Chapter 5 (1/1)

“Here, try these on,” Baekhyun held up a white and red patterned dress to you along with some shirts and skirts.You took the load off of his hands and he guided you towards the changing rooms.You reached one of the free cubicles, turned around and gave him an expectant look. He raised his eyebrows at you, asking silently if you needed anything else.“Aren’t you coming in?”Baekhyun spluttered. Several female shoppers overheard and giggled behind their hands. He really should find a way to get used to your bluntness.“No, I-...this is for females only. I can’t go in there with you. Don’t worry, I’ll wait here, just go in, close the door and get changed.”An hour later, you and Baekhyun each carried a handful of bags; inside contained almost all the clothes you had tried out. Baekhyun couldn’t resist not buying everything for you- you suited each and every piece perfectly. He had also bought you two sets of pyjama sets (one was decorated with penguins and snowflakes, and the other was covered with teddy bears), and a pair of fluffy slippers for indoor use.“Oh, hey look!” Baekhyun stopped in his track as a flash of neon light caught his attention. “Ice cream store! I didn’t realize that they had built a new one! Let’s go and get one, you’ll love it for sure!” Baekhyun led you excitedly towards the busy and brightly lit corner, which was crowded with children and their parents.“Mummy, I want the rabbit one!”“Oh Daddy, get me the pink one? Pretty please~~?”Voices of children surrounded you both as you reached the corner. Your processor warmed up slightly at the sight of the small humans. You couldn’t particularly understand why, so you ignored it.Baekhyun and you squeezed forward to the serving counter.“______, what would you like?” Baekhyun asked you as he glanced up at the menu board.You gave him a befuddled look.“Pick one of those,” he pointed a finger up at all the weirdly shaped figures on a stick on the menu board. “The red one is strawberry, the white is vanilla, brown is chocolate, and green is mint.”“The red one..?” You chose uncertainly.He ordered yours, and ordered a white one for himself. The smiling lady handed you yours and you held onto the wooden stick tightly, unsure of what to do with it.“_______, you might want to eat it before it melts. It’s quite hot in here...” Baekhyun suggested.“What is it?”“Oh, it’s called ice cream. It’s made out of-”“A frozen mixture of milk products and flavouring, usually containing a minimum of 10% milk fat,” you recited the definition of ice cream.“...Yes, I suppose you can put it like that too. It’s nice and cooling, try it~” he urged you as he began on his ice cream.You copied his action and gave a tiny lick. The ice cream was smooth, and you felt a cooling sensation on your tongue as it melted.“Like it?”“It tastes...” you searched around for words, and ended up on “sweet.”He grinned and led you away from the crowd. You two leisurely strolled around the shopping centre, occasionally stopping when something interesting triggered your curiosity. Baekhyun explained all of your questions thoroughly. You listened to him carefully and noted everything down in your memory.Inwardly, Baekhyun thought that you reminded him of himself when he was young- always wanting to understand more, and always curious when something new came up. She always said that-He stopped his thoughts abruptly. “Let’s not think about that.”You felt his hand suddenly tighten. You looked over your shoulders and noticed that his face was a little pale.“You okay?”He blinked and his eyes travelled to yours.“Yeah...yes, I’m good. Sorry.” He mentally shook his head at himself and sent you a smile.“Why say sorry? You didn’t do anything wrong.”His smile disappeared and his lips parted slightly. Baekhyun didn’t know what to say. Your words hit him dead on the spot. The sudden realisation raised the hairs on his entire body and sent a shiver down his back. To hear you say that, even though you knew nothing about his past...It shocked him. But you were right. He didn’t do anything wrong, it wasn’t his fault, yet the guilt...“I was just angry at myself for remembering something,” he said a little moment later.“How can you make yourself angry? ...Why would you make yourself angry?” You asked, not understanding the logic.For the first time that day, Baekhyun could not come up with an explanation for you. He knew that you were someone who thinks logically and rationally, so to you, it didn’t make sense to be “angry at yourself”.“It’s...complicated. Emotions are complicated things. I can’t even explain it to you. To put it in a nutshell, I was angry at myself for thinking about something in my past, something that has no connection to me anymore. I don’t like to be held back by the past, but sometimes, it’s involuntary to think back about something or someone,” he tried feebly.Your brows creased together. “I don’t understand.”Baekhyun just smiled. “I don’t really expect you to right now. Don’t worry, you’ll understand it one day when you have lots of memories to look back on.”“Will I get angry with myself?”“Let’s hope not,” Baekhyun gave a slight chuckle. “We’ll make happy and beautiful memories together instead of sad ones, okay?”You nodded. You believe that today, you had already made lots of happy memories.--------------Do you guys know how much I love you?Oh you know? Well just let me tell you again that I love you X3Honestly though...your comments are all so nice ;__; and for the first time, I have updated twice during one night!About the "rabbit" ice cream, in China they have ice creams that are animal shaped, and I had a moment of remembering my happy childhood with ice cream so I decided to put it in :3It's actually 2am right now...I haven't checked this chapter through for spelling mistakes because I really wanted to type this up and post it...but hopefully, there isn't anything major..Enjoy~!!!