*amalgamate (n.) - the process of uniting or combining something
Chapter summary: Singer Baekhyun is the combination of lonely and pretentious. Then Chanyeol came over his life, being a hybrid; a combination of a dog and a human. He came to Baekhyun's life---both as a gift from Baekhyunbar, and Baekhyun's sudden companion.
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Baekhyun wasn't supposed to go to that shelter.
It wasn't because he didn't like hybrids or he was hating on them. He was a pet lover since childhood and though he agrees hybrids are not pets but an individual---a person, who deserve to be treated right and have a life of their own---Baekhyun couldn't shake away the thoughts from the back of his brain that hybrids were still half animals, having inabilities to do some things humans can do.
Baekhyun wasn't anywhere near being one of those people who hated hybrids, but just looking at them made him remember how his pet Choco died from food poisoning 7 years ago.
It was Baekhyun's fault: he was growing his career back then and being a clueless twenty-year-old rising singer didn't help him manage things about living all alone in the city after leaving his family in Bucheon to achieve his dream. Choco was a little cute pup--a shih tzu, with curly black locks and big eyes--given to him by his first ever fan who remained anonymous until now, and Baekhyun loved him so much; both because his fan gave it to him and Choco became his only family (besides his manager, Kim Jongdae and his makeup artist, Luhan) since he left his province.
Baekhyun could hit whatever high note his music producer gave him and yet, he couldn't even check a simple expiration date of that dogfood. When Choco died, Baekhyun felt like a part of him also did.
Apparently, even those half human-half animal beings in that shelter reminded him of his stupidity over his poor puppy. Sure, Baekhyun couldn't run away from this world where can see pets (or even hybrids) randomly on his everyday life, but going to that shelter drained a lot of bravery inside him. It took Jongdae a whole day just to make Baekhyun go with him to Apgujeong-dong where the shelter was located. Baekhyun was left with no choice but to comply. It was part of his job, anyway--to make a stance that hybrids should be more empowered and given rights and assistance in this society (which he really agrees to, if not for his personal issue). Also, he didn't want anything but disappoint Jongdae that day.
