SILENCE LOVE'S

Chapter 9's

It rained this morning, leaving a black cloud that was still reluctant to split even though the wind was strong enough to touch the clouds. For the first time, I tried to make coffee here after not trying it for a long time. With the help of the internet, a cup of hot espresso is finally ready to be served. Yeah, I just love drinking coffee without intending to make it myself.

"This house is pretty good too" said Mr. Kelly looked around my house and its interior. He stared at some of the displays in this house with a serious look as if he was at an art exhibition. His head slightly mangosteen occasionally rubbed his chin overgrown with fine hair.

"You're like an art judge, sir," I said with a smile as I watched my editor act strangely. I put my coffee on the table. This guy also loves coffee. He sat down immediately after I presented him.

"Is this safe for me to drink?" ask Mr. Kelly saw my coffee. I looked at my editor with a sharp look.

"I learned to make it, sir. Please appreciate that" I replied and sat down on the sofa. While Mr. Kelly just laughed a little and he started sipping a little.

"Hm. I appreciate your efforts, Sarah. It tastes good now. I doubt it because five months ago you made me coffee with a very strange taste!" his comment.

I let out a breath. Well, I know he's just messing around talking like that, even though sometimes reality slaps my consciousness. I once made coffee and served it to Mr. Kelly and he had to experience stomach pain during a meeting with another writer after drinking it.

"So, you just want to know my house? It's just a rental house. In two weeks I'm going back to Canada,"

"Hey, Sarah, let's just say that I came here as your friend, not my coworker I should take responsibility for. Is it wrong if I want to know how you're doing here?" ask Mr. Kelly.

He's correct. We have known and been a partner in the publishing office for a year. He understands my character and vice versa. Our five-year lifespan doesn't keep us at a distance. Mr. Kelly I've been thinking of as my own brother. I took a breath and looked at him.

"All right," I told him.

I slowly heard a voice from across the house. I saw from the open door of my house, Chanyeol, Sehun, and Lay were laughing loudly while coming out of the house in a hurry, then followed by Kyungsoo who walked quickly to the three of them with a face no less nosy. Lastly, I saw Baekhyun coming out of the house with an empty beer can, and he prepared to throw his four friends away quickly before the empty can hit one of them. From their clothes, I believe they just want to forage or buy something here. Baekhyun's face turned red, and the next second, he glanced at my house for a bit, and he ended up entering his house. I just smiled a little at their behavior.

"Koreans too?" ask Mr. Kelly saw the incident just now. I nodded my head.

"Well, it must be nice to meet a friend from your home country" he said.

"Yes, that's so fun,"

"You don't intend to go back to Korea this month?" ask Mr. Kelly.

"I don't think I'm coming home. Work piles up if I go home, Mister," I replied sighing.

"All right then. At least tell your parents," he said again. I chuckled little to hear his words.

"You want to be my parents' daughter-in-law, right? Always talking about them." I laughed at him. Mr. Kelly just looked at me flat and went back to sipping her coffee.

"I'm not interested in being your husband. I only respect your parents who were kind to me" she replied, which made me laugh again.

I was just kidding. Mr. Kelly was married a year ago. I know his wife who is very nice and beautiful to me. The two of them have been like my second family during my stay in Canada. In the next second, we talked about the state of the publishing office, about the friends there, and about Mrs. Johnson, our publishing boss who sucks every day. Three hours passed and the coffee in Mr.'s cup. Kelly was gone two hours ago. He stood up from his seat.

"Then I say goodbye, Sarah. I'm going straight back to Canada today" he said.

"alright. Let me know when I get to Canada" I replied.

He nodded his head, "I go first!"

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Tonight was pretty quiet and I had a stuck. I breathe in front of my laptop. It's only been two pages since yesterday and I want to get it done in three pages. But again, my brain doesn't want to work well together with my fingers. I'd love to have Helena with me tonight, just give me an idea to write. But the girl turned out to be in the hospital with a busy schedule that surrounds her.

Suddenly the bell rang my daydream. I came down from my room and opened the door, revealing Lay who was standing with his smile.

"What's wrong?" ask her.

"Ah, look, I want to take you to dinner at Baekhyun's house. Kyungsoo cooked a lot of food and he told me to take you" Lay said.

I cradled the invitations of both Lay and Kyungsoo. My real intention was to eat the kimchi I made as usual. However, I think eating other foods for free is also a nutritional improvement that I need. Suddenly I remembered something.

"alright. But wait a minute,"

I walked towards the kitchen and took out a small lunchbox and stuffed kimchi into it.

"You want to bring that?" ask Lay. I nodded my head.

"I want to ask Kyungsoo for his opinion on my kimchi."

We went out of the house, and after locking the door, Lay led me into Baekhyun's house, which was right in front of my house.

