CHAOS | Chanbaek +18

XIX

"Baekhyun, open the door!"

"Chanyeol, I swear to God, if you did anything to him, I'll kill you!"

Shouts from the two men standing outside the door got louder, repeating the same thing way too many times. Baekhyun had no idea what's happening or who this man he's sharing the bed with is. When he got enough courage, he took a look around. He was in his room, at Luhan and Sehun's apartment. He could feel like he's still dressed but not with the clothes from last night. He had a pair of sweatpants on and a hoodie, comparing with the man beside him who had only a pair of black pants on and no shirt. He took a second to analyze the sleeping man figure and he could feel the same glorious pain breaking his heart. Messy, black hair covering his forehead and his brows. His skin was sun-kissed, and not by the sunrise this time. His tanned skin was indeed making a nice contrast with his pale one. Baekhyun could see the muscles covering the man's back and arm that was wrapped around his tiny figure, compared with the large one of this man. It was a beautiful man, Baekhyun thought. A stranger but for a strange reason, the view didn't felt new to him. He could feel like his eyes already saw this image and his body was used to this weight all over, keeping him so close. Still, he couldn't remember anything clear besides many images that seemed to be the same but from different times. 

"C-Chanyeol..." he whispered, tired of hearing Sehun's shouts outside the bedroom so he tried to wake up the man. His hold only got stronger when he tried to escape so he had no other choice than getting closer after letting out a loud sigh. "Chanyeol, wake up."

And in Chanyeol's head, all of these seemed to be only another dream. He wasn't sleeping. He couldn't sleep for the whole night since he got here with Baekhyun. A dream that kept replaying in his mind for months now, every night or morning he'd come home after another attempt of finding him failed or after hearing again and again about the boy's death. 

He found Baekhyun in a nightclub, dancing, smelling like alcohol and cigarettes, something that normally would make him sick but last night, Baekhyun looked healthier than any other time in his life. And he looked happy, even if his mind was probably filled with lust. Strange was, last night was the night when Chanyeol actually decided to give up and stop looking for him, accepting that he has lost him forever. Coming back with the others, Chen decided to surprise April and break, for a few minutes only their party. No one expected to see Luhan there, dancing with the other girls, especially Sehun who looked for Baekhyun a little too late, when they realised he's gone. 

It was, of course, too late. 

"Chanyeol, you have to wake up.", he tried again, softly moving the tip of his fingers on the man's face, afraid of how his body would react to that. And this small contact was enough to make the man open his eyes wide, making eye contact with the smaller who was right there, in flesh and bones, alive and safe. He said nothing, he only looked into his eyes, feeling his own heart aching again, worse than it did in the past few months. It didn't last long cause he immediately heard the others' shouts and looked to the door then back to Baekhyun, standing up. 

"You remember me?" he asked, keeping his hand in the air. He wanted to touch Baekhyun's face, to feel his full, rosy cheek under his touch and to make sure he wasn't losing his mind and he was real. Baekhyun could only shake his head because it was true, he had no idea who this man is, besides the answer to every question he could have in the past few months. "You have to trust me, alright? Please...I don't know what they told you but I will explain. Just trust me."

He was begging, whispering to the younger as their gazes were still locked together. Still, they didn't need words or gestures. Baekhyun's eyes already gave him an answer good enough to make him finally open the door. 

Once the wooden door was opened, both Luhan and Sehun rushed inside, parting their ways. Luhan checked on Baekhyun, asking him repeatedly what happened and if Chanyeol did anything to him while Sehun pinned the older to the wall, shouting at him, asking what he was doing there and how he got there. 

Chanyeol was surprisingly calm, removing Sehun's hands from himself without a word and Baekhyun could swear he saw a smirk on his face as he looked outside the room to the living room, where the others were waiting, watching. "Baekhyun", he almost whispered but it was enough for Baekhyun to stop explaining to Luhan how they did nothing and he wasn't hurt. Without being asked to, he stands up and came in front of Chanyeol, looking up to him. 

At that moment, everyone was petrified. It was a scenario that hasn't been happening in months for now. Bakehyun, walking outside the bedroom with Chanyeol behind him, walking to the living room where everyone was waiting. The whole group scanned them but especially the taller who was now sitting behind the couch, big palms rested on Baekhyun's shoulders who was sitting down. 

The couple followed from behind, surprised by the way Baekhyun could act so unbothered around the man who gave him nightmares that he couldn't even remember about because of how terrified he was. How he'd wake up in the middle of the night, screaming his name, begging him not to hurt him anymore just to forget until morning comes because his brain was so tired that it refuses to remember all of these. 

Baekhyun looked at the men in front of them. The whole group of friends was there, including Lay, watching them with big eyes, like they have seen a ghost. He wasn't a fool, of course. He understood immediately that the man who was now behind his was the answer to all his questions, the person who was missing, the person who everyone was so afraid of that night. And in that second, he felt like it's the only person who could tell him the whole truth. 

"I know that I disappointed everyone", Chanyeol started with his deep voice, startling Baekhyun a little but also making him more curious. "I made lots of mistakes in the past few years and I've become one of the worst persons on this earth. I used to hide things from you, things that later turned against me as it was normal, once I regained my mental health I understood that it was the only thing that could happen." Baekhyun tried to listen to him but everything was without a sense for him. He couldn't see the point of this talk, why it started or how it will end. "You know too well that for the past few months I've treated myself and I still am, so I can become a better version of me. I showed you guys this. You saw it, you watched me changing in better. You said it!" Baekhyun turned his head for a second to look up to him, the moment when their gazes met again. And Chanyeol's eyes were the saddest eyes he has ever seen. It was a heavy feeling to look into his eyes, full of pain, almost red like he's holding back so many tears. "Last night I realized something... That I have no reason to apologise to you, my friends, and that the only person who I should beg to forgive me for what I did is Baekhyun." The younger frowned for a second but his face got softer immediately, feeling the corners of his eyes getting wet from an unknown reason. He could remember seeing Chanyeol before. Like in a movie, Baekhyun was able for a few seconds to see the man in different moments that looked like they were coming from another life. Still, in his memories, the man was happy, smiling, they were both happy and he couldn't understand why his eyes are getting filled with tears. That, until his gaze, would stop on the ring around the man's finger from the hand that was holding on his shoulder. 

"Can someone tell me what is my dead fiance doing here?" , Chanyeol asked. 

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And I oop-

EDIT: After reading your comments I realized I should ask for your point of view: to find out what happened in the past you want another chapter like the one with their first night together or you want somebody to tell the story in the next few chapters?