"our son.. do us a favour.. will you?" 

baekhyun looked up at his parents from the book he was reading and hummed, "i talked to mr.park and we both agreed to arrange a date between you and his gorgeous daughter haseul.. i mean it only makes sense since you two are both so beautiful.. and plus you wouldn't want to turn it down, would you? otherwise prepare yourself for a storm and your face on newspapers all over seoul" his father said before leaving the room, "tomorrow at 7 in the dining room, dress nicely, and i mean really nice, you've got a lot in that big closet of yours son, don't let it go to waste" his mother also said before following her husband to their room as it was late and most of seoul was already asleep

baekhyun sighed before getting up, closing his book, switching off his desk lamp and heading to his bed, "tomorrow is gonna be a long, ty day and i'm not looking forward to it" he muttered before he fell fast asleep

 

baekhyun was waken up by a loud ringing in his right year and opened his eyes only to see his father holding a horn and a huge smile plastered across his face, "dad, what the ??" baekhyun muttered, annoyed and rubbing the sleep from his eyes 

"IT'S THE BIG DAY, SON" 

baekhyun squinted at his father confused, what was he talking about? he thought, "what?" 

his father let his arms drop to his sides and huffed, "did you already forget?? it's your big day today.. you'll be meeting the park haseul herself and you both will be eating together and getting to know eachother.." 

"oh.. shoulda let me sleep more then" baekhyun rolled his eyes before dropping his head softly back onto his comfortable pillow, he was about to fall asleep before he felt his father lift him up, "you're not getting away this time, son, don't even think about it"

baekhyun groaned, "okay fine, i'll do it if you put me the down", his father put him down

"great, perfect, i hope you do.." his father eyed him suspiciously, doubting him for a hot minute before leaving the boy alone in his room shirtless 

"ugh.." baekhyun sighed before throwing a fresh shirt on like always and some white washed skinny jeans.

on his way out of the house he grabbed a breakfast bar and a cold bottle of water, "i'm leaving now, i'll be back in time for my date" baekhyun cringed at the word 'date' 

he almost forget his wallet and schoolbag but grabbed them on time before he was even out the door. 

it was only 7:25 in the morning but baekhyun had classes today and plus he always loved being early to school even though that didn't change the amount of girls he'd meet a day, it was hard for him to keep track of everything around him as he was still in highschool but still had so much to do, usually 17 year olds weren't like him.. at least the ones at his school weren't 

his parents got married when his mother was 18 and his father was 20, it's not a huge age difference strangely but what he hated was the fact his parents wanted him to get married at the same age his mother had gotten married.. which was only a year from now

the thought of getting married didn't disgust baekhyun, he didn't mind it, in fact he'd always wanted to get married, but it seems his parents want something from him and that's to get married to the girl he'll be meeting later.. when he didn't like girls

he thought he'd still put in at least some effort though, after all.. he was a very polite boy for his age and so he didn't want anyone to think otherwise 

 

he visited his local flower shop and waved at the shop owner, she was a petite, old married woman in her 50s and she always treated baek nicely and she was like a friend to him basically

"hello baekhyun, you look pretty annoyed, you alright?" 

"ah.. yeah i'm fine.. i just have to go on a date later" 

the older woman smirked at him, "oh- a date? with who?" baekhyun rolled his eyes "i've never met her actually.. my parents set me up with her ugh" 

"do you know her name..?" yeona fixed her posture, curiousity in her eyes

"park haseul.. why? do you know her?" 

"of course i know her, she's the most beautiful girl in seoul.. she's exactly what every girl dreams to be" she laughed, making her way over to the row of her best selling flowers

she picked up a huge bouquet of flowers and brought them over to the table, "here tell you what.. these usually don't come free but i'll let you have it, after all my boy is going on his first date today!!" she clapped her hands together 

baekhyun took the bouquet with him and left with a polite 'goodbye' before making his way back home to leave the roses there and go to school

 

he arrived early as classes didn't start until 8:55 and it was only 8:25, he was greeted by girls crowding around him and asking him questions about his weekend, morning, night etc etc

"i'm fine, i'm fine- yes i slept well, my weekend was great" baekhyun answered the questions and finally passed through the crowd after a few minutes

he really hated the attention to be honest, he's never done anything other than be handsome and rich, he wanted to live a normal life and of course, being rich wasn't always as amazing as people made it out to be, although sometimes it did have it's pros

a fairly short, cute girl walked up to him when he was at his locker and she looked very shy, he smiled at her in hopes of making her feel more comfortable and she finally said something 

"sorry, if you don't mind me asking b-but are you byun baekhyun??"

"yes, why may you ask?" he asked, knitting his eyebrows in confusion. the girl's expression drastically changed from shy to happy as a smile crawled upon her features 

"AH- so it's you my father told me about.. i've heard a bit about you from him.. you're exactly how he described you.. handsome.. cute, but surprisingly short" she giggled

"oh and so you're haseul??" baekhyun's eyes widened, he really couldn't believe he was standing right in front of the girl he was meant to be meeting on a ing date later.. 

