Angst ~ Somewhere

{ Somewhere Only We Know }

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Jasmine ~ you

I passed by that place again, and it was the fifth time during this week did I walk pass that place and have the memories of it cling and shake in my mind.

It's been a year already Jasmine. Get over it and him. He treated you horribly, you should move on. I thought as I walked through this place again in the chilly Seoul afternoon.

Even though twelve months, fifty two weeks, three hundred and sixty five days, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty five hours have passed, I have never forgotten his warm smile, his almond eyes and his presence.

They always seemed to haunt me and made me feel in disbelief when I suddenly saw him in my apartment many times when he actually wasn't there.

With a mending heart and shattered courage, I meekly made my way inside our favorite cafe.

"Oh? Jasmine! Long time no see!" The cafe owner waves as he wipes his hand on his apron.

"Taehyung-sshi annyeong." I bowed and smiled.

"The regular?" He asks as I pause.

He still remembers? I bet Baekhyun doesn't.

"Y-n-Yes please." I stammered and handed him my money.

"So how it going with Baek hyung? I haven't seen you two for like a year already! Did you two marry or something?" He asks as he begins to make my- our special drink.

"It's the opposite of that, actually. We broke up." I whisper.

Taehyung hears and spits out a, "I'm sorry."

"Ah kwenchana. It's nothing really. Thanks V." I say as he finishes with my drink.

"Take care Jasmine." V says and waves before I leave. I give him a nod and a weak smile as I opened the door and revealed the cold air around me.

My feet made my way to our secret place again, and this time, I entered with a heavy heart and fresh batch of courage.

I imagined ouselves sitting together, talking, laughing, having the time of our lives. But that was all ruined.

Those women had taken him away from me. And I couldn't do anything about it.

I stayed here in the silence and cold atmosphere while drinking my sweet hot cocoa - a drink we both loved.

I sighed and watched the wisps of my breath fly and disappear in the air.

Everything's so cold... I thought.

My phone buzzes, and I wonder why. There shouldn't be anyone texting me.

My eyes widened in shock when I saw the messenger.

I unlocked my phone and stared at the text message he sent me.

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Baekhyun

Please Jasmine, I can't take this anymore. Can't you give me another chance?

-

After being heartbroken and scarred for so long, you decide to finally do this to me?

Another buzz vibrated in my hand.

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Baekhyun

I'll explain everything. Just please, hear me out. I want to talk. I'll tell you the truth. Meet me there today?

-

And I gathered myself and quickly left like an unnoticed thief.

•

Baekhyun ~ << The Forced >>

I wait for Jasmine's reply,but she never said anything back. I sigh as I look at the clock in my office and quickly shut my phone as the door clicks open.

"Doing your work son?" My regally dressed mother asks as I pick up my pen and looked around my paperwork.

"Yes mother. I'm almost done." I say as I feel her eyes piercing through me.

"Why don't we have a family dinner tonight? Now that you're married to Taeyeon, your father and I would like a dinner together."

"I'm sorry mother. I have a meeting about the new resort project tonight." I say, knowing that the information was indeed true.

"Ah yes. It's a shame. Maybe next time."

"Yes mother." I answer with a monotone as I shuffle my papers around. "And like you say- If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results."

My mother interrupts me. "Yes my dear Baekhyun. Yes, that's correct. I will be leaving now, and make sure that you have a day available for all of us to eat dinner together." Mother says as her personal butler escorts her out of my office. As she leaves, I stand up and bow and sit back down when I heard the door click.

I plop down on my chair with a loud sigh, and I lean back and put my arm on my forehead. I turn my chair around to face the window, and I see the sky gradually turning from a light blue gray to an indigo black.

I also look at my reflection, and I think, Will she be there?

I let out another agonizing sigh, and wish that my life was much easier than this. But it was her fault, and mine as well.

Even if I tried to escape my sad fate, mother would very likely find me no matter where I hide, and drag me away from Jasmine, the one I truly love.

And this did happen, because we aren't together anymore. My mother is the reason why, and I can't do anything about it.

I wonder why I'm so useless sometimes, playing as her pawn so that our status as a Byun was known worldwide. The guilt drives me crazy sometimes, making me drink alone and blink away sleepless nights.

