“Okay. Hold on, let me get this straight." Taeyeon pursed her lips and crossed her arms.  "Chanyeol is a biual ert with a Magic Mike body that has a huge crush on you and thinks that you like him back because you kissed him at the concert and now karma is being a ?”

Baekhyun nodded, starting to braid a few strands of her hair. 

"And it looked like you could wash clothes on his abs."

Baekhyun nodded again.

"And you're being tortured by the image of Chanyeol's smoking hot body and his minty breath.”

"I'm not gay." The vocalist deadpanned as he wrapped a hair tie around the end of her braid.

Taeyeon's lips spread into a smile and she broke out into a fit of giggles. She pressed her lips against Baekhyun's. The vocalist eagerly kissed her back. 

"You're hilarious." She mumbled against his mouth.

It was a wonderful surprise to find her boyfriend in her room after coming back from a long day of practice. And she thought was adorable when her boyfriend clung to her and whined about Chanyeol. Taeyeon bit back her laughter when Baekhyun practically cried, talking about his band mate’s body. But she couldn’t help bursting out into giggles and obnoxious snorting (which Baekhyun found very cute) when he told her about Chanyeol’s joking confession of love, which the vocalist seemed to take seriously and was convinced that the rapper had feelings for him. Taeyeon found it all very amusing, even BaekYeol’s accidental kiss was funny. 

Baekhyun pulled away and his girlfriend whined cutely, pouting at him as she curled  her fingers into his shirt to pull him closer. But right before she could connect their lips, the vocalist pulled away again. "Wait why aren't you mad?"

 When he thought about it, he kissed Taeyeon with the same lips that he did with Chanyeol. And he'd basically admitted that he checked the rapper out earlier. Taeyeon wasn't even jealous and not the least bit grossed out. Baekhyun didn't understand. Although her texts had momentarily reassured him that she wasn’t upset, the vocalist still had his doubts. 

"It was fan service, Baek. And it's not like you have feelings for Chanyeol." She giggled and shook her head. "I mean come on. If you did, you wouldn't be here with me."

That’s true. He was dating Taeyeon and he had been for what seemed like the longest time. Chanyeol was no where in the picture. Heck, he didn’t even fit in. Baekhyun was as straight as an arrow and in a committed relationship with his lovely girlfriend. Biual ert Chanyeol and his slimmer Magic Mike body meant nothing to him. However, he couldn’t help but shudder each time the giant’s name was mentioned. The memory of Chanyeol in all his glory kept flashing before Baekhyun’s eyes. And he couldn’t quite erase the feeling of the other’s body pressed up against his. 

“You’re not gay, but you’re obviously envious.” Taeyeon cooed and pinched his cheeks. 

Baekhyun frowned.”Envious? Girl please.” He switched into Diva Baek mode, scoffing as he  flipped his hair. “Yeol’s got nothing on these-” he paused to rub his hands over his clothed stomach “-nutella abs.” He wiggled his eyebrows, earning more cute giggles from his girlfriend. 

She placed her hands over his and winked. “Ah I do love nutella.”

“O-Oh r-really?” Diva Baek came undone and the vocalist became blushing schoolgirl Baek, who only Taeyeon could bring out. His girlfriend nodded and sneakily stuck one of her hands up his shirt, pinching his stomach. 

“Yup~ Nothing can beat your squishy abs.”

“Hey!”

It was Baekhyun’s turn to pout this time, pretending that she had hurt him. When Taeyeon pulled her hand out his shirt, the vocalist rubbed his stomach. “I just love my abs so much that I have a layer of fat to protect them.”

Envious huh? That explained the weird feeling in Baekhyun’s stomach and how he couldn’t stop staring earlier. Of course he would be jealous of Chanyeol’s body. He hadn’t seen the other in over a year and his last memory of the rapper’s bare figure was nothing but disappointing.

Now Chanyeol was no longer that awkwardly tall boy with thin lanky limbs, a flat stomach, and ribs so prominent that they could poke someone’s eye out. His body had transformed into a masterpiece of gorgeous lean muscles and hard abs. Hot damn, there was no way Baekhyun couldn’t be jealous. Park Chanyeol had everything he didn’t have, in terms of appearance.

The vocalist’s height--curse those short legs--made him look at lot smaller next to the rapper. And Chanyeol's wide eyes were larger than Baekhyun's droopy ones would ever be. Chanyeol's gigantic hands dwarfed Baekhyun's slender, feminine ones. His skinny arms were no where near as long as Chanyeol’s and were downright sad compared to those Changuns. It was as if every part of the rapper’s body was bigger and better than Baekhyun’s and he hated admitting it, but he was jealous. 

