Baby Steps Chap. 10

[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 10



Baekhyun snuggles under Chanyeol’s arm as they both walk out of the dorm building, heading to where Sehun is greeting Kyungsoo who has just gotten down from his rich boyfriend’s car.

“Hey, Soo. Your boyfriend is glaring at me. Again.” They hear Sehun says.

“You should put a leash on him, Soo. He is too scary for his own good.” Chanyeol joins in, pulling Baekhyun closer by his shoulder.

Kyungsoo pouts at him, “Just because Baekhyun has you in an invisible leash doesn’t mean I need to do the same.”

Chanyeol splutters in shock at his response and Baekhyun finds himself choking in surprise, blushing madly. Sehun laughs at them, clearly enjoying their misery.

“You are so whipped, Chan. You don’t even know it.” He even adds.

Chanyeol tries coming up with a comeback but he keeps muttering incoherent jumble of messy words. No one really pays any attention to him though. Kyungsoo walks away with a teasing grin, with Sehun trailing behind him, leaving the two of them alone.

Baekhyun steals a shy glance up to his boyfriend, waiting for his response. He doesn’t expect their friends would see them that way and carefully, he seeks for Chanyeol’s reaction regarding him ‘having a leash on Chanyeol’.

“U-Uh, let’s,” Chanyeol gulps, feeling too embarrassed, “let’s go.” He clears his throat, curling his arm even tighter around Baekhyun’s shoulder to pull him close. Baekhyun doesn’t mean to laugh but he lets out a soft giggle at Chanyeol’s attempt to change to topic.







Baekhyun grabs onto Kyungsoo’s sleeve as they walk out of their first lecture when it’s finally over. He sends the other a sheepish smile. “Is it okay if I go to the restroom? You can go ahead!”

Kyungsoo lightly hits his arm. “Nonsense! I can wait for you, now go, shoo~” He pats his back and Baekhyun sends him a thankful smile. After making sure that Kyungsoo is seated o the bench and quickly occupied with his phone, Baekhyun rushes to the restroom to pee.

He doesn’t expect it but when he is done with his business and washing his hands, the restroom door opens and comes inside his no other than Chanyeol.

“Baekhyun!” Chanyeol calls in surprise and excitement upon finding him there. Baekhyun grins up, “Hey, Chanyeol,” he greets softly, drying his hands before welcoming the taller boy into a tight hug.

He lets out a huff, being squeezed by the other until he has a hard time breathing.

“What are you doing here, Chanyeol?” He whispers into his boyfriend’s shoulder. Chanyeol snuggles to the top of his head. “I’m not really sure, actually. My instinct told me to go to the restroom and it’s absolutely destiny that I found you here.”

Baekhyun flushes and bites his lip down in embarrassment, unable to hide his smile. As Chanyeol leans away from their hug, he feels a hand winding up around his torso and another hand holding onto the side of his face, a pair of lips claiming his.

His eyes close as Chanyeol kisses him. Every thought of other people seeing them like this never comes entering his mind as Baekhyun focuses on the way Chanyeol is nipping onto his upper lip, quickly parting his mouth open, and tangling their tongues together. Baekhyun whines, gripping onto the taller boy’s arms as leverage as he feels his breath is stolen from him.

He doesn’t know how long they have been kissing like this, but the next thing he knows, Chanyeol is pulling away and kissing along his flushed cheeks.

“I miss you. What are you actually doing here? Do you have a class after this?” Chanyeol asks him. Baekhyun blinks his teary eyes, trying to understand the question. “Huh? Oh I was… oh no!” He gasps, pushing Chanyeol away.

“What?” The taller boy stares questioningly.

Baekhyun whines at the back of his throat, “K-Kyungsoo! I have a class after this and, and… uh, I have to go now!” He sprints towards the door, yet Chanyeol won’t let him go that far before planting another breathtaking kiss on his mouth.

With them being breathless, Chanyeol grins boyishly, the tip of his ears red. “See you later?”

Baekhyun, stunned in love, nods shyly. “B-Bye.” He scurries away out of the restroom, trying to escape the temptation of kissing his boyfriend again and again.

