Sehun couldn’t help but smile triumphantly as he notices the two snuggling together through his binoculars. The small smile that slowly crept on his face made him look a little erted, but he swears his intentions are purely innocent. After all, Chanyeol and Baekhyun seem like they were having a good time, he must ask Chanyeol about it once camp ends.

“Yeol, how was camp? Is it much better than you thought it would be?” Sehun nudged Chanyeol once they were seated down at the cafeteria, the younger forcing out words from Chanyeol.

“Yeah, I guess you could say that. Baekhyun and I actually have lots in common,” Chanyeol smirks as he grabs a spoon of rice, these days he was acting like a lovesick fool, that even the simplest things like plain rice can taste so sweet to him.

“Aww, that’s cute.” Sehun smiles, noticing Chanyeol’s exceptionally wide grin. If Sehun remembered correctly, Chanyeol didn’t even smile this big even when he was dating Seo Hyun, he used to be so cold and even harsh towards his friends. It was nice to see this Chanyeol for a change, someone who smacks his friends when he laughs too hard and acts like a happy nut. Sehun calls this the ‘Baekhyun Effect’, and he wonders how Chanyeol would act when the two finally date. He predicts that it would be anytime soon.

“Oh, and I’m bringing him and Minjun to our annual family trip. Grandma’s orders.” Chanyeol adds casually, going back to eating his meal.

Sehun’s eyes widened, the Park’s family trip was no joke, and Sehun had begged to join them every year. This year they were planning to open a resort in the Maldives, resorts owned by Chanyeol’s parents have always listed into the Top 10 best resorts every year. The Parks have their family trip there every year as it was a way to commemorate their successful business endeavors throughout the years, celebrating the Park enterprise thriving in the economy.

“Oh my god, I can’t believe Baekhyun is going there before me.” Sehun says with a sulk, he has been Chanyeol’s best friend for nearly a decade, how was this fair at all?

“Grandma’s rules, she said he’s family now.”

“I’m family too!” Sehun rebutted, whining in the process.

-

“Minjun, look!” Baekhyun just came out of the building where they had their passports made, and pulls out two passports from his backpack. Minjun leaned closer to what Baekhyun was holding, eyes moving curiously as Baekhyun flipped the pages.

“Hyung! What’s thwese?” Minjun pointed at the passports, and soon finds a picture of himself on the first page. Minjun looked so angry in his passport photo, because Baekhyun forced him to sit still. He was too cute.

“It’s your passport! Remember when Chanyeollie hyung went on a trip? Now we get to go on a trip too!” Baekhyun explained, though he wasn’t sure if the toddler understood.

“Does that mean we can ride the aewoplane?” Minjun’s eyes twinkled with delight, the thought of being in one of his airplane figurines, he made a flying action and giggled quickly before wrapping his small hands around Baekhyun’s neck.

“Yes! Minjun-ah you are so clever,” Baekhyun placed a kiss on the toddler’s cheek, causing Minjun to squeal with delight.

“Ok, now that the passport is settled, we have to pack for the trip!” Baekhyun continued with excitement, the fact that he himself had not been on an overseas trip either before made him feel worried yet excited. Baekhyun didn’t know what to expect, but at the same time he understood what the Parks were capable of, so the trip will most likely not disappoint.

“Eung!”

-

“Waa…” The two siblings looked at the interior of the airplane in awe as they were ushered in by the air stewardess. It was a whole new experience to take in for the two siblings, and Chanyeol couldn’t help but laugh over how their jaw dropped whenever they saw something new. Having their passports stamped, collecting their tickets, being brought to the first class lounge, and the ways their eyes twinkled when they saw their first class seat...Baekhyun honestly couldn’t believe he was achieving one of his childhood dreams right now which was to ride on the plane, it honestly felt unreal.

“Baekhyun, stop staring and sit next to Chanyeol.” The chairwoman pointed at the seat next to Chanyeol, who looked pretty excited to spend the next week with him. Baekhyun quickly shook his thought away and brisk-walked over to his seat, with Minjun clinging onto him like a koala bear. An air stewardess brings in a basket of toys for Minjun to pick, and finally, Baekhyun gets the break he had yearned for. It wasn’t that Minjun as annoying or anything, but he had to admit that Minjun was indeed growing and becoming heavier, it made his body sore to have Minjun cling onto him for the entire day.

