Baby Steps Chap. 1

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Baby Steps

Pairing: Chanbaek

Genre: Romance, Fluff, Smut

Length: Series

Summary: Don’t call Baekhyun as a stalker, because he is not. You can call him a puppy, but he is sure this is not a puppy love. He is just too much in love with Park Chanyeol from the next class.
















001



Baekhyun is a smart boy. He knows that fact all too well.

He was the class president when he was in middle school and he won lots of science competitions.

He is now the class president in high school and he still wins lots of competitions.

He is the almost-nerd.

Well, not really a nerd but he brings lots of books to school and he wears his glasses while studying.



Even though he is the type of almost-nerd, he is also a normal boy and he has crushes here and there.

But still, the only one able to steal his heart again and again without really doing anything is no other than Park Chanyeol.



Who’s Park Chanyeol?

Park Chanyeol is only a normal school boy, put into the class beside Baekhyun’s and a lanky tree. Well, he is a human but he is very tall and it eases Baekhyun to find him in the crowd.

He is tall and he is handsome.

His smile is amazing and his voice is sexy.

His brain is smart and his laughter is contagious.

You might be asking, what’s so special about Park Chanyeol then, for Baekhyun to be so in love with him?

Then, Byun Baekhyun might as well tell you the whole story.











It was that first day of high school, where all the strangers were gathered together to listen to headmaster’s speech before they were to find their respective classes.

Baekhyun fidgeted with his fingers, unable to shake the feeling of nervousness and the fear of not being able to cope with the high school life. He could be a bit matured from all the kids his age but he would still feel afraid in new places.

He found himself seated in the seat by the corner of the huge auditorium, listening to the buzzing of chatters from the students who had known each other or those who were brave enough to make new friends.

And Baekhyun?

He was forever the scared whimpering puppy.

His teeth started clattering when the buzz died down and he could see the headmaster making his way towards the podium.

The speech would start then they would be dismissed to find their class then they had to introduce themselves then he had to make new friends.

No, Baekhyun couldn’t do it.



There was a soft poke on his shoulder and Baekhyun spun his head to his right, only to find a boy with big shining eyes staring straight at him with a concerned gaze.

“Are you okay?” His voice was surprisingly low and deep and Baekhyun couldn’t really think of anything else because his mind was too jumbled to even ogle over the boy.

He gave the boy a gesture between a nod and a shake, because he didn’t really know what he was feeling right at that time.

He was excited to be in high school yet he was afraid of not being able to do well.

Baekhyun had a father, a mother, and an older brother to make proud of him.

The boy seemed to be able to sense his nervousness and maybe that was why he granted him with a wide grin, silly but cute, and Baekhyun blinked his glassy eyes at the smile.

“You must be nervous right now, don’t you? I’m feeling nervous, too! Gosh, but the excitement is overpowering my nervousness! I can’t wait to start my day as a highschooler!”

Baekhyun stopped feeling nervous at all as he paid more attention to the way the boy kept blabbering about his own feeling and soon he forgot that he was nervous. It might be silly, but this boy had a magical voice that could make Baekhyun calm in less than three minutes.



“What’s,” Baekhyun spoke up for the first time ever since he stepped his foot in this school, stopping the boy from telling him how he had almost thrown up at the morning.

“Yes?” The boy stopped talking and focused his attention on Baekhyun.

Baekhyun couldn’t help but gulped the saliva down his throat.

“W-What’s your name… if I may know?” He asked timidly, afraid that the boy would see him weird.

The boy’s eyes shone brightly. “My name is Park Chanyeol!”

Baekhyun opened his mouth to introduce himself, but the headmaster started speaking and soon, their attention was brought back to the front.

No other words were exchanged and Baekhyun thought his day would start soon.



The tall boy named Park Chanyeol gripped onto his wrist gently when Baekhyun was about to leave, giving him one last grin.

“Good luck!” He said, before waving and then ran off.

Baekhyun watched his broad back as he ran; fists curled up and a smile on his own face.











Ever since that time, Baekhyun couldn’t help but seek for the tall boy with bright smile everytime he goes to one place in the school ground. It can’t be help because the boy is extremely tall now that they are in their third grade or maybe because Baekhyun is too much in love with the boy who barely knows his presence.

