Chapter 29:

*.☽.*

I couldn’t believe winter had finally arrived.

We were standing under the shade right next to the playground since I asked him to stay for a while so we could watch the snow a bit longer. Since the place was empty of other people, I thought it wasn’t going to be risky and he might have thought of the same thing since he agreed.

The lights coming from the light posts were kind of dim and it pretty much complimented the snow. This was my first snowfall in Korea after I came back. And honestly, it kind of felt nostalgic too. Maybe because I couldn’t remember the last time I get to just pause and watch it.

I stretched a hand out to catch the falling snowflakes. I loved how they feel icy cold against my skin at first and melt right away. I’d been doing it for a couple of minutes when I felt him hold my other hand. I instantly turned to him and was welcomed by a gentle expression on his face. His lips curved into a smile and it just gave me the most heartwarming feeling.

I saw him extend his other hand out too and did what I was exactly doing. He looked up and I watched how his face lit up. Watching him right now was making me feel so soft.

Everything seemed to be in slow motion. I just stared at him until his eyes met mine once more. I loved how we just gazed at each other in the absence of words or the fact that we weren’t worried about being caught this time. The rest of the world didn’t seem to matter for now.

My hand fell to my side as I felt my feet moving towards him and I tiptoed to plant a kiss on his cheek. He seemed a bit surprised by what I did but nevertheless pulled me into a hug afterward.

There is a saying that if you’re with someone you love during the first snowfall, you’ll stay together for a long time.
I never hoped for this to be true so badly until now.


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By the time we got to his house, the snowing got a bit hard. Since he parked his car outside, it was impossible not to get wet as soon as we got out of the car. We ran to the entrance of his house and stopped when we were right outside the main door. I heard him chuckle right beside me which caught my attention right away. When I looked at him, a handsome grin was on his face while he brought his hand to my heart. My forehead creased for a moment wondering what was he about to do but then I realized that he was getting rid of the snow on my hair.

“Snow looks good on you but…” He trailed off as he met my eyes for a second. “I don’t want you to get sick.”

There go the butterflies again.

I smiled and looked away for a bit.

“What?” He asked, wondering.

“Will you stop giving me the butterflies?” I answered wanting to .

He let out a soft laugh while he led his hand to the small of my back and pulled me closer till our bodies were pressed against each other.

I was a bit flustered at how swiftly and flawlessly he was able to do it.

“I won’t.” He said, smirking. “In fact, I plan to give you the whole zoo.”

My eyes grew wide at his remarks.

“What?” I asked, unbelievably as I laughed.

“Yeah, I’ll give you not just butterflies but tigers, elephants, monkeys…” He enumerated exaggeratingly. “And… ah! Dinosaurs.” He added as he roared leaning closer until his teeth grazed my neck.

I laughed so hard as I hit him on the arm.

“Dinosaurs don’t bite like that,” I argued.

“Yes, they do!” He insisted as he did it one more time. “My kindergarten teacher told me so.” He added when we were both facing again.

We held each other’s gaze for a few seconds as if we were trying to resist it but later on, burst out laughing at the same time.

We were barely done laughing when we got inside his house.

“Gosh you’re so funny, I love you.” I blurted, out of nowhere and unintentionally.

“Oh, I know you do.” He replied as he grabbed my hand.

He pinned me on the wall before taking his cap off, dropping it on the floor. Then he brought his hands on either side of my head, leaning on the wall.

“Are you trying to seduce me right now Byun Baekhyun?” I asked him trying to stifle a smile.

He smirked.

“Why? Is it working?” He answered in a modulated y voice.

“Hmmm…” I pretended too hard about it. “A little bit.”

“Let’s see.” He replied.

Then he brought a hand to my face, his delicate fingers tracing my jaw. And I just didn’t know what it was with the way he was doing it that was making it hard for me to breathe. I just had to ball my hands into fists, crumpling the hem of my sweater.

“So?”

“Eighty percent,” I muttered.
 
This time I felt his thumb tracing my bottom lip, I saw how his Adam’s apple moved as he swallowed. And just at the right moment, wet his own lip.

“Ninety percent.” I managed to say right after holding my breath for a second.

There was a hint of amusement on his face as he gently tilted my head to the right, and tucked my hair behind my ear before leaning closer to plant a kiss on my neck right under my ear.

“Don’t fight it.” He whispered in my ear. “You know you want me.” He added before giving my earlobe a small bite.

