Double Update! Make sure you read the previous chapter!! ^^

        When they arrive at Jeju, it was freezing cold. All of them checked in to the hotel, deciding to take a rest before exploring Jeju. As Yoona had said, it was not a right time for vacation because everything is frozen and you can’t see anything in the snow. But Seohyun again laughed her off, saying that she missed the snow so much she didn’t mind seeing the snow even if they take a walk to the beach.

               Baekhyun shared a room with Sehun, of course. But the first night at Jeju, after they went to the souvenir shop and had seafood for dinner, Baekhyun didn’t come back to the room. Sehun didn’t see Baekhyun the next day either. Even when they were taking the tour to Mount Halla, or the Goblin Road or to the beaches despite the weather, Baekhyun was nowhere to be seen. Where did he go? What’s the point of taking this trip together if Baekhyun keeps disappearing like this? What’s the point of Sehun making the older potentially getting fired if it feels like he’s not here with them? Sehun wanted to call him, but he realized that he didn’t have Baekhyun’s number. Sehun asked his parents and Baekhyun’s parents where he went, he also asked Krystal and her father, but none of them knew. Yoona told Sehun he didn’t have to worry about Baekhyun, he likes to disappear when he has a lot on his mind. He’ll come back eventually, he just needed to clear his mind from the stress eating him out.             

                After the exhausting tourS, all of the family members decided to go back to their room to take a rest. Room service is their choice for tonight’s dinner. Sehun, who was bored being all alone in his room, thought he could go out to the souvenir shop they went yesterday to buy something he had saw for Krystal. He didn’t buy it yesterday because he knew their parents will all get noisy, teasing him until he couldn’t face the world anymore, so he thought it would be better to come back later alone.
             

“Good evening, Sir. Welcome,” Sehun heard the girl behind the cashier welcomed him. He was about to greet back when he saw the man standing not far from the girl, examining some colorful stones placed near the cashier desk.

“BAEKHYUN??”

Said man whipped his head to Sehun’s direction, his eyes widened at the sight. “Sehun?”

“What the hell?? Why are you here?” the younger man stormed towards Baekhyun, approaching him in three big steps he didn’t even know he could take.

“Why am I here?” Baekhyun chuckled. “Weren’t you the one who forced me coming here with you guys, even insulting my boss who probably would kick my out of the office by the time we get back?”

“You know I didn’t mean it like that,” Sehun didn’t laugh. It wasn’t funny for him. He spent last night and this day worrying about Baekhyun—that probably he got lost in the forest while hiking or got carried away by the wave while playing in the beach. “You disappeared, Baekhyun Hyung! You worried all of us!” it was a lie. Sehun was the only one worried about him. The others seem to know that Baekhyun is doing fine and him disappearing is apparently something they are all used to.
 

“Did I, now?” the pink haired man smiled. He moved around the room, leaving Sehun standing on his spot while following Baekhyun’s movement with his eyes. “I thought you guys came here already yesterday?”

“How did you—you saw us?”

“Hmmm..” he nodded. He knows that Sehun was trying to coax him into spilling where he was yesterday, but Baekhyun only smiled, looking at a wood carved to a dolphin statue, trying to read what’s written on it. “Why are you here again, then?”

“Oh!” Sehun suddenly remembered why he was there, forgetting that Baekhyun hadn’t answered his question. He asked for something to the seller, something Baekhyun couldn’t hear. When she handed the item to Sehun, Sehun turned to find Baekhyun was looking at him. “Come here, Hyung.”

 Baekhyun obeyed. He walked towards the taller man, who grabbed his shoulders to turn Baekhyun to the right. Just then Baekhyun realized they were staring at their reflection in the mirror. Baekhyun’s heart beats crazily, he was sure it would leave a bruise in the morning. He saw how perfect they were, standing like this with Sehun behind him, holding his narrow shoulders. Their height difference was just perfect. Baekhyun wanted so much to turn around and hug him, but it was impossible,

“Pretty, isn’t it?”

Just then Baekhyun felt Sehun putting something around his neck. A beautiful silver necklace with a heart pendant. Is Sehun...

“Sehun, this is—“

“It looks perfect on you.”

“Sehun..” it was like a dream for Baekhyun. He wanted to pinch himself so hard to see if this was real. Sehun’s breath tickling his ear, the warm chest pressing his back, it’s all real. It’s not a dream. But good dreams never last long, because then Sehun said something that crush Baekhyun’s heart into pieces.

