Chanyeol waited with a heavy heart for this boy to turn around. It took him a few moments before revealing himself to the giant.
"Baekhyun," he ran towards him and locked Baekhyun into his arms. "..it really is you."
Chanyeol smiled brightly as he was happy to see this person whom he haven't heard from for the whole three years he spent away from Korea.
He could feel him.
He could feel his soft, tiny body.
This is real.
But too real that he could feel the coldness in Baekhyun's presence.
He let go of him when he felt that he's the only one overwhelmed by the situation. Baekhyun didn't even return his hug. He looked at his blank expression as if contemplating what just has happened.
'This is Baekhyun.'
'He is real.'
'But oddly, he's not the Baekhyun I left.'
His mind circled around these thoughts as he was puzzled why Baekhyun's not showing any emotion when he saw him after three years.
He knew it was him. He felt him, he's not imagining him. He's not some other person either, he saw him wearing the necklace he wrapped around his neck that night right here in this balcony.
This is Baekhyun. But it is also not him.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Chanyeol asked.
"Do I have to?" He could feel Baekhyun's words piercing through him. Cold as winter, sharp as a dagger.
He could feel the awkwardness as they both stand there staring at each other. Both looked puzzled and out of place.
"Uhm.. I'm here. I'm back." Chanyeol tried to break the silence.
"I can see that. It's good that you arrived safe."
'I can see that? It's good that you arrived safe? What was that?' Chanyeol thought as he continued to decode what Baekhyun is thinking. If this is some sort of a joke, it's not funny anymore.
"How are you?" Chanyeol tried hard. He wanted to ask him what happened.
"Same old."
"Why didn't you answer my messages?"
"I just thought you needed time to spend with your mom."
"But you could have replied to my messages. I was worried about you."
"Don't be." Baekhyun answered in monotone.
Chanyeol looked at him as Baekhyun turned back to look at the stars. He held his hand and pulled to look at his face one more time. His eyes that looked sleepless but still mesmerized him. His cheeks a little pale. And his lips, chapped, but as perfectly thin as when he last parted with it.
He silently stared at Baekhyun's face. He touched his cheek and he flinched as soon as Chanyeol's hand made contact with his face.
"What are you doing?" Baekhyun asked as he pulled himself away from his grasp.
Chanyeol kept staring at him when he heard a voice coming their way.
"There you are. I've been looking all over the place for you." Chanyeol looked where Kim Na Na is walking towards the balcony.
"Your dad is looking for you. He said you have to meet a few people." She added.
"I'm not in the mood to meet them. I'm still tired."
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Tomorrow With You (ChanBaek)
FanfictionBaekhyun's life changed after his parents passed away and his father's old business partner, Mr. Park, took him as his own son. Baekhyun now has to live with his two step brothers, Jisoo and Chanyeol, who left the country after Baekhyun moved into t...
