Baekhyun POV

I was heading back home feeling so down; my heart was aching me so bad and tears made it even harder for me to breathe; my phone vibrated and I held it close to my ear

“Umm Kris Hyung?” I replied with heavy tone; I was so tired and exhausted not from working but from thinking about Chanyeol’s sudden change all day

‘Hey Baek; you forgot your Jacket last time in my apartment; I forgot to give it to you earlier; just few seconds; I’ll be there’ he said

“Oh? Its okay you don’t hav-“I said but was cut off

‘I’m already there; I can see you clearly’ he said and I turned and looked at him smiling to me while his phone still on his ear; I smiled tiredly to his direction

“Okay …” I said and in the same moment we hanged up he was in front of me; he handed me the jacket and smiled softly to me

“Thanks …” I said and smiled back at him tiredly; it was an obvious forced smile

“About earlier … are you – okay?” He said carefully examining my gloomy expression; I looked at him with a forced yet hurt smile and nodded

“Do you want me to walk you home?” he offered gently and I declined his offer

“It’s okay; it’s just few blocks away from here” I said with a thankful smile that soon faded away when I remembered how Chanyeol used to drive me home

“Okay then; take care” he said and patted my head gently; I waved him goodbye and headed back to my house heavily

Chanyeol POV

I went back and got in my car; I cursed myself million times for even caring and following him; I drove away and headed to the nearest club; I got in and went straight to the bar; I sat down and ordered a drink; I saw some girls looking at me while smiling; I didn’t mind them and just continued having my drink

“Are you here alone?” I turned and saw a girl with a mini revealing dress smiling at me while holding a glass of wine; I turned again and nodded; I held my cup and drank the rest

“Do you want to join us?” she said again and I looked at the group she pointed at; my head was getting heavier so I just looked down at my drink; ignoring her by just staring at the cup in my hand

“Oh? Looks like you just got dumb” she said and I sighed getting irritated by her presence; I was trying to have some peaceful time; I stood up and put some cash on the table and headed out of the place

Baekhyun POV

I went and checked on Appa who didn’t look any better; I sighed frustrated and head to take a shower and then headed straight to bed; although I tried hard to brush him out of my thought; I couldn’t help but tear up at the thought of him again and again; I buried my face into the pillow and tried to sleep

‘Chanyeol … why are you hurting me?’ I drifted into a deep sleep still thinking of him and his cold glares that hurts me bad

I opened my eyes after a few hours of sleep and headed to my father’s room to give him the medication but he didn’t look very well; I felt his forehead; his temper was normal; I looked at him carefully

“Appa … are you okay?” I said although I know he won’t answer or even react; I gave him the medicines and headed out of the room; I sighed and held my phone

“Are you going to be mad if I send you the morning massage too?” I said with a slightly hurt tone while staring at his picture on my cell phone background

Chanyeol POV

I opened my eyes and my hand automatically grabbed my phone from the nightstand; I opened it but I saw nothing; no massages or wake up voice notes from Baekhyun; I gazed deeply at the screen where he was smiling cutely posing with me for the selca

‘Why do I even care about you? When you are ing around making a fool of me!’ I thought angrily

‘Why I am even hurt … when you don’t even deserve my heart!’ I thought again ready to delete the photo but my finger would never press confirm; I groaned irritated and threw away my phone back on the nightstand; I walked to the bathroom and got ready to head for work

I parked my car in front of the restaurant and got out of it; I closed the door and turned, ready to go in when I saw Baekhyun by the side; he was a little late today; I looked at him and then my eyes shifted to his hand that was grabbing onto the breakfast box tightly; I looked back up and saw how he looked at me with the same hurt look

‘He made me breakfast again? Even after what I did yesterday’ I looked at his hands that shifted uncomfortably and although I felt a lump in my throat; I still gazed coldly at his eyes again and head inside the restaurant leaving him standing there; it took him few seconds to follow behind me

