
I woke up quite early today. Time was seven o'clock and I quickly got ready. Today I and the five men who live in front of my house will go to one of the famous villages in England. It didn't take long, I was done with snacks, cameras and money. I excitedly walked out of my house. At the same time, I saw Chanyeol coming out excitedly followed by Lay, Kyungsoo, then Sehun.
"Good morning, Sohyun!" call Kyungsoo smile. He also walked up to me.
"Morning!" smiling answers. Soon Baekhyun came out of his house. The appearance is quite simple with a maroon-red coat and dark blue jeans. It's just that he wrapped a black scarf around his neck and it made half his face–from nose to chin–not visible. I smiled a little looking at the man coming out with the bag on his back. Somehow the colored bag matching his scarf added a funny impression to him.
"I thought you changed your mind today because you were out for so long" I told Baekhyun, who only returned with his usual gaze. I'm tired of describing that face.
"He needs to mentally prepare, Sohyun. This man has been isolating himself here for too long." Chanyeol remarked that Hitler's incarnate man was looking at Chanyeol with a murderous gaze, as if a laser beam was going to come out of it.
"All right! I'm just kidding," replied the tall man.
I just shook my head looking at the man's behavior. Suddenly a voice called out to me from the end of the street entering the housing.
"Yoot!" call Taehyung from there while waving his hands wide.
I gave the code then looked at the five men before me, "Let's go over there."
We walked closer to Taehyung. The man was initially surprised because I brought so many friends, moreover all men. He smiled again and his face changed again and this time he was more surprised while pointing at Baekhyun, Chanyeol, and Sehun.
"Oh! You're the famous singer Byun Baekhyun, right?! You're Park Chanyeol the famous music composer! And Oh Sehun, that famous rapper!" he cried while raising his eyes and pointing at the three.
Me, Lay, and Kyungsoo looked at each other in amazement at Taehyung's attitude, like a fan meeting his idol.
"Composer and rapper?" I asked Taehyung but my eyes glanced at Chanyeol and Sehun in front of me, who was smiling. I myself can't believe they turned out to be people who worked in the music industry like Baekhyun, and were quite famous.
The man nodded his head enthusiastically with big eyes and a mouth agape.
"Well! I'm your fan! I love your voice, Baekhyun! That's the loudest sound I've ever heard! I collected all your albums! Same with Chanyeol's song! Everything was so good and I collected your song lyrics! I also saved Sehun's album and some of his duet songs with Baekhyun! Wow, this is awesome!" taehyung exclaimed at length while taking turns to talk to his three idols.
"Well, I didn't expect to meet any male fans here" Chanyeol laughed at Taehyung's reaction, "Which is your name?"
"I'm Kim Taehyung! It's good to meet you!" shout Taehyung again this time while bowing his body like a soldier.
"Hey, let's go! You can waste time!" my words disperse Taehyung's pleasures. Slowly his face turned moody.
"You! How do you get to know and be close to them?" tanyanya pointed at me.
"We're Baekhyun's friends. Just visit here because Baekhyun needs a break from his work and Baekhyun lives near Sohyun's house. I hope you can keep our presence here a secret." Sehun answered Taehyung's question addressed to me. Taehyung nods his head again with exaggerated movements, leading me to speculate his head could come off at any moment. Baekhyun's kulirik was still flat and only listened to what Taehyung said.
"Did you introduce these two other friends of ours, Lay and Kyungsoo," Chanyeol said. Taehyung immediately greeted Lay and Kyungsoo by bowing and being answered in the same way by them.
"All right! Let's go to the station. I guarantee you on the way we won't meet fanatical fans, and I guarantee you, in Edensor later no one will recognize you." Taehyung took us on foot because the station was not far from where I lived. We headed straight to the station and booked a ticket to Sheffield. Shortly afterwards, there was the sound of a notification that the train that was going there was leaving in a moment.
We got into the car and took our seats. Me, Taehyung, Chanyeol and Sehun sat together on the right side of the train while Baekhyun, Kyungsoo, and Lay sat on the left side. The sound of a train engine ringing the sign of the journey that began.
"We'll go to Sheffield first and then we'll take another train to Edensor" Taehyung explained to us.
"Well, you know enough about the journey, apparently," I said, looking at him in amazement. This guy is really reliable!
"Ah, not really. I don't really understand the truth either but I did research last night so I could take you for a good walk" Taehyung replied smilingly.
"Oh, so you first just took Sohyun for a walk?" seduce Chanyeol while raising one of her eyebrows. Sontak makes Taehyung so misbehaved.
"Hey, he's a friend of mine who knows that I need ideas in my work, so he takes me there to find ideas" I replied casually, leaning on my body.
Ah yes, you need to know, seats on this train can be arranged if you want to sit facing each other.
"Are you guys going to London together?" ask Sehun.
"We just met in London, and I also just found out that Sohyun is also from Korea" Taehyung replied.
Either because of what wind, my netra glanced at the black-scaled figure on the left side of the carriage. Our opposite positions allowed me to see his face. He sat staring at the scenery flat and seemed bored, ignoring Lay and Kyungsoo talk about their work, and occasionally answering Lay and Kyungsoo questions. I think he has a high sensitivity because he suddenly looks at me. I immediately threw my gaze in any direction because I was embarrassed to be caught staring at Baekhyun. But then again, my eyes were mischievous and glanced at Baekhyun again and my netra caught a strange and rare sight, which left me stunned for quite a while.
The tip of his eyes narrowed slightly and his gaze was softer than before when he saw the scene in front of him. Although it was very little and barely visible due to the scarf covering, I could see the change in her face there.
And I can conclude, Baekhyun is smiling a little now.