"Welcome, Sohyun!" chanyeol exclaimed glad I walked into Baekhyun's house. The smell of Korean cuisine was very fragrant when I entered, making the worms in my stomach start to wriggle.

"I don't think you want to come" Sehun said. Again I gasped to see the white man sitting at the dining table and looked at me with his black eyes and a smile adorning his face. I don't know why Sehun's figure always hypnotized me, and I think Lay was aware of my behavior. He just laughed a little at the look on my face that was fascinated by Apollo.

"Welcome" said Kyungsoo, who came out of the kitchen and brought his last steaming dish and placed it on the dinner table.

"Thank you for the dinner invitation," I said smilingly, "But... Where is Baekhyun as the owner of the house?"

They only laughed when I asked the owner of the house that had not been seen since I entered.

"Hit? Because what?" ask again. Well, seeing what happened this afternoon made me wonder what happened.

"If you want to know, you can ask Baekhyun directly. You bring him down here to eat. He hasn't been out of his room since this afternoon" Kyungsoo replied with a smile.

I looked at the four men in front of me with strange gazes as they smiled at me with faces that were quite sinister in the sense that there was a message hidden behind his smile. My mind was setting the situation I was in, I was like I was in the house of an assassin who wanted to kill me secretly.

Okay, this is overkill.

I put the kimchi I made on the dining table and walked upstairs to Baekhyun's room. Only I walked alone while the other four waited below.

"Baekhyun!" call me while knocking on the door of his room. Silence, no answer.

"I was invited to dinner together and they said you haven't been out of the room since last day! Come on, let's eat together" call me again. Shortly after, Baekhyun came out of the room with his trademark face. Surprisingly, his face was now slightly reddened.

"Why did you lock yourself in your room again?" ask her. He just looked at me without any intention of answering. Now I feel uncomfortable because he looks at me like that.

"Let's get down, you gotta eat something."

I also walked ahead of Baekhyun who is now following me. I saw the four friends of Baekhyun just smiling right now while looking at us.

"What's wrong with you guys? Why did he put on such a face?" I started to get uncomfortable.

"Ah, no, Sohyun. We were just kidding. Baekhyun was sulking because we were always talking about you." Sehun spoke again with a smile. I was shocked and I looked at Baekhyun who was sitting at the dinner table. He looked ordinary after hearing what his friend had said. I ignored him and dinner began. I offered them the kimchi I made.

"How's it?" ask them when they taste it.

"It's delicious!" chanyeol smiled.

"Yes. The taste and texture are just right," Kyungsoo commented which made me smile happily.

"Baek, you don't want to try?" sehun asked the man for kimchi, I scrunched my forehead.

"Didn't Baekhyun not like kimchi?" ask them. They looked at each other in surprise and looked at Baekhyun who was eating his food in silence.

"Baek up? You don't like kimchi? I remember you used to like him a lot?" lay. I looked back at the man who was now putting down his cutlery.

"That was. I don't want to eat kimchi anymore" he said.

"Because of Hyerin?"

The next instant Chanyeol covered her mouth as Baekhyun looked at her with a sharp and furious look. I've never seen his face like that.

"Could you not mention that name again here?" baekhyun asked in a cynical tone in his words.

"Hey, I-I"

"I'm full already." Cut off Baekhyun who is now standing. Then he left us. The mood is starting to feel bad now. Chanyeol sighed and leaned her body on the chair.

"I'm sorry, Lay," he told Lay, whose face is also a little murky at the moment. Everyone fell silent, leaving a question mark on my head.

"Who's Hyerin?" ask them.

Lay looked at me, "The former lover who died in an accident a year ago."

I was stunned to hear that. Baekhyun turned out like that just because of a girl?

"Yoot!" call Lay as I begin to step my feet up to the top floor to meet Baekhyun.

"Baekhy! Open door!" call him while knocking on the door. There's no answer.

"Let me talk for a minute. I have something to say!" I cried again to Baekhyun. Shortly after, the man came out with a red face and irregular breathing. He held his head, and he looked in pain.

"You all right?"

"Just tell me what you want to talk about. After that you can go home," said Baekhyun. I could actually be hurt now to hear his words, but somehow the feeling did not appear. I worry more than that feeling.

"I want to take you for a walk tomorrow. I'd like to take you to the cattle ranch in Edensor" I said. Baekhyun looked at me with a surprised look. He must have thought among all the conversations because of the situation he wasn't wearing earlier, I instead took him for a walk tomorrow.

"Cow farming?" tanyakanya. He was interested and I started smiling.

"Yes. Cow farming. Tomorrow at eight we're leaving." I turned my back and went home without waiting for the answer because I knew he was going to Edensor again.

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