Baby Steps Chap. 7

[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.
















Chapter 7



It’s finally the time for them to start their university life. After graduation, everyone goes to pack their things up because they will have to move into the dormitory in the next town.

Baekhyun can’t help but to grin in delight. It’s like another step in being an adult and he is going to study what he enjoys in university.

Chanyeol calls him on every moment he can, apologizing because they haven’t had the chance to have a third date due to be busy in packing their things. Baekhyun assures him that it’s okay and they don’t have to rush their third date. Just let it comes naturally.

“So, how is your packing?” Chanyeol’s voice speaks through the speaker and Baekhyun smiles.

“Almost done. I just have to wait for the hanging laundry and fold them into my luggage.”

Chanyeol could be heard sighing. “If only you could pack my things for me, Baekhyun. I don’t know what to bring.”

Baekhyun laughs. “Make sure that every important thing is brought. You don’t want to be driving back home just because you forget your things, Chanyeol.”

“How about you list off the things you bring? So I could copy.”

“Okay.” Baekhyun then starts listing off all the things he will bring to the dorm. They will start in the dormitory for the upcoming few years so he should make sure that all his important things are with him or he would bother his parents for sending the forgotten things for him. He wouldn’t want that.

“Baekhyun, you must be bringing your plushy, am I right?” Chanyeol’s teasing voice comes and Baekhyun feels his cheeks burn.

“I-I can’t sleep without it.” He admits lowly, resulting in Chanyeol laughing from across the other line.

Baekhyun pouts. “Don’t laugh at me!”

Chanyeol coos at him. “Oh, baby Baekhyun is pouting again! I could imagine you just right!”

“I’m hanging up.” Baekhyun mutters lowly, reaching for his phone.

“Baekhyun, wait! What time will you arrive tomorrow?”

“I don’t know,” Baekhyun checks for his things again, “my dad said he will drive me there.”

“Call me when you are going, okay? So I could wait for you.”

Baekhyun feels his cheeks burn again and he smiles shyly. “O-Okay…”











“No more things you will forget?” His ma asks him for the fifth time. Baekhyun laughs softly.

“Yes. Don’t worry. I checked it ten times.”

His ma grabs him into her arms. “Be good there, okay? Don’t get into any trouble. Study hard. I will come and visit you soon, baby.”

Baekhyun wraps his arms tightly around her. “Okay, Ma. I will miss you. Take care of yourself and Pa, too.”

“Of course. I will miss you, too, my baby pumpkin. Eat healthy food and don’t be late. Drink lots of water, okay? And say hi to Chanyeol for me.”

Baekhyun blushes. “Okay. Bye, Ma.”

He waves to his mother before climbing up into the car. His pa is waiting in the driver seat.

“It feels like I’m watching a soap opera.” His pa teases him. Baekhyun puffs his cheeks in a pout. His pa laughs and pats his cheek.

“Don’t be too cute, son. People will take advantage on you and I can’t be there to keep you locked up.”

Baekhyun giggles softly and the car drives away. He reaches for his phone, almost forgetting to call for Chanyeol.

“Hello, Baekhyun?”

“Hey, Chanyeol. I’m on my way there.” He says into the phone, ignoring his pa’s sharp side eye.

He can hear some shifts from Chanyeol. “Okay, I’m going, too! Dad, come on!”

Baekhyun laughs. “Don’t rush, Chanyeol. I could just wait for you instead.”

“No! You shouldn’t wait. Just let me do the waiting job. Oh God, Dad!”

“Alright. See you soon, Chanyeol.” He says softly. Chanyeol hums. “See you there, Baekhyun-ah.”

As soon as he ends the call, his pa snickers.

“Show me which one is the boy. I will have to make my calculation clear so I could break his legs.”

“Pa!”











When they arrive, his pa gives him a few more rounds of good words for him to remember and Baekhyun tackles him into a hug. The man helps him loads his luggage and bags down, before Chanyeol’s voice is heard calling for his name.

“Baekhyun! Let me help you!”

“No, it’s okay!” Baekhyun squeaks when Chanyeol grabs his heaviest bag.

“Let him help you.” His pa says with a teasing tone but his eyes say everything.

“Oh, hello, Mr. Byun! My name is Chanyeol! Nice to meet you!” Chanyeol bows lowly to the man.

“Hello, Chanyeol. Help Baekhyun and take care of him, will you? I’m counting on you.”

