Byun Baekhyun

He was the epitome of the perfect guy, a nice senior whom you might find on your first day, helping you find your way as you get lost in a maze-like college. Blessed by beautiful vocal cords, he was a walking jukebox that would sing top of his lungs, never out of tune. The happy virus puts a big smile on everyone in his college, and even causes some people to have nosebleeds, trust me.

Everyone tries to be his lover but none has heard any news of Baekhyun dating. They have only heard rumours of his closeness with the notorious quiet guy, Do Kyungsoo. And of course, this made everyone’s jaw drop.

Do Kyungsoo

He was the quietest person Baekhyun ever met, thanks to Jongdae brought the Kyungsoo on their meet-up one day. Only one or two words came out of Kyungsoo’s mouth whenever he was asked a question by everyone. Kyungsoo preferred rolling his eyes than talking like Baekhyun, who very loud and animated. Kyungsoo was annoyed at first, but as time went by he gradually began to warm up to them, and little by little, his smile grew bigger, shaping a heart that Baekhyun loved the most. You couldn’t imagine how happy Baekhyun was when Kyungsoo told everyone Baekhyun was his friend. Baekhyun swore to God that he never felt happy before in his life.

One day, Baekhyun’s mood in the morning was as bright as the sun that day. His smile intact, Baekhyun greeted everyone as per usual. As he walked into the canteen, his smile vanished and his mood dropped drastically.

No matter how well-loved Baekhyun is, he would still feel jealous if someone took Kyungsoo’s attention like what happening right now in front of his eyes. One day he was so close to strangling Jongin when he saw how close to Kyungsoo, how his lips were brushing the latter’s cheek slightly. If Jongdae weren’t there, Jongin’s body would be floating on the river by now, dead.

Called him stupid, but Baekhyun couldn’t help but to scorch in jealousy.

Kyungsoo was talking with Chanyeol, a bit too intimate for Baekhyun’s eyes. As Baekhyun sat across them, he noticed their shoulders were so close that Baekhyun surely wanted to rip them apart. They were laughing at a video posted on Youtube, probably a lame prank video that was recently trending among Youtubers. Under the table, Jongdae whom sat beside Baekhyun clasped his hand, preventing Baekhyun from pulling Chanyeol’s hair as the latter put his head on Kyungsoo’s.

“Baek, calm down,” Jongdae said, whispering in Baekhyun’s ears.

“He… argh… A sneaky Park Yoda. Dae, please do something!!” whined Baekhyun.

“They have been friends for ages, Baek. You know Kyungsoo won’t be happy if you clawed his friend’s face,” Jongdae reasoned.

“But… Soo is my friend too. Why didn’t he share with me? I want to know--”

A loaf of bread was shoved into Baekhyun’s mouth, stopping his childish rant.

“Just eat and shut up. I don’t want to hear how pathetic you are..” Baekhyun glared at Jongdae. Finally, Kyungsoo noticed Baekhyun’s gloomy presence and beamed at him.

“What’s wrong, Baek?” Baekhyun turned his head away, avoiding Kyungsoo’s big eyes.

“He got bad stomach, Soo. Don’t worry,” Jongdae chirped, before laughing at Baekhyun coughing. Being a nice friend, Kyungsoo gave his ice chocolate to Baekhyun who accepted it gladly.

“Hey, Soo. Your mom isn’t at home, right? Let me crash a night, please. Yura is giving me a headache lately because of Toben.” Chanyeol said while batting his eyelashes.

Hearing Chanyeol’s words, Jongdae successfully prevented Baekhyun’s attempt to throw Kyungsoo’s drink to Chanyeol’s face. Swearing to everything in this universe, the murderous aura oozing out of Baekhyun was visible to everyone except Kyungsoo.

“Sure, your stuff is still in my closet. Let’s watch the Harry Potter series!” Kyungsoo said excitedly. Baekhyun’s aura amplified even higher; Jongdae could imagine how many different ways Baekhyun was plotting on murdering Chanyeol in his head.

“How about me? I wanna join too,” Baekhyun pouted.

“You will have a morning class tomorrow. Won’t you be tired?” Kyungsoo asked, concernedly. Kyungsoo is so sweet, Baekhyun thought.

“Still I wanna be with you, Soo-soo. “ Baekhyun was batting eyelashes at Kyungsoo, Chanyeol snorted.

“Why do you have to come anyway? Tonight’s buddy bonding time.” Chanyeol glared at Baekhyun, crossing his arms over his chest. Chanyeol tolerated Baekhyun’s annoying presence whenever he was around Kyungsoo because he just loved Kyungsoo that much but being rivals since entering the college didn’t reduce their competitiveness among them, especially in taking Kyungsoo’s attention.

“Yeol, Baek is my friend too. Don’t be mean.”

“But Soo—“

“If you insist, you can come over tonight, Baek. Like rain falling in the desert, the murderous intent dissipated as Kyungsoo smiled to Baek despite Chanyeol’s whiny complaints.

Being friends with both of them, Jongdae could imagine how hard Baekhyun was going to try to not to kill Chanyeol later at night. He could also imagine what Kyungsoo would do, caught in the middle of the whirlpool of jealousy.

=xoxo=

Later that night, Kyungsoo was distracted by his doorbell while preparing movie snack for his best friends. Then he opened his door, revealing Baekhyun with a white t-shirt and a red oversized jacket that clung to his body. The latter smiled before hugging Kyungsoo.

“I miss you, Soo” Baekhyun whined, burying his head in Kyungsoo’s shoulder while inhaling the scent of Kyungsoo’s favourite cologne.

“Don’t be ridiculous, Baek. We just met this morning.” Kyungsoo giggled.

“Is that so? It felt like years for me”

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