He finds Kyungsoo chatting up with Jongdae as he approaches them. Kyungsoo’s smile falls off of his face upon seeing him. Baekhyun breaks into a cold sweat.

“You were with Chanyeol.” Kyungsoo points out. Baekhyun gulps, trying to will away the blush from his face but to no avail he can’t so he tries to deny it by shaking his head vigorously.

“Ye- I mean, no, I met him in the restroom.” He says softly. Kyungsoo sends him a pointed look, “And you made out with him.”

Baekhyun slaps a hand over his mouth to hide it. His mouth!

“N-No, we didn’t- I just- we just k-kissed a bit n-not m-much!” He yelps, stuttering nervously. Kyungsoo breaks into a laugh, “You should see your face!”

Baekhyun pouts, “Kyungsoo!” He whines, feeling more embarrassed than he already is.

Jongdae pipes in, “It has been very entertaining to watch the both of you bicker, but I need to go to my next class before I’m late for it. I’m sure the both of you have class as well.”

Baekhyun shrieks and grabs Kyungsoo by his arm, pulling him to run because their class is in the other side of the building. “I’m sorry!” He yelps, waving a quick bye to Jongdae and dragging Kyungsoo to run along with him. Kyungsoo keeps on laughing from the entire event and Baekhyun holds back an urge to pout deeper.







As they attend their second class, Kyungsoo nudges his arm. “Hey, Baekhyun?” He whispers as he steals a glance at the dozing professor in the middle of the dimly lit classroom.

“Yes?” Baekhyun whispers back, hoping that their voice won’t be heard in the middle of the English conversation coming from the presented video.

“How far have you gone with Chanyeol?” Kyungsoo asks. Baekhyun gives him a stare, “What do you mean with how far?” He asks back.

“Like, you know... Other than kissing?” The other asks, with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

“Oh.” Baekhyun blushes and feels glad that the classroom is dim so he could hide his red face.

“Have you done it?” Kyungsoo asks curiously. Baekhyun shakes his head, “N-No, we haven’t done anything in particular...”

Kyungsoo makes a face at that. “Seriously? Nothing?”

“W-Well,” Baekhyun stutters, “he... touched my bottom a few days ago...”

“Only touch? Through clothes?”

“Kyungsoo, why are you asking this?” Baekhyun hits his arm in embarrassment. He doesn’t need to be asked about his… private life.

“Just answer me!” Kyungsoo whines. Baekhyun nods his head shyly, in the end.

“Chanyeol is so slow.” The other boy comments, sighing in some kind like annoyance. Baekhyun glances at him with wide eyes, “Have you... done it?”

“No,” it’s Kyungsoo’s turn to blush, “but it will happen anytime soon. I’m sure of it.”

“How are you so sure?” Baekhyun tilts his head aside questioningly.

“We have done something close to it a few times.” Kyungsoo answers simply. Baekhyun is about to say something when the video ends and the classroom is lightening back.

“We can talk about this again later!” Kyungsoo mutters, winking to tease him. Baekhyun huffs in embarrassment.







As their class finally ends, Baekhyun walks out of the building with Kyungsoo by his side. Not long after five seconds, he hears Chanyeol’s voice calling for him. He shyly moves towards Chanyeol and gets pulled into a tight hug. He laughs softly, face flushed in red but he hugs his boyfriend back just as tight.

Being in a relationship is a new thing for Baekhyun, but then he looks up at Chanyeol and he is sure that he can fit just fine if he is with the taller boy.

“Let’s get back to the dorm. Are you hungry? We can buy something and eat in my room!” Chanyeol says excitedly, hugging him sideways. Baekhyun smiles up, “Okay.”







A few days later, classes go by normally but then something odd happens.

Chanyeol blinks questioningly as he feels someone bumps onto him. “Soo?” He calls softly. Kyungsoo looks up and nods. Chanyeol gapes at his appearance, swollen eyes and dropping mouth.

“What happened to you?” He gasps. Kyungsoo shakes his head and makes a move to walk away, but Chanyeol holds onto his arm.

“No, young man. You are not going anywhere without telling me.” Chanyeol says sternly.

Kyungsoo looks up and it takes no longer than a second before his face scrunches up and fresh tears roll down his face, making Chanyeol panics.

