Getting information out of Jaemin wasn't as easy as Baekhyun had initially thought.

Jaemin was an interesting character. He was a lot like Baekhyun. Hyper, energetic, friendly. But Jaemin surely has some weird traits. He is surely stalling as much as time as possible and not talking about the topic they are supposed to talk about as much as he can. He is doing this intentionally and knowingly.

It has been over thirty minutes since Baekhyun and Jaemin came into the cafe Jaemin selected for them to meet. Jaemin wouldn't let Baekhyun leave whenever he tried to. Jaemin has talked about over twelve totally irrelevant topics and stories, while drinking his americano with four shots.

Well that explains his how he is so energetic all the damn time.

Whenever Baekhyun tries to ask his about Jian and what he meant the last day he told Baekhyun to keep an eye on her otherwise something bad would happen, he changes the subject. Baekhyun studied his gestures, ways of talking and understands that Jaemin is hesitating to tell Baekhyun anything. He seems to even regret telling Baekhyun anything the last day.

But Baekhyun is not going to move from here without getting the truth from him. He needs to know why he said that, his curiosity has been killing him. There might also be a chance that Jaemin was joking. In that case Baekhyun just quickly wants to get out of here.

"...that's how me and my friend Jeno got grounded.."Jaemin said laughing.

The clock showed that it had been exactly forty five minutes since he's been here, he had no more interest in Jaemin's stories and he had no patience left.

He stared at Jaemin's eyes and said,"Look Jaemin, it's all fun and cool and all..so when are you gonna talk about what we really are here for? I know that you're hesitating but this has just become annoying. I would rather ask Jian about what all this is about than.."

"NO!!"Jaemin shouted, shocking and receiving looks from everyone at the cafe. He smiled politely at them, indicating that everything was fine and saying sorry. Then he looked at Baekhyun and said,"Hyung! You can never tell Jian this! Ever! It's gonna cause a huge mess."

"So how about not wasting my time and telling me what the actually heck you were talking about."

"Hyung..you see.."Jaemin said,"Jian..isn't as normal as she looks.."

Baekhyun nodded. He knows.

Not everyone pulls a stunt like she pulled the first time we met.

Out of everything she might be..she definitely isn't normal.

"Well..is this why you called me here for? I know she isn't normal. I think everyone that has spent over five minutes with her knows..so I am going home now..you pay the bill for wasting my time!" Baekhyun said and was about to get up when Jaemin suddenly turned serious and said something that made Baekhyun sit back down.

"Jian has a past trauma with rain. So whenever rainy seasons come, it's better to be cautious around her."

Baekhyun looked at him. He looked awfully serious. No sight of joke.

Baekhyun went deep in thought. Trauma with rain? Be cautious around her?

A thought hit Baekhyun's mind like a lightning and terrified him for a moment there. He gulped before asking Jaemin.

"She isn't some psychopath serial killer that goes around killing people when it rains, is she?"

Please say no. Please say no. PLEASE.

Now that Baekhyun thinks of it, Jian does have psychopathic tendencies. Could she really be..

Suddenly an image of Jian standing at the foot of his bed in darkness while it's raining at night with a huge butcher's knife flashed in his head. Her short bob was flowing with the wind and a huge smirk was plastered on her face as she said,"I told you living here was a bad idea." The image felt so real, it sent shivers down his spine.

Jaemin frowned while looking at him for a second and then said,"What the heck, hyung? You do have some wild imagination there."

Baekhyun sighed in relief.

Jaemin continued,"Now that I think of it, it would be so much cooler."

Baekhyun raised his eyebrows,"Cooler?"

Jaemin nodded,"Anyways hyung. I can't tell you more than that. Please so as I say when the rainy season comes. If something is off about her, please call me and don't call grandma. She's already worried enough about Jian."

Baekhyun nodded.

Jaemin sighed,"It would've been so much easier if I wasn't in a relationship. Now I need to be with Minhee every second. That's why I can't look after Jian like the previous years."

Jaemin then went on a rant about how way it would've been if dating was f that hard. Baekhyun didn't pay heed to what he said, he just asked,"Hey. What kind of trauma did Jian go through?"

Jaemin stopped his rant about how Minhee is an amazing girl but she should try to understand him more. He looked really hesitant when Baekhyun asked that,"Hyung..that's not really my story to tell.."Jaemin then looked at the door of the cafe and smiled brightly,"Oh hey Minhee-ah!"

Baekhyun widened his eyes and went on a panic mode. He wouldn't be able to handle Minhee today..or any day to be honest. Jaemin looked at Baekhyun and explained how he was supposed to be on a date with Minhee after meeting him.

Minhee skipped to them and her eyes sparkled when she saw Baekhyun,"Oppa is also here!"

"Yes, hyung and I had some stuff to discuss!"Jaemin said while holding Minhee's hand.

"I was just about to leave!"Baekhyun quickly got up,"Bye.."

