Baekhyun was dying, well, at least he felt like he was. His heart was thrashing itself against his ribcage, and he felt like someone was digging a knife into his sides. His breathing was totally uneven, and he was struggling to keep it steady. A layer of sweat covered his entire body, he could taste the saltiness of it everytime he his chapped lips (which were in dire need of his mother's rasberry-scented petroleum jelly). Dust and sand were flying through the air, making it even harder for him to breathe. The sun was ruthless, and melted his already burning skin. It was a living hell-no,

it was Kyungsoo's morning training.

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*1 hour earlier*

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Baekhyun slowly opened his eyes, and sat up in his bed. On the other side of the tent, Chanyeol's bed was empty. Baekhyun looked at his watch. 4:55AM, he had woken up on time, and decided to get dressed for Sergeant Kyungsoo's morning training. He reached his hand underneath his bed, and pulled out a big black trunk. Chanyeol had given it to him and said that he should put his new clothes and all his belongings in it, instead of keeping them in his suitcase. Everyone on site had one, and Chanyeol's stood at the foot of his bed. Baekhyun pulled out his pile of new clothes from Yixing, he thanked god that Yixing had labelled what which outfit was for. 

Baekhyun searched for anything labelled with 'training', then found a pair of tan cargo pants. He slipped them on, and looked around for the rest of his training outfit. But there wasn't anything else marked with that label. He was confused. Had Chanyeol forgotten an extra shirt at Yixing's?

Baekhyun spent the next five minutes looking everywhere else in the tent, but found nothing. As he was looking underneath his own bed for the second time, footsteps came into the tent and a voice said,

"Baekhyun?"

Baekhyun quickly looked up, causing him to hit his head on the edge of his bed.

"Owww..", he groaned.

A low chuckle followed his groan, "That wasn't very smart"

Baekhyun rolled his eyes, knowing now that it was Chanyeol. He pulled his head out from under the bed, and then his eyes widened and all the blood vessels in his body burst, and he wished he could crawl back underneath his bed and never come out.

Park Chanyeol was standing in front of Baekhyun wearing cargo pants identical to the ones he had on. But that was all he had on. From his torso upwards, he wasn't wearing anything. Baekhyun gawked at the sight, Chanyeol had a nice body, a very very nice one. His stomach flaunted a very defined set of toned muscles, and his biceps could make any man envious. His collarbones were long and accentuated his broad shoulders.

Chanyeol knelt down in front of Baekhyun and pulled his head towards him, "I don't think that it will leave a bump. Does it still hurt?"

Baekhyun almost let out a sqeak, but then quickly shook his head. He felt embarassed being so close to Chanyeol's bare chest, and the fact that his body was ing gorgeous wasn't helping either.

"Okay, good", Chanyeol smiled, "Now let's get to training"

Baekhyun nodded and stood up, and averted his eyes. Then said, "But I can't find my training shirt. Maybe Yixing-"

Baekhyun was cut off by Chanyeol's laughter, "I can guess why you didn't find it, we don't wear shirts while training"

Baekhyun looked up in horror and said softly, "W-what?"

Chanyeol became kind of quiet quiet at the tone of Baekhyun's voice, "We, uh, don't wear shirts while training. It's to help us be able to withstand the sun and plus, it's mandatory."

Baekhyun tried to swallow, but his throat was too dry to do so.

"Are you okay Baekhyun? If something's wrong, I can talk to Sergeant Kyungsoo for you", Chanyeol said, worry lacing his words.

He absolutley did not want anyone to see his scar, but he also did come here to get stronger. He came here to get over any fears he had, he came here to be able to protect the person he loved. But he did ask, "C-can I take it off when we actually start the training?"

Chanyeol smiled warmly, "Of course"

Chanyeol walked towards Baekhyun and was about to put his arms around him, but the smaller figure shrieked and ducked out of the way, and ran out of the tent. Chanyeol stood there confused, but then he realized that he wasn't wearing a shirt, and that he was about to hug his roommate. If someone were to look into the tent right at that moment, they would find, a half-, very embarassed giant, blushing with his hands over his face.

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A few minutes later, Chanyeol was leading Baekhyun to the training field, which was basically just more sand in Baekhyun's opinion. When they arrived, Baekhyun was blushing like crazy. All around him were shirtless men, who not only had attractive faces, but also stunning bodies. Baekhyun's eyes were darting everywhere, he didn't know where to look. He wanted to look at the ground, but he couldn't, his eyes were very blessed to be able to see this, so he shouldn't waste his chance.

"Sehuniee~"

Baekhyun turned around, and saw Luhan in his doctor gown, walking towards a tall striking black-haired man, whom Baekhyun immediatley recognized as Sehun.

"LuLu!~", Sehun beamed and ran up to Luhan pecking him on the lips, and engulfing him in a hug.

Luhan giggled, and nuzzled his face in the crook of Sehun's neck and giving him a light kiss.

"Good morning to you too."

Sehun smiled, and Luhan's cheek, "Thanks babe"

Behind them Baekhyun smiled at the two, finding the scene heartwarming.