ERIE’S POV

I couldn’t bear another word that airhead was saying so I did the first thing that crossed my mind. I made my route towards a shock stricken Baekhyun.

“Baekhyun-shi I know you don’t like me but I swear to anything that you want me too, I never wanted to take what has always been yours. You both need to sit and talk. Stop being a coward.” I looked towards Yeol “and you stop being an ass and talk for fuck’s sakes I am so tired of you acting as if you don’t care. Talk to him about what happened two years ago please Yeol please...”

I felt like breaking I couldn’t even talk for a moment. Even if Sehun and I weren’t at good terms for some undefined reason my mind cycled through emotions faster than a kid flipping TV channels. I went from level marshmallow to rocky road, fighting a mixture of competing emotions, each of them wanting dominance. I don’t know what the pain in my chest was but it hurt like a bitch. Taking out a USB I placed it in Baek’s hand.

“If the idiot doesn’t comes to talk to you, firstly: make sure he does by all means, secondly: if u fail then please listen to this and I know I shouldn’t ask you for this but if you do listen to this make sure everyone does I don’t want anyone here thinking I am some money thirsty whore.”

Before anyone could even say a word I dashed out of the cottage as fast as I could. I took a U-turn and went behind the cottage straight to my room. I picked up a stupid travel bag and packed a hoodie and a trouser in it. I also added some stuff like toothbrush and a face wash. I took some cash that Suho had given me. I placed my newly bought phone on my bed and I left. I don’t know where exactly I was going to go I just know there is a town 2 miles from this place and 2 miles is nothing for me anymore.

BAEKHYUN’S POV

It was after 5 minutes of Erie leaving the house that I came back in my senses and could manage to move. I scanned the hall and made eye contact with Suho. To say he was pissed was an underestimation. He was bathing in fire.

“THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?” He growled in anger. He went straight to Sehun, who I admit looked equally shocked, but no way was this going to stop him. Suho balled his shirt and diverted his attention towards him but Sehun didn’t dared to look at any of us, suddenly the ground was interesting to him.

“ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE? JUMPING IN CHEN'S BED? HIS FUCKING BED? SHE IS A WHORE? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU AND WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY BABY?”

He was screaming and shouting I would have done the same tho. But what surprised me more was the tear stained face that came in our view as soon as Sehun looked towards Suho.

“YOU ARE NOT MY CHILD GET THIS IN YOUR HEAD. I HAVE’NT TAUGHT ANY OF YOU TO DISRESPECT SOMEONE LIKE THIS. ESPECIALLY A WOMAN. YOU SHOULD BE GLAD I AM NOT AN ABUSIVE PARENT OR WHTEVER SHIT YOU CONSIDER ME. DO NOT COME INFRONT OF ME. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE YOU ARE THE SEHUN I KNOW. YOU COULD BE SOME FUCKING DOBLEGANGER FOR ALL I GIVE SHIT TO.”

“Hyung let me expl...”

“You think you have the right too?” This time it was Kyungsoo who spoke. “You called her a slut, a gold digger, a whore, someone who looks as ugly as a dead...uh...what was that you said? Slug? Yes slug. And you think you have the fucking right to explain?”

“I miss took…”

“You miss took a lot didn’t you?” this low sound was from no other than Park Chanyeol. When I looked at Yeol, I realized how sad he was. His face was full of utter shock and disappointment. My legs functioned on their own and I rushed towards him wiping his tear stained cheeks.

“What are you crying for?”

“She left Beak.”

“No Yeol she will come back she must be out in the garden getting air we all saw her going at the back.”

“You guys don’t know her I was hearing every move she made yet I couldn’t move. She packed some stuff and left you cannot even catch her scent anymore and this is my entire fault.”

As if on cue Lay and Xiumin ran to her room and the back garden. After a few minutes they came back.

“She is nowhere.” They concluded, which resulted in Yeol crying even harder and Suho trying to punch Sehun only to be kept in place by Jongin and Soo.

“YOU! ITS ALL DUE TO YOU.” Suho started again and then “Xiumin Chen go find her she wouldn’t have run that far.”

“Don’t underestimate her Suho she runs like Sehun I am pretty sure she disappeared but none the less we are going.” Chen said and he left with his car keys and a very worried Xiumin.

“Yeoliee hey look at me.” And he did. “We will find her okhey?” I looked over Sehun. “Yaaah go with them it’s your entire bloody fault I never thought I would scold you on…”

“It’s not his mistake Baek if only I didn’t rub our relation and made it looked like me and her were a thing nothing like this would have happened.”

“What... what do you mean?”

