Baby Steps Chap. 9

[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 9



The first day of class has finally come. Chanyeol wakes up feeling a bit more excited than he should be. Being in a college feels like you are a real adult already.

Sehun is already walking around half naked in their room, grunting about how Chanyeol’s socks almost tripped him in the middle of the night. Chanyeol sticks his tongue out at him, ignoring his words.

He reaches for his phone, typing a short message to his boyfriend: Morning, Baek!

He has the first class together with Sehun and Kyungsoo, but not with Baekhyun. The thought of it makes him deflates in disappointment but it’s okay, he still has two other classes with his boyfriend so it’s perfectly fine.

Sehun drags him out of the bed, telling him to shower already because he stinks. Chanyeol makes a face at him, grabbing his towel and boxers. Such a great friend he has here.

They walk out of their room when they finish, stopping by Baekhyun’s room to knock on the door. Baekhyun walks out, wearing a fluffy sweater and a pair of skinny jeans. He gives the two of a bright smile and Chanyeol is feeling quite possessive over the smile. Sehun has no right to see that, so he curls his boyfriend into his chest, shielding him from the big bad wolf Sehun.

Sehun snorts in disbelief, shaking his head and walking away ahead. Baekhyun giggles softly and Chanyeol leans low enough to peck his cheek. “Good morning, Baekhyun! Are you ready for the first class?”

“Yes! I’m very excited actually!” Baekhyun yips with a wide smile, skipping on his feet. Chanyeol coos at him, kissing his head and hugging him tight. They hear Sehun’s voice of, “The breakfast is not going to wait for you!”

Baekhyun pulls away with a shy smile and he reaches to twine their fingers together, tugging Chanyeol to start walking already. They settle in the dorm cafeteria to have their breakfast, with Sehun asking Baekhyun about how he is going to handle being in a class without knowing anyone at all.

“It’s okay,” Baekhyun answers while cutting his bacon, “I can manage it. It’s not the first time, anyway.”

Chanyeol glances at him. “Was this the same in high school?”

“Yes.” Baekhyun puts the little piece of bacon into his mouth, “I didn’t know anyone at that time so I just sat alone all by myself there.”

Chanyeol stares, feeling so sad for his boyfriend. Sehun nods, “It’s okay. You have us now. You have Chanyeol.” He says.

Baekhyun smiles and nods.

They walk to the dorm gate and wait there for Kyungsoo. As soon as the shortest boy arrives, bundled with fluffy scarf and all, the three of them coo and land pinches all over the boy, until Kyungsoo cries for them to stop it.

Chanyeol squeezes Baekhyun’s hand when they stop at the classroom. “I will wait for you later if I come out earlier, okay?” He pecks his cheek. Baekhyun blushes at the public affection but he nods anyway. After they wave bye, the three best friends head towards their own classroom. Chanyeol sighs, throwing glances back.

“You will see Baekhyun soon. Don’t be too whipped, Chan!” Kyungsoo says, patting his arm. He nods dejectedly.

The lecture goes on for a long time but none of them realizes it. It finishes in no time and they sprint out of the classroom, feeling kind of exhausted for studying again after such a long break from high school graduation.

They walk along the hallway and Chanyeol glues his gaze on the classroom where Baekhyun disappeared into about roughly two hours ago. As if it’s destiny, the door opens and the lecture walks out of it, followed by the students. Baekhyun’s form comes out in no time and Chanyeol runs there to welcome him.

“Baekhyun! How was your class?” He asks excitedly. Baekhyun looks up at him with his cheeks flushed. “I accidentally chose the seat in front of the AC and I was practically freezing the whole time!” He whines. Chanyeol cups his face with his palms, trying to warm his frozen cheeks.

“Let’s get out of here and get under the sun for a bit!” He suggests, pulling his boyfriend out of the building.

They decide to hang out at the café where Kyungsoo loves the milkshake the most. Chanyeol slips into the booth with Kyungsoo and Sehun, dragging Baekhyun to sit by his side to warm him up even more.

“What would you like to order?” He asks his boyfriend. Baekhyun stares at the menu above the counter, humming. “Cheesecake?” He says softly. Chanyeol nods and sprints to the counter to order.

