Baekhyun stared back at you, his eyes raking over you in disbelief. He ran his hands through his hair a few times and tried to settle himself. But as soon as he looked at you he would mutter under his breath then avert his gaze.

The silence was starting to make you self conscious. You’d kind of hoped for the reveal to render him speechless in a good way, not in the tortured way he appeared to be right now. If he wasn’t blocking my only exit I could try and… . No. The managers. Fine, let’s try a different approach. “Baek?” you enquired. “Is there something wrong? Did they pick out a lame outfit?”

He rapidly shook his head. As he started to speak you could tell he was still sorting out his emotions but as he babbled he gained confidence. “N-no. No, it’s… better than fine. I just wasn’t expecting you to cosplay. Don’t ask me why but I pictured you in like those GLEE cheerleader outfits not…this. This is better though. So much better, ing hell. And you’re wearing this for the whole week? Like this is the only one you got?” You nodded and he loosened a breath. “Well. You passed the first test.”

“What? First test? What are you on about Baek?”

“The first test was if you’d even show up in person dressed up. I mean I gave you the option to just video call each day and honestly that’s what I thought you’d do. Ah this has cheered me up.” He started to laugh. “I think this punishment is going to do the others more harm than either of us. I can’t wait to see their reactions to this.”

“Says the man who is hasn’t moved from the door since I removed my coat.”

“Y/N, I don’t trust myself to move until you put that jacket back on.”

“Why? See something you like?” you responded playfully.

“Don’t start what you can’t finish Y/N.”

***

“Where are they going?” you asked Kyungsoo as he sat down for lunch.

He looked over his shoulder at the two figures that were headed towards the elevators. “Minseok and Junmyeon?”

You nodded. “Yeah. Why aren’t they having lunch with the rest of us?”

Kyungsoo grinned. “Oh. Minseok called in his punishment so Junmyeon is taking him to a restaurant.”

You laughed to yourself and wondered how far into his meal Minseok would get before feeling awkward about being the only one eating and insisting that Junmyeon eat as well. “Has Jongin called his in yet?”

Soo rolled his eyes and groaned. “Yes.”

You laughed again. “Come on, it can’t have been THAT bad. At least yours was only a 15 minute punishment.”

Kyungsoo glared at you. “He came home late after dance practice and going to the gym and called in the punishment before having a shower. So I had to have his gross sweaty legs and feet on my back for 15 minutes. It was incredibly unpleasant.”

You shuddered at the thought.  Next to you Jongdae dropped his chopsticks. “Ah waee! I’m trying to have lunch here, not be grossed out by Jongin’s sweaty feet!”

“Sorry hyung…but at least you didn’t have them on your back.”

Before Jongdae could retort you butted in on their exchange. “So Dae, have you started your punishment for Chanyeol yet?”

Jongdae laughed. “Not yet. I told him I’ll have the pick up lines for him by the end of the week. He has been making sure I get the car seat I want and the meal I want though. I think he’s trying to be so good at that in the hopes of me giving him less embarrassing lines. It won’t work.” A cheshire grin spread across his face as he thought about poor Chanyeol stressing about the pick up lines he was yet to be given.

The boys resumed eating during their short break between dance practice and vocal rehearsals. They bid you farewell as they ran off to their rehearsal space after Baekhyun sent them a long string of messages until they were annoyed enough to go to him. How does that boy not get hit more often?

You decided to check in on Junmyeon to see if Minseok had caved on his own reward yet.

Y/N: So, has he given you food yet?

JM: No. That sneaky er…

Y/N: What?

JM: Did you tell anyone what you told me? About him caving in 5 mins?

Y/N: I don’t think so…

Y/N: Wait.

Y/N: I told Sehun in passing when I was trying to calm him down about his punishment.

JM: That er.

Y/N: What’s going on?

JM: Minseok gave the driver directions and we ended up at a hella fancy place.

Y/N: What have I told you about using the word hella?

JM: …ANYWAY. We go in and go to a private dining room and Minseok looks at the menu and orders SO MUCH FOOD. SO MUCH.

