Baby Steps Chap. 2

[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.
















002



Dear Park Chanyeol-ssi,



I know this is unexpected but through this short letter, I would like to tell you something.

You don’t know me but we have met a lot. I see you everyday walking around the school with your friends. I’m not a stalker! So, don’t worry about that.

With this, I would like you to know that I lov like you a lot. I’m not lying and this is not a joke! I’m serious, I swear!

Thank for giving the chance to read this. If this happened to offend you in anyway, please just destroy this letter and forget that you ever accepted it. You are not obliged to return my feeling or even reply this. Even without responding to this, I would conclude that you are angry at me, but please don’t hate me!

I’m sorry for taking your time. Please have a good life.

From your biggest admirer,

Byun Baekhyun.

It’s embarrassing to see that sacred paper in front of his eyes again, but Baekhyun locks his gaze on the said paper and refuses to even lift his head. Park Chanyeol is sitting right in front of him so it’s kind of hard to stare at him.

“Byun Baekhyun-ssi? Why are you looking so uncomfortable?”

Baekhyun yelps, pushing the glasses he forgets to take off up his nose before shaking his head.

“N-N-No, no, I-I’m fine!!!”

Park Chanyeol stares at him for a while before chuckling softly, making Baekhyun stunned just by staring at his smiling face.

“You are… very cute.”

Let him die… Baekhyun could die happily… Park Chanyeol calls him cute!

“…t-t-thank you.”



“So, about the letter –”

“I-I’m sorry!” Baekhyun blurts suddenly, cutting the taller boy.

“What?”

“I’m sorry about the letter! Please don’t be angry at me! I don’t mean any harm! I’m just… just can’t hold it back anymore and I see you everyday and it’s scary because I’ve never felt like this before and your smile is pretty and I just can’t control my act and it –”

“Wow, wow. Calm down.” Park Chanyeol says with an amused smile playing on his mouth, making Baekhyun immediately shuts up and waits without breathing.

“First of all, you shouldn’t be sorry about telling your feeling; it’s even such a brave thing to do. I personally understand that very well.” Park Chanyeol says, muttering the last part only for himself to hear.

“And then, I’m not angry at you. In truth, I would like to thank you for giving me this letter,” he says, thumbing the paper gently.

“T-Thank me?” Baekhyun repeats slowly.

Park Chanyeol nods with a smile.

“Yes. The letter may be short but I can feel your sincerity from it. I really want to thank you for the letter, Baekhyun-ssi.”

That’s it? He only wants to thank him? No other thing?

Baekhyun feels his excitement dies down and bile crawling up his throat.

Alright, he is forever alone.

“I-I get it. I w-will get g-going then –”

“Wait! I’m not finished!” Park Chanyeol says, gripping onto his wrist gently and Baekhyun squeaks softly at the simple touch.

“Y-Yes?” Baekhyun gulps. The touch around his wrist loosens and he admits it’s disappointing that Park Chanyeol retracts his hand.

The tall boy grins, rubbing the back of his neck while speaking, “We don’t really know each other that well. It could be that you know me a lot more than I know about you, but… let’s start with being friends first? I honestly like the idea of you being my friend now that I have met you.”

Baekhyun feels relief yet disappointment wash over him. Okay, so apparently Park Chanyeol doesn’t reject him but he wants to start as a friend first?

Who is Baekhyun to even refuse this heavenly offer?

“A-Alright.”

“Give me your phone number for the first step.” Park Chanyeol says with a wide smile and Baekhyun starts reciting his numbers to him.

He ends up going back home with the addition in his contact list, under the name of Park Chanyeol.











The first sign of them being in a friendly stage is when Chanyeol greets him in the library when Baekhyun is, once again, jumping on his toes to grab his desired book.

“Oops, I get you now.” Chanyeol mutters, more towards the book, but it’s enough to make Baekhyun blushes like a girl.

“T-Thank you.” He hugs the book to his chest, avoiding the stare coming from the tall boy.

“I start to remember that I seem to meet you lots of times before. Am I right?”

“Yes.” Baekhyun shuffles around with his shoes before he hears a silent chuckle coming from Chanyeol.

“Stop being so adorable. I can’t squeal because this is library. You are too cute, Baekhyun-ssi.”

Baekhyun internally screams on top of his lungs. His crush is calling him adorable and cute and all that.

“P-Please just call me Baekhyun.” He mutters. It’s embarrassing to be standing so close to his crush and even maintaining a conversation more than five words with him. Baekhyun shuffles away towards the table where his books are sprawled around, followed by the tall boy.

“You can call me Chanyeol, too, then. Don’t be so shy in front of me, Baekhyun. Anyway, what are you doing? Is it assignment? Exam?”

“I… I’m just making a review from my notes.” He replies, starting to loosen himself and act like he usually is.

Chanyeol hums at his statement before taking a seat beside him, staring straight.

