BAEKHYUN POV

Friday came, the last day of the week, the last day of the exams before the winter break started. Everyone sat in there classrooms finishing the last test before they could go home. I sat there writing down everything until I could feel myself starting to sweat with stress. There were only a few more minutes left and I had one question left to answer.

    When the teacher said that the time was up everyone dropped their pens on their desks. Sighing out I took my paper, happy that I managed to answer the last question in time. The teacher told us to have a happy winter break and that our results will be sent home to us. Oh, I couldn’t wait for my results to come! After everyone handed in their papers, cheers were heard through out the hallways, everyone excited and happy for winter break.

    A few girls came up to me and asked if I wanted to hang out after school but I politely declined. Even after everyone found out my feelings for Heesung, some girls still kept asking me out in hope that I’d choose them over Heesung. But that’d never happen.

    I met up with Suho and everyone else by the gates and we all decided to head to the café to celebrate, D.O said that he got the whole day off from Himchan so he could join us to eat.

    When we arrived and sat down, Kevin took our orders and disappeared into the kitchen and when Zelo walked by he and Sehun couldn’t stop giving death glares to each other.

    I craned my neck and eyed the café in hope to see Heesung but I didn’t find her anywhere but we all noticed that the staff’s uniform has changed for the season. They were wearing bright red vests on top of their white dress shirts, instead of a bow tie under their collar hung a bell that was tied with a red string. And of course the aprons with the ‘Merry Christmas’ text on them and last but not least, the Santa hats. Yongguk had a Santa hat with a mistletoe clip on the white fluffy band as well as Kevin, Daehyun and Jongup. There were a few mistletoe’s hanging around on the ceiling as well for decoration. A few of them had accessories that were all Christmassy as well, especially them that had earrings had like stocking looking earrings hanging from their ears.

    I wonder how Heesung’s uniform looks like then… The thought made my cheeks heat up and suddenly Kevin was back with our food and drinks. Once he left we all cheered that our finals were over and the winter holiday could start. Suho told us that he’d travel to go skiing with his family so he wouldn’t be home for Christmas, he’d be leaving on Sunday so we all planned on doing something tomorrow as well. D.O’s going to Jeju Island and spend his Christmas in the sun while we are going to stay in the snow, but till then he’s going to work till Monday. Sehun’s going to travel to his grandparents who live a bit outside of the city and spend Christmas there and he too will be leaving on Sunday. I already said that I’d be spending it with my brother who will visit for a few days and that he’d arrive on Tuesday.

    While we were busy talking Daehyun walked up to us and greeted us with a wide smile.

    “Are you enjoying our food?” He asked and we all nodded and smiled back. “That’s great.” He chuckled then turned to D.O. “Since you’re working here you’re obligated to come to our Christmas party.”

    D.O’s eyes widened. “Christmas party?” He asked and Daehyun nodded. “Every Christmas, everyone that works here at the café just hangs out here after we closed. We eat, some drink, play games and just hang out.” He shrugged and D.O nodded.

    “When is it?”

    “Monday night.” Daehyun smiled and D.O smile back. “Sure, yeah, I’ll stay after I end.” He and Daehyun shook hands and chuckled before the blonde waiter left.

    “Ooh, hyung hath an after work party.” Sehun chuckled and drank from his glass.

    “Why not?” D.O shrugged. “Might be fun, plus I think Heesung’s going to be here.” He turned to me with a wicked grin and I just gaped at my friend. How dare  he?

    “Dude.” Suho laughed and patted D.O on the back who laughed as well.

    I ignored my friends for a while and let my eyes roam the café once again and noticed that it was quite full and only a few seats were available. That’s when I noticed a female staff member standing by a table with her back facing me. Heesung? I furrowed my eyebrows and had my eye on her till she turned around and when she did, my eyes widened.

    Heesung had her long her curled and hanging from her shoulders and passed the middle of her back. She was wearing a red sleeveless dress that hugged her upper body and fanned out by her hips, her skirt ending right under her behind, which I didn’t like because other men might look at her legs. Speaking of her legs, they were almost bare and only had a pair of white over knee socks that had green bows on the sides of her thighs paired with black pumps. Her wrists were covered in white fluffy bands as well as her neck where a small bell hung reminding me of a cat necklace. She too was wearing a apron with the ‘Merry Christmas’ text on it as well as the Santa hat. Her smile seemed to dazzle the customers especially the male ones when she walked by. “Ith that noona?” Sehun asked, Baekhyun hadn’t noticed that his friends had spotted Heesung as well. Sehun took a deep breath, about to yell ‘noona’ across the café but Suho and D.O were quick enough to cover the maknaes mouth.

