Once, twice, thrice.

After bowing down at the men who came to the funeral, Baekhyun quietly stood at the corner of the room again. Puffy eyes were clearly showing how broke he was. He might act like he did not care but Chanyeol knew that he loved his father so much.

Mr. Byun was smiling brightly in the photo frame surrounded by white chrysanthemums.

At that time while Chanyeol was staring at Baekhyun, the two policemen appeared at the entrance. To be honest, the taller did not expect to see Luhan's mother in handcuffs at Mr. Byun's funeral.

Chanyeol immediately diverted his eyes to Baekhyun and found the Byun's eyes in shock, but he did not show any facial expression. If Chanyeol was in Baekhyun's place, he would have call the guards and pull her out. However, unlike Chanyeol, Baekhyun was too calm.

"Why are you here?"

Baekhyun asked. Instead of an appropriate answer, she knelt down all of a sudden in front of Mr. Byun's photo.

"Forgive me."

"How dare you ask for a forgiveness when you haven't offered any apologies yet?"

Chanyeol had never seen this cold hearted side of Baekhyun. The boy was standing right beside her with his fist clenched tightly, it seemed like he was going to punch him in any seconds from now on.

"How dare you!"

Chanyeol didn't expect it for sure. The small figure suddenly lost control and fell but the taller managed to grab him into his embrace before his body touched the floor.

He was so pale.

Carrying Baekhyun in his hands, Chanyeol stood up and headed to the door as Baekhyun needed to rest right now. But before exiting, Chanyeol paused for a moment and said, "I hope not to see you again in front of our eyes, Mrs."

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Staring at the sign under the name Byun Baekhyun, Chanyeol quietly sighed and held the pen. He hoped the pen to run out of ink but his wish was unfulfilled. Mr. Shim was sitting quietly beside the lawyer and checking the situation, also he found out that both young men in front of him were forced by a certain pressure to sign on this divorce contract.

With a final sigh, Chanyeol placed his sign under his name and handed the contracts to the lawyer.

"So, from now on, Park Chanyeol and Byun Baekhyun are no longer related by law. As the compensation, Park Chanyeol will pay for the rest of the education for Byun Baekhyun."

It was really the end after all the things happened.

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Time flew. Seasons changed. People aged. Tokyo was as beautiful as ever and Baekhyun liked its weather, too. After staying there for four years of his study, Japan became his favorite place. By the way, it was his graduation day.

Unlike others, he did not have any parents to come greet him on such day and did not have any lover to give a congratulating kiss on his cheek. He was all alone.

"Baekhyun, congratulations on your graduation!"

It was his favorite professor of all time. The old man gave him a bouquet with beautiful white roses and Baekhyun almost cried that he appreciated it so much.

"Shall we take a photo together?"

The old professor said with a smile on his face and Baekhyun nodded.

"This is your graduation, you should be happy, young man. Hey, cameraman, take a photo of him smiling brightly."

The professor grabbed the nearby camerman's arm and said. Baekhyun laid his eyes on the cameraman's hair colour because it was orange. He even thought of changing the hair color to orange.

"Smile brightly, kid. Think of your love."

Maybe he really obeyed his professor's words that he smiled so brightly. Yes, he smiled brightly while thinking of a certain tall and handsome guy who had a dimple and big ears.

Holding the bouquet, Baekhyun accidentally found a gift card hanging from a rose. It said, congratulations honey, and Baekhyun laughed out loud when he thought his professor wrongly grabbed the card.

But, he did not know a tall and handsome guy thanking his professor for something. He did not know that the tall guys' fingers were torn because of spiky white roses.

He did not know why the cameraman was wearing a mask and spectacles. And he also did not know when the tall guy hugged the cameraman and thanked for the photos he took.

He didn't know that he wasn't alone, too.

Well, Baekhyun would never know.

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It was already 9 o'clock in the morning but Baekhyun was still in his bed as the graduation party last night was kinda late and he was drunk. For so so reasons, he was not able to wake up at this time and lay in the bed peacefully, completely forgetting about having breakfast.

When he woke up, the clock was striking 11 but he didn't get out of his bed. He graduated now and he decided to go back to Seoul. Even though he liked Tokyo, he loved to live in Seoul for the rest of his life.

He had already booked an airplane ticket to Seoul, he still had a day and a half to pack things as the flight time was tomorrow night. Since he did not have a lot things except his clothes and books, it was quite convenient to pack them in a short amount of time.

For the rest of the furnitures, he decided to donate them in places like the orphanage. He looked around the room and smiled. At least, when he returned Korea, he would never have to work as a bar waiter again.