Y/N: Haha really?

JM: THEN after he’s finished ordering Sehun & Jongin just happen to drop in. Are you kidding me?

JM: THEN he invites them to join us to eat with him.

Y/N: Oh. That is sneaky.

JM: So now not only am I watching Minseok eat, but I have to watch Sehun & Jongin eat while I starve. Then I have to pay for all of this goddamn food.

Y/N: Well he did say he’d get you back for not supporting his decision to get a cat.

JM: HE NEVER LIKED CATS BEFORE. HOW THE WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

Y/N: This attitude is why you are currently not eating food.

JM: Not helping Y/N, not helping.

You laughed to yourself and prepared to go home. You had to get ready to video call Baek in your stupid cheerleader outfit. After the first day you’d only been back up to their apartment once, thankfully when everyone except Baek, Minseok and Jongdae were out. Minseok and Jongdae had been occupied with Tan, Minseok’s new cat, so they hadn’t even noticed that Baek had become suspiciously quiet.

Things were tamer on the second day. The two of you deciding it would be better to be in a bigger room, preferably one without a bed. The two of you flirted with each other enough normally. Adding a cheerleading outfit and forcing you to praise Baek had not helped matters. You’d made ground rules. When you turned up or called he had to be doing something, practice or gaming…anything that would allow you to cheer him on. That way he was occupied and you had a purpose.

Today he would be at a photo shoot until late in the night so you had to video call. You looked around your apartment and tried to figure out where you should sit. Bed was out of the question, as was your desk. That desk meant you held control, it was where you planned lessons for the guys and for a few more days Byun Baekhyun still had control over a portion of you. You had decided a while ago that you were happy to play whatever game the two of you were playing but you were not going to be the one to give in. He could flirt and toy with the idea of taking things further all he liked but you had set yourself a line and you weren’t going to cross it, excluding private lessons of course.

***

You set yourself up in the corner of your room on the floor. That way if you had to get up to cheer him on you could put your phone on one of the shelves above you and film. You shook your head. Dressing up is fine, it’s the cheers that are the embarrassing part and he knows it. You dialled his number, hit the video call button on your phone and mentally prepared yourself. You held the phone up high enough that it was only showing your face. You figured he wasn’t stupid enough to answer when other people were around but just in case you kept the outfit hidden. He answered on the third ring.

“Noona!” You were greeted by a very bright and happy looking Baekhyun. Hands came into frame and touched up his hair and makeup. You mentally thanked yourself for hiding the outfit. The last thing you needed was for someone in hair and makeup to recognise you in this outfit.

You smiled. “Good evening Baekhyun. How is the shoot going?”

He sent you a knowing look and waved the hands away from him. He stood and held his phone down by his side, giving you a close up view of the suit he was wearing. You could hear him talking with someone so you kept quiet. You couldn’t quite make out what was being said but you eventually heard Baekhyun thank someone then walk off away from the noises of the photo shoot. He lifted the phone back up to his face which was a little less bright now, showing the first signs of his fatigue. “Sorry about that. I have a 10 minute break before the next set is ready so we can talk for a little bit. I’m just finding a spot away from everyone.”

He continued walking until he found a corner at the back of a room and sat down. “Ok we shouldn’t be interrupted here. What were you saying?”

“I asked how the shoot is going. You look a bit tired.” Your brows furrowed as you looked at him through your phone screen. He did look tired, that hadn’t been a lie. Between dance and vocal practice then this photo shoot you were certain that they weren’t getting enough rest but they never complained.

He smiled softly at you. “I am tired but noona has called at the right time to re-energise me.” He chuckled to himself at his lame joke. “Yah! Are you even wearing it?”

You smiled back at him sweetly. “Of course I am. How could I cheer you up or give you much needed energy without this wholesome outfit?” You panned the camera down slightly so that he could see the edges of the crop top.

Baekhyun’s voice grew thicker and dropped lower. “Come on now. How do I know you haven’t just got the top on and not the rest of it. I’m going to have to insist that you show me the whole thing.”

