Today was the day. Kyungsoo made up his mind as he made his way to his cubicle that morning. Today was the day.

A few minutes later, Kyungsoo looks up to see Baekhyun entering the office, all sweaty, angry and... gorgeous. Kyungsoo's heart did a little flip in his chest as Baekhyun ran a hand through his wind tousled hair, and made his way to his desk. Taking in a deep breath, Kyungsoo got up, and made his way to Baekhyun's desk.

"Hey, Baek!" Kyungsoo gulped as him and Baekhyun made eye contact. God, those eyes. Kyungsoo could never get over Baekhyun's light brown eyes, how they seemed to reflect the light and shone whenever Baekhyun was in a joking mood.

Baekhyun blinked a few times, as if taking in Kyungsoo's presence for the first time. "“Um, Hi Kyungsoo!” Baekhyun grinned brightly.

Kyungsoo cursed in his head. WHY, oh WHY did Baekhyun have to be so...PERFECT!?!? Kyungsoo bit his lip as he took in Baekhyun's cute grin, his lips forming a rectangle around his teeth, eyes crinkling at the corners, shining brightly. Kyungsoo gulped. This was going to be harder than he had initially thought. 

“So a bunch of us are going downtown to catch a movie. You wanna come? If you’re free of course!” Kyungsoo grinned nervously at Baekhyun, hoping the older male didn't hear his heart which was beating wildly in his chest.

“Um, yeah! I’m free!” Baekhyun smiled slightly.

“But, I didn’t even tell you the time or date.” Kyungsoo looked at Baekhyun, biting his bottom lip to keep from laughing out of pure joy. HE SAID YES!!!!! HE SAID YES!! Kyungsoo could dance with joy right now.

“Oh, right. Um, whatever. I thought it’s in the next couple of days and so, I’m free then. Otherwise I might have to check.” Baekhyun played with a pen on his desk.

Was he... flustered? WAS THE PERFECT BYUN-BAEKHYUN ACTUALLY NERVOUS??!!?? Kyungsoo knew it was too good to be true, but still, one can hope.

“Yeah, it’s actually tomorrow at 6. And then, we can all go grab something to eat, or whatnot.” Kyungsoo flashed another smile at Baekhyun as he began to walk away. “Text you the deets!” Kyungsoo quickly walked back to his desk, hoping no one saw the blush creeping up his neck, or the extra jump in his step.

It was lunch time when next Kyungsoo saw Baekhyun. His plan had worked perfectly. He had been working on it for the past couple of weeks. He desperately wanted to spend some time with Baekhyun, but he knew Baekhyun saw him only as his friend and podcast buddy. Nothing more. So, he decided he was going to change that, starting with a movie date…sort of. See, Kyungsoo was never the bravest soul around the third floor office space, and so, instead of asking out Baekhyun, he ended up inviting the entire floor to a “movie night” and somehow got talked into paying for it. Luckily only a few could make it. Luckier even, Baekhyun was one of them. Kyungsoo didn’t mind paying for Baekhyun. The rest, he would deal with.

“Baek!” Kyungsoo called out, immediately regretting his loud voice, and biting his lip.

“Hey, Kyungsoo! Man, Break time is sooo different now.” Baekhyun leaned across Kyungsoo to reach for a mug, and Kyungsoo stiffened. He could smell Baekhyun’s cologne, and allowed himself to savor one sweet breath, before flushing pink.

“Hey, you OK, Kyungsoo?” Baekhyun peered up at him, and, setting down his cup, checked his forehead and cheeks for temperature.

“Yeah, yeah. God. It’s just kinda stuffy in this office and this being the middle of summer and all…” Kyungsoo trailed off. He tried to breathe evenly, but failed. Baekhyun was giving him a really intense look, while touching his face. Kyungsoo remained a little stiff until Baekhyun frowned a little, tilted his head to the right and moved his hands back.

“Hmmm, good thing it’s supposed to get cooler tomorrow, right?” Baekhyun leaned against the counter, staring intently at Kyungsoo who was now finding it extremely hard to breathe.

“Um, yeah! I hope everyone can come! That way, we can have a blast. Um, all of us…friends.” Kyungsoo began rambling, and winced slightly. Baekhyun tended to bring out the awkward side of Kyungsoo. Ugh! How he wished he could, JUST FOR ONCE, be all cool and suave around his crush.