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The two-hour journey ended and we finally arrived in the city of Sheffield. The city itself is the capital of North Yorkshire and is the fifth largest city in the UK. The view of this city after we came out of the station was quite thrilling for my heart. Large buildings with European architecture that are very impressed old, ancient, but elegant at the same time. Mysterious nuances seem to envelop this city even though the weather is sunny today.
"Well, welcome to Sheffield!" taehyung smiled. He looked at the clock, which had shown at 09:22 GMT, "How about we buy coffee first? There's a nice cafe near here" he said.
I nodded my head happily because I really wanted coffee now even though I had ordered a glass in the car.
"All right! I also want to taste the coffee made here" Kyungsoo replied.
"You want to make a comparison with the one in Korea there?" ask Sehun. The tall man is now more sparkling and looks like a star on vacation in Europe. His black and neatly cut hair contrasts sharply with his white skin making his face look more resolute and handsome, as well as a gray coat that makes him like a European prince! Unlike the high Chanyeol. The man looked more relaxed with the dark blue coat he was wearing. Kyungsoo and Lay were compactly wearing their black coats. I myself wore a brown coat, which looked the same as Taehyung's, just that the man had a black stripe on some sides.
Kyungsoo nodded his head, "It's important for my learning about the caffeine drink."
Kulirik again Baekhyun who is still a thousand languages since then. He just stared around without caring about the conversation we were having. Ah, a very boring man.
We walked to a nearby coffee shop and ordered coffee there for us to take to the train to Edensor. I only heard Taehyung talking to Chanyeol and Sehun. Both seem to have a good emotional closeness when they talk about music. While I see Lay and Kyungsoo who are occasionally busy photographing the scenery and new things they see occasionally talking about work. While Baekhyun?
I don't need to explain that you guys know, too.
With a cup of coffee they ordered and a moccacino in hand, we got back on the train again and continued on to Edensor for forty minutes. Buildings began to disappear and were replaced with dense forests. At the end of this tree path, there is a vast view of grass and some sheep being grazed. We got off at the station a little bit further to Edensor because the village was a little bit more from the district where there was this station.
We got on the bus and went on a journey not too far away. Along the way, I started to photograph the beautiful scenery here. The meadow teased me so much to run around and breathe the fresh air there. The sky slowly started to look cloudy and the wind blew a little hard.
Ten minutes later, we finally met the gate that read "Edensor Road". Taehyung invited us down to walk into his village. The view we saw in this village was beautiful. St Church. Peter who became an icon of this village soared gallantly as if welcoming our arrival.
"Welcome to Edensor!" said Taehyung smiled while showing the view of housing is very beautiful and charming. My mouth was wide open with amazement as well as the happy cheers of the four men who were with us.
"Well! It's so beautiful!" I was happy while photographing the scenery here.
"That's right! It's my first time here" Lay murmured with a smile.
"Hey, Baekhyun, smile. You just shut up. Look at this beautiful view!" chanyeol said embracing Baekhyun. The man just silently did not answer but his eyes did show that he himself was fascinated by the beauty of Edensor.
"Come on! We go to the festival area in this village, "take Taehyung again.
We walked on a small road in the village. Along the way we saw houses made of bricks that were allowed to look the arrangement without being coated with paint, decorated with house lights hung in front of him. The roofs are made of wood that is arranged like a tile. It looks like the wood has been blackened and given fitness with clay, making a mysterious but beautiful historical impression.
In the houses there are vines of flowers that spread from the ground up close to the high glass of the house. Impressed unkempt but there lies the aesthetics. The red flowers are still visible in existence this fall and are very harmonious and contrast with the color of the walls of the house that is brown. The oak trees look a lot even though only small trunked and yellowed leaves.
We walked uphill and ended up on a residential with a yard of bricks that was quite spacious. We smiled happily when we saw many people sitting there and enjoying the musical performances held there with a small stage. Some others were seen pacing into some houses there. There is also a food and beverage booth there, and a canopy fitted with chairs in the center for those who want to enjoy music and rest outside.
Back we clucked in awe and Taehyung took us there.
"Hey, Taehyung!" call a guy over to us and he's in Korean, "You brought your friend here?"
Taehyung nodded his head and introduced us one by one to the Asian-faced, caucasian man.
"It's nice to meet you guys. My name is Kim Seokjin, Taehyung's European coworker." The man smiled kindly at us.
"Thank you! We are also happy to be here!" happy answers.
"If you want to go around and see this festival, go ahead. There are many places you can visit in each of these houses" Seokjin said.
All right, I see a lot of Asians who he says are Korean. But they were mostly from the early thirty to the age of sixty. It's only natural that I don't think they'll know three famous artists from their country. We split up and I chose to go to a large field not far from where it was. I started setting up my camera and preparing to take pictures. I looked around me with the camera and my focus was caught on a figure staring at the vast grass scene before him. I kept my camera out of my sight and I stared at the man in the crimson coat standing ten meters away from me.
Baekhyun stared at the scene with a blank and flat gaze. It was so painful that he felt this year. A cold wind blew on his face. He slowly closed his eyes and breathed a heavy breath.
He is a mysterious man.
A man who tries to be strong but in the end he hurts himself.
He felt a sense of loneliness and guilt that greatly tormented him, making him have to groan in pain because it did not evaporate completely.
Suddenly he looked at me. This time I did not throw my eyes away and let our neutrals meet. He also did not seem to want to turn his face away from me, letting me slowly study those obsidian-black eyes and look for the wounds that had been torturing his heart. The hurt feelings I felt because the man had completely disappeared because I now knew him and empathy enveloped me.
My little heart was determined that I would heal his wounds.
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