Is it Okay? (1/1)

The moment Chanyeol entered his room, he collapsed on the floor. The whole façade he had been holding for so long had caught upto him. He couldn’t breathe. He needed to let it all out. The tears that he had been holding, now found their way out of his eyes without his permission. Things became all blurry. His heart hurt alongside his head, that was now throbbing in pain.However, confusion took a larger part of his thoughts. Why? Why did Baekhyun agree to this contract even after seeing him there? Why did he pretend to be unphased even after it was bothering him? Why did he not tell Mr. Kim about the situation and reject the contract as soon as he entered?All of the things didn’t make sense. Though Baekhyun seemed the same to Chanyeol even after three years, there were many changes. The way Baekhyun talked now, had a hint of more confidence and politeness to it. The way he walked now, had a different poise, different aura. The way he carried himself overall now, had a sense of maturity to it.The Baekhyun he knew three years ago was a fun-loving, jumpy, bubbly person that always seemed to be smiling, always positive about things, even though some of them were purely evil (let’s talk about those some other time.)Many things had changed overtime and Chanyeol realized, maybe, Baekhyun did too. But he couldn’t find himself to look at Baekhyun in any other way. It was his Baekhyun, his life, his everything.And right now, Chanyeol’s heart was clenching at the thought. Working together would be difficult.He dragged himself to the bathroom and took a long shower. He cleared his thoughts. If Baekhyun has shown a professional side and decided to work together, Chanyeol would do the same. He wouldn’t try to cause any discomfort to Baekhyun.Chanyeol had decided. Their relationship would be professional form now. No matter how much it hurts, he would do it. For Baekhyun.  3 days later Jongdae had returned to Korea last night and the whole team was informed to meet in Jongdae’s studio for the project discussion.Mr. Kim arrived with Chanyeol first and Jongdae, as usual, hardly even glanced at Chanyeol.All the staff had come before and only the star of the show seemed to be missing.“Baekhyun said he will be here as soon as the shoot ends. He will be here soon. Till then, shall we discuss other matters?” Jongdae asked Mr. Kim.“Sure.” Mr. Kim said.Around half an hour later, the door of the meeting room opened and Baekhyun entered.Chanyeol just stared. Baekhyun came direct from his shoot and he still had the whole makeup on his face. He definitely looked like a walking God.Chanyeol realized he must have stared a bit longer than expected and quickly turned his eyes towards the papers infront of him.“I am really sorry, gentlemen. The shoot seemed to have taken more time than expected. Lets get right into it, shall we?” he quickly said. He didn’t look nervous at all. He had a perfect work face on and looked serious about it.“Surely. Have a seat Baekhyun.” Jongdae said.Baekhyun took a seat a beside Jongdae and gave him a side hug.“Alright, what are we on?” Baekhyun asked no one in particular.“Well, according to the themes, we decided to do the shoots in either Spain or London. What do you think?” Mr. Kim said.“That sounds right. The Spain streets have a beauty of their own and it will pair up perfectly with the theme. I am okay with spain.” Baekhyun said.Jongdae chimed in, “I told you, didn’t I, Mr. Kim? I know him too well.”“Hahaha, yes you did, Jongdae. Spain it is then.” Mr. Kim said.‘I knew he was going to choose spain, too,’ Chanyeol pouted. He already knew Baekhyun’s choices. They used to be boyfriends, for God’s sake. ‘Used to be’ Chanyeol paused on the words in his thoughts. He sighed. Maybe too loudly. He looked around and it seemed like he caught everybody’s attention.“Is there any problem with Spain, Chanyeol?” Jongdae asked dryly, arching a brow.“Uh… umm… No.. No… I am totally fine with it. Spain sounds perfect.” He stuttered.“Well, okay then. We leave next week. It would be a two weeks long schedule. I’ll see everything about the arrangements. Shall we discuss the looks now?” Mr. Kim asked.“I have these looks chosen. “ Jongdae got up and showed what he had planned for the project. He continued. “I have all of these alreay in the making process. They will be ready in a week or so. We can do a test shoot and then decide which ones to use for the shoot.”“Well, for now, I think for the first edition, the ones with the college boy looks would be good and then we can release the city man look in the second edition.” He suggested.“Umm… I think we should release it all at once. Our brand is new and it should capture as much market as it can. These would easily catch the attention of the men in both the categories.” Chanyeol spoke.Baekhyun was amused, shocked even, to hear the deep voice again but