Jongin opened the door to his house and ushered Baekhyun to come in. "Will Kyungsoo be alright with me staying here?" Baekhyun asked fiddling with his fingers.

The dancer laughed, "He might kill me." The doctor widened his eyes while the elder placed the two glasses of lemonade on the table.

"How can I stay here then?" The younger looked down and Jongin scoffed.

"Then you'd rather stay with Chanyeol?"

Baekhyun bit his lip as he shook his head. "Do you need ice for your wrists and neck? I think it's starting to bruise," said Jongin as he lowered the younger's collar scrunching his face at the red mark.

Waiting for no reply he fetched an ice pack for the younger who took it gratefully. "Where do I stay now?"

"Guestroom. Kyungsoo hates that room for some reason," pausing to take a sip he continued, "he said it's too bright for him."

Baekhyun laughed at that and nodded before thanking the male.

"So," Jongin put down his glass and leaned forward looking at the younger, "Tell me, what's your side of the story?" Baekhyun sighed placing his glass on the coaster.

"I was angry at Chanyeol. His secretary flirted with him and he was being oblivious of it. Then I was at the reception when Yifan came and he suggested we could try making him jealous, and I agreed."

"But you didn't know what he had something up his sleeve," said the dancer, "right?"

With a nod, Baekhyun broke down again. Jongin sat beside him enveloping him in a hug, "I was just trying to play with him, I didn't know it would turn out like this. I really didn't mean for this to happen, I swear."

"I know you would never mean this, you silly thing."

When the younger calmed down, Jongin booped his nose, "Laugh more and it's creepy if you cry 'cause your tears are black."

Baekhyun wiped his tears and laughed at that remembering he had makeup on his eyes for the event.

"Alright, I'm starving," said the elder jumped up from his seat. "Listen junior Marshmallow, this is a pure chicken household so you can't make the senior marshmallow throw up, understood?" Baekhyun saluted, "Aye, aye Sir!"

Jongin grinned giving him a thumbs-up before guiding the younger to his room.

"First let's get you something to wear." 

The doctor looked at his unbuttoned shirt underneath his sweater and nodded hugging himself. 

Once the dancer opened his closet, the doctor stood with his mouth agape. "Why do you have so much Gucci?" he pulled on a hoodie, "And bears?"

"Bears are cute, bears are adorable," Jongin winked and looked through his closet trying to find something that might fit the younger. "You're too small. Everything here would be big on you," he turned to the younger, "Be honest, did Chanyeol feed you?"

Baekhyun glared at him and smacked his arm, "I'm not that tiny, shut up!"

Finally, the dancer pulled out a hoodie and sweats handing them over to the younger. "The guestroom is right across my room. I'll be at the living room ordering dinner so if you need anything, call me." Baekhyun nodded and thanked the elder before disappearing into the guestroom. 

The doctor went into the bathroom to wash up before dinner. He laughed at his reflection seeing the black trail down his cheeks, "My tears are really black." And stepped into the shower after discarding his clothes. 

After a warm shower, he stepped out and got dressed in the loose yet comfortable hoodie and sweatpants. As he stood in front of the mirror, he slowly pulled down the hoodie to reveal the red hickey near his nipple. 

An angry tear rolled down his cheek as it reminded him of the events from earlier. He punched the spot on the mirror, some of the cracked pieces scattering near his feet, some drawing blood as they teared up his milky skin. 

The young doctor picked up a piece of the shattered mirror examining it closely. 

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Meanwhile, the dancer smiled as he thanked the delivery guy and brought in their dinner. As he put the plastic on the counter, he contemplated calling the younger before sitting down decided to let him take his time. 

That was when he heard the sound of glass shattering. The dancer quickly made a dash to the guestroom and kicked it open. 

There stood Baekhyun scratching a piece of glass on his chest with bloodied fists and tears rolling down his cheek. His eyes remained closed as he mumbled apologies. 

Jongin pulled him towards himself to avoid the shattered pieces and led him away. Snatching the glass away, he held him by his shoulder. 

"Baek, what were you thinking?" he panicked seeing the blood stream down from the fresh wound. "Oh my god! We need to get to the hospital, it looks too deep," said the dancer and held a cloth to the wound as he helped the younger inside the car. 

Jongdae almost waved at Jongin until he saw the other behind him. "What happened?" the dancer shook his head as he made Baekhyun sit on the bed at the ER. "I don't know, he was alright and suddenly started scratching himself with a glass," said Jongin. 

Jongdae gasped seeing the wound and instantly began treating his friend. The side of the hoodie had stripes of red running down and Jongdae almost cried seeing the wound. 

Making sure the wound on his chest was cleaned up, the nurse began to treat the bloodied knuckles.

"Why did you do it, Baek?" Jongdae asked when he was done treating the younger.

"I hurt Yeol. That hickey made me feel so dirty, I had to get rid of it," the younger responded and Jongdae sighed rather relieved seeing the other had not done the same to the one on his neck. 