Dear Santa, for Christmas I want to wake up with a body like Park Chanyeol’s, please and thank you.

Baekhyun was so caught up in mentally writing his Christmas letter to Santa, asking for a body like Chanyeol’s that he didn’t notice Taeyeon sitting on his lap, gazing rather intently at him.  It was only when she leaned in to kiss him, that Baekhyun stopped writing the letter. Blushing heavily, he brushed his lips against hers, sighing into her soft mouth. He wrapped his arms around Taeyeon’s waist. She reached up and tangled her fingers in Baekhyun's caramel colored locks. The vocalist felt his girlfriend smile against his mouth when he pulled her a little closer. 

With Taeyeon in his arms, Baekhyun was momentarily able to forget about everything that had happened with Chanyeol. It was so easy for all his thoughts of that giant to be replaced by ones of Taeyeon. If the rapper honestly thought Baekhyun liked him, he was sadly mistaken. He was in love with his beautiful girlfriend.

The only one for Baekhyun was Taeyeon. 

Chanyeol fell asleep listening to the sound of Sehun’s breathing, but not before he heard the maknae murmur something in his ear. 

“I know you were thinking about him.”

It was like Sehun could read his mind. Maybe their closeness didn’t just start and end with their bodies. Perhaps being intimate with each other for so long had made them able to understand each other better, and not just physically. That accidental kiss had stirred up old memories Chanyeol didn’t want to reminisce. But even with Sehun’s body pressed up against his, twice in the same day, he failed to keep his mind from wandering. 

He wished Sehun understood how he actually felt, before he 'accidentally' pushed Chanyeol into Baekhyun. Even though the maknae had claimed that wasn’t his intention, Chanyeol knew the truth behind his lie. That stupid kid loved to assume things that were often the opposite from the reality. Yesterday, he was waiting for Baekhyun to give up and go to the other bathroom. He wanted to talk to Sehun, well, actually yell at him for what he did at the concert. He crossed a line that he shouldn’t have.  Things only got worse, when Baekhyun decided to turn around all of sudden. Being the klutz that he is, Chanyeol was unable to maneuver out of the way. Before he could register what had happened, all the other members were gathered around them, making fun of him and the vocalist. The rapper had never been more embarrassed, but not because he was . 

Chanyeol  woke up to an empty space next to him on the bed and wrinkled sheets. The day before, he’d discovered that Baekhyun disappeared from the dorm. And after dinner, Sehun and Chanyeol sneakily disappeared as well, locking the door of the rapper’s room again. It wasn’t unusual for the maknae to be beside him at night and gone in the morning. Chanyeol was always too tired to notice when he left. Sometimes he was bothered by the cold sheets and the lack of Sehun’s warmth next to him. But not today. Even though he’d taken his frustration out on the maknae, he was still a bit angry. 

Sighing, the rapper pulled of his blanket and got out of bed. Just then, the door flew open and Suho stepped inside. But as soon as the leader saw that Chanyeol was , he fled the room, yelling for the younger boy to get dressed and to come eat breakfast. Chanyeol got a laugh out of the horrified look on the leader's face. 

When he entered the kitchen, he caught Sehun’s gaze and rolled his eyes after the maknae winked at him suggestively. He sat down beside Suho and apologized for not having clothes on earlier.

"Where's Baekhyun?"

"He spent the night at Taeyeon's place."

"Daaaaaaaaammmmnnn."

"Nah man stop whatever you're thinking. Baek would get too nervous to do stuff like that with her."

A few of the boys nodded in agreement. 

“Did you all listen to Tao’s song T.A.O?” Lay asked with watery eyes and a forlorn expression. He placed his phone on the table and pressed something on the screen. When the music came on, the dancer burst out in tears. “I-I’m so proud of him…”

Chen quickly wrapped his arms around the crying boy, finding himself grow a bit teary as well. It felt like they hadn’t heard Tao’s voice in ages. He didn’t want to keep in contact with any of them. He even went as far to change his number and block them on social media.  

After they found out about the boy’s solo debut, they were surprised at how sudden it was. They were excited for him, nonetheless, but a bit shaken up at the thought of him promoting alone, no longer a part of EXO. Though the song was upbeat with mix of cool rhythms and sound effects, the boys couldn’t help but feel saddened after hearing it. Especially when Kai looked up a translation of the lyrics. 

It was only breakfast time and everyone’s moods were already dampened. They wanted to snap at Lay for bring up Tao’s come back,  but no one had the heart to yell at the boy after witnessing him cry. 

In an attempt to lighten up the gloomy atmosphere, Xiumin the TV and flipped through the channels until he found one broadcasting a replay of their most recent concert. Then D.O started singing along, dancing his way around the table as he set plates of food down in front of the boys. Not long after, everyone else joined in, though a bit half heartedly at first. But as soon as songs switched and they watched themselves perform Call Me Baby, the boys really got into it. They stood up, pushing chairs out of the way to put on a mini performance in the kitchen.

