~~~ EXO - Baby don't cry ~~~

Baekhyun, I like you...

Those words were echoing in his mind, nonstop. Even now sitting in waiting lounge at the airport. He plugged the earphones in, playing the music as loud as possible, to distract himself from thinking at all. But it didn't help. He was staring blankly in the space, other members were giving him side eye, not daring to bother him in way.

You shouldn't, Dawn...

His own response kept repeating itself in his head, making him mad at himself all over again. Why would he say something like this? He remembered the expression on her face, when he crushed her confession with two simple words.

He knew, what she must have been thinking. That he thinks of her as the bridge between him and his payback to her father. It was true partly, he couldn't deny his true motives, especially when she was aware of them too. But that wasn't all.

The main reason he approached her was different.

~

He was left alone in the boys changing room. He was exhausted, thinking it might be better, if he just lies down on the bench and take a nap, before he leaves back to the dormitories. He wasn't happy with his today's performance, he messed up the choreography and almost twisted his ankle. He sat down to check on his feet, but It didn't hurt, so he just forgot about it, slowly taking his clothes off, ready to jump to the shower.

He was relieved, when he stood under the falling water, washing of bit of the weariness. He and his members didn't stop since the debut, it was tiring, but he never felt so happy in his life, than standing on the stage, with his dear friends, performing for all those, who adored them so unconditionally.

All eleven members of EXO became his family, along with every single fan. These thoughts always made him forget the hardships and stumbles in everyday life of idols.

He sighed and went out of the shower room, with towel wrapped around his waist and other one, using to dry his hair. He got almost changed to new clothes, when he heard the main door of the changing area creak. He stopped fixing the belt on his pants, listening to soft rushing steps; it was too late, for someone to be here now. He turned around, feeling the urge to ask who it is, but he stopped half way, when he saw the figure disappearing at the moment behind the wall of lockers, where he heard the person stop in his pace.

Baekhyun held his breath and tried to listen to anything, what is the intruder doing.

"Damn it,"

He widened his eyes, when he heard the cursing coming out from behind the lockers. First thing he realized was, that it is not him but her, who was now in boys changing room. Second one was, that she was cursing in English. He never heard anyone curse this way. He was listening to her rapid breathing, holding his own.

"Don't cry, Dawn..." the girl spoke in Korean this time. He could hear her her stop walking again and then rustling, which sounded like she leaned against the lockers and slid down on the floor. This was the most unusual situation he got into since he was born m, not knowing how to react. Does the girl know she is in boys changing area? Did she get confused? She was speaking English, she is probably not from around here.

"You can't cry..." she said again. He guessed she was talking to herself. He frowned when the meaning of her words got into his confused brain. She let out few more cursed, with shaky voice, when he found himself standing closer to the back side of the lockers she was hiding herself behind, almost leaning his ear to the cold metal of the closets, to hear more from her, completely forgetting about the possibility, she could be creepy stalking fan.

The moment the first sob escaped her lips, he felt his body freeze to the spot. When she started to cry on full blast, he was completely lost. Her sobs were so heart breaking, that it touched him too. He didn't know how long he was standing there, maybe it was just few minutes, or more. He couldn't make himself to do something, but when it looked like she is not going to stop shredding the tears for whatever reason, anytime soon, he decided to let her know she is not alone.

"Ehm, excuse me..." he cleared his throat loudly enough, for her to hear it over her weeping, which stopped instantly, when she knew, she's got a company.

"Who is that?" her weak voice croaked, when she spoke.

"The user of this boys changing area, who happened to be here, when you barged inside," he explained in soft tone not wanting to scare her off, but he didn't have to worry about that really.

"This is boys changing room," she repeated after him blandly.

"Yes," he confirmed. His statement was followed by long silence.

"Sorry, I must have freaked you out," she apologized, making him feel even more sorry for her, not knowing why exactly. "I just needed to hide somewhere for a minute and this was the fisrt door, which wasn't locked so..." she explained, still hidden in the same place and he didn't dare to move, either.

"Did you hear..." she asked, knowing the answer to it in advance.

"I'm sorry," he had no idea what else to say than that.

"Oh gosh. I will go now, I'm really sorry," she started to apologize again, but he didn't need her to feel that way.

"You can stay here if you still need time, I will leave. You don't have to worry, no one else is here, it's too late," he told her, being surprised by his own behaviour, but he didn't wanted her to leave like this. She is not feeling the best, he didn't mean to kick her out.

"Thank you," the way she accepted his offer, was loudly speaking about how much she wanted to stay hidden. He smiled a little and then he finished putting clothes on, closing his locker, ready to leave her here, even though he felt like, he shouldn't let here be here alone.

"You don't have to leave... I mean, you already heard me weep like a baby, this can't get more embarrassing anyway," she said quietly, when he was about to go.

"Should I stay?" he asked in the same low voice, letting his backpack fall down on the floor, already seating himself on the floor on his side, before she could even give him an answer.

"Just to be clear, if you tell someone about this, you are dead meat," she threatened him, making him laugh.

"I don't even know who you are," he informed her, telling the truth.

"Then we are good," he was surprised, she didn't ask about his identity, but he was glad.

"Why did you cry?" he couldn't contained his curiosity anymore, listening to her breathing.

"Do you have both of your parents?" she asked suddenly, leaving his question unanswered.

"Yes," he said, frowning.

"I don't. My mum died when I was ten and when it comes to my father..." she let out bitter laugh. "I just found out he is the biggest bastard," he was aware of the sad tone, even though she was chuckling, like it was the funniest thing ever. He knew he can be happy, his family is full, even though he complains and all, he appreciated the fact, he had his parents and his brother.

"I'm sorry about your mother and why is your dad bastard?" he wondered.

