a/N: in the baeksoo flashbacks, kyungsoo and baekhyun are nineteen 

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Kyungsoo wore black. Everyday. That was the first thing Baekhyun had noticed. It's not like it wasn't normal, or that Baekhyun didn't like it, but it made Kyungsoo seem so much more intimidating than he already was. Baekhyun didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

However, business was business and if they said that this college drop out kid was the best of the best then Baekhyun was willing to give him a try.

They didn't get along at first. Kyungsoo found Baekhyun's antics quite obnoxious, despite being the same age and felt so much older than the other. He felt like a miserable baby sitter. Baekhyun didn't like it though. He tried so hard to appeal to the other, to make things work but Kyungsoo was stubborn and head strong and just did not like Baekhyun.

The up and coming korean cartel wasn't having it.

Kyungsoo was surprised when Baekhyun asked him out for dinner. It wasn't in any romantic way and honestly, Kyungsoo thought he was pulling some sort of prank. After minutes of furious arguing and weak convincing, Kyungsoo finally gave in (mostly because he needed Baekhyun to shutup and because the other offered to pay).

It soon became a routine for the two of them. Baekhyun would like to believe that he is what brought them closer but Kyungsoo claims it was the free food (the criminal hacker often paid up though).

Baekhyun definitely didn't see it coming, but as he and Kyungsoo grew older, smarter and more mature, they also grew closer. They learned to build trust in each other, just as they built the foundation of their growing group of cartels.

Baekhyun often got offers from other bigger, more influencial dealers but he'd never leave. His business had started with Kyungsoo and both had made a silent, unspoken promise to stick it all out together.

While Baekhyun basically housed and funded Kyungsoo, the other kept the dealer out of trouble. Whether it was erasing files, shifting cameras, deleting footage, Kyungsoo would do it.

The platonic love had begun to dwindle away when they were finally stable within the business and had a solid foundation. Although unspoken, Baekhyun and Kyungsoo weren't oblivious to the firey sparks that set off with each touch, the mutual lust and longing.

It wasn't long until Baekhyun had enough of and finally snapped. He'd brought Kyungsoo home from the tech room and without warning, pressed the other up against the door of their shared home, releasing the pent up tension and feelings between them. It didn't take Kyungsoo long to give into the other.

They'd never uttered the words to each other, but Baekhyun knew that as muc