Baekhyun looked in the mirror.

He ran his fingers across the his right eyebrow, tilting his head so he could examine more of his face. There was still a slight bruise above his eyebrow and cuts along his hairline but other than that his wounds had mostly healed and faded. He tilted his head further to the left and tried to find the wound he had got in the side of his head but before of his thick hair, he couldn't see it. He guessed that had healed too.

Maybe in a few more days they will finally disappear. Baekhyun thought, leaning away from the mirror.

They had to go to the doctors again today, for a checkup on how he's been doing it. Baekhyun dreads it every time but he has no choice but to go.

While he was waiting to leave the house, Baekhyun thought about when he might receive the next phone call from Chanyeol. You could say it took his mind of the hospital for a while.

The previous night, The phone called seem to have gone on for hours and hours and it was like neither of them wanted to put it down. And surprisingly, Baekhyun actually thought he slept better then, than any of the nights before. He didn't know if that was specifically because of Chanyeol but he thanked him nonetheless.

As soon as Baekhyun picked up his phone to check the time, it began to ring in his hands. This time, instead of just a number, the name read Chanyeol. Baekhyun grinned to himself after he had just been thinking about the boy and clicked the answer button.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to speak for long but I'm happy to talk until then" Baekhyun said as soon as the phone hit his ears, not giving the other side a chance to speak.

"Ok" Chanyeol chuckled. "Why can't you stay for long? You going somewhere?"

"Yeah, unfortunately. I'm being dragged out the house."

"Anywhere nice?"

"If you call the hospital a nice place then, yeah sure."

Chanyeol laughed even though he sounded slightly uneasy. "Well they have nice people who do nice things so surely that does in fact make it a nice place"

"You know what I mean" Baekhyun said. "What are you doing today?"

"Oh not much."

"Come on, tell me something" Baekhyun laughed. He felt that it was slightly unfair that Chanyeol probably knew more about him than Baekhyun knew about Chanyeol. "Tell me one of your hobbies, I want to know what you like to do"

"Oh.. um.. I like to play guitar...And some times piano. I also sometimes like to make my own songs, but I don't think I'm that good yet" Chanyeol answered with his soft voice.

"I don't believe it" Baekhyun remarked. "Maybe you should show me sometime and I'll decide for myself whether it's any good"

"I'm not sure about that..." he laughed awkwardly.

"Why not?"

"I'm shy when playing around others. And I'll be even more so if your there"

Baekhyun sat down on his bed and looked at his clock on the bedside table. He had to go soon.

"That's cute" He replied. "You don't have to play around anyone else. I want to hear it for myself."

"Yeah but that's—"

Chanyeol got cut off by Baekhyun's mother calling from downstairs, telling them they need to leave for the hospital now. "A-ah, I have to go!"

"Okay, bye baek"

He clicked end call and quickly put his phone in his pocket before making his way to his mother.

---

"Looks like you don't need to crutches anymore" the Doctor laughed, holding a clip board on his lap, with several papers attached.

Baekhyun glanced to his mother from the chair he was being interrogated from and after seeing her warm smile, he faced the Doctor and nodded.

The Doctor smiled and waited a moment before he carried on. "Have you experienced any kind of pain since I last saw you, Baekhyun?"

He shook his head in reply. Well it wasn't completely true but he knew it wasn't anything to be worried about. Baekhyun knew he could easily get over that with a bit more time.

"What about sleep?" The Doctor asked. "Have you been sleeping well? Eating well?"

Baekhyun nodded again but soon realised there were two questions. "Sleep is fine." He said quietly. "Mom says I eat well too"

The man looks over to his mother for confirmation and she nods her head. He turned back to Baekhyun. "That's good to hear. Well, we are just going to go over a few things again just to check and make sure everything is completely fine. That's ok right, Baekhyun?"

Baekhyun nodded and asked himself why the man had to talk to him like he's 7 years old. He just wanted them to do whatever they had to do and get on with it so he could escape from this place. Baekhyun had already visited this place more than he would ever want to.

Once Baekhyun was free to go he had to wait in his mothers car while she picked up drinks from the cafe inside the hospital.
During that time in the car, Chanyeol's name came to his mind. He felt the sudden urge to talk to the boy even if he knew his mother would come back within a few minutes. Baekhyun wondered again what Chanyeol looked like, he never realised how hard it was to imagine someone he can't even remember meeting, the only thing he had to go on was the guys voice.

