One year later. 

9:14 pm

"Yes, find as soon as possible." 

Baekhyun hung up with a sigh leaving his lips, as his fingers brushed his hair a little harshly with frustration and slipped off his blazer which he threw it off on the bed without caring if it was thrown well or not. 

He was back home from a client meeting with his dad, but even in the meeting he couldn't grasp his attention towards it because a certain someone in his heart had worried him this much. 

Taking a seat by the edge of his bed, he leaned forward placing his elbows on his thigh while dialing the number as he pressed the phone against his ear with his head tilted down. 

As he heard the number being unavailable yet again, his fingers ran through his hair frustratingly and gulped harshly as his lower lip got tugged by his teeth. 

his lips, he let out a sigh with a mumble after. "Please be okay, Daisy." 

It was a day before yesterday he had talked to you about you coming back since your course was finished and all of you were going to graduate in a few days but your words had left him in dismay when you informed him not being able to come back for another week since all the flights were booked already. 

He was sad but it's not like you wanted that to happen so he let it go but then after the next day, he couldn't reach out to you no matter how many times he called and your number was unreachable and it had him worried yet scared. 

Hence, he was trying to book a flight and had called Yeong to do the task but it seemed like things weren't going his way. 

His eyes averted back to the screen where he noticed the time which was almost past ten and in a few moments, the date would change with a knock of his birthday but he wasn't in the mood to celebrate now. 

Hopping off his bed, he headed towards his washroom to wash up and to sleep quickly before his mind could explode by too much thinking. 

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The clock struck 11:35 when you pushed the password of his apartment cautiously and silently and as soon as you succeeded, a sigh of relief escaped from your lips. 

Palming your chest, you gulped. "Why do I feel like I'm intruding in his house?" 

Carefully pushing the door, you stepped inside tiptoeing while closing the door behind silently before turning around to look around and a nostalgic feeling hit the back of your head hardly as your eyes roamed around the whole place bringing some beautiful memories of you both. 

Slipping your feet into your slippers, you walked inside further into the living room while sliding off the purse from your shoulder to put it on the couch where a warm smile crept on your lips as your fingers traced the counter of the kitchen.

A soft hum erupted by your lips. "Has it been eight months since I last visited?" 

Well, last year you had visited in your summer holidays and after that you hardly got a day off to visit again and when your winter holidays came, there wasn't any flight to book either they were already booked or the weather was too bad to book any. 

Hence, you couldn't visit and meet your loved ones but now you were free after your course finished.

"Kyungsoo told me that he'd be sleeping by now." You mumbled, pointing at Baekhyun's room as Kyungsoo had informed you about it and that's how you intruded in the house with a little surprise of yours. 

Your heart wavered at the thought of seeing him as you felt giddy but pushing off your silly thoughts, you marched toward his room, where taking the hold of the knob, you twisted it softly as the door pushed open. 

Your eyes were greeted with a soft dim light in the room, where the illuminating of city lights were standing out by the glass window and with a rapid beating heart, you bit your lip and walked inside. 

Your heart softened finding him sleeping with his figure lying on his stomach where his arm was above the pillow while another was underneath, technically hugging it with his face snuggled against it. 

Approaching his bed, your head tilted as your eyes kept staring down at his peaceful figure softly before sitting on the bed where at the slight movement had him stir as you froze for a moment as he changed his position by lying on his back while his hand rested on his stomach and another one stretched ahead as the hand just stopped beside you. 

You let out a sigh of relief which you were holding in before raising up your wrist to check the time. "Still fifteen minutes left to hit 12 and they'll be here soon." 

Looking back at him, your eyes traced his features softly, so captivating that all you wanted was to be in his arms right now and as if your brain had listened to your heart, you found yourself lying beside him with your head on his pillow with your neck right above his extended arm. 

Reaching out, your hand brushed through his hair softly but instantly withdrew when he suddenly shifted by lying on his side where his arm was quick in reflex to wrap it around your waist and the gesture had your lips curve in a soft smile. 

"I am finally in your arms." You whispered, gulping down the lump in your throat as your heart welled up with tears forming in your eyes where you bit your trembling lip, his cheek softly. "And I am so happy that I don't have to miss you anymore." 