    I watched as she walked passed a few tables and when she looked up her big grey eyes met mine. My eyes widened when she smiled and made her way towards us her hair and skirt bouncing with every step she took and of course they weren’t the only things bouncing when she walked but Baekhyun tried not to look there.

    “Noona!” Sehun greeted her with a wide smile. “You look very pretty today!”

    Heesung giggled and smiled. “Thank you, Sehun-ah.” She gave him a small bow with her head.

    “I like the uniform.” Suho said and smiled, D.O agreeing with him.

    “You look beautiful as ever.” I said and looked up at her with a wide grin. She rolled her eyes at me but that just made me chuckle.

    “Happy that the holiday finally began?” She asked and we all cheered and nodded.

    “I can’t wait to get my results on how I did on my finals.” I said and she raised an eyebrow at me.

    “Are you kidding? I dread that!” D.O sighed but I know that Heesung knew what I was talking about.

    “D.O, Daehyun told you about out Christmas party right?” She turned her attention to my friend.

   “Yeah! I guess I’m coming.” He nodded.

   “Great!” Heesung placed a hand on his shoulder. “It’s going to be fun!” They both chuckled then she straightened her back. “I’ll be leaving now, it’s quite full today.” She said and waved at us while she left.

    I watched her work while my friends were talking about something that I wasn’t listening to. That’s when I noticed the familiar tall blonde man make his way towards Heesung, Kris. What does he want? I frowned and I had to do a double take on where Heesung was standing. She was standing right under mistletoe! My heart felt like it was going to stop when I thought about what Kris was going to do.

    My eyes widened when Kris grabbed her arm, spinning her around until he held her by the waist. Oh hell no. He kept smirking at her while he talked while she kept rolling her eyes and seemed to be talking along. That’s when Kris looked up and showed her what they were standing under. Heesung looked like she gasped before Kris swooped down and captured her lips with his. The tables around them cheered until Kris let her go.

    My heart stopped for a moment and my breath hitched when Heesung panted after he let her go, her face looked flushed and she looked for a moment pissed before she sighed and turned to leave him. That’s when Kris and my eyes met for a split second before he smirked and walked away.

    Heesung didn’t come home with me after we all left since she still had work to do she texted me so I had to get home alone. My mind was still on when Kris kissed her under the mistletoe and it looked like she didn’t mind after a while. It did look she was shocked at first but then just seemed to wave it away.

    Yongguk looked surprised when she walked back to the counter but he too just laughed it off after a while. My heart hurt when I saw them kiss and I know that I shouldn’t feel this way. She could kiss whom she wanted to kiss and I couldn’t do anything about it since we weren’t in a relationship.

    I walked into my empty apartment and dropped my bag on the floor, suddenly feeling depressed. After hanging my jacket on a hook I walked towards my couch and literally fell over it. Staring at the ceiling I felt my eyelids slowly close and sleep took over me.

HEESUNG POV

    I found Baekhyun sleeping on the couch when I came back. It was past ten already and I wondered how long he’s been lying there. Tiptoeing as silently as I could up to the loft I placed my bag on the floor and let my hair out from the bun I had. Cursing silently to myself as I rummaged through my suitcase for any clean shirts. I had accidently spilled water on my clothes before so I had to come back here in my red dress and socks and I was freezing like hell! Would Baekhyun mind if I borrowed one of his shirts again? I wondered and walked down the stairs and was about to head to his room when I heard him groan in his sleep. Gulping I turned to him and watched as he moved to his back and sleepily rubbed his eyes before they fluttered open. “Heesung?” He called my name in a raspy voice as he squinted his eyes around the room before they landed on me. “When did you get home?” He asked and coughed before clearing his voice.

    “Just now.” I whispered and walked towards him, sitting down on the edge of the couch. He yawned and sat up, stretching his arms in the air. When it seemed that his eyesight had cleared up he turned to me with wide eyes. “Don’t tell me you came home in that?” His eyes wandered through my body.

    “I spilled some water on my clothes and-“

    “It’s freezing cold outside!” He raised his voice and abruptly stood up, surprising me. “It’s like… minus sixteen degrees or something!”