They share the two slices of cheesecake, with Chanyeol trying to tell Baekhyun to sip on the warm tea first, but Baekhyun resists and almost tipping the small fork down but manage to catch it back into his hands.

He sips onto his latte, “Do you want to try this?” He offers to Baekhyun who has finally started in cutting the cake. Baekhyun nods and sips on it, his eyes growing wide in excitement. “It’s delicious!” He says with a smile. Chanyeol feels himself blushing at how they accidentally share another indirect kiss and it seems like Baekhyun realizes it as well before the both of them silently eat their cake.

They don’t realize their friends staring at them from across the booth. “You two are so cute!” Kyungsoo coos at them. Chanyeol jolts up in surprise, clearly not expecting that, and almost spilling his latte if not for Sehun’s quick hands steadying the cup.

“Stupid.” Sehun mutters.

Kyungsoo then goes to have a phone call with his own boyfriend, speaking in cute voice and making cute face. Baekhyun bites down on his fork, watching him with a smile. As soon as Kyungsoo hangs up the call, he coos at him, smiling at his conversation in the phone call.

“You and your boyfriend are so cute, Kyungsoo.” He mumbles softly. Seeing Kyungsoo acting with his boyfriend makes him the ideal couple that Baekhyun wants to idolize.

Chanyeol sends him an amused stare while Sehun is faking a barf beside him. Kyungsoo whimpers in embarrassment at how all of them listened to his conversation just now. “Aww, don’t be shy,” Baekhyun grins, gripping onto his hand.

Kyungsoo pouts at them. “You are all so bad.”

“Your fault for being so cute.” Sehun and Chanyeol say in unison before high-fiving each other. Baekhyun covers his mouth as he laughs, feeling happy that he can be accepted in this small circle of friends. Chanyeol pats his head and Baekhyun happily leans into his touch.







The second day of class is not as different as the first. Chanyeol is stuck with his two best friends again while Baekhyun has a class in another building. It makes him sad that they can’t walk together in the same building. He makes sure to sprint across the building to fetch his boyfriend when his class is over, ignoring his two best friends’ teasing snickers. Baekhyun’s surprised face when he arrives is worth everything.

“When did you arrive here?” Baekhyun asks, surprised. Chanyeol goes to hug him and pecks his cheek. “Five minutes ago.”

“Was your class ended faster?”

Chanyeol nods. “Yeah.” He can’t just possibly tell that he ran like a mad man here. Baekhyun believes him and sneaks into his side as they walk out of the building.







The third day of class is better because Chanyeol gets into the same class as Baekhyun. Oh, imagine how happy he is. He can’t get over his happiness; Baekhyun’s pink face when he reaches to hold his hand under the desk is too pretty to stare at. Chanyeol doesn’t think he gets to note something in his book.

A concentrating Baekhyun with his glasses on is such a rare sight to look at. Baekhyun mutters the words on the board slowly, before writing them down into his binder. Chanyeol holds back a squeal when Baekhyun reaches a hand up to push the glasses on his nose or to scratch onto the spot above his eyebrow.

By the end of the class, Baekhyun is pouting at him because he finds Chanyeol’s book is still so empty of writing. Chanyeol makes it up to him by peppering kisses all over his face once they get into the restroom. Baekhyun huffs, but he can’t hide his red face so it’s okay.







On the fourth day of class, Baekhyun is seated beside Kyungsoo, waiting for the lesson to start. They are currently muttering about how they are going to survive this class, with Kyungsoo clinging tightly on Baekhyun’s arm.

Eventually, someone taps Kyungsoo on his shoulder and the both of them turn around, finding a boy smiling.

“Jongdae-ssi! You are in this class, too!” Kyungsoo exclaims, unconsciously scooting away to give the person a spot in their seat. Baekhyun blinks questioningly while putting a polite smile on his face.

Kyungsoo glances at him. “Baek, Baek! This is the new friend I told you guys yesterday! His name is Jongdae!” Kyungsoo shakes him on his arm excitedly while introducing the two to each other. Baekhyun smiles up at the person.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Baekhyun.” He greets politely, giving a small bow while smiling at the stranger.

“Hey. I hope you don’t mind me sitting here with you two,” the new boy sends them an apologetic smile, which the two of them shake off quickly. “No, no, it’s fine. The more the merrier,” Baekhyun says to him, finding himself welcoming the person more than he expects.







