Legal Politics [Chanbaek/Saejun/BL]

12.

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Byun Baek-hyun,

It was a ceiling I had never seen before.

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Baekhyun, Baekhyun...

My eyes wouldn't open properly, and only a crackling sound escaped my throat from my dehydrated throat.

Chanyeol's face started to tear up as he saw Baekhyun unable to speak.

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Me... water,

The voice I managed to squeeze out was so cracked that it hurt everyone's throat. It felt like I was scraping my fingernails on a chalkboard.

After Baekhyun's trial was over and he checked out of the hotel, Chanyeol hesitated for a while and only unlocked the door when it got dark.

I was worried that the password might have been changed, but my worries were comically for naught as the door opened with a cheerful “beep-beep-beep” sound.

I opened the front door and walked down the long hallway, but Baekhyun was nowhere to be seen.

I thought that his pride was justified, and that he was just trying to close his eyes because he was tired.

I thought I was dying to see Baekhyun, but Baekhyun seemed to have no thoughts, so I felt sad again.

But that thought evaporated like an open can of acetone as he saw Baekhyun lying on the cold living room floor with his face pale.

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Baekhyun,

The bag was lying at Baekhyun's feet, as if he had dropped it, and he was wearing a coat that he hadn't taken off and a turtleneck that was quite tight around his neck.

This neat and tidy person wasn't the type of person to come home and lie down on the floor just because he was tired.

There was no way that Lee, who had a rule of showering twice a day, would do that.

The golden watch that Chanyeol had given her as a gift as a couple was shattered because she had hit the cold marble floor without resistance.

Suddenly, Chanyeol became anxious.

He was a person with a weak body by nature.

Even in my third year of high school, I couldn't overcome the stress and ended up in the hospital. My immune system was weak and I was very tired, so I was a walking general hospital and pharmacy.

If you open Baekhyun's bag right now, all kinds of medicine will pour out.

Baekhyun's body was cold.

If it were hot, I would have given him some fever reducer to lower his fever.

Scarily, Baekhyun was cold.

I should have been a little more careful, I should have noticed a little sooner. I should have been a little quicker, I should have hurried a little longer...

Park Chanyeol, who is so affectionate, was worried about Baekhyun even though he was the one who got hurt and left first.

I couldn't muster the courage to drive, so I called an ambulance. I felt like if I got behind the wheel, I'd cause a serious accident and end up in the defendant's seat.

Since when has this been happening? If only he had collapsed in the courtroom, they would have moved him sooner.

I should have done that even if it hurt my pride a little.

I was furious because my thin body, which had been following me without any trouble, seemed lighter than before.

I want to tell him to quit being a lawyer right now, but I can't tell him to give up the lawyer I wanted to be so badly, even though I sacrificed my body for him.

This is how Baekhyun spent his high school years. He wanted it so badly. He knew he'd studied so hard to become a lawyer, no matter what.

I just wanted to quit being a prosecutor and live at home with Baekhyun.