“OK, what gives? Why are you acting like this?” Baekhyun looked at Kyungsoo, worried. He was biting his lower lip, which Kyungsoo was finding extremely distracting.

“I just, feel a little…stifled in this building. Um, I need a walk. Yeah, I need a walk.” Kyungsoo nodded to himself, knowing he would not be able to hold a conversation with Baekhyun any longer, without embarrassing himself. He needed to breathe, and get some fresh air.

Why did the break room have to be so small? Why did Baekhyun have to get so close? WHY DID KYUNGSOO HAVE TO BE SO IN LOVE WITH HIM??!!?? Kyungsoo grunted in frustration as he blew his bangs out of his eyes, and stumbled on some idiot's bike!

"GAH!!! Idiots! The flipping bikes stand over there!" Kyungsoo kicked the bike for good measure, and walked around the parking lot for some time before finally walking back to the office, having calmed down to some degree.

Kyungsoo looked at himself in the mirror. He looked good, he acknowledged with a smile. He had paired his best jeans with his favorite baby blue t-shirt. The color had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that baby-blue happened to be Baekhyun's favorite color. At the thought of Baekhyun, Kyungsoo tensed a little.

'It's going to be fine! It's going to be fine!" Kyungsoo mumbled as he found his shoes, and put them on. Then, locking the door to his apartment, he pressed the elevator button. Once in the garage, Kyungsoo realized he had forgotten his car keys. Groaning, he headed back to the elevator, cursing Byun-Baekhyun for making him so forgetful, and think of nothing else.

Once in the car, Kyungsoo realized the wind would do bad things for his hair, so he pressed the button that allowed the cover to come up. Nothing happened.

"Oh no, no, no!" Kyungsoo muttered as he pressed the button frantically, before giving up and trying to pull the cover up manually. Finally, realizing that nothing will come out of it, Kyungsoo decided to just man up and face the wind. Hair can be dealt with later.

Kyungsoo parked his car and stepped out, only to see Baekhyun pedaling furiously towards the theatre. Knowing that Baekhyun couldn't see him, Kyungsoo allowed himself to stare openly at Baekhyun. The wind was pressing the shirt to his body, allowing Kyungsoo to make out Baekhyun's abs and biceps. He smiled a little as he saw Baekhyun skid to a stop and park his bike. He recognized the bike as the one he had kicked earlier yesterday in the parking lot. He didn't have the heart to tell Baekhyun he was parking his bike in the wrong area. Instead, he walked to Baekhyun and called out “Baek! You made it!”

Baekhyun looked up at Kyungsoo, who noted how nice the other male looked after riding a bike. Why could Kyungsoo's hair not look that great after being abused by the wind?

“Wow! You rode a bike here? Cool! I admire you Baek, looking after the environment, and staying healthy! You live so far away, too! Wait, I saw this bike in the parking lot at work yesterday too!” Kyungsoo looked at Baekhyun in appreciation, as Baekhyun grinned at him. Kyungsoo grinned back, happy to see the evening starting off well.

“Yup. All for the environment, Kyungsoo. All for the environment.” Baekhyun grinned at Kyungsoo whose heart did a little flip. Kyungsoo cursed inwardly. Great, another reason to be in love with Baekhyun. The man was seriously too good to be true. Smiling at Baekhyun, Kyungsoo led them inside the theatre to wait for their friends.

It had been 10 minutes, and still no sign of any of the other guys, and Kyungsoo was getting annoyed. He could see Baekhyun getting bored, and that was the last thing Kyungsoo wanted. Kyungsoo pulled out his phone, and called Jongdae.

"HEY PUNK! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TOO LONG FOR YOUR SORRY ! DON'T TELL ME YOU FORGOT US! AND WHERE IS THAT LITTLE CRUSH OF YOURS, BAEKHYUN?" Kyungsoo was greeted by a shouting Jongdae on the other end.

"What do you mean you've been waiting? You idiot, I'VE BEEN WAITING!" Kyungsoo growled. "And Baekhyun is at the theater as well!" Baekhyun looked up at the mention of his name, and smiled at Kyungsoo.