Baekhyun wondered if he should ask Chanyeol to send him a selca just so he could see who it was he was talking about, but he quickly rethought about that idea. Sounds creepy and unnatural. Maybe I'll meet him one day.

Baekhyun then pulled out his phone and went to his recent calls. He pressed on the information button and added him to his contacts and typed in all he know about him , which by the way was not a lot. Then instead of calling Chanyeol, Baekhyun clicked on send message and typed something in.

To: Chanyeol
From: Baekhyun

Have you been practising your songs ready for me to hear?

[sent 12:47]

Baekhyun smiled to himself before switching off his phone and switching on the radio in the car. An acoustic sounding song was playing and it somehow distracted Baekhyun, leading him to imagine Chanyeol playing a cover to this song, strumming his guitar and singing a soft heart warming melody.

He almost got lost in his thoughts until a buzzing in his lap steered him off course.

To: Baekhyun
From: Chanyeol

I never fully agreed to this

[sent 12:51]

Baekhyun tried to frown but his grin was exploding from his face as he couldn't contain this feeling inside of him.

To: Chanyeol
From: Baekhyun

Awh ㅜㅜ

[sent 12:53]

Baekhyun lifted his head and saw his mother walking towards the car. By the time he looked back down to his screen Chanyeol had replied.

To: Baekhyun
From: Chanyeol

I'll think 'bout it

[sent 12:53]

Putting his phone face down while his mother got in the car, Baekhyun put his seatbelt on and took his drink out of his mothers hand. When he picked his phone back up with his free hand, Chanyeol had sent another message.

To: Baekhyun
From: Chanyeol

As long as it's just you and me yeah?

[sent 12:58]

To: Chanyeol
From: Baekhyun

Why would there be anyone else?   

[sent 12:59]

To: Baekhyun
From: Chanyeol

No reason.. I just don't want any of my friends there..

[sent 13:04]

Baekhyun almost laughed to himself but because his mother was next to him he stopped before he did. Baekhyun was confused to why Chanyeol would even say that, it's not like Baekhyun wanted any of his friends there either.

To: Chanyeol
From: Baekhyun

I don't recall asking for your friends to be there either so I guess that works out for both of us. Don't worry it'll be just the two of us.

[sent 13:05]

He felt as though he could shiver at his own words. Baekhyun regretted saying these words after Chanyeol didn't reply to his last message. He should have thought it through before he sent such an awkward message.

Baekhyun decided to try again and change it up slightly, because truth be told, he didn't quite want to stop talking right now when he had only just started.

To: Chanyeol
From: Baekhyun

I want to be the first to hear you before you come famous

[sent 13:26]

To: Baekhyun
From: Chanyeol

Can I call you? I want to hear your voice again.

[sent 13:30]

---

When Baekhyun got home, he never knew he could move so fast up to his bedroom. He had told Chanyeol to wait until he got home so then they could talk then.

After receiving that message from Chanyeol, it was as though Baekhyun almost lost his breath for a moment. He dug his teeth into his bottom lip to try and conceal his racing heart beat.

Everytime Baekhyun hovered his finger over answer call he became nervous and his face seemed to rise in temperature. And everytime he heard Chanyeol's smooth, angelic voice his whole body seemed to tingle with an electric current and got stronger with every word the boy said.

Baekhyun spent most of the night hiding up in his bedroom, on the phone to Chanyeol while resting on his bed. He obviously had to pause the call for a few things such as having dinner with his family but other than that, the two were practically glued to each of their phones.

Chanyeol made Baekhyun's days much more exciting when they spoke. As much as he loved his family, Baekhyun had spent these few months sitting quietly and alone trying to find something else to focus on rather than getting stressed over trying to walk up the stairs properly. It was hard to not admit to his family that he actually needed help in times like this. Baekhyun had just wanted to prove that he was strong and independent enough to heal on his own.

Chanyeol took his mind off all the crap he's been through and, truthfully, made Baekhyun feel as though he had energy that could last for years.

He made Baekhyun feel as though he's finally woke up.