"Helping me?"

"Did you really want to go to the hospital?"

"No...."

"That's what I thought." He handed to a cloth to cover your wound temporarily and to stop the bleeding, you pressed it onto your shoulder and winced.

"Well how did you even know I was injured?"

"I saw it. Your sweater slipped off your shoulder in class and I saw it, but I didn't want to say anything about it.. Figured you would want to keep it a secret. I mean, why else would you want to hide it right?"

"Yeah, but how did you know today?"

"I was watching you, and I know you slipped on the last song. I came backstage when I saw you being taken away. I had a feeling something was wrong."

He began to take out some cases of medication and examining each one.

"Do you even know what you're doing?"

"I'm not a pharmacy major, but I've worked with these medications before..."

"I can't let you give me prescribed medication when you aren't even a major. Let me see."

He showed you a couple of the cases and you examined each one carefully.

"Ibuprofen is too weak, can't use ketoprofen, and I hate to say it, but vicodin might not work either.."

"Whoa... don't you think you're going a little strong?"

"I'm the one in pain here. My flesh is torn 2 inches open, I have glass imbedded into my muscle and if I exert my arm anymore it could hit a vein or even an artery. I am bleeding a whole lot and if I don't figure out what medication I need, I'll go into shock from blood loss, so please, just let me think while I'm still conscious." You gulped and continued to look through the cases of medication.

"Here." You handed him the glass case for the medication and his eyes widened.

"Oxycodone?!"

"It's just a small dose.."

"I'm not even allowed to give you this drug! I'm not a doctor!"

"Then I'll do it!" You took the glass case and measured the correct dosage of the drug before injecting it into your arm.

Your breaths slowed and you were able to calm down a bit.

"Thanks Myungsoo... I promise I won't tell anyone what happened.."

"I was just trying to help, that's all.."

"How did you even know that I don't like going to the hospital?"

"You told me once that it was the reason you majored in Pharmacy. You didn't like having to see all the sick people. Said you'd rather organize drugs than see them."

"Ahh, I see.. But seriously.. Thanks!" You tried your best to smile as much as you could but you felt the drug taking over, and the drowsiness kicked in.

"It's no problem, here, let me stitch it for you." He turned the chair so that your arm was facing him. He removed the cloth and frowned when he saw the tear in your skin. The blood had stopped, but your eyes were closed.

He took the needle and stitching thread and started to repair the wound. After a good 5 minutes, he finally finished and cleaned off the rest of your wound.

"I suggest, you still keep it hidden, I don't really know how long you'll last before you'll really need to go to the hospital, but for now, it'll be okay. The bruising won't subside, but the pain will. I stitched up the wound and you stopped bleeding, but it's pretty evident you were injured severely. What exactly happened to you?"

"I got into a car accident last year.. I was just trying to get out of the car since the gas tank was going to explode. I fell directly onto the shattered glass, and I got it imbedded in there. Doctors could only remove some parts of the glass, but not everything... If they took that glass piece out, they could've paralyzed me by hitting a nerve.."

"Are you sure you'll be alright?"

"Yeah.."

"Can I drive you home then?"

"No... It's alright. You're manager will probably kill you for staying out all night."

"It's okay. I'm a huge fan of you guys already!" He turned around and showed you his fanmade shirt. It had your group name on the front, and your name on the back.

"I'm your bias?!"

"Of course! Not everyone gets to say 'I sit next to Park Yejin in Chemistry'." He winked at you and you weakly chuckled.

"Thanks for everything Myungsoo, I'll just head out." You stood up and slipped on your jacket. Myungsoo walked you out of the building and locked it behind him, you watched him drive off in his car and disappear from the campus.

The pain had died down, but you decided to walk home instead of call the cab. You walked around campus to your favorite spots you used to go to with Baekhyun and ended up by the pond near the back of the school garden.

You crouched beside the water and saw your reflection through the rippling waters. You inhaled the sweet scent of dew drops and fresh lilies.

"What are you doing here?"

You froze on spot and turned to see who the voice belonged to.

"B-Baek...." You blinked making sure you weren't just hallucinating from the medication.

"Why are you here?"

"I was... just on campus..."

"It's almost one in the morning, why are you still on campus?" His voice was emotionless, as if he was just speaking flatly.

"I was just walking around, why are you here?"