When Baekhyun was back in the car, Jongin and Jongdae stood out looking at their friend who stared into nothing. "Don't let him near anything sharp, next time he does this won't be on his chest but his neck. Keep an eye on him," advised Jongdae and the other nodded. 

"And don't tell anyone he's staying with me."

Jongin raised a brow, "What about Chanyeol?" Jongin shook his head, "Baekhyun needs to be alone and get himself together and same with Chanyeol. My friend is soft and goofy but when he gets angry, he's a different being."

The nurse promised to keep his mouth shut and Jongin thanked him before getting in the car driving back home. 

Once they were home, Jongin fed him the chicken and cracked up some jokes trying to make the younger smile but nothing helped. 

When Baekhyun was fast asleep, the dancer sneaked into the guestroom to remove every sharp object he could find, you could say, baby-proofing, only that was for an adult.

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Sehun sighed as Chanyeol downed another shot. He had lost count of how many shots his cousin had taken. The brunet pinched the bridge of his nose as his cousin began blabbering about Baekhyun for the nth time. 

"If you love him that much, just tell him you're sorry."

The half-conscious Chanyeol laughed his face red and sweaty, "I did not do anything. Kris, that asshole, slept with my Baekhyun." Sehun sighed, "Then why are you drinking? If you didn't do anything wrong if you weren't involved, why are you drinking so much?"

"I called him Byun. He hates it when I call him Byun. He's a Park. He's my Park Baekhyun."

A chuckle escaped Sehun's lips, "Why are you stupid sometimes? Always letting your anger get the best of you?" Chanyeol responded nothing, just sat there mumbling to himself and eventually passed out. 

"If you drink so much, there's gonna be alcohol instead of blood in your veins, you giant," the younger groaned as he dragged his cousin to his car. 

When he got to the Park mansion, things were gloomy. Minyoung sat in the corner of the couch, empty eyes focused on the TV while Jaehwan was nowhere to be seen. "Aunt?" the lady turned her head and wiped her tears before smiling at her nephew. 

"How much did he drink?" she said holding her son with Sehun as they took him to his room. "Well, let's say the owner would have had quite the profit today." 

Minyoung felt sorry for her son as they finally got him to the bed. "Sehun-ah," the male turned to the lady, "You don't think Baekhyun would have done something like that, right?" 

Sehun shook his head with a confident smile, "Of course, not. I was a little angry at him at first but I know he wouldn't have done something like that to Chanyeol."

Seeing the concerned look in her eyes, the brunet chuckled and pulled her into a hug, "No one can love them more than each other, Aunt Park. Let them cool a little, they'll be back soon."

Minyoung nodded at his words as she turned off the lights and left the room with her nephew.

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As Baekhyun woke up the next morning, he groaned stretching out his limbs and yawned sitting up. "Feeling alright?" came a voice almost startling him. Baekhyun turned to see the dancer who was rolling up his futon.

"You slept here?" Jongin nodded, "I was worried you might pull off something like that," he pointed to the bandage on the younger's chest, "though I removed every sharp object from here."

The younger bit his lips, "Sorry." Jongin ruffled his hair shaking his head as he went back to his room. 

When Jongin was in the middle of getting ready, the doorbell rang incessantly and Baekhyun went down to open it. As soon as he looked at the monitor he rushed back up and pulled on Jongin's hand, "Chanyeol."

The dancer chuckled before telling him to stay there as he went down and let his friend in. As the two friends settled in the living room, Baekhyun stayed upstairs longingly looking at his husband who seemed so near yet far away. 

"Don't you know the passcode?" Chanyeol shook his head. "Why are you here in the morning? Not going to your office?" another shake. "Am I gonna be speaking to myself?" another shake. 

Jongin smacked the elder's head. "What are you searching for?" he asked seeing his friend look around the room. 

"Baekhyun."

"Why would Baekhyun be here of all places?" 

"Because I know you wouldn't have left him behind."

Jongin chuckled, "What about Sehun then?"

"He was with me so I assumed it couldn't have been him," he turned to look at the dancer, "and he has a bad temper too. So I assumed so."

"Worse than yours?" Jongin scoffed at his friend who shrugged him off. "Now tell me, where's Baek?" Jongin crossed his arms, "Why do you need him?"

"For signing the divorce papers, happy?" Chanyeol flashed a fake smile and leaned back on the couch. Jongin mentally cursed at his friend and eyed Baekhyun who silently went back to the room. 

"You're such an asshole, you know that?" Jongin smacked his head once again. "Hit me one more time," the dancer did not wait for him to finish as he hit him again, "Then what?"

"I'm gonna kill you!"

"If you kill me, you can't know where Baekhyun is," said the dancer and stuck out his tongue. The raven head huffed and sat back, "Seriously, where is he?"

"With Yifan."

