~~~ Angel - EXO ~~~

She was seated in the very comfortable soft chair in restaurant, she wouldn't be able to afford to eat at, even if she worked like crazy for a year, without stopping. She felt out of it, blinking and looking around the unfamiliar surroundings, knowing that she does not fit in here.

She glanced across the table, where was another thing which made her uncomfortable. She fidgeted in her place, trying to remember how she ended up here. Oh yeah, she was basically dragged over here by a cave man, called Baekhyun.

Actually, she was more than willing to follow him when he said those words in the lobby. The problem was, he didn't utter a syllable since they arrived here and she was slowly losing her patience. His head was still hidden behind the menu. Either he was unable to choose his lunch, or he was just buying some time to think, which was driving her nuts.

And then there was another little issue. They had this private room, with just their table, which made it feel way too much as a date, than she was comfortable with.

"Why did you take me here?" she whispered towards him. He peaked at her from behind his menu, with smiling eyes, causing here heart skip a beat.

"Because it's private," he said simply.

"And I said I don't need to be in a private with you," she hissed back.

"It's compromise, we are in the open restaurant with lots of staff to serve us, it's not that deserted as I wish it would be, but I knew you wouldn't be happy, if I booked this whole place. Don't worry I am not going to take advantage of you," he winked at her, finally placing the menu book on the table. She opened her mouth like a fish, just looking at him, as he is mentally unstable. He just says what he wants... god!

"I didn't mean in like that!" she exclaimed dimly. "You could just tell me in the BBC building, you didn't have to do this," she added to it, turning her head, when the waiter appeared to take their orders. She didn't even have time to look at her menu yet, while Baekhyun has already made his order and the waiter was now looking at her with anticipation. Should she just say Sheperd's pie or...

"She will have the same as me," Baekhyun took over, sending waiter away.

"I didn't want the same thing," she knew she sounded like a little child, but when she is with him, she always feels the urge to argue with him.

"You don't even know what I have ordered," he stated with blank expression.

"I don't care,"

"You should, you are going to eat it," thanks to his smiling eyes, she could see how amused he is by this situation. "I wonder what was it, you wanted to order then," he teased, already suspecting something pathetic. She could feel her cheeks burning, how embarrassed she was, pressing her lips together, not letting a word slip out. He leaned closer to her, resting his elbows on the edge of the table. Corners of his lips slightly lifted up, making her think about, if she liked him more all in Player mode, or in this teasing one. She was discovering so many sides of him the more time she spent in his presence that she was getting confused.

"Tell me," he demanded. Dee lowered her eyes, releasing herself from his chocolate gaze.

"Nothing," she grumbled, earning little chuckle from him. Waiter came to rescue her from this torture, placing something what looked like a perfect masterpiece, in front of her and the same in front of Baekhyun. He stopped pressing her to answer his question and beckon her to start eating. So she lifted her fork and she didn't care, if she choose the right one, to eat this meal with and dove it into her food. After first mouthful, she knew exactly what is it, even though the appearance of the serving, didn't give it away, she peaked at Baekhyun, who didn't start eating, watching her with still amused expression.

"I guess you like Sheperd's pie," he hinted, biting his lower lip, while restraining himself from laughing at her.

"This is higher level of it though," she muttered and put another big bite of her food in the mouth. He really found it very entertaining to make fun of her. Then she realized that he knew again, what is her favourite food and shot him a tense look.

"You look like, you have lot on your mind, but first eat, I'm sure you are famished," his face on the instant changed from amused to serious. She couldn't keep up with him. Only thing she knew was that she is indeed hungry and that he is once again right about something, which was frustrating.

She stuffed her face, not minding the guy looking at her across the table and enjoyed the first warm meal of this week. When she was done, she felt like she can face anything, even whatever secret Baekhyun has. Maybe he has some kind of super power, of knowing other people's businesses and then the urge to bug them to the death.

"Do you feel better?" he wondered, with one hand supporting his chin, looking ever so interested in her. She almost choked on the last bit of her food, coughing like is the last minute of her life.

"I'm brilliant, thanks , can you tell me how long are you going to pretend that we came for friendly chat in fancy restaurant?" Dee redirected the flow of conversation away from her, giving him determined look.

"I'm not pretending , I'm trying to show my friendly side to you, therefore I'm feeding your grumbling stomach," he informed her, making her grab her tummy, which was satisfied with the amount of food, he made her eat. She started to be fed up with getting all flustered around him. As long as she can remember, she never felt this way in the presence of anyone. She was sure, she wasn't impressed by his status, or the fame. Just his simple charisma turned her into this hot mess.

"Ah, can you just stop it," she blurted out, before she could give it a thought.

"Stop what?" he said confused, but the spark in his eyes was talking different story.

"Just everything you do? Baekhyun, why am I here? What do you want from me and tell me the truth," she demanded not having him distract her.