While Minjun is busy being entertained by the air stewardesses, who coo at how cute he is, Baekhyun properly does a quick little detour around his seat. Baekhyun opens his mouth into an O shape when he plays with his adjustable seat controls, before sinking deep into his plush and comfortable seat stacked with pillows. It felt more like a bed than a seat. The TV set and gaming console catches Baekhyun’s eye next, he looks through the screen and is amazed at the amount of entertainment that he could distract himself with for the next fourteen hours.

But the best of all, in his opinion, is that his suite is directly next to Chanyeol’s, meaning he could maybe take a peek at the taller. Baekhyun promises himself that he would just take a little peek, hopefully he could keep that promise by the end of the flight.

“Hey Baekhyun,” Chanyeol suddenly turned his head towards Baekhyun, causing Baekhyun to blush.

“Hmm?”

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, it’s just still quite unfamiliar to me.” Baekhyun says, shrinking further into his seat. 

“You’ll get used to it, I promise. Also, just wanted to warn you about later, since it’s your first flight, I just want to get you prepared for when the airplane takes off.” Chanyeol smirks a little, wanting to play a little prank on the currently naive Baekhyun.

Baekhyun’s face pales a little, “W-What will happen?”

Chanyeol sits up straight, stretching out his muscles a little before responding casually. Chanyeol credits his acting skills for making it sound so believable. 

“So later, when we take off, the plane will do a loop de loop, like a roller coaster going up and down in the sky in circles. There will be a lot of pressure so just be careful, but it’s nothing serious.” 

Baekhyun lets out a little squeak, he was terrified of roller coasters, and he doesn’t do well with loops. Is there still time to back out? He doesn’t want to puke in the sky.

And so, Baekhyun trembles all the way until the plane is ready for take off, he grips onto his seat tightly and eyes the airsick bag in case anything happens. Minjun stares at his brother with a confused look while Chanyeol silently laughed, looking at the now terrified Baekhyun. 

“Cabin crew to your stations, we are taking off shortly.”

Baekhyun scrunches up his face, the engines start revving and the airplane starts picking up speed and dashes across the runway. As they slowly descend off the ground, Baekhyun closes his eyes, preparing for the crazy loops that Chanyeol was talking about.

Until, it never happens.

“Passengers, you may remove your seatbelts. We are now 500 feet above the surface-”

Baekhyun looked around, confused. Where were the loops that Chanyeol talked about? Baekhyun turned his head around like a little child, sticking his head out the window with lots of question marks surrounding his head. Then, he notices Chanyeol stomping his foot, laughing like a madman as he eyed Baekhyun. And that was when Baekhyun realized, he had been pranked.

“Chanyeollll!” Baekhyun whined, hands going to his waist as he let out his best pout. Chanyeol was still out of breath, clutching his stomach as he heaves. Baekhyun couldn’t believe that Chanyeol would pull a trick on him on the flight, he was clearly wrong. The chairwoman quickly tells Chanyeol to shut up before he finally looked at the still pouting Baekhyun.

“Sorry Baekhyun, but you just look so cute!” Chanyeol admitted to the boy who finally heaved a sigh of relief and slumped back into his seat. Chanyeol enjoyed teasing Baekhyun, he thought that he was so cute and no other human being could beat him to it.

“Hmph.” Baekhyun continued acting angry, sticking out his tongue at Chanyeol before putting on the headphones provided and turning the other direction.

Chanyeol just continued cooing, and he wondered if this was the power of the Byun genes to make such adorable children.

-

“Here is your herb crusted dry-aged angus rib eye with buttermilk battered wedges and our chef’s special garlic aioli sauce. And for the little one we have dinosaur nuggets and a side of pasta with a sou vide egg.” The air stewardess placed the dish on the table, Baekhyun stared at the food in awe with Minjun seated on his lap. After Minjun’s two hour nap into the flight, the little toddler whined and cried for his hyung, prompting Baekhyun to bring him over to his own seat.

Baekhyun was still trying to process what this dish was, there were so many components that went into the meal that it boggled his mind, every bite bursting with umami. Minjun couldn’t be bothered and simply dived into his food, hands grabbing onto the greasy little nuggets.

“Minjun, stop!” 

Both Chanyeol and the chairwoman couldn’t help but look curiously to their direction. Like grandmother like grandson, the two both stifled laughter at the two siblings. These trips were always purely business related, like a chore for both the grandmother and grandson. Sure, Chanyeol’s parents join in too but it was one dinner maximum.  But now that Baekhyun and Minjun were here, it brought new life to these annual trips, and for Chanyeol it doesn’t feel that much like a chore anymore. This time, he had even purchased a little guide book, he wanted to explore places with Baekhyun. Secretary Kim wouldn’t mind babysitting Minjun for a while.