Chanyeol grabbed him by his collar, "What?" Jongin put up his hands in defence, "Just kidding, geez. Chill, dude. He's staying at one of my employees' house across mine, I dropped him there," he lied. 

The tall raven head sighed before standing up, "Wait a minute." Jongin nodded as he sipped on his coffee. 

Then walked in Chanyeol with a bag in his hands, "These are his favourite clothes and his skincare stuff. He can't live without them. Oh, and," he handed him the weird pillow, "pregnancy pillow, he bought it at the mall last time and said it felt nice."

Jongin nodded taking the bag and pillow from him and placing them on the couch. He turned to look at his friend an awkward silence between them. "What?" the raven head asked as the dancer looked at him.

"Why aren't you leaving?"

"Why aren't you going over to give him the stuff?" Chanyeol retorted.

"He said he'll be here in a few minutes for some coffee, I'll give it to him then. You can leave now."

This time Chanyeol smacked his friend's head, "He can't drink coffee and let him sleep a little more, will you? And how can he carry all this himself? Don't you have a heart?" Jongin scoffed at his friend, "I need to leave for office and my employee would be getting ready too. Do you want me to suddenly call her and say, 'My giant friend wanted me to give this to his husband, you can go get dressed?'

Chanyeol rolled his eyes as he walked out the door after throwing a single glance at his friend who stuck out his tongue. 

Once he was out the door, Jongin laughed, "I have a dumb friend who's helplessly in love."

He carried the bag and the pillow to the guestroom and knocked on the door before pushing it open. He shook his head at the lump under the covers as it quietly sniffled and whimpered. Jongin placed the things down and poked the lump, "That's my stomach!"

"All I see is a giant lump, can't really see the parts here," he said and began ticking the same spot making the younger squirm under the blanket. "Fine, fine, what?" Baekhyun sat up.

"Your baby Daddy brought your stuff," Baekhyun's orbs watered again. "Is he kicking me out? He even said he's divorcing me," the younger cried and Jongin could only laugh at him. 

"Yeah, he kicked you out with only three sets of clothes and a pregnancy pillow or something," he scoffed and the younger looked up at him.

"He's not actually divorcing you, that was your husband being sarcastic."

"Why didn't you tell him I was here?"

"Why did you run away when you knew it was him at the door?" Baekhyun shut up and looked away. 

"Don't do anything stupid when I'm gone, okay? If something happens to you on my watch, your husband would probably drown me in the Han river and cut my body into pieces for the fish to eat."

The younger laughed at the statement and the dancer joined him. 

"I'll be off," said he putting on his shoes, "if anything, call me or Jongdae and stay inside. Everything you need would be in there 'cause my fridge never runs out of food and there would be movies too."

Baekhyun saluted and nodded his head before waving him goodbye.

He sighed closing the door and sighed. It's been a long time since I've been lonely.

Baekhyun spent the day cleaning up the house since he wanted to pay back for the elder letting him stay there and since he did not want to be idle.

Putting back the last book on the shelf, he mentally himself patted himself for a job well done. "Now, I'm tired, Marshmallow," he groaned before slumping down on the couch. The doctor glanced at the clock, sighed when he realized his friend would only be back two hours later.

But to his surprise, the dancer was already back. "Shit!" he exclaimed and fell back on the couch. Baekhyun stared at him in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Are you okay with Sehun knowing you're here?" the younger shook his head. "Not until I can show them I'm innocent," said the doctor and sat on the edge of the couch.

"Yeah, right. Then you're gonna have to hide," said the elder looking at the door, "He kinda figured it out and I--"

"Kim Jongin, I swear to God if you were the one who opened your mouth," said Baekhyun standing up with his arms crossed. Jongin flashed a nervous smile, "Go hide, for now, you can swear at me later."

The doctor nodded but the duo froze when they heard the passcode of the door being put in. "Kim Jongin, I know you have no employee living near you! And even if she did, Kyungsoo would be here all the time. You b--" the brunet stilled seeing the younger in front of him.

"Hey, Sehun," said the youngest of three and looked away. Sehun enveloped him in a hug muttering apologies, "God, I was so worried about you. Why didn't you tell me you were here?" asked the brunet looking at the smaller.

"I thought you were disappointed with me for doing something like that."

Sehun scoffed at that, "I was a little shocked but then I also know you love Chanyeol too much to do that."

Baekhyun smiled his cheeks going to a light shade of pink as the other two groaned, "Seeing someone in love feels so weird." The youngest smacked Sehun's shoulder glaring at him.

"So, what plan do you have in mind to prove yourself and I want in!" Sehun volunteered when they settled in the living room with some lemon tea. "Not yet," Baekhyun hesitantly voiced out and sipped on the beverage.

"I have a plan," said Jongin with a cheeky smirk and the other two focused on him.

When the dancer was done telling them, Baekhyun and Sehun looked at each other. "That's worth a try," said the brunet and Jongin winked at him. 

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A/N

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