for @Sehun_x_Baek happy birthday muahahah i stayed up just to post this at midnight LMAO hope i did your request justice 

There are very few things in the world that Sehun finds intimidating. His boss, Minseok, would have to be at the top of his list. Skydiving, because who in their right mind would think of jumping out of an airplane is an easy thing to do. And Baekhyun. 

To say Baekhyun intimidates him is somewhat of an exaggeration. He does not intimidate Sehun in the same way Minseok does of course. Baekhyun is simply a colleague who has no power to fire him, unlike Minseok. No, Baekhyun is simply...unpredictable. 

Sehun has never been fond of anything or anyone unpredictable. He lives his life according to a routine that he does not like to stray from. It’s how he keeps the most efficient use of his energy and time. He has his outfits picked out every day of the week so he doesn’t have to think about what to wear every morning. He has meal preps ready so he doesn’t have to go out and buy food or worry about cooking. He immediately works on whatever Minseok assigns him so he won’t ever have to rush to finish anything last minute or risk turning in something late. 

Baekhyun is the opposite. He wears the most colorful sweaters Sehun has ever seen in his life. From navy and emerald tartan to ruby and ivory checks to amber and olive stripes. Usually, Sehun would find this a bit too ostentatious for his personal taste, but somehow Baekhyun always seems to pull it off. Baekhyun goes out for lunch and gets something new to eat everyday. Occasionally he comes back to the breakroom with his food and when he does he offers some to Sehun and Kyungsoo. They both always politely refuse, which results in Baekhyun pouting for the next minute or so before his mind becomes occupied with a new thought. Sehun thinks it’s nice Baekhyun always offers him food, even if he does always refuse. 

One would think Baekhyun’s unpredictability would be what Sehun finds most intimidating about him, but no. What Sehun finds so intimidating about his quirky colleague is that somehow, despite all their blatant differences, he does not find Baekhyun obnoxious or unpleasant as he usually would with anyone else. Not in the slightest.  

Baekhyun has a certain charm about him that makes him easy to talk to, very sociable and unreserved. Everyone at the company loves that about him. It’s always Baekhyun they go to whenever they need anything. It never bothers Sehun; he’s not really much of a social butterfly anyway. Baekhyun had joked about it once when they first started at the company together, how Sehun can be the brains and Baekhyun could be the frontman, the talker as he put it. Sehun thinks Baekhyun doesn’t give himself enough credit. He always downplays how hard he works as if just because he doesn’t get stuff done as fast as Sehun does, he’s not as good as his job. This is far from the truth, obviously. Baekhyun’s reports never have a single error or typo in them even on the days he rushes to write them up at the last minute because he forgot or had other work to do. Sehun should know, he always double checks everything befor