Coming home to an angry baekhyun is becoming frequent. Kyungsoo was starting to consider moving out with his boyfriend seriously, he was tired and work has been a pain in the lately.

In fact, he is hoping for a warm shower to loosen up his muscles and a delicious meal, maybe cuddling with his best friend too would be nice but it looks like any of this is happening because as soon as he steps in the house he’s met with a furious baekhyun.

“ I’m home “ he announces though baekhyun is standing right in front of him ,his hands folded in front of his chest.

kyungsoo thinks that his friend may have sensed his distress because he opens his mouth and shut it without saying any word . Instead, baekhyun sighs heavily and brushes his bangs of his forehead, a habit he uses when he’s trying to control his emotions then he just walks to his room.

kyungsoo considers making a small snack and going to bed, he was in no mood for a talk but the look he saw in baekhyun’s eyes stops him from doing so, baekhyun is like his brother, they were each other family though they were so much different in terms of personality .On one hand, baekhyun was introvert, shy and emotional, he was complicated and tends to overthink. On the other hand, kyungsoo was always straight to the point, simple and forward, he wasn’t much of a people’s person but not exactly a loner either. Jongin likes to say that they complement each other, his boyfriend stopped long ago being jealous of baekhyun and accepted the fact that they wear inseparable.

The point is, kyungsoo can’t sleep knowing that his baekhyun isn’t feeling alright. that’s why , after taking a cold shower , he heads to baekhyun’s room “ can I come in ? “ he says , the door was slightly open .

“Come in “he hears baekhyun’s faint answer.

He pushed the door and joined his friend who is seating in the bed, a huge closed psychology book on his lap.

“ studying ? “ kyungsoo asks eyeing the book with interest , his love for books distracting him a little but then he remembers the reason he is here in the first place “ so baekhyun , what’s wrong with you today ? You didn’t stop frowning since I came home “

it’s like baekhyun is waiting for him to ask because as soon as kyungsoo finishes his sentence he talks “you knew soo don’t you? You knew that the kindergarten was park chanyeol propriety, and still, you sent me to work for him soo, why? “

Kyungsoo is so fed up with this park chanyeol talk and now baekhyun was accusing him of starting this whole thing , which is extremly stupid in his opinion “baekhyun, are you out of your mind? Why would I do that huh? We already talked about this geez , i would never do that knowing that you will be this dramatic about it !“

After a moment of silence, both of them trying to take in what the other said, kyungsoo's eyes shine with curiosity and he snuggles closer to baekhyun  “so he worked there, huh? “

Baekhyun hugs the book that was laying on his lap before answering “not really, he owns the kindergarten … not just that, he’s the CEO of the infamous company MOON STONE? you know MOON STONE ? Of course you know, jongin works the___” then the reality of what he just said hits him hard “KYUNGSOO, OUR JONGIN WORKS FOR CHANYEOL, OMG HOW DIDN’T I REALIZE THIS UNTILL NOW “

baekhyun is shaking kyungsoo now and it takes the latter all his power to pull him away “slow down a bit baek, those are a lot information to take in at once, so you’re saying that park chanyeol is damn rich now and owns a company and that my boyfriend works for him, wow what a small world “

Baekhyun burries his face in his hands and sighs in defect “you’d better say what a bad luck I have .. But jongin doesn’t know about my history with park right? I can’t blame him really though he’s the one that found me this job in the first place “

Kyungsoo looks at baekhyun in alarm “baekhyun, I remember something now “ he said slowly like he is afraid of baekhyun’s reaction.

“What? “Baekhyun said, confused.

kyungsoo takes a deep breath , looking everywhere but not to baekhyun “Jongin told me that he was quiet close to his boss and that he once got drunk and talked about us to him , you know he gets kinda jealous of you when he's drunk hehe... and … emm … his boss gave you the job “

Baekhyun was speechless. Park chanyeol knows he works there. Park chanyeol gave him the job.

HOW WOULD HE ESCAPE HIM NOW? JONGIIIN

Baekhyun is too lost in his thoughts (ways of killing jongin without letting kyungsoo know) that he doesn’t hear kyungsoo talking next to him until his starts hitting him  “byun? Were you listening “

He looks at his friend with a dump expression on , rubbing the place kyungsoo just hit him in “what? “

Kyungsoo face palms but repeats anyway “ I was saying , actually I know a few things about jongin's boss , he’s always talking about how amazing he is and how his workers loves him , when I think about it, from what he told me he seems like the old chanyeol we used to know , the only difference is that he’s … gay “

Baekhyun was dumbfounded, he was sure as hell chanyeol was straight, damn that was the source of his number one most embarrassing memory “but ... but how? You must be mistaken “

Kyungsoo shakes his head with determination “no no ... I’m sure ... one of the reasons he’s so respected by his employees is that he started his successful business at a young age and was open about his uality from the start, you know how hard that can be … also I remember jongin telling me that there are rumors about him refusing to take over his family business because they were against his uality so he choose to work by himself and build his own dreams “

Baekhyun nodded slowly, still unable to talk. kyungsoo , by the other side , decides it’s time for him to leave and get some sleep , but before he does so he looks at baekhyun saying “ one more thing , I heard he was single , guess someone has another chance “ then winks playfully . Baekhyun’s eyes widened and he gulped loudly making kyungsoo laugh as he left , more like run out of the room before his friend throws something at him .

