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chapter 22

My head was resting on the table and I was staring in to distance. I was completely lost in my thoughts and tuning out my surroundings. Then Baekhyun rested his head on the table next to me and looked at me. We kept staring at each other until I sighed and lifted myself up. I rested my head on my palm instead, gazed around the busy police station and murmured: '' What do you want? ''

I was in a really bad mood that morning. I had to listen to Xiumin yell at me for at least half an hour and my ears were still ringing because of his loud voice. He was really mad that I didn't listen to him yesterday and acted out of my own will, even if it did lead to Kwan Taeshik's arrest. He said that he needed to think about the situation before deciding about my punishment. I tried to protest that I couldn't just sit around and wait in a moment like this and tried to threaten him to disobey him again, but he quickly shut me down. What I did yesterday was serious and if I would ever do something like that again I would have to leave. And that didn't mean just sit out on a case. He would have to report my actions to the chief of the police station and I would get kicked out of the police station.

'' Are you really going to address me like that? '' Baekhyun asked and smirked.

I glared at him and scowled. '' All this sitting around and waiting is driving me crazy. I can't go on like this. I need to be out on the field, investigating, interrogating or doing something, anything at all. This is driving me crazy. I'm going to develop Xiumin-sshi's anger habits! I can't afford living off coffee, I already don't sleep at night! ''

Baekhyun cringed at the sight of my enraged and desperate face. Then he smiled again and said: '' Dang, you really do need a breath of fresh air, rookie. You can be glad that you are one of the few people on my good side cause I spoke to Xiumin-sshi and I convinced him to let you work. Get up, you're coming with me. ''

My eyes grew wide with shock, I jumped on my feet and hugged him with happiness. '' Thank you! Thank you so much! ''

'' I know how you feel like. It's the worst thing when something like this happens and you are completely powerful. I don't want you to go through what I did, '' he replied and smiled. I suddenly realised that I was hugging him and quickly backed away. He frowned at that and began: '' Hey, you never let me say what I want in return for helping you. ''

'' My hugs and gratitude, '' I replied, smiling and nodding.

He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes, while I began putting on my jacket. '' Actually I- ''

'' Knowing that I'll forever be thankful to you is enough to warm your heart, '' I tried again, looked at him and raised an eyebrow with hope. I grabbed the scarf he gave me a little ago and wrapped it around my neck. It was so big that it covered half of my face too and I looked back at him with big and shining eyes.

He sighed, pulled the scarf up and made it cover the rest of my face. '' You know what, I'll tell you another time when there won't be so many people around us. Men and women usually do those kinds of things in private. Maybe after our date, which is postponed to the future, by the way. You thought you managed to get out of it by going after a criminal, but it won't be that easy. ''

I pulled the scarf of my face again and stared at him with childish shock. '' Baekhyun Oppa, you can't talk about those kinds of things in the middle of the police station! People will get ideas! ''

'' Good. That way at least they'll know to not get false hope about ever being with you, '' he replied with a smug smirk on his face. He grabbed his own jacket, put it on his shoulders and purposely hit my nose with it in the meantime. '' Also, I have no idea what kind of inappropriate things you're thinking about, because I have something completely different in mind. Why don't you tell me? ''