SILENCE LOVE'S

Chapter 14's

I was stunned when I heard the strange confession of the man.

Missed me, said he?!

"Don't joke," I said, not liking. His sweet words will never melt my heart again.

"Is my coming here a joke?" baekhyun replied still with eyes that were staring at me intensely.

"You don't have a job, huh, until you have to follow me to Toronto?"

"It doesn't exist because I'm still on vacation."

I grumbled and walked away again leaving him. Since when did Baekhyun become good at talking now? I heard footsteps behind me that I could deduce Baekhyun was following me.

"Stop following me, Mister!" I was annoyed that five minutes had passed and he was still faithfully behind me. He just kept quiet and looked at me when I looked at him. I continued my path as well as her.

"Sir, why do you keep following me, huh? You can take a cab back to where you live, right?" I said sewot with the man's behavior which is now very annoying because he was just silent.

"I forgot my way back to the apartment" he replied, leaving me almost strangled, between shock and annoyance. I stopped my steps and twisted my body to face Baekhyun. The man also stopped.

Surprised I was Baekhyun now living in Toronto by renting an apartment unit. And the regret is why did he get here if he himself forgot his way home?!

"So how did you get to this park, huh?!"

He glanced around to avoid eye contact with me. Baekhyun was now truly like an innocent man. He also did not say sorry for the words that hurt my heart at that time, he acted to me as if nothing had happened. So irritating!

"What's? Why did you avoid eye contact with me?" I asked again, still upset. Slowly but surely, Baekhyun uttered a confession that almost made me want to hit him.

"I followed you from then on, but I didn't expect to make it this far," said Baekhyun, admitting, "My cellphone ran out of battery and I couldn't open the map. I don't trust taxi drivers either, so I don't want to take a taxi alone."

I saw the man in front of me. Speechless. I breathed heavily and pinched the base of my nose.

"Why can you follow me?" ask me all right now. I'm tired of being angry.

"My current residence is close to your workplace. When I came out of the apartment, I saw you coming out of there. Let me follow you because I want to meet you" replied Baekhyun again who made me flabbergasted again in disbelief.

How did he know that I worked at the publication?! I tried to reopen my memory when we were in London, looking for information in my memory if I ever told the full address of my work place.

"You're a stalker?!" seruku again.

"If it's related to you, I think it is,"

God, kill me now!

"I know your place of work from the novel that Taehyung brought back then," said Baekhyun again who made me fall silent again. Blame Taehyung for bringing the novel!

I let out a rough sigh and tried to leave her again, but the thing that shocked me again was that Baekhyun pulled my hand and took me into his arms. The scent of his body instantly filled my sense of smell and my body stiffened. This is the first time I've been hugged by a man other than my father! I can't fight or fight the shock of it.

"I'm sorry, Sohyun," he said. His heavy voice gave me goosebumps because it was so obvious in my ears.

"I know I was wrong. Forgive me for hurting you," he said again, "I was really screwed up that time because I was depressed. Everyone hates me and doesn't know what's really going on about me, making me forget myself because of emotions and say that to you. You're a person who means something to me. Don't hate me, Sohyun."

I'm silent. Really, the next confession was quite surprising. You can say I was easily instigated because now my irritated and angry feelings evaporate replaced with a heartbeat that beats very fast and I hope, Baekhyun does not feel it. The man now let go of his embrace and looked at me.

"You're gonna forgive me?" tanyakanya.

"Am I that important to you?" I returned with a little embarrassment. Aish... Why do I wonder what he meant?

Baekhyun fell silent then he nodded slowly, "Because you're my friend. You want to accept my situation and try to help me. You mean something, don't you?"

Ah. that means. Why am I having weird things? Sohyun, what's wrong with you?!

"So.. Will you forgive me?" ask Baekhyun again. This man is impatient! I finally nodded my head and smiled as I looked at her, and so did Baekhyun who also smiled.

"Yes, I'm taking you home" I said and grabbed her hand. I took him on foot for a while and took a city bus that was still operating in the afternoon. Shortly thereafter, the rain flushed Toronto quite heavily.

"Why did you choose London when Toronto was this beautiful?" ask Baekhyun suddenly. I turned my head to the right side and found Baekhyun who was looking at the scene due to his sitting position by the window.

"Just calm my mind. Now it's better" I replied to Baekhyun who seemed reluctant to turn his eyes away from the red-leaved maple trees.

Silence again enveloped us with the sound of rain coming from inside the bus. When we reached the stop, I was about to take out the umbrella that I always carried in the bag. But shit, I didn't find it and I think I was left in my apartment.

"Just wear my umbrella" said Baekhyun beside me who had opened his umbrella. I was stunned because I had not expected Baekhyun to prepare such an umbrella.

"I was watching the weather forecast today that it was going to rain, so I brought it," Baekhyun said. The man pulled my hand to get closer as we walked from the bus stop to my work place or rather I drove him home to the apartment where he lived. I explained the streets a lot to get to the apartment near my workplace. Baekhyun's umbrella wasn't too big. He tilted the umbrella slightly to protect my body but not with it, so that his shoulders were wet.

"Hey, are you okay? Your shoulder's wet. Don't put too much of an umbrella on me, you also need to protect your body" I said looking at him.

