Chanyeol tried to hurry after the two but kept being interrupted by guests trying to start a chat with him. By the time he has finally escaped their clutches, he couldn't find either Baekhyun or his grandfather. It was getting late and he wanted to go home with Baekhyun. After almost a half hour of searching for the shorter one, Chanyeol decided to give up and go home himself.

 

That night, Chanyeol had a hard time falling asleep. He couldn't help but worry about Baekhyun. After the other had left with his grandfather, Chanyeol really was curious where Baekhyun went. Did the other just left him at his grandmother's party without even saying a proper 'goodbye'? How could Baekhyun even do that? He thought the least Baekhyun could do was act as his fiance for the whole night until they left the party. And that somehow made Chanyeol angry. Why can't the other just work along with him like the previous times?

 

And another thing that bothered him was why his grandfather was with Baekhyun. Did the old man find out? Did they get figured out? But how was that even possible? Chanyeol knew they were playing everything safe. It was close to impossible for someone to find out their 'secret'.

 

A couple of days passed and Chanyeol could still find not even a strand of hair of the other. Where did the other go anyway? Chanyeol had searched everywhere the other could possibly go to, but to no avail. He was slowly going crazy and annoyed. Why did the other's absence bother him that much? He really had no idea why he felt like this. In the past, he wouldn't even care, but this time... it was different.

 

Chanyeol slapped himself back to reality. He was really going insane! And he hated to admit it, but the cause of his misery was actually the one he'd taken in his 'wings' a few weeks ago. Was this what they called 'love'? They say when one was in love, one would do stupid things and Chanyeol was doing stupid things. He heaved a sigh. He really needed to get his thoughts cleared and he knew just what to do in occassions like this. Call his best friend, Kris Wu.

 

 

 

"So, do tell me what so important is that couldn't wait and you had to pull me away from my fiance?," Kris Wu started the moment he was led into the house.

 

"Ah, don't be so cranky, Kris. Let's have a drink first," Chanyeol ignored the other's words and ordered a maid to provide his guest something to eat and drink.

 

Kris Wu, a good friend of Chanyeol, heir to the Wu Corporation, invited himself to sit down on the familiar couch he'd much occupied in all those years. Not showing any interest in his friend, he looked around, eyes roaming aroung the familiar surroundings. Nothing had changed much. Even though he hadn't been to Chanyeol's house that often nowadays, he could still see the same things he had seen years ago. The prized possessions and a couple of family pictures decorated the wall. Other than that, the living-room was pretty much clean like always.

 

"Something is bothering you," Kris started, finally looking at Chanyeol.

 

"Hm,"

 

"Tell me,"

 

Chanyeol sighed.

 

"Okay, here goes. Before we went on the trip to your private island, grandpa came by. Grandpa wants me to stop racing and bring him a fiance. And you know, I hate the idea of tying myself down to someone. Grandpa took my baby and I had to get it back. Then I was pissed when he actually took my baby away. Then I met or rather a certain person bumped into me. We kind of started off on the wrong foot since that day. We grabbed each other's phone by accident and after that, I tried to search for him. A friend of his called and he seemed to know about me. Ok, I was in the process of trying to get my phone back when his phone died on me. Since I had to go on the trip, I've decided to let the case rest until I got back. Once back, I don't know what happened, but we kind of met again during a race. We had... uh... a race. If he won I had to apologize for calling him 'puppy'. If I won, he'd give me back my phone. In the end I won. I got my phone back. And I don't know what the heck I was thinking, but suddenly I thought of using him to pretend to be my fiance and I'd get my car back. It would be a win win situation. He needed the money and I needed my car. After that, we spent some time together and well, all of a sudden, he is like... avoiding me or something. And I don't know... I am worried or something. I just can't seem to understand why he would suddenly distance himself from me. Did I do something wrong? I paid him every time for his services and even gave him a place to stay! He should be grateful, right?,"

 

Kris gave one of his rare smiles to his best friend. His friend had really changed in so little time. And he could see the other was kind of in the same boat as he was, aside from pretending to be fiances.

 

"Chanyeol, admit it. You've fallen in love with him," Kris answered.

 

Chanyeol's jaw almost dropped.

 

"Wh-what? That can't be... we are... at least, I think... we've became friends during the time... we've spent together. I am worried as a friend. Yes, I am worried about him as a friend,"

 

"That's what you think Chanyeol," Kris stated. "Just admit it that you like him"

 

Chanyeol stayed quiet. Did he really like the other? Sure he liked the other, but not in that way... 

 

"Think about it Chanyeol,"

 

 

Chanyeol had played Kris' words on repeat over and over again in his head and he was slowly starting to think that he might actually like the other. But, he had all along promised to never ever get bonded with anyone. He knew the result of such a relationship. It could either get better or worse. And Chanyeol feared for the second. He really didn't want that to happen to him and he was not going to wait for something like that to happen in his life. He was a free spirited soul and liked to hop around everywhere he wanted without having someone nagging him.