They laughed loudly as they bumped into each other during the dance. The kitchen was a little too small for what they were doing. When Love Me Right came on, they stole each other’s parts, and trying out every line that wasn’t theirs, rappers singing and vocalists rapping. Everyone went crazy when D.O slayed Chanyeol's rap. The boys on the screen stopped following their choreography, so the boys in the kitchen did the same, but kept singing along.

The camera was following Sehun and Chanyeol, the two of them walking along the edge of the stage as they blew kisses to the rest of the fans. The view changed and the boys watched as Xiumin ed his shirt and winked at the EXO-Ls. But before they could see him pull it off,  the camera flickered back to the center of the stage. The fan girls were going crazy. Their screams were so loud that Suho had to grab the remote and turn down the volume. 

And when the view from the camera came into focus, everyone in the kitchen grew silent. They'd almost forgotten what happened at the concert, but that image on the screen helped them remember. The boys watched as Baekhyun took a hold of Chanyeol's shirt and kissed the rapper, his eyes falling closed as if he forgot all about the audience and the cameras. The tv station had even included a slow motion replay of Chanyeol's fall and the kiss, complete with dramatic music and digital effects of hearts, flowers, and sparkles around the boys. 

"Oh." Someone said. "Wow."

Sehun stiffled his laughter. 

Chanyeol groaned internally and quickly snatched the remote from Suho. He changed the channel.

"It was quite a surprise when EXO's Chanyeol and Baekhyun kissed at-" A reporter spoke, with a picture of BaekYeol's kiss next to her on the screen. But before she could finish her sentence, Chanyeol changed the channel again. 

"Baekhyun from EXO cheats on Taeyeon with fellow band member Ch-"

"Looks like two members of EXO got a bit carried away when they kis-"

"More than fan service? EXO's Baekhyun and-"

"Everyone's got a thing for Park Chanyeol, even Baek-"

Chanyeol flipped through the channels furiously, but every damn station was broadcasting about the same thing, BaekYeol's kiss. The rapper threw the remote down, not caring that it broke into two pieces as he stomped out of the kitchen and back into his room. All of the members flinched when they heard Chanyeol scream in frustration and heard his door slam closed. Suho knelt down on the floor to put the remote back together. The other boys sat down at the kitchen table and ate their breakfast. No one went to check on Chanyeol. They didn't think it was a good idea to try to talk to him after he stormed off like that. After fixing the remote, Suho changed the channel, eyes lighting up when he recognized the show that was on.

"The LGBT community speculates that the group EXO may have two gay members, who came out a few days ago when they kissed onstage. Byun Baekhyun and Park Chanyeol. These boys might be the first openly gay artists in the K-Pop industry and the first homoual couple. I don't know about f you guys, but I'm pretty curious about this. It's a good thing that our special guest this week will be none other than EXO themselves! That's all we have for today, ladies and gentlemen. I'll see you next time on Idols Tell All! Have a nice day~"

Suho turned off the tv and joined the rest of the boys at the table. "I forgot to tell you guys something earlier."

"What is it, hyung?" Kai asked with a mouthful of rice, but closed his mouth almost immediately when D.O glared at him.

"We're-" The leader started, but was interrupted by Chen.

"We're going to be on that gossip show! And I'm going to be the special co-host!"

"Gossip...show?" Lay asked.

"Hey! Don't cut me off-"

Chen shoved an egg in Suho's mouth, forcing the older boy to shut up and chew. "Yeah like I was saying, we're going to be on Idols Tell All tomorrow!"

The leader opened his mouth to speak again, but Chen shoved another egg in his mouth. "You know, it's really rude to interrupt someone when they're talking, Suho."

And all Suho could do was glare at Chen as he chewed.

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It's obviously a fake tv show lol but yeah. and taeyeon finally made her appearance in this chapter! i actually don't know much about her, so i ended up following some baekyeon/taeyeon blogs on tumblr haha. also thanks so much for 101 subs! <3 and i'm sorry about chanhun ;; but i promise that you'll get some baekyeol soon. 

btw did you guys listen to tao's songs?? omg he has such a beautiful signing voice. it's a shame that we never got tp hear it when he was in exo :( and that's why i'm kinda glad he made his solo debut. my lil bby finally gets to shine!

AND YOU GUYS IM GOING TO A BTS CONCERT TOMORROW IM SO EXCITED OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMOG

thank you all for reading and subscribing! (ps i took out chapter titles bc i at them oh well)

~FlamerLocket-