“Mmmm~” Baekhyun moaned as he took another bite of meat, his taste buds enjoying the morsels of food going into his mouth. Chanyeol eyed the way Baekhyun swirled the meat around the plate, drenching it in that thick aioli sauce before elegantly placing it into his mouth, not forgetting to smack his lips together to savor the sauce that stuck to his lips. Chanyeol couldn’t believe he was getting jealous over a medium-well steak.

“,” Chanyeol whispered, watching Baekhyun eat is making him hard again. At this point, he might as well have some kind of erectile disorder with how often he’s getting by the fact that Baekhyun simply just exists.

Go to sleep, little man, go to sleep. Chanyeol looked at , as if shushing it would make it go down.

-

“Uwaaa…” 

The ‘family’ have finally landed, and they were in the bright and glorious island of Maldives. They were waiting for the chauffeur to bring them to their hotel, but in the meantime, Baekhyun and Minjun were staring into the island with twinkling eyes.

The blue waters, the lovely palm trees, and the kind locals. A holiday couldn’t get any better than this.

The car brought them to a luxury resort, the location of where the Park resorts is to be opened in a weeks time. The resort is not open to the public yet, so it will just be the few of them occupying this enormous resort for the meantime. The moment they arrived, Baekhyun opened the door and looked up at the tall and mighty resort before him, with a big ‘PARK’ plastered over the crest of the hotel logo. Baekhyun knew that the Parks were rich, but this trip is slowly making him internalize the fact that they are not just rich, but crazy rich.

“Come on Baek, let’s go.” Chanyeol guides Baekhyun into the hotel, and he couldn’t help but continue to be amazed, taking in this entirely new experience. The chairwoman had requested for all of them their villas to be in the same area of the resort, so they quickly made their way to the buggy and to their accommodation. Minjun sits close to his hyung as they take in the breathtaking view of the Maldives while they sat comfortably on the buggy.

“Baekhyun, you’ll be sharing a villa with Chanyeol. It’s the biggest one here and I don’t trust my grandson to be alone, so here you go.” The chairwoman passed Baekhyun the keys, and the three of them were dropped off at the door to their villa.

Chanyeol took a glance at his grandmother, who hid a small smirk on her face. Even his grandmother was playing matchmaker too, what a supportive grandmother he has.

“Ah, yes Mrs Park. Thank you so much.” Baekhyun took the keys from her quickly, doing a quick bow before opening the doors to their villa. 

Once the card has been tapped, Baekhyun is blown away once more by the beautiful view from their room. Clean linens and freshly made beds, including Minjun’s own mini bed in another room, with a private pool the size of his old apartment and a marble tiled toilet equipped with a huge bathtub. Everything was so clean and so fresh, it was heaven on earth. Minjun immediately ran to his own bed and jumped onto it excitedly. Baekhyun followed after his brother and tickled him as he fidgeted in the bed.

“Hyung! Stop!” Minjun yells out in between giggles. The two siblings were having so much fun that they forgot that Chanyeol was busy bringing in the luggage, and he did feel a little left out.

“Hey...a little help here?” Chanyeol cleared his throat, and Baekhyun rushed over to help Chanyeol with the bags.

“Hehe...sorry…” Baekhyun gave Chanyeol a sheepish smile, too distracted with playing that he forgot to help Chanyeol.

-

The sun started to set, Baekhyun and Chanyeol were told to meet at the resort’s restaurant for dinner. After a quick nap, they made their way to the restaurant, with Minjun still asleep in Baekhyun’s arms.

As they went nearer, Chanyeol saw a familiar silhouette talking happily to his grandmother, clinking their glasses of wine as they talked.

“...What the-”

“Chanyeol, what’s wrong? Did we walk the wrong direction?” Baekhyun looked up to Chanyeol after shushing the toddler back to sleep, he saw Chanyeol’s eyebrows frown in confusion and looked towards the same direction.

“Who are they?” Baekhyun questions, walking closer and now he could get a better view. A woman dressed elegantly in black, with her hair curled perfectly and falling into the perfect places, a diamond encrusted jewellery on her neck. To her left was a man who looked to be in his late 50s, a little bit of gray hair but still looked young overall. Wearing a dark blue suit and rubbing at his slightly large ears, Baekhyun was starting to notice the similarities between that couple and Chanyeol.

“They’re my parents.”