"YOU LIAR!" Jongdae, always with a flair for the dramatics, screamed into the phone. "I'VE BEEN AT THE LUNAR THEATRE FOR THREE ENTIRE MINUTES! THREE! WITH PARK CHANYEOL AND KRIS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE BEING STUCK WITH THEM? Wait, no...sorry Kris...no!..not you, just Chanyeol. Sorry! SORRY!" Kyungsoo smiled as he heard Kris' deep voice speaking to Jongdae.

"Um, I said Equinox, not lunar." Kyungsoo said, once Jongdae came back on the line.

'UGH! You ALWAYS do this to me!! WHYYYY!!!" Jongdae whined. "Whatever, I guess we'll just watch movies separately and then meet for dinner at Kris' house. You know where that is, right? DON'T MAKE UP ANY MORE EXCUSES SO YOU CAN SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR CRUSH!" Jongdae laughed, and hung up before Kyungsoo could reply.

What a character.

Looking at Baekhyun, Kyungsoo smiled, before explaining the situation. "So, what do you want to watch?" Kyungsoo asked. He was relieved that he only had to pay for himself and Baekhyun now. ha-ha, sometimes, life is really good to him.

"Um, can we watch 'Death Valley'? I heard it's a nice action film." Baekhyun was staring at a poster of the said film, reading the critics' remarks. Smiling, Kyungsoo went and bought two tickets, and went back to Baekhyun, to find him standing exactly where Kyungsoo had left him, except this time, he was holding a large bucket of popcorn and two drinks.

"It was better to buy a large bin than two small ones! We can share, right?" Baekhyun held out a drink to Kyungsoo, who nodded as he accepted the drink.

Once the movie started, the pair was rested comfortably in their seats. All was going well, until Baekhyun and Kyungsoo's hands met in the popcorn bin. Kyungsoo quickly retreated his hand, and blushed in the dark. He noticed Baekhyun did the same, though he could not tell if Baekhyun was blushing or not, it was too dark to tell. After calming his heart down, Kyungsoo began to watch the movie again, and...got bored. He never really cared for violence, and this movie was just full of guys running around and getting help from special effects to make every action seem cool. Kyungsoo sighed and shifted in his seat. Soon, Kyungsoo caught himself watching Baekhyun more than the movie, and decided to finally give up on the movie, and watch Baekhyun out the corner of his eye. He loved the way Baekhyun's lips puckered whenever a kernel made its way into his mouth, or when something funny happened on screen, he loved how Baekhyun grinned, tongue stuck between teeth, nose scrunched up. Kyungsoo smiled a little to himself and turned back to the screen, thinking how excessive Baekhyun staring time, will only result in him falling even more in love with Baekhyun. As if that were possible.  After a while, before he could stop himself, Kyungsoo looked over at Baekhyun again, only this time, to find him already staring.

"What?" Kyungsoo whispered, afraid he had been caught.

"Nothing." Baekhyun smiled. "Wanna just go? I don't want to be here. Plus, I finished the popcorn." Baekhyun turned the popcorn bin upside down to demonstrate.

"Yeah. Thanks, I was finding it kinda boring, anyways." Kyungsoo led Baekhyun out of the theatre, and was momentarily blinded by the bright rays of the sun.

"OH, COOL! A MUSIC STORE!" Baekhyun suddenly grabbed Kyungsoo's arm and pulled him across the street and into a store. Once inside, rather than dropping Kyungsoo's hand, Baekhyun readjusted his grip so he was now holding hands with Kyungsoo, and led him to a section labeled "Listen".

"Um, have you been here before?" Kyungsoo asked. He decided he may as well say something, for the sake of it. He couldn't believe he was holding hands with Baekhyun who was now flipping through CDs with one hand, and holding onto Kyungsoo's with the other.

"No. But all music stores are the same, aren't they? I used to go to music stores all the time with my dad. All the way until his death." Baekhyun turned back to look at Kyungsoo who smiled at Baekhyun.

"Thanks for sharing this with me." Kyungsoo felt honored that Baekhyun, who was usually very reserved with his emotions, had decided to share this piece of information with him.

"Hey, wanna listen to this?" Baekhyun pulled out a CD, and began to put it in the player that was set into the store's walls. He pulled out two headphones, and put one on Kyungsoo's head, and one on his.