"No Oppa you can join us!"Minhee said without asking Jaemin, which saddened him a bit.

"No. Not today," or any damn day, "I have a lot of work today. You two enjoy your date. Bye!"

And then Baekhyun quickly walked out of the cafe before Minhee could stop him. Baekhyun sighed in relief when he finally got out of that cafe.

Gosh, dodged a bullet there!

As soon as Baekhyun stepped inside the house he saw that Jian was about to exit with two huge laundry bags. Grandma was in the living room and when she saw him she said,"Oh Baekhyun-ah, you came at the right time. Can you go with Jian to the laundromat?"

"Granny, I can go by mysel.."

Baekhyun cut her off by grabbing one laundry bag from her and telling grandma,"Sure!" And then he turned to Jian and signed her with his chin towards the door,"Let's go."

Jian rolled her eyes, she completely didn't like Baekhyun ruining her alone time like this, Baekhyun could tell but she stepped out of the door anyway.

On the way Jian had her AirPods on and she was humming to some upbeat song and totally ignoring Baekhyun's existence beside her.

Baekhyun doesn't know why he could not shake away the thought of her being a probable psychopath. He still kept thinking about that as he was looking at her.

High intelligence, lack of emotions, manipulation to get what she wants etcetera. All of these are psychopathic tendencies. Could she really not be a psychopath?

Baekhyun's trail of thoughts was broken when Jian looked at him, got one of her AirPods out and said,"Why are your staring at me?"

Baekhyun shook his head,"Nothing."

"Forget it then,"Jian said and was about to put in her AirPod but Baekhyun stopped her.

He was getting bored of this silence anyway. It is a good chance to break the silence,"So this Jaemin guy..when's he gonna go back to school?"

"This Monday,"Jian answers simply.

"So are you and him in the same section?"Baekhyun asked.

Jian nodded.

"Minhee too?"

"She's in a different section,"Jian said.

Baekhyun nodded, understanding,"After Jaemin's return you won't be lonely at school."

"Loneliness doesn't bother me though,"Jian said,"And to be honest sometimes it's better to be alone than being under Jaemin's protective behavior..he's like that mom friend who is unnecessarily overly protective, you get what I mean? He doesn't even listen when I try to say that I'm okay."

Baekhyun nodded.

"But he's a good guy,"Jian added. It was like she was talking to herself more than she was talking to him,"Stubborn. But a good one."

"He's Korean after all. As they say Koreans are nothing if they're not stubborn,"Baekhyun laughed after saying that.

Jian nodded,"You're right. Koreans are stubborn. There are so many things I don't understand about Korea and Koreans."

"Well..you can ask me if you have any query about Koreans..I can help you understand. What do you not understand?"

"Lots of Stuff. Especially the formal and informal way of speaking. I still struggle with it. I didn't have to worry about that in America."

"Adapting to Korean language might be hard.."Then a question came to Baekhyun's head,"Hey, May I ask why you left La and came to Korea when your parents are still there?"

Jian quickly answered,"Stuff happened.."she clearly didn't want to answer the question and Baekhyun didn't want her to stop talking to him now so it would be better to not push her to answer. Having a small talk was enough enjoyable for now.

Baekhyun looked ahead and was about to ask Jian to come to him if she wanted to learn the Korean language better, because even though she has been in Korea for over two years, her Korean is still not that great, her Korean vocabulary is really limited. Baekhyun was about to tell her that but that's when Jian dropped her laundry basket after seeing something and shouted loudly in English.

"THOSE FUCKING BASTARDS!"

Baekhyun was shocked by her sudden burst of anger and for a moment he thought the anger was directed towards him. The next things happened so fast that he couldn't even process the whole thing properly and stop Jian. Jian had already ran off and kicked a high school boy right at her face and punched another.

She was so furious that she didn't stop. She kept throwing punches and kicks at them and the two high schoolers were stunned. It took Baekhyun a few moments to understand the whole situation because it was too sudden. When he grasped the situation, he also dropped the laundry basket and ran to Jian to stop her from beating the crap out of the two boys. She had already done enough to scare the living hell out of the two of them.

Apparently Jian had seen the two boys, standing at the park, throwing rocks at a kitten that was stuck on a tree branch and hurting it badly. That got Jian furious.

Getting Jian to stop wasn't an easy job. By the time Baekhyun had pulled her away the two boys had busted lips, black eyes and were on their knees asking her for forgiveness.

"Trash,"Jian muttered angrily while Baekhyun was holding her shoulders tightly so she doesn't start beating them again,"Do you think hurting animals is fun? Just because they can't talk?"

"We are so..sorry.."one of them said,"We were trying to get it down."

"What?"Jian was about to lash out again but Baekhyun stopped her. Even he was scared by the way she beat the actual crap out of two boys of her age when she is way smaller than them.

"Baekhyun?"Jian called after taking a deep breath to calm her anger.

