Two years. They’ve been working across from each other in the same room for two whole years and not once have they had lunch together. Baekhyun does not count all the times he’s run into Sehun in the breakroom and chatted with him and Kyungsoo for the last ten minutes of their one-hour lunch break. Or all the times on their company trips because that’s with everyone else and they’re obligated to eat together. 

They should change that, Baekhyun thinks. He should ask Sehun to eat lunch together today. He will ask Sehun to eat lunch together today. It’s just lunch between two coworkers, right? They spend the entire workday together anyway, it wouldn’t be so strange to spend lunch together too. It’s decided. The moment he walks through those doors he’ll greet Sehun and casually ask him if he wants to eat together later. 

As he waits for the elevator to get to the top floor, Baekhyun can’t help but tap his fingers nervously on the handrail. Why is he so nervous? This is just Sehun. Cute ol’ dorky Sehun. It’s just lunch. It’s not as if he’s asking him out on a date or anything. That would be very inappropriate. Not mention it’d be against company policy (he checked last night) and Sehun would absolutely never go against company policy. Not that he would have to anyway because Baekhyun is not asking him on a date. 

Just a casual lunch between work friends. He repeats this to himself in his head over and over again until the elevator dings and opens up to his floor. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he pushes the glass doors open and immediately smiles at Sehun who’s already sitting at his desk, typing away. 

“Morning!” 

Sehun looks up at him, pushes his glasses up with his index finger. Baekhyun opens his mouth, about to ask him about lunch, but then Sehun smiles and says “ good morning, Baekhyun ” and he feels all the courage he’s mustered immediately dissipate. 

Okay, so he isn’t going to ask Sehun today. God damn it. What’s wrong with him? He’s never had trouble talking to people before. Especially not Sehun. In fact, he usually talks his ears off.  Once in college, Jongdae had dared him to ask the hottest guy at the party they were at if he could ride on the back of his motorcycle and Baekhyun did it with no hesitation. So why is it that he’s having such a difficult time asking a freaking coworker out to lunch? 

Sehun just happens to be looking his way when he attempts to steal a glance at him. Their eyes meet and Baekhyun smiles and waves even though internally he feels like a total idiot. Sehun gingerly waves back with a slightly confused smile. 

Baekhyun decides it’s in hi