“W-What are you doing here, Chanyeol?”

“Me? I’m planning to borrow a few books to study, but now that I see you here, maybe you could help me with this subject?” Chanyeol asks, smiling wide.

Baekhyun pushes his glasses up.

“You want me to help you with your study?” Baekhyun asks curiously because as far as he knows, Chanyeol is one of the best students (still under his rank, of course).

“Yeah. Would you?”

It might help him get closer to his crush and also make them more comfortable. It also doesn’t hurt to study that subject while helping Chanyeol, so…

“Sure. Why not?”

“Great! I’ll just grab my bag from my friends and I’ll get back here before you know it! Wait for me!” Chanyeol says, standing up.

He ruffles Baekhyun’s hair gently before rushing out of the library.

Baekhyun buries his face into his arms and whimpers at how his chest is bubbling up in happiness.











“Is it really okay for you to leave your friends alone like this?” Baekhyun asks, scooting away to give more space to Chanyeol who has joined him back in the library.

The tall boy grins and nods. “Of course. Don’t worry about them. I’m sure Sehun and Kyungsoo would appreciate a rare time without me becausd apparently I’m talking too much and sometimes they are annoyed with my voice.” He laughs softly.

Baekhyun whines under his breath before blurting out, “I-I love your voice!”

Chanyeol stops laughing and stares at him with a soft gaze, making Baekhyun realizes what has he said and he secretly wishes Chanyeol doesn’t hear it.

But Chanyeol is just so kind and he grins. Leaning closer to Baekhyun, he gives his hair a gentle ruffle.

“Thank you.”

Baekhyun nods and bends his head down to hide his red face, much to Chanyeol’s amusement.

“L-Let’s just start.”



Simple to say that it’s the best study Baekhyun has ever had. He has his crush sitting beside him and they are studying together.

Chanyeol is really nice. He keeps thanking Baekhyun whenever he solves a problem and grins widely at him. He is also smart. Baekhyun only has to explain once to him and Chanyeol gets it in less than a minute.

“You helped me a lot, Baekhyun. Thanks for today.” Chanyeol says as they walk out of the library because the librarian says it’s closing time.

Baekhyun shakes his head no, fiddling with his backpack.

“No, all I did just to explain a few things to you. You are already so smart, Chanyeol, so no need to thank me.”

Chanyeol smiles at his act and decides to sling an arm around Baekhyun’s shoulder just to get more comfortable with the boy. It’s not hard to guess that Baekhyun is having another heart attack.

“Stop being so shy around me, Baekhyun. You are such a nice person.” He hears Chanyeol murmurs softly and Baekhyun swears he hears fireworks booming in the middle of this evening.



The sky is slowly turning to orange and then violet as Baekhyun appreciates the time he is having with Chanyeol, even though they are only walking together towards the bus stop.

God knows how many times he has been imagining this.

He can’t help but to fall in love with Chanyeol again and again.

But, hey, he is friend-zoned. Baekhyun pouts at that thought.



“Hey.” Chanyeol calls, gently poking his cheek with his finger.

Baekhyun squeaks at the innocent skin contact and he almost steps over his own leg, making Chanyeol grabs him firmly at his arm and laughs softly.

“Baekhyun, you are really cute. How come you haven’t gotten a girlfriend or boyfriend?”

Strike. The question strikes right at his chest.



Baekhyun doesn’t know where the braveness is coming from, but he looks up into Chanyeol’s eyes and says,

“Because I’m in love with you.”

Chanyeol drops his arm from his shoulder, smile slowly disappearing.

It hurts when he sees Chanyeol is losing his smile because of what he has said. Baekhyun holds back the bile in his throat, internally scolding himself for ruining such a good mood.

“I’m sorry. I’ll just go first.” He mutters, bowing a bit and running towards the bus stop. He finds a bus coming up and quickly scrambles up into the vehicle, not even glancing at the other boy a few meters from the bus stop.

It’s enough because Baekhyun couldn’t even feel his heart right now.

It’s numbed.











Baekhyun thanks his mother for the dinner before helping her with washing the dishes to let her rest and watches the tv with his father.

The water running from the tap is warm and Baekhyun rubs the plate clean from any soap, while his mind is running so quick with various thought.

Why would he say that to Chanyeol?

They have just been friends for like, what, four days? And he has to ruin it just because he is selfish and he wants Chanyeol to know his feeling?

Baekhyun whines, knocking his head with his wet hand for being so stupid. He could have the highest rank in the whole school but when it comes to love, he is the dumbest person ever.

His parents are whispering sweet nothings in the living room and Baekhyun doesn’t have the heart to disturb them so he silently climbs the stairs and heads to his room.

It’s dim because he doesn’t switch the light on, but it’s enough with the light from the moon in the sky up there.

