fall | baekhyun

S E V E N

Your father ushered me to the garden, away from all the shoutings at the table.

I followed his steps with shaking frame. I was at the rate of sobbing. It felt hurt to have someone like your mother to say mean things indirectly to me.

"Byun Reyna, look at me."

The soft voice called out for me and his rough hands wiped my tears away.

He told me that it was fine.
He told me that it wasn't my fault.
He told me that he didn't blame me.

He was the one who truly understand me.
Not you, not my parents, not your mother.

That night, I finally felt the feeling of how to be loved and to be in love.

I longed for some love from my own parents but I only got it from my father-in-law.

He hugged me, carressed my hair like I was his own biological daughter.

And I broke into more tears when he whispered to me..

"I love you as my own daughter Reyna. Be a strong girl. Anything happen, I'm here for you."