You panned the camera lower, passing over the crop top and showing the skirt that barely covered anything, down to your legs and the thigh high socks you were wearing. You panned back up and didn’t miss the softest groan that escaped from Baekhyun’s lips as you panned back over the skirt and slightly parted your legs. You panned back up to your face and stared at Baekhyun. He appeared to be having an inner conflict. Eventually he breathed out. “This ing outfit will be the death of me.”

You giggled and tried to steer the conversation away from the dangerous territory it was headed towards. “I’m sure you’ll get used to it before the week is out.”

Baekhyun laughed and shook his head. The laugh turned into a yawn, reminding you that you were supposed to be giving him the strength and energy to finish the shoot. “Are you ready for your cheer? I made one especially for you.”

“You’re kidding right? You hate this part of the punishment.”

You frowned. “But I made it especially for you…”

“. Don’t make that face at me. I can’t handle it. Did you seriously make a cheer just for me?” You nodded. Baekhyun’s face lit up like a kid’s on Christmas morning. “Go ahead.”

You picked the phone up and set it on one of the shelves so that you could step back a few paces and fit in the frame. You readied yourself, took a deep breath and bowed your head. When you lifted your head back up your face was bright and cheerful. You did the start pose and cried out.

“Stronger than steel

Hotter than the sun

Baekhyun won’t stop

‘til he gets the job done!”

As soon as you were done a wave of embarrassment rushed over you and you covered your face with your hands. You could hear musical laughter coming from your phone.

“Yah! Y/N! Come back. Please!” Baek tried to speak in between little laughs. You grabbed your phone and sat down on the floor again. “Hey!” “Yah! Look at me Y/N!” You lifted your head and looked at the grinning idiot on the other end of the line. “I feel energy coursing through my veins, you cured my fatigue.”

“You are so cheesy Baek.”

“Yeah, well you are ing adorable when you are embarrassed.”

“Shut up.”

He laughed and looked up over his phone. “Yah. Looks like 10 minutes went by quicker than I thought. I have to go but now every time I feel tired I’ll remember that little cheer you just did. Talk to you tomorrow noona.”

“Bye Baek. Hopefully the rest of the shoot passes quickly.” You hung up the phone and got up to go change into your sweats. You struggled to think straight whenever you wore that damned outfit. Calling the scraps of clothing an outfit was a stretch. You were pretty sure the hustler cheerleader costume would be less revealing than this.

You were about to settle into a book when there was a knock at your door. You checked your phone. Baekhyun would still be at the photo shoot. You assumed it was Minseok coming down to visit you. You opened the door to see Minseok and Sehun. “Uh, hi guys. To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Minseok shot you a look that told you he hadn’t planned on Sehun being with him. “I was telling Sehun how you had promised to show me a movie tonight and he insisted on coming along to watch.”

“It’s boring up there. Everyone is either at the photo shoot or on schedules. Hyung was supposed to hang out with me but he was going to ditch me for a movie night with you so I decided a movie night sounded like fun.”

You laughed and let them in. “Come on. I was just about to get some snacks ready anyway. Now you can help with that while I get the movie set up.” You played along with Minseok’s lie.

“Oh noona?”

“Yes Sehun?”

“Before I forget, I wanted to set up a private lesson this week.”

“Sure thing, we’ll pick a day after the movie. Now go to the 3^rd cupboard on the left and grab the chips and there’s drinks in the fridge. I’m going to grab the movie from my room.” Sehun moved to the kitchen and started getting things ready so you went to your room. Minseok appeared shortly after. “Explain.”

“Sorry… he’s been extra moody today. Vivi wanted nothing to do with him so he hasn’t left my side in 6 hours. I just wanted to get out of the place to get some space.” Minseok grumbled.

“Well, now we’re having a movie night. There’s beer in the fridge if that helps. I’ll sit in between the two of you but that’s about all the space you’re getting.” Minseok nodded and headed back out to the couch.

A few minutes later you appeared with 3 movies. “Ok so our choices are The Little Mermaid, The Dressmaker or X-Men”