“Paaaa!!” Baekhyun stomps his foot down and the father ruffles his hair.

“Be good, son. We will come and visit sometime. Take care. I will go now.”

“Thanks, Pa. Be careful on your drive back! Bye!” Baekhyun waves him with a smile.

Chanyeol pulls him into a hug as soon as the car is away far enough. Baekhyun yelps, bumping his nose against his shoulder.

“Chanyeol?”

“I miss you. We haven’t met for a long time.” Chanyeol says. Baekhyun blushes madly and nods his head.

“Let’s get in before we talk, Chanyeol. People are watching.” He whispers embarrassedly. The tall boy gives him a squeeze before releasing him altogether. They scoot inside the building and Baekhyun gets two of the most weightless bags he has while Chanyeol insists on bringing his luggage.

“Woah.” Baekhyun breathes out in awe at the display of the tall building which is their dormitory.

Chanyeol stops beside him and grins. He reaches to pinch Baekhyun’s cheek because the boy is being too cute right now.

“Is this where we will be staying?” Baekhyun whispers out, not realizing that someone has stolen a pinch from him. Chanyeol hums, “Yes. Come and let’s get your keys.”

Baekhyun is still staring around while the tall boy grabs his hand and drags him to the desk. The woman sends him an amused smile while Chanyeol is being the one doing all the report and filling the sign.

“Here.” Chanyeol lifts the keys in front of his eyes. Baekhyun yelps and reaches for it, yet the tall boy lifts it higher to tease him.

Baekhyun whimpers because Chanyeol is using the tall card again. Then, he has no choice other than using his adorable card which Chanyeol has always mentioned about.

He scrunches his nose up and pouts his lips. He can see the stutter in Chanyeol’s gesture, like the way his teasing smile falls off.

“Give it to me…” Baekhyun whimpers softly, gripping onto his arm.

Chanyeol gulps and stumbles a step back before he obeys docilely to his request. As soon as he gets the keys in his hands, Baekhyun laughs and runs away to leave him. He hears Chanyeol’s groan before the boy rushes to run after him.

Baekhyun stays with a senior named Jinki who greets him warmly like an older brother he has never had.

“I stay four rooms away from you, Baekhyun.”

“Really? Who are you staying with?”

Chanyeol grumbles. “Sehun.”

Baekhyun smiles up at his cute grumble. “Really? You are rooming with your own bestfriend, Chanyeol. What’s with the sour face?”

The tall boy says nothing and Baekhyun laughs. He forces Chanyeol to leave because he needs to unpack and he is sure Chanyeol himself hasn’t even touched his luggage. Chanyeol leaves after a long time of persuading Baekhyun to go out on a date with him tomorrow. Baekhyun nods and gives him a shy soft kiss on his cheek.











“Where are we going today?” Baekhyun walks out of his dorm room after Chanyeol knocks on the door. The tall boy steps forward to put the scarf better around him.

“Don’t want my puppy to get sick.” Chanyeol teases him.

Baekhyun huffs and he buries his red face into his thick scarf.

“We are watching a real movie today.” Chanyeol grabs his hand and twines their fingers together to pull him to walk. Baekhyun hums shyly, stumbling on his steps to follow after Chanyeol’s long legs.

“Movie? Like… in a movie theather?”

“Yeah. Do you like it?”

“Yes, yes!” Baekhyun skips excitedly, “Hurry!”

Chanyeol laughs when the excited puppy drags him faster to walk.

They get into the theater and Chanyeol goes for the snack while Baekhyun goes for the tickets. With a big cup of popcorn in his arm and drinks, Chanyeol waits the little puppy in the swarm of people.

“Where’s our seat?” He asks as soon as Baekhyun waddles to him.

“Uh,” Baekhyun stares at the tickets in his hands, “backseat!” He grins up with a soft laugh.

Chanyeol can’t help himself from leaping forward to kiss his cheek because Baekhyun is being too adorable; it’s not good for his heart. Baekhyun’s breathe hitches and he blushes.

“C-Chanyeol, people…”

The tall boy grins. “Let’s just get inside.”

Baekhyun is ushered into the theater room and they shuffle their way up to the last seat. Chanyeol plops down with a comfy sigh and Baekhyun smiles to him.

“I’m excited!” Baekhyun tells him, wriggling in his seat. Chanyeol laughs and pushes him back to lean back.