It instantly sent shivers down my spine

He went back to look me in the eyes, his hands on my shoulders as if wanting to keep me steady. Then, he inched his face closer to mine leaving the least distance possible, keeping our lips from touching. The anticipation he was trying to purposely build here was increasing and I was so certain I’m going to lose it any moment from now.

He’s such a tease.

I give up.  I could never win this game against him, anyway.

“One hun-”

He didn’t even let me finish my sentence anymore since he didn’t waste any time and claimed my lips right away. I thought that this kiss was going to be slow and gentle but his pace surprisingly went aggressive and passionate after a few seconds.

How I had to cling to him for support meant that our kiss was drowning me, leaving me weak in the knees.

Realizing how much I missed him, I wrapped my hands around his neck, my hands playing with his hair. I also unconsciously leaned closer to him as if the littlest space remaining between us was a sin. I heard him groan, tugging at my lower lip.

“Damn, I love it when you flirt back.” He managed to say when we broke the kiss a bit for air.

“Wh-” I was supposed to protest but didn’t give the chance to do so when he cupped my face and started to kiss me hard once more.

Okay, Byun Baekhyun…you won, I thought.

After a couple of minutes, the doorbell rang.

“Are you expecting someone?” I asked him, wondering as I leaned away.

He sighed gloomily.

“Unfortunately, yes.” He answered. “Mr. Yoo. I have an agreement to sign and that’s why he’s here right now.”

I let out a soft laugh as I nudged him away from me.

“Go,” I told him.

“Yeah, and I’ll probably talk to him about getting his timing right next time.” He said sounding annoyed at first but smiling eventually. “Why don’t you go take a shower for now, as I have said, I don’t want my baby to catch a cold.” He suggested as he pressed his hands against my cheeks so hard leaving my lips forming a pout.

He let out a soft laugh, making fun of how I looked for sure.


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I finished taking a shower and for some reason, instead of wearing my clothes which I happened to have with me since I brought extra ones with me, I went to look for his clothes. I chose a comfortable-looking brown-gray sweater and pajamas of the same color. Both of them were too big for me of course but they felt so comfortable. I walked towards the bed, drying my hair with a towel when I saw my phone on his bedside table. I was tempted to check on it but I was too scared that my curiosity will lead me online and come across photos I didn’t want to see. So, taking a deep breath, I walked past it and went to look for him downstairs.

I found him standing right next to the tempered glass wall in the living room, barefoot, his hair wet and I thought that he might have taken a shower too. He was wearing dark sweatpants which I couldn’t tell if it was black or navy blue, white shirt…ugh he and his white shirts.

He was facing away from me and I noticed that he was making a phone call, his other hand shoved inside his pocket. He must have felt my presence as he slowly turned around and smiled at me. His eyes grew big for a moment probably because of what I was wearing.

He was still talking on the phone and who I figured out was Manager Kang based on what they were talking about.

Then I came to think, this was the same person who performed at the concert a while ago. That same extremely hot celebrity who made a lot of women go crazy earlier.

He was the same man and he was standing right in front of me right now.
This again felt like a dream. When will I stop trying to convince myself that this was all real?

He was gazing at me and I just knew I had to look away or I’d melt anytime soon. Thankfully, my attention was caught by the falling snow outside visible through the glass walls.

Oh, it’s so beautiful. Though winter may not be my favorite time of the year, there was always something about the snow that drew me in. The cold, the icy feel it gave me whenever I watch it was just irreplaceable. It felt so good watching them fall, intending to dress the world in white.

I was so engrossed with everything that was taking place outside that I didn’t notice him already standing closely right next to me. We looked at each other for a brief second before his attention darted to my feet. The next thing I knew, he bent to fold them since they were very long for me.

I smiled, I couldn’t help it.

 Then he went behind me, his hands landing on the curve of my waist.

“You look y.” He whispered right next to my ear.

“y?” I asked unbelievably. “In these?” I added.

“Uh-huh.” He replied.

“But these are your clothes.”

“Exactly.” He trailed off as he looked at me intently. “Don’t you know how y you look in my clothes?” He added as I felt him kiss my shoulder.

I got distracted when his hands circled my waist, back hugging me.

God, I missed him so much. I hadn’t seen him for more than a week but it already felt like months since the last time we were together.

“By the way…” I muttered as I placed my hands over his own.

“Hmmm?”

