I want to stay by the sea
Watching turn into red

Sat down with the people
Listen through this song

Moon is slowly rising
I see the trees are moving

Sky is brighten through the moon

Streams of sunlight swam inside the room and its warmth absorbed into the thin duvet covering two bodies huddled together. Cicadas were singing in the summer heat and the ocean brightly reflected the spotless blue sky as it waved gently with its calming melody. The window stood open, and the girl's thought had been to welcome any fresh breeze, but to her dismay, it only let in more heat. The air was stuffy but it didn't wake up either of the two who were so passionately sharing even more warmth, rending them scorching hot.

When the temperature had finally gotten too much for her body to handle, she felt herself gently succumb into consciousness. A gentle stream of air was spreading on the skin of her collarbone and glancing to the source of such thing, she suddenly became incredibly aware of how warm it actually was. With Baekhyun's face nestled in the comfort of her soft chest, from his pink lips left small breaths as he slept all over her. The girl herself was surprised to find her legs impossibly entangled with Baekhyun's, her arm over his waist and the other had served as a pillow for the side of his head. To find herself embraced by an angel in such manners in an early summer morning was just as beautifully exhilarating as it was embarrassing. For Baekhyun's beautiful, yet sneaky hands had found their way under her top, fingers spread all over her back, feeling the hard surface of her shoulder blade and spine underneath their touch. 

Looking down at the boy, she couldn't help but be mesmerized by his endless beauty, as he was so beautiful even in his rawest, most vulnerable of states. His skin shone golden underneath the sunlight and his dark, disheveled locks fell unevenly yet softly across his forehead.  Heartache found her at the sight of his swollen eyes and the dried trails of tears decorating his flushed cheeks. Before she could even think her actions through, her fingertips had already reached to delicately caress his cheek. The heart in her chest jumped when Baekhyun's eyes squeezed and he stirred awake, eventually looking up from her chest- only to meet gazes with her. Realization seemed to hit him as the cheeks flushed even redder within seconds and without knowing how to handle the situation, Baekhyun opted to hide his face back in her soft chest. But soon after, with a gasp, he realized that it hadn't been any less embarrassing to do that. Hurriedly, he jumped from her and closer to the wall behind him. 

With the heart crashing against his ribs, he avoided her gaze while pushing a hand through his hair in a flustered manner. The girl kept quiet for a while, only taking in his groggy but extremely delicate figure, his ways of moving and his expressions. The blush coloring his fair skin and the sun enhancing the beauty of his blue orbs. Just him and his ethereal self in the mess of her bedsheets, the oversized hoodie hanging down his milky shoulder and the small dust particles floating around him as if magical. Her hand searched for his, carefully threading her fingers through his slender and soft ones before breaking the peaceful silence. 

"How are you feeling?" She murmured and Baekhyun's gaze found hers again. Sadness pooled within his eyes at the question, and just like yesterday, he looked broken, a huge urge to pick up the broken pieces of his heart and fix them filled her chest. A trembling sigh left his slightly swollen lips while his palm went to rub some sleepiness out of his eyes.

"I'm-" He started hesitantly, voice raspy and sleepy. "I'm sorry, for how I treated you, I didn't mean to push you away like that," remorse was dripping from his words and the girl couldn't help but frown, she knew he hadn't meant to be as harsh as he had been, she would have never held a grudge against that. But there he was, apologizing. 

"Oh Baekhyun, no, don't apologize." She scooted closer to him, now sitting cross-legged in front of him on her bed. 

Baekhyun shook his head in disagreement. " And I have to thank you, for coming to get me, I was delirious and I, when I think about what I was about to do, I get scared of myself." he breathed out, searching for comfort in her eyes that were so intently following his every movement, heart listening to his every word.

"I don't want to leave like that. I used to think that I lost everything, you know? But things are different now. I really don't want to go." Baekhyun's hand that was still in hers tightened the hold, and the action sent her heart jumping in every direction, expanding endlessly in her chest. "And if it wasn't for you, I would've done something unforgivable, towards myself, towards those who love me,"  Baekhyun was speaking his heart out, letting every hidden thought, every emotion unravel through his voice, words that tumbled down from his lips. "Something unforgivable towards who I love." He said, looking into her eyes as he spoke the last words. 

"Deep down, a part of me knew that my parents were long gone from this world, so I shouldn't have made that scene. But the part of me that couldn't accept it was stronger, and I completely lost my mind." He admitted brokenly, and the girl cupped his soft cheeks with her palms, looking deeply into his eyes. She was going to reassure him, that it was okay, he was allowed to be sad.

"Baekhyun, accepting or not, it's okay to let your emotions spill, you need it. And whenever you'll lose your mind, I'll be there to make you reason. You're not alone, Baekhyun." She reminded. " You have Jongdae and Junmyeon too, aunt and uncle Byun, don't forget that." 

He nodded in her hold, a little smile made its way on his lips, his hands reached to hold hers on their spot upon his cheeks. "Thank you," He whispered, his eyelashes kissing his cheeks as he looked down for a few moments, before meeting her sweet gaze again. Suddenly and without a warning, the boy advanced forward, capturing her lips in a quick yet lingering kiss.

"I really like you," Baekhyun mumbled shyly, but despite the furious blush on his cheeks, he kept his sincere orbs locked with hers, his hands on hers. " I'm so thankful for you." 

