something new ¡! baekyeon

chapter twelve

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Taeyeon hasn't talked to Baekhyun for two long weeks. At first, she was intentionally avoiding him -she thought that not seeing him will make her move on with her feelings, but she was only proved wrong, because she did nothing but miss him more.

But then, it started seeming normal, as if it was time for them to part ways and not to see each other again. Her schedule was packed and he had meeting after meeting, sometimes it even prevented him from going back home.

After her photo-shoot with Suho, he has caught the public's eyes and some rumors even sparkled out of nowhere, claiming that they were dating and that it was a move from her to prepare her fans for when the news that they are together will break out -which was complete nonsense and both of them laughed at that.

Still, the company -or precisely Baekhyun- decided to proceed with the filming of the drama, even advancing the script reading by a few weeks.

"You're here again?" A familiar voice asks, and her head shoots up, meeting the sweet smile of Minseok, and she nods, putting her purse on the table.

He opens his mouth, and Taeyeon quickly understands that he will ask her about what she wants to drink, so she speaks before he does. "The usual."

"Yujin, make Taeyeon a hazelnut cappuccino." Minseok shouts, bending down to sit in front of her. "Now tell me," He starts, leaning back in his chair. "What is bothering you this much that you started coming here everyday?"

Baekhyun has warned Taeyeon before -he basically told her but now as she looks back to it and judging her situation, it seems more like a warning- that Xiumin is good at seeing through people and reading their minds, but she has ignored it, believing that she would never need it.

"Nothing." She innocently lies -those two words definitely don't match, but when it comes to Taeyeon, they have to. "I just like coming here, the air is so nice."

"Huh?" Minseok laughs softly, giving her that famous you-can-not-lie-to-me face of his. "I'm not buying any of that."

Taeyeon rolls her eyes at him, putting her head in her hands as she takes a deep breath, preparing herself to tell him. She has nothing to do anyways.

"Okay so-"She pauses, hesitating a bit. What if he figures out who I'm talking about? What if he goes and tells Baekhyun. He's definitely not that type of guy but still, I should expect anything and everything.

"I'm still waiting." Minseok tells her, playing with one of the displayed napkins.

"Promise me that you will not tell anybody."

"Who do you think I am? A twelve year old who likes tattling on people? Seriously, I'm only talking to you because you seem out of it, not because I want to put you into some trouble."

"Okay, I'm sorry." Taeyeon apologizes, trying to calm Minseok -even if he didn't look that much  annoyed. "Do you still want to know?" She interrogates and he nods.

This is too embarrassing. Taeyeon shakes off the thought, deeply inhaling before telling him everything.

• • •

"Ten more minutes and we begin the shoot." A staff member informs Taeyeon while she's calmly reading her script and sipping on her coffee, trying to warm herself from the chilly breeze of an October morning.

A jacket is suddenly put around Taeyeon's shoulders, making her raise her face and meet Suho's gaze, returning his smile a second later.

"It's cold, right?" He says before settling down on the chair next to her, his script in his hand.