“H-Hey, why are you crying?!” He yelps, glancing around and finding that people start to stare. With a whine, he clasps a hand around Kyungsoo’s arm and drags him away from the hallway, heading back to his dorm room.

Sehun is not here yet and Chanyeol puts his friend down on his bed, giving him a box of tissues and also serving him a cup of milk tea. Kyungsoo’s cries slowly turn into sniffles.

“There, there. Are you calm enough?”

Kyungsoo nods his head, sipping onto the milk tea as he cuddles on the bed.

“What happened?” Chanyeol says gently, seeking for an answer as to why his friend looks like a complete mess. Kyungsoo hesitates in talking but ends up saying, “Jongdae kissed me yesterday and Jongin hyung was mad and he hadn’t come back until now.”

Chanyeol chokes on his saliva. “What?”

“You heard it, Chan. He is ignoring me up until now.” Kyungsoo sobs again and Chanyeol is quick to caress his back to calm him down. Kyungsoo spends the noon crying on his bed, before finally Sehun comes back and finds him crying.

“What happened?” Sehun is on his knees in an instant, caressing Kyungsoo’s head. Chanyeol concludes the whole story in some short words to not make it even worse and Sehun is frowning as he understands the whole situation. The both of them take Kyungsoo back to his apartment as the day gets so late. With heavy heart, they leave their friend alone in the place as they rush back to the dorm to avoid getting caught over the curfew.







Chanyeol drags Sehun to find a loner Kyungsoo. Halfway through their walk, they meet up with Baekhyun once the boy is out of the library.

“Chanyeol? Sehun?” He calls softly, eyeing them in confusion from behind his reading glasses.

The taller boy steps closer. “Hey, Baekhyun. I’m sorry we have to go now. If you find Kyungsoo, please call me, okay?”

“What’s wrong with Kyungsoo?” Baekhyun grips onto his sleeve, suddenly panicking. Chanyeol hums, “He got into a fight with his boyfriend because of a misunderstanding. He is being so sad now and we are planning to take him out to freshen up or something. I will call you later, okay?”

“Okay,” Baekhyun whispers softly, waving bye to both of the tall boys as he watches them walking away.







Once they find that Kyungsoo is locking himself up in his place and skips a few classes, they drag him out to a café. They slip into one booth, with Chanyeol attempting to cheer Kyungsoo up, while they both are waiting for Sehun to come back with their orders. Sehun pushes a glass of milkshake to Kyungsoo.

Sehun pats the sad boy’s head softly. Kyungsoo gives him a weak smile before he curls into the crook of Chanyeol’s neck for comfort. They have always had this way to comfort each other when they were little.

“Soo, want to try my sandwich? Here, open up.” Sehun asks, offering the sandwich in front of the boy’s mouth. Kyungsoo parts his mouth wide and takes a small bite from it. Chanyeol decides to feed him his fries, too. “Here, mine too.” He offers the fries in which Kyungsoo accepts without any hesitation.

Their food has long gone. Sehun goes to the restroom and Chanyeol goes to order another glass of milkshake for Kyungsoo.

“Soo…?” Chanyeol comes back, startled to find Kyungsoo suddenly is crying. He left him for five minutes and his friend is crying while staring at something outside—

“What the fuck?” Sehun curses, having back from the restroom and now seeing the scene with his very own eyes. Chanyeol gaps in shock. There across the street is Kyungsoo’s boyfriend together with a girl.

“I’m going to kill him!” Sehun curses, spinning on his heels, but he doesn’t get any further when Kyungsoo holds onto his hand. “D-Don’t.” He chokes.

“Come here.” Chanyeol says softly and Kyungsoo leaps into his embrace, letting out a loud whimper as he cries into his shoulder. Sehun looks down, feeling sad because he can’t do anything to make Kyungsoo stop crying. Chanyeol pats Kyungsoo’s head, muttering soothing words to calm him down.

Another round of crying.







“What should we do with Soo?” Chanyeol asks as he and Sehun get back to their dorm. After accompanying Kyungsoo for the whole day, they finally get to their dorm soon. He throws himself on his bed.

