The 7th Demon

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Eun Joo

After the classes, it really rained. It's pouring hard. I peered outside the school building and saw some of the students were being fetched by their mothers or fathers. They all have these luxurious looking cars. Some were just simply covering them with an umbrella. I looked at the left and saw some were just having fun running through the hard rain. Pathetic

Someone bumped into my shoulder and opened her umbrella. She glared at me before walking under the rain. I just sighed and looked at my right to see Baekhyun leaning against the wall while watching the droplets of rain hitting the ground. "Aren't you going home yet?" I got a little startled when he spoke.

"It's still pouring hard. I'll wait till it stops." I sat down and rested my back at the cold pillar behind me. I hugged my knees to my chest because of the cold wind that blew. I don't know why but I don't really like it when it rains. It's making me feel really sad and down.

The sound of the rain, the sound when it hits the ground, the dull and gray sky... I don't like it.

I raised my head up and saw Baekhyun just looking from a far. I wonder what he is thinking while staring blankly ahead. Is he getting bored because he's stuck with a boring girl like me? It would've been better if the future wrath will be a girl who is lively and prettier.

My life and I in particular is boring.

Dull me.

While I'm resting my chin on my knees, I felt a presence above me. An opened palm appeared in front of me and I easily recognized his hands. It's Baekhyun. His hands were different from any other hands I saw from a guy. It's too pretty for a guy's hands. "What do you want?" I mumbled not looking at him.

"Do you want to just run through the rain? It's such a waste of time of we're just going to wait here till the rain stops if you can rest already?" it sounds like he's bargaining with me. I looked at my left and saw the rain is still pouring hard. Is he insane? What if I get sick?

I sighed. "I don't want to."

But his hand reached for my wrist and pulled me up from my sitting position. He dragged me under the roof of the school and started running through the rain. Rain drops started touching my skin and hair, I got drenched so easily, "Baekhyun! What do you think you are doing?!" I yelled and stopped him from dragging me any longer.

He turned his head to me with a heart-warming smile the same time a thunder roared.

This demon is smiling so angelically at me right now. His smile is extremely sweet and calming. "If you feel like your day just got ruined, start a new day." He said those words so easily but why do I want to believe him?

Starting a new day after it got ruined? How can he say such things? Nothing will change. Yes, I will start a new day but it still happened. The pain will never disappear. It's like a tattoo, it's permanent.

Baekhyun's already drenched like me. His hair is already wet the water were dripping to the tips of his hair. His smile faded and his expression turned blank again it's like he just did something wrong. He released into my wrist and looked away. "I just know how you feel. I... experienced that too." "The feeling of everybody is turning their backs at you it's like a food, when you don't like it, you won't eat it or worse you'll just throw it away." Did he experience this kind of sadness before too?

I wonder how he died.

A thunder roars breaking the silence between us. The Baekhyun in front of me looks so different. I lowered my head and just looked at my shoes sipping water from the ground. "I don't understand why everyone is like destined to hate me."

I can feel pain building up inside my chest again. Just as my thoughts are getting deeper, Baekhyun tied the sleeve of his uniform's coat around my wrist. He held the other end and started pulling it a little. He's dragging me using the coat he tied around my wrist. "What are you doing?"

Rain is pouring hard, but it didn't matter to me anymore. Maybe it's because I'm already drenched and there's no reason for me to shield myself from the rain. He's not answering me anymore and just kept on pulling me.

It's not tight around my wrist. He's not pulling me hard too. He's just holding me awhile ago, but now. Did he make this because he doesn't want to hold me again? "Baekhyun, am I your child? I can walk by myself."

He stopped from walking and I saw he curled his fists into a ball. Is he alright? He's just fine awhile ago. "Is something wrong?" I wiped the raindrops off my eyes using my free hand since the sight of him in my eyes was getting blurry. "Baekhyun –"

My eyes widened when he pulled the coat to him and I ended up leaning onto his chest. He's not holding me, he's not hugging me. It's just me, simply leaning onto him and my head resting in his chest. I can't hear anything in his chest. Is it because he's already dead? But he feels...warm.

I felt he lowered his head down, touching his cheek against my hair.

Baekhyun

What am I even doing? Baekhyun what are you doing?

I closed my eyes as I tried my best not hug her back and hold her. I'm trying so hard. Because I'm afraid that if I hold her I won't be able to let go of her. "I'm going to leave for awhile. Go home, get dry and rest." I disappeared and left her even though it's not really what I wanted.

I need space. I need to get away from her for awhile. It's getting harder each day that right now, I'm getting so close to her already. I'm finding it hard to control my deep feelings for her.

I'm drenched and the rain finally stopped, I wonder if she reached home safety? Did she change her clothes? Did she drink something to warm herself? I hope she didn't get sick because of what we just did.

Even though I'm away from her for now, I still think about her. I can't help but to think of her.

I saw the playground when we stayed before and settled down at the grass just under a huge tree. The gray clouds were turning into dark ones. It's going to be night any minute now. The sun didn't even come out today. Eun Joo didn't feel the warmth of the sunlight she likes.

I leaned my back at the trunk of the tree and propped a knee. The wind blew and I felt cold because my clothes are still wet from the rain awhile ago. There are still droplets of rain at the tips of my hair.

"I wonder what's she's doing right now? She must be mad because I left her." I closed my eyes slowly but then I just felt something just dropped into my chest. I glanced at the swing where Eun Joo sat down and when she said those words.

"Be by my side forever, Byun Baekhyun."

What did I forgot about that? Byun Baekhyun you're so dumb! I stood up and about to vanish when children came running to the playground. They can't see me doing it. So, I started running fast to the apartment.

Eun Joo, don't think I left you. Please, don't be mad. I will go crazy.