“I’m so proud of you,” I told him hoping there was a way for him to know how proud I was. “You did well…” I trailed off when he tightened his hold around me.  “I couldn’t almost believe that I was seeing my boyfriend perform right in front of my eyes.”

“Well, I intend to make my girl proud.” He replied and I could almost feel him smiling by the way he said it. “I’m glad it worked.”

“Did you also intend to turn your girlfriend into your fangirl?”

His laugh sounded so good.

“Part of the whole plan.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at his remarks.

“Sorry, I couldn’t get you anything. I was planning to buy a present to congratulate you but I just didn’t know what to give you.”

He loosened his hands around me and made me face him. I automatically wrapped my arms around his neck.

“Are you kidding me? You came.” He told me as he lifted a hand to tuck my hair behind my ear. “Nothing’s better than you being here baby.” He continued with a subtle smile on his lips.

“Which was supposed to be a surprise but thanks to Mr. Yoo for keeping it a secret from you,” I said trying to whine about it.

His literal HA HA HA laugh filled the entire room.

“He told me he won’t tell you about it.” I went on.  

“I’m pretty sure he intends to keep it a secret but then he saw me sulking, looking intently at my phone because you didn’t even call nor sent me a message.”

I instantly felt guilty at the thought.

“Well, I mean I surely didn’t need some good luck message before performing before but it’s a bit different now that I have you. I at least expected to hear your voice before getting on the stage.”

He paused to pout and I had to fight the urge not to kiss him.

Gosh, his cute little pout.  

“Anyway, I probably looked that frustrated to him, so he came to me and asked if he could have a word and then told me that he saw you and you were going to watch the concert but it was supposed to be a secret and asked me not to tell you that he told me.”

After hearing what happened, I kind of felt a little less betrayed.
 
“So are you telling me he only did it to make you feel better?”

“I believe so.” He nodded.

“Okay, then I forgive Mr. Yoo. I won’t hold a grudge against him anymore.”

I was trying to stifle a laugh imagining Mr. Yoo torn between telling between being true to his word to me and telling Baekhyun about it.

“And not contacting you was supposed to be a part of the whole plan Mister,” I told him in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Okay, okay noted baby.” He agreed with a soft laugh. "Sorry, but you have to understand why I feel that way."

Apart from his voice, his laugh was also a blessing to humanity.

“So…” I felt his hands leading to my neck before cupping my face. “Shall we go back to the bedroom so I could unwrap my present?”

My forehead creased, confused as I meet his eyes.

“What do you mean present?” My question came quickly.  “You said it’s enough that I came.”

“Exactly.” He replied with a handsome grin on his face.

I continued to stare at him trying to make sense of what he was saying.

“But you said….” I trailed off as it finally hit me. 

I was his present.

I gasped.

“OH MY GOD BAEKHYUN!” I said hitting him on the arm as I stepped away from him.

I blushed.
Really Hard.

He laughed, probably making fun of me and how delayed my reaction was.

“YES OH MY GOD BABY!” He mocked, copying the exact way I said it then without a warning, scooped my legs in his arms.

My face was still very hot when he carried me as he made a few steps from where we were previously standing. I was still speechless at how he delivered his intentions when he stopped right next to the couch.

“You know what? Forget the ing bedroom.” He hissed and I wasn’t ready for how he sounded impatiently y.

He carefully put me down on the couch and the first thing I did was look around. The living room was just too spacious and not to mention he’s got the whole glass wall in here. This was way too uncomfortable so before he could even start anything, I stopped him.

“Baek, wait,” I told him right when he was attempting to take off his shirt which he wasn’t able to continue doing.

He looked at me unbelievably, wondering.

“Not here,” I said firmly.

“Why?”

“Don’t you think we’re too exposed here?”

“What are you talking about?” He asked and waited for my response but I just looked back at him.

He sounded so frustrated and I was convinced I was being heartless when all I wanted to do was laugh at his reaction which I didn’t do anyway.

I stood from the couch as I made my way towards the stairs.

“Are you serious right now?” He called from the same spot, his hands on his waist. “You’re aware that you’re torturing me by doing this right?”

I bit my lip as I saw how his face turned a bit red while staring at me and for some reason, I kind of felt nervous.

“You’re going to pay for this.” He warned.

I stepped back hesitantly when I finally saw him walk towards me expecting him to stop in front of me which he did only to grab me and hoisted me over his shoulder, making me shriek in the pr