RENDEZVOUS | chanbaek

EIGHT

Baekhyun sat at the bar twirling a glass of water between his hands, and every time the door chimmed open he looked up thinking it could be him. But as Baekhyun continued to sit there, and the promised twenty minutes turned into thirty than an hour, he was being to feel like a fool. Maybe it had been navie of him to think Chanyeol would show up, especially after Baekhyun —- an officer of the law —- had learned his identity.

Park Chanyeol was the leader of one of two mafia gangs in their city, and with the piles of bodies showing up with all signs pointing to the gangs, he was smart not to show his face so publicly. Baekhyun sighed and picked up his glass, and put it to his lips at the same moment he felt something circular press into his spine.

His hand placed his glass back down onto the bar top while the rest of him turned ridged, not even daring to move a muscle as the person behind him leaned forward to brush their lips against the crest of his ear, and whispered, "Stand up slowly, and keep your hands on the table."

Baekhyun did as he was told, and then they roughly grabbed the back of his jacket and jerked him away from the bar as they breathed, "Come with me...."

They pushed Baekhyun forward and herded him towards the back of the bar, and used the back door to leave —- an entrance Baekhyun completely forgot about keeping an eye on. He was forced to push the door open, and once it closed with a heavy bang behind them, his capturer released his hold on Baekhyun's jacket and shoved him forward; and nearly sent him tumbling into the gravel.

Baekhyun regained his footing at the last second and spun around as he yelled, "What the hell!"

Chanyeol just pursed his lips and placed his gun into his waistband before folding his arms across his board chest. He tilted his head to the side as he eyed Baekhyun up and down, and then his gaze flickered up to meet Baekhyun's harsh glare as he said, "I gather you know who I am, hence your earlier threat . . ." Chanyeol chuckled.

"So now that you know who I am, you also know it wouldn't be in your best interest to cross me or try to escape. Now with that said, Mr. Byun, I need something from you and I really hope you don't decide to refuse me because . . . As I said, that wouldn't be in your best interest," Chanyeol said with a mysterious smile.

Baekhyun pursed his lips and adjusted his askew jacket as he cautiously replied, "What is it that you're needing from me?"

Chanyeol's grin widened, and he folded his hands together and pointed at Baekhyun as he said, "I'm glad you asked! So you see, I'm in the middle of a war with another gang, which makes you and your police buddies involvement around the string of murders so inconvenient, and frankly, dangerous for everyone who's an outsider, meaning you. So what I need from you is simple, I need your cooperation and your word that you and your police force will stay away. I'm not a bad guy, I just do bad things. And with that said, I'm trying to prevent innocent lives being lost."

Chanyeol paused, and taking a breath he stepped forward to close even more of the distance between them as he quietly said, "Baekhyun, will you do as I ask and stay away? Will you help me?"

Baekhyun felt rooted to the ground, and he could hardly breathe as he stared into Chanyeol's depthless brown eyes searching for anything to warn him if making such a deal was a good idea or not. But oddly, all Baekhyun could see gleaming inside Chanyeol's eyes was sincerity —- which was not at all, what Baekhyun had been expecting.

He studied Chanyeol for a moment longer, and he couldn't decide if he was being tricked or not. But....was it a risk he was willing to take to save lives? Or would doing the right thing actually be the wrong thing? Baekhyun's frown deepened, and when he spoke, he never in his life expected the combined words to leave his mouth all to help a criminal possibly save lives.

"Yes, I'll help you, just—-just tell me what I have to do . . ." Baekhyun breathed.

Word count: 739

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A/N: Uh oh, have mistakes just been made? I guess we'll just have to wait and see . . .

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