SANDAL

Personal Matters

After sleeping for almost 12 hours, Bekhyun finally woke up. He looked at his wall clock and how surprised he was because it was already very day. "Oh!! How many hours did I fall asleep!?" Baekhyun looked around, This isn't school?. And he's still in his school uniform!. He rushed to clean himself.

"Auntie!!!!!" baekhyun shouted as he went down the stairs.

"Oh Baekhyun, slowly you can fall" Bi Lyra warned.

Baekhyun hugged Bi Lyra's back, "Baekhyun kangen with Auntie" he said in a sad tone. "Not seen in a day, you've missed" joked Bi Lyra.

"Where's sleep? I'm satisfied, right?" bi Lyra asked teasing the nephew. "H Auntie, don't tease me. I don't know either, why today I can sleep for that long" Baekhyun pouted his lips, while Bi Lyra just laughed looking at Baekhyun's face. "Already, you eat! Auntie made your favorite soup". Instantly Baekhyun's eyes sparkled, "Well, I'm a laper" Baekhyun joked as he sat himself in the chair.

Bi Lyra took a piece of rice for Baekhyun and poured the soup for him, "Thank you, Bi," Baekhyun said, then ate the meal.

~•••~

"I'm home!" chanyeol said as he entered his house.

"Where are you? Not coming home all day. Indeed dad financed you school just to mess around huh!?" chanyeol's father, Lee Jong-un.

Chanyeol rolled his eyes lazily, "Emang if I tell you the truth, you'll believe it?" he said relax and then looked up to go to his room.

"Chanyeol! I'm not done talking!!" annoyed Lee Jong-un.

..

Chanyeol slammed her bag and herself into the bed. He let out a heavy sigh, "Daddy never really understood me" when, he closed his eyes with one arm and unconsciously fell asleep.

"Where am I?" said Chanyeol who was suddenly in a strange place. "I was sleeping again. Why is it suddenly here? this is where else!" He looked around and started to walk slowly.

"Chanyeol" called a woman, but there was no such thing. "This sound? Mama! Mama!" call Chanyeol while running so he finds the woman he thinks is his mother. He stopped his steps when he saw a woman standing in front of him. "Mother," Chanyeol immediately hugged the woman, her tears also spilling over her face, releasing all her longing for the figure of the woman she was holding.

"Chan," the woman took off her arms, "You how are you?" tanyakanya.

"I wasn't okay after I lost my mother. I want to go with mom, yeah" Chanyeol pinta. The woman shook her head which made Chanyeol put on a sad face, "But Chan is not strong enough to live with Dad, Mom. Dad always presses me, I want to come with mom" the guy hugs his mom again.

"But you can't go with mom yet, you've got a long way to go, son. You have to improve your life" said the woman made her son more sad. "But__"

"Chan" the woman held onto Chanyeol's two shoulders, "If it's time, I'll definitely pick you up".

"Mother promise yes!" Chanyeol showed her little finger. "Yes, I promise" said the woman and clasped her little finger with Chanyeol's little finger.

..

Chanyeol opened his eyes. And he rubbed his watery eyes, and he got up and took a picture frame on his desk. "Mothers.. Chan kangen" the man again cried while hugging the photo.

"Where else are you going?" lee Jong-un asked Chanyeol to stop him.

"I want to go to the supermarket" he said, then he left without hearing his father's words again.

~•••~

Along the way, he kept kicking things in front of him, his face was also moody. He sat at the stop, his purpose changed. He wants to go to Baekhyun's house. Not to meet the man, but he wanted to meet Bi Lyra. Indeed, it was only once that he met the woman, but for some reason since returning from Baekhyun's house, his thoughts had always been on the woman. He wants to pour out his heart. Mengkin was a bit strange, telling a personal matter to the person she had met just once. But he was sure, by telling Bi Lyra this, everything would feel lighter.

"Excuse me!" call Chanyeol when she's on the porch of Baekhyun's house.

"Bi. I think there are guests" said Baekhyun who was eating.

"Yes, Auntie, look first. You just continue eating it". Baekhyun said yes, then Bi Lyra went out to see who came.

"It turns out Chanyeol's son"

Baekhyun immediately coughed and immediately gulped down the mineral water in front of him. "Chanyeol?" he muttered while hitting his chest.

..

Now Chanyeol is in the living room accompanied by Bi Lyra. His eyes looked around the house.

"The water, please drink" said Baekhyun then put the drink he brought to the table. "I went to the room first yes" he said and left after getting approval.

"So, Chanyeol. You said you wanted to tell Auntie something. What'sthat?" bi Lyra asked, and Chanyeol was seen sighing. "This must be a very heavy problem huh" Bi Lyra guessed, the man nodded.

"What are they talking about?" kepo Baekhyun who eavesdropped slightly from his room. He became curious because Chanyeol is not like Chanyeol at school. Even he went all the way to his house to tell a story with Bi Lyra. And also, the look on that face, not the look on Chanyeol's face at school.

"So Bi, I-I have a mother and father that I used to love so much. But Mom died when I was in Junior High because of rape. My depressed mother eventually committed suicide in the room" Chanyeol explained. His eyes were hot, he wanted to cry, but he held back his tears to come out.

"So that's why Chanyeol insisted that S*** be expelled from school for nearly raping me" Baekhyun thought and continued his eavesdropping when Chanyeol started the story again.

"And also, my father often scolded me. He could not understand my situation, he was also always busy working, working and working. Not paying attention to me. He wants to make another woman take my mother's place. I don't want to have a stepmother" Chanyeol continued and her tone grew louder and smirkier.

Bi Lyra who heard the curses of the boy in front of her felt sorry, she hugged Chanyeol tightly, "Shed everything you've heard Nak, Auntie is here for you". The tears that Chanyeol had been unable to get out were now free. Sliding profusely wet his face. He was crying in Bi Lyra's arms.

"I didn't know the problem was that heavy, I always misunderstood him. I always look at him from the outside and there is no intention to look at his inner side" said Baekhyun who felt guilty for hating him all along.

"I'm sorry Chan, I shouldn't hate you that way" she said.

♥♥~~ To Be Continue ~~♥♥