~~~ Lay - I NEED U ~~~

She was walking in the SM building, on the level with many recording studios. Her lips were spread into an idiotic grin, which she wasn't able to get rid of for several weeks now. The moment she started humming some kind of melody, she knew she's in a deep.

For the period of those few weeks, nothing could spoil her mood. Not even seeing her dad on so many occasions. But she kept her distance, not wanting to get entangled with him ever again.

Most of the time she spent with EXO members, or only with Baekhyun.

Then there was Soojye, who became her sincere friend, after Dee found out it was her, who found her in that alley after she got cornered by those thugs. Dee decided not to report it on the police, even though Baekhyun got angry with her, when she told him about that. But she felt like this might be a closure for her and her father. She hoped, he will let her be now.

She was on the way to the one small recording studio, where she was supposed to receive another lesson regarding the work in there.

When suddenly someone grabbed her by her wrist. Before she knew what is happening, she was dragged into the unknown and dark room. She heard the sound of closing door, after someone pushed her against the wall. Her stomach dropped at the same exact second, the body of the other person pressed on her, instantly making her recognize, who she is dealing with here.

"Gosh, you scared me..." she let out half whispering, trying to catch her breath. She listened to him chuckle, but then she felt his lips and hot breath on the side of her jaw and she completely forgot that he pulled her in here caveman way like.

She got used to it. It might have or might not have happened multiple times past few weeks. She gulped, when he made his way down her neck, her head automatically tilting back, as he sneaked his arms around her, to feel her body closer. It was pitch black in the room they were in, but there was no way she didn't know who was now driving her crazy.

"I missed you," he mumbled into the sensitive skin of her neck. She couldn't hold back a moan, when he used his hot tongue, now tracing over tingling derm, kissing her softly.

"We saw each other in the morning," she reminded him breathlessly of another hot making out session they had, when he picked her up this morning at her dorms. She only hoped there was no CCTV in that corner of the underground garage, where he parked. Just the thought of what they were doing there, set her on fire.

Or maybe it was because of his hands wandering up and down her back, while his lips were still preoccupied with her neck. She trembled, knowing they need to stop, but her arms locked behind his neck, doing complete opposite of what her brain was trying to make her do.

"That's too long, I couldn't wait any longer," he was pointing at the fact; they had their date planned for tonight too, which was merely two hours away. She couldn't stop the warm wave spreading all over her body thanks to his statement. He pulled away a little, just to look at her face, with his lips slightly swollen, making her blush, because of the gaze he was giving her.

"I missed you too," she said before, the thoughts could even form in her mind. But it wasn't her brain talking, it was her wildly beating heart responsible for the mess she becomes every time he touches her. He let out low growl; thereupon he lunged at her again, taking everything she has.

He claimed her lips his, destroying her on so many levels. But she wouldn't complain, even if she was to die. She never was so happy in someone's embrace, than in his. She was returning his passion with her own, kissing him back in the same loving way he did.

She came to think, she will never get tired of his scent, which her senses loved so much, or the way he stopped kissing her wildly, just brushing his lips over hers, making her lose the last bits of clear mind. He was doing this on purpose, to tease, after which she just seized the initiative, ended this little break of his, pulling him closer and kissing him on her own.

She could feel his smile, which faded away slowly, while he deepened the kiss, which made her weak in knees. She almost slid down, but he was holding her tightly, not giving he space to run. She dove her fingers in his hair and played with soft strands, enjoying the sensation, feeling him melting into the touch.

She couldn't remember the time they were not together, like the part of her life, she didn't know him yet, didn't exist. She was so comfortable around him, even when she got nervous, when he looked at her in certain way, or touched her on purpose to tease her. Which he never stopped, since they both made their feelings for one another clear, he never let go of her.

She never felt so loved and appreciated, like now.
She realized, they found themselves in the honeymoon stage of their relationship. The hormones were doing whatever they want, that had them now in this dark room, doing all kind of stuff, which she was sure, this place wasn't suitable for.

"Baekhyun..." she mumbled, breaking their kiss. She was gasping for the air, while he took this chance as a cue, to go back to his original place, now nuzzling crook of her neck, with his nose.

"Hmm..." he rumbled into her skin, making her shake in desire for things he could only give her.

"I need to... I have to be somewhere," she was trying to remember where, but she was still in daze.

"Me too, but I'd rather continue doing this," he protested, sounding like a little kid.

