as the ceo of an inherited business, oh sehun's life wasn't all that fun. the business was thriving, of course, and he wasn't one to rely on other people to keep his business afloat. the young man sought to take on most problems himself; he had a personal assistant, but she rarely assisted him.

doing work constantly by himself inevitably lead to his business life mixing with his personal life, meaning that sehun never did anything worthy of noting. no personal parties, no fun, no drinking on the daily. just him and his computer.

it was a day like today, a frequent occasion he would go to meet his clients, potential partners or long-standing partners, sehun would usually dread. he was often too exhausted to genuinely take interest in the people he made money with, so would smack a thin smile on his mug and shake their hands in hidden distaste. on days like today his hopes weren't high and his stomach lacked proper food. his assistant would nudge him in hopes of him not scaring away 'important' men, and his best friend and employee would tell him he was ugly enough to scare the birds away.

according to his secretary, this man in particular, which he was meeting, was a high-class ceo and is flown around in his personal helicopter. elitist. 

when the lanky male approached the helipad, along with jongin and junmyeon, all dressed in respectable looking suits and the most expensive loafers the oldest of the three could find, said ceo stepped out of the copter. he was guarded by at least five people, his own assistants and what looked like a quarter of his employees.

sehun didn't look at the man, too busy trying to order food online when an exasperated looking jongin smacked him upside the head with a small, 'look at him'.

the younger did, and was shocked to find a brown-haired byun baekhyun, all clean and dressed up, gazing back at him.

the younger was too astounded to even move, even as the shorter approached him, grin prominent. he was left ogling the man he hadn't seen in at least a year.

in his trance, he hadn't noticed the elder dismissing his people, while sehun's stood there awkwardly. in not too long junmyeon took a hint and left along with the rest of sehun's employees.

"oh sehun", the smaller whined, gaining his attention.

"byun baekhyun", he returned, feeling slightly awkward at their reunion, "fancy seeing you here"

the other smiled, teasing yet happy, "well, you know i can't stay away from you for too long"

when baekhyun made an attempt to grasp his arms, the younger shied away, "you managed a year, though"

the shorter could sense the hurt in his voice, he wasn't happy at this, he stayed away for too long. subconsciously, he felt himself pulling the taller closer by his waist, surprised when he didn't move away at him cupping his jaw.

"you know i'm sorry, i didn't want to leave but an entire empire was waiting for me, i couldn't turn it down"

the taller met his eyes, still hurt, and beginning to seem disgusted, "but you could have turned it down", he started to edge backwards, out of baekhyun's hold, "the last night i spent with you, you said i meant something to you"

the taller hid his hands in his pockets, aiming to go and sit at the entrance of the helicopter. the older male who followed his eyes, appearance remorseful, ambled towards sehun.

"and it was true sehun-ah", his tone was gentle now, no existence of tease.

"if i meant something to you, you wouldn't have chosen business and money over me", the younger accused, playing idly with his hands.

the elder sighed in regret. he had never realised how much the other would hurt— had hurt and is still hurting.

the smaller approached the now pouting man, shuffling closer to his body. he ruffled the younger's hair, carded his fingers through it, when he hooked a finger under his jaw, encouraging him to match his gaze.

"what did i tell you, when we first started our games, i'm trouble, you knew that"

"so this is my fault?", returned the younger, looking away with eyes as if he'd been wrongly accused, "you're really a dickhead, i don't even know why i fell for you"

"fell for me?" baekhyun mused, now smirking.

the black-haired male rolled his eyes with a defeated sigh before the older grabbed his cheeks and wavered closer to his face. he just had to make this more intimate. it seemed as if he was reading the taller, analysing his face for any sign of discomfort and unwillingness. when he found nothing, he made a move.

gently, and slowly, because sehun was delicate. the last time they kissed had been before baekhyun left, when they were just 'hooking up'. before there were no boundaries and they could let themselves into each other but now all entrances were closed. neither of them would let this kiss go any further.

it was slow, close-mouthed, as baekhyun held sehun closer because the taller was trying to run away. run away from any feelings he had.

he loved kissing baekhyun, loved his lips against his. he loved it too much, and that's why when the older pulled away, with an extra peck on his lips and nose, he wanted more. he wanted to close in on the other. he didn't let him though, didn't let sehun kiss him.

"i'm sorry i left, i have no explanation as to why i did, but i'm sorry", his eyes were filled with sorrow, which reflected that of the younger. he wrapped his arms around sehun, bringing his head to rest upon his chest when he felt him mumble.

"it doesn't matter, you're leaving again anyway, after this deal", he could practically feel his pout. 

"i'm not leaving"

the taller drew back quickly, his face the definition of confusion, "what- what did you-"

"my business is uprooting, and i'm gonna stay here with you", the shorter commented, amending the other's bewilderment with an even deeper kiss. to which sehun responded, breathless, with a smile. a soft and genuine smile because he wanted to kiss baekhyun and he could.

finally, after a year. he could kiss him.

a/n: this is way more than a drabble, i couldn't stop. i'm also not good at intimacy. there's also a dirty joke somewhere in here.