A small puff left your lips and you felt sweat running down your back, but it didn’t stop you. Your legs were hurting and your lungs were burning, but it was the good kind of pain, it was the pain that told you that you were achieving something, that you were doing something good. It was the best way to get your mind off of things, a good run in the woods. A few months ago you had noticed that your physics had been lacking, but you didn’t have any hobbies. But when you had finally figured out your love for running, it had all changed. Each time you had done your daily run you felt a lot better. You weren’t doing it to loose weigh, you felt comfortable inside of your own skin and you didn’t feel like you had to change yourself. But it felt nice, being able to keep up during gym, not being picked last if they were choosing teams. Besides, you liked these moments, they were yours, they were all to yourself. The only thing you did was move one foot in front of the other and listen to your music, there was nothing else you had to think of, it felt great. 

Today, it was a hot and sunny day and you had thought about staying home today and not going for your run. Normally the weather didn’t really stop you, but it was extremely hot and there didn’t seem to be a lot of oxygen in the air, which always made it harder. But then you figured out that this could actually be a very good exercise. If you would be able to run your usual distance, in the same amount of time, in this weather, then it would be amazing. The runners you normally met during your tour weren’t here today, it seemed as if they had listened to the weather gods and had stayed home. You avoided all the twigs and trees on your path and made sure to keep your speed, nothing was slowing you down. You loved to see the birds flying around and to see the sun shining onto the leaves of the trees, nature was a wonderful thing. Today was one of these days that you were grateful that you had brought your water bottle. Normally you hated it, that you had to drag it along for the entire way, but today you didn’t mind. 

Without stopping you took a big gulp and swallowed, feeling it flow down in your body. It was such a strange feeling that it made you smile. You knew that if people would see you right now that they would give you some weird glances. Your head was probably as red as a tomato and your shirt was sticking against your skin. But here in the woods no one could see you, it had something private and you felt really comfortable. A gasp escaped from your lips when suddenly a bag flew through the air in front of you. This was the weirdest thing you had ever seen, a bag couldn’t fly from its own. Quickly you tried to stop, not knowing what else to do. Maybe there was someone who had dropped it, someone who was looking for it. But it had happened so suddenly that you weren’t able to stop on time and before you could stable yourself, you tripped. A small squeal escaped from your lips as you placed your hands on the ground to catch yourself. 

You blinked your eyes in surprise, and pulled your ear plugs out of your ears. It was a good thing that it hadn’t been raining for the past few days, otherwise you would have bee covered with mud. But now the ground was hard, and you felt your hands sting now that they were scratched and bleeding a little. “Oh god, I’m so sorry. Are you okay?” The first reaction that was popping up into your mind was to scream at him, to shot him an angry glare and tell him that he had to keep his stuff with him instead of letting them linger around like that. But you would recognize that voice anywhere, how couldn’t you? So instead of yelling at him you pushing yourself up into a sitting position and looked up at him. At first you were blinded by the sun, which was shining behind him and you had to squeeze your eyes together to look at him. But then he moved a little bit to the left, so that his head appeared in your sight, an apologizing smile on his face. “What were you thinking Baekhyun? Why are you throwing your stuff around like that?” You asked as you tried to rub the ground off of your legs. 

He chuckled softly and grabbed his bag, swinging it over his shoulders before he crouched down next to you. Byun Baekhyun, he was your neighbor and last time you had checked, he wasn’t a runner. What was he doing here at such a hot day, in the woods? Even though he was two years older than you, sometimes it was as if you were the adult. He could be so childish from time to time, but that didn’t take away the fact that he was insanely handsome. You had grown up with him, and you knew that he could annoy you like no one else could, but that didn’t change that you were totally into him. “I didn’t mean to make you trip.” He said, instead of explaining what he had been doing. You rolled your eyes at him and ignored the shiver that ran down your spine and he pl