"I'm fine" he answered briefly.

"But I feel bad, Baek! You can get sick from this cold weather, like,"

"All right." Baekhyun moved his hand to my shoulder and pulled me to get close to him. In short, he was embracing me, making me a little surprised. Walking in this close position and embracing me tightly made me lose my focus. The smell of his body was re-smelled by me and made me even more nervous. Not in the slightest did I dare to glance upwards to look at her face. Really, this is a very awkward situation!

"Why are you silent? Let's explain again the area here, I don't easily remember the way," Baekhyun said. I went back and told the area where he lived, but still, I lost my focus and how many times I mis-explained. Blame the strange man beside me who is still holding me tight!

Finally we reached the apartment where Baekhyun lived. The building is quite large and nice. The price must be too high. Unlike my apartment, a small and simple residence, makes it easy for me to clean it every week. I immediately broke away from Baekhyun's embrace when I reached the ground floor of the apartment.

"thank you. You wanna stop by first?" bring Baekhyun who I immediately reject with a coil.

"No need. I'll just go home. It's afternoon anyway" I replied.

"Where do you live?"

"Then take me to your house."

I widened my eyes in surprise, "For what do you know where I live?"

"I should know where my friend lives, right?" answer Baekhyun.

I sighed and finally we walked back to where I live. Not too far away in my opinion and only takes fifteen minutes to walk. Along the way I went back to explain the path to Baekhyun so that he could walk home by himself later.

"This apartment is pretty decent too" Baekhyun said when we arrived.

"Your place of residence is still better than this" I replied.

He smiled, "Creally?"

I nodded my head, "Of course! That's an elite apartment you know. Well, your job as a singer does guarantee your life. You must have a lot of money."

"Yes that's it. I'm not wasteful in using money. Just for the important thing I just used it."

Important stuff?

"As in the example of you vacationing here?" I asked what he was calling.

"To relax my mind before I go back to my life as a public figure."

I nodded my head slowly. My mind started to drift indistinctly before hearing Baekhyun's explanation. Aishis...

"Then I go home first" said Baekhyun.

"E-eoh, okay. Careful."

After Baekhyun left, I went straight to the apartment unit where I was staying. After taking a shower, I immediately put my body on the bed. A little happy because he apologized to me about the problem yesterday. While I was resting, I got an e-mail notification on my phone.

To zhangyxing

Sohyun, can you give me your phone number? There's something important I want to talk about.

I was surprised to get this message. As I recall, Lay never got my e-mail contact at all. I sent my phone number and soon after, a phone came into my phone.

"Hello?"

"Sohyun, it's me Lay" he said in a tired voice.

"How do you know my e-mail?" my many.

"I got it from the internet. When you promoted your book on the internet, you listed it. There's something important I want to tell you about Baekhyun. It's my turn to take a break after visiting the consultation room" Lay said.

"Baekhyun's in Toronto now. He lives not far from where I live" I said directly to him.

"really?! Well, that kid. Me and the others almost caught up with him to London! It has been difficult to contact since a few days ago. All's fault. Did you get in trouble with him again?" ask Lay with a breath there.

"Yes, slightly. This made me go back to Canada faster. I didn't expect Baaekhyun would follow me here. Why did you tell Baekhyun that you asked me to help him?"

"I think I mispronounced. I told him that you did your job well because you took care of him and he looked happy at the time. I mean, there's no weird thing when you hear me talk like that, right? But not with him.

"Baekhyun seems to feel strange if I say that. I realized his tone was not good. I meant to explain because I knew Baekhyun's mentality wasn't good right and he was very sensitive. Baekhyun was immediately angry, and he thought you were nice to him not from your heart, but because I asked you for help," Lay said at length which made me frown confusedly.

"That's all?" ask me when it's quiet from across the phone.

"Yes. That's it."

I breathed out violently. Baekhyun is mad at me just a weird problem because Lay misspoke? It's a pretty confusing relationship.

"I know you're confused, Sohyun. So do I. But regardless of what it is, I think Baekhyun is starting to like you."

"Like me?"

"of course. The proof is that he followed you there. I didn't expect Baekhyun to do such a crazy thing just because of a girl. He was never like this when he was with his ex-lover."

I smiled miris. Lay's words about Baekhyun liking me are not the right statement.

"He's coming after me because he wants to apologize because I'm his friend. Not like it in any other sense" I replied.

"Hm, whatever you do, Sohyun. Please take care of Baekhyun in Toronto. It does not adapt quickly to new environments. Don't let him get lost, he can bother."

I almost laughed when I heard Lay's words.

"Oh, okay. I hope you don't talk to Baekhyun wrong again. You're right, he's very sensitive!"

"I understand. Well then, good night to be there, Sohyun. Because it's three o'clock in the morning" Lay said.

"Good morning to be there, Lay."

He also broke the connection. I breathe again. It feels so exhausting today. I can't explain it with the right syllable because I'm running out of words myself. I could only close my eyes and take a deep breath. Suddenly my thoughts were about Baekhyun. I don't know why I'm thinking about it now. Baekhyun's attitude all along, the strange reason the man was angry with me, and Lay's words, all made me wonder.

Does Baekhyun really like me?

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