Baekhyun crawls onto his bed and sighs, slumping completely against the fluffy covers.

His home works are done and he has no quiz tomorrow so he is left with nothing to do. Well, except for thinking about his crush.

How will Chanyeol think about him now? Will he find him annoying? Will he ignore him? Will he –



1 new message

From: Park Chanyeol

08:32 P.M.

Hey, Baekhyun :)



Is he dreaming? Is it really a message from Park Chanyeol?

With trembling fingers, Baekhyun types back a shy reply of ‘hi :)’.

It seems like Chanyeol is expecting his reply because even though Baekhyun is replying him five minutes later, the new message comes in less than a minute.



What are you doing? Homework?



Baekhyun bites back a squeal because is this the feeling of texting with your crush? His chest is undeniably full with rainbows.

No homework. I have just finished my dinner :)

Is it too flat? Should Baekhyun ask him back on what he is doing?

Great! Anyway, Baekhyun, would you like to join me and my friend tomorrow for lunch?

Could he?

Is it okay? I don’t want to disturb you guys :)

Baekhyun cuddles his giraffe plushy close to him as he waits for another reply. He is starting to get sleepy.

Of course! Sehun and Kyungsoo won’t mind at all, don’t worry! So, will you?

Okay ^^

Yes! So, I’ll be waiting in front of your class tomorrow at break time because I need to talk about something to you :D

Talk? What kind of talk?

Alright.

Good night, Baekhyun! :D

Night, Chanyeol.



“Yeah. Good night, Chanyeol-ah.” Baekhyun whispers before curling under the covers.











“Baekhyun!” Chanyeol calls as soon as he sees the shorter boy walks out of the classroom. He jogs towards the said boy and grins down at him, seeing Baekhyun’s eye smile given to him.

“Hi, Chanyeol. Did you wait for long? I’m sorry, it’s Mr. Kang’s lesson just now.”

“No, no, it’s okay!” Chanyeol says, waving his hand. “Anyway, Baekhyun, can we talk for a short while?”

He sees the shorter boy gulps down his saliva and decides not to mention about it. He could see that Baekhyun is feeling a bit nervous after yesterday so Chanyeol has to make things better before they go all awkward.

They stop by the bench a few meters from the classrooms and Chanyeol rubs the back of his neck.

“Um, about yesterday, I’m sorry.” He starts.

He sees Baekhyun blinks his eyes. “Why are you saying sorry? It was my fault for saying nonsense so it should be me who apologize to you.”

“Hey, it’s not nonsense, mind you.” Chanyeol says sternly because he doesn’t like how a love confession is being looked silly. It’s a good experience to love someone so you couldn’t judge them just because they couldn’t stop their feeling from bursting out.

“I was just a bit surprised, that’s all. I didn’t mean to ignore you or what yesterday, Baekhyun. But still, I want to thank you for your confession and let me tell you, I really admire your braveness for confessing like that.”

The blush on Baekhyun’s cheeks is pretty and Chanyeol would love to see it often.

“W-Why would you do that?” Baekhyun starts stuttering and let me tell you Chanyeol thinks it’s cute when he stutters.



The hallway is empty from any students. The only voice is coming from the lunch area and Chanyeol decides that he shouldn’t hold this any longer.

“Because every confession is beautiful and I was wrong to act that way yesterday. And also, I really appreciate your feelings for me so that’s why I want to ask you out for a date this weekend.”

He could see that his statement is having such a big impact towards the shorter boy because the blank look in Baekhyun’s eyes is kind of cute.

“Baekhyun?” He calls, stifling a chuckle as he pokes the boy’s cheek with his finger.

“…d-d-d-d-d-d-date?!” Baekhyun squeaks at him, eyes wide opened and Chanyeol grins. God, this boy is so cute. Even cuter than his friend, Kyungsoo.

“Yeah. Go out for a date with me, Byun Baekhyun.” He says gently yet firmly, to show that he is serious with this.

Baekhyun’s face reddens so red that Chanyeol’s afraid he is having a high fever.

The shorter boy opens up his mouth to say something but nothing comes out and he ends up opening and closing his mouth a few more times, gaping like a fish. Chanyeol decides to help him.

“Is that a yes?” He asks between his chuckles. Baekhyun gives him a few strong nods of his head.

“Alright. Let’s go have lunch and meet my friends. Come on, Baekhyun.”

Baekhyun takes a few deep breathes to calm himself and Chanyeol grins at his cute gesture. He holds onto his upper arm to pull him to walk and let Chanyeol repeats this again: the way Baekhyun’s cheeks blush is so pretty that he would like to see it again and again.

He knows this is a bit too fast but he is starting to like this boy. Like really, really like him.

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A/N: I'm glad you guys seem to be very supporting and excited with only the first chapter so I hope you can support me again because I'm pretty excited for this story and have more stored in the future. Thanks for reading; comments! ^^
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