The phone rang and Baekhyun grabbed his phone. He didn't expect an incoming call with South Korea code to be honest.

By any chance?

With a piece of hope in his mind, Baekhyun immediately picked up the call.

"Hello? This is Byun Baekhyun talking."

"Yes, I am Kang Min Dong, do you remember me? I was there for your divorce."

"Ah, that lawyer?"

"Yes, I am. Well, I know that it is too sudden to call you but as it is my work, I have to tell you."

"Uhm, yes?"

"Starting from now on, a part of the profits of the Park company will be yours. Since two years ago before the divorce, Park Chanyeol decided to schedule this plan and now, he gets the chairman title so with his agreement, the profits he has to get will be transferred to your bank account monthly from now on."

"Wait a minute, I have never agreed this kind of thing."

"Yes, Mr. Park did it as a secret because he knew that you would deny it."

"I want to talk with him."

"But he doesn't take any meeting directly. You can talk with his personal assistant."

"I don't want Mr. Shim! I just need to see Park Chanyeol and talk with him."

"To be honest, he won't like to."

"Why? What is the actual reason?"

"Sorry, I cannot tell details. My job to notify you about the profits ends here so have a nice day, Mr."

The call ended and Baekhyun tried millions of times to call that number back but it was out of service since the line went dead. He did not have a clue about what was going on.

Why did Chanyeol all of a sudden transfer his profits to him? Baekhyun never asked for any money except for his education.

"Why..?"

The mystery remained unsolved.

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Baekhyun loved the feeling of returning home. He loved hearing Korean language instead of Japanese. He loved seeing teokbokki instead of sushi.

He loved Seoul's atmosphere. Instead of going to his home, Baekhyun chose to go to Chanyeol's company. Standing in front of the company with a luggage, everyone stared at him like a strange thing but Baekhyun did not care.

He needed to get inside and meet Chanyeol no matter what happened. But, he looked at the amount of security guards at the entrance and shook. He passed the entrance without trying so hard in the past but now, it seemed like a huge obstacle.

After an idea flashed in his mind, he came inside with a poker face. As expected, the securities stopped him.

"What is the matter?"

"Uhm, I am a new one at the cleaning department. Can you look after my luggage for a minute? I will be right back after informing the chief."

Baekhyun said and fortunately, the security didn't ask him for further informations and let him go in. First step completed and Baekhyun ran towards the locker room where the cleaners changed into uniform.

Thanks God that he still remembered the places he roamed around while waiting for Chanyeol in the past. After getting changed, he quickly grabbed a mop and got into the elevator. He put all his mighty and pressed the top floor.

He hoped Chanyeol wouldn't change the location of his room. It was only afternoon so even if Chanyeol wasn't there, he would come back to office for sure. Baekhyun assumed like that.

He easily reached the top floor and finding nobody at the secretary's place made Baekhyun a lot easier to enter the chairman's office room. As for Chanyeol's sake, Baekhyun knocked the door twice.

"Come in."

He had to admit that his heart fluttered a bit when he heard the deep voice he loved. But, he made up his mind. He didn't come here for falling in love again but to know the truth.

The door slammed open and he saw Chanyeol look towards the sound with his eyes wide open.

"How did you get in here?"

Chanyeol said and his hand reached the intercom,"Call the guards! Now!"

"No!"

Baekhyun immediately pushed away the mop when Chanyeol stood up and came towards him. Well, he couldn't be pulled away like this.

Baekhyun suddenly approached Chanyeol and torn the taller's shirt with so much force which left the taller in shock. Baekhyun took advantage of him being shock and pushed him to the couch behind him, got onto his lap and crashed his lips against Chanyeol's.

It was a perfect timing that as soon as their lips met, the guards appeared at the door then they saw them making out on couch. It was a forced and fake make out but Baekhyun acted so professionally that the securities quietly left the room.

When they left, Chanyeol slowly pushed Baekhyun away and wiped the saliva around his lips.

"Is that all you can do?"

"No! I can do more. Just tell me the reason you decided to transfer your money into my bank account!"

Chanyeol averted Baekhyun's gaze and it made Baekhyun angry.

"Cause it is originally the Byun's. Your father's property is yours, Baekhyun. No more no less. By any chance, if you came here thinking that I am still in love with you, then you are wrong."

Chanyeol grabbed Baekhyun's hips and carried him, then put him down on the couch.

"Don't come see me again. And in case you still have feelings one me."

Chanyeol handed him the newspaper and Baekhyun's world was destroyed on that day. The bold letters on the newspaper heading was quite terrifying for the Byun.

The Chairman of the Park Company, Park Chanyeol, is getting married in the near future

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TBC.

A/N : next part is final?