That's how Baekhyun and Kyungsoo spent the next hour, listening to songs, selected by either, and talking to each other, sharing little snippets of their lives.

"I can't believe we've never hung out before." Baekhyun was grinning, holding onto the CDs he had purchased from the store.

"I always wanted to, but I was scared you'd say no." Kyungsoo blurted out before he could stop himself. He looked up to see Baekhyun stare at him, a little smile playing upon his lips.

"Why would I say no to YOU of all people?" Reaching out, Baekhyun put an arm around Kyungsoo's shoulders. "I can't say no to that face!"

Kyungsoo's heart started beating a little wildly, and as they neared the theatre, he noticed something.

"Hey, Baek? Where is your bike?" Kyungsoo scanned the area, but all he saw were broken remains of Baekhyun's bike lock, and his heart sank. He should have warned Baekhyun that the area was not good for parking a bike. He knew it, and yet he didn't tell Baekhyun. He looked up to see a devastated Baekhyun running his hands through his hair.

"Oh no, no, no, no, no! That was my only mode of transportation! My car won't work, and the transit system hates me!" Baekhyun bit his lip as he bent down and picked up a piece of his broken lock.

"Baek, I'm really sorry! I should have warned you this was a bad area to park your bike. I'm sorry!" Kyungsoo put a hand over Baekhyun's shoulder, who looked over at Kyungsoo and smiled sadly.

"It really isn't your fault. It's no one's really. Let's just go. Um, can you give me a ride to Kris' house? And maybe... drop me off home, please?" Baekhyun looked so sad that it broke Kyungsoo's heart. He wanted to go find whoever stole Baekhyun's bike, and knock them unconscious.

"Yeah. Don't worry about it! If you want, I pass by your area on my way to work, I could give you a ride to work aas well. Help the environment myself by carpooling!" Kyungsoo smile at Baekhyun, trying to make him regain his happy mood, and was happy when he was rewarded with a small smile from Baekhyun. 

Kyungsoo gently took the bike lock out of Baekhyun's hand, and grabbed his arm, leading him to his car. "Get in loser, we're going shopping!" Kyungsoo grinned as Baekhyun chuckled lightly. "Actually, it's Kris' house, but whatever."

"Thanks for being so amazing, Kyungsoo!" Baekhyun looked over at Kyungsoo, who smiled at the road ahead, thinking that maybe spending more time with Baekhyun wasn't such a bad thing.

"You made it!" Kris opened the door, and welcomed the pair inside his spacious condo. "Take your shoes off at the door!" He called out, as he walked inside to join Jongdae at the TV.

"Where is Chanyeol?' Kyungsoo looked around.

"He's on the phone with someone. He'll be here soon." Kris motioned towards his bedroom, indicating that Chanyeol was currently in there. Kyungsoo nodded and looked around for a seat.

"Sit here." Baekhyun patted the spot beside him on the sofa, motioning Kyungsoo close. Kyungsoo walked over and plopped himself down beside Baekhyun who immediately began leaning on Kyungsoo.

"What do you kids want to eat?" Kris walked into the kitchen.

'I can cook!" Jongdae began to follow Kris, but sat down immediately once he saw the older man's face.

"You're not burning my kitchen again." Kris raised an eyebrow at Jongdae, before walking into the kitchen.

"YAH! It was once! And my cooking is way better than yours!" Jongdae screamed after Kris, who was now returning with a stack of flyers and a phone.

"Who said I was cooking?" Kris said as he placed the flyers down in front of Kyungsoo and motioned for him to pick something. "you called us all together. You pick."

"um, Let's just have pizza." Kyungsoo shrugged at Kris.

"NO! Yah, Kyungsoo, I'm hungry! Why do you have to be so lame?" Jongdae poked Kyungsoo before diving into the flyers, hungrily staring at all the pictures and his lips form time to time.

"Can we order this, and this, and this? Jongdae excitedly pointed to several pictures, and stared up at Kris, who looked like he wanted to punch Jongdae.

"No. Now pick one thing, and let's eat." Kris looked like he was losing his patience, and Kyungsoo was enjoying everything, especially the heat radiating off Baekhyun, who was now playing with Kyungsoo's fingers, his head on Kyungsoo's shoulders.