All day and night, I always get distracted by Jasmine, the girl who understood. No one ever tried to understand me as a person, except her. She was my light, she was the one that knew who I was for me. Everyone else sees a fake man fabricated by myself.

"I miss you Jasmine." I whispered as I took a deep breath, feeling even more lonely in my quiet office.

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At 7:30 p.m., I briskly make my way to my car, and drive as fast as I could to that place. I just finished my meeting { well more like skipped it } and is hoping in my heart that Jasmine will be there, like she always was.

I arrive at my destination, a secret garden that we both knew about. I shut the car door and immediately ran inside, and searched for her presence, but all I found was a ghost.

She wasn't here.

Huffing for breath, I sat down and ran my fingers through my hair in frustration.

Jasmine, why can't you come and just listen to the truth?

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"We have something very special to announce Baekhyun." Mother says as I sit on the couch at home.

"What is it mother?" I ask, looking at my parents.

"Starting from today, for the sake of the company's future, you will be married to the daughter of the K Group, Kim Taeyeon." Father says as if on cue, high heels click the ground in front of us in the hallway.
My face loses color, and I blink multiple times. Are they playing a joke on me?

There stood a young woman who was older than me, who would be my wife.

"B-But what about Jasmine?" I asked, thinking about my girlfriend.

"You two will need to break up. You have one week Baekhyun. If you fail, you know the consequences." Mother said coldly as Taeyeon stands in front of us and bows.

"Baekhyun, this is Kim Taeyeon, your fiancée." Father announces as I made a face.

"I am not getting married." I say gritting my teeth and standing up, running towards the front door.

"B-Baekhyun!" I heard the girl call me.

"Mr. Lee, don't let him-" I heard mother say to my butler as father interrupts her.

"Just let him go. We'll deal with this later."

•

Jasmine ~ you

Another buzz erupted from my phone. It was the third day that Baekhyun had contacted me, and I was surprised that he didn't give up.

What does he want anyways? Didn't he cut all our ties before he left me? Doesn't he have a wife now? Why is he still doing this?

A ring fills the air, and I realize that it was my ringtone. I pick up the phone to see B.B and I sigh. He wants to call now, huh?

I decline the phone call, and ten seconds later, my phone rings again.

I huff in anger, and I declined the call again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And- "You are getting on my nerves Byun Baekhyun. What do you want?" I hissed into my phone.

"J-Jasmine. You actually picked up. I want to-" And I declined the phone call, again.

I ruffle my hair in annoyance.

My phone rings, again. Let's just get this over with Jasmine. Let's stop running away.

"Fine. I'll give you a chance. I'll meet you there today at three." I say as I ended the call immediately.

-

I check my phone unconsiously, and I put my hand on my heart, which was beating as loud and fast as ever.

Why am I like this? I thought I got over him for months already. He already has a perfect fiancée, so why would he bother to come and meet with me?

My nervous eyes dart around to find his figure, but no luck. I check my phone for the time again.

3:10 p.m.

Did he set me up? Why is he late? I thought, knowing that Baekhyun was a man that was always on time, no matter what.

And just when I sigh, and get up to leave, the familiar figure of Byun Baekhyun was holding two drinks in his hands as he bent over to catch his breath.

"Jasmine.... I'm sorry..... I... had to.... leave.... buy.... you.... a drink...." Baekhyun says between pants. "I'm sorry I made you wait."

"I-I thought you set me up." I stammered, surprised.

"I'd never set you up..." he says, handing me a cup in his hand. "Because I still and always will love you." Mr. Byun Baekhyun says, making my eyes widen as his eyes meet mine.

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It is now half an hour later, and we're currently sitting on a bench, drinking our hot cocoa.

Things got awkward for me for the last thirty minutes, and it was even more awkward with Baekhyun sitting next to me.

"So... the marriage with Taeyeon-sshi is just an arranged marriage?" I asked, my mouth dry.

After all this time of sadness and worry, after Baekhyun's overly strict mother telling me, visiting me in person as she says that Baekhyun is in love with Taeyeon-sshi.... it was all fake?