"yes. that's me, park haseul.. the girl your parents and my father set you up with.. i look forward to seeing you later by the way.. i'm gonna go to class early now" 

baekhyun stared at the empty spot that was now in front of him, confused and surprised, but shrugged his shoulders and got all the books he needed for the day and headed to class

he only had one subject with haseul and that was science, and to his "luck" he had science first class, haseul was sitting right next to an empty spot so he decided he'd sit next to her

"hey, you don't mind if i sit here do you?" baekhyun asked, haseul looked up at him from her notebook, smiling "of course i don't mind, you can sit here"

baekhyun smiled back, she seemed nice, maybe the date won't be so bad he thought 

the teacher walked in a second later and class then started.. 

 

school finished quick that day, as all baekhyun did was doodle and almost fall asleep every boring class, baekhyun got up and zoomed out the door not wanting to accidentally run into haseul again and quickly ran home

"hey son, nice flowers you got for haseul, you must be very excited" mr.byun winked and baek glared at him 

"i don't care about her, dad, i'm just a nice boy i'm not gonna let this change how people see me.. this is only a one time thing anyway so i don't care" 

"baekhyun, it's not gonna be a one time thing if you both fall in love and get married though.." his father sang, baekhyun rolled his eyes and just ignored him, he made his way up into his room and decided to sleep for one more hour as classes finished at 5:00 for him and he stayed after school until 6 to help out with cleaning, coming home at 6:25

he fell asleep pretty quickly but was waken up again an hour later from a loud bang, "baekhyun! get up, it's 7 o'clock, the girl will be here any minute now!" 

baekhyun jumped right out of bed, startled by his loud father. baekhyun ran into the bathroom and quickly brushed his teeth and moisturized, his father rushing him most of the time and baek looking daggers at him every now and then, then finally baekhyun was fully dressed, in a pressed suit and his hair in place, he cringed at himself in the mirror as he hated the whole "fancy" attire, he would've been perfectly fine wearing sweat pants and a shirt but obviously this was a big deal to his parents 

the door bell rang and baekhyun practically flew down the stairs, his parents peeking through the door, eyeing baekhyun with a smile on both their faces and oh god how he wanted to rip those smiles off their faces but controlled himself 

he wore a fake smile on his face and opened the door, in front of him stood a tall man in shades and an expensive looking suit, his hair gelled back and his left arm linked with a girl shorter than

baekhyun, her hair down and a not-too-short dress but not too long either, she was.. alright, not baekhyun's type but average 

he was just about to welcome the pair before his mother pushed right through him, "mr.park hello.. yes, we are so pleased to meet you once again, our son baekhyun is so excited.. aren't you baekkie?" 

baekhyun nodded slowly and managed to say "y-yes, i'm more than excited.. ha ha", his father smiled proudly. haseul giggled and separated from her father to talk to me

"you look way different than you do in school, you look more.. handsome and stern.. just a bit more fancy, while in school you seem average.. well- other than the flood of girls every morning, that is of course" 

baekhyun awkwardly laughed, "yeah- ha ha, i don't really like that fancy l-" his mother whacked him at the back of the head, "i mean yeah, it's pretty cool you know.. flood of girls.." he stuffed his hands into his pockets to keep himself from fiddling

"baekhyun you seem tense.. how about we go sit down at the dinner table and eat.." haseul suggested, baekhyun's mother not hesitating to disrupt, "yes, baekhyun is very tense- it's so hard for him around a beautiful girl.. baekkie, why don't you take haseul to the dining room and you know.. maybe give her the roses you bought earlier.. start eating and get to know eachother.. all that simple stuff" 

baekhyun nodded and held his hand out for the girl to take and then he walked down the long hall to the huge dining room, he pulled the chair back, "ladies first" he smiled as genuinely as he could, not wanting to be disrespectful 

haseul smiled at him as she sat down, baekhyun sat down after her and gave her the huge bouquet og beautiful roses, "i.. uh- bought these for you.. well, not really.. i was given them for free.. i know a woman" he felt like he was making zero sense and he rubbed the nape of his neck, easing the situation 

haseul picked up the bouquet and smelled the roses, "they're gorgeous and they smell amazing.. really thank you.." haseul smiled, her cheeks were a light shade of pink and they shone underneath the chandelier above them.. after a not-so-awkward silence, they started talking, "so tell me.. um, how old are you?" baekhyun asked her

"i'm 17.." she smiled, "born in february" baekhyun nodded, she's only months younger than him, not so bad but

"mm.. i was born in october.. so you're younger than me" baekhyun smiled, making the girl blush profusely and then she randomly says, "you know.. this has nothing to do with what we're talking about but i feel like you're a lot like my brother.. you're sweet, good looking, rich, well.. you're not tall but you get the point"

"is he still in school?" baekhyun questioned, looking at haseul waiting for an answer as she took a sip from her bottle of water, she nodded 

