It's fatuous of Baekhyun to think he's going to get over it and go back to pretending like he isn't affected by the littlest of things Kai does. That everything is going to blow over, and suddenly vanish. But the catch is that there simply isn't an un-falling in love, there just isn't, not when it comes to Kai. Loving him has settled like a second skin, it's never going to go away, no matter how hard he tries to convince himself that Kai just wanted to practice with him and likes someone that he guesses is not him. But the stolen glances, those cherry red lips, those warm hugs, those feather light touches, everything comes flooding to his mind and Baekhyun feels conflicted, is he too gullible to think that there might be a possibility, a sliver of chance, that Kai might like him back too, the thought of it alone makes his head spin.

Baekhyun wonders if he can keep it to himself any longer, it's a volcano waiting to erupt. Baekhyun can't keep kissing Kai and pretending like it doesn't kill him a little everytime.

He is going to confess. And what better day to do it than on New Year's Eve, he thinks dryly.

Baekhyun has only ever been confessed to, he has never done it before. He remembers how breezily Woosung had confessed to him, over text. Baekhyun accepted it that easily, and their relationship fizzled out that easily too, "We just ran our course," Woosung had said before leaving him. Minhyuk was grandiose in nature, he asked him out by singing a song that he wrote for him, sweeping Baekhyun off his feet instantly. But he quickly felt suffocated in the relationship, he ended up dumping him. So, he decides to text Chanyeol for help. He grabs his jacket and runs outside.

from Baekhyun:

How did you confess to Sehun?

He phone dings, he is suddenly flooded with a bunch of texts.

from Chanyeol:

WHAT?????

from Chanyeol:

Are you asking out someone??????

from Chanyeol:

Kai????

from Chanyeol:

Hello????

from Baekhyun:

I was just curious jfc

from Chanyeol:

okay. one word. flowers. they always work.

from Baekhyun:

k thanks

from Chanyeol:

tell me how it goes ;)

After a few minutes his phone dings again.

from Chanyeol:

pls don't get hurt

Baekhyun clutches his phone tightly, he really wishes the same.

Baekhyun finds a quaint flower shop tucked away on the corner of the road. He spots an old lady hunched over a few carnations, sprinkling water over them. Baekhyun looks around, knitting his eyebrows in concentration.

"What are you looking for, dear?" asks the old lady softly.

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