"I'm so sorry for telling you just now Jasmine. My mom literally cut ties between us the best she could. And now that I'm..." Baekhyun says, turning my direction and chokes, "Married... I know that I will be with you in the future. I don't want my own arranged crappy life anymore. I want to escape and marry you. And that is my own personal choice, and not my parent's."

Baekhyun looks at me with his sweet almond eyes, and I tear up.

"She.... she told me all sorts of things. Y-Your mom, she'd tell me that you were madly in love with her and.... and that Taeyeon was pregnant." I sobbed. "T-Taeyeon would try to bring me down by sending me pictures of you two looking so in love... I honestly thought that you left me forever, broken." I say, feeling a surge of anger rushing through my veins. "I thought that you- You loved her! And you just crawl back to me to say that you love me?! You stupid, horrible-"

And Byun Baekhyun shut me up with a kiss.

"All that isn't true Jas. My mom just didn't want you chasing me, to stop you from loving me..." Baekhyun says sadly.

Tears flowed down my face, I struggled in his arms, and I... I just couldn't move away.

He is the only one who can make me feel this way. No one else can.

He's my light, my life, and the other women in his life took him away from me.

I won't let him go anymore. I won't let go...

•

Baekhyun ~ << The Escaper >>

It was two nights after my last encounter with Jasmine. Now, I'm sitting at the dinner table at my parent's house, having a meal with my 'wife,' Taeyeon.

"How was the meeting today abonim?" Taeyeon asks my father as he wipes his mouth.

"There are many things to prepare and finish." My father replies as I look at the family before me.

"I heard that the new resort at Jeju-do should be almost done. When will abonim and omonim have time? I want the four of us to have a vacation together."

"Why that's a lovely idea Taeyeon." Mother states with a small, polite smile. "I think we should go as soon as the resort opens. Honey, doesn't the resort open in two weeks?" Mother asks father as he nods.

"Baekhyun is in charge of the details and building progress, so I believe that the questions should be answered by him." Father says as the clinks of silverware sings as silence invites itself into our polite dinner.

"Well Baekhyun?" Mother asks, anticipating the news that I will tell her. "How is the new resort?"

I clear my throat as Taeyeon and my parents turn to look at me, still eating. I set my utensils down and wipe my mouth and say, " Everything is doing great. I'm supposed to have my assistant Sehun tell me the news of the construction tomorrow." I respond as I see the satisfied looks in their faces.

"That's good. We should have a toast to your hard work Baekhyun." Mother says as we all raise our glasses filled with white wine. "To Byun Baekhyun and the new project." Mother raises her glass as we follow, clinking our glasses together and taking a sip.

I place my glass down and say, "If you will excuse me, mother, father, and Taeyeon. I must attend to my bedroom to check up on the project. My assistant Chanyeol was to send me important papers concerning the construction of the resort. Please excuse my leave." I say and stand up from my chair. I bow to my family and head towards upstairs.

It's true that one of my most trusted friends, Chanyeol was sending me something. But what's not right was what Chanyeol sent to me.

After conversing and confessing my still profound love for my Jasmine, we've both come up with a conclusion. We were to leave Seoul and live by ourselves, far away where no one will recognize us or ruin our relationship.

My teary Jasmine reluctantly agreed, and we found our spark again after a year.

I've lost Jasmine to the lies and threats of my mother and my fiancée. I'm not losing her again. And I wasn't taking no for a reason.

I checked my phone to see if Chanyeol sent me the plane tickets. He did.

Now all we need to do is to leave the country without anyone noticing, not even my parents or Taeyeon.

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"I can't believe that you have to go overseas for business." Taeyeon says, folding clothes in our room as I continue packing my suitcase. "Will it take a long time?" she asks.

"I might take a while, considering how long Mr. Hashimoto wants me to stay. It's an important meeting, so I'm not sure." I say.

"Will you be ok by yourself in Japan?"
"Yes I will."

"I'll miss you." Taeyeon says, hugging my from behind as I find myself frozen from her unfamiliar touch.

I sigh and turn around to face her with a small smile. I pat her head and I zip up my luggage, and walk out of the room as I leave Kim Taeyeon and my family behind forever.