“Nothing. I will be in my room just tell me if you guys find her which I highly doubt you cannot get anything out of her if she doesn’t wants to let alone find her. And you...” he looked at Sehun and then suddenly with the speed of light he moved towards him and caught him by the collar. “If I ever find that you touched my best friend let alone kiss her, without her consent, I will chop of every single limb of yours and feed them to vultures.”

With that he left without even looking back. I wanted to ask Sehun about the kiss thingi but now wasn’t the time for it.

For the next two hours I tried going in his room by any method I could think, you name it I must have done it, I even tried my famouse chopsticks method. The house was nothing but a depression zone. With Suho pacing back and forth, Lay trying to comfort him but ending up shedding a few tears, Kyungsoo stress cooking and Jongin cursing every two minutes, a worried sick me, a Sehun who looked like he will commit suicide any next minute due to guilt and a giant yoda who isnt coming out of his bloody room. After one more hour passing we herd the car being parked and in came Xiumin and Chen with nothing but tension and disappointment on their faces.

“She was nowhere her scent disappears in the town probably gets mixed with something. We tried Suho we tried really hard.” Chen started running Niagra falls from his eyes co-sponsered by Suho.

“Hey Baek?” I hummed in response to Xiumin. “Did you looked into what Erie gave you? What’s in it? Maybe we can figure out something from it?”

As if on cue everyone but Yeol gathered around me.

“Bring a laptop Jongin.”

As soon as he did I plugged in the USB and it led to an audio file I clicked it open.

(Note: Bold will be the recording voice)

“ERIE DO U HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?” My mind stopped for a second and immediately I knew which conversation was this.

“YES I AM AWARE OF WHAT I AM SAYING.”

“REALLY CARE TO EXPLAIN?”

“THAT GUY, BYUN BAEKHYUN, IS NOTHING BUT A SPOLIED COLD HEARTED WOLF WHO THINKS HE IS A DIVA AND DOSNT GIVES SHIT OF WHAT YOU THINK. YOU SHOULD STOP GIVING SHITS ABOUT HIM PARK CHANYEOL.”

“You don’t know him.” Wow why didn’t I hear this that day? Oh yes Sehun took me.

“Really?”

“Yes. He is the most genuine wolf even better than many humans. He acts like a dive because he is. He worked so hard only so he can be fake? No he does all of it because he wants to be what he is and he is accepted just like that. He wears his heart for all to see... and it takes strength to do that... so for me, he is a hero. For those who think it’s a flaw no it’s a floor for our family. He is the first to remember my birthday my other important days he even remembers the day we got close as friends. He will crack lame jokes at our worst times so we dont forget to laugh. He plays a major role in running this family. He is nothing like you explained E, why do think I loved him?”

“HOLD THE FUCK UP!” Chen said. “SO YEOL LOVED YOU? AS IN ‘LOVE’ LOVE?”

He got a slap on his head by Kyungsoo with an expression that said ‘it’s obvious.’ After finally taking in what the record just said, with shaky hands, I played it once again.

“Chanyeol-ah after so much you just talked about do you still think the ‘ed’ after love is correct? Oppa you love him so much I really think you should talk to him maybe what you heard is wrong?”

“What what did he heard?” no one responded to Chen tho, we were all too much engrossed in the recording.

“I heard clearly Erie the words hunt me like nothing else. That time is the only time he managed to cut my heart in many many many pieces. Even his fling with Taeyeon Noona didn’t hurt me like those words did and you think I misunderstood. Plus I don’t love him E, I mov…”

“And I am an elephant.”

“What?”

“WHAT? BAEK WHAT DID YOU DO TO HURT HIM?” Ughhh I was so done.

“KIM JONDAE IF YOU DON'T STOP INTRUPTING I WILL DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND I SWEAR TO GOD I DON’T WANT TO HIDE A DEAD BODY AND DEAL WITH THE WORLD CRYING OVER A DEAD VOCAL LEDGEND” my words shut him up and we played the record again.

“Yeol honey, do u think I am dense? Why do you think that I don’t notice what you do? You deliberately tried flirting with me back in China when you guys came to my house. You knew that I’ll be all so casual hugging you and all. Firstly I thought its ok like revenge is good that is why I mentioned the marriage thingi but then Yeol I saw him looking at you and I can do anything to make someone look at me the way he looks at you. There is no way in this life of yours and his that he would say those things at least not purposely or with his heart attached to it. You acted as if you never heard it, you acted as if you were okhey, and you even acted as if you lost your way. The only benefit that you got from doing any of this is me. Pull your big boy pants on and talk. Have you even noticed him these days? He looks like some walking dead mummy."

“I don’t know what to say umm thanks?”

“You won’t do it now will you?”

“It will take me time to pull my big boy pants on E. Anyways it’s late lets go to our beds?”

The recording ended there.

Speechless was what I was feeling.