 

It was Friday afternoon when Chanyeol decided to have his break outside of the company. He really didn't want to sit in that stuffy room and have his break. Going outside would do him some good he hoped. And he was surprised it actually did work.

 

On his way to a nearby fast food restaurant, he found the object of his affection (which he hadn't realized by himself yet), sitting on one of the empty chairs staring off in space. Fueled by his sudden anger mixed with excitement, Chanyeol took a few strides over to the shorter male and didn't waste anytime greeting the other as he encircled his big hand around the other's smaller left arm and yanked the other from his seat. He had somehow lost his sense of thinking and was doing something out of the ordinary.

 

"H-hey! Wh-what is...? Chanyeol?!," Baekhyun managed to squeak out.

 

"Come with me," Chanyeol ordered and without waiting for an answer, he pulled Baekhyun along with him to his company.

 

Ignoring all the curious glances and whisperings, Chanyeol pulled Baekhyun all the way to the lift and to his office. Once they were secluded from all the curious eyes, Chanyeol then let go.

 

"What is wrong Chanyeol?," Baekhyun asked looking confused and afraid at the same time.

 

Chanyeol looked down at him. A frown aligned his smooth face. He pushed the other on a nearby couch and then he turned around and took a seat at his desk.

 

"Work ends at 4 PM. You sit there and wait for me," Chanyeol instructed.

 

Baekhyun looked flabbergasted. What in the world?

 

"Chanyeol.... I got to go," Baekhyun said as he got up from the couch.

 

"Where?," Chanyeol asked.

 

Silence.

 

"I asked you where you are going," Chanyeol said coldly.

 

"Somewhere," Baekhyun said and was almost at the door when Chanyeol finally spoke up.

 

"You dare set one foot out that door and I will not hesitate to chain you here on my desk and spank you for disobeying me,"

 

Baekhyun's eyes widened in horror and felt his cheeks flush in anger or was it something else.

 

"Now, go back to the couch and do whatever you want until I am finished with work," Chanyeol instructed.

 

Baekhyun huffed in annoyance. Slamming the door shut with a loud bang, he stomped over to the couch and fell down ungracefully. He glared at Chanyeol for the next few hours.

 

 

Chanyeol sighed when the other finally listened. He didn't know why he did what he just did. All he knew was that he was happy to see the other again and wanted to keep an eye on him, not wanting to let the other out of his sight. He vowed to keep the shorter one close to him, not wanting to go through all the trouble not knowing where to look for the other like last time. He secretly smiled to himself when he saw the other give that cute pout and suddenly felt the urge to kiss that pout away.

 

Again, Chanyeol smacked himself mentally. What was he thinking? He couldn't think of that now! He sounded like such a ert! He really needed to get some work done. After an hour of trying to concentrate on his work, Chanyeol decided to just give the hell up and secretly watched the smaller one fidget around in his office. The other really looked like a small kid dancing around in his office. When it was finally time to go, Chanyeol shut down his computer and grabbed his keys and wallet.

 

"I am hungry. Let's go eat," Chanyeol suddenly said halting the other from jumping up and down on his couch and doing some weird kind of acrobatic show for no one in particular.

 

Baekhyun was once again pulled along by the other to the busstop, not getting a chance to say anything. Once they were seated, Chanyeol made sure to not let go of Baekhyun's right wrist, afraid that if he let go, the other would speed away once the other got the chance.

 

"You can let go now," Baekhyun said.

 

"Nope and you can't talk me out of it,"

 

 

Baekhyun frowned at the tall giant. What has gotten into the other? He felt his inside clench thinking about the last words grandpa Park had said. It hurt in a way, but he had managed to get up and go on with his life. He had really tried to keep up his promise to Chanyeol's grandpa, but seeing the other again, made him start to doubt if he was strong enough to keep up the strong image.

 

Baekhyun had been trying his best to hide from Chanyeol for a while and up till now, he'd succeeded. The surgery has been a success and his mother should be out of the hospital in a month. He should be happy, but somehow he didn't understand why he actually felt sad. Why was meeting the other again, make him sad? Because he knew the other would not love him back. The other had a fiance and was going to get married soon. He was just for show. He was just paid to do his job, to fool grandfather Park so the other could get back his car. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

"Chanyeol ah...,"

 

Chanyeol hummed in response.

 

"If... and I say... if you were to choose between two things you like... like your car and... something or someone else, a friend, maybe... who or what would you choose?," Baekhyun asked.

 

He really wanted to know the answer. It has been on his mind for quite a while and he secretly hoped Chanyeol would choose him, but in the end he knew he would be disappointed. Again. And he was right when the other answered him.