He must have felt the movement of yours as you noticed his brows knitting and slowly his eyes opened a little bit to lock them with yours and your heart stopped for a second as you held your breath while his eyes bored into yours blinking blankly. 

His arm holding your waist pulled you closer before sliding up to palm your jaw where his thumb your cheekbone softly and let out a soft exhale. "Damn it." 

"I must have gone crazy." He mumbled, not tearing his gaze off as his eyes closed to lean his forehead against yours brushing his nose over yours. "I miss you so much that I'm hallucinating you now." 

Oh mr god. 

Your lips parted and your heart sank at his words but before you could do anything, his arm under your neck had pulled you closer to him in a hug as your face buried in his chest while his chin rested over the crown of your head. 

And melting in his arms, your arm locked around his waist as his arms held you tightly while you tried hard not to cry before your mind had started working again as you looked at your wristwatch in a quick glance before leaning away your head to look up at him to find him already staring back at you. 

Reaching out, you cupped his face. "I'm really here, Baekhyun." 

But he didn't seem to believe it as he continued his blank stare where you slid your hand to his nap and pressed your lips against his in a soft little kiss. 

His eyes closed, with a slight frown as the kiss felt too soft and your lips against his felt too real to be a hallucination where you leaned away with a smile on your lips. "Happy birthday, Baek." 

And he blinked, once, twice and thrice confusingly as his lips parted with his heart beating with sudden quick beats where he shifted back to the edge with a stunned state. He attempted to get up but forgot about his arm under your neck and you collided with him which resulted in you both rolling down by the bed with duvets around you to end up on the floor. 

A few seconds took you to grasp the scene, where you felt his body on top of you with his face nuzzled in your neck while your arms around his neck and a wave of heat rushed in your system.

"What a grand welcome." You mumbled, before he leaned away with his hands palming the floor either side of your head as his stunned eyes bored into yours where you felt his forefinger poking your cheek. "You're real?" 

"Of course I'm real." You stated, and cupped his face to peck his lips. "Does it feel like a dream?" 

At this point, you were feeling bad now for not telling him about your arrival here since you wanted to give him a little surprise for his birthday but this boy seems too shocked to believe the situation. 

You could notice that he was collecting his mind to say something but his twinkling eyes had said everything already. 

"Ji-Ah, my child." 

You flinched upon hearing Sarang's voice in the room before immediately making Baekhyun to lean away as both of you sat up where you were greeted with your friends standing by the door frame of his room with jaw dropped faces.

"I didn't know that you had grown up this much to have me witness that sight." Sarang palmed her cheek with a dramatic expression on her face and you rolled your eyes. "Stop being dramatic, Sarang! We just fell off the bed." 

"Doing what?" Seulgi questioned, with a wriggle of her eyebrows teasingly as she exchanged that look with your friends who couldn't help but suppress their giggles. 

"Stop being dirty minded!" You whined, and turned to Baekhyun who was still looking at you silently and you couldn't turn away from him. 

"I told you we should ring the bell." Kyungsoo muttered, looking at the couple infront of him where Chanyeol rolled his eyes. "What's a surprise if we're ringing the bell to surprise him?" 

You brought yourself up from the floor before holding out your hand to Baekhyun and he grabbed it gently to pull himself up but didn't let go, instead he tightened it firmly as if you'd run away. 

At last, he finally took a glance at his friends before turning back to you with a demanding look. "What's going on?" 

And the next second, all of you had gulped as everyone began to narrate everything to him about the surprise. 

Apparently, you had reached Korea this evening but you weren't supposed to since there weren't any flights available as you had told him and everyone but fortunately, a dorm mate of yours had a flight back to Korea but something had happened so she had returned the ticket to which you had booked it at the last minute and at the right time. 

You wanted to let everyone know but to your dismay, your phone broke by you accidentally and you are someone who's not very good at remembering phone numbers so you couldn't even call them until you reached home giving a shocking surprise to everyone. 

Sarang was already at your place so all you had to do was to inform Baekhyun and your other friends but they had stopped you by saying to give him a birthday surprise and as much as you tried to refuse because you were eager to see him, they had stopped you by pleading too much. 

"Yeah, so that's what happened." 

Kyungsoo stated, leaning against the footboard of the couch of the living room beside Baekhyun who was sitting in the same position except he was busy grasping the situation and the explanation of his friends. 