And her chest burst, were it fireworks, butterflies or a whole flowery jungle blooming within her- she didn't know, but it was a beautiful feeling that tickled every corner of her body. A type of happiness that closed - as if no words could ever be enough to describe what she was feeling. The only thing she could do to cope with the overwhelming emotions was throwing her arms around his neck and pulling him close for another kiss. His lips were mellow and sweet against hers as they both couldn't help the hint of a smile forming on their mouths. Baekhyun's arms gladly snook around her waist and pressed their chests together, so that their enamored heartbeats could meet and melt together into one beautiful melody.

A kiss so full of happiness and lighthearted feelings, so full of love that it was addicting, impossible for either of them to part. Although their breaths had reached their limits long ago, Baekhyun could only tilt his head to the other side to kiss her from a new angle, tongues briefly meeting for a sweet taste.

A sudden knock on the door made them break apart with a startled gasp, Baekhyun flew to the end of her bed while the girl desperately attempted to make her messy hair look presentable after that Baekhyun's hands had run all the way through her locks just a few seconds ago.

"Yes?" The girl loudly called after the knock as she dipped off the bed and walked closer to the door. In the corner of her eyes, she could see Baekhyun shyly biting his lips that were by now shiny and moist, a soft hue of pink caressing his cheek.

"It's me!" Mrs. Byun said and something in her voice sounded different, almost a bit troubled. Indeed it wasn't usual that the lady would come by her doorstep first thing in the morning, but maybe there was some special occasion going on.

"Listen, sweetheart," She continued, luckily, without asking her to open the door and let her in. "Try to get ready quickly because there is someone downstairs that says he knows you and needs to see you." A frown quickly made its way on both hers and Baekhyun's faces. Mrs. Byun sounded as if she couldn't trust her own words. This island was tiny and everyone knew each other, by now, the girl had become a part of the huge family too. If Mrs. Byun didn't know this person, how could she?

"I'll be down in five!" She then said, despite her confusion. As Baekhyun's aunt disappeared from behind the door, the two looked at each other. Something was not right.

"Are you sure you're not expecting anyone?" Baekhyun hesitated as she made her way back onto the bed, but the girl had no clue of who could possibly want to meet her, and at such an early time. She shook her head adamantly. " I really don't know." 

Eventually, the boy just shrugged his shoulders, leaned on his hands and crawled closer to her. His lips landed on hers shortly before he gently pushed her off the bed. "Nonetheless, you should hurry and not let them wait," Baekhyun soothed. "I'll catch up in a few, okay?" He cocked his head to the side, and up until now, she had never known that he could look that adorable. For a moment, she contemplated ignoring everything else, just so that she could stay with him like that, forever. She sighed in defeat.

"Fine," she gave up, "fine."

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Her feet speeded down the stairs as she made her way into the lobby. Thousands of different questions were popping into her head one after another, and all of them remained unanswered. That, until she pushed through the glass doors and as soon as she stepped foot into the area, two big and doe-like eyes met hers immediately. They were so familiar, in fact, she knew them so well that her heart squeezed painfully in her chest upon seeing them, him. She could've never forgotten the mellowness in their gaze as it had been one of the few memories from her past life that she had kept close to her heart. 

Suddenly, she was brought back to a few days back when she and Baekhyun had just found each other again at the summer festival after getting lost. These had been the exact same pair of eyes that she had briefly met in the distant crowd but had barely had any time to recognize. The air knocked out of her lungs when the realization finally made its way through her body and the person in front of her wasn't mere confusion anymore, but reality. 

The rather short boy by the brown hair and soft features stood up from his seat and was about to walk closer when the girl got out of her confused state and ran directly into his strong arms that he had without any hesitation opened as fast as he had seen her take a step towards him. The scent of home, lavender, and fabric softener hit her senses so overwhelmingly so that she found her head spinning as if on a roller coaster, she gasped for air. "Kyungsoo-" She breathed out, his hold was so tight, so real, and yet the fact that he was there was the most surreal thing she could've ever witnessed. "How did you get here? How did you find me?" 

"I've searched for you with all my might, do you know how worried I was? How worried Minseok was?" His deep voice spoke full of emotion, face buried in her shoulder as he tightened the hold around her. The girl's heart clenched with guilt, knowing how much pain her leave must have caused to the people who loved her, "I'm sorry", she murmured, sorrowful.

Kyungsoo loosened the hold around her, calling her name in the most nostalgic of manners, fingers clasping gently around her wrist, his touch overflowing with familiarity.

"I came to get you," He said.

"Let's go home." His lips spoke eagerly as if he hadn't waited for anything but to pronounce these words. While for her, it felt as if every glass was shattering around her, destroying the beautiful trance of familiarity and bringing her back to the bitter aspect of reality. The shock was all she could feel as she looked at the boy with lost and wide eyes, barely registering the loud gasps of her fellow colleagues witnessing the scene. 

"G-go home?" She repeated confusedly, letting a hint of disbelief unraveling through her voice, but Kyungsoo, being the attentive boy he was, caught on it and wasn't afraid to show that her hesitancy had hurt him.

Kyungsoo's gaze shifted in the span of one second from her to the figure who had appeared behind the girl and had grabbed her wrist, sliding it carefully from Kyungsoo's hold.

"What is going on?" Baekhyun asked, eyeing the stranger warily as his hand curl