-

<< author's point of view >>

As the night where Byun Baekhyun was boarding the plane for Japan for his 'important' meeting with Mr. Hashimoto to Japan, he met up with his beloved Jasmine. The two have already conversed where to meet, so that the guards of the Byun family would not notice anything.

You see, Baekhyun was supposed to sit in the First Economy on plane AZ5420 for the trip to Japan, but he passed through security with a flash and was patiently waiting for his Jasmine to meet him at the waiting area.

Earlier, when he walked pass security, Byun Baekhyun immediately disposed of his electronic belongings in a trash can after somewhat destroying them to make sure that his family doesn't use a GPS to track him when he'll be in America with Jasmine.

He checks his new ID and cards, and in addition to the money he took out from his own bank account.

Baekhyun used a lame excuse of buying many expensive items for his family while he's in Japan to fool his mother. And he couldn't believe that his sharp mother had bought the act.

He even checks Jasmine's things, making sure that their names and social security numbers were alright.

Everything's almost perfect. Baekhyun thought, still waiting for Jasmine.

Jasmine, however, was just finally walking away from the security and baggage check, and made her way towards the bathroom, where she also disposed of her phone.

She makes her way to the waiting area that Baekhyun promised to meet her, and she lights up when she sees the love of her life looking at her.

"Passengers of plane AK6530 for America, passengers of plane AK65308 for America, you may proceed to board the plane." spoke the intercom as the two rejoiced silently in each other's arms.

They quickly make their way towards the front of the line, and they are the first four to board the plane that had a new future waiting for them.

And all they can do now is pray that they'll safely and secretly arrive at America happy and free.

-

"Madame Byun, the young master did not pick up his phone for two hours already." Mr. Kim, the Byun's butler says. "Young master has already arrived in Japan for two hours already."

Wouldn't it make sense for a person to check their phone once they're off the plane?

Mrs. Byun contemplates to herself, and tells herself and her husband that Baekhyun must be busy already with his plans with Mr. Hashimoto, one of their important business partners.

Hours pass, then days. And still, no sign of Baekhyun saying anything about his trip to Japan. Even the Byuns couldn't track him from his phone.

As Mr. and Mrs. Byun were desperate to know where exactly Baekhyun was at, they contacted his friends, relatives, and even... and even his old girlfriend, miss Jasmine as well.

"I'm sorry. But the person you are trying to contact has-" the lady in the phone says as Mr. Byun yells and throws the phone onto the floor with a crash as his wife looks at him worriedly.

"Mr. Byun!" Mr. Shin, another one of their most trusted butlers, runs into the living room out of breath and bows. "The young master has left his electronic devices at the airport, and we have also found miss Jasmine's phone at the airport as well. It seems that the two have left on another plane from the CCTV. Young master is not in Japan. I apologize for not knowing this earlier."

Baekhyun's father clenches his hands and his mother widens her eyes in surprise as she fans herself with her hands. Meanwhile, the poor Taeyeon eavesdrops behind a wall and silently cries, knowing too well that her husband that she liked had escaped and ran away from her and his family.

-

One year later...

Jasmine ~ << The Happy >>

It's been almost a year and a month since we've left, and we're happier than ever. Baekhyun and I own our own restaurant-café, and we're getting pretty popular these days.

We've actually been found by Baekhyun's family not long ago, but that was four months ago. His family finally realized that Baekhyun running away with me to America was all their fault, and they realized that we were happy, so they actually left us alone.

And onto Taeyeon unnie, she also knew the truth and forgave us for doing something like this. Baekhyun and unnie actually got divorced for real with no hard feelings, and I heard that unnie's a famous rookie star in Korea. She's a soloist, and I've been rooting her on ever since.

As for Baekhyun and I, well, we could finally have the future we've been waiting so long for. We were going to get married in just two weeks, and I've been meaning to surprise him with a little present inside of me when we do get married.

Baek junior, maybe when you're older, omma and appa can tell you our sad but happy ending story.

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yay update! I thought that the ending kinda sucked, but happy endings are always nice, no?

anyways, happy sunday! ^^

@xoxo_annie_exo