Waiting Over Time |Tao x Baekhyun Fanfic|

C1: Living for Time

Splashing water is heard with the whisper of the wind. He is walking alone along the seashore thinking of the time passes by with him knowing what is going to happen if he wants to. The cold water of the sea wets his feet which sends shivers all through his body. He turns around and walks away from the shore.

He looks around and finds many people walking by. Then he spots a couple sharing a kiss on a bench under a tree. He looks at the couple sweetly and the time moves fast before his eyes. And there he is, standing beside the door and sees himself in a church. He sees many flowers on each side of the altar. The little boys and girls are chatting and playing with each other which makes him smile because he finds it cute. Roaming his eyes around the inside of the church, he sees the groom waiting for his bride in front of the altar. He is shedding tears as the girl walks slowly and happily in the aisle. He takes the time to watch this wedding until the couple exchange their vows to each other.

Then the time goes back and he feels like he is eaten by the wind in a second. And bwa! He finds himself staring at the couple, and the couple seems to notice him so they stop on what they are doing. He suddenly feels awkward so he turns around and shakes his head to remove the awkwardness. He begins to walk on the street, and then he remembers the event he saw a while ago. He glances back at the couple and smiles. At least they have their happy ending, he thinks.

He decides to walk on his way to his apartment building since he gets no money left after visiting his brother in the cemetery. He walks calmly on the path to his apartment building when he sees a familiar figure standing in front of a bookstore. The man is short and pale. Bad future, he sees. The man looks at him and he is taken aback, the man looks so weak and his eyes are puffed like he is crying all week long. He examines the man carefully because he knows that he has seen this man. The man's voice trembles when he mumbles, "C-Chanyeol." And he hears a sniff. He looks around if the man just called him 'Chanyeol,' but he sees no one behind him so he points at himself. The man's thin lips tremble as he covers his face with his palms. He feels scared because he sees many scars on the man's pulse and he thinks, did he try to kill himself? He is worried for the man. He is about to ask the man about these scars because he can see that this, his depression, won't do good to the people around him. But the man cries so hard and runs away from him.

He just stares at the man who just ran away from him. He pouts as he thinks of the man, he feels like he is somewhat affected by his sadness. So he thinks, sadness is somehow contagious. He shakes his head and sighs.

He walks to his apartment door and greets his brother, "Minseok hyung! I'm h--" he stops as he remembers that his brother is no longer with him anymore. He laughs at himself because he just forgets that he just visited his brother in the cemetery earlier. Really, Minseok hyung, why?

He sits sadly on the couch as he sighs. He rests his back on the back of the couch and closes his eyes. And as he closes his eyes, the time moves to the back when Minseok was still by his side...

He can see the cute smile of his baozi brother, and his AB style smile. They were watching television together and they ate the buns made by his brother. They ate it together and when they were full, he leaned on the shoulder of his brother and smiled. "Are you full?" Minseok asked, and he nodded, "Do you want to sleep?" he nodded again. But Minseok suddenly pushed him to sit. He pouted thinking why did Minseok do that. "You shouldn't sleep when your stomach is full." His brother scolded him.

"But I'm sleepy." He did his aegyo and Minseok closed his eyes. "No, don't do that." and Minseok pinched his cheeks, "Spoiled brat!" and started tickling him on his waist. He laughed so hard as his brother continued to tickle him. He tried to stop his brother by tickling him but his brother is also a mischievous kid so instead stopping, he tickles him more until they were breathless by laughing so much. After they earned themselves up, Minseok ruffled his hair, "Take care Tao." ....