“Should we kill that hyung?” Sehun pipes in. Chanyeol grunts, “Are you serious, Hun?”

Sehun shrugs. “I’m taking a bath first.” He grabs his towel and slams the bathroom door close. Chanyeol stuffs his face down to his pillow, blindly reaching for his phone somewhere buried under the messy blanket.

Right at that moment, he hears the familiar ringtone and with a groan, Chanyeol heaves himself up, spinning back to lie on his back. “Hello?”

“Chanyeol?” Baekhyun’s soft voice soothes his exhaustion and Chanyeol finds himself smiling a bit. “Hey, Baek. You are not asleep yet?”

“No, I’m just- never mind. Where are you right now?”

“Back dorm. I’m so tired. Kyungsoo couldn’t stop crying, we saw his boyfriend with some girl earlier. How shitty isn’t it?”

Baekhyun gasps. “Is Kyungsoo okay?”

“Yeah, I hope so. He couldn’t contain his sadness. We just didn’t know what else to do. I’m so tired and sleepy right now.”

“You should go sleep very soon. Have you washed up?” Baekhyun asks gently. Chanyeol blinks his eyes, trying to fight his sleepiness away to talk to his boyfriend a bit longer, but he is so sleepy.

“Mmh.” He mutters in a soft voice. Baekhyun goes silent for a second, “Chanyeol? Are you asleep?”

No answer is heard except for the soft snores. Baekhyun smiles and whispers softly, “Rest well, Chanyeol. I will see you tomorrow.” He ends the call. Chanyeol snuggles into the pillow.

The phone blinks from a new text message.

1 new message

From: Baekhyun ♥

09:58 P.M.

Good night, Channie. Sleep well. ♥



Not that Chanyeol would read it, as the boy is asleep through the entire night.







Baekhyun wakes up with a start on the next morning, blinking his sleepy eyes and reaching for his phone to look at the time. It’s still a bit early so he goes to lie back. He can hear the faint sounds of his dorm mate walking around, probably getting ready. Well, he should too.

He glances back to his phone, quickly deciding to send Chanyeol a short message.

Good morning, Chanyeol. Are you awake yet?

Baekhyun goes to take a shower, washing the sleepiness away from his eyes. His roommate is already out of the room by the time he is finished. With a towel in his hand trying to dry his hair, Baekhyun peeks to the screen of his phone. No reply yet.

An unconscious pout forms on his mouth. Baekhyun drops the topic and decides to just go wake his boyfriend if that’s the case. He is bringing something for him too, by the way.

Baekhyun slips into his clothes, putting his things into his bag, and unplucking his phone from the charger. With his glasses on top of his nose because his eyes are a bit tired today, Baekhyun goes to lock his door before he skips a few doors away towards his boyfriend’s room.

He lifts a hand up and knocks onto the door, waiting with the paper bag in his hands. There is no one opening up for him and Baekhyun tilts his head, thinking about could that possible those two are not awake yet?

He knocks again, and again, scrunching his nose up while he tries twisting the knob but it’s locked. Rummaging for his phone, he goes to dial Chanyeol.

After quite a long time, his call is answered, “Hello?”

“Chanyeol? Are you inside?” He scratches onto the door with his index finger.

“Inside where— Um, Baekhyun, I’m out of the room already. Sehun and me are on the way to drag Kyungsoo out.”

Baekhyun’s little smile falls off and his finger freezes. “O-Oh. I thought you were not awake yet…”

“I’m sorry. I will call you later, okay? Go to class, Baekhyun.”

Baekhyun nods to no one, clutching onto the paper bag. “Okay. See you, Chanyeol.” He whispers softly. Chanyeol just hums and says nothing else before the call is ended. Baekhyun keeps the phone close to his ear, internally wanting to hear the last response but nothing comes.

“It’s okay.” He mutters softly, telling himself. Baekhyun glances to the yogurt pack and bread inside of the paper bag, Chanyeol’s favorite, before deciding to hang it on the door knob.

“It’s okay.” He repeats it again, forcing a smile up his face before walking away with stuttering steps to attend his class.









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A/N: The start of breaking up ;) hehe thanks for reading! ^^