"We can't and definitely not here," she was trying to explain to him, but his hot breath fanning her neck, didn't make it any easier for her. He leaned away from her at last, but keeping his hands nicely around her, making her feel muscles of his abs.

"Why not?" he asked, acting clueless and staring deeply in her eyes. When he wasn't smiling and gazing at her like this, she didn't know what to do.

"I..." she couldn't remember, why not. "Gosh, you are dangerous," she sighed, putting her hands on his chest, trying to push him away. He showed her his typical smirk.

"You just realized?" he provoked her, pulling her back in his arms, going backwards, until he stopped, half sitting on the low table, with her now pressed on him. She didn't have any other choice, then hold onto him, otherwise she would lose her balance.

"You always make me forget, why am I even letting you do this to me?" she mumbled embarrassed, recalling all kind of hot stuff they did together.

"Because I'm too irresistible?" he suggested, sliding his hands on her hips, looking up at her, because his position had him lower than her. She could admire his face now, even though the darkness around was too severe, she got used to it and the sparks in his eyes helped a lot too. She held back the urge to roll her eyes.

"Keep talking that way and I will be cured straight away," she came back at him, giving him smart smile. He showed her his white teeth.

"You are just lying yourself. You love when I am like this," he stated, not even doubting himself. That was Baekhyun, always full of himself, but as well as always, right. She loved even this part of him.

"One day I might end up strangling you and your enormous ego," she retorted, trying to stop smiling, but she failed so badly.

"Oh, rough love?" he made fun of her so she smacked his shoulder. "You see, always violent," he reminded her, with happy smile.

"Baekhyun," she whined.

"But I love this bit of you. I love how strong you are, Iseul," he turned serious in the matter of second, making her heart race. She allowed him to call her true name, but only him. She felt like, he is the one who has a right, knowing her completely to the core. She lifted her hand and slowly stroked his cheek. He tilted his head into the touch, closing his eyes.

"I love you too, Baekhyun," she whispered in this dark room. Even though many weeks past since, she told him she likes him, whenever she getsto tell him again, she almost chokes on her own emotions. One little glance at him and her throat closes up, no letting her breath.

He opened his eyes again, nailing her to the ground with the melted chocolate of his irises.

"And now you expect me to just let you go?" he asked her seriously. She didn't wait for anything and now it was her, who went for it, without thinking.

It took them another ten minutes, until they came down from their cloud nine. Both of them late, for their schedule, they sneaked out of the room and parted, even though they didn't want to.

She survived her lesson, then finally being released from her today's responsibilities, rushing to get ready for her date with Baekhyun.

"Where are we going today?" she asked him, when she was seated in his car, after he fastened her seatbelt. She got used to those little things he was doing for her, no matter how cringy they are.

"I wanted to go to dorms again, but Junmyeon and Sehun were whining, that they would miss some tv show. So restaurant it is today, we can go to cinema too, if you want. I know you like dark places," he didn't miss his chance to joke around.

"It wasn't me who dragged you into that room, huh?" she exclaimed, shutting him up. They were bickering all the way to the restaurant he's chosen for tonight. He helped her out of the car, intertwining his fingers with hers, leaving the car parked, not too far from the restaurant. They usually used the van and driver, to get somewhere, but from today now on Baekhyun told he will use the car, giving her sneaky eye. This guy, seriously.

"I miss British food," she sighed when, they got seated by their reserved table, right next to the big window, offering this perfect view on the street. After many of dates with Baekhyun, she got used to people staring and taking the pictures of them. It still had her nervous, but it wasn't that bad, when he was by her side. Baekhyun admitted, that he never was so outgoing, except on some occasions, like he is right now. He would always rather stay at home, when his schedule was clear. She was happy, that he basically said he likes to go out with her.

"We can go to England together if you want and you could meet your friend too, I'm sure Sehun would like this idea too. We don't have England on the schedule, but as soon we have a more than four days off, we could go," he smiled at her across the table. She would never dream of traveling somewhere, just to eat the food there, but for him it was something completely normal.

"That would be lovely," she couldn't stop but feeling so ridiculously happy. But that's the thing about her being happy, it never lasts too long. Her eyes were drawn by something, or more likely better to say, by someone, who has just entered the restaurant, behind Baekhyun's back.

She froze in her spot, placing her hands down under the table, digging fingers in her knees.

Her father was there, dressed in nice dark grey suit, waiting by the entrance door, for being seated by the porter. But he wasn't alone. He was being accompanied by another three people. By mid-aged woman, who wore light pink outfit and pearls around her neck and in her ears. There was another girl, facing her with her back, not giving her chance to guess, how she was related to her father and then there was a man in Baekhyun's age.