“Don’t be too excited. Calm down.”

Baekhyun opens his mouth but Chanyeol stuffs a popcorn into his mouth. The puppy pouts while munching down on the popcorn.

“Just shut up for a while, Baekhyun. You are being too cute right now.”

Baekhyun blushes but nods nonetheless. The light goes off and the movie is starting in a few seconds. He locks his eyes on the screen, feeling too excited to watch the movie. Chanyeol smiles at the excitement coming from him and he reaches for his hand to twine their fingers together. The red face Baekhyun is sporting is unclearly visible from the darkness around them but Chanyeol knows just how much this skin ship affects him.

They watch the movie with hands holding tight together.

When the movie is done, Baekhyun clings onto Chanyeol’s arm like an overexcited puppy (he really is) while blabbering about the action scenes they have just seen. He can’t even shut his mouth about it.

“Baekhyun, hey,” Chanyeol tries to calm him down but to no avail he is still going on and on about it.

“And then did you see the explosion, Chanyeol? Woah, that was so cool! The car was thrown away meters! Do you think it’s real? Or was it graphic? Woah, I still can’t believe it—”

And so on. He keeps blabbering that it almost becomes annoying but he is just too adorable that Chanyeol can’t even get mad at him. He instead wants to smother him in a tight hug and kiss all over his face. But since he can’t do that, he will just settle with this.

Baekhyun’s mouth gets silenced from talking any further when Chanyeol scoops down and plants the softest kiss ever, just like that last time, on the corner of his lips.

“You talk too much, puppy.” The tall boy mutters when he leans away, sporting a red face. Even his sticking ears are red.

Baekhyun is no different though. His red face could resemble the traffic red light and he bends his head down, whimpering in embarrassment. His cute little fingers grip onto the front of Chanyeol’s coat. The tall boy watches him in endearing. God, this boy is too adorable.

“D-Don’t do that, p-please!!” Baekhyun whines weakly. Chanyeol chokes, listening to Baekhyun whining for the first time.

“Why?”

“I-It did no good… h-here.” He stutters then he points to his chest.

Oh, cute puppy! Chanyeol could squeeze him tight.

“Let’s find something to eat.” He suggests, deciding to give the poor boy a break because by this time, Baekhyun’s red face could rival a person with fever. He needs to stop this before Baekhyun faints.

They get into a fast food restaurant and Baekhyun orders for a plate of spaghetti while Chanyeol settles on burger and fries.

“This is so good!” Baekhyun says while forking the wheat. Chanyeol takes a big bite on his burger. The excited boy slurps down his spaghetti without caring for the world and Chanyeol chokes a laugh. He reaches over to swipe the cheese sauce off of the thin lip.

“You are so messy.” He comments.

“But this is so good!” Baekhyun shrieks, holding a forkful of rolled pasta to him. Chanyeol gulps. This could be an indirect kiss and if Baekhyun realizes it, he would be embarrassed too, but the boy is too drowned in the taste of cheese right now.

He opens his mouth and eats it, internally squealing like a little girl. Oh, Chanyeol. What happens to you?

Baekhyun continues eating like nothing had happened and Chanyeol heaves a silent sigh.











“Do you like the date today?” Chanyeol asks as they walk back to the dorm with light steps. Baekhyun is a few steps away from him, with the boy being too hyper for some reasons.

“Yes,” Baekhyun breathes out with a pretty smile, one that makes Chanyeol’s heart skips a beat or two.

Then, Baekhyun skips from right to left, laughing and giggling like a child on sugar rush. Chanyeol can’t help but to hold a hand over his chest. The boy’s cuteness is too much, he can’t help it from being too affected by it. And that smile, oh. That cute, pretty smile Baekhyun is sporting right now. Chanyeol feels like taking a picture of it so it could last longer and so he could stare at it the whole day.

That’s right. He could take a picture of it. Why doesn’t he?

With that in mind, Chanyeol reaches for his phone and settles on the camera application. He tries to find the right time, as Baekhyun is still skipping around the empty park they are currently at.

“Baekhyun,” he calls, phone up in the air. The boy glances to him, his eyes squeezed on the corner and lips forming that beautiful smile. Click. Chanyeol gets his picture.

“Ah!” Baekhyun realizes what the sound is and he rushes over to grab the phone.

