where the sun sets | cbx

Chapter 32

He used to like airports.

But this was different.

Baekhyun let his hands glide into the holes of his jacket, and warmed them up. The heating probably broke down from the storm.

The wave didn't hit this part of the island, but where the water didn't destroy everything, the storm untooted trees and houses.

1200 victims they said.

They said it like that, there were too many to mention them all. They said it like a single life wouldn't count anymore, it's only about the numbers.

The people who are not here didn't see the endless pain that was in every death, they didn't see the family members who didn't know about their loved ones, they didn't see the children holding their dead mothers hand.

Baekhyuns hands trembled, not only from the cold, but from anger. He always used to be the strong friend and helper for Bo, Jongdae and Jia, he always covered up his feelings, so they wouldn't have more problems, than they already have.

His problem was so minor compared to the huge pain they all had to go through. Bo was ill and had seen the most horrible images in life, Jongdae lost his best friend, Jia her husband.

He could have saved them.

"Excuse me sir?"

Baekhyun tapped at the shoulder of a man in a uniform, who turned around startled.

"Do you have a minute for me?"

"Don't you see how stressed everything here is?"

"It's important..."

"That's what everyone says."

"I really need information about the timetables..."

But the man already vanished in the ground and tried to clear some issues between two women beating each other up.

Baekhyun sighed and lined up in front of the ticket machine, that should replace the missing staff.

He wouldn't give them up, he had promised he wouldn't.

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Jia woke up from the coughing of the child next to her and immediately brushed over his burning forehead to calm him down.

"Shhh it's ok, I'm here."

"I'm scared mum."

Bo was whispering dozily with closed eyes. Overwhelmed by emotions Jia started to cry and hugged the boy carefully in his sleep. She wanted to be a good mother.

"I love you, Bo."

Bo didn't hear her anymore, because he had slept in again. The morning sun had lightened up the room and Jia let her eyes glide over the heavily breathing child, who woke up every few minutes. Jia didn't sleep much that night, but she wouldn't leave him alone. At all cost.

His hair were tossled all over his small face, which he covered in the white cushion. Lovingly she touched his head, softly, so he wouldn't notice it, and whispered a little prayer for him.

She could finish it, as she suddenly noticed something, which made her get up quickly. She secured herself, that Bo was still sleeping and then she rushed out of the room.

"I need a doctor!"

Liling, who just wanted to visit her boy, caught the woman from falling down. Jia just hugged her for a long time, she was unable to spill the news.
Worriedly Liling took both of her hands and stared at her with begging eyes.

"Bo?", was the only thing her lips could form.

Jia nodded slowly and the shaking from Liling on her shoulders made her focus on what was important now.

"Bo doesn't have a pneumonia."

Liling stared at her in confusion and tried hard to hold back her tears.

"His skin has changed, Liling."

"That could be from the fewer.."

"I'm not a doctor, but I know, that fewer doesn't cause blue skin."

They both rushed into the room, where the little boy was sitting on his bed wide awake, blue rings around his dark eyes. Panic was sparkling in his eyes, he moved like he was in trance, they couldn't tell if he was awake or hallucinating.

"Tell them to stop mum."

Liling sat down in front of him and desperately reached out her hand for him.

"Who is hurting you?"

"The people who are stabbing into my back. It hurts so much.."

He choked up and broke down on his bed, sobbing loudly and with every tear he shedded, Jia's heart broke even more.

Liling covered her hands into her face and was unable to look at her child, that was tossing and turning from the stinging pain in its back.

"This is all my fault"

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Im suffering with Bo oml MY POOR BEBI I DONT WANT TO WRITE THIS

What do you think happened to Baekhyun?

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