There was no doubt, they were a family.

So this was the famous family of his. Because of them, she and her mother were castaway. She felt her eyes filling with tears, diverting her sight away from them, feeling her happiness crumbling down.

"Iseul?" Baekhyun must have been talking to her, while she was falling into the shock. He reached out with his hand, but she was too occupied by her heart falling apart once again. She never though in her life, she will be forced to see this image of her father's happy family.

"Iseul, are you unwell?" Baekhyun sounded worried, so she tried to gain her composure back again. Forcing smile on her face, but his frowning face told her clearly, he is not letting her fool him.

"It's nothing," her voice broke in midway. His scowl even deepened, as he studied her stiffen face. The group of people that caught her of guard made a move towards their table, which was as It looked like somewhere around, where she sat with Baekhyun. She wanted to disappear, she would appreciate if the ground could just swallow her now.
That was when Baekhyun could see, what distressed her so much, at last.

"Shit..." she heard him curse under his breath. She kept her head lowered, trying to be invisible, not looking where her father and his family went to.

"Iseul," Baekhyun called her, whispering.

"Iseul, look at me right now," he urged her, when she didn't respond. She raised her glance at him, just to see that the group of people she didn't have practically anything to do with, was seating themselves by the table not far from them, in the middle of the room. She looked down again, staring at the hands in her lap.

"Iseul, why are you lowering your head?" Baekhyun wasn't happy with her behaviour, but she couldn't help it. When it came to her dad, she lost all her courage and boldness.

"Stop it," he breathed out, but she didn't react. Damn it. She heard creaking of chair on the floor and then Baekhyun appeared kneeling down next to her. She widened her eyes at him.

"Baek, get up, everyone is looking..." she forgot about her dad and snarled at him. What he was doing looked like something, he shouldn't do in front of the whole restaurant like this. She was pulling his arm, to get him stand up, but he didn't budge.

"Not until you stop acting like this," he stated.

"Baekhyun," she exclaimed as quietly as she could. He looked serious though.

"You are my Iseul, who would not lose her posture, in situation like this. Forget that he is here," he pleaded, holding her hand in his warm one, making her relax immediately.

"Okay," she nodded, giving him convincing smile. He got up and went back on his seat. She followed him with her eyes, thinking how could she deserve someone like him, in her life. She felt so grateful, while seeing his beautiful smile. She realized, in the beginning of their relationship, he never smiled, if she didn't count the smirks he mastered so well. But while getting to know him, he started to smile more often. That thought melted her insides.

They delved into each other eyes. She felt like her chest is going to explode.

"I know... I feel the same way," he said with soft voice. They didn't need words to explain what they felt. Suddenly she wanted to get out of here, even before they get to eat their food and the reason wasn't because her dad's family is here. She only wanted to be with him alone.

But before she could suggest that, someone appeared by their table. Thinking it's their waiter, she lifted her gaze.

"I knew it was you two," Soojye exclaimed, with bright smile on her face. She was surprised to see her here.

"Ah, Soojye, hello," Dee smiled at her.

"I didn't know you were going to go to restaurant," Soojye waved at Baekhyun, who bowed his head, with weird expression in his face.

"Yes, we decided to be sociable today, but what are you doing here? Do you by any chance have a date too?" Dee wondered, when Baekhyun hand covered hers suddenly, squeezing he fingers. She glanced at him confused.

"Oh no. I'm here with my family. There," she pointed behind her.

That was when Dee's heart froze, looking the way Soojye was showing her, her eyes landed on the table, where the rest of her friend's family was sitting. All of them now looking their way.

Soojye was the girl, whose face Dee didn't see before.

She was Director's daughter too.

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- Greetings fellow ExoLs and simply - readers🙌

I'm so freaking happy, you liked  the last chapter as much as I did❤️

I thought... Well I cut it in the last one, so I'd give you heated session, to make you happy and red in face, for the starters😀... I know you love it🙈😂

I'm pretty sure someone expected something like this to happen, ofc I'd not bring up new character for no particular reason 😉

We all knew Dee has step siblings... but well... who would have thought they will meet under these circumstances? hah...it would not be me, if I didn't make it more dramatic. 

Ahh what is going to happen now? 😱

I don't know yet😀 I mean I know, but you know... You don't... Sorry, I'm evil to the core😈

Okay, that is all for today, have a lovely weekend 😙

Love ya all💜