You were also beside him, peeking through his blank expression before exchanging looks with your friends as if saying if he's angry but sighed in relief when he gave his beautiful smile. 

"Okay, so where's the cake?" 

"I'll get it!" Seulgi exclaimed, across from you as she got up walking to the kitchen and came back with his favorite strawberry cake which she placed on the coffee table before sitting across the table again. "Make a wish!" 

"Wait!" Sarang shouted, startling everyone as all of you looked at her confusingly where she fished out the birthday caps to which you all had your jaws dropped. 

"What are we? Five?" You questioned, staring at her with a done look and she rolled her eyes. "It's cute, okay?" 

She gave everyone each cap as everyone wore it where Baekhyun clasped his hands to make his wish before blowing off the candle and all of you smiled as he cut the cake into slices but before he could feed anyone of you, Kyungsoo brushed the cream on his cheek. 

Everyone froze as Kyungsoo laughed, and eventually everyone began to laugh where Baekhyun brushed the cream on your cheek as you flinched where he was laughing and you attempted to throw it on his face but he leaned back which resulted in Kyungsoo's face. 

"Pff." Chanyeol broke out in a hysterical laughter as he clapped his hands but then he felt the cream on his face by Kyungsoo who laughed where, Seulgi and Sarang were taking pictures of all the scene happening while laughing and got the onto their faces by you and Chanyeol. 

"Yah! My phone!" Seulgi exclaimed, with her nose filled with cream while everyone was busy laughing and you calmed yourself. "Seriously, what's wrong with you all?" 

"Come on, our group is complete now so that much is obvious to happen." Kyungsoo stated, and everyone found themselves agreeing with his statement before Chanyeol stood up to go to the kitchen before coming back with some beer cans. 

"And these too!" 

He slammed it where everyone got their cans and as you were about to grab yourself one too, Baekhyun's hand grasped your wrist softly as he looked at you with a questioning look. "What do you think you're doing?" 

"Drinking beer obviously." You stated, and he shook his head. "No can do." 

"Why?" You whined, and he raised his eyebrows. "You're drunk the minute you finish one glass, so no." 

"But-" You got interrupted by him getting up as he walked to the kitchen before coming back with a coke in his hand where your jaw dropped and your friends laughed. 

"I'm not a baby, you know!" You frowned, and he nodded, handing you the drink as he sat down beside you again. "Of course you're not." 

"Okay, okay!" Chanyeol exclaimed, taking everyone's attention as he held out his can in the middle. "Let's cheer for our group gathering after a long time!" 

"And to Baekhyun and Ji-Ah's long distance relationship too!" Seulgi exclaimed, giggling as she took a look at you both. "Like seriously, you both have suffered the most but succeed too so that's for you!" 

Baekhyun and you looked at each other at the same time, both of your eyes telling the same thing about that finally the distance is over now. 

"Cheers!" 

And began a chatterbox of you friends with a little teasing and laughter filled in the living room and you felt overwhelmed after being by their sides after so long and felt happy. 

Soon, the clock read 1:30 and everyone left except you since you and Baekhyun had a talk left to do while Kyungsoo volunteered to drive since he drank less than all three of them who were almost at the verge of passing out. 

"Be careful on your way!" 

Baekhyun spoke as all three of them walked out where Kyungsoo gave a nod while you waved at them till they got on the elevator where you turned back to Baekhyun with a smile only to drop it off when he gave you his grumpy angry look. 

And the next second he turned around towards his room leaving you by the door with an utter confusion. 

Huh? What? 

Your feet jogged towards his room with a baffled look still plastered on your face and as soon as you reached the door frame, you found him standing in the middle of the room letting his broad back in your sight. 

"Baek?" 

You tilted your head, as you walked up to him as you stopped right behind him but he didn't spare any glance as your lips formed into a pout. "Baekhyun?"

Again nothing where your brows knitted before you slid your arms around his waist from behind while tiptoeing to place your chin on his shoulder as your head tilted. "Are you upset with me?" 

"Glad you know that." He spoke, in a neutral manner and your forehead creased. "But why?" 

"Are you seriously asking me that?" He scoffed, "Do you know how worried I was? You didn't even call me nor inform me about your arrival and your phone- damn your phone was also unreachable, Ji-Ah!" 

