"Hey," A hand was on Baekhyun's shoulder.

Baekhyun glanced up at the man. He hadn't moved a single inch from his spot. Numbed from the onslaught of emotions, his eyes held nothing but nothingness.

"Where do you stay?" His voice was deep.

Baekhyun couldn't hear him, except for a low rumble. His senses had been blocked, all things muffled. He saw, but didn't process. He heard, but didn't listen. He registered, but didn't understand. Everythig was a blur.

Baekhyun tilted his head. What did the guy say?

"Sir, why don't we drop him off at a hospital nearby?" Someone else said.

What did he say?

"No! How can we just leave him alone?! He's coming with us!" 

What did he say?

"But-"

What did he say?

"Don't question me,"

What did he say?

"Yes, sir."

And then there were gentle fingers at his elbow, tugging lightly. Baekhyun let himself be pulled up, his wings shuddering slightly from unuse. The warms hands guide him slowly forwards, Baekhyun doesn't know where, but he obediently allows them to steer him.

"Are you alright?" He says.

Baekhyun just stares, and stares, and stares, but he doesn't know at what. He just stares.

A sigh. Baekhyun is jostled up a carriage, not that he knows, and is nudged into a seat. At some point, his gaze is shifted to outside the window as they move, blankly looking at the blur whirring past.

Then his body is on autopilot, and he catches sight of a white appendage flicking in his peripheral vision. He turns his full attention to it with a sort of detached amusement, watches as it thumps against the cushioned seat, nervous.

He doesn't realise the other's gaze on him, or maybe he just doesn't care.

The carriage comes to a stop, causing them both to jolt forward, crashing into each other. Awkwardly, on the man's part, Baekhyun is pushed away, and they stand up.

They step into a familiar place, the most familiar place for Baekhyun. His body relaxes immediately, loosens up as he regains a little consciousness.

Finally registering the palace, he trails behind the stranger, still a little dazed. The stranger walks with purpose, and soon they reach the main doors of the castle. 

Two figures are standing before them, and Baekhyun recognises them immediately. But they don't notice him at first, and exchange a few words that Baekhyun doesn't hear with the man.

"Prince Chanyeol," They both say, "We're afraid you have to return, for-"

And they stop, because they see Baekhyun behind him.

"Baekhyun!" His mom cries, not even even lifting her skirts in her haste of rushing to him.

Baekhyun is enveloped in a huge, warm hug, one that he responds to like it is his second nature. He buries his head into his mother's shoulder, even though he is taller, and suddenly it triggers something in him. Baekhyun begins to sob, everything buried underneath bubbling up into his throat and eyes.

He feels another pair of arms encircle them, and knows without a doubt that they belon to his father.Baekhyun's father rarely showed affection, he played the role