 

"That is a trick question, right? I'd choose my car first and then see what I can do to keep the friend," Chanyeol answered with a shrug.

 

Pain. It hurt. Baekhyun's heart clenched. Suddenly, he found it hard to breathe. He quickly looked out the window, batting the upcoming tears away. Somehow it shouldn't have been a surprise to him, but hearing the words come out of Chanyeol's lips, was like thunder hitting him. He should've known the answer to the question and yet he asked. To only get hurt in the end.

 

"Oh! This is our stop. Let's go,"

 

 

Once they were seated opposite each other, Chanyeol ordered their food and was left alone by the waiter. It was then that Chanyeol noticed Baekhyun had been quiet all the time and it wasn't like the other to be this quiet. Something was really off.

 

"Baekhyun, are you alright?," Chanyeol asked out of concern.

 

"I am... ok," Baekhyun muttered.

 

"If there is something bothering you, you can just tell me, ok. I'll be there to give a listening ear," Chanyeol offered.

 

Baekhyun bit back a smile as he nodded. The other could be helpful when he wanted to be.

 

"Anyways, why were you like this earlier?," Baekhyun asked, shaking his depressed thoughts away.

 

"I am still angry at you for dumping me at grandma's party. Where did you go anyway? And why didn't you pick up any of my calls or return any or send me messages and what not?," Chanyeol blurted out.

 

"I am sorry, Chanyeol. Something came up, it was an emergency. I am sorry for not telling you. And... I've left my phone at Jongdae's house," Baekhyun apologized.

 

"Is that all you got to say? Huh? A simple sorry. You just disappear out of my sight, without telling me and didn't even bother to text me saying you're busy!," Chanyeol couldn't help but feel anger rise up in his chest. Pent up anger to be honest and he felt hard suppressing it.

 

"Huh?,"

 

Baekhyun looked up confused at Chanyeol. He didn't understand what the other meant. Did he do something wrong? Yes, he did. By going away without telling the other, but he just apologized, right? Why get so worked up over it?

 

"Chan-,"

 

"Give me a good reason, Baek. Give me a good reason why I should forgive you for what you've done," Chanyeol said, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

 

Baekhyun looked wide eyed at the other. What was wrong with Chanyeol? He was acting different compared to the one he had came to like. This Chanyeol started to scare him a bit and he didn't like it one bit.

 

"I have my reasons, Chanyeol," Baekhyun sighed. Maybe it was time to let go. "Look... I understand that you are hurt after what I've did... and I really am sorry for having hurt you like that. We've become friends in... a short amount of time and I like it. I've came to like you as a friend. But, I think we should stop right here. We live almost two worlds apart and... I can't seem to adapt. I am sorry to have to say this, Chanyeol... I... I'd like to have my old life back. I'd like to thank you for the last payment and everything. Let's stop this... act. After today, I  hope we can still just be friends," Baekhyun said.

 

Now, Chanyeol was confused. What was Baekhyun talking about. Chanyeol was so confused, he didn't even understand what Baekhyun had just said.

 

"What are you talking about Baekhyun?," Chanyeol asked.

 

"Oh my god, Chanyeol! Stop lying to me. I have had enough! You have a fiance all this time and yet you ask me to pretend to be one. And now that I've been told the truth, I feel so ashamed to have actually degraded myself like this. How do you think I'd feel? Huh? I've been trying to stay away, hoping that I won't get into trouble and you... you... argh... I don't know anymore!," Baekhyun cried out frustrated. 

 

"Fiance? What fiance? I don't have a fiance," was all Chanyeol could bring out after Baekhyun's outburst.

 

"Argh! Just... just... from now on... just leave me alone. Don't call or text or look for me. We're done after I walk away. Good day Park Chanyeol!,"

 

With that, Baekhyun got up quickly and hurried away, afraid that he might break down in front of the other. He couldn't keep away the tears welling up in his eyes. It really hurt. His heart hurt. His chest hurt. Everywhere hurt. He felt sorry for having to break it out like that to the other, but he knew that he had to do it one day or another. Even though he'd found out he had fallen for the tall giant, he couldn't get closer to the other. He had someone who needed him more than Chanyeol. He was already glad the other considered him as a friend. A good friend. That was enough for Baekhyun. That was enough for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A/N:

 

Oh lord, what did I just do? I don't even know what I've just typed in this chapter. Meh... this story was supposed to come to an end already, but why does it keep going then?? O_o  Now I am not sure when this story is going to come to an end. Hopefully, I'll be finished by next week or something.

 

Thank you for reading and having patience with me. Will try to update as soon as I can. Thank you new subbies and welcome all who started reading this fanfic of mine. Please, upvote and comment so I know what you guys think of my story. Thank you my beloved readers. <33 xoxoxo