"I met him few weeks ago, you know. I was stupidly excited and happy, thinking I will finally have a family. The thing is, I'm starting to realize, he is not a good person. I know he has his own family and children now, but shouldn't he care about his daughter at least a little?" she was asking, not necessarily him, but he was listening to her, feeling his body tensing up when she shared her life story.

"He is refusing to accept you as his family, because of his own?" he asked, his frown deepening.

"Partly... then there is the thing with his status. I just wish to start new life, but he doesn't want to know about me. I should just give up and go back, where I came from," she whispered, considering her possibilities. Baekhyun was now thinking, who could be this cruel to push his daughter away, because of his status. "I counted how many times he told me to be reasonable, while offering me money to get lost," she added on the top. Baekhyun couldn't control himself anymore and cursed the same way she did before. He had nothing to do with this girl on the other side of the lockers, but something about it all, didn't let him just shrug his shoulders and leave it be.

"Should I take revenge for you?" he asked, partly jokingly, other part of him was serious. How many times he then thought about this memory, realising he ended up doing exactly what he offered, all those years before everything went downhill for him too.

"No, but thank you for the kind suggestion," she chuckled, but he could hear how sad she actually was.

"Anytime, so what are you going to do?" he wondered.

"I will go back to England," she sighed. His curiosity was sparked  up even more and he found himself asking her many questions about her home and her life, not realizing how late is getting. They had an interesting conversation, after he was telling her about his family, not mentioning the one he has in SM, he realized she dozed off, when she didn't answer, after he asked her something. He smiled, when he heard soft snore coming from her side. He got on his feet, as quietly as possible, taking his backpack, stopping by the end of the line of lockers.

He took all his courage and walked  around at last, seeing small figure of the girl, he spoke to up until now. Before he knew it, he came all the way to her, not making any noise and kneeling down to look at her properly. Her head was tilted backwards, leaning against locker. Her mouth was slightly agape. Her cheeks were still wet from all the tears she let fall down. He had no idea how her eyes looked like, but she looked familiar. It took him few seconds until he realized, she is the girl he saw many times, wondering around SM building, while no one knew who she is. Was her father here?

He studied her gentle features, thinking she is indeed unique girl. Pretty girl. She was even smaller than him, which made her look vulnerable and cute. He found himself smiling, while watching her sleep like a creep. He shook his head and dived in his backpack to find a pack of tissues, leaving them next to her. He stood up, giving her last glance and leaving her to sleep out of her misery.

~

Only few years after, when he completely forgot about her, he got to find out who she is, thanks to the letters to her father. When he saw the pictures of her in few of those envelopes, it didn't take him too long to connect it all together. That was when the plan came up in his mind, to take his revenge, along with hers.

He didn't understand how could he forget about her, for such a long time. If he didn't leave her there, he might have turned her life for better, back then. But it doesn't matter anymore, he is trying to fix everything now.

Her pain, while she was crying so hard, during their real first encounter, touched him so deeply, that it had left a mark in his heart. That was the main point in the decision he made, when he finally got to know her identity. He looked for her, finding all sort of stuff, not only what he read in the letters. It might have l sounded a little stalkerish, but for everything he had done he had his reasons. Which was exactly what he told her, the fisrt time he actually faced her in London.

He had his idea of getting his payback. But the journey towards it was harder than he thought. He worked on creating the spot for her and it took him over a year to get everything ready, to think of the right plan. He knew how to make her come here, he was sure about every step he has made.

So far, everything went well according to his plan. But there was one thing that was troubling him. He didn't consider one single issue, which was now getting in the way.

Personal feelings.

He was now happy, that he and the others had started new tour, going down under, to perform few concerts.

It gave him time and space to think this over, but as much he tried to come up with any solution, he didn't seem to have an idea what to do now.

The image of her saying those words to him, was hunting him whenever he allowed himself to think about her, which was happening constantly. He was aware of his own heart racing, every time he happens to remember her telling him that she likes him. He couldn't stop the warm wave spreading through his body.

But he let his racial side to take over and ruin the moment back then. He had to set the boundaries, for him to proceed with his plan. He worked too hard to stop now, only because the feelings were obstructing the way.

He let out bitter chuckle, when he thought of the next step he must make. That sure will make her hate him. She will forget about her feelings, once this all is done. He will still make sure, she will have a good life despite everything.

He couldn't afford to let things between them go further, even though his heart ached when he thought of ending it. He enjoyed spending time with her, from the very beginning. He liked how strong minded she is, he enjoyed her witty and sarcastic responses. He had fun teasing her, thanks to all this.
He shook his head, to get rid of unwanted thoughts.

"Baek, we are boarding," Chanyeol nudged him from side. He snapped out of his deep thoughts, nodding. He took his belongings,me and followed his friends.

He looked on his phone, for the last time, hesitating to send her at least text, before he leaves for two weeks. He did sent her brief message, not daring to think about it more, tucking it back in the pocked right after. It is better to cut of the contact with her for a while.

Then he left.

~~~

- so here it comes.... The real story of their first meeting, the one which Dee cannot connect with him as she didn't even see his face... 😉

That's how exactly it happened and where it all kinda started, many years ago, when the EXO was still complete.

Gosh, you don't know how ready I was to to write this part🙌 and here we are, I'm happy to finally let you know one of the reasons that drove Baek to the point where he wanted to take his vengeance so badly... 😈

I hope it all makes kinda sense to you, but there is still big things coming our way, so hold on tight 😉👌

If you have any questions regarding the story, don't hesitate to ask 😊😊😊

Anyways who got chills, when Baek thought about his plan saying, more and worse is coming... smth that will make Dee hate him😱

Hah I revealed something, but left you wonder in the end huh? 🙈😈

Sorry?😁

Love ya all!