Baekhyun POV

I stopped the moment our eyes met; it hurts; the way he looked at me; it pierced my heart hardly; he broke the eye contact coldly and head inside; I sighed softly and looked down; heavily, I followed behind; the day looked a bit busy from the early morning; maybe because it’s weekend already

“Oh Baekhyun” I turned to be greeted by Kris soft smile; I smiled back to him; I sensed a pair of eyes piercing me; I looked at my side and Chanyeol was coldly yet angrily looking at me with his sharp gaze

“Did you have breakfast?” my attention was back to Kris who came closer to me

“Oh? Yeah I did” I nodded and looked again at Chanyeol who put the Breakfast box I prepared for him away as a clue that he will not eat it; still better than hurting me like yesterday right? But why does it still hurt?

“Are you okay? You don’t look too good today?”  Kris said grabbing my attention again; I smiled to him and shook my head

“I’m fine, just didn’t have a peaceful sleep” I said with a forced smile; we both turned around when the restaurant door opened revealing a group of girls

“Welcome” we both said with a little bow; I glanced at Chanyeol who was trying to make himself busy with something; I sighed frustrated and headed to take the order from the customers

“Yes, how can I help you?” I said politely and one of them looked at me by the side of her eyes; she gave me their order with an attitude

“Anything else?” I said as I tried my best to stay polite; they were just a bunch of careless rich girls who think life is just circulating around them

“Make it fast.” she said chewing her gum rudely and ily while crossing her hand acting elegant; I tried to control my temper as I headed to the kitchen; I saw Kris on my way; he was glaring at the group furiously; I pushed him with me inside the kitchen preventing him from creating a fuss

“Yah … kick them out! Acting y early in the morning” Kris said while angrily pointing out of the kitchen

“It’s okay Kris; I’ll handle them” I said tiredly and took their orders and headed back and put it on their table; I bowed slightly and was about to head back

“That wasn’t what we ordered!” She said again with a smirk on her face; I looked at her strangely; I mean what the hell is wrong with this girl? Does she have anything against me? It’s even my first time seeing her; I looked down and sighed as I was starting to lose my temper; I looked at her again or more like glared at her

“Ahaha …” She laughed in an unbelieving tone while looking at the other girls acting surprised; she looked at me

“Are you getting angry now!” she raised her voice glaring back at me

Chanyeol POV

This y girl was going beyond the redline acting so rude like this; I was this close to take action when Baekhyun went to the Kitchen but I froze in my place when I saw Baekhyun’s hands on Kris’s chest as he pushed him inside the kitchen along with him; I clenched my fist angrily; I saw how he came back with the food and he put it on their table

“That wasn’t what we ordered!” she said with a smirk while crossing her arms and everyone around shifted their looks on her and Baekhyun; still I didn’t move although I was this close to just go and bunch her straight on the face; I saw how Baek was about to lose his temper; he sighed and glared at her; I admit his glare is the scariest when he’s angry

“Ahaha …”

 “Are you getting angry now!” she raised her tone

“Aren’t you crossing the line a little bit too much?!” I shifted my eyes to Kris who suddenly stormed angrily to their table while glaring down at her

“What?! Are you going to hit me! Do it! Do it!” she said and slammed her hand on the table and stood up glaring back at Kris; Baekhyun held his arm and pulled him away from her and looked at them

“I’ll take your orders again … I’m sorry” Baekhyun said as tried to be nice but his face was so serious as he was so angry at the moment he might even kill someone

“Forget it …” She said and blinked disgusted while motioning for Baekhyun to stay away from her way; she was so disrespectful; Kris suddenly grabbed her wrist tightly

“You either behave respectfully or leave the place alright?” Kris said while gritting on his teeth angrily

“WHAT THE!!! TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF!!! WHERE IS THE MANAGER?! YAH!” She started creating a fuss and other customers were getting annoyed; I saw how the situation was getting out of control so I approached them

“What’s going on here?” I said calmly and looked at her and Kris; Kris then let go of her harshly making her sit back on her chair

