It was late afternoon.
Baekhyun was worn out from work and all he wants to do is go back to his room and lie down on his bed. But the good news is, he can finally quit his job because his financial problems are already more stable than before and the Movement is planning to assign them a lot of guardians-related task so they have to do it almost everyday. Being a guardian is finally going to become their daily job.
When he reached home, there were five bottles of red fine wine on the table. Baekhyun glanced at Sehun and Chanyeol, waiting for them to explain to him. Chanyeol looked sheepishly at him and snapped his head towards Sehun, waiting for him to explain for the both of them.
"We got offered five bottles of wine on the way home. It was from that nice lady we always bump into on the way home from work."Sehun explained. "So one bottle of each of us. This is yours."he handed Baekhyun a bottle.
"I can't drink all of these by myself. And what if there is a sudden mission at night, we all can't be drunk."he said, carefully analysing the paper pasted on the bottle, checking if the content is safe to drink.
"We are not telling you to drink it tonight. Maybe drink it when Lord Chun dies and we use it to celebrate?"
"Fine. I will just keep it in my room."Baekhyun said. He reached his room and opened the door to see Taeyeon sitting on the bed with her legs crossed and bending down to play with the puppies. She smiled brightly at him when their eyes met.
He returned the gesture and placed the bottle on the table before closing the door behind him.
"What's that?"she asked him, pointing at the bottle of wine.
"Oh this? Red wine."he replied.
"Oh...I think I have heard about it before. My uncle has a lot in-"she stopped when she realised that she is now talking about her uncle, the person Baekhyun hates the most. "I mean-"
"You don't need to restrain yourself. I'm okay with it."he ceased her.
"Oh..."she trailed off and looked down at the puppies. Baekhyun has changed his attitude towards her over this month. She remembered how sensitive he is when they talked about Lord Chun. But now he only cares whether she is comfortable while talking to him. "Well...Lord Chun has a lot of red and white wine. He keeps it in this secret room in the palace. I never got the chance to go in there though."she continued.
"A secret room in the palace?"he asked.
"Yeah. I have never went down there before. Because I heard from one of the maids that there is where he keeps his prisoners."she lowered down her voice and whispered to him. Baekhyun got interested in this secret place Taeyeon is talking about, so he was about to ask some more until he heard a knock on the door.
"Coming!"he shouted and ran towards the door as Taeyeon hid herself under the blanket. "What is it Yeol?"he asked, poking his head out from the gap between the door frame and the door. "You need anything?"
"There is a sudden meeting. Mr Kim is coming soon. You better get ready."Chanyeol informed him.
"Okay, I will be there in a second."Baekhyun closed the door and whispered to Taeyeon, "I'm not sure how long the meeting is going to be. But if I don't come back, you go to sleep first."
She nodded at him. She didn't say anything to promise him that she is going to sleep even if he didn't come back, she can't fall asleep without him anyway.
"Oh and if you are thirsty or hungry, just drink the wine."he said over his shoulder before leaving the room. He knows that red wine isn't a good idea, but that's the ony food that can keep Taeyeon full since he doesn't have time to grab something for her to eat. He just prays that Taeyeon's alcohol tolerance is high enough for that bottle of wine.