“Imagine how beautiful this would look on Krystal.”

Baekhyun could hear his heart fall and crash when he heard what the low, deep, and seductive voice whispered into his ear. His smile was gone in a second, as Sehun retreated his arm that was circling Baekhyun’s neck. He walked to the cashier, while Baekhyun turned around to look at him.
 

“Do you know what’s best? This necklace is..” Sehun took the pendant between his thumb and index finger, and twisted it. The silver pendant split into two parts, they were two different pendants, joint because it had magnetic material in it. “I will give Krystal this part,” he raised the one he held on his right hand. “Symbolizing that she has my heart. While I’m going to keep the other one, meaning... I hold her heart.”

Baekhyun didn’t say a word. He only looked at Sehun in silence. It seems so impossible for him to break the love Sehun had for Krystal, regardless it was him who wrote Krystal’s letter to Sehun all this time. Sehun loved her then, he loves her now, and he will always love her. Now Baekhyun understands that. It was time for him to give up, it was time for him to let go of Sehun.

“Baekhyun?” Baekhyun could see the worried look forming in Sehun’s eyes. ”Are you okay? Did I say something wrong?”

Baekhyun let out a breath he didn’t realize he was holding, then forced a smile as he looked up to Sehun. “It’s... it’s beautiful, Sehun. I’m sure Krystal will love it.”

“I hope so,” not realizing the sad tone in Baekhyun’s shaking voice, Sehun gave the necklace to the seller so she can pack it. He stole a glance at Baekhyun who was just standing there, smiling sadly at Sehun. “Actually,” he suddenly said to the lady behind the counter, “you know what, I’ll take two of these.”

Sehun looked to his right, seeing Baekhyun’s smile has changed into a confused expression. “For you. If ever you find your other half, you should give this necklace to them.”

It crushed Baekhyun, the words that Sehun said. Feeling the hot sensation in the corner of his eyes, Baekhyun closed it. He wasn’t going to breakdown now. Baekhyun has made a decision. He’s going to let his best friends be happy. He can deal with this broken heart. Hell, he’s been dealing with it for 15 years. Baekhyun gave Sehun a small smile, not trusting his voice even for a thanks. When Sehun mirrored his smile and pulled out his wallet to pay, Baekhyun turned around, trying to suppress the tears threatening to fall down.

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  “It tasted weiiiiii~rd!” Sehun whined. The two males are now sitting facing each other in a small tteokppoki restaurant near the souvenir shop they just visited. Sehun hasn’t eat dinner yet, and he was starving. Baekhyun insists that he already had dinner and didn’t want to eat out, but when Sehun asked Baekhyun with his best puppy eyes, saying that he wanted to eat tteokppoki with his favourite Hyung slash best friend, Baekhyun gave up. Agreeing to the younger man’s request, here they are now sharing a large plate of tteokppoki and fishcakes with beers on the side.

Baekhyun laughed seeing Sehun like that. The child Sehun from 15 years ago was still there. Baekhyun was glad nothing much has changed from his friend. Of course not, he thought to himself, not even his love for Krystal.

Sehun saw Baekhyun’s expression darkened. The older actually looked cute now with his lips jutting out, the chopsticks he’s holding still stuck between his mouth, a frown slowly forming on his forehead.

“Yah!” the younger hit Baekhyun’s forehead gently with his spoon. “What’s with the expression?”

Baekhyun shook his head, not wanting to ruin their rare alone time – couchwithoutKrystalcough.

“Nothing.”

Sehun wasn’t convinced, but he decide to let it go this time. After a minute of silence, Sehun cleared his throat. “So.. ,” he broke the silence. “… what’s with this... scholarship thing in Bali... that I don’t know about?”

Baekhyun looked surprised at Sehun’s question. His eyes grew so big Sehun was sure it almost fell of its socket. “I… how did you—I never—Krystal, isn’t it?”

“Yeah,” Sehun answered casually. “I heard your conversation with your mother at the airport yesterday. You said you were tired and stressed out because you study too much. I asked Krystal what that was about. And she told me that… you were going to take a scholarship in Indonesia?”

Baekhyun was contemplating if he should lie, telling Sehun that Krystal was just joking. But in the end, he decided to tell Sehun the truth.

“I’ve been in love with music my whole life. If you remember, Sehun-ah, we used to compose together every day, just the two of us.”

“Yeah. Krystal was more of a singer, but the both of us made the song. Well, I was just filling the raps actually.”

The older laughed out a small chuckle as he look down and shook hi