It was lunch time, baekhyun just finished his morning classes and was heading to the parking lot where his car was.

He didn’t have friends to have lunch with so he decided to go early to his job, maybe he can eat what kyungsoo packed for him there while thinking about the activities he should prepare for the kids, junmyeon won’t mind.

Half an hour later he arrives at the kindergarten, he goes to ask for permission from junmyeon to use the microwave but the latter wasn’t at his office. He decides to go to the kitchen anyway because he works here right, it shouldn’t be a problem. To his surprise though, junmyeon was already at the kitchen along with Minseok and another man who has his back facing him.

Baekhyun stands awkwardly at the door, hugging his lunch bag. They seem to be discussing something important and he didn’t want to interrupt but he doesn’t want them to think that he is eavesdropping so he cleared his throat, once, twice until Minseok noticed him.

“Ah baekhyun, why are you standing there, come here, you can have lunch with us “

Baekhyun was fidgeting in his place “its fine ... I just want to warm up my lunch “he said “if it’s okay of course “he added shyly. junmyeon chuckled and looked at baekhyun “please baekhyun, you don’t need to ask us to use anything here, we always have lunch this time of the day you can join too “baekhyun was about to accept junmyeon invitation when the third man turns to him, wearing a big smile on his face “still as shy as I remember you huh, long time no see baekhyun “

oh .

it's park chanyeol .

Park chanyeol is standing in front of him with all his glory.

BAM ! The lunch bag falls to the floor and kimchi is everywhere, baekhyun looks between his now destroyed lunch and the said man, not really sure if his mind is still functioning. he heard junmyeon gasp and watches him as he moves towards him but when he saw chanyeol hurrying to him as well , his smile whipped and instead a worried and confused look on his face , all he can think about was RUN RUN RUN and that’s exactly what he did , he run ignoring the calls of his name .

Baekhyun was so embarrassed , he was sitting in a closed classroom , his face buried between his knees , he doesn't know how he ended up here but he does't care for now “ damn damn damn “ he said loudly  “ what did I react like that , damn , do I have to embarrass myself even more , how I’m going to explain what happened to them , why do I have to be like this whyyyy “

He thinks that maybe he should call kyungsoo and tell me to come take him home , he can’t face anyone right now , he was so ing embarrassed and he was blushing like no tomorrow but then , he was an adult and kyungsoo is working and he’s being childish but he can’t help it . The sound of someone knocking startles him and his heart starts beating faster. why did they find him so fast ? 

“Hey baekhyun are you here? “baekhyun dies internaly knowing who's the incomer , It’s the same deep voice that brought him to this situation. for a small fragment of time , Baekhyun considers ignoring him  but that would be rude so he answered “y ... yes “ his voice was quiet and he managed to stutter without having to say much , damn how much he needs kyungsoo right now.

Chanyeol must have heard him , despite his quitness ,  because he heard the door opening slowly and then the sound of footsteps coming towards him. He lefts his head a bit to look at his side and, immediately, comes eyes to eyes with park chanyeol.

Baekhyun is a mess. He knows it. He was a bubble of shyness and other complicated emotions he even can’t understand sometimes, but maybe those stupid emotions are the reason he can’t tear his eyes away from park chanyeol, the reason his heart is palpitating just like it used to do to a 18 years old baekhyun.

As he looks at him , baekhyun realizes that things are different now, chanyeol is different, he’s taller, more mature and oh god absolutely hotter, but watching the gentle smile on his face ,baekhyun can still see the old chanyeol in there , the chanyeol he fell in love with and he's afraid that chanyeol can see the old him too, the embarrassing him he tries so hard to get rid of .

chanyeol was the first one to break the eye contact , he sits next to baekhyun in the same position making their knees brush , then he smiles and says “ it seems like the past is repeating itself isn’t it ? “

Baekhyun nodded, getting what chanyeol was referring too. chanyeol continued “ the first time I saw you were sitting alone , hugging your knees the same way “ they both smiled at the memory “you bumped into me when you were running in the hallways and dropped your key chains” he adds before reaching to his pocket and pilling familiar keychains , baekhyun gasps slightly .

" looks like old habits die hard “ chanyeol said with a low chuckle , handing baekhyun his keys “ be careful “ he adds,a gentle smile on his face before standing .

 baekhyun watches as chanyeol gets up and turns  to live.

“chanyeol! “ he finds himself calling before he stops himself , he wants to ask him to stay ,tell him he missed him , anythink but when chanyeol turns to him he finds himself mattering only a small ‘thank you’ .

Instead a scary thought surfaced in his mind . Will chanyeol  ever look at him as more than an a shy , embarrissing and insecure kid ? he doubts that .