"I've been here since this morning when you-"

"You've been here all this time?!"

"Yeah..." He took a step into the light and you could see the puffiness under his eyes and how red his pupils had gotten. He seemed really tired and exhausted.

"Hey.. are you ok?.."

"I did something really wrong Jin..."

You pitied him so much from the pits of your stomach, but you couldn't help but feel those familiar butterflies fluttering when you saw him. It just went to show how much you really did and still do, love him.

"And what was that?"

"I broke your heart.. I promised you I wouldn't and I still did." He shook his head furiously while the tears brimmed along the sides of his eyes.

You approached him and wrapped your arms around him.

"I can only do this cause Kris isn't here." You mumbled into his chest.

Baekhyun sniffled and you felt his warm and loving arms wrap around you.

"Remember when we used to come out here in secret, during lunch?"

"We could only talk for 5 minutes before someone came along to interrupt.." Baekhyun's voice was shaky, but still had a little happiness in it. It was more nostalgic than happy.

"Why are you still here?"

"I couldn't bring myself to leave from what happened this morning.. Can I see what happened to you?"

His gaze softened but you pulled your arm away before he could reach out for you and see.

"I can't let you...." You looked at the ground and sighed, "Sorry..."

"It's alright.. I guess that's what I get right?" He chuckled to himself, but you could hear the pain hidden behind it.

"Look, this is the last time i'm giving you a chance to explain..." You searched deep into his eyes hoping he would finally open up and tell you, but his expression already told you his answer.

"I- I can't..."

You scoffed while you bit your lip, "Of course you can't, why do I even try?.." You shook your head and turned away.

"Jin, i'm still in love with you..."

"No matter how many times you say that, it won't make sense if you're with Taeyeon. I know you love me... I guess you just loved her more." You nodded before wrapping your jacket closer to you and walking away.

"Jin, wait!" Baekhyun grabbed at your shoulder and you froze.

, why does it still hurt?!? You held your breath hoping it would minimize the pain, but clearly that didn't help much. You slowly turned around to him trying to make it less evident that you were badly hurt.

"I wish I could just tell you.. I really do, but I need you to understand that I'm doing this for you... It won't make sense now, but someday, you'll understand."

"We can be just friends Baek.. I don't like having to wait for you to answer my questions. Yeah, sure I don't understand why you would pick her over me, but that makes me sound selfish.. I know there's a lot to love about her. She's a great girl." You smiled at him trying to let the sincerity come through to him.

"She's not.."

You were shocked by what he said, your eyes widened, "What??"

"She isn't what you think she is... She's.. Nevermind."

"See, this is what I want to avoid.. You never finish what you want to say, always making me wonder, and you always say 'you can't'.. If you really wanted me back, then I would've heard differently from you."

Baekhyun nodded, finally understanding what you meant.

"Friends?" You stuck out your hand to him waiting for him to do the same.

He took your hand in his and shook it. He tried his best to smile but with his quivering lip, you knew he didn't mean it. The painful admittance shown through his eyes.

"Yah, when did you become such a baby?" You playful laughed while punching his shoulder.

He blinked at you, surprised by your gesture.

"Hey, I'll get going alright? Go back to your dorm and get some sleep. It's already past 1.. They'll be worried about you." You smiled tenderly before turning around and walking away.

Just friends, Yejin, just friends. You nodded to yourself only half satisfied by the outcome of your conversation.

As you continued to walk, you decided to stop by at the gas station to eat some early morning ramyun. It had been quite the night and you were famished. You entered the gas station and purchased a cup. You grabbed some chopsticks and poured in the hot water. You waited a few minutes for the noodles to cook before you stuffed a clump of noodles into your mouth. You were chewing on the noodles when you felt someone sit beside you.

You checked through your peripheral to see who it was and you almost choked on your noodles.

"Yah! Did you follow me here?!"

"Nope. I was just hungry." Baekhyun shrugged while blowing on the noodles in between his chopsticks. "Am I not allowed to eat ramyun here? Friends right?" He stuffed the noodles into his mouth while playfully smiling.

"Mhnn." You chuckled before continuing to eat your noodles.

"What've you been up to since we left?"

"Hmm... Well let's see, I went to the dance with Ryeowook, then over winter break we went to Chinji's hometown... Then to mine.."

"You went back home?!"