“No! Delete it!” Baekhyun whines, stomping his way towards him. Chanyeol laughs, holding his phone up in the air and once again taking the advantage of his tall legs. Baekhyun is pouting right now, his scrunched up nose and pouty lips and puffed cheeks, and he feels like taking another picture, but not now. God knows what Baekhyun would do if he ever gets his phone.

“No way. It’s for me.” Chanyeol says, sticking his tongue out.

Baekhyun huffs, jumping on his toes to reach for the device but to no avail Chanyeol stands on his tiptoes to make it higher. There are sounds of puppy whimpers coming from Baekhyun and Chanyeol knows that this time he couldn’t be weak. He has to be strong this time.

They fight for the phone for a while; Baekhyun grips onto his coat to pull him down yet Chanyeol keeps his height as high as possible. Their fight ends when Baekhyun suddenly pulls away, blushing red when he realizes just how close their faces are. He goes back to his heels, bending his head down and fiddling with his fingers.

“Uh…” He mutters softly.

Chanyeol gets back down, shoving his phone safely into his pocket. Baekhyun throws him so shy glances.

“I… I really enjoy today, Chanyeol.” He says softly, smiling.

The tall boy shifts on one foot to another. “Me, too. I’m glad that you could enjoy yourself, Baekhyun.”

Baekhyun gulps, glancing around for a moment, before he takes a step closer. Chanyeol blinks his eyes, having no idea what the boy is going to do. Is he going to seek for his phone again?

There are fingers gripping onto his coat and Baekhyun pulls him down, causing him to bend his knees slightly. Baekhyun closes his eyes and stands on his tiptoes, kissing his lips softly.

Their lips press in the softest touch ever and Chanyeol can hear the fireworks in his ears. So this is what people always say with fireworks and first kiss. Baekhyun’s lips are warm and thin. He could faint.

Baekhyun leans away, his face is so red that it should be bordering around the worrying state but the boy is smiling to him.

“Thank you… Chanyeol.” He says, his voice no louder than a whisper, before he goes to bury his face against the tall boy’s shoulder.

Chanyeol is still too shocked to even react. He gets a kiss and he gets an armful of blushing puppy in his arms.

“Oh.” He could only mutter, before scooping the boy tighter.

It’s their first kiss ever and the feeling is fantastic. And it was Baekhyun who gave him the kiss. Chanyeol could die happily tonight.

They stay hugging for a moment before Baekhyun pulls away, still blushing.

“L-Let’s go b-b-back.” He stutters, before then he rushes away running. Chanyeol blinks before he chases after him with a laugh.

By the time he gets back into his dorm room, he is smiling like an idiot.

“What’s wrong with you?” Sehun asks, pausing the game in his phone.

Chanyeol grins and shows a love sick face. “Baekhyun kissed me.”

He slumps onto his bed, sighing happily, while completely tuning off all of Sehun’s teasing words.





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He and Sehun meet up with Kyungsoo in the café across the university building. “So, how do you like the dorm?” Kyungsoo asks excitedly.

Sehun sighs. “Fine. I got roomed with Chanyeol, it’s so boring.”

Chanyeol splutters. “Hey! I don’t want to be roomed with you as well!” He defends himself from behind his milkshake. Sehun scoffs at him, “Of course. You would rather room with your lover boy.”

This makes Kyungsoo’s ears perk up. “Lover boy?”

Chanyeol’s face reddens from it and Sehun snickers, moving closer to Kyungsoo to gossip with him. “Apparently, Chan got a kiss on his lips from that Minhyun guy –”

“It’s Baekhyun!” Chanyeol cuts, face red and eyes wide.

“When was it, when?”

“On their third date two days ago. Ever since then, Chan couldn’t stop checking his phone in every two minutes or so because his Minhyun –”

“His name is Baekhyun!” He groans. When will they get his name right?

“– and Chan have been texting and I wonder whether they have exchanged nude photos or not –”

“Oh Sehun!” He groans, pulling onto his hair.

“Is this real, Chanyeol? You have been texting with him?” Kyungsoo asks.

Chanyeol grumbles under his breath, his face red in embarrassment, and seeing him in that state, Sehun sneakily grabs his phone by the other side of the table.

“Sehun! Don’t!” He groans, trying to grab his phone back but it’s too late because Sehun whistles while grinning wolfishly, showing the background image of the phone to Kyungsoo which is a photo of Baekhyun he had gotten a few days ago.