    “Baek-“

    “Hurry! Go and take a very warm bath!” He was about to grab my wrist but stiffened and I assumed he remembered our little bet. His worried eyes met mine and I waited to see what he was going to do next. He frowned and silently cursed under his breath. “I’m sure that I’m going to passed anyway!” He groaned and grabbed my wrist, pulling me up on my feet and dragged me towards the bathroom. “Yah, Byun Baekhyun!” I tried tugging my wrist from his grip.

    “Jesus Heesung! You’re freezing!” Yes, I was aware of that, I was still shivering when I walked in his apartment, and was still shivering now, also by the touch of his warm grip. Without letting my wrist go he walked into the bathroom, leaned over the tub and turned the water on filling his tub with warm water.

    He turned to me, the frown still on his face as he let go of my wrist and placed his hands on my bare shoulders. “Why didn’t anyone lend you a sweater or anything?” He asked and looked me in the eye.

    “I was the last one that left so I locked the whole place up.” I answered and his hands went to my neck then face warming my skin, his touch sending shivers down my spine. He clucked his tongue as his hands started rubbing my arms up and down. “Seriously, Heesung…” He sighed deeply and I noticed that the bathroom had begun to fog from the warm water. He let me go and walked towards the door. “Don’t leave this bathroom until you’ve taken a warm bath.”

    “But Baek-“

    He closed the door before I could continue and I couldn’t help but smile and shake my head at that boy. Always so caring about me that I can’t help but feel a little guilt because I can’t properly respond to his feelings.

    I was sitting in the tub with my hair up in a bun on my head, bubbles covering the water and my head leaning back on the edge of the tub. The door opened and I heard Baekhyun muttering incoherent words under his breath. I sat up and looked at the blue shower drapes. “Heesung, I brought uh… Some stuff for you.” He mumbled. “I just found a pair of shorts, I brought your toothbrush too and uh… Some weird face lotion looking thing that I saw lying around, your makeup bag oh and your towels of course!”

   “You went through my stuff?” I asked, not even mad or anything just… Surprised. I heard him nervously chuckle. “Yeah… I hope you don’t mind” I smiled and leaned my arm on the edge of the tub. “Baekhyun?”

    “Yes?” I heard that he was close, probably putting my towels on the stool.

    “How about underwear?” I asked and tried stifling a giggled. I didn’t get any answer at first and assumed that he was stunned and speechless. “Oh…” He mumbled after a while and I couldn’t help but let a small giggle escape my mouth when he hurried out the door. Oh, Baekhyun.

    I raised my eyebrow when I heard him walk in again. “I uh…” He cleared his throat, embarrassment clearly heard in his voice. “I’ll just place them here with your shorts…” He mumbled and I grinned for myself. “I couldn’t find any shirt of yours so I just got one of my own…” He added and I suddenly heard the fosset turn on, splashing was heard and I just assumed that he was washing his face.

    “Thank you Baekhyun.” I said and smiled for myself. “No problem.” Then I heard his toothbrush against his teeth.

    I shifted in the water moving to the other edge of the tub and slowly pulled the curtains to the side and saw Baekhyun standing in front of the sink, looking into the mirror while brushing his teeth. I leaned my arm on the edge of the tub then my chin on my hand and he quickly glanced at me and did a double take with wide eyes before he nearly choked on his toothbrush. I just found his reaction amusing like the last time and just watched when washed the toothpaste foam from his lips and rinsed his mouth.

    “Jesus Heesung…” He muttered and placed his toothbrush back in a cup beside the sink.

    “Baekhyun?” I asked and he looked down at me with a red tint on his lips before he sighed and sat down beside the tub, facing me. “Yes?”

    “Why were you sleeping on the couch?” I asked and tilted my head, gazing his face.

    Baekhyun scratched the back of his head and looked down slightly embarrassed. “I was… Tired.” He mumbled. “And also quite pissed if I have to be honest.” He looked back at me and I noticed that his embarrassment in his eyes were gone.

    I furrowed my eyebrows, why was he pissed? “Why?” I dared to ask and a frown appeard on his lips. “It’s quite… Stupid actually.”

   “You can tell me.”

    “Well…” He looked around nervously and the red tint on his cheeks slowly came back. “I…” He hesitated. “I saw Kris kiss you underneath a mistletoe.” He mumbled, his eyes set on the floor in front of him.

    I was speechless. He saw? Of course he did, he was there. Ugh, Kris that jerk! He knew as well that Baekhyun and his friend were there and I know that he loved making him jealous! Oh god, I know how Baekhyun feels when he sees me with other men, aish. “Baekhyun…” I muttered and gazed at him but he kept his eyes on the floor.