"Everything I said so far was truth, though," he stated with firm expression.

"Why can't you tell me exactly, how you know me? I'm sure I have never met you before," her curiosity crossed the line, she wanted to know everything, he was obviously hiding from her.

His chocolatey eyes melted, while he was intensively gazing at her, causing her to shiver again. Why everything he does, turnes her into trembling girl. She had few dates, with okay looking guys, but none could ever affect her this way.

"Can't you just trust me? I'm trying to give you exactly what you want," his voice lowered, making his words even more tempting.

"Why me, though... I'm just ordinary British girl, I'm even less than ordinary... I'm just trying to survive," she whispered feeling so little, sitting across the table with the worldwide recognized artist.

"I know and if you accept my proposal, you will be able to conquer your rightful spot in the world," he continued firmly. Oh he was good in persuading people. Has he done that before, she wondered? Her mind was already forming consent to his offer, but she managed to slow down a bit.

"How would my life change? You said I would become an EXO's trainee, what does that mean, I'd have to come to Korea?" she started to ask question, which were stuck in her head, ever since he uttered the ridiculous idea of his.

"Even though, I'm giving you this opportunity, it does not mean it will be easy on you. You will come to Korea, to the SM and start train there, before you join us in the new project. The only thing which is different for you as a trainee, that you will skip the auditions, because I have already chosen you," now he sounds like he already has everything planned to the detail, which impressed her and scared at the same time. When he mentioned SM entertainment, she was sure she noticed something within his eyes, what made her stop and think. She felt conflicting emotions, fighting in her mind. She wanted to say yes. She wavered multiple times, but then her sanity took over, telling her to stop being delirious.

"I don't think I can do that," she mumbled, with the thoughts swirling in her head frantically.

"And why is that? What holds you back?" he leaned even closer to her, gluing her to the chair, making her unable to move a muscle. She knew exactly what her problem is, but she couldn't speak to him about it, she never did with anyone really. The only person who knew about this particular part of her life, was Eve, and she even didn't know all the details.

"I just can't go work for SM," she whispered, the way he couldn't hear it, but it looked like he did anyway, even though his facial expression didn't change, his eyes darkened as he kept studying her.

"I know you are not coward, so why are you acting like one?" he said calmly, triggering her on purpose.

"You are driving me nuts, why do you keep uttering these mysterious things. How can I trust your sincerity with the proposal, when you keep hiding something from me? Did we meet? Did I bang my head, forgetting about it? Just tell me," she snapped, almost jumping up on her feet.

"We are not in the drama, Dee," He dared to smile at her, taking away the rest of the breath.

"Well, you making it seem like it," she murmured frustrated.

"No, you didn't hurt your head, forgetting about me, don't worry. Let's just leave it at it. You are not scared of living in different country, or cooperating with EXO, right?" he guessed, knowing exactly that, he is saying the truth. Could it be, that he knows...? No, there is no way...

"No," she said, supporting his theory. She felt like going crazy, not being able to peel her gaze from his, unavoidably being drawn to his insane world. She bit her lower lip and shaking her head.

"Dawn, I'm not going to repeat my offer again, this is the last time. I'm not going to bother you anymore and you don't have to worry about the assault issue, I will take care of it. I was just trying to convince you, I admit I didn't choose the best way and I'm sorry. In every way you don't have to answer anything. I'm leaving for Korea in the end of this week. Think about it carefully. This is my private mobile number, if you change your mind, let me know, one word is enough and I will organize everything," he told her, leaving her with note with his number and speechless. He really meant it, the resolution in his eyes was way too evident, for it to be a dream.

"You really are serious," she let out in disbelief. He gave her his typical smirk, still wearing eyeliner, which made it all too dishy, for her to be breathing steadily.

"Very. Now, if you excuse me, I have to be somewhere else. The meal is paid, there is a dessert waiting for you, I will leave you to it. I hope I will see you again," he suddenly got up, having her head tilt back, so she could still see his gorgeous features. He politely bowed his head and was already on his way out of the restaurant.

The waiter came not to long after Baekhyun's departure, leaving her with the biggest piece of lemon macaroon cheesecake. Which was her favourite. She didn't believe in the coincidence with Baekhyun anymore, being sure that he simply knew.

Maybe he is her lost brother, she didn't know about. It is possible, right? She doesn't have a family so... ugh, just the thought of being related to him, grosses her out.

Or is he her guardian angel?

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Always like the interaction between two main characters hah, it is completely the same here... Just so you know I'm pro in writing stories with Supernatural stuff in there, fantasy and paranormal... Just everything what is not normal (that is my main field), but don't worry.. This is not gonna turn into anything like this... First thing I ever wrote was FF, so this feels like coming back to my roots hah and I'm enjoying it! 👌😍

Look forward to the next chapter, Chan's stans... ❤️