“Wow, he is so cute!” Kyungsoo squeals.

Chanyeol grabs back his phone, hitting Sehun’s head upside down while locking the device back. What’s with everyone and trying to steal his phone away?

“Can’t believe you are the romantic type, Chan,” Sehun wiggles his eyebrows. “And he has his own boyfriend sleeping in his phone,” Sehun steals the glance as Kyungsoo yelps in surprise, hiding his phone. “You are already sleeping with him?”

“Stop spreading nonsense rumor,” Kyungsoo mutters. Sehun shrugs. “I’m not going to complain. You two could go at it like rabbits in front of me and I wouldn’t mind at all.”

Chanyeol gasps for air and Kyungsoo shrieks embarrassedly, looking around in fear of people listening. Sehun could make such a pervert friend.

“Don’t talk like that!” Kyungsoo hisses. Sehun narrows his eyes on them. “Why are you two being so weird? I’m sure you have imagined touching your Min- I mean, Baekhyun guy, right? And you want your Jongin hyung to touch you, right?”

Chanyeol looks like he is about to explode and Kyungsoo buries his face into his scarf.

“Uh, well,” Chanyeol starts and Sehun perks up in excitement. “Yeah?”

He seems like he is constipated before muttering, “Baekhyun is so cute that I sometimes couldn’t hold back myself and want to hide him from the world.” He admits silently. It’s real though. He wants to hide Baekhyun away if he could, so his cuteness is reserved only for him to see.

“I know it. So when are you going to do the deed? You have gone to dates and it’s not like he is going to wait any longer. Make him your boyfriend soon, Chan.” Sehun suggest.

Chanyeol chews his bottom lip. “Should I?”

“Yes, you should!” Kyungsoo supports with a wide smile. It seems to make Chanyeol even surer and then he smiles, blushing slightly.

“Alright. I will ask him to be my boyfriend after this.” He braves himself. Oh, he could only pray that Baekhyun would say yes.





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“Chanyeol?” Baekhyun’s voice resounds, calling for him. He stands up from the bench and waits nervously as the boy walks into the park in this evening.

“Hey, Baekhyun.”

The boy smiles to him. “Why do you want to meet up? Is there something wrong?”

Chanyeol gulps. It’s now or never.

Without any more opening or sweet words, he blurts out, “Baekhyun, will you be my boyfriend?”

Baekhyun blinks his eyes before he clamps his mouth shut. He bends his head down without saying anything to answer. Chanyeol can hear how his heart is beating so fast in his ears and he starts to panic. What’s the meaning of this silence? Could it be that Baekhyun doesn’t want to be his boyfriend? Could it be that Baekhyun doesn’t like him anymore?

In the middle of his self crisis, he hears soft sniffs and Chanyeol pays more attention to the boy standing in front of him. Baekhyun brings both his fists up and he rubs his eyes like a little kid.

“I-I thought… I thought you w-would never a-a-ask!” He chokes, hiccupping cutely while crying.

Chanyeol heaves a relieved sigh and he smiles amusedly at the crying boy. Baekhyun is so cute. He cries after he asks him to be his boyfriend.

“…thought that you d-don’t like m-me and I’m a-annoying and we w-would only stay as f-f-friends…” Baekhyun sobs out. Oh, this cute baby. Chanyeol steps closer to him and pulls him into his arms.

“I was so nervous,” Chanyeol admits, burying his face into the boy’s fluffy locks, “I thought you would reject me.”

Baekhyun wraps his arms around his waist tightly. “I could n-never.”

“Is this okay? Are you my boyfriend now, Baekhyun?” He asks quietly. Baekhyun sniffs, pulling away to look up at him. His eyes are red and so is his nose, but his smile is so blinding that Chanyeol forgets the way to breathe.

“Yes.” He whispers softly. Chanyeol cups his face and wipes his tears away.







They walk back to the dorm and Chanyeol stops as they arrive by Baekhyun’s room. He clutches onto his hand, unable to let him go and Baekhyun smiles to him. The boy steps up to him and he stands up on his tiptoes, kissing him softly on his mouth.

“Have a good night sleep,” Baekhyun whispers softly, before he hugs him tight, “Good night, Channie.”

Chanyeol can’t even have a blink of sleep tonight. The only thing he could do is to smile because now Baekhyun is his boyfriend! Woohoo!









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A/N: Official! ^^ Hehe~

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