“How was your class today?” Chanyeol asks, nuzzling into his shoulder. Baekhyun giggles at the ticklish feeling, trying his best to avoid Chanyeol’s locks from tickling his neck.

“It was nice! I had Kyungsoo there and I got introduced to the boy Kyungsoo told yesterday.” He says softly, hugging Chanyeol’s pillow into his chest. It’s the time after their dinner and he decides to hang out in Chanyeol and Sehun’s room for a while before they have to sleep. Sehun’s currently in the bathroom, just entered to shower with a groan at the display of their cuddles.

“Oh, you got into the class as the boy? Who is it again?” Chanyeol leans his head on his shoulder. Baekhyun reaches a hand up to ruffle his soft hair. “His name is Jongdae. He is so friendly and kind. I get why Kyungsoo could make friends with him almost immediately.”

Chanyeol curls his arms around his waist, clinging onto him like a baby koala. Baekhyun smiles at his snuggly side, grinning so widely. Chanyeol grins back, looking like a complete idiot, but then he lifts himself a bit to plant a quick kiss on Baekhyun’s mouth.

Baekhyun, not expecting it, blushes pink at that. No matter how many times they have kisses in the span of a week of their time of being boyfriends, he still can’t get used to it.

“Thief.” He mutters softly, pouting a bit and feeling playful for now. Chanyeol lifts his head up from his shoulder, blinking his eyes.

“I’m not a thief.” Chanyeol pouts as well. Baekhyun stifles a smile but he keeps his act. “Yes, you are.”

Chanyeol shakes his head, his arms slowly winding around Baekhyun’s hips to pull him closer. Now face to face, Baekhyun nudges his nose up against Chanyeol’s.

“I’m not a thief.” Chanyeol mutters again, his head tilted aside as his eyes are trained on Baekhyun’s lips. It will only take a soft push until their lips meet.

Baekhyun shudders, his eyelids slowly dropping down. “…yes, you are.”

Chanyeol squeezes his hips, “Okay, I am a thief.” With that being said, he dives down to claim his lips into a kiss, stealing them just like the thief he is. Baekhyun gasps when their lips meet. He purses his lips, mewling softly as Chanyeol nips onto his bottom lip to tease him.

He puts his hands up on Chanyeol’s shoulders, squeezing him while he starts to pant heavily. They have a lot of kisses nowadays, maybe because they are still in the honeymoon state, people said. Not that Baekhyun dislikes it though, he very much welcomes Chanyeol and his kisses.

Along the kiss, Chanyeol tilts his head, pushing it back with a strong kiss that leaves Baekhyun breathless. He clings onto Chanyeol tightly, trying to find a purchase to keep himself from fainting.

Eventually, he feels Chanyeol’s hands tenderly rub his hipbones and he doesn’t really pay any attention at that. Baekhyun hums softly, moving his lips in sync with Chanyeol’s.

A loud gasp escapes from his mouth when Chanyeol’s hands drop down from his hip bones, to touch his bottom. His lips part in surprise, his eyes too, unable to believe that Chanyeol would touch him there. No one has ever touched him on his bottom except for his parents.

Chanyeol ignores his gasp, even taking it to his advantage by pushing his tongue into his parted mouth. Baekhyun mewls loudly, feeling his body shakes from how intense their kiss is this time. All the time before, the kisses they have are all innocent with nips and cute smacks of lips. Now that it’s bordering to an adult style of kissing, Baekhyun’s eyes fall back shut.

He moans softly when Chanyeol drags his tongue along his teeth, flicking the roof of his mouth tenderly. He can feel his eyes tearing up, feeling so awkward with all of this but he weirdly welcomes all the new experiences with Chanyeol.

Baekhyun shudders, feeling Chanyeol’s big palms squeezing his bottom through his pajama pants. He bretahes heavily into his boyfriend’s mouth, gasping and trying to get along to Chanyeol’s pace of kissing. Their tongues brush together, eliciting a groan from Chanyeol and a meek whimper from Baekhyun himself.

It’s so dangerous and so adult like. Baekhyun is half sprawled in between Chanyeol’s legs, fingers clinging onto the taller boy’s shoulder, while his bottom is being groped openly by Chanyeol. It’s all too much and very new to him but Baekhyun can’t say he dislikes everything. He really wants to get these new experiences with Chanyeol only.

