Dead//Baekhyun

1.6

"Please make it stop" Baekhyun had cried as he squeezed your hand again. You had to admit that the man- although dead- still had a grip as hard as steel. His scrunched up expressions had allowed you to know that whatever the spirits were doing was not anything pleasant.

Your spare hand has brushed itself through Baekhyun's dark locks as his head continued to wiggle in your lap.

"I know honey, I know" you had comforted. Your own body becoming quite cool against the freezing exterior of Baekhyun. It was as a fever had consumed him, hot and cold flushes moving over the young man in waves.

"Only sleep will make it better. Close your eyes and sleep" Baekhyun had nodded and in mere moments his breathing had evened.

Kyungsoo had watched you from the comforter, his own body slumped from the long night you had both endured the night before.

Baekhyun had become numb to Kyungsoo's company. You had noticed that Baekhyun had become so pained and wretched to even care that Kyungsoo was in the room.

"Come" you had followed Kyungsoo's command. Following his small frame as he continued tongued to walk. The two of you becoming one in the moonlight as you continued to tread on together.

You were becoming familiar with the streets once again as you had caught up to Kyungsoo.

"He's being drained, surely but slowly" at the mention of Baekhyun's draining you entire body had shuddered. Your eyebrows began to furrow and your eyes began pooling with tears; Lord knows why.

"I'd think you'd be pleased by this news" Kyungsoo's statement made you sound unsure, perhaps even foolish. Killing him a second time was cruel, did it truly have to be done?

"I'll be fine. Baekhyun will go and I'll get on with my life" you had dismissed Baekhyun's new miracle of existing so easily, as if he was a minority.

"Sometimes you have to walk on the treadmill for a while before you're ready to walk alone again" you had smiled at Kyungsoo's wise words. He was indeed an old soul.

"I know. But I've met someone recently and he's asked me to go out with him on Halloween but Baekhyun expects me to take him out on the town. I'm fumbling on this treadmill" Kyungsoo had offered a tight lipped smile.

"With any help of the spirits, he'll be too weak to wander by Halloween"

You could only hope he was right.