Don't be afraid, Love is the way. {An EXO and NCT fanfic}

Thirty Nine

Sam's P.O.V
Baekhyun, Brooklyn and I all stared at Henry's outstretched hand. I waited a few seconds and saw that no one was going to welcome this stranger any time soon. So to make the situation less awkward, I took my hand out of Baekhyun's and connected it with the strange man's. "Nice to meet you Henry. I'm Sam." He flashed me a wide grin and shook our hands. "It's a pleasure to meet you." He said.

As I released from his grip, I saw that Brooklyn nor Baekhyun were going to greet this man. Henry noticed this as well and retracted his hand quickly. "Don't mind these two." I chuckled awkwardly while pointing at Baekhyun and Brooklyn. "They just take some time to warm up to." Henry nodded his head understandingly and looked towards Brooklyn. "I know that all too well with this one. When we first met she wouldn't say one word to me. It was almost like she had a grudge against me." He laughed at his own statement and playfully pushed Brooklyn's shoulder.

She tensed at his touch and didn't even look towards him. Her eyes were locked on to the table in front of her. "Sam." She said nervously. "Yeah?" I responded. She looked up at me and gave me a pleading look. "Please don't hate me when I tell you this."

I quickly laughed and asked, "Why would I hate you?" Brooklyn sighed and grabbed my hand. "Remember when we first met? And how I asked about a boy?" I closed my eyes as I thought back to that moment. As soon as I remembered, I re-opened them and nodded. "His name is Jisung and you wanted me to tell him about you." Brooklyn blushed at his name.

"Well, I kinda used that as an excuse to find you. For my old job." I shot her a questionable look and was about to ask her why she needed to meet me but someone already beat me to it. "What job needs you to meet a complete stranger?" Baekhyun questioned her. I nodded in agreement and heard Henry clear his throat. All three of us looked towards him and Brooklyn took her hand off of mine. "I'm sure that whatever job it is, good or bad, has it's reasons." He explained.

Brooklyn shook her head and frowned at Henry. "They wanted me to stalk her. What reason is behind that?" My eyes widened at her sudden statement. Stalk me? I don't have anything special, so what's the need to watch my every move? "I never said I knew the reason." Henry chuckled.

Baekhyun let out a low growl and quickly covered it up with a cough so that no one in the building would get suspicious. But it also caused Henry to squint over at him and frown. "Is there something wrong?" He asked, but by the tone of his voice, it sounded like he already knew the answer. I wanted to close my eyes and pray that Baekhyun wouldn't say anything too rash. But I didn't have to though because he simply shook his head and sighed. I exhaled my breath that I didn't even realize I was holding and rubbed my temples. Then I heard him speak again.

"I just wish you would leave us alone." I facepalmed myself at his words and mentally groaned. As I peeked over my hand, I saw that Henry still had the same look as before and that Brooklyn was looking between him and Baekhyun. I kinda felt bad that she was stuck in this situation that was considered for adults. She shouldn't have to go through something like this at her age. "Hey Brook." I whispered to her. She looked over at me after I nudged her leg with mine.

"Go home kid. You deserve a rest." She took one more look between the guys and slowly nodded her head. "Thank you." When she stood from the table, Henry and Baekhyun looked towards her and noticed that she was leaving. Brooklyn quickly bowed to us and I smiled at her retreating figure. That smile was soon gone though as I realized that I was now stuck with these two men. "So you want me to leave you alone? But we just met today. What did I do wrong?" Henry asked with a softer expression.

Baekhyun just scoffed at his question. "You and I both know what you did wrong. Stop acting dumb. Or are you not acting at all?" I could not believe how rude Baekhyun was acting. "Let's just calm down now." I said while beginning to stand. I grabbed Baekhyun by his clothed shoulder and forced him to stand.