Legal Politics [Chanbaek/Saejun/BL]

9.

Park Chanyeol was embarrassed.

Yeah, honestly, my husband was so capable.

He was so busy, so smart, and he never turned his back on anyone no matter what happened.

I thought that not showing your back meant not showing any weaknesses.

Baekhyun Byun never turned around first.

Baekhyun steps back, but doesn't turn around.

A seemingly never-ending argument was ended with just one word.

What should I do?

Chanyeol was speechless at those words.

The argument went on longer than expected, and Baekhyun, who was extremely sensitive, didn't throw the cup in the bedroom because he knew it was his fault.

Park Chanyeol asking if he knew what day it was was the final line, the last countdown until the headache medicine he had just poured himself took effect, reminding Baekhyun what day it was.

You can forget. You're busy. You can forget, and it can be hard. It hurts right now. But still, for me, even now.

It was only then that Baekhyun realized.

Sorry, it's too late to eat, so let's watch a movie. Let's go for a walk along the Han River. At least let's hold hands. Shouldn't we be saying those things?

Baekhyun didn't even say a word of apology to Chanyeol.

I have to admit it.

Chanyeol was so tired, so hurt, so lost, he wanted to leave. He didn't have the confidence to face Baekhyun any longer.

Until the trial, we decided not to see each other.

"We're a couple," he swallowed back. Any further comment would be dangerous for both Baekhyun and himself.

Now that the headache medicine is starting to take effect and the contact lenses are falling out of Baekhyun's eyes because they are so sore, Chanyeol's heart that was filled with anticipation and love is draining away like the tide, and his desire to escape this situation is flooding in like the tide due to fatigue and anxiety, so it's like they're having a meal together.

I knew when to stop and I knew the line.

Baekhyun Byun probably knows too.

I was so overcome with emotion that I made a slip of the tongue to my husband.

Chanyeol, meanwhile, was grateful for the flawless gap he had shown me.