"Noona!" he exclaimed, a surprised but happy smile appeared on his face. He stood up and bowed, which Lyn replied with a bow as well.

"Hello there. What brings you here?" Lyn asked him, a smile plastered on her face. It seemed that his adorable eye smile was infectious. She took a seat next to him.

"I was just around here, so I thought maybe I should give you a visit." The pretty boy smiled as he bit his lower lip, a sign of nervousness.

Lyn raised her eyebrow playfully. "I don't remember telling you that I work here."

"Aaa... Qian-noona told me about it."

"Qiannie?"

"...Yes. I asked her, actually, because I haven't see you in the office for quite some time. Well, she told me that you're getting off at 9 so I go here immediately. It's not that I tried to stalk you or anything, I just wait here because the lady said you're still here." He spluttered his words, a bit too cute, but Lyn smile faltered.

"We were both busy, ne? You and your debut, and me with the new songs. Uh, it's getting late, why don't we talk as we walk?" Lyn tried to smile again, but the smile couldn't reach her eyes. The boy noticed it, as his smile also faded. He nodded and followed her as she walked toward the door leading them outside.

Lyn wrapped her coat tighter to her body. It was a night in spring, but it was still quite cold. He glanced at the now-quiet-guy  walking next to her. She felt that she was so heartless, giving such a cold shoulder to a guy who came and waited for her in such weather.

But to be honest, she really didn't want to meet him. The reason he couldn't find him in the office is because she purposely avoided him for the whole 3 month. Well, what else could she do? After receiving a reckless confession from him, she just didn't know what to do when she met him. Well, she didn't even sure if what he said was considered as a confession. She only had one boyfriend before, a boyfriend who didn't even like her, so she wasn't really knowledgeable on the area.

Lyn couldn't help but replaying the scene from a month ago.

 

"Noona, your songs are so beautiful, just like you."

"Ah... Thank you."

"I'm really honored that I will be having your songs in my debut album."

"It's my honor as well. I hope your debut will be awesome."

"Thank you, Noona. You're the best!"

"Hahahaha... You too."

"Say, Noona, if I won 'rookie of the year' this year, will you be my girlfriend?"

"...."

To say Lyn was surprised was an understatement. She was shocked, as her eyes turned to be as huge as saucers.

"Ehehehe... I'm just kidding. Will you treat me for dinner? If I win?" He pouted, tilting his head to the side, and hopefully looked at her with the maximum size of his eyes.

"... Aaah... Don't use that kind of stare at me. You know I'm weak against aegyo."

"Yeah! Saranghaeyo, Noona! It's a date, then!  Ehehehehe..."

He didn't mean what he said, right? It was just a playful joke, right? But why she felt urge to hide from him?

 

 

"..... Noona?"

Lyn blinked a couple times before realizing that he was talking to her.

"I'm sorry, I spaced out. What did you say?" She looked at him, and felt her heart broke into pieces when she saw he seemed down.

"Nothing important." He answered curtly. He had all the right to be angry at her then. He opened his mouth, but closed it again before any words comeout from him. Lyn decided to break the awkward silence. "How is your promotion going?"

The boy seemed more down, if it was even possible.

Wrong question, wrong question, Lyn.

"It's almost a month since our debut, but we haven't won any trophy yet. The PD even cut our performance shorter everyweek."

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault, noona. We already got the best songs, the best dances, the best training, the best sunbaes... Maybe we just need to work harder."

Hearing the bitter but determined tone on his voice, Lyn couldn't help but give him encouragement by squezing his shoulder lightly. The boy was going through a hard time. "That's the spirit. I know you will succeed." She flashed a genuine smile.

"By the way, aren't the other gonna search for you? I mean, you're missing in a time like this. I bet Joonmyoon is flipping out if he know you're not around." She continued lightly, as she laughed a bit and shook his shoulder playfully.

However, he stopped walking.

"Why are you like this, Noona?" He asked, his eyes were looking at the pavement sadly.

Lyn was opening to ask, but he cut her, "When we were learning our debut song, for long you were really warm to me. Then you avoid me. After that you gave me a cold shoulder when we finally meet again. And now suddenly you're warm again. Why?"

"How did..."

"How did I know? Qian-noona herself told me that you don't want to see me."

"She told you that?" She was beyond surprised to know that her best friend told him off like that.

"She literally told me to 'back off'! What did I do wrong, Noona? Tell me please." He turned to see her, and his eyes were full of pain.

Lyn hesitated. "I... honestly, I.... I..."

She bit her lower lip in frustation. She didn't have any idea what to say to him.

She gulped.

"Well, Baekhyun-ssi, I..."

 

TBC

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A/N:It is Baekhyun! well, please leave some comment in the space below. Please and thank you :)