They weren’t always like this. Actually, he wasn’t always like this. Sure they had their occasional fights and bickering, but at the end of the day they always found a way to kiss and make up, at the end of the day they always ran to each others arms as if gravity was pulling them together. But lately, Chanyeol seemed to be more distant. It all started with the ‘Baekyeon’ issue. A few days before Dispatch released the article about Taeyeon and Baekhyun, he was called to the top floor.

Flashback

“Manager hyung, why am I here again?” Baekhyun was currently sitting in some big conference room with EXO’s manager

“Chairman wanted to talk to you” Lee Soo Man sajangnim? What did he want with me?

The door burst open and in came Lee Soo Man, the founding chairman of SM Entertainment, and his secretary whose name he honestly could not remember.

“Ah! Baekhyun-ah how are you?”

“Lee Soo Man sajangnim, I’m fine. How about you?” 

“Fine as well, now let’s have a seat shall we.” Baekhyun was gestured to sit as the Chairman continued, now with a more serious tone “The reason I called for you today is because of your relationship with Park Chanyeol.”

. Did the media find out? But we kept it low. We stopped being touchy and close whenever we were in public. So, how did they know? Was it because of the Instagram photos? No, because we deleted it immediately. He kept asking himself these questions that he didn’t realize that he completely spaced out.

“YAH! BYUN BAEKHYUN!!” well that snapped me out of my thoughts

“H-hyung? Why are you shouting at me?”

“Chairman’s talking to you! Stop spacing out will you!”

“Sorry… erm.. What was it again sajangnim?”

“Ah yes, I don’t have a problem with you dating Park Chanyeol..”

“But?” there will always be a ‘but’ after

“Will he fight for you?” What? Fight for me?

“E-excuse me? Sir, what do you mean by ‘fight for me’?

“It is what it is. Will he fight for you, whatever the situation is?”

What’s happening? I mean Chanyeol loves me right? So that means he’ll fight for me. I know he will.

“Yes, I am positive he will fight for me no matter what, because I know that I would fight for him too.”

“Well then, glad to know. Now, I want you to date SNSD’s Taeyeon.”

Hold up hold up hold up hold up. Kim Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation? But why?

“Uhmm… sajangnim, you want me to d-date Taeyeon-noona? I c-can’t I already have Chanyeol..”

“That’s why. It will be a set up. The place, the time, and how ‘coincidentally’ Dispatch would be there. After your little set up date with Taeyeon, we will wait and see Chanyeol’s reaction. If he doesn’t fight for you, then he doesn’t pass, but if he does fight for you, the he does. Simple as that.”

It took a while to process but one thing was really bugging him, and that's

“Sir, what’s this for? I mean we haven’t done anything to alert the media about us, but why?”

“This is a huge risk I’m going to make, but only for the both of you. It may seem stupid, but I want both of you out.”

“O-out? Sir, you want both of us out?”

“Yes, I want both of you to come out as a couple.” Ahhhh as a couple “I could sense the longing gazes, the subtle touches, and most importantly the obvious . And as I saw the stats earlier that Baekyeol or Chanbaek whatever, is at par with Kaisoo. But I’m more of a Baekyeol shipper.” He said matter-of-factly. Who would’ve thought that THE Lee Soo Man was a fanboy, let alone a shipper at heart. Baekhyun let out a shaky breath and then sighed in relief

“Okay? Then why make us do this?” just out of curiosity or maybe nervousness, he asked.

“Trust. In a relationship you need trust so I’m just testing the waters.”

“B-but what if he fails?”

“Then, it