With a last nip on his tongue that leaves his head spinning, Chanyeol leans away from the kiss. Baekhyun takes a deep intake of air, filling his lungs back with oxygen after being deprived from it for so long. He just can’t resist Chanyeol and his sweet kisses.

“Are you alright?” Chanyeol asks, his voice so rough and low. Baekhyun looks up at him with his eyes dilated and face red in embarrassment. It feels weird to let out weird noises when Chanyeol touches him.

He meekly nods his head. They have their lips swollen and red, such a clear prove of what they had been doing. Baekhyun snuggles to his shoulder, hiding his red face from the other to see.

“W-Was it too fast?” Chanyeol asks carefully, hugging him. Baekhyun gulps. Was it?

“I… I don’t know.” He whispers softly. Chanyeol pecks his head.

“But are you okay with that?” The taller boy asks again. Baekhyun nods. “Y-Yes.”

They get into a comfortable silence. Baekhyun is still drowned in his thought. It’s their first time sharing such an intense kiss, which doesn’t only involve lips meeting. The thought of making progress with Chanyeol makes him extremely happy but at the same time he is scared of messing up with it and starting over from zero again.

“Baekhyun?” Chanyeol calls softly, pecking his cheek. He hums softly.

The bathroom door is opened and the both of them jolt up in surprise. Baekhyun scrambles up from the bed in reflex, standing in the middle of the room. Sehun walks out of the bathroom, staring at them weirdly, and they even stare back. Silence envelopes the whole room.

“Did you just have sex?” Sehun blurts out.

“NO!!” The both of them shout, feeling too awkward and embarrassed to even meet eyes. Sehun snickers at the obvious sight of embarrassment and shakes his head, heading to the desk to pick on his phone. He towels his wet hair while muttering, “Helpless boys…”

Baekhyun smoothes down his pajamas, clearing his throat to ease the awkwardness. He steals a shy glance to his boyfriend and finds that Chanyeol is staring at him with an equally red face. He whimpers softly and heads towards the door.

“I- I better go.” He mutters, scrambling to open the door. Chanyeol rises up from his bed, catching his wrist and trapping him against the door. Baekhyun looks up in surprise.

Chanyeol is staring at him with such eyes, clearly still in the previous mood.

“G- Good night, Baekhyun.” He mutters lowly, before holding a hand over Baekhyun’s jaw to tilt his head up. Their lips meet again, for a soft but firm kiss this time. Baekhyun finds his eyes fluttering shut and he curls an arm around the taller boy’s neck to pull him lower.

Sehun purposely starts singing out loud and they break apart before they get into the mood again. Baekhyun pushes Chanyeol away on his chest, bending his red face down to avoid any eye contact.

“S- See you guys tomorrow!” He squeaks loudly, before twisting the door knob and opening the door. He runs along the hallway, heading straight into his own room to hide in the darkness.

His roommate, Jinki hyung, is staring at him questioningly. “Are you okay, Baekhyun?”

Baekhyun gulps, nodding his head. “Y-Yes, hyung!!”

“Why are you shouting?”

Baekhyun wails, covering his face with his palms. “It’s kissi—I… I mean it’s nothing!!” He squeaks, before running to his bed to hide under his blanket and save himself from any further embarrassment.

“Oh, you were kissing.” His roommate smirks knowingly, nodding. Baekhyun cries out in a squeal, “H-Hyung!!!”





Chanyeol closes the door behind his back and walks back to his bed, only to be stopped by Sehun’s smirk.

“You might want to take care of it, Chan.” He says teasingly, staring down to the front of his pants. Chanyeol follows his gaze and finds the slight tent in his pajama shorts, before covering it with his both hands. He groans in embarrassment before sprinting away into the bathroom.

Sehun whistles when the bathroom door shuts loudly.

“Make sure to keep it down, Chan! It’s sleeping time!”

“Argh, shut up!!” Chanyeol shouts back from inside the bathroom, voice laced with embarrassment.









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A/N: Chanyeol being touchy ;) And as you all might have already known, the next to come soon is the break-up, isn't it? ;) Hehe thaks for reading! ^^