"yeah, he's a year higher though.. and also a year and a half older than me" 

baekhyun hid a growing smirk, "hm, his name?" haseul took a bite out of the meal they were given and responded

"chanyeol, park chanyeol.. i think you two would get along.. although it really depends to be honest, he's nice but doesn't really like making new friends.. it's complicated" 

baekhyun realised he hadn't taken a bite out of his dinner and stabbed his fork into a few pieces of meat and broccoli at a time before shoving it into his mouth, thankfully not making a mess 

"maybe you can come over again tomorrow.. you know except this time with your brother?? unless he's uncomfortable or nervous then that's fine of course.. just a suggestion" baekhyun said after swallowing the food down

haseul's eyes lit up, her eyes twinkling, "of course, i'm sure he'll agree to it.. after all, he's seen you before around school and has heard about you so i'm sure he'll come" 

baekhyun smiled, "that's great, i can't wait" his mother walked through the door "so.. how are you two doing..?" she smiled widely, creeping the pair out a bit

"mom.. we're fine.. we're getting along just fine" baekhyun said, annoyance clearly heard in his tone of voice

"aw.. well that's great. that's PERFECT.. exactly what i needed to hear.." she smiled, "dessert will arrive in a few" 

"alright- yeah, that's cool, bye" baekhyun said, on the verge of pushing his mother out the door 

his mother clapped her hands together, "great, well- i'll see myself out now, have fun!" 

baekhyun rolled his eyes before turning back to the girl and hearing the door close behind them both, "anyway.. so yeah, i'll love it if you both can come 'round tomorrow.. no pressure though" 

haseul nodded, "of course, how about we walk home tomorrow after school i'll meet you at your locker with chanyeol" 

baekhyun smiled at the girl before wiping his mouth with the folded tissues beside him.. his parents really went all out and he hated it but he wasn't surprised

"hopefully this isn't too bad of a question to ask but do you have a mother or did she not come today?" baekhyun asked as polite as possible, hoping the question doesn't trigger something in haseul

"oh well, we did.. but my parents divorced due to some unknown reason, i was only a month old apparently" haseul finished her meal and washed it all down with water

baekhyun slowly nodded before taking the last two bites of his meal and drinking the last sip of water he had left, immediately after he gulped down the last sip, his mother walked back in with a tray holding dessert in her hands, she put the dessert down on the table and left immediately after smiling at the both of them

it wasn't anything too fancy.. just a molten brownie in a small ramekin garnished with raspberries, baekhyun's favourite fruit, and white chocolate flakes

haseul immediately digged in, baekhyun assumed raspberries were also her favourite fruit

"molten brownie with raspberries is my all time favourite dessert, your mom really knows what's up.." haseul laughed

baekhyun laughed with her and they continued their conversation, "so anyway.. how come have i never seen you around?" baekhyun questions

"well, i wouldn't exactly say you've never seen me, you just never really acknowledged me but to answer your question, i'm not a part of your crowd of fangirls so maybe that's why" haseul giggled, resting her back against her chair, she sighed "i'm full, i should be going soon as it's getting late"

baekhyun smiled, resting his back against his own chair, "i had fun tonight actually, i wasn't really looking forward to this since i hate meeting new people but it's been great" 

haseul laughed, "yeah.. you would definitely get along with my brother.. i don't see how you wouldn't" 

baekhyun got up and held his hand out for haseul to grab, and yes- he wasn't in love with her and there's no chance of him falling in love with her really but he had a good time and he wanted to show his parents that

she happily took his hand and they walked out the dining room, walking back down the long hall into the living room where their parents were

haseul's dad smiled and he got up to face his daughter "my beautiful haseul.. did you two enjoy your night?" heejin and baekhyun both smiled, "yes, we had a good time"

baekhyun's mother and father got up and his father smiled at him, standing straight with pride

"haseul.. baby, i'll be outside in the car waiting for you, don't make me wait too long" mr.park told his daughter before leaving

haseul nodded at him and turned to baekhyun, she glanced at the door and he took that as a sign to take her to the door

he led her to the door and smiled, "don't forget about tomorrow, i'm looking forward to it.." haseul blushed "of course, i'll see you tomorrow" 

what happened next, baekhyun didn't expect, as haseul planted a kiss on his cheek before casually walking out the door

baekhyun eyes widened and he patted the part on his cheek she kissed, that was a bit unexpected? he thought, but turned back to his parents anyway

his father patted his shoulder, "this is it son.. one step closer to marriage.. i'm proud" baekhyun smiled awkwardly, obviously fake and just ignored him as he walked up the stairs, "i'm tired now, goodnight love you" 

he heard his parents whisper excitedly, "they're totally going to fall in love i can feel it", baekhyun rolled his eyes, he finally got in bed and fell asleep pretty quickly that night, full and happy with how everything went 

 

HELLO!! um sorry if this chapter is a bit messy, i am so tired and i've been working on this for a few days but felt insecure :(( hopefully u enjoyed this anyway, goodnight 💗