He burst out, his chest heaving which you could feel through your arms around him and the fact that he called you Ji-Ah was a proof that he was really mad where a wave of guilt hit you as you bit your lip." I'm sorry but trust me, I really wanted to but they all just pleaded so I couldn't help it!"

"I'm still upset." He uttered, and you sighed. "I know and I am sorry." 

Letting go of him, you attempted to stand infront of him but he immediately turned around, not showing you his face crossing his arms over his chest like a grumpy child and you couldn't help but find him adorable as a smile crept on your lips. 

"Yah, are you really not gonna look at me?" You questioned, poking his shoulder but he didn't say anything where you sighed. "Should I just go home then?" 

You felt him stiffening but he still kept his grumpy state where you took a few steps back. "Okay, I'll just go home then." 

As he still kept his mouth shut, you huffed. "I'm really going!" 

Baekhyun couldn't help his lips from curving up at your whiny tone until he heard the sound of your feet stomping out of the room where his mind went blank for a second but when he heard the front door getting shut with a sound, he panicked and instantly paced out of the room to find the living room empty. 

He blinked a couple of times until his eyes spotted your sneakers by the doormat and his frown deepened but then it confirmed everything when he heard your voice from behind. 

"Bold of you to assume that I'd leave." 

Letting out an exasperated sigh, he turned around with his hands either side of his hips only to find you leaning against the counter of the kitchen with a smug grin on your lips before you straightened up. "There won't be any buses at this time." 

"I can't with you, Daisy." He shook his head, with a disbelief look and your lips curved in a smile as he didn't seem upset anymore. "So, should I really go home then?" 

He tilted his head. "Bold of you to assume that I'd fall for it again." 

You crossed your arms over your chest with a confident look. "I can just take your car." 

His eyes slightly widened where he attempted to march inside his room to hide his car keys but you were fast enough to stride toward him as you stopped infront of him with your arms locking around his neck and he locked his arms behind him. 

He closed his eyes with a huff and opened them again only to look away trying not to meet your soft gaze melting his anger before he felt your thumb brushing over his cheek wiping the cream. 

You poked his cheek continuously and he instantly looked at you with narrowed eyes. "What? Can't you see I'm mad at you?" 

"And can't you see I'm trying to burst that angry bubble of yours!" You shot back mirroring his expression before smiling. "So stop being mad now, hm?" 

"Stop acting cute with me." He averted his gaze away from you and you tilted your head, smiling where he sighed. "Don't do that." 

Your forehead creased. "What?" 

"Stop smiling like that." 

"But you said you love my smile." 

"That's why," He trailed off, as he met your gaze. "I'm trying to be mad at you but your smile is not helping, Daisy." 

And your lips curved in a wide smile at his words and his heart fluttered right away as he exhaled harshly. "Screw it." 

His arms instantly locked around your waist and pulled in a tight hug as his face buried in the curve of your neck where your arms tightened around his neck as he tightened the hug. 

A few moments passed, but he didn't let go, nor you did, neither of you wanted to let go as after a long time, both of you had finally found your missing warmth as your hearts were beating in sync with a blissful beat. 

"I swear I'm never letting you go ever again." His muffled mumble against your neck had sent a pool of butterflies in your stomach as you snuggled into him more. "Okay." 

He pulled back his head to look at you as he stared at you with his ever love filled eyes and his hand reached out, tracing his thumb over your cheek to your chin where you felt him swallowing as his eyes glossed. 

"I missed you so damn much, Daisy." 

He whispered, his forehead against yours as his eyes closed and your eyes fluttered shut. "I missed you so damn much, Baek." 

And the next second, his lips had pressed against yours softly, gently and so warm that you melted in his embrace like always while feeling the warmth crawling through your chest where you palmed his nap to pull him closer and felt his rapid heartbeat against you. 

Leaning away, he pressed his lips on your forehead and your cheek where your nose scrunched as he leaned his head back to look at you with his beautiful smile. "I forgot to say something." 

"What?" 

He grinned widely as he caressed your hair. "Welcome home, Daisy." 

And you broke out in a giggle as you locked your arms around his waist to lay your head on his chest. "I'm home." 

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11:08 am

A soft sigh left your lips as the sunlight kissed your face making your nose scrunch with your eyes squinting as they were forced to flutter