“This guy …. Oh?” She started but I was busily looking at how Baekhyun was being sheltered by Kris who brought Baekhyun behind his back not to get hurt; he was hanging his head down behind Kris’s back; my chest tightened and my heart started aching badly

‘So now he’s the one that protects you?’ I thought while busily looking or more like glaring coldly at Baekhyun who was still hanging his head down

“Aren’t you the guy from last night in the club?” She suddenly said; I looked at her and I quickly could recognize her now when she flashed her fake smile like yesterday; I could see how Baekhyun’s head jerked up when he heard her; he looked at me with his poker face while staring at me

“Oh … hey” I said and smiled to her; I looked back at him and I could see the hurt all over his poker face; he was swallowing hard

“This guy really ruined my morning” She said getting closer to me and held on my arm; I tensed at her action; I saw how Baekhyun looked at my eyes with hurt look and sparkling eyes and once again held his head down and hid himself behind Kris; my chest tightened and I started boiling inside 

“Byun Baekhyun …” I said with deep, heavy tone; his head slowly raised and looked at me in the eyes; I pierced his eyes back coldly

“Apologize.” I said and his eyes went slightly wide as he looked at me

“But …” he said and looked at the girl who was smirking at him by my side

“What!! He didn’t do anything wrong! Why should he!”  Kris said madly defending Baekhyun; I looked away furiously sighing as I couldn’t take it anymore how Kris is defending him and how Baekhyun looked at him with sparkling eyes

“You either apologize to the customer or leave the place.” I said seriously what earned a light gasp from Luhan, Sehun; I looked at how Baekhyun’s eyes went wider and tears rushed to it; I felt a lump in my throat and my chest tightened; I couldn’t believe am being this harsh on him but I can’t control my already hurting heart; I was so angry at the moment  

His full of tears eyes didn’t leave mine for few seconds; he then looked down and came from behind Kris’s back and stood in front of her with his head slightly down; he was about to open mouth

“Too bad Boss.” Kris said suddenly and grabbed Baekhyun’s wrist dragging him away; I looked at how he took off Baekhyun’s apron from his waist and threw it on the table; he collected Baekhyun’s and his stuff and gave me a look before storming out of the place

I froze in my place; my eyes were fixed on Baek’s apron that was thrown on the floor now; Baek teary eyes kept wondering in front of my eyes; I saw how the girls took their stuff and left the restaurant as well; I still didn’t move from my place; images of Kris protecting, defending and taking care of Baekhyun

 ‘That was my job … he was only … mine.’ I thought swallowing hard; I was feeling so angry and mad at how my heart was still hurting me so bad because of him

“Chanyeol … you shouldn’t have … done that.” I turned my blank, lost eyes and looked at Luhan who looked at me unsatisfied look

Baekhyun POV

‘What? A club? last night?’ I thought distracted by the way this girl got closer to Chanyeol and how he smiled to her; I felt so hurt

‘So now he’s hanging out with girls from clubs; was he cheating on me? But he already broke up with me so it doesn’t count as cheating right?’ I thought gazing with tears at his cold stares

I was shocked enough from his reaction; he used to defend me no matter what; he used to protect me if any one tried to hurt me physically or emotionally

‘Chanyeol …Why are you doing this to me?’ I thought with tears burning my eyes; I was having hard time believing what just happened; I was so embarrassed and mad and … hurt  

I was dragged out of the place by Kris who was so angry right now; we stopped in front of an empty playground; he let go of my wrist and put his hands on his waist and looked away and sighed angrily; I kept my head bent down; I didn’t want him to see my full of tears eyes; I didn’t say anything till now since I’ll break into tears the moment I open my mouth

“I’ll find you another job … Don’t go there anymore.” He said and I still kept my head hanged down

“Kris …” I finally spoke up with a shaky, trembling voice; he looked at me with a concerned look

“Th- Thank you.” I said and stood up to leave but he grabbed my arm 

“Where are you going?” he said and I looked at him and smiled weakly

“I think – I should sort things out with Chanyeol”