"Yeah?" Baekhyun asked.

"Take these trashes to police station and make sure to call and tell their parents what their amazing sons were up to. You can do it, right?"

Baekhyun nodded. A bit scared to refuse cause God knows what she might do if he refuses. Will he be the one beaten up and on his knees asking for forgiveness next?

"No please don't, we would never do it again,"One of the guys said.

Jian threw a glare at them, looked at Baekhyun and sighed at him to take care of them. Baekhyun quickly grabbed the guys by the back of their collars,"I will take them to the police station. What about you?"

"I have stuff to do,"Jian said and went into the park,"You go ahead. I will be there soon."

Baekhyun and the two boys stared at her as she climbed up the tree the kitten was on. Slowly sat on the branch it was on and delicately lifted the injured kitten even though the kitten was scared and protesting thinking Jian would hurt it. It scratched Jian on multiple places including her face but Jian didn't care and got it down and ran somewhere.

It didn't take long for Baekhyun to understand that she was taking the kitten to the vet.

A smile formed on Baekhyun's face as he looked at the two boys and said,"Let's get you two to the police station now, shall we?"

Being in the police station was always scary for Baekhyun given his occupation. But this time it was unnecessarily funny. Baekhyun took two of them in the police station and filed a report, their parents were called. Their parents freaked out seeing their beaten up face and they tried to cover up their sons faults. But none Baekhyun or the police officer we're having it. They were asked to to write a pledge on how they won't pull a stunt like this ever again and the inspector would keep it. But the parents were not backing down. That's when Jian came to the police station.

The parents were shocked to know that their sons were beaten up by her. They threatened to sue her for damages but Jian's scary and savage remarks put them back in place. The boys had to write the pledge and the parents had to pay for the treatment of the kitten. Jian didn't back down before she got the payment and saw the boys write the pledge.

Jian also had to write an apology letter to the boys for beating them up. She didn't want to cause she wasn't a least bit sorry. But Baekhyun talked her into it because it was the best option so she did.

After getting out of the police station, Jian looked at Baekhyun and said,"I'm gonna go to the vet to check up on the kitty. Do you mind going to the laundromat alone?"

"Let's go to the vet together. Then we can go to the laundromat," Baekhyun said.

"Okay I guess,"Jian said.

The vet's clinic wasn't too far from the police station. On the way Baekhyun saw a convenience store. He told Jian to go to the vet first cause he has to stop at the store. Jian didn't ask further and went to the vet alone.

Baekhyun went into the convenience store and bought a disinfecting kit and a few cute blue bandages and then ran to the vet.

In the vet's clinic Baekhyun saw Jian sitting on a chair with the bandaged kitten in her arms. She didn't notice his arrival yet. She had a small but noticeable smile on her face while looking at the kitten. Baekhyun also smiled seeing her smile. For the first time Baekhyun saw a bit of emotion in Jian's face.

Today was really hectic. But thanks to it, he feels his wrong interpretation of Jian was broken. She is definitely not a psychopath.

Empathy.

No psychopath has it.

But Jian does.

Jian suddenly raised her head and looked at him. She quickly put on a straight face in order to hide her smile.

"Oh you're back, I did the payment and the kitten would stay here for a few days before being handed to animal rescue teams. So we can go now."

"We can stay here more if you want,"Baekhyun smiled.

Jian frowned,"Why would I want to stay here? Let's go."

She got up and handed the kitten to the nurse.

"Yeah, But first we need to disinfect your wounds, ma'am," Baekhyun said and came and stood in front of her.

"What wounds?..oh..they're no big dea.."

Before she could finish Baekhyun had sat her down and got his cotton swab out of the bag and pressed it on the big scratch the kitten gave her across her nose.

"Ouch.."Jian hissed in pain.

"It'll be over soon,"Baekhyun said while crouching down to come face to face with her.

Baekhyun had failed to notice how close they were because he was focusing on applying ointment on all of the scratches she got on her face and hands. When he noticed finally he saw Jian staring at his eyes with an unreadable expression. That for some reason flustered Baekhyun. He quickly grabbed on bandaid and slapped it on her nose and then did the same to the scratches on her hand.

He stood up when he was finally done. He tried to avoid eye contact with her which he definitely found weird.

"Let's go,"Baekhyun said,"We have laundry to do."

Jian nodded and got up. He still was trying to avoid eye contact with her but when their eyes finally met he saw how innocent she looked with that kawaii nose band aid on her nose.

Cute.

Wait..what the heck??

Are you crazy Byun Baekhyun?

Baekhyun wanted to slap himself for thinking that. But before he could Jian had picked up a laundry basket and taken off. Baekhyun also took another basket and followed her. Baekhyun shook his head to clear up his mind and caught up with her. They walked the rest of the way in peaceful silence which Baekhyun didn't mind. Today Baekhyun feels like he got a step closer to this unpredictable teenager.

Well..that was such an eventful day!

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