A deep sigh leaves Baekhyun’s lips as he reaches up, standing on his tippy toes to try and grab the book on the top shelf. It’s unfortunate to be so short; he barely comes up to the third row of the shelves and now he has to grab the book from the first row, just imagine how cruel is that.

He could just stop humiliating himself, but this book is important for tomorrow’s quiz so he has to have it no matter how.

A strained whimper escapes him as Baekhyun jumps on his toes. He is trying his best, mind you.



Miracle comes in the unexpected time; because a long arm reaches above his head and a hand hands the book to him.

Baekhyun steps back, spinning around so fast that he almost feels dizzy; but he feels indeed dizzy because his long time crush is standing so close to him and happens to be his savior of the day.

Again.

He loses count on how many times Park Chanyeol has helped him in so many things.

But it seems that Park Chanyeol has never remembered him in any way.



“Here’s your book.” Said his deep voice, so low and calming. Baekhyun shivers.

“T-Thank you.” He replies, barely audible, just above a whisper.

But Park Chanyeol seems to hear it anyway and smiles widely at him, before walking away to the other shelf of books.

Baekhyun grips onto the book, unable to shake the giddy in his chest.



Park Chanyeol happens to be his savior for so many times that Baekhyun starts to think that maybe he could confess to the boy and have their happy ending.

Is this the sign? For Baekhyun to just go and gives the love letter he has prepared for a year?











Another day. Another week. Another month.

And he finds himself doing this again.

Baekhyun hides behind the wall as he watches the love of his life walking along with his two best friends. Oh, how he wishes to be able to walk beside him.

Park Chanyeol is so perfect; Baekhyun couldn’t help but to fall again and again for him.

A violet-colored envelope is placed neatly inside his school bag and Baekhyun would never get the chance to give it to him.







But maybe it’s Baekhyun’s lucky day because on the next day, he encounters Oh Sehun who happens to be walking by himself.

It’s hard to find one of the three to be walking alone. And Oh Sehun seems to be a kind type so, why not?



“E-Excuse me?” He calls softly, too soft even, but Oh Sehun seems to hear him.

The boy spins around, blinking questioningly at him.

“Yes? Can I help you?”

Baekhyun pushes his glasses up his nose bridge and struggles to find the sacred envelope in his school bag.

“Could you,” he stutters, “help me g-give this to C-Chanyeol-ssi?” His voice is too soft, just above a whisper and Baekhyun ignores the startled look coming from Oh Sehun.

No question coming from the boy and Baekhyun thanks his gesture. Oh Sehun nods at him before taking the envelope from his hand.

“Alright.”

Baekhyun bows at him gratefully while muttering, “Thank you,” before he runs for his life, not giving any chance if Oh Sehun happened to change his mind and did an interrogation at him.

Now all he has to wait is whether Park Chanyeol will be happy with his love confession.

Please. Give Baekhyun his happy ending!











Two days pass and Baekhyun loses his hope. No sign of Park Chanyeol reading his letter or even replying to him.

Ah, so this is how heartbreak feels.

Baekhyun understands now why people keep saying that first love never lasts.



With a grumpy pout over his mouth, Baekhyun shoves his book back into his bag and shuffles out of the class, ignoring the buzzing of the his classmates’ chatter. It’s his first heartbreak ever so just let him be.

Really, the only best friend Baekhyun has is his vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.



The walk towards the gate is short when Baekhyun’s focus is to get back home as quick as possible and cry his eyes out.



A gentle tap stops him from walking any further and Baekhyun spins around to question whoever might need his help because help him God, he has never gotten angry at anyone.

Wide eyes and pretty smile and tall height greet him and Baekhyun sucks his breathe in.

Because Park Chanyeol is standing in front of him.

The main character of his first heartbreak story.



“Byun Baekhyun, isn’t it?” Park Chanyeol asks, the smile keeps hanging on his face and gets even wider when Baekhyun nods his head in shock.

“Can we talk? Not here, maybe a more private place?”

“W-W-Why is that?” Baekhyun squeaks, voice too timid and a hiccup is following soon after his last word.

Park Chanyeol grins and mutters an almost inaudible ‘cute’ before bending his knees to look at him in the eye.

“To talk about your letter. So, can we?”









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A/N: Hope you like the first chapter.