"Hey, guess what? Suho-hyung just called. He's free right now, and so I invited him over. He's bringing food and Minseok-hyung." Chanyeol came out of Kris' room. "And Jongdae, why are you eating the flyer?"

All eyes turned to Jongdae who had a piece of flyer between his teeth.

"I hate this store, and I can't believe Kris has their flyer! YOU ORDER FROM THESE PEOPLE??!!??" Jongdae ripped the flyer with his teeth, and shook the wet flyer in Kris' face, who looked disgusted.

"Settle down before I smack you!" Baekhyun could see Kris trying to hide his smile as he grabbed the flyer from Jongdae and dumped it in the trash.

"He's here!" Chanyeol sang as Kris' apartment door was flung open by a male who was followed by seven very tired individuals.

"YAH! I thought it was only you and Minseok-hyung!" Kris moved to make room around the table in his living room. "And whatever happened to none of you being able to make it? I thought you all volunteered to help Luhan's neighbor move. I don't have enough room or money or food to feed this army!" Kris whined.

"You're rich. Your condo is big. Stop complaining." Tao spoke up. "Speaking of, What happened to the Gucci bag I asked you to buy me?" Tao looked at his favorite hyung, expectedly.

"What happened to me telling you to never bother asking me?" Kris retorted as he ruffled Tao's hair. Something only Kris had the special privilege of doing.

"So, we brought food! Let's eat!" Sehun followed Jongin into the living room, both toting big pizza boxes, facilitating a groan from Jongdae.

"WHY PIZZA??!!?? I WAS EXPECTING NICE FOOD!"

"OK, you can eat whatever you can cook, and we can eat the pizza!" Minseok grinned as he pushed Jongdae towards the kitchen.

"No setting the apartment on fire!" Luhan called out, as he took a seat beside Minseok.

Kyungsoo looked around him, and was glad to see the night coming to such a perfect end. Days usually didn't go his way, but, like today, when they did, he wished they would never end. Especially days when there was a gorgeous boy drifting off to sleep on his shoulder, holding his hand.

"Thanks for dropping me off, Kyungsoo! Wow, I can't believe I fell asleep! If it wasn't for Jongdae setting fire to the kitchen, I wouldn’t have woken up!" Baekhyun grinned at Kyungsoo, who smiled back. Baekhyun looked gorgeous, the light form the street lamp giving his skin an ethereal glow.

"Well, I'm still shocked at how fast Lay moved when Jongdae started screaming. He was like the Flash! At least Kris' apartment is safe!" Kyungsoo said, earning a hearty laugh from Baekhyun, which warmed Kyungsoo to the soul.

"My favorite part was when Suho-hyung got drunk and decided to dance a jig with Minseok-hyung." Baekhyun was laughing really hard now, holding Kyungsoo’s shoulder for support. "And Luhan-hyung looked like he was going to kill him, esp-es-especially when Suho-hyung tries to..to KISS Minseok-hyung!" Baekhyun rested his head on Kyungsoo's shoulder and laughed.

"yeah, it was a really fun night!" Kyungsoo managed between his own laughs, trying not to notice that even after drinking, Baekhyun managed to smell so good, or how he was so warm and soft. Kyungsoo, on the other hand felt intoxicated for other reasons. Having refrained from drinking (he had to drive, after all), he still felt a buzz in his stomach, which he realized came from being so happy.

"Thanks for organizing it!" Baekhyun wiped a tear from his eye as he got out of Kyungsoo's car. "And thanks for, well, everything." Baekhyun grinned.

"Not a problem!" Kyungsoo's breath hitched as Baekhyun his lips. He noticed how the stars reflected in Baekhyun's eyes. "I-I'll see you tomorrow, then?"

"Yeup! Well, at least something good came out of my bike being stolen!" Baekhyun mumbled the last part, but Kyungsoo still heard it.

"I’m sorry?" Kyungsoo pretended he hadn't heard Baekhyun.

"Nothing." Baekhyun grinned. "My cheeks hurt from smiling so much! Thanks, Kyungsoo, we should do this again! Good night!" Baekhyun walked inside his house as Kyungsoo pulled out of the garage.

"Good night, indeed." Kyungsoo whispered to the cool night wind as he drove home, not noticing the silly grin plastered upon his face.