The Player // Baekhyun's FF [EN]

8. New life

~~~ Been Through - EXO ~~~

"Dear passengers, please fasten your seatbelts, the aircraft is getting ready to descend for our final destination at Incheon airport," the women's voice coming from the speakers, made her jump out of her sleep. She opened the blind on her window and looked down on already visible land, showing beneath the white clouds.

Here she comes again.

She sighed, remembering her first and last visit of Seoul, before this big step she had decided to make. She buckled her seatbelt and put her seat back into the normal position. She felt the jitters rising inside her. She let out breath, still looking out of the window, trying to contain her nervousness.

She felt the same last time.

She remembered her pledge, when she was leaving this place before, to never come back again. And here she is all over, breaking her own promise, for the sake of her future and dignity.

It didn't take too long, until they found themselves on the ground, leading to their arrival gate. In no time she was out of the airplane, inside of the main building of the airport, with all the other travellers.

Someone was supposed to pick her up, once she passes the control. And no, it definitely is not Baekhyun, if you were thinking that. Someone working for the company is already waiting for her. That made her think of how glad she would be, if it was actually him, but she knew there is no way he can do that.

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"Hello?" Baekhyun's voice came out of speaker of her phone, while her heart decided to start doing crazy dance, making it worse for her to focus on the reason, why she is actually calling him. She couldn't bring herself to start talk, fighting to catch a breath, like normal people do. She was ready to hang up on him, when he spoke again.

"Iseul?" that was the first time he used her real name, taking away her ability to speak. When her name came out of his mouth, she was able to just stare into the space of her room. She already knew, he is familiar with everything when it comes to her, but hearing it again, gave her a different feeling.

"Dee, is it you?" he asked once again, when no response came from her.

"Yeah," she let out eventually.

"Is it really you?" he sounded like, he can't believe what he is hearing. "Is everything okay?" he wondered right after, melting her already struggling heart.

"I'm okay," she said. Why is she actually bothering to call him? It was day after she spoke to Chan, going all kind of crazy, making rash decisions. There was a few seconds of silence between them, her gathering the courage and him, letting her to do so.  She squeezed her eyelids together, trying to pull herself together.

"I... I will do it," she finally managed to say, hearing him releasing breath that he was holding until the moment she at last went along with his idea. There was another pause, before he took over the whole situation.

"Okay, you don't have to say anymore. I will take care of everything. I'm leaving with guys, tomorrow. I will give you two weeks to solve your stuff, then you will come to Korea," once again she was impressed, how prepared he was, not wasting a time at all...

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During those two weeks he has set for her, they had many chats over the phone, which mainly contained their negotiations. Of course she didn't stay quiet for too long, when the urge not to let anyone control her life kicked in, she had her own conditions, before she definitely sits on the place to Korea. She wanted to continue her studies and made him promise, she can attend private distance learning in Seoul.