A Thousand Years

4

Date: September 16, 2015

'Italicized': Baekhyun's thought

Baekhyun's POV

It's been 2 days since the report of Taeyeon and I break up was informed around the world. 

I would be lying if I said that it doesn't hurt. 

Since I had a break, I walked outside of the SM Entertainment from the back of the building to avoid the fans in the entrance. Then suddenly, I heard a beautiful voice from the direction of the park. I unconsciously followed the voice.

There, a girl was singing with her eyes closed as she was sitting on the bench. Her voice quivers a few times as if she fears something. 

'The way you cry, the way you smile
I wonder how much they mean to me.
The words I want to say, but missed the chance
I will confess and it's a bit awkward, but
Just listen I will sing for you, sing for you
Just listen, I will sing for you.'
*Credits to the songwriter of the song, EXO, and translator for Sing for You

When she stops singing, she slowly opens her greenish-hazel eyes and looks upward to the sky. My body moves its own toward her as if it was craving for her for a long time. My stomach was filled with butterflies and the pain in my chest. 

I carelessly steps on a brown leaf that was on the ground. 'Crunch'

But instead of escaping, I was captured by her teary eyes that made contact with mine. 

When I thought she would bash me for stalking her,

"Do you need something from me?" 

She keeps her blank expression as she asked, wiping her tears away. 

"I... I was curious to who was singing with a beautiful voice."

She just nods.

'Do you nod here? Isn't this the part you say thank you?'

"Is that your original song?"

She shakes her head.

"My lover's."

'Why is my heart in pain from hearing this?'

"Where is he?" I fake smile to hide my pain.

"I'm looking for him."

"Where did he go?"

She shakes her head.

'She doesn't know. I feel bad for her. He might have cheated on her and ran away.'

Right when I tried to pat her head, my phone rings.

"Baekhyun, you need to come back now! We're practicing." Chanyeol yells over the phone.

"Arraseo."

"Sorry, I have to go. It was nice meeting you. Hope you find your lover."

She just stares at the ground.

I walk away, feeling guilty for not comforting her.

Skips to SM Entertainment Practice Room

When I arrive at the practice room, there were no one there. 

"Where is everyone?"

A orange sticky note was stuck on the door.

It says, For being late on practice, we decided to go for a bubble tea without you.

'They played me.' I crunch the paper, pissed.

'Fine. I'll play the piano.'

I sit on the piano seat and starts to play the song that a girl was singing. It felt as I know the song by heart when I shouldn't have. Then, producer barges in,

"You are a genius. We're making a song."

"What do you mean?"

"That song will become a hit."

"No. This song is not mine. It's a song that a girl I met made."

"Oh, now, stop making up stuff. I already told the president that we got the song."

"No, I can't do that. This is a plagiarism."

"If you're not making it, I'll do it."

"Stop it." 

"Follow your producer. What I do is always right."

That was the final.

With guilt, I wrote the lyrics to the song, afraid to be hated by the girl. 

Skips to December 10, 2015

Once the song was released on the album and YouTube, the fans were comments were bombarding the EXO page and the YouTube. The fans in front of the SM Entertainment became even more crazier. But, there was one girl who reported us of plagiarism, but the company completely ignored it.

I followed her to the park. 

There, she sits on the bench again, except this time, her tears were overflowing out of her eyes, still blank expression though. 

"What do you want?!" She screamed at me, seems to know that I was following her.

"I came to apologize." 

"Do you think your apology would solve everything? You're the only one who would know this song in the company, means that you're the only one who would be able to share this with your company."

"I didn't mean to take your song."

"But you did."

Silence filled the air.

"What can I do to make you forgive me?"

"Get the hell away from me." She turns away from me, but my body moves its own again, grabbing her wrist and turn her around to hug her. She slaps me in the face.

Then, she leaves, facing her back toward me.

A back that resembles the girl in my dream.