By your side

Time alone

(BGM. Compass)




Everyone needs some alone time, and that time can either make for a better day or lead them down the wrong path. But isn't it a blessing to have someone to walk the wrong path with?




(Baekhyun's perspective)

When we first met, when I fell for you
What if I told you
If that were the case, would we still be dating? No, I guess I was just a coward. I guess I was anxious. If I were going to regret this much, when I was happy just knowing you wouldn't drift away from me, would I have grabbed you and talked to you? Seeing how I miss those days when we were friends, when we were so young, I think the outcome would be the same if I went back.
And you will eventually go away from me. If this is all a dream, if I had never met you in the first place, I wouldn't be in so much pain. I resent it so much. The me then and the me now

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(Yeoju City Point)
Originally, on a gloomy day, I thought about beer and took a beer to the Han River, but for some reason, my mood just kept plummeting down. In the end, I saw the end and cried. It was nice to be able to do something I couldn't do if I weren't a ghost, but I thought, "I'd rather not see Byun Baekhyun's eyes than the sky being indifferent. Why bother to see it?" As I opened the can again, I noticed the people around me who looked happy.
Couples, family, friends walking side by side, holding hands... I didn't know, but I thought I was okay, but the end of depression wasn't good. I guess I pretended to be cheerful. When my dad was absent, I tried hard not to know, so I didn't ask my mom, and I pretended to be happy because I was worried that my mom would have a hard time or that people around me would notice. And then, 3 years ago, Baekhyun found out. And I hated Byun Baekhyun for not saying anything. I wondered why he didn't say anything, why he was so nice to me, but now, I felt like the tangled threads of something that had been blocked up were unraveling, so I shook off my tears and headed to the hospital. But there was no one at the hospital. Neither my mom nor Byun Baekhyun. I headed to Byun Baekhyun's house, trying to hide my pounding heart.
But Baekhyun wasn't there either. The living room was lit only by moonlight, and when I entered the room, the computer was on. I approached the computer and saw that it was about astral projection, and on it was written, 'Before approaching death, stay in the place you loved.'
I tried to think in a hurry, but no matter how much I thought about it, my favorite place was the sea, and there were many seas, so where on earth should I go? At that time, Baekhyun's words came to mind.
When I was in middle school, I used to sit on the playground swing at night and look at the night sky.
Then Baekhyun sat on the swing next to me and complained to me that today was so hard.
"Lady, let's go to Jebu Island later, you and I, just as friends."
And you smiled at me.
‘Jebu Island.. It was Jebu Island, Jebu Island.. It’s Gyeonggi-do, right? How can I get here.. Let’s go first’ I said and went out to the living room, and at that moment the front door opened. Baekhyun looked at me, rubbed his eyes and said “Ha.. haha” with an unreadable expression as he approached me step by step.
Baekhyun looked at me and stroked my face.
"Yeoju... Kim... Yeoju... You, how much I!"
You hugged me and said to me:
"Hey, I like you. I didn't want to be friends with you. I regretted it when you became like that. I said I would protect you, but I was foolish and late, so I could only watch, so I couldn't protect you..."
"Baekhyun, me too"
".....what?"
"I like you too, I just realized it now"

Baekhyun looked distressed and in pain.
I approached Baekhyun and hugged him, patting his back.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry I knew I hated you but pretended not to know. I'm sorry."
We just hugged like that for a long time.




(Next episode)
And we lay in bed that night............

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"Ah!!!!!! Byun Baekhyun!!!!!!!!"