"Yeah.. It was pretty bad at first, but the main reason we were there was to get my contract signed.."

"Did your dad sign it?"

"In the end, yeah." You beamed, slurping down the salty liquid.

"Well then I guess it turned out okay right?"

"Yeah, I guess it did. Oh! And for Christmas, I was doing last minute shopping, but I got snowed in at the mall! There was blizzard and everything, but I still drove home to make it in time for Christmas!" You chuckled remembering the series of unfortunate events that followed that night.

"So then what?"

"I got home with frostbite!" You laughed some more, "My car heater shut down on me."

"Aish, you always put yourself in dangerous situations!" He ruffled your hair and you smiled like a child.

You spent the rest of the night just catching up on the events in between. It was a bittersweet moment to be reunited with him, but just not as his girlfriend. You were savoring this moment of feeling comfortable in his company just like old times. Since it was already 1 in the morning, you figured there was no reason to be hiding right?

WRONG.

As you headed out of the gas station with Baekhyun at your side, a flash appeared out of no where. You blinked a couple of times before realizing what was happening.

A couple of fangirls and paparazzi suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and you were blinded by flashes everywhere.

"Come on, let's go!" Baekhyun took you by the arm and dragged you out of the scene, you were running alongside of him, making sure you were clear out of sight from all the cameras.

"Well, this isn't the first time!" Baekhyun called out to you while huffing.

"I know! But at least that time, we had a car!" You chuckled as you continued running.

After a good block or two down, you were sure you were safe. But you looked down and realized that Baekhyun was still holding your hand. You flinched as you pulled away, awkwardly laughing.

"Oh.. Sorry!" He apologized rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well, uhm I should get going now.." You waved at him and started on your way, but he soon caught up to you and linked your arms.

He pulled your hood over your head and did the same with his.

"I'll walk you home, and this time. We stay hidden." He winked at you, but realized you were looking a little skeptical.

"Just as friends, remember?"

You smiled and continued walking your way home.

This could take some getting used to.

As soon as you made it to your front door, you took out your keys from your pocket and unlocked the door. You turned back to Baekhyun to say your goodbyes, but as the door swung open, he peered into the door and found 15 pairs of shoes on the side.

"Eh?...They're all here!" He pointed to all the shoes on the ground.

You just gaped. By what it seemed like, EXO was here and so were your members.

"Well, uhm, I guess... Do you want to stay for the night?" You shrugged seeing no other option.

"Well.. if it's alright with you.."

"Come in." You smiled while opening the door to let him in. You stopped in front of him and looked up at his face.

"Thanks for uhm, tonight.." You shyly smiled as you looked down at your feet. 

"No problem!" You took a peek up at his face and saw his familiar eye smile you hadn't seen in so long.

You weren't sure what happened after that, but everything blanked out. You had no idea what compelled you to do so, but before you could even think, your instincts took action. You stood up on your toes and took his face in your hands before connecting your lips with his. The familiar taste devoured your whole being. All the memories flooded back to you. And you truly wished it could stay this way. You stayed that way before you felt his lips accepting yours. He grazed your lips ever so slightly, the way he used to. It felt perfect. The connection was back.

But after a long awaited kiss, your conscious returned to you.

You pulled away just as fast as you had attacked him, "I-I'm so sorry.. I didn't mean.. to.." You grew flustered immediately and the shock had completely drowned you.

"The blankets.. are... upstairs, you can, uhm, you can just.. you know the way around the house! Good night!" You turned around and walked into the kitchen feeling completely embarrassed.

Baekhyun on the other hand, was just as shocked as you. But it was a good shock. A very good shock. A smile crept up to his lips as he dragged his way up the stairs and to a random room. Inside, he was beaming and jumping with joy. He felt his lips and giggled.

"Her lips were salty... That ramen was pretty good." He bit on his lip to take in the full feeling of you.

You took a nice big gulp of water before heading to the backyard. You laid down on the grass on your side, and hit your head several times.

"Babo. Babo. Babo! Why did I do that?!?!"

You rolled over so that you were facing the stars. You couldn't help but let your eyes wander to the star that was right next to the moon. 

It's our star...

You felt your hands reach into your shirt and pull out a familiar necklace.

"Why do I still wear this..." You held the light symbol in your hand tightly and closed your eyes.

It was so wrong... but it felt so right..