What does it matter if it's a secret? As long as we're dating, that's fine.
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Baekhyun
You're divorced, what else can you add?


Finally, I arrived at the warehouse from Chairman Muldiman's office. I arrived before the blaze had completely engulfed the warehouse.


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No, this is a big company, but there's no time to joke around like, "Why isn't anyone coming?"


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"Baekhyun!!! Baekhyun, are you still in there?!!!!"


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"Ji.. Ji-eun? Ji-eun!!!!!"


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"Baekhyun!! Are you okay?!!"


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"Ji-eun, get away from the door!"


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"No, I'll save you."

In order to break the lock, he picked up a large rock nearby and started hitting the lock.


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"Just wait a moment. I'll get it out for you."


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"Ji-eun..."


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"I will definitely save you. That's why... That's why..."

A voice filled with tears came out at the thought that Baekhyun might die.


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"Ji-eun, are you crying?"

No. If I show weakness now... If I become weak now, I will lose to Park Chanyeol.


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"I'm not crying."

I kept hitting the lock. I kept hitting it even though tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't see. Oh no! I hit the lock with that big rock. It cut off my hand.

Blood flowed out profusely. It was only a matter of time before the fire spread throughout the warehouse, faster than the amount of blood flowing out of me, so I couldn't help but feel pain.


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"Why!! Ji-eun, what's wrong?"


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"No, it's nothing."

A long time passed after that. I kept pounding on it. Why won't it open? Please open! Open!โI thought to myself, over and over again.


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"Ji-eun, I can't breathe now."


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"Just wait a moment.."


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"I should have listened to you... I didn't listen to you and this is what happened..."


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'Just wait and see, Park Chanyeol... I will never let Baekhyun die!'

I slammed it down hard. It opened. I untied all the chains that had been holding the padlock together and opened the door.


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"Baekhyun!"


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"Ji..Ji-eun.."


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"Here..."


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"You're awake!! You're in the hospital!"


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"Are you crying? Because of me..?"


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"You can't do without me.."

She said it with a smile while crying. "I really can't do it without you." If Ji-eun hadn't come to work today, I wouldn't have seen her face again.


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"Thank you for saving me."

As he spoke, a smile on his face, I noticed his hand was bright red. I took his hand in mine and examined the wound. It was a deep, almost punctured wound.


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"What?! Why are you like this!! It's bleeding!!!"

He twisted and pulled away the hand Baekhyun was holding, saying, "It's nothing, don't worry about it," and hid his wound.


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"Because of me... I'm sorry..."

Words I didn't want to hear came out of his mouth. "I'm sorry," he said, "I'm sorry," but they weren't words I needed to hear.


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"Don't say sorry. I don't want to hear it from you."



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"what?"


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"I did it because I wanted to, so don't say you're sorry."


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"Yeah. But was it okay?"


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"Huh? What?"


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"There must have been a lot of people by the time we got here..."


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"Oh, I guess it was because I only saw you from there until I got here, so I didn't even think about that?"


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"thank you"

After that, a few days passed. Nothing happened for a few days after that. So, I stopped thinking about Park Chanyeol because I thought he might have given up on me, and I haven't been in contact with him since I broke up with Junmyeon oppa.

I went to Baekhyun's previous company just in case he was going to work, but he wasn't there. So I don't know where he is now. Then I got a call.


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"Yes, hello?"

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"Oh, are you by any chance Kim Junmyeon's guardian?"

Finally, the moment I thought I had contacted my brother.


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"Yes? I'm not your guardian. I'm just a younger sibling you know. Are you with Junmyeon oppa by any chance?"

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"No. I wonder if you have a guardian..."


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"No, he's not here. Oh, if you have something to say, just tell me."

I heard the author's voice from the room and was about to go out to the living room when the author suddenly became quiet, so I asked, "What's that?" and came out. It seemed like the author had hung up the phone and came out quietly.


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"Ji-eun, what is it?"

When I spoke behind Ji-eun, Ji-eun turned around and said, "Baekhyun-ah." - She was crying.


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"Why? What's going on? Why are you crying?!"


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"Ugh... My brother... is dead!!!"

It was an unexpected statement. Wiping away tears, Ji-eun cried loudly and said in a choked voice that she had died. I couldn't believe it, so I asked again. Watching her grab Ji-eun's shoulder and wipe away tears, I said, "What...what? Say it again."

However, when I said to the mute Ji-eun, "Oh... oppa? Are you really the one I think of?", she nodded. All the strength left my body. Memories of that day flashed through my mind.


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"If you get married, call me."

At that time, I was resentful that I couldn't ask Junmyeon-hyung, who looked so lonely as if he was breaking up with someone, where he was going.