Chapter 1.

It was so quiet. Baekhyun can even hear his own heart beating against his chest, he was holding his breath as he was scared to say something that might turn out embarrassing or offending.

He glanced at the stranger who wasn't saying a thing neither, it seemed like he wasn't bothered by Baekhyun's presence, his attention was all on the road.

Baekhyun was thinking of what he could say to break the awkward silence, "Uhm your car looks nice." And all of anything he could say, he just have to compliment the car.

"I was expecting a thank you." The stranger remarked as he glimpsed at Baekhyun whose cheeks heated up with his statement.

"U-Uh yeah. T-Thank you." He stuttered while trying to find a comfortable place on the small space of the shotgun seat.

Chanyeol rolled his eyes, "Don't make it look like i'll eat you alive. Stop squirming, it's distracting me from driving."

"S-Sorry." Baekhyun mumbled, neatly folding his hands on his lap and sitting straight.

"Park Chanyeol."

Baekhyun looked at him confused, "H-Huh?"

"Stupid." Chanyeol whispered under his breath, "I'm Park Chanyeol. What's your name?" He said, a little louder this time.

"B-Byun Baekhyun."

"So Baekhyun, mind telling me why are you outside looking like... that." Chanyeol asked while focusing on the road, he wanted to ask Baekhyun but at the same time he didn't want to be caught in an accident so multitasking will do.

"Uhm. You know those arranged marriage things?"

Okay what does that have to do with him looking like a beggar on the side of the road? Chanyeol thought to himself but decided to nod his head and wait for him to continue.

"I was at my wedding but it was an arranged one so i decided to... run away." He continued on, a bit uncertain if he could tell his story to this stranger but afterall, Chanyeol helped him. So maybe he could trust him?

The latter on the other hand became more interested in his background profile and so he questioned, "So in other words you ditch your wedding?"

"Uhm. Maybe?"

He didn't want to judge the latter but he couldn't help, throwing him a small glare.

Didn't he think about his bride? He's such a heartless... jerk. Chanyeol said in his thoughts.

But Baekhyun quickly caught up, aware that he was being judged, "H-Hey! Don't judge me okay? You don't even know the whole story."

"I wasn't. Or maybe i was. But it didn't seem the best decision under whatever circumstances you're talking about." Chanyeol pointed out and it made Baekhyun agree with him. A wave of guilt washes over Baekhyun and a hint of regret makes him rethink his decision.

He didn't have any intention to hurt his bride but he had to do what he think would be the best for him.

But he couldn't say anything to make the scenario better so he stayed quiet, looking out the window to entertain himself.

"Do you have somewhere to go?" The silence didn't last long as Chanyeol broke it with his deep voice.

Upon hearing's Chanyeol's question, the latter scratched the back of his head, trying to find the right answer.

"So no?" Chanyeol perked his eyebrow, glancing at him for a split second. "I don't have anyone right now because... all my life i depended on my parents." Baekhyun responded but his voice seemingly get smaller as he finished his sentence.

"What a spoiled brat." Chanyeol murmured under his breath, hoping Baekhyun wouldn't hear it but because of the small gap between them and the silence, Baekhyun clearly heard the words he said.

"It's not like i have a choice. My parents have already planned what my life would be since the day i was born so everything was fed to me with a spoon."

Chanyeol snorted, "Isn't that great? You don't have to worry about anything."

"It's not really great Chanyeol. It's not like what you expect." Baekhyun remarked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"But it's better than the reality that you're about to get yourself involved to. You'll surely regret if you do. And what you're doing right now will only end up in regrets" Chanyeol smugly said, a small smirk forming at the corner of his lips.

Baekhyun rolled his eyes and moved sideways to face the latter, "Well, how can you say so?"

"Because i said so." Chanyeol bluntly replied but his eyes twinkled mischievously. Baekhyun on the other hand, huffed in annoyance because it seemed like he won't get any decent answer from this man.

"So where do you want me to drop you off?" Chanyeol asked again, drumming his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel, he badly wanted to drop off Baekhyun because he needs his alone time now.

"I don't know. I don't have anything with me right now, well except for my phone and myself." He replied, shrugging his shoulders.

"So... you're saying that you want to stay with me?"

Baekhyun scoffed at the latter's words, "As if i want to stay any longer with you, if only i have a choice."

Chanyeol halted the car at the side of the road and glared at Baekhyun. "Fine then. You are free to leave the car."

"Sorry, i was jusy kidding. You can't even take a joke. You're such an uptight person."

"You don't know me so don't speak as if you know me. There's so much more of me that you need to know." Chanyeol stepped on the gas and continued driving away from the skyscrapers and rush hour.

"Sorry okay? I was just messing around." Baekhyun pouted and crossed his arms as if he was scolded by his parents.

"Fine. But you look ugly with that pout." Chanyeol supressed a laugh, clearly enjoying teasing the other.

"Whatever. Just drive." He rolled his eyes then looked out the window, he noticed that the road they were taking were unfamiliar to him. "Where are you headed to anyway? I'm not familiar with this side of Seoul." He commented.

"I don't know. Just away from home."

Chanyeol's words didn't make sense to him so he closed the window and set his attention to him, "What do you mean away from home?"

"Nothing. I just planned to have a sort of vacation." Chanyeol sighed, avoiding the topic of his problems at home. He's not ready to open up to anyone about his problems with the fact that Baekhyun is a complete stranger to him.

Sensing that it was a sensitive topic for Chanyeol he decided not push it anymore as he knew that it was thr latter's privacy and he needs to respect it.

Growing bored, he pulled out his phone to play some games but his phone hanged up as series of messages and calls from his family invaded his notifications. Most of them read "Byun Baekhyun where the hell are you?" , "You embarassed Taeyeon infront of many people. You don't know how much of a disgrace this is to our family." Coming from his enraged father.

"I'm 100% sure that my father is angry right now." Baekhyun rest his head on the window and let out a shaky breath.

"Well, what do you expect? That he would be overjoyed with what you did?" Chanyeol seemed to be bad at comforting people so Baekhyun only ignored his remark and thought of the consequences of his decision.

Is running away really the best decision he can make in his situation?

"Why are you so desperate to run away anyway? Is your bride that bad that you really don't want to marry her?" Chanyeol questioned the groom's escape since he's also thinking of what could have pushed Baekhyun to leave his bride at the wedding that they both suppose have shared the moment with, a happy moment.

"It's not that." Baekhyun weakly said, his thoughts eating up his energy. His head was getting heavy and it was starting to hurt from too much thoughts that are trying to take up his mind.

"Then what?" Chanyeol was indeed curious on why runaway brides/grooms exist. That maybe they really have a deep reason to do something so unfair to the other party.

"Nevermind. You will never understand." He replied and stared at Chanyeol, sleepily. He was hinting Chanyeol to stop asking as his brain is not working properly to come up answers for his questions.

"Whatever." Chanyeol finally gave up, letting out a sigh of defeat as he realized that Baekhyun will not tell him anyway.

"We are here." He announced as the car came to a stop. He got off the vehicle, not bothering to wait for Baekhyun. He knew that Baekhyun can take care of himself so why bother.

Baekhyun stepped out of the car with droopy eyes and body, he was tired that he could sleep on the ground right now but as he realized where they were, he looked back to Chanyeol and asked him in an uncertain voice,

"Why are we here?"

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Author's Note; Finally, i got to update this book. I originally planned to update this later some time but i decided to write already bc i'm feeling excited. Write down your thoughts about this. I hope this story will get much love and support from all of you. Votes and comments will be appreciated.

Published: 07/31/16
Edited: 11/07/18

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