"...I won't, I'm not even sure how I'm going to tell Minseok about this."

Minseok didn't believe it either. And so, Jongdae brought him over to have another meeting with Baekhyun. Both of them couldn't fathom what they were seeing, it just didn't make any sense. However, they both agreed to keep this little story to themselves, and decided to let everyone know that Mr. Byun had moved far away.

Once Baekhyun went to apply for school, he realized all his personal identification had been changed to match his new birth date, stating that he was in fact seventeen. His passport, his birth certificate, even some new documents including a transcript of his current grades (Which happened to be identical to the grades Baekhyun had received all those years ago.) There was no more proof of the 32 year old man named Byun Baekhyun.

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As Baekhyun was introduced to the class as the new student, Baekhyun carefully analyzed the student's faces, looking to see if by chance he had been placed in Sehun's class. Unfortunately, Sehun wasn't there.

He sat down and the teacher immediately began her lecture. This was the part Baekhyun hadn't even considered in his pros and cons list. He was really going to have to relive his high school life, including homework and tests and projects and everything else horrible that Baekhyun could remember.