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"Ha Jin?" You called questioningly, only silence following, letting your words linger in the air.

A sweet smile tugged on her red colored lips, she was a real beauty.

"That's right, it's been awhile, have you missed me?" She answered, the smile never leaving her face, almost as she was challenging you. As no one answered her question she scoffed lightly and looked down at her feet for a short moment. Her arms crossed against her chest, Ha Jin's gaze went to Minah's figure as she scanned her features, a judging look appearing in her eyes.

"And she? I guess she's my replacement?" She spat through her kind and sweet tone, as she nodded at Minah, who wasn't catching up with the conversation.

Baekhyun's hands balled into fists next to his sides, his eyes darkening with anger and irritation. You sighed and raised a brow at her.

"Replacement? You're right there. You are replaceable, but she compared to you, is not even a little bit replaceable." You fired in her direction, using her own word game against her. You watched her reaction with a feeling of satisfaction. The embarrassment and anger fumed out of her ears as she tried to stay calm at your diss.

"Tch." You muttered before eyeing both Minah and Baekhyun, signaling them a 'let's go.'

The three of you walked past her, she gritted her teeth, shooting daggers through her eyes into your back, with the most spiteful look on her face.
So who was she? Ha Jin had been your and Baekhyun's childhood friend. She was. Though something happened, something that had made you suffer enough to take that big step, that led her away from your life. And so had Baekhyun.

You, Ha Jin and Baekhyun. It was something very clique, but sadly it was a love triangle. Baekhyun had been head over heels in love with Ha Jin. You couldn't blame him though. She had everything you didn't have. She was pretty, kind, slender, beautiful hair, eyes, everything.

And you? You were head over heels for Baekhyun. That he had everything you wanted in a man wasn't new. Because that was so for every other girl that fell for him. Though he had always considered you a childhood friend. An important friend. While Ha Jin, she was the light of his day. And soon had become his biggest pain.

It was a given how much you had suffered through the years, watching him treat her differently, seeing how his laugh, smile, face, eyes were the brightest when he was with her. It had been one of your biggest pains. You couldn't really tell anyone about it. So you just suffocated these tormenting emotions inside of yourself, having them consume you.

For Baekhyun's sake, you had decided to force yourself and stop loving him. You didn't want to ruin his happiness with a confession. Since he was happy with her, you also wanted to be happy for him. It was impossible though. You couldn't smile sincerely when he smiled with her. You couldn't just bring yourself to.

You had managed to not have any strong feelings for him, you had felt proud. It hadn't been easy, but your heart had then managed to stop throb at the thought of him. And you had returned to be his usual childhood friend, not the one-sided love. Still, though you remained by his side.

Baekhyun had really been a gentleman to Ha Jin, he treated her well, helped her, bought her things, and she accepted it all. Even though she didn't have feelings for him. And that's what made you furious, her accepting his love even though she didn't give any back. She took all of his deeds as friendly actions, while in Baekhyun's heart there were false hopes growing.

When he finally confessed it all fell apart. The puzzle got destroyed. Baekhyun's smile was nowhere to be seen. You had had a huge fight with Ha Jin, over Baekhyun. You hadn't been able to stop the rage flowing through you that time. All the strength you had put into stop liking him had gone to waste, because of her blindness. Everything you had gone through before accepting the fact that he was happier around her. It had all been a waste.

You could still remember the two of you screaming at each other madly, the tears had that day been stinging in both of you, the beauty that had been ruined that day was nowhere to be reachable again. And it felt sincerely horrible, the way it had become. Though after that, you couldn't even bear to look at her, and she at you. Firstly she had felt ashamed, though that developed into anger and hate. And now you were like enemies.

The way she had hurt Baekhyun, she had hurt you too. It was like being shot in your weakest spot, having to see the most important person in your life, break down in tears in front of you. The smile you had fought for could not exist.
Though everything was different now. The two of you had met Minah, and she had been and still was an amazing friend to both of you. She was always there for you, you could trust her, and she'd always make sure to approach you with a smile. Also, the attraction towards Baekhyun had finally faded away through the time, and it had been a few years, you should have expected them to return sooner or later.

But you were afraid. Accepting it once more had already been hard and complicated enough. You didn't want another relationship to collapse. It was frustrating that you couldn't even have a clue about Baekhyun's feelings, he treated you like he treated other girls, but at the same time not.
He gave you nicknames like Babe or Baby girl, and it always made you melt on the inside, though you couldn't know if he did it because he had some sort attraction towards you, or if he was messing around.
You wanted to know if he also stole glances at you when you weren't looking, but you couldn't know any of it, and it made you go insane.
A soft touch on your shoulder made you wake up from your dazed state. You glanced at the person next to you and immediately your eyes met Baekhyun's concerned ones.

"Are you all right?" His voice was soft and soothing, you simply nodded in response.

"Are you?" You then asked, referring to the meeting with Ha Jin.
He nodded, a little smile brightened up his face, replacing the past pain with genuine happiness to have you by his side.

"Yes, don't worry about it. By the way, how cool weren't you before? telling her off her like that. Man, I could smell the burnt." He said with a laugh following at the end of his sentence, making you chuckle as well. A bright smile danced on his lips, eyes as crescent moons, sparkling like a million diamonds, making it hard for you to look away.

"I had to, like how did she even dare?" You grimaced when remembering Ha Jin's words, making Minah chuckle.
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As the day came to an end, Minah headed home before due to something urgent, while Baekhyun had insisted on dragging you to his place because he didn't want to be alone at home. Childish? Yes.

"Why do you always have to drag me with you, can't you drag Minah?" You whined making him scoff.

"Nope, Minah had something to do, remember? Plus if it would be only me and Minah you'd sure act jealous and ignore me for who knows how long." He said back, leaving you shaken for a moment.

"Wha-"
"I can't believe you just said that."

"Go home alone." You snifted, turning around to walk to the opposite direction. Immediately you heard his footsteps catching up from behind you.
"No I'm kidding please don't!" He yelled after you, though you decided to not show any reaction yet, making him even more frustrated. His pace speeded up as he ran up to you.

A shiver ran through your body as you felt how his strong arms wrap themselves around your shoulders from behind. His hold tightening ever so slightly as you felt his head dip down into the crook of your neck.
The breath got stuck inside of your throat, not daring to say anything as you felt his warm breath hit the back of your neck, his scent of aftershave embracing you invitingly.

"What if I don't want to drag Minah along... What if I want to spend some time with you?
Can't I do that?"

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There you go angels <3 I hope you liked this update, and that this story isn't a total failure lol .

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