    “I know that you know that you shouldn’t feel this way.” I muttered and he only turned his head slightly. “But don’t take it the wrong way Kris… He’s Kris he loves making guys jealous when he knows that they have feelings for me.” I reached my hand out and lightly ran my wet hand through Baekhyuns hair. “He even tried making Kevin jealous when he first arrived.”

    Baekhyun slowly looked up and I pulled my hand away from his head. A small frown was still evident on his lips. “I’ll talk to him next time I see him.” I told him and he scrunched his nose.

    “I’m sorry if that hurt you.”

    He shook his head and scooted closer to the tub. “No, don’t apologize, I should. Like you said.” He sighed deeply. “I shouldn’t feel this way but you know I can’t help it.” He looked at me with sad eyes that made my heart clench in pain, oh Baekhyun. “And when you’ll leave later on it’ll feel empty here again.”

    “What will you do during new years?” I asked and he shrugged lazily.

    “My brother will leave a few days before that and…” He thought for a while. “I guess I’ll just ask if any of the guys can do anything…”

    “What if they can’t?”

    “I don’t know…” He leaned his head forward and I saw that he was fiddling with the edge of his sweatpants by his ankles. “If they can’t do anything then… I mean, it’s not the first time they couldn’t hang out.” He laughed but I noticed it was forced. So he’s alone during new years? My heard clenched in pain once more, this boy is lonelier than I thought. “I try to sleep through the day but it’s hard when all the fireworks are going on…”

    We sat in silence for a while because I didn’t know what to say to him. His parents and older brother were hardly here, only during the holidays. His friends are usually out of town for a few days and he’s alone during new years. How can he be able to keep up a joyful mood most of the time? It must be tough.

    “What do you get your brother for present then?” I asked, trying to change the atmosphere around us. Baekhyun slowly looked up, his eyes still a bit sad.

    “I bought him a new tie and a new pair of cufflinks.” He answered. “He’ll probably give me money and some new clothes.” He added, grouchiness heard in his tone.

    “Always the same?” I asked and he nodded.

    “Always the same.”

    “When is he arriving?” I asked.

    “Tuesday. But he’ll just be here for a while before he heads of into town for a meeting, as well as the next day.” His tone dropped. “Even when my parents or him are here… They’re always on meetings everyday. My parents stay at a hotel in town since I don’t have space here, only for my brother. We all haven’t lived under the same roof since I was young.”

    “Oh, Baekhyun.” I couldn’t believe what I heard and I didn’t know what to say again. I felt myself sadden from what he just told me and felt my heart clench in pain once more when I saw his sad expression on his face.

    Baekhyun slowly stood up and fixed his sweatpants. “I’ll leave you now so you can get dressed.” He mumbled and turned around and was out the door, closing it behind him. I just sighed and pulled the plug and let the water drain.

    While brushing my teeth I saw my face lotion that Baekhyun brought with him and smiled, he’s so considerate. After changing into my shorts and his t-shirt I just left my toothbrush and lotion in the bathroom when I switched the lights off, noticing that the lights were off in the living room. When I walked up the stairs I spotted Baekhyun sitting on the mattress looking down, his expression the same saddened one like before. Gulping I just took a seat beside him and reached for my hairbrush and began brushing my hair. Baekhyun watched me the whole time until I put my brush away and crawled towards the space closest to the wall. “Can…” He spoke up and I looked at him while getting under the covers. “Can we just forget about the no touching part?” He asked, his eyes sad and pleading. “Please? I miss holding you…” Why does it look like he was about to cry? Was it because what he told me before? “Baekhyun…”

    “Please?”

    “You better have passed your finals…” I muttered and smiled a small smile at him. He grinned widely before he hurried and closed the lights for the loft then got under the covers, pulling me close to him. “Baekhyun… Can’t breath.” I gasped and he lightly loosened his grip around me but still kept me pressed against his chest. “I haven’t touched you for what seems like forever.” He mumbled against my hair as he inhaled. “I’ve missed this.”

    I didn’t argue and slowly wrapped my arms around his waist as I felt him my back with his fingers.

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A/N 

Double update because i had time lol ! Anyways, what did you think? Finals are finished and Baekhyun kinda broke the bet ... ? I was supposed to put a poster with this but i wanted to edit it a bit more ^^ I apologize for minor errors and grammar.

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(Edit: What do you think abot the poster? As the other one, it's quite simple lol ^^")