Because It's Love | EXO CHEN

21. Been Through

Daylight creeps through the curtains of my bedroom and I'm reminded that today is a brand new day.

And it wasn't a dream. Yesterday wasn't a dream.

I quickly reached out for my cell phone to check for any new messages, from you-know-who-I'm-expecting.

Indeed, there were new messages. 2, in fact:

Jongdae:
Good morning Sunshine. Get ready, I'll pick you up at 10am later.

Unknown:
Happy endings don't exist. You will be sorry for everything.

It was another threatening message. This always reminded me of how useless the police are sometimes. I reported this a couple of times, but they could not track the user because it turned out to be an empty number.

"If anything happens, remember to let us know asap, so we can try to take quick action and hopefully catch him on the spot." - Says a police officer, but nothing happened till today.

Yikes, I don't trust them anymore.

I screenshot the threat message and forwarded it to Jongdae straight away. I figured that I could let him know everything and anything, since I trust him anyway.

True enough, he replied me instantly with several texts full of concern.

Jongdae:
You're home, right?

Jongdae:
I'll come over right now.

Jongdae:
Don't go anywhere!

I guess our 10am meeting schedule just got brought forward.

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"It's an empty number."

"Arghhh damn it!" Jongdae cursed under his breath as he looked over and over at the unknown number displayed on my phone.

"Why would this assh*le bother you if it's EXO that he wants?!" He chided.

I placed my hands on his shoulders trying to soothe his growing anger. At my touch I could feel him toning down.

But I never expected him to be this mad over the situation.

"He hasn't done anything to me yet. Only threatened through texts. It's okay."

"No, he did. He's been watching you all these time. And the incident back at the alley in the middle of the night? He had you there if it wasn't for me!"

My lips curved into a small smile when I recalled the incident. It was supposed to be a traumatizing experience but the memory of encountering Jongdae that day was overwhelmingly sweet.

I'm really weird, I know.

Thinking back about that supposedly-horrifying incident, I feel so grateful to have Jongdae by my side. Since then and now, and forever in the future. I leaned down and forward to give him a back hug, stretching my hands forward to wrap him from behind.

He is all I need to feel safe. So this was why I'm not afraid anymore - I trust him, I feel safe.

"You're all I need." I muttered.

He held my hands in return and replied, " I know."

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Today is a Monday and I'm scheduled to return to 2Million Dance Studio. I had taken a few days off since the outbreak of the scandal, because it was really tough going anywhere unrecognized and unquestioned.